Destruction Warlock Leveling Guide
Destruction Warlock Leveling Guide
11.0.5 - The War Within
Last Updated:October 23, 2024|Changelog
Welcome to the Destruction Warlock leveling guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0.5! In this guide, you find a small overview of good talents to pick, a simplified rotation as well as a shopping list to prepare you for your leveling journey!
If you are already level 80, don't hesitate to check out the Mythic+ or Raid guide instead!
Talents
Destruction Warlock
Hellcaller Level 70
Spec Tree
- Cataclysm
- To mass apply Wither.
- Shadowburn
- To quickly snipe down enemies while your dots get them low.
- Summon Infernal
- Is your main cooldown every 2 minutes.
- Havoc
- To cleave to targets at the same time.
Class Tree
- Shadowfury
- To AoE stun enemies during a large pull.
- Lifeblood in combination with Pact of Gluttony gives you a lot more sustain even if you stay in combat for a longer period.
Hero Talents
- Hellcaller performs better than Diabolist while leveling due to the fact that Wither enables faster pulling and more DoT damage.
- Your Immolate turned into Wither.
- Wither has no cast time and FACING requirement.
- You have access to a 1 minute cooldown called Malevolence that increases your haste!
Leveling Talent Points
Milestones: 0 / 10
- Choose Hellcaller as your Hero Talent.
- Pick Blackened Soul.
- Pick Hatefury Rituals.
- Pick Seeds of Their Demise
- Pick Malevolence
- Pick Xalan's Ferocity
- Pick Aura of Enfeeblement
- Pick Mark of Xavius
- Pick Xalan's Cruelty
- Pick Zevrim's Resilience
- Pick Mark of Peroth'arn
Rotation
Destruction Warlock
Single-Target
- You want to spend as many Soul Shards as possible during your opener.
- Always keep up Wither.
- Don't overcap on Soul Shards.
- Use Shadowburn over Chaos Bolt.
AoE
- In general, you should use Cataclysm to apply Wither and Summon Infernal every time you do a huge AoE pull.
- Always cast Wither unless it was already applied by either Soul Fire or Cataclysm.
- Spend your Soul Shards on Rain of Fire if you fight more than 3 enemies!
- Don't overcap on Soul Shards.
- Use Havoc on cooldown.
- Snipe enemies that are about to die with Shadowburn.
Shopping List
Destruction Warlock
Milestones: 0 / 12
- 20x Phial of Tepid Versatility
- 40x Fried Bonefish
- 40x Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
- 80x Potion of Withering Dreams
- 4x Howling Rune
- Dreambound Augment Rune -- Requires Reputation
or - 10x Draconic Augment Rune
- 20x Goblin Glider Kit
- Nice to either prevent yourself from dying to fall damage or to fly over small gaps without mounting up.
- 20x Gunshoes
- Use to gain a 200% movement speed & water walking buff for 25 seconds.
- Use the "walk" toggle to slow down if you want to hand in quests.
- Buy 1x Light-Step Hoofplates and use it as your mount equipment.
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Banner of Cooperation
- Alliance/Stormwind: Banner of Cooperation
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Standard of Unity
- Alliance/Stormwind: Standard of Unity
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Battle Standard of Coordination
- Alliance/Stormwind: Battle Standard of Coordination
Credits
Written by: Xerwo
Reviewed by: Hopeful