Destruction Warlock Leveling Guide From 1 to 80 for WotLK Classic
On this page, you will find our Level by Level Destruction Warlock leveling guide for WoW Wrath of the Lich King Classic.
For more general leveling information, please refer to our Warlock leveling guide. We also have a Affliction Warlock leveling guide and a Demonology Warlock leveling guide.
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Leveling Talent Tree and Build for Destruction Warlock
Leveling Rotation
The Destruction single-target leveling rotation is very simple for the most part, if you follow this priority:
- Maintain your curse depending on fight length
- Maintain
Immolate - Cast
Conflagrate whenever available - Cast
Chaos Bolt - Cast
Incinerate as filler
AoE Leveling Rotation as Destruction
Destruction's AoE rotation only consists of 3 spells — use 
Shadowfury
whenever you can, 
Seed of Corruption whenever you can, and 
Shadowflame
if you are in range.
Pets for Leveling as Destruction
You should use the Imp as Destruction, due to the talents buffing its damage.
List of Trainer Skills to Buy
It is important to buy all abilities as you level as they are cheap and Warlocks have quite a few abilities that are extremely powerful in certain situations.
Warlock Macros and Addons
Setting up an user interface and macros early on you will greatly improve the quality of your leveling experience. Check out the Warlock Macros and Addons guides in the links below for the full list.
How to Continue to Improve Your Destruction Warlock at Level 80
Once you achieve Level 80, we suggest checking out our Destruction Warlock Guide, which goes more in detail of how to play your Level 80 Warlock.
Changelog
- 26 Sep. 2022: Page added.
This guide has been written by Valks and reviewed by Crix, Co-Admin of the Warlock Discord and long time Warlock player. He hass cleared all TBC Content as a Warlock, as well as makes content on YouTube for Warlocks and streams Warlock gameplay daily over at Twitch.
- Wrath Classic Patch 3.4.1 Notes
- Wrath Classic Phase 2 Launching on January 17th
- Naxxramas Achievement Rewards to Remain Available Throughout Wrath Classic
- Patch 3.4.1 PTR Development Notes: January 6th
- Summon Gargoyle Changes on the Wrath Classic PTR
- Ahead of the Curve and Cutting Edge Achievements Coming to Wrath Classic
- No Changes Planned for Ulduar Tier Sets Beyond 6 Item Level Bump
- Wrath Classic Season 1 Ends January 9th