Destruction Warlock PvP Guide (Dragonflight 10.2)

Destruction Warlocks bring a mix of strong single-target damage and control and are very threatening when left alone. Chaos Bolt is one of the most feared spells in the game. If you give a Destruction Warlock the chance to chain together multiple Chaos Bolts, the game will surely be over.

Destruction Warlocks are being buffed in Patch 10.2, mainly with increases to their main damage dealing ability Chaos Bolt and Shadowburn. There are also a few talent changes.

• A talent revamp, replacing Madness of the Azj'Aqir with Chaosbringer. Damage is increased across the board, and chain casting is not required to do as much damage.
• Chaosbringer increases damage dealt by Chaos Bolt, Rain of Fire and Conflagrate.
• Chaos Bolt, Rain of Fire and Shadowburn damage has been buffed by 15%.
• Grand Warlock's Design has been redesigned to flat out reduce Summon Infernal by 60 seconds.
• Summon Infernal now deals 50% more damage.
• Demon Skin now grants a 45/90% armor increase.

Strengths

• Extremely disruptive
• Strong, casted burst damage
• Great on-demand instant damage

Weaknesses

• Struggle to stay alive against melee teams
• Hard to cast against teams with multiple interrupts
• Difficult to close games out before Dampening