Destruction Warlock Mythic+ Guide

• Your Immolate is turned into Wither.
• Wither has no cast time or FACING requirement.
• You have access to a 1 minute cooldown called Malevolence.

• Wither can stack up and has multiple neat interactions with different talents which can increase its stack count or have other benefits.
  • Spending Soul Shards on damaging spells increases the stacks of Wither by 1 and has a chance to gain an additional stack due to Blackened Soul and Bleakheart Tactics.
  • Casting Malevolence increases all active Wither stacks by 3 while each Chaos Bolt adds 1 additional stack during its duration.
  • Mark of Peroth'arn gives Wither the chance to add a stack whenever it crits.
  • Whenever Blackened Soul deals damage you have a chance to gain Flashpoint stacks through Seeds of Their Demise even if you are not currently talented into Flashpoint.

• Wither has a built-in mechanic which consumes its' accumulated stacks one after another for more damage. This mechanic is called Corrupted.
  • The Corrupted state of Wither is triggered by the following:
    • Chance whenever Wither gains a stack.
    • If Wither reaches 8 stacks.
    • If the target Wither is on reaches 20% or is below 20% already.
    • When Malevolence is up.

When to use this Spec

Use this spec in the low to mid-range of Mythic+ keys. Cataclysm grants you more upfront damage which is more valuable when enemies die fast. Additionally, Cataclysm increases the value of Hellcaller since it applies Wither to all targets hit.

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

• Channel Demonfire
  • Deals decent damage and extends your Immolate.
• Roaring Blaze
  • It is crucial to keep this buff active as much as possible through proper Conflagrate usage.
• Rain of Fire
  • Used to deal AoE damage.
• Mayhem
  • Apply Havoc passively throughout combat, which can be changed to Havoc if you want more consistent results.
• Soul Fire
  • A hard hitting spell which is amplified by Roaring Blaze, it is also further enhanced by Decimation.
• Cataclysm
  • Deals good AoE upfront damage and applies Immolate to all targets hit.
• Ritual of Ruin
  • Passively nets you free Chaos Bolt casts and also spawns an Overfiend that generates more Soul Shards.
• Summon Infernal
  • Your main cooldown for burst windows, this is enhanced by Rain of Chaos.

Class Tree

• 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 useable multiple times per combat.
  • Combo this together with Lifeblood for extra leech upon use.

Hero Talents

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

Opener

• Your goal is to spend as many Soul Shards as possible without wasting resources while also keeping relevant abilities on cooldown.

• Always cast Immolate unless it was already applied by either Soul Fire or Cataclysm.
• Use your active trinkets, Tempered Potion and racials like Blood Fury or Berserking after using Summon Infernal.

Priority List

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

1. Keep up Immolate on your target.
2. Cast Ruination if Ruination is up.
3. Cast Chaos Bolt if Demonic Art: Overlord, Demonic Art: Mother of Chaos or Demonic Art: Pit Lord is up.
4. Cast Shadowburn if you are capping on Soul Shards or if you have 2 stacks.
5. Cast Chaos Bolt if you are capping on Soul Shards.
6. Cast Infernal Bolt if you are below 3 Soul Shards and Infernal Bolt is up.
7. Cast Conflagrate to keep up Roaring Blaze, or if you have 2 stacks.
8. Cast Soul Fire with Decimation up.
9. Cast Shadowburn to keep up Eradication.
10. Cast Chaos Bolt to keep up Eradication.
11. CastSoul Fire if you're not overcapping on Soul Shards and have Backdraft up.
12. Cast Conflagrate to generate Soul Shards.
13. Cast Incinerate to generate Soul Shards.

Opener

• This opener can vary by a lot depending on your Soul Shards generation. Below you see one variation of an opener on 4 targets assuming that you're playing the recommended Diabolist Inferno talent spec.

• Always cast Immolate unless it was already applied by either Soul Fire or Cataclysm.
• Use your active trinkets, Tempered Potion, and racials like Blood Fury or Berserking after using Summon Infernal.

Priority List

• Keep up Immolate on targets that last over 9 seconds.
• Cast Havoc on a secondary target.
• Cast Chaos Bolt or Rain of Fire if you are about to cap on Soul Shards.
• Cast Conflagrate to keep up Roaring Blaze or if you have 2 stacks.
• Cast Soul Fire on cooldown especially with a Decimation proc.
• Cast Chaos Bolt to keep up Eradication or Rain of Fire.
• Cast Shadowburn if something is about to die within 5 seconds.
• Cast Conflagrate to generate Soul Shards.
• Cast Incinerate to generate Soul Shards

Boss Tips

Ol' Waxbeard

• Aim Reckless Charge to the nearby walls or pillars.
• Don't tank too many stacks of Crude Weapons from Menial Laborers, especially if you are debuffed by a Luring Candleflame. Kite them if needed.
• Always instantly swap to a dynamite laden cart whenever Underhanded Track-tics happens.

Blazikon

• Use a defensive every time Enkindling Inferno happens.
• Light as many candles as you can with Wicklighter Barrage debuff.

The Candle King

• Always be ready to kick Paranoid Mind as it is casted very often.
• Use a defensive whenever you are targeted by a Throw Darkflame.

The Darkness

• Help out with filling up Candlelight if your healer is struggling with it.
• Use a defensive for Eternal Darkness.
• Use a defensive whenever you are targeted with a Shadowblast.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Wicklighter Bolt from Royal Wicklighter.
  • Mole Frenzy from Lowly Moleherd.
  • Explosive Flame from Blazing Fiend.
  • Flaming Tether from Sootsnout.
  • Drain Light from Shuffling Horror.

• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Throw Rock from Lowly Moleherd.
    • Pay attention to your health whenever you are spam targeted by this spell, especially if Lowly Moleherd is Panicked!.

• Dangerous debuffs to be wary of:
  • Flashpoint from Royal Wicklighter.
    • Applies a Magic debuff to a random player, inflicting heavy fire damage. Be careful if you are not dispelled and use a defensive.
  • Explosive Flame from Blazing Fiend.
    • Be careful if you get too many stacks of this debuff and press a defensive if the cast goes through multiple times.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon started.
• 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.
• Cast Rain of Fire to start an early Diabolic Ritual cycle if you're playing the Diabolist herotalent. You can also pre-cycle through Diabolic Ritual: Overlord and Diabolic Ritual: Mother of Chaos to have Diabolic Ritual: Pit Lord up for the first pack of enemies that you engage.

Boss Tips

Tussle Tonks

• Don't be too far from the boss to have an easier time aiming Maximum Thrust to the close wall and not baiting Foe Flipper too far away from the other boss.
• Use Demonic Circle: Teleport to port down quickly after the knock-up.
• B.4.T.T.L.3. Mine are baited by range players so be mindful of your positioning.
• Use defensives during Ground Pounds.

K.U.-J.0.

• Air Drops are baited on players so be careful of not placing two of them too close to each other.
• Spread out with Explosive Leap and use a defensive each time it happens. Leap goes first on the furthest target.
  • Can be dodged with a well-timed Demonic Circle: Teleport.
• Use a defensive whenever Blazing Chomp is being dispelled.

Machinist's Garden

• Swap to the Inconspicuous Plant whenever it spawns.

King Mechagon

• Use a defensive whenever you are targeted by a Mega-Zap.

Trash Tips

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

• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Mega Drill from Waste Processing Unit.
    • Inflicts nature damage to all players. Stack up with the group and use defensives.
  • Short Out from Defense Bot Mk III.
    • Short channeled cast that inflicts nature damage to all players. Use a defensive whenever it happens.

• Dangerous debuffs to be wary of:
  • Fiery Jaws from Junkyard D.0.G.
    • Applies a Magic debuff to a random player, inflicting heavy fire damage. Be careful if you are not dispelled and use a defensive.
  • Arcing Zap from Defense Bot Mk I and Defense Bot Mk III.
    • Applies a Magic debuff to a random player, inflicting nature damage. Be careful if you are not dispelled and use a defensive.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon started.
• 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.
• Cast Rain of Fire to start an early Diabolic Ritual cycle if you're playing the Diabolist herotalent. You can also pre-cycle through Diabolic Ritual: Overlord and Diabolic Ritual: Mother of Chaos to have Diabolic Ritual: Pit Lord up for the first pack of enemies that you engage.

Boss Tips

Big M.O.M.M.A.

• Use Demonic Circle: Teleport to dodge the Sonic Boom projectile.
• Always be ready to kick Maximum Distortion.
• Don't forget that increased damage phase comes right after you kill all the Darkfuse Mechadrones, so plan you offensive cooldowns accordingly.
• Use a big defensive during the Kill-o-Block Barrier if you are slow with killing all the Darkfuse Mechadrones.

Demolition Duo

• Use defensive whenever you are targeted by a Kinetic Explosive Gel.
• Aim Barreling Charge to the far bombs first because last charge always happens on a tank, which he can use to clear all the melee bombs.

Swampface

• Use a defensive during the Awaken the Swamp casts.

Geezle Gigazap

• Try to stack up for healing during the Turbo Charge cast or use a defensive if you are far away.
• Use a defensive if you are targeted with a Gigazap.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Trickshot from Mechadrone Sniper.
  • Surveying Beam from Venture Co. Surveyor.
  • Bloodthirsty Cackle from Darkfuse Hyena.
  • Blood Blast from Darkfuse Bloodwarper.
  • Restorative Algae from Disturbed Kelp.
    • UseDevour Magic if the cast goes through.
  • Harpoon from Venture Co. Diver.
  • Lightning Bolt from Venture Co. Electrician.

• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Wind Up from Loaderbot.
    • Fixates a random player, inflicting physical damage to players within 3.5 yards for 6 seconds. Don't be in melee or close to the mob whenever it happens.
  • Shreddation from Shreddinator 3000.
    • Summons several spinning sawblades at the location of every player, inflicting physical damage every 0.3 seconds to players within the effect. This damage increases with consecutive hits. Damage can be fully avoided by prerunning out of it before the cast finishes.

• Dangerous debuffs to be wary of:
  • Overcharge from Venture Co. Electrician.
    • Applies a Magic debuff to a random player, inflicting nature damage and stuns if the effect persists without being dispelled.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon started.
• 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.
• Cast Rain of Fire to start an early Diabolic Ritual cycle if you're playing the Diabolist herotalent. You can also pre-cycle through Diabolic Ritual: Overlord and Diabolic Ritual: Mother of Chaos to have Diabolic Ritual: Pit Lord up for the first pack of enemies that you engage.

Boss Tips

Captain Dailcry

• Always be ready to kick Battle Cry.

Baron Braunpyke

• Always be ready to kick Burning Light.
• Use a defensive during Sacrificial Pyre soaks.

Prioress Murrpray

• Use a defensive whenever Blinding Light happens.
• During phase 2, run all together on one side to stack incoming Arathi Neophytes. Remember that your goal is to just let them rot down from Overwhelming Power. Run away from them and help with crowd controls and slows if needed.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Boiling Flames from Venture Co. Pyromaniac.
  • Holy Smite from High Priest Aemya.
  • Cinderblast from Taener Duelmal.
  • Fireball from Taener Duelmal.
  • Holy Smite from Devout Priest.
  • Greater Heal from Devout Priest.
  • Fireball from Fanatical Conjuror.
  • Flamestrike from Fanatical Conjuror.
  • Fireball Volley from Risen Mage.
  • Fireball from Risen Mage.

• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Defend from Arathi Footman.
    • A channeled cast that reduces damage taken by any ally around the caster by 50% for up to 5 seconds. Stop it with any crowd control immediately.
  • Pot Shot from Fervent Sharpshooter.
    • Inflicts physical damage to a random player. Use a defensive if you are targeted by multiple of those.
  • Disrupting Shout from Arathi Knight.
    • Inflicts physical damage to all players within 40 yards and interrupts spell casting for 4 seconds.
  • Holy Radiance from Elaena Emberlanz.
    • Inflicts holy damage to all players for 8 seconds.
  • Lunging Strike from Sergeant Shaynemail.
    • Leaps at a random player, inflicting physical damage and applying a Bleed.
      • Can be avoided with a well timed Demonic Circle: Teleport or just outrunning it when she leaps if you are far enough.
  • Purification from Lightspawn.
    • Channeled cast that fixates on a random player and inflicts holy damage every second for 6 seconds.

• Dangerous debuffs to be wary of:
  • Pounce from War Lynx.
    • A Bleed effect inflicting physical damage for 14 seconds or until fully healed.
      • Can be dodged with Demonic Circle: Teleport.
  • Impale from Arathi Knight.
    • A Bleed that is applied to a random player.
  • Heat Wave from Forge Master Damian.
    • A Magic slow debuff for 4 seconds. In combination with Molten Pools can be very deadly.
      • Can be prevented with Soulburn: Demonic Circle or removed after application with a simple use of Demonic Circle: Teleport.
• Useful purges:
  • Templar's Wrath from Zealous Templar.
    • Magic buff increasing all damage done by 30%.
      • Can be purged with Devour Magic.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon started.
• 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.
• Cast Rain of Fire to start an early Diabolic Ritual cycle if you're playing the Diabolist herotalent. You can also pre-cycle through Diabolic Ritual: Overlord and Diabolic Ritual: Mother of Chaos to have Diabolic Ritual: Pit Lord up for the first pack of enemies that you engage.

Boss Tips

Kyrioss

• Take an extra step to dodge the beams during the Lightning Torrent phase because their hitbox is bigger than their visuals.
• Use a defensive during Crashing Thunder.
• Be either very spread or stacked during the Wild Lightning to not bait them badly and put someone in an awkward situation.

Stormguard Gorren

• Use a defensive whenever you get Chaotic Corruption.

Voidstone Monstrosity

• Use a defensive if you get Unleash Corruption and don't get dispelled.
• Always remember that once you break the Void Shell absorb shield, the increased damage phase comes right after, so plan your offensive cooldowns accordingly.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Lightning Bolt from Cursed Thunderer.
  • Lightning Surge from Cursed Rooktender.
  • Void Bolt from Corrupted Oracle.
  • Void Bolt from Void Ascendant.

• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Bounding Void from Quartermaster Koratite.
    • Targets a random player and launches void-infused orbs towards him that travels out and returns back to the caster.
  • Attracting Shadows from Coalescing Void Diffuser.
    • Pulls in all players inflicting shadow damage every second and additionally inflicts even more damage to players within 7 yards of the center of the pull in effect at the end of the cast.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon started.
• 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.
• Cast Rain of Fire to start an early Diabolic Ritual cycle if you're playing the Diabolist herotalent. You can also pre-cycle through Diabolic Ritual: Overlord and Diabolic Ritual: Mother of Chaos to have Diabolic Ritual: Pit Lord up for the first pack of enemies that you engage.

Boss Tips

Coin-Operated Crowd Pummeler

• Use a defensive whenever Static Pulse happens.
• Be close to the boss to have an easier time dodging Shocking Claw frontal.

Azerokk

• Use a defensive whenever Resonant Quake happens.
• Swap to Earthragers whenever they are Azerite Infused.
• Be close to the boss if possible to have an easier time dodging Tectonic Smash frontal.

Rixxa Fluxflame

• Use a defensive if you are targeted with the ‍Propellant Blast.

Mogul Razdunk

• Be close to the boss whenever it's time for a Gatling Gun because it is almost impossible to outrun if you are far away from the boss.
• Be always ready to run away with a Homing Missile if you are targeted, to not hit the rest of the group.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Toxic Blades from Hired Assassin.
  • Iced Spritzer from Refreshment Vendor.
  • Rock Lance from Venture Co. Earthshaper.
  • Furious Quake from Stonefury.
  • Tectonic Barrier from Stonefury.
  • Transmute: Enemy to Goo from Venture Co. Alchemist.

• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Uppercut from Addled Thug.
    • Charges to a random player, inflicting physical damage and knocking all players withing 4 yards of impact into the air.
  • Activate Mech from Mech Jockey.
    • Activates a nearby Mechanized Peacekeeper.
      • Stop it using any crowd control available.
  • Fan of Knives from Hired Assassin.
    • Channeled cast that inflicts physical damage to anyone within 45 yards. Extremely dangerous if Toxic Blades cast went through.
      • Stop it using any crowd control available.
  • Rapid Extraction from Azerite Extractor.
    • Inflicts physical damage to all players and spawns ground effects at nearby location.
  • Mind Lash from Venture Co. Mastermind.
    • Targets a random player and channels at him, inflicting arcane damage every second over 4 seconds.

• Dangerous debuffs to be wary of:
  • Seek and Destroy from Crawler Mine.
    • Crawler Mine crawls towards a player and detonates when nearby, inflicting fire damage on impact and every 2 seconds for 6 seconds.
  • Caustic Compound from Venture Co. Alchemist.
    • A Poison effect, inflicting nature damage for 6 seconds.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon started.
• 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.
• Cast Rain of Fire to start an early Diabolic Ritual cycle if you're playing the Diabolist herotalent. You can also pre-cycle through Diabolic Ritual: Overlord and Diabolic Ritual: Mother of Chaos to have Diabolic Ritual: Pit Lord up for the first pack of enemies that you engage.

Boss Tips

An Affront of Challengers

• Always be close to the boss to have an easier time dodging a Decaying Breath frontal.
• Use a defensive whenever Searing Death or Mighty Smash happens.
• Use a defensive if you are afflicted with a Withering Touch and don't get dispelled.

Xav the Unfallen

• Stacks from the Oppressive Banner slow can be refreshed with the use of Demonic Circle: Teleport or even prevented for 6 seconds due with Soulburn: Demonic Circle.

Kul'tharok

• Use a defensive whenever you are afflicted with a Well of Darkness.
• Group up with your teammates for a Draw Soul and press a defensive for the initial hit.
• Always be ready to interrupt a Necrotic Bolt.

Gorechop

• Meat Hooks can be outplayed by teleporting over them via Demonic Circle: Teleport.
• Be close to the boss to avoid being gripped by a Tenderizing Smash whenever it happens.

Mordretha, the Endless Empress

• Use a defensive whenever Manifest Death or Echoes of Carnage happens.
• Be close to the boss to have an easier time dodging Dark Devastation.
  • Dark Devastation is baited at players so if you feel like it, you can bait it away from the group to reduce the risk of someone dying to it. Can be very helpful during Phase 2.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Necrotic Bolt from Battlefield Ritualist.
  • Unholy Fervor from Battlefield Ritualist.
    • Use Devour Magic if it goes through.
  • Demoralizing Shout from Ancient Captain.
  • Necrotic Bolt Volley from Maniacal Soulbinder.
  • Necrotic Bolt from Maniacal Soulbinder.
  • Bone Spear from Bone Magus.
  • Bind Soul from Shackled Soul.
  • Withering Discharge from Blighted Sludge-Spewer.
  • Decaying Filth from Blighted Sludge-Spewer.

• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Raging Tantrum from Raging Bloodhorn.
    • Raging Bloodhorn goes into a Raging Tantrum inflicting physical damage to all enemies every 2 seconds.
  • Interrupting Roar from Nekthara the Mangler and Heavin the Breaker.
    • Interrupts spell casting and inflicts physical damage to all players.
  • Ricocheting Blade from Harugia the Bloodthirsty and Advent Nevermore.
    • Inflicts physical damage to a random target and applies a Bleed. Can be avoided by going line-of-sight.
  • Soulstorm from Portal Guardian.
    • Inflicts shadow damage to all players every 2 seconds for 8 seconds.
  • Death Winds from Nefarious Darkspeaker.
    • A frontal tornado that inflicts shadow damage and knocks any player caught in the path.

• Dangerous debuffs to be wary of:
  • Jagged Quarrel from Shambling Arbalest.
    • Inflicts physical damage to a random target and applies a Bleed.
  • Shadow Vulnerability from Portal Guardian.
    • A Curse inflicting shadow damage and increasing shadow damage taken by 30%.
  • Curse of Desolation from Nefarious Darkspeaker.
    • A Curse that spawns pools on the ground every 3 seconds under the afflicted player, inflicting damage to players within 3 yards of the impact and fearing them for a second.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon started.
• 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.
• Cast Rain of Fire to start an early Diabolic Ritual cycle if you're playing the Diabolist herotalent. You can also pre-cycle through Diabolic Ritual: Overlord and Diabolic Ritual: Mother of Chaos to have Diabolic Ritual: Pit Lord up for the first pack of enemies that you engage.

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