Destruction
Introduction
Destruction warlocks have their benefits like good switching burst to adds and good damage. Destruction warlock is a neglected spec in ICC but Rawr says it can have the most damage out of all 3 specs, but affliction can win on fights where it can dot up more targets. If you look on world top damages you can see a couple afflictions on top but after that a lot of destruction warlocks, so it makes it questionable if destruction is stronger than affliction, but you can play both for sure.
Talent
Option 1
- This is the highest dps talent you can have, but you will need 13% hit rating in Alliance and 14% in horde to be able to have it, but it is worth the extra 3% hit rating you have to get, since your imp damage is huge.
Option 2
With this talent you have +3% hit from your affliction tree, Suppression, and you still have 2 talent points to put where ever you deem worthy:
- Destructive Reach [Rank2]
Glyph
1. Major Glyphs:
- Glyph of Conflagrate Your Conflagrate spell no longer consumes your Immolate or Shadowflame spell from the target.
- Glyph of Life Tap When you use Life Tap or Dark Pact, you gain 20% of your Spirit as spell power for 40 sec.
- Glyph of Incinerate Increases the damage done by Incinerate by 5% (Stronger than Glyph of Immolate).
2. Minor
- Glyph of Drain Soul Your Drain Soul ability occasionally creates an additional soul shard.
Enchants
Head - Arcanum of Burning Mysteries +30 spell power +20 crit
Shoulder - Greater Inscription of the Storm +24 spell power +15 crit
Cloak - Greater Speed +23 haste
Chest - Major Spirit +18 spirit
Powerful Stats +10 all stats
Bracers - Superior Spellpower +30 spell power
Gloves - Exceptional Spellpower +28 spell power
Waist - Eternal Belt Buckle +1 belt socket
Legs - Brilliant Spellthread +50 spell power +20 spirit
Boots - Icewalker +12 hit +12 crit if you need hit otherwise
Great Spirit +18 spirit
Staff - Greater Spellpower +81 spell power, if you can, never use a staff you lose a lot of spell power if you use staves.
One-handed - Mighty Spellpower +63 spell power
Gems
Meta: Chaotic Skyflare Diamond +21 Critical Strike Rating and 3% Increased Critical Damage
Red: Runed Cardinal Ruby +23 spell power
Yellow: Reckless Ametrine +12 spell power +10 haste
Blue: Purified Dreadstone +12 spell power +10 spirit ( only use it when it is a solo socket or it's partner socket is red, if it is yellow then use 2x Runed Cardinal Ruby +23 spell power)
Stat priorities
Best way to tell is to use Rawr, but follow these easy rules and you should be fine.
1. Hit Cap! You must have 13% in Alliance and 14% in Horde. 17% is the cap, 3% comes from shadow priest( Misery ) or balance druid ( Improved Faerie Fire ) and 1% from a draenei ( Heroic Presence )
2. Spell power
3. Haste For destruction you don't want to have too much haste, otherwise Backdraft would bring you belove 1sec cast (not mentioning Heroism)
4. Crit
5. Spirit
Additionally, sometimes this stat weight differs depending on how many stats you have, that is why using Rawr is really good. Crit-Spirit items can be better than many haste crit items, like Lingering Illness is better than Crushing Coldwraith Belt if you find yourself having too much haste.
Professions
1. Tailoring: Gives you an average of 98 Spell Power
2. Jewelcrafting: +48 Spell Power
3. Engineering: +340 Haste for 15 seconds on 1 minute cooldown
4. Leatherworking/Enchanting/Inscription/Blacksmithing: +46 Spell Power
5. Skinning: +40 Crit Rating
Best in Slot Gear
Head - Sanctified Dark Coven Hood
Neck - Amulet of the Silent Eulogy
Shoulders - Sanctified Dark Coven Shoulderpads
Cloak - Cloak of Burning Dusk
Chest - Sanctified Dark Coven Robe
Bracers - Bracers of Fiery Night
Gloves - Gunship Captain's Mittens
Waist - Lingering Illness
Crushing Coldwraith Belt
Legs - Sanctified Dark Coven Leggings
Boots - Plague Scientist's Boots
Ring1 - Ashen Band of Endless Destruction
Ring2 - Valanar's Other Signet Ring
Loop of the Endless Labyrinth
Trinket1 - Charred Twilight Scale
Trinket2 - Phylactery of the Nameless Lich
Dislodged Foreign Object
Wand - Corpse-Impaling Spike
Off-Hand - Shadow Silk Spindle
Sundial of Eternal Dusk
Main-Hand - Bloodsurge, Kel'Thuzad's Blade of Agony
Gameplay
Use Imp and Grand Firestone!
Use Potion of Wild Magic!
Rotation wise.
1. Put on Curse of the Elements if you don't have an unholy death knight, balance druid or another warlock using it.
2. Cast Immolate then Conflagrate! >> with Conflagrate crit you get : Pyroclasm +6% damage for fire and shadow for 10seconds.
3. Then you put on Curse of Doom ( if the fight is less than a minute Curse of Agony ) if you have the 13% magic debuff from listed in the 1. point.
4. Put on Corruption.
5. Chaos Bolt and Conflagrate on cooldown always.
6. Incinerate spamming, it will do most of your damage.
Be sure that your imp is hitting always, it provides a lot of damage and critical for you from talent ( Empowered Imp ), you can use your imp's fire ward if you face bosses with fire damage like Onyxia. Give your pet food ( Spiced Mammoth Treats )
Trinkets
