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Destruction Warlock DPS Mythic+ Tips in Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.0.1

Last updated on Sep 04, 2018 at 08:33 by Furty 47 comments

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General Information

On this page, you will various tips and pieces of advice for clearing high Mythic+ content with your Destruction Warlock.

The other pages of our Destruction Warlock guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.

About Our Author

This guide has been written by Furty, who has an illustrious history in the World of Warcraft raiding scene and race for World First. He has been a member of guilds such as Serenity, Midwinter, and many more, and is currently raiding in Future. He plays most classes at the highest level. You can follow him on Twitter and watch him play on Twitch.

1. Mythic+ Introduction for Destruction Warlock

Mythic+ has become a large part of the World of Warcraft endgame, but the sheer amount of different variables has left many players feeling overwhelmed. The group composition, weekly affixes, the item level of the group, the keystone level, and the experience and comfort level of the group are just several of the factors that will influence how you approach each dungeon. The purpose of this page is to prepare you for the key differences that set Mythic+ apart from the typical World of Warcraft endgame experience, including talents and rotational anomalies that may not be obvious at first glance.

2. Affix List

2.1. Tier One Affixes

  • Fortified Icon Fortified increases the Health pool of all non-boss enemies by 20% and damage dealt by 30%.
  • Tyrannical Icon Tyrannical increases the Health pool of boss enemies by 40% and their damage dealt by 15%.

Fortified Icon Fortified and Tyrannical Icon Tyrannical are two affixes, one of which is always present on all Mythic+ Keystones, regardless of level. These affixes shift the focus of dungeons from boss damage to trash damage depending on the current affix. Destruction isn't particularly well suited to either affix, but does perform adequately.

2.2. Tier Two Affixes

  • Raging Icon Raging increases the damage dealt by enemies below 30% by 100% until they die.
  • Teeming Icon Teeming adds additional trash mobs to certain packs throughout each dungeon.
  • Bolstering Icon Bolstering buffs remaining enemies Health pools and damage dealt by 20% when an enemy dies nearby. To counter this affix, DPS all mobs down evenly and focus your casts into high Health mobs if there are any.
  • Sanguine Icon Sanguine places a pool of blood on the ground when a mob is slain. This pool will heal remaining enemies who stay inside the zone and also damage players.
  • Bursting Icon Bursting forces enemy mobs to detonate when slain, afflicting the group with a stacking debuff that causes players to suffer 10% of their max Health in damage every four seconds..

2.3. Tier Three Affixes

  • Volcanic Icon Volcanic spawns volcanic plumes underneath and around players when in combat with any enemy. When damaged by Volcanic, players suffer 50% of their maximum Health pool in damage. The more enemies you are in combat with, the more Volcanic that will spawn.
  • Grievous Icon Grievous afflicts players with a stacking DoT when they fall below 90%.
  • Quaking Icon Quaking will periodically attempt to interrupt casters by creating a damaging zone around each player. About 3 seconds after the zone forms, it will deal 20% maximum Health in damage to each player caught in the zone as well as interrupting any hard casts being finished during the shockwave.
  • Explosive Icon Explosive will occasionally spawn Explosive Orbs that need to be targeted and burned down within a short period of time or they will deal significant damage to the party.
  • Necrotic Icon Necrotic debuffs the target of enemy melee swings with stacking healing reduction and minor DoT.
  • Skittish Icon Skittish reduces the amount of threat generated by tanks throughout the dungeon.

Movement should be filled with instant casts whenever possible.

2.4. Seasonal Affix

Infested Icon Infested is the seasonal affix for the launch of Battle for Azeroth. Enemies afflicted with the Infested debuff will be scattered throughout each dungeon once you reach key level ten. These mobs will heal enemies around them and when slain, will spawn two Spawn of G'huun that will attempt to infest remaining enemies.

There are several ways to handle Infested Icon Infested mobs depending on pack size, which mob is infested, and group composition. The first way to handle an Infested enemy is to burn down the infested target and the subsequently spawning Spawn of G'huun while either crowd controlling or ignoring the other mobs in the pack. The second way is to crowd control the Infested mob and burn down all the other enemies.

3. Mythic+ Talents for Destruction Warlock

Level Choices
15 Flashover ✔ Flashover Eradication ✘ Eradication Soul Fire ✘ Soul Fire
30 Reverse Entropy ✔ Reverse Entropy Internal Combustion ✘ Internal Combustion Shadowburn ✘ Shadowburn
45 Demon Skin ✘ Demon Skin Burning Rush ✔ Burning Rush Dark Pact ✔ Dark Pact
60 Inferno ✘ Inferno Fire and Brimstone ✔ Fire and Brimstone Cataclysm ✘ Cataclysm
75 Darkfury ✔ Darkfury Mortal Coil ✘ Mortal Coil Demonic Circle ✔ Demonic Circle
90 Roaring Blaze ✘ Roaring Blaze Grimoire of Supremacy ✔ Grimoire of Supremacy Grimoire of Sacrifice ✘ Grimoire of Sacrifice
100 Soul Conduit ✘ Soul Conduit Channel Demonfire ✘ Channel Demonfire Dark Soul: Instability ✔ Dark Soul: Instability

3.1. Talent Explanations

Most of our explanations are geared towards keystones that challenge the current item level of your group. If you are doing keystones that are well below the current power level of the group, you should default to our build recommended above, as you will likely be able to do pulls much larger than intended, which skews the talent choices towards AoE and burst focused choices rather than builds that support sustained damage.

3.1.1. Tier 1/Level 15

Flashover Icon Flashover is the best talent due to its flexibility, being a potent option for single target and cleave. Eradication Icon Eradication does offer slightly higher 2-target damage, however falls behind in all other categories.

3.1.2. Tier 2/Level 30

Reverse Entropy Icon Reverse Entropy is the best talent for virtually all scenarios.

3.1.3. Tier 3/Level 45

Dark Pact Icon Dark Pact is a great choice for challenging keystones, as the cooldown is often necessary to survive lethal boss abilities or the more difficult trash pulls.

Burning Rush Icon Burning Rush is the best choice for any situation where you feel Dark Pact Icon Dark Pact is unnecessary.

3.1.4. Tier 4/Level 60

Fire and Brimstone Icon Fire and Brimstone is a phenomenal choice for dungeons and provides a great boost to damage and Soul Shard generation when cleave is available.

3.1.5. Tier 5/Level 75

Demonic Circle Icon Demonic Circle can be used creatively in some dungeons, such as to make certain bosses easier for yourself.

Darkfury Icon Darkfury can be used to provide more frequent access to AoE stuns. If you do not find yourself making use of Demonic Circle Icon Demonic Circle often in dungeons, take this talent and provide more Crowd Control.

3.1.6. Tier 6/Level 90

Grimoire of Supremacy Icon Grimoire of Supremacy is the best choice for Tyrannical weeks, due to the high single target damage it provides. This can also be an insane cooldown for certain trash packs, as the Soul Shard generation from Fire and Brimstone Icon Fire and Brimstone will fuel your damage.

Roaring Blaze Icon Roaring Blaze is a passive option and offers slightly higher damage pack to pack, due to the long cooldown of Grimoire of Supremacy Icon Grimoire of Supremacy. It will not allow for the same heights, but if you feel that the damage cooldown is unnecessary then this is the talent to take.

3.1.7. Tier 7/Level 100

Channel Demonfire Icon Channel Demonfire offers good cleave and AoE, however it suffers greatly during high movement affix weeks.

Dark Soul: Instability Icon Dark Soul: Instability provides great damage for bosses and has huge potential paired with Grimoire of Supremacy Icon Grimoire of Supremacy. If you know the dungeon layout, you can also use this to rip through difficult packs when necessary.

4. Stat Priority for Destruction Warlock

  1. Intellect;
  2. Haste;
  3. Critical Strike ≅ Mastery;
  4. Versatility.

5. Pet Choice for Destruction Warlock

The Felhunter is typically the best choice, as it grants you an interrupt, which is a huge advantage in Mythic+.

⋘Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
Common and Worst Mistakes⋙

6. ChangeLog

  • 04 Sep. 2018: Updated for Battle for Azeroth.
  • 13 Aug. 2018: Page added.
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