Demonology Warlock Leveling Guide from 1 to 90 — Midnight Season 1

Demonology Warlock relies on Felguard to do the heavy lifting during leveling, being equally durable and powerful on its own. While it does not have many ways of tagging mobs, primarily using pets or Demonic Core Demonbolts, its strength lies in very high aoe burst potential and a low threat generating player spells in comparison to other specializations.

Curses, crowd controls, and pet off-tanking can substantially reduce the amount of incoming damage, promoting aggressive play, while all the personal defensive cooldowns offer a degree of safety even when overpulling.

For bigger enemies, such as Elites or Rares, Demonology's damage profile is centered around several separate demons and guardians that allow us to use all cooldowns with the safety of a Felguard able to maintain aggro, although some Drain Life with Infernal Beneficiary may be required for the harder hitting enemies.

If this is your first character, or you simply want to find out more about leveling in WoW in general, we got you covered!

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.

While the most important aspect of Heirloom is the bonus Experience, to get most out of their stats allocation, you want to prioritize Intellect, then Haste, then Critical Strike. The reason behind this is that Haste generally offers a smoother combat experience while increasing your DPS in a homogeneous way, unlike Critical Strike, which is still important but less consistent by nature.

Being able to cast faster offers the advantage of tagging mobs quicker and overall has a nicer feeling when most of the actions complete quicker.

If you are just starting your journey into Midnight, we have a Level 80 import string for you. You can follow the point-by-point allocation of the below tree once you start gaining levels in Midnight.

Below, you can see the suggested leveling talent build and the order in which to pick the talents while leveling.

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Starting at Level 1, you only have one main attack ability: Shadow Bolt.

1. Level 2 — Cast Corruption to tag and soften up multiple enemies whenever spamming a few shadowbolts will not kill them quicker.
2. Level 45 — Cast Summon Demonic Tyrant once you have 5 shards available and Call Dreadstalkers active.
3. Level 13 — cast Call Dreadstalkers on cooldown, regardless of the number of targets.
4. Level 11 — Hand of Gul'dan is the first shard spender, and the only one without cooldown. Cast it whenever you have no other spenders and you have 5 shards.
5. Level 15 — Demonbolt is unlocked, use it whenever a Demonic Core proc happens.
6. Level 23 — Implosion should be used whenever at least 6 imps are active.

1. Call Fel Lord can be useful mostly when engaging with other players in PvP, as it offers a moment of respite from melee that is focusing you.
2. Call Felhunter offers an interrupt every 24 seconds, provided your active pet is not the Felhunter.
3. Call Observer summons a demon that will zap any enemy casting harmful spells within 20 yards for 5% of their maximum health.
4. Master Summoner is passable at best, considering we take Demonic Calling.
5. Gateway Mastery should always be considered to expedite your whereabouts in a closed space where mounts are not usable.
6. Bonds of Fel can offer further AoE burst when kiting targets around.

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.

TipsHealing Your Demon

Do not forget to keep your Demon healthy in combat using Drain Life with Infernal Beneficiary.

TipsDo Not Underestimate Curses!

With the introduction of Foul Mouth Curses are now easier than ever to utilise in most pulls and situations, and knowing which one to use in what scenario can alleviate pressure on the group.

• Curse of Tongues reduces cast speed and work on any ability that can be interrupted
• Curse of Weakness delays the time between melee attacks and should be used when pulls are mostly comprised of melee mobs
• Curse of Exhaustion is a movement speed slow, helpful for kiting but otherwise more situational

Listed below are several consumables that can be leveraged to quicken the leveling process and are generically beneficial regardless of tuning.

The War Within enchants will still work throughout the leveling process, and can help augmenting character speed. Prioritize the following:

• Enchant Boots - Scout's March
• Enchant Cloak - Chant of Burrowing Rapidity
• Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Speed

Combat potions give a burst of power and if anything its best to use them before they become irrelevant at max level.

Mostly aimed at speeding up the traversal and navigation.

• Goblin Glider Kit
• Gunshoes or Potion of the Reborn Cheetah
• Light-Step Hoofplates
• Thunderous Drums
• Draught of Silent Footfalls
• Fried Bonefish or Bear Tartare