Destruction Warlock DPS Easy Mode — The War Within (11.1.7)

These choices are optimized for ease of use while offering a setup that works in any situation with no adjustments required. As a reminder, this is not the optimal choice in either single target or multitarget in terms of output but one that can help players become familiar with the specialisation at its core.

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1. Cast Summon Infernal on cooldown.
2. Maintain Immolate at all times.
3. Cast Chaos Bolt if you have 5 Soul Shards.
4. Cast Conflagrate if you have 2 charges.
5. Cast Cataclysm when available.
6. Cast Conflagrate to generate Soul Shards.
7. Cast Incinerate to generate Soul Shards.

Maintain Immolate on up to 3 targets. Rain of Fire should become your main Soul Shard-consuming spell with at least 3 targets stacked together. Keep in mind there will be situations where using Chaos Bolt will be more beneficial, such as targets constantly moving away from the Rain of Fire area.

For a more comprehensive explanation of the priority list, including openers, check out the rotation page.

Introduced in Patch 11.1.7 the Combat Assistant is at the time of writing comprised of two main features:

• Assisted Highlight, which displays the next spell to be queued, in a adequately accurate rotation single target and limited capabilities in multitarget, best used to familiarise with the flow/cadence of the spec;
• Single Button Assistant enabling to use a single input to use multiple skills in the sequence prompted by the Assisted Highlight, at the expense of a longer base global cooldown (which accounts for an additional 5% to 10% DPS loss).

It is worth pointing out that these tools are Accessibility features first and foremost and should not be considered a direct replacement to learn a spec, and the logic behind it.

The areas where the Combat Assistant struggle the most for Destruction Warlock are:

• DoT uptime, since there is no supported logic for the Pandemic mechanic, especially aggravating in multitarget;
• Multitarget in general, due how it considers all targets stacked regardless of the situation;

• cooldown alignment has to be done manually, especially considering racials, potions and on-use equipment;
• DoTs should be refreshed within Pandemic range, as following the Combat Assistant blindly will result in much lower uptime;
• Conflagrate strength comes from the mobility associated with its usage, best to keep 1 charge available when movement occurs;
• In general try to maximise the amount of time spent casting, especially when using the Single Button Assistant, as downtime is one of the improvement areas at any stage of the game.