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Demonology Warlock Mythic+ Guide

11.1 - Undermine(d)

Last Updated:February 25, 2025|Changelog|FAQ

Welcome to the Demonology Warlock Mythic+ guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.1! This guide covers everything you need to know to understand your character! Are you starting out and leveling up from 70? Check out the leveling guide!

Overview

Patch 11.1 - Undermine(d)
Demonology Warlock
Demonology WarlockMythic+
Single-Target
Average
AoE
Average
Utility
Weak
Survivability
Excellent
Mobility
Average
Demonology Warlock Mythic+ Best in Slot

Hero Talents

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Demonology Warlock
  • Diabolist and Soul Harvester perform similarly in both single-target and AoE. With Diabolist your burst damage through Summon Demonic Tyrant becomes a lot stronger and Soul Harvester emphasizes Implosion and AoE damage.
  • Since both Hero Talents are extremely close in performance Diabolist is the recommended pick as it has a lot less variance in damage and is less punishing if you make mistakes.
Diabolist
Soul Harvester
  • Spending a Soul Shard starts a cycle of one of 3 different Diabolic Rituals.
    1. Diabolic Ritual: Overlord
    2. Diabolic Ritual: Mother of Chaos
    3. Diabolic Ritual: Pit Lord
    4. Starts on 1. again.
  • Only 1 Diabolic Ritual can be up at a time and each turns into their respective Demonic Art after it expires which is triggered after you spend your next Soul Shard:
    • Demonic Art: Overlord
      • A Fel Lord jumps at your target and applies Cloven Soul for 15 seconds.
    • Demonic Art:Mother of Chaos
      • Deals damage to your target and turns your next Shadow Bolt into Infernal Bolt which generates 3 Soul Shards.
    • Demonic Art: Pit Lord
      • Summons a Pit Lord that attacks your target with Felseeker and turns your next Hand of Gul'dan into Ruination which summons 3 Wild Imps at a 0 Soul Shard cost.
  • Your Summon Demonic Tyrant windows become a lot more important with Abyssal Dominion.
  • Succulent Souls empower your Hand of Gul'dan and makes it apply Soul Anathema.
    • Succulent Soul
      • Every time you generate a Soul Shard it has a chance to give you a Succulent Soul.
      • Summon Demonic Tyrant grants you 3 Soul Shards and 3 Succulent Souls.
    • Soul Anathema
      • Hand of Gul'dan applies Soul Anathema to all targets hit.
      • Consuming a Demonic Core applies Soul Anathema to your current target.
    • Shared Fate
      • When you consume a Demonic Core your target gets afflicted by Shared Fate.
      • During AoE scenarios it's important to never cast Demonbolts on targets that are too far away to benefit from Shared Fate AoE damage.
    • Sataiel's Volition
      • Combined with Demoniac you now have a 15% chance per Wild Imp to receive Demonic Core after casting Implosion.
      • Make sure to be on a low amount of Demonic Core stacks before casting Implosion.

Talents

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Demonology Warlock
Diabolist Mythic+ Build
Diabolist Demonology Warlock Mythic+ Build

Gameplay Altering Talents

Discover all talents that significantly alter your gameplay within the Spec and Class Talent trees. This section gives a concise overview of these talents and their applications but for a more detailed look check out the Rotation and Deep Dive sections below.

Spec Tree

  • Call Dreadstalkers
    • One of your key abilities which is enhanced by a multitude of talents.
    • Dreadlash makes your Call Dreadstalkers deal AoE damage.
    • Wicked Maw empowers other damaging spells like Implosion.
    • Carnivorous Stalkers significantly increases the uptime of Wicked Maw.
    • Demonic Calling allows you to cast Call Dreadstalkers for free and without a cast time.
  • Implosion
    • One of the main tools to deal AoE damage, it does increased damage scaling linearly with the amount of Wild Imps.
    • The main difference between single-target & AoE rotation is Implosion usage.
  • Demonic Strength
    • Strong AoE burst cooldown which requires no setup time unlike Implosion and Summon Demonic Tyrant.
  • Power Siphon
    • Significantly boosts your influx of Demonic Cores.
    • Make sure to always have 2+ Wild Imp before you use it.
  • Fel Invocation
    • Makes your Soul Strike generate 1 Soul Shard, keep this in mind to prevent overcapping.
  • Summon Demonic Tyrant
    • Main cooldown for Demonology, synergizes with the majority of spells within the spec.
    • Reign of Tyranny enables you to empower 5 additional Wild Imps.
  • Summon Vilefiend
    • One of your key demons to empower with Summon Demonic Tyrant.
    • Mark of F'harg makes your Summon Vilefiend deal very high AoE damage in addition to the already great single-target.
  • Doom
    • Demonbolt leaves a strong DoT which also spawns a Wild Imp when it expires.
    • This talent emphasizes swapping targets between each Demonbolt.

Class Tree

  • Curses of Enfeeblement
    • Gives you access to Curse of Tongues and Curse of Exhaustion which both have many different use cases.
    • Get in the habit of applying curses when you are forced to move without any Demonic Cores available.
  • Soulburn
    • Enhances multiple utility spells, mainly used together with Demonic Circle: Teleport, Healthstone, Demonic Gateway and Drain Life.
  • Sweet Souls
    • Only works if other people use the Healthstones that you created.
  • Soul Conduit
    • Sometimes alters your cast sequence by refunding Soul Shards.
  • Pact of Gluttony
    • Massive for survivability since it alters your Demonic Healthstone to be usable multiple times per combat.

Hero Talents

  • Soul-Etched Circles
    • Your default pick since you rarely use Howl of Terror.
  • Cruelty of Kerxan
    • Outperforms Infernal Machine.
  • Infernal Bulwark
    • An additional absorb is usually better in most scenarios.
    • Good to pair with Dark Accord and Resolute Barrier for more frequent uses.

Rotation

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Demonology Warlock

Tier Set

  • 2-Set: Your spells and abilities have a chance to hit a Jackpot! that summons a Greater Dreadstalker at 265% effectiveness. Casting Summon Demonic Tyrant always hits a Jackpot!
  • 4-Set: ‍Casting Hand of Gul'dan causes your active Dreadstalkers to cast Dreadbite at 50% effectiveness. This damage is increased by 10% for each Soul Shard spent on Hand of Gul'dan.

Single-Target

Diabolist
Soul Harvester

Opener

Soul Strike and Felstorm are assumed to be on autocast and are therefore not included in any Openers & Priority Lists.

  • The goal of your opener is to empower and extend Call Dreadstalkers, Summon Vilefiend and as many Wild Imps as possible with Summon Demonic Tyrant.
  • Below, you can see an example of how your opener looks like using the recommended Diabolist Mythic+ Build and depending on the number of Soul Conduit procs, among other factors.
Diabolist Demonology Warlock single-target opener in Mythic+
  • Pre-cast Power Siphon when you have 2 Wild Imps ideally with 8-10 seconds left on the pull timer / until combat.
  • Use your active trinkets, Tempered Potion and racials like Blood Fury or Berserking in combination with Summon Demonic Tyrant.

Priority List

This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight.

  1. Cast Summon Vilefiend and Call Dreadstalkers before Summon Demonic Tyrant.
  2. Cast Summon Vilefiend on cooldown.
  3. Cast Call Dreadstalkers on cooldown.
  4. Cast Demonic Strength after Summon Demonic Tyrant.
  5. Cast Power Siphon when you have 2 or less Demonic Core stacks and 2+ Wild Imps.
  6. Cast Ruination if Ruination is up.
  7. Cast Hand of Gul'dan if you are about to overcap on Soul Shards.
  8. Cast Infernal Bolt if you are below 3 Soul Shards and Infernal Bolt is up.
  9. Cast Demonbolt if you have 2+ stacks of Demonic Core.
  10. Cast Hand of Gul'dan with 3 Soul Shards.
  11. Cast Shadow Bolt to generate Soul Shards.

Opener

Soul Strike and Felstorm are assumed to be on autocast and are therefore not included in any Openers & Priority Lists.

  • The goal of your opener is to empower and extend Call Dreadstalkers, Summon Vilefiend and as many Wild Imps as possible with Summon Demonic Tyrant.
  • Below, you can see an example of how your opener looks like using the recommended Diabolist Mythic+ Build and depending on the number of Soul Conduit procs, among other factors.
Soul Harvester Demonology Warlock single-target opener in Mythic+
  • Pre-cast Power Siphon when you have 2 Wild Imps ideally with 8-10 seconds left on the pull timer / until combat.
  • Use your active trinkets, Tempered Potion and racials like Blood Fury or Berserking in combination with Summon Demonic Tyrant.

Priority List

This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight.

  1. Cast Summon Vilefiend and Call Dreadstalkers before Summon Demonic Tyrant.
  2. Cast Summon Vilefiend on cooldown.
  3. Cast Call Dreadstalkers on cooldown.
  4. Cast Demonic Strength after Summon Demonic Tyrant.
  5. Cast Power Siphon when you have 2 or less Demonic Core stacks and 2+ Wild Imps.
  6. Cast Hand of Gul'dan if you are about to overcap on Soul Shards.
  7. Cast Demonbolt if you have 2+ stacks of Demonic Core.
  8. Cast Hand of Gul'dan with 3 Soul Shards.
  9. Cast Shadow Bolt to generate Soul Shards.

AoE

Diabolist
Soul Harvester

Opener

  • Below, you can see an example of how your opener looks like using the recommended Diabolist Mythic+ Build and depending on the number of Soul Conduit procs, among other factors.
Diabolist Demonology Warlock AoE opener in Mythic+
  • Pre-cast Power Siphon when you have 2 Wild Imps and ideally 8-10 seconds left on the pulltimer / until combat.
  • Use your active trinkets, Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power and racials like Blood Fury or Berserking in combination with Summon Demonic Tyrant.

Priority List

  1. Cast Summon Vilefiend and Call Dreadstalkers before Summon Demonic Tyrant.
  2. Cast Summon Vilefiend on cooldown.
  3. Cast Call Dreadstalkers on cooldown.
  4. Cast Demonic Strength on cooldown.
  5. Cast Power Siphon when you have 2 or less Demonic Core stacks and 2+ Wild Imps.
  6. Cast Ruination if Ruination is up.
  7. Cast Hand of Gul'dan if you are about to overcap on Soul Shards.
  8. Cast Infernal Bolt if you are below 3 Soul Shards and Infernal Bolt is up.
  9. Cast Demonbolt if you have 2+ stacks of Demonic Core.
  10. Cast Implosion on 2+ targets with 6+ Wild Imps.
  11. Cast Power Siphon when you have 2 or less Demonic Core stacks.
  12. Cast Hand of Gul'dan with 3 Soul Shards.
  13. Cast Shadow Bolt to generate Soul Shards.

Opener

  • Below, you can see an example of how your opener looks like using the recommended Diabolist Mythic+ Build and depending on the number of Soul Conduit procs, among other factors.
Soul Harvester Demonology Warlock AoE opener in Mythic+
  • Pre-cast Power Siphon when you have 2 Wild Imps and ideally 8-10 seconds left on the pulltimer / until combat.
  • Use your active trinkets, Tempered Potion and racials like Blood Fury or Berserking in combination with Summon Demonic Tyrant.

Priority List

  1. Cast Summon Vilefiend and Call Dreadstalkers before Summon Demonic Tyrant.
  2. Cast Summon Vilefiend on cooldown.
  3. Cast Call Dreadstalkers on cooldown.
  4. Cast Demonic Strength on cooldown.
  5. Cast Power Siphon when you have 2 or less Demonic Core stacks and 2+ Wild Imps.
  6. Cast Hand of Gul'dan if you are about to overcap on Soul Shards.
  7. Cast Demonbolt if you have 2+ stacks of Demonic Core.
  8. Cast Implosion on 2+ targets with 6+ Wild Imps.
  9. Cast Power Siphon when you have 2 or less Demonic Core stacks.
  10. Cast Hand of Gul'dan with 3 Soul Shards.
  11. Cast Shadow Bolt to generate Soul Shards.

Deep Dive

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Demonology Warlock

Implosion Cycles

Implosion is a unique spell, making it potentially confusing. Here are some tips and tricks:

  • Best Usage:
    • For maximum damage use Implosion with at least 6 ‍Wild Imps.
    • Always use ‍Implosion when targets have the ‍Wicked Maw debuff.
    • You sometimes need to use ‍Implosion without this debuff due to low amount of ‍Carnivorous Stalkers procs.
  • During ‍Demonic Tyrant:
    • For maximum uptime of empowered Wild Imps you should avoid using Implosion until the end of Demonic Tyrants duration.
    • If most targets die before ‍Demonic Tyrant expires, use ‍Implosion earlier.
    • If you have 10+ ‍Wild Imps that expire soon, use ‍Implosion earlier.

Execution

For an ideal Implosion cycle, ensure you have at least 2 Demonic Cores. After casting the last Hand of Gul'dan, wait for the Wild Imps to spawn or use a filler global before casting Implosion.

Demonology Warlock Mythic+ Implosion Cycle

When you don't have the luxury of having 2+ Demonic Cores you have to settle for 2 Hand of Gul'dans between each Implosion.

Demonology Warlock Mythic+ Implosion Off-Cycle

Felguard Priority List

Your Felguard has these four key spells:

  • Demonic Strength
  • Felstorm
  • Guillotine
  • Soul Strike

When your Felguard is casting Felstorm, Demonic Strength, or Guillotine, it cannot cast the other two until the current spell's duration ends. This creates a priority list for these three spells to optimize damage, applicable in both single and multi-target scenarios:

  1. Cast Felstorm
  2. Cast Demonic Strength
  3. Cast Guillotine

Soul Strike is not included in this list because it can be cast during the effects of the other spells. Note that Soul Strike generates 1 Soul Shard, so plan accordingly to avoid overcapping.

Minmaxing Doom and Pact of the Ered'ruin

When Doom expires you have a chance to spawn a Doomguard. This talent combination gives you a few important things to keep in mind to maximize your damage output.

  • Single-target
    • To ensure maximum uptime of Doom it is beneficial to keep at least 1 Demonic Core in the backpocket to avoid periods of downtime on Doom.
    • While doing this it's important to not overcap on Demonic Cores as the maximum amount of charges is 4.
  • Multi-target
    • When facing multiple targets, prioritize applying Doom to different targets for a higher chance of spawning a Doomguard. During large pulls, tab between each Demonbolt to cycle through targets.
    • Even if a target dies before Doom expires, it can still spawn a Doomguard, which is beneficial for boss damage in add-heavy fights.

Demonic Tyrant Mechanics

Your Demonic Tyrant is a so called Guardian pet that works a bit differently compared to your primary pet called Felguard that is a combat pet. Demonic Tyrant targets whatever your Felguard targets.

Guardian Pet Stat Update

Demonic Tyrant like many other Guardians does update dynamically with stat increases such as haste but sometimes does so very slowly.

Time Warp is cast at 0:02 but your Demonic Tyrant doesn't update his haste until 0:04. The same applies to all stats and damage increases.

This is just an example of an inconsistent mechanic and might not be accurate in every scenario!

Extending Duration of Wild Imps

  • Whenever you cast Demonic Tyrant it extends the duration of any active demon by 15 seconds. This does not work for Diabolist demons or Doomguard.
  • However, Wild Imps that are spawned after Demonic Tyrant still get their duration extended for as long as your Demonic Tyrant is up for. This works for a maximum of 10 Wild Imps, 15 with Reign of Tyranny.
    • Technically Wild Imps don't get extended, they just don't consume their Energy.

Reign of Tyranny Snapshot

The amount of % damage increase your Demonic Tyrant gets from Reign of Tyranny is calculated when your Demonic Tyrant spawns and does not change for the entirety of its duration even if you spawn more demons.

Understanding Mechanics

Rotational min-maxing is just one aspect of mastering a specialization, but there are numerous other key mechanics that influence your performance. Use the following guides to improve them.

Dungeons

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Priory of the Sacred Flame
The Rookery
Operation: Floodgate
Theater of Pain
Operation: Mechagon
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Demonology Warlock Mythic+ Build in Cinderbrew Meadery

Boss Tips

Brew Master Aldryr

  • Always use Dark Pact on Throw Cinderbrew.
  • In the intermission Happy Hour you have to bring the Cinderbrew infront of the boss to the Thirsty Patrons across the room.
    • Utilize Demonic Gateway to help you and your team clear the intermission faster.
    • Intermission is a good place to use a defensive like Unending Resolve.

I'pa

  • Use your Dark Pact on Spouting Stout.
  • Focus the Brew Drops and use Shadowfury if they are getting close to the boss.

Benk Buzzbee

  • Make sure to dodge the tank circle.
  • Use your Dark Pact on Fluttering Wing.

Goldie Baronbottom

  • Use Dark Pact during Let It Hail! cast from the boss.
  • When you are targeted by Burning Ricochet you want to stand on barrels to destroy them
    • Make sure to only hit one Volatile Barrel (these are the bigger barrels which also glow) at the time, but feel free to hit multiple barrels without a glow.
    • Destroying any barrel causes a Cinder-BOOM! which spawns a fire wave in every cardinal direction.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Venture Co. Pyromaniac - Boiling Flames
    • Royal Jelly Purveyor - Honey Volley
  • Pay extra attention to these casts:
    • Worker Bee - Final Sting
      • If multiple are being casted on the same player, make sure to use an AoE stop or a big defensive cooldown.

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Soulstone on the tank/healer before the key starts since it stays active and might come in handy.
  • Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.
  • You may also want to use a Tempered Potion right before the Dungeon starts if there is a pull happening very early.
Demonology Warlock Mythic+ Build in Darkflame Cleft

Boss Tips

Ol' Waxbeard

  • Make sure not to stand on the rails.
  • Instantly swap onto the cart when it spawns.
  • If you get targeted by Reckless Charge, try to run the adds over and hit a nearby wall.

Blazikon

  • Always make sure to hit a candle with Enkindling Inferno.
  • If you get targeted by Wicklighter Barrage, use your Burning Rush to make sure you do not get hit.

The Candle King

  • If you get targeted by Darkflame Pickaxe, hide behind one of the statues.
  • Use your Axe Toss on Paranoid Mind.

The Darkness

  • Use Dark Pact on Eternal Darkness boss cast.
  • Use your Axe Toss on Call Darkspawn cast that spawns adds.
  • Use your defensives for Splice since it's the highest damage event during this fight.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Blazing Fiends - Explosive Flame
    • Shuffling Horror - Drain Light
    • Royal Wicklighter - Flashpoint
    • Sootsnout - Flaming Tether

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Soulstone on the tank/healer before the key starts since it stays active and might come in handy.
  • Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.
  • You may also want to use a Tempered Potion right before the Dungeon starts if there is a pull happening very early.
Demonology Warlock Mythic+ Build in Priory of the Sacred Flame

Boss Tips

Captain Dailcry

  • Before engaging this boss you have to kill a few mini-bosses, the boss fight changes depending on which mini-boss you decided to leave up.
  • The boss itself always has the same abilites, but the mini-boss have different abilites to deal with.
  • The boss casts Battle Cry, make sure to interrupt it.
    • Elaena Emberlanz alive:
      • Casts Repentance, make sure to interrupt.
        • Can also be dispelled.
      • Holy Radiance deals groupwide AoE damage.
    • Sergeant Shaynemail alive:
      • Make sure to dodge Brutal Smash on the ground as it stuns you and does fatal damage when hit.
      • Do not stack with other people because of Lunging Strike.
    • Taener Duelmal alive:
      • This mini-boss adds a lot of additional kicks to the fight, firstly Cinderblast and secondly Fireball.
      • On top he starts casting Ember Storm, watch out and dodge fire swirlies on the ground.

Baron Braunpyke

  • Use your Axe Toss on Burning Light.
  • Use Dark Pact if you are soaking Sacrificial Pyre.

Prioress Murrpray

  • Break Barrier of Light asap and then use your Dark Pact on it.
    • Walk away from the boss during this phase to avoid taking damage from Arathi Neophyte's Overwhelming Power.
  • Make sure to look away when the boss casts Blinding Light.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Devout Priest - Inner Fire
    • Devout Priest - Greater Heal
    • Forge Master Damian - Heat Wave
    • Risen Mage - Fireball Volley.

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Soulstone on the tank/healer before the key starts since it stays active and might come in handy.
  • Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.
  • You may also want to use a Tempered Potion right before the Dungeon starts if there is a pull happening very early.
Demonology Warlock Mythic+ Build in The Rookery

Boss Tips

Kyrioss

  • Generally you always want to be spread out during this boss to deal with Crashing Thunder easier.
  • Dodge Grounding Bolt on the ground.

Stormguard Gorren

  • Make sure to dodge Crush Reality.
  • Run away from the boss when he casts Dark Gravity.
    • You can stand in it until the last second and then Demonic Circle out of it.
  • During Chaotic Corruption, make sure to juggle the debuff to the tank or other people without Chaotic Vulnerability.

Voidstone Monstrosity

  • Hit as many Voidstone Fragments as possible with Stormrider's Charge.
  • Try to line up your cooldowns with Void Shell after you break the shield.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Cursed Thunderer - Lightning Bolt
    • Unruly Stormrook - Energized Barrage
    • Cursed Rooktender - Lightning Surge
    • Void Ascendant - Feasting Void

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Soulstone on the tank/healer before the key starts since it stays active and might come in handy.
  • Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.
  • You may also want to use a Tempered Potion right before the Dungeon starts if there is a pull happening very early.
Demonology Warlock Mythic+ Build in Operation: Floodgate

Boss Tips

Big M.O.M.M.A.

  • Use your interrupt against the Darkfuse Mechadrone's cast Maximum Distortion.
  • Try to line up your cooldowns with Jumpstart as the boss takes 200% increased damage.

Demolition Duo

  • While targeted by Barreling Charge make sure to hit as many Bombs on the ground as possible.
  • Maintain Doom on both bosses as much as possible.

Swampface

  • Make sure to coordinate with your group as to which side you are dodging towards since you will be linked with Razorchoke Vines.
  • Use your Dark Pact during Awaken the Swamp cast from the boss and dodge the Rushing Tide.

Geezle Gigazap

  • Use Dark Pact during Turbo Charge.
  • While fixated by Leaping Sparks make sure to kite it through Dam Water pools on the ground.Use your Feint on Giga Zap.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Mechadrone Sniper - Trickshot
    • Venture Co. Diver - Harpoon
    • Disturbed Kelp - Restorative Algae
    • Darkfuse Bloodwarper - Blood Blast
  • Pay extra attention to these casts:
    • Shreddinator 3000 - Shreddation
      • Make sure to start moving at the end of this cast so you do not get hit by the blades spawning.
      • If you have multiple melees in the group it can be good to stack up to bait this.
    • Disturbed Kelp - Jettison Kelp

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Soulstone on the tank/healer before the key starts since it stays active and might come in handy.
  • Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.
  • You may also want to use a Tempered Potion right before the Dungeon starts if there is a pull happening very early.
Demonology Warlock Mythic+ Build in Theater of Pain

Boss Tips

An Affront of Challengers

  • ‍Spread out with Searing Death.
  • Dodge green swirlies on the ground caused by Paceran's Noxious Spores cast.
  • Use your interrupt against Sathel's Necrotic Bolt.

Xav the Unfallen

  • During Might of Maldraxxus the boss will cast 3 different abilities that you should dodge.
    • Use Demonic Circle to your advantage during these dodges.

Kul'tharok

  • Use Dark Pact on Draw Soul
  • Spread out with Well of Darkness.
  • Interrupt Necrotic Bolt as much as possible.
    • Curse of Tongues can be good on this boss if your tank is taking a lot of damage.

Gorechop

  • Do not get caught by Meat Hooks crossing the arena.

Mordretha, the Endless Empress

  • Use your Dark Pact on Manifest Death and spread out.
  • After the boss reaches 50% HP, he occasionally summons Ghostly Combatants which cast Ghostly Charge, running from one side of the room towards the other, make sure to dodge them.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Blighted Sludge-Spewer - Withering Discharge
    • Maniacal Soulbinder - Necrotic Bolt Volley
    • Bone Magus - Bone Spear

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Soulstone on the tank/healer before the key starts since it stays active and might come in handy.
  • Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.
  • You may also want to use a Tempered Potion right before the Dungeon starts if there is a pull happening very early.
Demonology Warlock Mythic+ Build in Operation: Mechagon

Boss Tips

Tussle Tonks

  • When Gnomercy 4.U. reaches 100 energy make sure to aim his Maximum Thrust towards a nearby wall.
  • Do not to pop cooldowns when Platinum Plating is up.
  • The boss occasionally spawns B.4.T.T.L.3. Mines, stay away from them as much as possible.
  • Kill both bosses at the same time or you might wipe to Electrical Storm.

K.U.-J.0.

  • Spread when you get targeted by Explosive Leap.
    • Very important to not stand too close to a Junk Cube from Air Drop as this could lead to a wipe.
  • During the Venting Flames cast, hide behind one of the boxes, and try to keep hitting the boss. As long as you have Hiding Behind Junk you are safe.

Machinist's Garden

  • When the boss spawns a Inconspicuous Plant, make sure to target swap to it and kill it as fast as possible.

King Mechagon

  • Dodge Plasma Orb in Phase 1.
  • Use your Dark Pact when targeted by Mega-Zap and try to stand still in Phase 2.
    • If you have Shadowmeld you can use it on this mechanic and it won't recast.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Bomb Tonk - Detonate
    • Mechagon Tinkerer - Giga-Wallop
    • Mechagon Mechanic - Tune Up

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Soulstone on the tank/healer before the key starts since it stays active and might come in handy.
  • Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.
  • You may also want to use a Tempered Potion right before the Dungeon starts if there is a pull happening very early.
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Boss Tips

Coin-Operated Crowd Pummeler

  • Pop your cooldowns when the boss has a few stacks of Blazing Azerite on the boss.
  • Use Dark Pact on Static Pulse.
  • When the boss casts Coin Magnet make sure to not be near any coins on the ground.

Azerokk

  • Apply Doom to the Earthrager adds.
  • You can freely use Axe Toss to get some distance from the Earthragers when you or a teammate is fixated.
  • Use Dark Pact on Resonant Quake.

Rixxa Fluxflame

  • Use Dark Pact when you are targeted by Propellant Blast and make sure you clear the floor with it.

Mogul Razdunk

  • Make sure to stand next to a Drill when targeted by Drill Smash in the intermission.
  • Very important to look where the Summon B.O.O.M.B.A. are positioned and move away from them, this makes it much easier to dodge Micro Missiles.
  • Use Dark Pact when targeted by Homing Missile.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Refreshment Vendor - Iced Spritzer
    • Hired Assassin - Toxic Blades
    • Venture Co. Earthshaper - Rock Lance
    • Stonefury - Furious Quake
    • Venture Co. Alchemist - Transmute: Enemy to Goo
  • Pay extra attention to these casts:
    • Hired Assassin - Fan of Knives
      • Use Shockwave or Storm Bolt stop this cast.

Pre Dungeon Start

  • Always use Soulstone on the tank/healer before the key starts since it stays active and might come in handy.
  • Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.
  • You may also want to use a Tempered Potion right before the Dungeon starts if there is a pull happening very early.

Affixes

The Affix system got revamped going into The War Within Season 1 retiring most Affixes as well as introducing new kiss-curse ones while also changing on which key level these appear.

  • +4 Affixes -- Rotates on a weekly basis
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Oblivion
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Pulsar
  • +7 Affixes -- Alternates between each other on a weekly basis
    • Tyrannical
    • Fortified
  • +10 Affixes -- Alternates between each other on a weekly basis, is always the opposite of the +7 Affix
    • Tyrannical
    • Fortified
  • +12 Affix
    • Xal'atath's Guile -- Replaces the +4 Affix

Following you get some useful tips for handling different Mythic+ Affixes as a Demonology Warlock.

  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant
    • Cast Shadowfury on any large stack.
  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound
    • Make sure to instantly swap all your pets to the Void Emissary when it spawns as the other mobs take reduced damage while it's up.
  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Oblivion
    • Burning Rush
  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour
    • Consider using Dark Pact so that other people can be prioritized to be dispelled first.

Stat Priority

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Understand your secondary stat priority and the tertiary stats needed for optimal performance during Mythic+ dungeons as a Demonology Warlock. For more detailed information, visit the Stats and Attributes guide.

Demonology Warlock Stat Priorities in Mythic+

Higher Item level items are better in most scenarios. For an accurate representation of what item to equip you should use Simcraft! A static "Stat Priority" is just a starting point and can easily shift depending on your individual gear.

All secondary stats are affected by diminishing returns. Click here to learn more!

Tertiary

  • Avoidance - Great stat to reduce the damage intake of "Area of Effect" abilities.
  • Leech - Provides additional healing through damage dealing. The damage of your pets does not heal you thus Leech is a bad tertiary for you since most of your damage is from your pets.
  • Speed - Niche tertiary that can be very useful and has been proven useful in the past. Makes playing certain mechanics a lot easier.

Gear

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Best in Slot
Farmable Alternatives
SlotItemLocation
HeadSpliced Fiendtrader's TranscendenceTier / Catalyst
NeckStrapped Rescue-KegCinderbrew Meadery
ShoulderSpliced Fiendtrader's Loyal ServantsTier / Catalyst
CloakTest Pilot's Go-PackSprocketmonger Lockenstock
ChestSpliced Fiendtrader's Surgical GownTier / Catalyst
WristConsecrated CuffsCrafting
GlovesSpliced Fiendtrader's Demonic GraspTier / Catalyst
BeltRingmaster's CummerbundOperation Mechagon: Workshop
LegsSpliced Fiendtrader's Skin TightsTier / Catalyst
BootsDeranged Alchemist's SlippersTHE MOTHERLODE!!
Ring 1The Jastor DiamondChrome King Gallywix
Ring 2Cyrce's CircletSiren Isle
Trinket 1House of CardsThe One-Armed Bandit
Trinket 2Reverb RadioRik Reverb
WeaponStix's Metal DetectorStix Metal Detector
OffhandVagabond's TorchCrafting

Below you are presented with a good list of farmable alternatives that are obtainable outside of WoW’s weekly lockout system. While replaced in time as you progress, these offer immediate character power.

SlotItemLocation
HeadInventor's Ingenious TrifocalsOperation Mechagon: Workshop
NeckStrapped Rescue-KegCinderbrew Meadery
ShoulderMoneymaking BusinessmantleCinderbrew Meadery
CloakCloak of Questionable IntentTHE MOTHERLODE!!
ChestSaboteur's Rubber JacketOperation: Floodgate
WristHyperthread WristwrapsOperation Mechagon: Workshop
GlovesPunctured Apiary GlovesCinderbrew Meadery
BeltRingmaster's CummerbundOperation Mechagon: Workshop
LegsRowdy Reveler's LegwrapsTHE MOTHERLODE!!
BootsHyperthread BootsOperation Mechagon: Workshop
Ring 1Bloodoath SignetTheater of Pain
Ring 2Wick's Golden LoopDarkflame Cleft
Trinket 1Signet of the PrioryPriory of the Sacred Flame
Trinket 2Sigil of Algari ConcordanceThe Rookery
WeaponVoltaic StormcallerThe Rookery

Trinkets

Below you can find active and passive alternatives to our recommended trinkets. Do note that some trinkets are better than others depending on the mythic+ dungeon.

Active Trinket alternatives

  • Signet of the Priory
    • Strong on-use trinket that lines up with your cooldowns.
  • Soulletting Ruby
    • Strong on-use trinket that lines up with your cooldowns.

Passive Trinket alternatives

  • Sigil of Algari Concordance
    • Good passive damage proc trinket.

Embellishments

  • Writhing Armor Banding
    • Empowers any Nerubian embellishment by 100%.
  • Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension
    • Gain a random secondary stat stacking up over time.

Remaining Sparks

  • Crafted items are 675 item level and regular items are 678 on max item level therefore it's not beneficial to equip crafted items outside of your 2x embellishments unless you don't have access to other high item level gear on that slot.

Simcraft

To find the best combination of gear available to you or identify the best possible upgrades, visit our Simcraft guide to learn how to utilize Simcraft easily and effectively.

Consumables

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  • Phials
    • Flask of Tempered Swiftness -- maximum DPS.
    • Flask of Tempered Versatility -- less DPS but more survivability.
  • Food
    • Feast of the Divine Day
    • Feast of the Midnight Masquerade
  • Combat Potion
    • Tempered Potion
  • Health Potion
    • Algari Healing Potion -- a big burst of healing
  • Weapon Oil
    • Algari Mana Oil -- default
    • Oil of Deep Toxins
  • Augment Rune
    • Crystallized Augment Rune
  • Sockets
    • Versatile Ruby
    • Culminating Blasphemite -- Unique, use one of each gem color to enhance your Culminating Blasphemite.
      • Quick Sapphire
      • Deadly Emerald
      • Quick Onyx

Enchantments

HeadS.A.D.
NeckMagnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
CloakEnchant Cloak - Chant of Winged Grace
ChestEnchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
WristEnchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Avoidance
S.A.D.
WaistS.A.D.
LegsSunset Spellthread
BootsEnchant Boots - Scout's March
Ring 1Enchant Ring - Radiant Haste
Magnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
Ring 2Enchant Ring - Radiant Haste
Magnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
WeaponEnchant Weapon - Authority of Radiant Power
Demonology Warlock Enchantments in Mythic+

You buy S.A.D. from the Great Vault Vendor to add sockets to your Helm, Wrists & Waist.

Races

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For min-maxing a Demonology Warlock in Mythic+, different racial traits can provide a tremendous benefit to your character. If this is not your top goal, picking a race that fits your style works just as well.

  • Stoneform -- Dwarf
    • One of the most potent racials in Mythic+ currently and historically.
    • Dispels Magic and Bleed debuffs.
  • Shadowmeld -- Night Elf
    • Also one of the most potent racials in Mythic+ historically.
    • Run past basically any mob and then cast Shadowmeld to make them reset. Even works on mobs that have stealth detection if you get enough distance before you Shadowmeld.
  • Blood Fury -- Orc
    • Strong racial for damage both because of Command and Blood Fury which lines up with Summon Demonic Tyrant.
    • 20% reduced Stun duration on you which can be useful in some Mythic+ dungeons.
  • Escape Artist -- Gnome
    • Free yourself from roots.
  • Rocket Jump -- Goblin
    • Do a small jump in the direction your character is facing.
    • While you're in the Rocket Jump animation you are placed on a global cooldown until your character lands.
Demonology Warlock 5min ST Race sims in Mythic+

Recommendation

Dwarf and Night Elf abilities have such a big impact on your Mythic+ experience that you need to use either of them if you're serious about pushing keys with your Demonology Warlock.

Macros

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Discover recommended macros for Demonology Warlocks during Mythic+ dungeons and watch a quick video guide on creating simple macros for your character.

Macro Import Guide Video

Guillotine -- Casts Guillotine on your cursor without confirmation. 

#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Guillotine

Demonic Strength / Bilescourge Bombers -- simple macro to have both Demonic Strength & Bilescourge Bombers on the same keybind while also casting Bilescourge Bombers on your cursor without confirmation.

#showtooltip
/cast [known: 267171] Demonic Strength
/cast [@cursor][known: 267211] Bilescourge Bombers

Shadowfury -- Casts Shadowfury on your cursor without confirmation. 

#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Shadowfury

Addons

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Below, you see a screenshot of the author's User Interface for their Demonology Warlock, outlining which addons are used and how they are utilized in Mythic+ dungeons to make your life easier.

Demonology Warlock Mythic+ Guide UI
Demonology Warlock Interface in Mythic+

Changes this Patch

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FAQ

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Credits

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Reviewed By: Xerwo

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