Demonology Warlock DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.2
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Demonology Warlock in World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.2.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Demonology Warlock gear and best in slot.
Gearing a Demonology Warlock
Welcome to our Gearing Page for Demonology Warlock; this section will cover everything you need to know about equipping your character correctly.
If you have a new piece of gear for which you need gems and enchant advice, you can find everything on our dedicated page below.
How To Effectively Compare Upgrades as an Demonology Warlock
Due to the simplicity of determining upgrades with a simulation in the current game era, we recommend using the popular Raidbots tool to decide which pieces of gear offer the most potential for your character. The main reason why this is a considerable advantage is due to the vast number of variables that differ from character to character, such as Stat Quotients and Scale Factors.
The Top Gear function can be handy, as it allows you to compare multiple items and item types to find the best combination of upgrades.
Learning to use the tools available will allow you to reach the most accurate conclusions with the least effort. It is highly recommended that you avail yourself of these tools, which will serve you well when evaluating items.
Droptimizer
The Droptimizer feature from Raidbots lets you identify which dungeons and Raid Bosses you should spend your Bonus Rolls on. It simulates all of the potential upgrades in a raid or a dungeon, and lists the bosses/dungeons by rank order of how much DPS you can expect to gain from bonus rolling on it. We have a guide for it that you can access using the link below.
Demonology Warlock Gear Upgrades in Dragonflight Season 3
The Upgrade system introduced in the previous Season is being revisited again, with Crest being now a currency in the relative tab, instead of occupying precious inventory space. The system will allow to update gear obtained in Season 3 up to 489 item level, which represents the highest Mythic Raid level. Crafted items will only be upgradable to 486 item level , though.
For more information on the new Gear Upgrades system, check out our dedicated page for it below.
As with Valor, the cost to upgrade scales differs per slot but now also increases quickly as item levels go up.
BiS Gear for Demonology Warlock
BiS List for Demonology Warlock
The list contains the highest DPS options in each slot from any source and should be considered the end goal of gearing for single target output.
Crafted items are used to supplement either lower item level or items with worse secondary stats selection and distribution.
Slot | Item | Source |
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Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst or Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil |
Neck | ![]() |
Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst or Smolderon in Amirdrassil |
Cloak | ![]() |
Crafted by Tailoring with Versatility/Mastery. Embellished with
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Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst or Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil |
Wrists | ![]() |
Crafted by Tailoring with Versatility/Mastery. Embellished with
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Gloves | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst or Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil |
Belt | ![]() |
Council of Dreams in Amirdrassil |
Legs | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise |
Boots | ![]() |
Volcoross in Amirdrassil |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil |
Main-hand + Off-hand | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall |
Trinket 1 | ![]() |
Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil |
Trinket 2 | ![]() |
Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil |
Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Demonology Warlock
The following list contains gear exclusively from Mythic+ Dungeons and Crafted items and, therefore, is aimed at those who have no access to raiding due to various reasons.
The lack of class trinket availability particularly hurts the overall performance, so if possible, even normal or heroic pugs should be considered.
Lastly, the latest tier set is taken into account, as it is the foundation for the whole gearing process. In situations where the Catalyst is not yet available, such as the first 5 weeks of a tier, consider running the previous tier 4 pieces, as it should still provide more DPS than a higher item level equivalent without set bonuses.
Slot | Item | Source |
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Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Neck | ![]() |
Darkheart Thicket |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Cloak | ![]() |
Crafted by Tailoring with Versatility/Mastery. Embellished with
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Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Wrists | ![]() |
Crafted by Tailoring |
Gloves | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Belt | ![]() |
Everbloom |
Legs | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Boots | ![]() |
Black Rook Hold |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Black Rook Hold |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Atal'Dazar |
Main-hand + Off-hand | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall |
Trinket 1 | ![]() |
Waycrest Manor |
Trinket 2 | ![]() |
Atal'Dazar |
Raid Gear BiS List for Demonology Warlock
The list contains the highest DPS setup available using exclusively gear from the Amirdrassil Raid, without craftable items.
As such, it is mostly useful for informing your organized guild of what loot is optimal for you for loot distribution purposes.
Consider supplementing the list with the crafted gear present in the Overall BiS List tab in the event that running Mythic+ does not appeal to you.
Slot | Item | Source |
---|---|---|
Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst or Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil |
Neck | ![]() |
Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst or Smolderon in Amirdrassil |
Cloak | ![]() |
Crafted by Tailoring with Versatility/Mastery. Embellished with
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Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst or Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil |
Wrists | ![]() |
Crafted by Tailoring with Versatility/Mastery. Embellished with
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Gloves | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst or Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil |
Belt | ![]() |
Council of Dreams in Amirdrassil |
Legs | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil |
Boots | ![]() |
Volcoross in Amirdrassil |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil |
Main-hand + Off-hand | ![]() |
Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil |
Trinket 1 | ![]() |
Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil |
Trinket 2 | ![]() |
Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil |
Crafted Gear & Embellishments
The newly revamped crafting system gives players access to an alternate avenue of gearing, one which offers unique embellishment, which is limited to two equipped at any time.
Spark of Dreams will remain the main limiting factor when crafting
high-end gear, as it can be acquired once every two weeks by combining
two
Splintered Spark of Dreams and 250
Flightstones.
At the start of a tier, it will be possible to craft two pieces (the first from the initial quest and the second from the initial bi-weekly reward).
It is essential to understand that your individual crafting strategy depends heavily on the kind of progress and therefore drops available, the speed at which you progress through the content and whatever drop you can obtain early. As a result, there will not be a single best path, instead listed below will be some guidelines:
DISCLAIMER: After the sudden nerf
to Undulating Sporecloak, which happened prior to release of the
patch, the best option in single target remains
double
Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch on low-stat budget slots such
as Wrists and Back.
For multitarget and Mythic+, some degrees of variety are retained, however,
offering the choice between Blue Silken Lining
and
Allied Wristguards of Time Dilation,
with
Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch still offering the single target
damage increase.
Tier Set for Demonology Warlock
In Dragonflight season 3 Demonology Warlock get access to a new tier set with the following bonuses:
Warlock Demonology 10.2 Class Set 2pc:
Demonbolt now applies a Doom Brand that explodes after 20 seconds, dealing Shadow damage to nearby enemies.
Demonbolt and
Hand of Gul'dan reduce the duration of the primary target’s Doom Brand by 1 second.
Warlock Demonology 10.2 Class Set 4pc:
Hand of Gul'dan damage increased by 15%. When Doom Brand explodes, you have a chance to summon a Doomfiend that blasts your target for Shadow damage every 3 seconds for 15 seconds.
Both bonuses offer a damage increase without affecting the rotation in a meaningful way in single target, but inviting the player to spread Doom Brands in multitarget.
It is important to note that achieving
the Warlock Demonology 10.1 Class Set 4pc is a higher gain than having the set on
the sub-optimal slots.
That said, the ideal setup has the Legs as the offset piece due a suboptimal stat distribution.
Weapons for Demonology Warlock
Two weapons stand out, and both are staves: Iridal, the Earth's Master
and
Dreambinder, Loom of the Great Cycle, dropping respectively
from Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall and Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle
in Amirdrassil.
Trinkets for Demonology Warlock
Due to the prevalence of high item level trinkets via Mythic+, raiding, and PvP, there are various suitable options for trinkets. It is always best to use Raidbots Top Gear to determine what your optimal trinkets are.
From Amirdrassil Nymue's Unraveling Spindle
and
Belor'relos, the Suncaller are the overall best trinkets.
From dungeons Balefire Branch and the alternative
Sea Star
offer good on use on 90 seconds cooldown,
while
Mirror of Fractured Tomorrows is a 3-minute option instead.
The passive choices are somewhat lacking with
Corrupted Starlight
and
Vessel of Skittering Shadows being mediocre at best.
Trinket Simulations for Demonology Warlock
DISCLAIMER: sims are currently being developed; therefore, take the following charts with a grain of salt.
Single Target
Cleave
Changelog
- 07 Nov. 2023: Embellishment recommendations updated after Undulating Sporecloak has been annihilated.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated Gear recommendations for Patch 10.2 and Season 3.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reformat of the page with BiS tables and section updates.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.
- 24 Mar. 2023: Updated Onyx Annulet section to account for live hotfixes.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Added patch 10.0.7 new ring section. .
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 13 Dec. 2022: Updated Embellishment recommendations.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Season 1 launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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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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