Destruction Warlock Leveling

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This thread is for comments about our Destruction Warlock Shadowlands Leveling Guide.

[Guest Guilo]

Section 2.2 does not appear to be a rotation as much as a list of when different abilities are unlocked. Please add a rotation section when it is available.

[Guest Shadowburn not in th]

The guide indicates that Shdowburn is recommended but then it omits this ability form the rotation.

[Motoko 7]

On 5/2/2021 at 5:18 PM, Guest Shadowburn not in th said:

The guide indicates that Shdowburn is recommended but then it omits this ability form the rotation.

I submitted an update to include how to use shadowburn in the rotation. thank you for the report 🙂

[Guest Kebra]

Th guide indicates Summon Infernal is available at 42, but in the spellbook it is not available until 58

[Motoko 7]

22 hours ago, Guest Kebra said:

Th guide indicates Summon Infernal is available at 42, but in the spellbook it is not available until 58

at level 58 there is the rank2 summon infernal which increases the damage from the awakening initial impact by 100%. The rank1 of the spell is acquired at level 42.

[Guest Nebraka]

it suggests taking soul fire as first talent and it's never used in rotation :)

[Guest Absoluckinfutely]

This is my first warlock (Destruction) and I appreciate all your work.

One thing: on the warlock leveling tree, at L70 (which I am still distance away from) you have Fiendish Stride at L70, which I don't quite understand since it works in synergy with Burning Rush. I'd appreciate you shedding some light on this. I used Fiendish Stride at L22, but now am not sure what I will do when (if?) I make it to L70. So I'd appreciate some input on that as well.

I'm doing pretty well and enjoy the class (Panderia was a cakewalk with this one), but continue to experiment with the Incinerate/Conflagrate,/Immolate rotation sequence. Does anyone have any guidance on that? I'm sure I'll have other questions as I go along, but thanks for anything you can help me with here.

[Motoko 7]

On 3/30/2024 at 11:49 PM, Guest Absoluckinfutely said:

This is my first warlock (Destruction) and I appreciate all your work.

One thing: on the warlock leveling tree, at L70 (which I am still distance away from) you have Fiendish Stride at L70, which I don't quite understand since it works in synergy with Burning Rush. I'd appreciate you shedding some light on this. I used Fiendish Stride at L22, but now am not sure what I will do when (if?) I make it to L70. So I'd appreciate some input on that as well.

I'm doing pretty well and enjoy the class (Panderia was a cakewalk with this one), but continue to experiment with the Incinerate/Conflagrate,/Immolate rotation sequence. Does anyone have any guidance on that? I'm sure I'll have other questions as I go along, but thanks for anything you can help me with here.

I am glad you are enjoying the class ^^
As for the specific pathing recommended i opted to delay the acquisition of Fiendish Stride to prioritise reaching the more important nodes that provide actual dps increase as my reasoning is twofold: Burning Rush itself has a very low uptime in a world where mounts and later flying mounts can be used to traverse much faster, and secondly is to prevent the bad habit of leaving burning rush active in instanced content when its not necessary and expecting your healer to cover for the health loss.
All things considered reaching the few nodes that offer a damage output increase or better survivability is more important than a reduction in health drain from a 50% damage increase, and even at max level that talent itself is often times one of the first to be sacrificed in order to take additional utility tools.

In regards to the rotation itself it generally helps understanding the logic behind a given spell: Immolate should be applied on any target that last at least 8-10 seconds, conflagrate should be used more liberally while remembering it is one of the very few cast on the move available, and incinerate is for everything else 🙂