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.

Talent Adjustments

Listing all the changes within the Class and Spec tree compared to the default build.

Spec Tree

• Added
  • Mayhem
    • Apply Havoc passively throughout combat, which can be changed to Havoc if you want more consistent results.
  • Channel Demonfire, Raging Demonfire and Demonfire Mastery
    • Great ability to extend your Wither and add more AoE damage on top of your Cataclysm.
  • Power Overwhelming
    • Ramps up quickly during huge pulls where you spend a lot of Soul Shards in a short amount of time.
• Removed
  • Havoc changed to Mayhem.
  • Shadowburn removed for Channel Demonfire.
  • Blistering Atrophy removed for Raging Demonfire.
  • Fiendish Cruelty removed for Demonfire Mastery.
  • Conflagration of Chaos removed for Power Overwhelming.

Hero Talents

Changed Diabolist to Hellcaller for more info visit the Hero Talent section above.

• Curse of the Satyr
  • Combines your Curse of Weakness and Curse of Tongues.
• Bleakheart Tactics
  • Outperforms Hatefury Rituals.
• Illhoof's Design
  • Additional passive absorb at a cost of your maximum health.

Opener

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

• Always cast Wither 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 Wither on your target.
   • Cast Cataclysm to keep up Wither.
2. Cast Shadowburn if you are capping on Soul Shards or if you have 2 stacks.
3. Cast Chaos Bolt if you are capping on Soul Shards.
4. Cast Conflagrate to keep up Roaring Blaze, or if you have 2 stacks.
5. Cast Soul Fire with Decimation up.
6. Cast Shadowburn to keep up Eradication.
7. Cast Chaos Bolt to keep up Eradication.
8. CastSoul Fire if you're not overcapping on Soul Shards and have Backdraft up.
9. Cast Channel Demonfire.
10. Cast Conflagrate to generate Soul Shards.
11. 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 Hellcaller Cataclysm talent spec.

• Always cast Wither 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

1. Keep up Wither on targets that last over 9 seconds.
2. Cast Havoc on a secondary target.
3. Cast Chaos Bolt or Rain of Fire if you are about to cap on Soul Shards.
4. Cast Cataclysm on cooldown.
5. Cast Conflagrate to keep up Roaring Blaze or if you have 2 stacks.
6. Cast Soul Fire with a Decimation proc.
7. Cast Chaos Bolt to keep up Eradication or Rain of Fire.
8. Cast Channel Demonfire.
9. Cast Conflagrate to generate Soul Shards.
10. Cast Incinerate to generate Soul Shards

Boss Tips

Orator Krix'vizk

• Help out your healer by dispelling Shadows of Doubt with your Imp's Singe Magic.
• Use your defensives during Vociferous Indoctrination.
• 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 either dispel Ice Sickles with Singe Magic or cleanse it with Soulburn: Demonic Circle.

The Coaglamation

• Use your defensives for Dark Pulse. This happens at 100 boss energy.
• You can use Healthstone or Mortal Coil to get rid of Corrupted Coating.

Izo, the Grand Splicer

• Use Havoc on the boss to use Ravenous Scarabs as funnel damage through Shadowburn.
• 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:
  • Web Bolt from Sureki Silkbinder.
  • Grimweave Blast from Covert Webmancer.
  • Mending Web from Covert Webmancer.
  • Twist Thoughts from Herald of Anurek.
  • Void Wave from Sureki Unnaturaler.

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. 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

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.
• Utilize your Imp's Singe Magic to dispel Seismic Reverberation off of your tank.
  • Dispel it right before Seismic Smash to give your tank the 50% damage reduction from Stone Shield.

Skarmorak

• Cast Havoc on the boss before you start killing the Crystal Shards.
  • Shadowburn is a great spell to control the Crystalline Eruption stacks.
• Use your defensive before Crystalline Eruption happens or while you have multiple stacks of Unstable Energy.
  • You want to avoid Crystalline Eruption happening back to back at all costs because the damage most likely kills a group member.

Master Machinists Brokk and Dorlita

• Make sure to use your Felhunter for this fight, set it to passive, and use pet attack on Speaker Brokk to quickly interrupt Molten Metal with Spell Lock whenever he jumps away.
• Use your defensive during Exhaust Vents and Blazing Crescendo.

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.

Trash Tips

• Focus down Earth Burst Totem from Cursedforge Stoneshaper. They have a low amount of health but are not affected by AoE abilities.
• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Howling Fear from Ghastly Voidsoul.
  • Censoring Gear from Turned Speaker.
  • Piercing Wail from Void Bound Howler.
  • Restoring Metals from Forgebound Mender and Cursedforge Mender.
  • Arcing Void from Cursedheart Invader.

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. 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

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.
• You can utilize your Imp's Singe Magic to dispel Burning Shadows.

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 for the Dark Orb and Shadowy Decay.

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:
  • Night Bolt from Nightfall Shadowmage.
  • Ensnaring Shadows from Nightfall Shadowmage.
  • Tormenting Beam from Nightfall Darkcaster.
  • Umbral Barrier from Nightfall Darkcaster.

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. 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

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 Spell Lock for whenever everybody is affected by Repulsive Visage.
• 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 Havoc 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.
• Cast Havoc on the boss during Accelerated Incubation since you're able to snipe Glooming Larvas with Shadowburn.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Spirit Bolt from Drust Harvester.
  • Harvest Essence from Drust Harvester.
  • Nourish the Forest from Mistveil Tender.
  • Bramblethorn Coat from Mistveil Shaper.
  • Stimulate Regeneration from Spinemaw Staghorn.
  • Stimulate Resistance from Spinemaw Staghorn.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon starts.
• 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. 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

Blightbone

• Dark Pact if you're targeted by Heaving Retch.
• Always use Shadowfury on Carrion Worms.
  • Cast Havoc on the boss while killing these as you're able to snipe Carrion Worms with Shadowburn.

Amarth, The Harvester

• 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 to crowd-control them. With them crowd-controlled, Final Harvest does not wipe the group even though an add is alive.

Surgeon Stitchflesh

• Place Demonic Circle and Demonic Gateway towards Surgeon Stitchflesh's grandstand to easily line up Meat Hooks throughout the fight.

Nalthor the Rimebinder

• Using Soulburn: Demonic Circle or Demonic Circle: Teleport while talented into Soul-Etched Circles allows you to immune the Frozen Binds.
• Setup 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 the targeted player could struggle in the extra phase.
  • Don't do it if you have 0 combat resurrections ready!

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Drain Fluids from Corpse Harvester and Corpse Collector.
  • Necrotic Bolt from Zolramus Sorceror & Zolarmus Necromancer.
  • Rasping Scream from Skeletal Marauder.
  • Frostbolt Volley from Reanimted Mage.
  • Goresplatter from Corpse Collector.
  • Repair Flesh from Flesh Crafter.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon starts.
• 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. 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

Chopper Redhook

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

Hadal Darkfathom

• If you can't find a safe spot for Tidal Surge you can also use Demonic Circle to jump over the waves.
• In general try baiting Break Water away from the safe spots.

Viq'Goth

• Use your Imp's Singe Magic to help your healer dispel Putrid Waters during the fight.
• Havoc helps you cleave down Demolishing and Gripping Terrors at the same time.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Brackish Bolt from Irontide Waveshaper.
  • Watertight Shell from Irontide Waveshaper.
  • Water Bolt from Bilge Rat Tempest.
  • Choking Waters from Bilge Rat Tempest.
  • Bolstering Shout from Ashvane Commander.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon starts.
• 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. 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

General Umbriss

• Demonic Circle and Burning Rush help you dodge Shadowflame Breath from Commanding Roar.
• Use Dark Pact before Commanding Roar.

Forgemaster Throngus

• Use Dark Pact during Blistering Heat.
• Bait Fiery Cleave towards a wall to make it easier to dodge.

Drahga Shadowburner

• Use Dark Pact before Twilight Buffet.
• Use Curse of Exhaustion to slow down the Invoked Shadowflame Spirits.

Erudax, the Duke of Below

• Use defensives during Abyssal Corruption and Void Surge.
• You can use Mutated Hatchlings as a funnel for more boss damage!

Dark Pact usage:

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Earth Bolt from Twilight Earthcaller.
  • Mass Tremor from Twilight Earthcaller.
  • Shadowflame Bolt from Twilight Beguiler.
  • Sear Mind from Twilight Beguiler.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon starts.
• 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. 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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