Destruction Warlock DPS Mythic+ Tips — Midnight Season 1

Mythic+ has become a large part of the World of Warcraft endgame, but the The sheer number 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.

Destruction Warlocks offer some of the highest on-demand bursts and 2 target cleave potential across all DPS while having strong and short enough cooldowns that can be used frequently on each pull. The spec still retains all the class baseline toolkits comprised Healthstones, Soulstones, Curses, skip-enabling Demonic Gateway, AoE crowd control abilities such as Shadowfury and Howl of Terror.

While both single and multi-target rotations do not differ substantially from the standard priority outlined in Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities page there are few points worth noting:

• While Rain of Fire is generally strong in terms of numbers, targets moving out of the radius due to kiting or repositioning can affect the overall efficacy of the spell. In situations where it would be hard to leverage heavy Rain of Fire usage, consider cleaving with Havoc Chaos Bolts instead.
• Destruction's toolkit is exceptional at bursting targets and funneling priority damage due to the insane shard generation multiple Immolates can provide, so keep that in mind during weeks when it is more important to focus on key targets over even AoE.

While damage is the bigger reason to bring a Destruction Warlock, the class itself offers a noticeable amount of crowd control and various supporting abilities:

• Recently reintroduced, the Curses can offer some advantages against specific dangerous enemies: Curse of Tongues can reduce the group's interrupt requirements. At the same time, Curse of Weakness alleviates the incoming damage on the tank from auto attacks. Last but not least, Curse of Exhaustion can slow targets when kiting is required.
• Healthstones have a 1-minute cooldown and heal for 25% of max health, allowing for an emergency heal for each player.
• Soulstones offer a combat resurrection that you can use reactively and preemptively in the case of a death run.
• Demonic Gateway offers the unique ability to skip certain parts of the map, depending on the dungeon in question, avoiding specific pulls.
• Shadowfury helps alleviate pressure on the tank during big pulls as it is a 3-second AoE stun.
• Howl of Terror in its current iteration is especially strong as a short cooldown aoe interrupt when talenting into Oppressive Darkness.
• Fear and Banish are both spammable crowd control abilities that can interrupt a cast in a pinch or temporarily remove a target from combat.

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 the Satyr is unique to Hellcaller and combines the above 2
• Curse of Exhaustion is a movement speed slow, helpful for kiting but otherwise more situational

FAQHow To Best Use Blights?

Blights are much stronger version of Curses, at the expense of being tied to a 2 minutes cooldown and lasting only 12 seconds. As such they should be treated as a defensive cooldown for the party, in order to alleviate any incoming damage, if applicable. Each Blight follows the same rules as their correspective Curse:

• Blight of Weakness works on any attacks, reducing the frequency and critical strike chance
• Blight of Tongues works on any cast that can be interrupted

Below are the recommended talents for Mythic+. There is a certain degree of flexibility when progressing down the path, to accommodate for preferences or to meet specific requirements, as discussed further.

The following section contains Warlock-specific tips for dealing with the various affixes of Mythic+. For general guides for each of our Dungeons or Mythic+ in general, check out our dedicated page below.

The Felhunter is typically the best choice, as it grants you an interrupt, which is a huge advantage in Mythic+; consider swapping to Imp if you need additional dispel.

When choosing your trinkets, we recommend simulating yourself on Raidbots using the Patchwerk option for raids and single-target, and Patchwerk with 4-5 targets or Hectic Add Cleave for an educated guess on multi-target performance in Dungeons. Usually, trinkets that proc stats are more versatile and better performers than single-target spell damage procs unless they are overtuned.

You can also get a quick overview of good Mythic+ Trinkets on our Gearing page, specifically the Simulation chart for multi-target scenarios.