Demonology Warlock Shadowlands Leveling Guide From 1 to 60
On this page, you will find our Level by Level Demonology Warlock leveling guide for Shadowlands Make sure to use the slider to make the guide adapt to your level. For more general leveling information, please refer to our Warlock leveling guide.
Gear Options
When leveling up, you should always choose the piece of loot with the highest item level. If the item levels are equal, you should choose the piece with stats that are most favorable to your specialization. If your current item is an Heirloom, it should not be replaced.
Level by Level Rotation and Talents
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Talents to Level Up as an Demonology Warlock
Your first talent row unlocks at Level 15.
Your talent set up should be as follows.
- Level 15:
Bilescourge Bombers
- Level 25:
Demonic Calling
- Level 30:
Burning Rush
- Level 35:
Soul Strike
- Level 40:
Mortal Coil
- Level 45:
Inner Demons
- Level 50:
Demonic Consumption
Rotation to Level Up as an Demonology Warlock
Starting at Level 1, you only
have one main attack ability: Shadow Bolt.
- Level 2 — Cast
Corruption to tag and soften up multiple enemies whenever spamming few shadowbolts will not kill them quicker.
- Level 42 — Cast
Summon Demonic Tyrant with at least
Call Dreadstalkers and 2 sets of Wild Imps to get the most out of its extension.
- Level 15 — Use
Bilescourge Bombers on cooldown; consider holding the ability if you can hit multiple targets within a few seconds.
- Level 15 — Use
Bilescourge Bombers on cooldown, making sure to not have it interfere with
Summon Demonic Tyrant setup, and consider holding the ability if you can hit multiple targets within a few seconds.
- Level 13 — cast
Call Dreadstalkers on cooldown, regardless of the number of targets.
- Level 3 —
Hand of Gul'dan is the first shard spender, and the only one without cooldown. Cast it whenever you have no other spender and you have 5 shards.
- Level 35 — Use
Soul Strike on cooldown, as long as you dont have 5 Soul Shards already.
- Level 14 —
Demonbolt is unlocked, however it is best not used until level 28 when you can instant cast it.
- Level 27 —
Implosion should be used whenever there are 2 or more targets stacked.
In addition to these baseline abilities, there are a number of passive effects that you unlock throughout the leveling process that are worth knowing about:
- Level 10 —
Mastery: Master Demonologist increases the damage of demons.
- Level 28 —
Demonic Core gives each expiring Wild Imp a 10% chance to make your next
Demonbolt cast instant. In addition every time
Call Dreadstalkers expire, they guarantee 1 charge of Demonic Core. This buff stacks up to 4.
- Level 43 —
Soul Link substantially increase Warlock durability of both player and pet.
- Level 48 —
Soulstone enable to instantly resurrect a player.
- Level 54 —
Call Dreadstalkers reduces the cast time by 0.5 seconds.
- Level 56 —
Fel Firebolt gives Wild Imps an extra cast before they run out of energy.
- Level 58 —
Summon Demonic Tyrant now generates 5 Soul Shards.
Demonology Warlock PvP Talents for Leveling
Call Fel Lord can be useful mostly when engaging with other players in PvP, as it offers a moment of respite from melee that are focusing you.
Call Felhunter offers an interrupt every 24 seconds, provided your active pet is not the Felhunter.
Call Observer summons a demon that will zap any enemy casting harmful spells within 20 yards for 5% of their maximum health.
Master Summoner allows to take a different talent, such as
Power Siphon over
Demonic Calling.
Pleasure through Pain gives a passive damage increase but requires Succubus as main pet choice.
Pet Choice for Demonology Warlock Leveling
Summon Imp is your first available demon. This
pet is not particularly useful for leveling, but you have no choice for the
early levels.
If you are leveling alone, Summon Voidwalker
can be a helpful choice while leveling up, as it takes a lot of the pressure
off you. Avoiding casting pushback can also increase leveling speed.
Summon Felguard is the default choice for the
vast majority of content, leveling included, as demonology, due to a
combination of hard Crowd Control, Damage, Cleave, and tanking potential.
Summon Felhunter can be a good choice if
you are leveling in a group, or venturing into dungeons. The extra interrupt
is helpful for dealing with troublesome caster mobs.
Congratulations!
Congratulations on reaching Level 60! Now that you have hit Level 60 we recommend looking at our Easy mode page and Talents section to learn how to play at max level.
Changelog
- 31 May 2022: Page reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 28 Jun. 2021: Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.1.
- 11 Mar. 2021: Updated with Soulstrike and Bilescourge Bomber usage.
- 09 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 17 Oct. 2020: Corrected minor typos and talents.
- 12 Oct. 2020: Guide added.
This guide has been written by Motoko, Warlock main since The Burning Crusade, co-admin in the Warlock Discord, and theorycrafter and contributor for LockOneStopShop.
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