Demonology Warlock Mythic+ Guide

• 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.

Opener

• 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.

• 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, Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power 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.

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.

• 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 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.

Boss Tips

Orator Krix'vizk

• Use your defensives during Vociferous Indoctrination.
  • You have Dark Pact for every 2nd one.
• Burning Rush helps you dodge Terrorize.

Fangs of the Queen

• Watch out for Knife Throw. Use defensives if you're targeted by this ability.
• You can dispel Ice Sickles with Soulburn: Demonic Circle.
• Make sure to position close to the boss at all times to maximize cleave uptime, the bosses jump around a lot based on player positions with Shadow Shunpo and Synergic Step.
  • Be careful of Dark Paranoia while stacking with the group.

The Coaglamation

• Start the fight at max range and move forward after soaking Black Blood.
• Use Unending Resolve for Dark Pulse. This happens at 100 boss energy.
• Use Dark Pact for as many Viscous Darkness casts as possible.

Izo, the Grand Splicer

• It is recommended to play this fight somewhat stacked as a group to easier handle the Shifting Anomalies relocations.
• Umbral Weave lines up well with Summon Vilefiend which enables you to break everyone out quickly.
  • Very important to stay somewhat stacked with the group for this mechanic.
• 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:
  • Sureki Silkbinder - Silk Binding
  • Herald of Ansurek - Twist Thoughts
    • Casts quite frequently, good target for Curse of Tongues.
  • Covert Webmancer - Mending Web
• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Royal Venomshell - Venomous Spray

Pre Dungeon Start

• With Diabolist you can proc a Diabolic Ritual before the key starts and once the timer is done you lose the Diabolic Ritual and get a "free" Demonic Art at the start of the dungeon.
• 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.

Boss Tips

E.D.N.A.

• Always stack up to spawn Volatile Spikes close together to ensure you can detonate them all with 1 Refracting Beam.
  • Use Dark Pact whenever it's ready for this ability.
• Use Unending Resolve for Earth Shatterer.

Skarmorak

• Use your defensives before Unstable Crash happens.
• You can pick up one stack of Unstable Energy on the first wave and then extend it on the next wave.
  • Warlock's strong passive sustain comes in handy for this mechanic allowing you to hold multiple stacks with ease.

Master Machinists Brokk and Dorlita

• If you have no other range kick you should pet attack on Speaker Brokk to quickly interrupt Molten Metal with Axe Toss whenever he jumps away.
• Use your defensive during Exhaust Vents and Blazing Crescendo.
• There is a dangerous overlap later into the fight where Exhaust Vents and Blazing Crescendo are cast in quick succession.
  • Having a pre-placed Demonic Circle on the opposite side of the room can be life saving for this overlap.

Void Speaker Eirich

• Place your Demonic Circle in the middle of the room to quickly teleport back after dropping Entropy from Entropic Reckoning.
• Use your defensive on Entropic Reckoning.
• Sometimes one player has to wait for new Void Rifts to spawn before they can clear Void Corruption, Warlock is a good candidate for this as you are quite tanky.
  • Keep in mind that Void Corruption damage ramps up over time.
• Unbridled Void becomes very hard to dodge if you are far away from the boss, this is another great use-case for Demonic Circle.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Ghastly Voidsoul - Howling Fear
  • Turned Speaker - Censoring Gear
  • Void Bound Howler - Piercing Wail
• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Void Bound Despoiler - Void Storm
  • Forge Loader - Molten Mortar
  • Rock Smasher - Smash Rock
    • Very dangerous to pull more than one of these mobs at the time as the debuffs stacks up damage.
  • Cursedforge Honor Guard - Shield Stampede
  • Cursedforge Stoneshaper - Earth Burst Totem
    • Earth Burst Totem casts Earth Burst which needs to be killed before it goes off.

Pre Dungeon Start

• With Diabolist you can proc a Diabolic Ritual before the key starts and once the timer is done you lose the Diabolic Ritual and get a "free" Demonic Art at the start of the dungeon.
• 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.

Boss Tips

Speaker Shadowcrown

• Do not try to Demonic Circle: Teleport over a Obsidian Beam. It still applies the dot to you which deals a ton of damage.
• Consider using a defensive if you're affected by Collapsing Night. Getting out of this quickly is important since it deals a lot of damage every 0.5 seconds.
  • Highly recommended to pre-move slightly before the debuff expires as this mechanic is very deadly.
• Curse of Tongues is great on this boss to reduce the amount of Shadow Bolt casts.
• Summon Vilefiend is currently bugged on this boss and gets instantly killed by Obsidian Beam, try to use it whenever this mechanic doesn't happen.

Anub'ikkaj

• Prepare a Demonic Circle to quickly teleport back after moving out to position the Dark Orb path.
• Stun Animate Shadows with Shadowfury.
• Use defensives when you are affected by Shadowy Decay.
  • Extra dangerous if Dark Orb explodes during the debuff.

Rasha'nan

• Pre-place a Demonic Circle close to the boss to quickly deliver Arathi Bombs.
• Be aware of Erosive Spray. It applies Lingering Erosion which is dangerous when combined with other damage events.
• During Phase 2 you can mitigate a lot of damage by pre-placing a Demonic Circle in the middle of your playing area to quickly teleport after dropping your Spinneret's Strands.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Nightfall Shadowmage - Night Bolt
  • Nightfall Shadowmage - Ensnaring Shadows
  • Nightfall Darkcaster - Tormenting Beam
  • Nightfall Commander - Abyssal Howl
• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Nightfall Dark Architect - Usher Reinforcements
  • Anub'ikkaj and Deathscreamer Iken'tak - Dark Orb
  • Anub'ikkaj and Ascendant Vis'coxria - Shadowy Decay

Pre Dungeon Start

• With Diabolist you can proc a Diabolic Ritual before the key starts and once the timer is done you lose the Diabolic Ritual and get a "free" Demonic Art at the start of the dungeon.
• 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.

Boss Tips

Ingra Maloch

• Interrupt Spirit Bolt every time a non-tank player is targeted. Because you can interrupt with your pet while crowd-controlled, you should hold your Axe Toss for whenever everybody is affected by Repulsive Visage.
  • Apply Curse of Tongues to Ingra Maloch if you don't have enough interrupts or the coordination is lacking.
• Make sure that there are no Tears of the Forest behind you when Repulsive Visage is about to happen as you might get feared through them.
• Try to line up your cooldowns with Droman Oulfarran's Droman's Wrath to gain a huge DPS boost. This happens when Droman Oulfarran reaches 20% health.

Mistcaller

• Fear the Illusionary Vulpins to prevent them from reaching their target.
  • If your group is not crowd-controlling the Illusionary Vulpins use Axe Toss on them.
• Use your defensives during the Guessing Game.

Tred'ova

• Demonic Gateway and Demonic Circle help you and your group break Mind Link quickly.
• Use pet attack on the Glooming Larvas that spawn from Accelerated Incubation when they are close to melee to ensure that they are getting cleaved.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Drust Harvester - Spirit Bolt
  • Drust Harvester - Harvest Essence
  • Mistveil Tender - Nourish the Forest
  • Mistveil Shaper - Bramblethorn Coat
    • If you don't have enough interrupts you can let this cast go off and then purge it fast before the absorb gets consumed.
  • Spinemaw Staghorn - Stimulate Resistance
• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Drust Spiteclaw - Dying Breath
    • This debuffs enemies as well as players.
  • Tirnenn Villager - Overgrowth
    • Good cast to Shadowmeld to avoid the stun.
  • Drust Boughbreaker - Furious Thrashing
    • Triggers at 50% HP of the Drust Boughbreaker.
  • Mistveil Defender - Mist Ward
    • Big zone to move the enemies out of.
  • Mistveil Stalker - Mistveil Bite
    • Dangerous to pull multiple of these mobs as they can combo one person.
  • Mistveil Stinger - Anima Injection
    • Potential combo with Acid Nova.
  • Spinemaw Staghorn - Acid Nova
    • Very dangerous to pull multiple Spinemaw Staghorn at the same time as multiple stacks of Acid Nova is a death sentence.

Pre Dungeon Start

• With Diabolist you can proc a Diabolic Ritual before the key starts and once the timer is done you lose the Diabolic Ritual and get a "free" Demonic Art at the start of the dungeon.
• 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.

Boss Tips

Blightbone

• Dark Pact if you're targeted by Heaving Retch.
• Always use Shadowfury on Carrion Worms.
  • Make sure to pet attack the Carrion Worms to ensure they are getting cleaved.
  • Freely use Axe Toss on any Carrion Worms as there's nothing to interrupt on this boss.

Amarth, The Harvester

• Cast Curse of Tongues on the boss to relieve the pressure from Necrotic Bolts. These are cast very frequently and some interrupts might be needed for Reanimated Mages.
• Fear either the Reanimated Crossbowman or Reanimated Mage if you're not planning on killing them quickly.
• If any adds are still alive during Final Harvest, use Shadowfury, Axe Toss, or Mortal Coil to crowd-control them. With them crowd-controlled, the boss doesn't cast Final Harvest even though an add is alive.

Surgeon Stitchflesh

• Place Demonic Circle and Demonic Gateway towards Surgeon Stitchflesh's platform to easily line up Meat Hooks throughout the fight.
• Use your defensives when you get affected by Stitchneedle.

Nalthor the Rimebinder

• Using Soulburn: Demonic Circle or Demonic Circle: Teleport while talented into Soul-Etched Circles allows you to immune the Frozen Binds.
• Set up a Demonic Gateway for players to use right before they get hit by the Dark Exile projectile.
  • Do note that you still die after 50 seconds after doing this. It's a gain if the boss has low health or you have multiple combat resurrections to spare.
  • Don't do it if you have 0 combat resurrections ready!

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Corpse Harvester and Corpse Collector - Drain Fluids
  • Skeletal Marauder - Rasping Scream.
  • Reanimted Mage - Frostbolt Volley.
  • Corpse Collector - Goresplatter.
  • Flesh Crafter - Repair Flesh.
• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Zolramus Necromancer - Grim Fate
  • Skeletal Marauder - Gruesome Cleave
    • Fast frontal cast.
  • Zolramus Sorcerer - Shadow Well
    • Placed under a random player, very hard to see and quite deadly.
  • Flesh Crafter - Throw Cleaver
    • This spell also does damage to enemies and should be aimed at any enemy to deal extra damage.
      • Help with this by positioning the mobs in front of the Flesh Crafter.
  • Loyal Creation - Spine Crush
    • A big circle cast that can't be disrupted as it recasts until the cast is finished once.

Pre Dungeon Start

• With Diabolist you can proc a Diabolic Ritual before the key starts and once the timer is done you lose the Diabolic Ritual and get a "free" Demonic Art at the start of the dungeon.
• 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.

Boss Tips

Chopper Redhook

• Line up your cooldowns with the boss walking over Bombs which afflict him with Heavy Ordnance.
• Demonic Circle helps you kite the boss into Bombs.

Dread Captain Lockwood

• Focus down the Ashvane Cannoneer during the phase change to quickly use Unstable Ordnance to get the boss down from the ship.
• If your group has no other slow for Evasive then you can use Curse of Exhaustion.

Hadal Darkfathom

• If you can't find a safe spot for Tidal Surge you can also use Demonic Circle to jump over the waves.
• Pre-placing a Demonic Circle on the statue in the middle can help you get out of tricky situations.

Viq'Goth

• Always send your pets to attack the Demolishing Terrors if they are up.
  • If your tank gets knocked away by Putrid Waters then your pets prevent Hull Cracker from being cast.
• You can utilize Demonic Gateway to cross the water faster between the phases.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Irontide Waveshaper - Brackish Bolt
  • Irontide Waveshaper - Watertight Shell
    • Can also be purged before the absorb gets consumed.
  • Bilge Rat Tempest - Water Bolt
  • Ashvane Commander - Bolstering Shout
  • Bilge Rat Tempest - Choking Waters
  • Bilge Rat Pillager - Stinky Vomit
• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Scrimshaw Enforcer - Slobber Knocker
    • Casted frontal cone that is hard to see.
  • Irontide Raider - Iron Hook into Savage Tempest
  • Blacktar Bomber - Fire Bomb
  • Ashvane Commander - Azerite Charge
  • Irontide Powdershot - Molten Slug
  • Ashvane Spotter - Sighted Artillery
  • Bilge Rat Demolisher - Crushing Slam

Pre Dungeon Start

• With Diabolist you can proc a Diabolic Ritual before the key starts and once the timer is done you lose the Diabolic Ritual and get a "free" Demonic Art at the start of the dungeon.
• 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.

Boss Tips

General Umbriss

• Demonic Circle and Burning Rush help you dodge Shadowflame Breath from Commanding Roar.
• Use Dark Pact before Commanding Roar.
• Try to place Rumbling Earth on the edges of the room.

Forgemaster Throngus

• Use Dark Pact during Blistering Heat.
• Move with the boss as much as possible whenever you're using a Demonic Core to not fall behind when the boss covers the room with Molten Pools.

Drahga Shadowburner

• Use Dark Pact during Twilight Buffet.
• Use Axe Toss on Shadowflame Spirits to prevent them from reaching the player who is fixated.

Erudax, the Duke of Below

• Use defensives during Abyssal Corruption and Void Surge.

Dark Pact usage:

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Twilight Earthcaller - Mass Tremor
  • Twilight Beguiler - Sear Mind
• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Twilight Destroyer - Umbral Wind
    • You can LoS this cast.
  • Twilight Overseer - Reckless Tactic
    • Purge it if needed.
  • Molten Giant - Molten Wake
  • Twilight Lavabender - Ascension and Dark Eruption
    • Ascension triggers at 50% HP and starts pulsing Scorching Heat group damage.
  • Faceless Corruptor - Corrupt and Mind Piercer

Pre Dungeon Start

• With Diabolist you can proc a Diabolic Ritual before the key starts and once the timer is done you lose the Diabolic Ritual and get a "free" Demonic Art at the start of the dungeon.
• 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.

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