Demonology Warlock PvP Guide — Midnight (12.0.1)

Excellent Utility

Demonology Warlock's toolkit is focused primarily around control. Fear is the main CC that Warlocks can use to set up a CC chain or peel for themselves.

Mortal Coil can now be taken in addition with either Howl of Terror or Shadowfury. Axe Toss and Grimoire: Fel Ravager adds additional CC that lets Demonology control the entire arena.

Mediocre Mobility

Demonology Warlock has decent mobility for a caster in Midnight. However, since melee have significantly more mobility, it is hard to say Demonology's mobility is particularly strong or weak.

Demonic Circle: Teleport in conjunction with Soulburn and the PvP talent Impish Instincts synergize well together. In addition, the new talent Frequent Traveler allows for two uses of the Demonic Gateway before incurring a cooldown.

Great Except When There's a Melee

Demonology Warlocks are quite tanky in arena due to being able to take Soul Link. Since the Summon Felguard is quite durable, Demonology Warlocks are not exposed to the pet being killed and losing the Soul Link damage reduction.

Although mobility is decent, most melee classes have significantly more mobility and uptime when attacking an Demonology Warlock. Cooldowns such as Dark Pact and Healthstone are helpful in order to survive. Axe Toss also lets Demonology Warlocks set up a Fear to survive.

Easy to Learn Demonology Warlock has been simplified in Midnight. Because Call Dreadstalkers is now instant, you do not need to cast a lot to deal damage anymore. With all of the CC that Demonology Warlocks now have, the spec is quite durable and has a relatively straight-forward DPS rotation.