WotLK Classic Demonology Warlock Gear and Best in Slot
On this page, you will find the best PvE gear and best in slot items for your Demonology Warlock in WotLK Classic.
WotLK Demonology Warlock Best in Slot List
In this guide we go over the different gear available for Warlocks in Phase 2 of Wrath of the Lich King Classic. First off, there are a ton of options for gearing in this phase. We have 10-man and 25-man loot with options at normal or Hardmodes loot. That being said, we will briefly show some alternatives to use until you get your absolute Best in Slot. We will offer multiple different pieces as some can be expensive or very rare to obtain. Some slots also have multiple "best" items that can change depending on your other gear choices and your hit rating. Most of these options are interchangable in one way or the other based on your hit rating. If you find yourself low on hit, then pick up one of the options listed with hit or vice versa, so long as you are always hit capped. Check out the link below for a breakdown and detailed explanation on our stats page for Demonology Warlocks.
Gearing as Support Demonology vs Personal DPS Demonology
There are generally two types of Demonology Warlocks. You have the ones who are purely
there for support, whose job is to 100% do everything they can to supply the largest
Demonic Pact buff that they possibly can for their Raid, even at the loss of some
of their own personal DPS. For the second type, you have the players who are not there to buff
the raid and are there to just deal as much damage as they possibly can as Demonology, since
Demonology is such a strong specialization, whether there are multiple Demonology Warlocks in
the raid and they can just blast, or the guild does not mind them taking more of a DPS role and
losing out on some Spell Power from Demonic Pact IconDemonic Pact. Demonology has a real
choice to make. This is talked a lot about in the Warlock community and which one you choose
is completely up to you and more importantly, up to your Raid Leader.
I know a large majority of us are Support Demo’s, but there are people who aren’t worried about it or have more than one Demo in their raid, thus they tend to lean towards the Personal DPS side of things. Simply put, Support Demos do everything in their power to supply the largest Demonic Pacts(otherwise known as DP) possible for their Raid. This often means sacrificing a very small amount of personal DPS to achieve that. For example, as a support demo you favor Spell Power and Spirit, which will buff up your demonic pacts. Thus you would take the pieces of gear that have some heavy spell power and spirit, rather than the Haste or crit pieces that a personal DPS would take. I personally think as a Demonology Warlock that you should always try and be as supportive as you can, unless ofc there are more than one Demo Lock in your raid.
This all being said, the following BiS list is specifically for Support Demo. This set has the most Spell Power and Spirit that we were able to find. There are of course many options that result to very very VERY slight changes in a few spirit or spell power. If you're looking to be a pure DPS demo, I would suggest looking a the Affliction Warlock phase 3 BiS.
Other Demonology Warlock Best in Slot Lists
If you are starting out as a freshly-leveled Demonology Warlock, our pre-raid best in slot list is meant to give you an idea of non-raid items you can chase as a solo / pug(pick up group) player in preparation for Raids.
Do note that items from Heroic Dungeons or that require Frozen Orbs
(which are obtained from Heroics) can be hard to get due to
their daily lockout.
Best In Slot by Phase
Phase 3 / Tier 9
Important Information about Tier 9 and Phase 3 gearing for Demonology
The items in the list below are considered to be best in slot for Demonology Warlocks in Phase 3 / Tier 9. Many of the items in this list will drop from Hardmodes in Trial of the Crusader 25-man, some from Ulduar 10/25-man Hardmodes (HM) and the Wand that previously dropped from Freya in Ulduar 10 can now be bought from the new currency Sidereal Essence from Titan Rune Hardmode Dungeons.
Most, if not all, of this gear will be highly contested by other casters in your raid. This goes especially for the Heroic version (item level 258) of the Tier 9 set, which we share with Paladins and Priests. Expect the first 4 set to go to Paladin tanks before Demonology. Not only that, but only 4 hardmode tier tokens drop PER RAID LOCKOUT, and they will be rolled at random between every class.
As for the Tier 9 set bonuses. The 2 set increases your pets Critical Strike chance with all it’s attacks by 10%, which is nothing too crazy. The 2 set increases your pets Critical Strike chance with all it’s attacks by 10%, which is nothing too crazy. The 4 set however increases the damage done by your Corruption and Immolate by 10%. While this doesn’t do anything for your demonic pacts, This is still a solid boost of dmg to your main two DoT’s. And not only that, but the Tier 9 pieces itself account for a MASSIVE amount of your overall spirit. In total about 248 spirit to be exact, meaning you’ll be wanting to get your 4 set as fast as you can. The best options for your four pieces of Tier 9 are the Hood, Shoulderpads, Robe and Gloves.
The Tier 9 set has a 232, a 245 and a 258 item level version. Due to the strength of the 4 set, it is highly recommended to just use the 245 item level version of it until you get the tokens for 258 item level.
There is a few pieces of BiS gear from Phase 2 that remain BiS in Phase 3 and can be obtained in Ulduar. While there might be newer drops in Trial of the Crusader, they do not surpass the stats, damage and sims from the previous pieces.
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Phase 3 / Tier 9
Important Information about Tier 9 and Phase 3 gearing for Demonology
The items in the list below are considered to be best in slot for Demonology Warlocks in Phase 3 / Tier 9. Many of the items in this list will drop from Hardmodes in Trial of the Crusader 25-man, some from Ulduar 10/25-man Hardmodes (HM) and the Wand that previously dropped from Freya in Ulduar 10 can now be bought from the new currency Sidereal Essence from Titan Rune Hardmode Dungeons.
Most, if not all, of this gear will be highly contested by other casters in your raid. This goes especially for the Heroic version (item level 258) of the Tier 9 set, which we share with Paladins and Priests. Expect the first 4 set to go to Paladin tanks before Demonology. Not only that, but only 4 hardmode tier tokens drop PER RAID LOCKOUT, and they will be rolled at random between every class.
As for the Tier 9 set bonuses. The 2 set increases your pets Critical Strike chance with all it’s attacks by 10%, which is nothing too crazy. The 2 set increases your pets Critical Strike chance with all it’s attacks by 10%, which is nothing too crazy. The 4 set however increases the damage done by your Corruption and Immolate by 10%. While this doesn’t do anything for your demonic pacts, This is still a solid boost of dmg to your main two DoT’s. And not only that, but the Tier 9 pieces itself account for a MASSIVE amount of your overall spirit. In total about 248 spirit to be exact, meaning you’ll be wanting to get your 4 set as fast as you can. The best options for your four pieces of Tier 9 are the Hood, Shoulderpads, Robe and Gloves.
The Tier 9 set has a 232, a 245 and a 258 item level version. Due to the strength of the 4 set, it is highly recommended to just use the 245 item level version of it until you get the tokens for 258 item level.
There is a few pieces of BiS gear from Phase 2 that remain BiS in Phase 3 and can be obtained in Ulduar. While there might be newer drops in Trial of the Crusader, they do not surpass the stats, damage and sims from the previous pieces.
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*About the trinkets; Living Flame and Dying Curse, which are both still extremely strong for support
demo’s, plus the new available trinkets just aren’t that good. Reign of the Dead can be tempting,
and while very good for you personal dps Demos, doesn’t bring much to the table for us Support Demo’s.
Flare of the Heavens and Living flame together are amazing and supply the largest amount of Demonic Pacts
imaginable because you Living Flame is an on use trinket that you can use when you see all your procs
and Flare proc at the start of the fight during your raids members cooldowns and lust. Fights are
relatively short in ToGC, so it’s important to get the highest DP you can get. Dying Curse is also
another amazing option for Demonic Pacts as well, however we’ve noticed that Flare and Dying Curse
rarely proc together, meaning you don’t get as strong as an initial DP as you would with Living Flame.
BUT! Dying Curse is still great and will provide you with more and higher procs in the long run.
Phase 2 / Tier 8
Worthwile Information When Gearing in Phase 2 / Tier 8
The items in the list below are considered to be best in slot for Demonology Warlocks in Phase 2 / Tier 8. This is just to catch anyone up who might be starting out late or just recently started an alt and trying to get your Warlock caught up on gear. This is a good midway point and if you can obtain some of this, then you should have no problem doing some very good in damage in phase 3 while waiting to obtain your phase 3 best in slot.
The items on the following list for Tier 8 come from WotLK Ulduar.
The Tier 8 armor is sold by Paldesse in Dalaran for tokens
from Ulduar. The abbreviation HM refers to the
Hardmode of an encounter. Make sure to use two
Purified Twilight Opals in a
Blue Socket or a
Red Socket in
order to activate your
Chaotic Skyflare Diamond
Meta Gem. How to
get the
Runed Stormjewel is explained in more detail in the
Gems section of the Demonology Warlock PvE
Enchants page. Please note that the value of
Runed Scarlet Ruby and
Reckless Monarch Topaz can be very
close.
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Phase 1 / Tier 7
The items on the following list for Tier 7 come from WotLK Raids and
Emblem of Valor-Vendors Harold Winston, Arcanist Adurin
(Alliance), and Magister Brasael (Horde) in Dalaran.
Make sure to use
two
Purified Twilight Opals in a
Blue Socket or
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Red Socket in order to activate
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Chaotic Skyflare Diamond
Meta Gem.
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Recommended Enchants
For a list of recommended enchants in Wrath of the Lich King, check out our Warlock Enchants guide.
Changelog
- 17 Jan. 2023: Updated for Phase 2.
- 19 Oct. 2022: Page added.
This guide has been written by Crix, Co-Admin of the Warlock Discord and long time Warlock player. He raids with the guild Fusion and has cleared all WOTLK content as a Warlock, as well as makes Warlock related content on YouTube for Warlocks and streams Warlock gameplay daily over at Twitch.
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