Destruction Warlock PvP Guide — Midnight Season 1 - World of Warcraft

This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to play Destruction Warlock in a PvP environment. The guide will cover everything from talent choices, PvP talents, gameplay and rotation, and useful racial bonuses. It is most applicable to Arena content, but most talents and racial bonuses will work in Rated Battlegrounds and skirmishes.

If you were looking for MoP Classic content, please refer to our MoP Classic Warlock PvP guide.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE

1. Destruction Warlocks in the Current Meta

2. Changes to Destruction Warlock for Midnight

Destruction Warlocks in the Current Meta

Destruction Warlocks bring a mix of strong single-target damage and control and are very threatening when left alone. Chaos Bolt Icon 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, they can burst any target down extremely quickly.

Bursty Damage Profile Destruction Warlocks deal the most single target burst out of all the Warlock specializations. Chaos Bolt Icon

Chaos Bolt is extremely scary for enemy healers to deal with, and when combined together with Summon Infernal Icon

Summon Infernal and other CC, Destruction Warlocks can easily burst someone down.

Broad Utility Destruction Warlocks have a decent toolkit in terms of utility. Fear Icon

Fear is the main CC that Warlocks can use to set up a CC chain or peel for themselves. In addition, Mortal Coil Icon

Mortal Coil can now be taken in addition to either Howl of Terror Icon

Howl of Terror or Shadowfury Icon

Shadowfury. Curses such as Curse of Exhaustion Icon

Curse of Exhaustion and Curse of Tongues Icon

Curse of Tongues are also helpful as a form of control to snare enemies or slow their casting down.

Mediocre Mobility Destruction Warlock has decent mobility for a caster in Midnight. However, most melee specs have significantly more mobility and therefore Destruction Warlocks struggle to get away and create distance. Demonic Circle: Teleport Icon

Demonic Circle: Teleport in conjunction with Soulburn Icon

Soulburn and the PvP talent Impish Instincts Icon

Impish Instincts synergize well together. In addition, the new talent Frequent Traveler Icon

Frequent Traveler allows for two uses of the Demonic Gateway Icon

Demonic Gateway before incurring a cooldown.

Weak Mitigation Destruction Warlocks have a hard time surviving in the arena, especially against melee classes. Although mobility is decent, most melee classes have significantly more mobility and therefore uptime when attacking an Destruction Warlock. Cooldowns such as Dark Pact Icon

Dark Pact and Healthstone Icon

Healthstone are helpful to survive. However, when melees have uptime on an Destruction Warlock, it is very difficult to stay healthy while also dealing damage.

Changes to Destruction Warlock for Midnight

Midnight Season 1 Changes Midnight Summary

2.1.

Midnight Season 1 Changes

This section highlights the changes being made to Destruction Warlocks in Midnight Season 1. Overall, the damage output has been nerfed, especially with the changes to Blackened Soul Icon Blackened Soul.

Midnight Class Tuning

Hellcaller: Xalan's Cruelty now increases Shadow damage dealt by 5% (was 8%).
Hellcaller: Xalan's Ferocity now increases Fire damage dealt by 5% (was 8%).
Hellcaller: Blackened Soul damage reduced by 50%.
Hellcaller: Through the Felvine now increases Rain of Fire damage by 6% (was 8%).
Hellcaller: Through the Felvine now increases Chaos Bolt damage by 35% (was 10%). This change does not affect PvP.

Midnight brings a complete rework to the talent trees, with several talents such as Practiced Chaos Icon Practiced Chaos and Xorothian Research Icon Xorothian Research that increase your stats. Additionally, you can now spread Immolate Icon Immolate with Roaring Blaze Icon Roaring Blaze.

These changes are moderate in impact for Destruction Warlocks in PvP, making the gameplay more fluid.

2.2.

Minor Changes to Destruction Warlock in Midnight

Shadowburn deals very low damage and is not prioritized in PvP builds anymore.
Conflagrate now spreads your Immolate or Wither to nearby targets thanks to Roaring Blaze.
Ritual of Ruin has been removed.
Decimation has been removed. As such, players are highly recommended to avoid Soul Fire builds.

Important Note Midnight also introduces Apex talents, with Destruction Warlock's Embers of Nihilam Icon

Embers of Nihilam increasing Crit / Haste, as well as proccing some extra damage.

Changelog

16 Mar. 2026 (races): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
16 Mar. 2026 (macros): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
16 Mar. 2026 (comps): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
16 Mar. 2026 (blitz): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
16 Mar. 2026 (playstyle): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
16 Mar. 2026 (gear): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
16 Mar. 2026 (talents): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
16 Mar. 2026 (this page): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
16 Mar. 2026 (this page): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
26 Feb. 2026 (races): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
26 Feb. 2026 (macros): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
26 Feb. 2026 (comps): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
26 Feb. 2026 (blitz): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
26 Feb. 2026 (playstyle): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
26 Feb. 2026 (gear): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
26 Feb. 2026 (talents): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
26 Feb. 2026 (this page): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
26 Feb. 2026 (this page): Updated for Midnight Season 1.
19 Jan. 2026 (races): Reviewed for Midnight Pre-Patch.
19 Jan. 2026 (macros): Reviewed for Midnight Pre-Patch.
19 Jan. 2026 (comps): Reviewed for Midnight Pre-Patch.
19 Jan. 2026 (blitz): Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
19 Jan. 2026 (playstyle): Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
19 Jan. 2026 (gear): Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
19 Jan. 2026 (talents): Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
19 Jan. 2026 (this page): Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
19 Jan. 2026 (this page): Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
30 Nov. 2025 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
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30 Nov. 2025 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
30 Nov. 2025 (blitz): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
30 Nov. 2025 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
30 Nov. 2025 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
30 Nov. 2025 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
30 Nov. 2025 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
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05 Oct. 2025 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
05 Oct. 2025 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
05 Oct. 2025 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
05 Oct. 2025 (blitz): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
05 Oct. 2025 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
05 Oct. 2025 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
05 Oct. 2025 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
05 Oct. 2025 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
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04 Aug. 2025 (races): Updated for TWW 11.2.
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04 Aug. 2025 (blitz): Updated for TWW 11.2.
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04 Aug. 2025 (talents): Updated for TWW 11.2.
04 Aug. 2025 (this page): Updated for TWW 11.2.
04 Aug. 2025 (this page): Updated for TWW 11.2.
15 Jun. 2025 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
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15 Jun. 2025 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
15 Jun. 2025 (blitz): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
15 Jun. 2025 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
15 Jun. 2025 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
15 Jun. 2025 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
15 Jun. 2025 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
15 Jun. 2025 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
21 Apr. 2025 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
21 Apr. 2025 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
21 Apr. 2025 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
21 Apr. 2025 (blitz): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
21 Apr. 2025 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
21 Apr. 2025 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
21 Apr. 2025 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
21 Apr. 2025 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.1.5.
21 Apr. 2025 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.1.5.
24 Feb. 2025 (races): Updated for TWW 11.1.
24 Feb. 2025 (macros): Updated for TWW 11.1.
24 Feb. 2025 (comps): Updated for TWW 11.1.
24 Feb. 2025 (blitz): Updated for TWW 11.1.
24 Feb. 2025 (playstyle): Updated for TWW 11.1.
24 Feb. 2025 (gear): Updated for TWW 11.1.
24 Feb. 2025 (talents): Updated for TWW 11.1.
24 Feb. 2025 (this page): Updated for TWW 11.1.
24 Feb. 2025 (this page): Updated for TWW 11.1.
16 Jan. 2025 (races): Updated for Patch 12.0.
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16 Jan. 2025 (blitz): Updated for Patch 12.0.
16 Jan. 2025 (playstyle): Updated for Patch 12.0.
16 Jan. 2025 (gear): Updated for Patch 12.0.
16 Jan. 2025 (talents): Updated for Patch 12.0.
16 Jan. 2025 (this page): Updated for Patch 12.0.
16 Jan. 2025 (this page): Updated for Patch 12.0.
15 Dec. 2024 (races): Updated for The War Within 11.0.7.
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15 Dec. 2024 (blitz): Updated for The War Within 11.0.7.
15 Dec. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for The War Within 11.0.7.
15 Dec. 2024 (gear): Updated for The War Within 11.0.7.
15 Dec. 2024 (talents): Updated for The War Within 11.0.7.
15 Dec. 2024 (this page): Updated for The War Within 11.0.7.
15 Dec. 2024 (this page): Updated for The War Within 11.0.7.
21 Oct. 2024 (races): Updated for TWW 11.0.5.
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21 Oct. 2024 (comps): Updated for TWW 11.0.5.
21 Oct. 2024 (blitz): Updated for TWW 11.0.5.
21 Oct. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for TWW 11.0.5.
21 Oct. 2024 (gear): Updated for TWW 11.0.5.
21 Oct. 2024 (talents): Updated for TWW 11.0.5.
21 Oct. 2024 (this page): Updated for TWW 11.0.5.
21 Oct. 2024 (this page): Updated for TWW 11.0.5.
09 Sep. 2024 (races): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
09 Sep. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
09 Sep. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
09 Sep. 2024 (blitz): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
09 Sep. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
09 Sep. 2024 (gear): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
09 Sep. 2024 (talents): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
09 Sep. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
09 Sep. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
21 Aug. 2024 (races): Updated for The War Within Season 1.
21 Aug. 2024 (macros): Updated for The War Within Season 1.
21 Aug. 2024 (comps): Updated for The War Within Season 1.
21 Aug. 2024 (blitz): Page added.
21 Aug. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for The War Within Season 1.
21 Aug. 2024 (gear): Updated for The War Within Season 1.
21 Aug. 2024 (talents): Updated for The War Within Season 1.
21 Aug. 2024 (this page): Updated for The War Within Season 1.
21 Aug. 2024 (this page): Updated for The War Within Season 1.
27 Jul. 2024 (races): Reviewed for 11.0.
27 Jul. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for 11.0.
27 Jul. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for 11.0.
27 Jul. 2024 (talents): Reviewed for 11.0.
23 Jul. 2024 (races): Updated for The War Within Prepatch 11.0.
23 Jul. 2024 (macros): Updated for The War Within Prepatch 11.0.
23 Jul. 2024 (comps): Updated for The War Within Prepatch 11.0.
23 Jul. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for The War Within Prepatch 11.0.
23 Jul. 2024 (gear): Updated for The War Within Prepatch 11.0.
23 Jul. 2024 (talents): Updated for The War Within Prepatch 11.0.
23 Jul. 2024 (this page): Updated for The War Within Prepatch 11.0.
23 Jul. 2024 (this page): Updated for The War Within Prepatch 11.0.
07 May 2024 (races): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
07 May 2024 (macros): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
07 May 2024 (comps): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
07 May 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
07 May 2024 (gear): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
07 May 2024 (talents): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
07 May 2024 (this page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
07 May 2024 (this page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
22 Apr. 2024 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
22 Apr. 2024 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
22 Apr. 2024 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
22 Apr. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
22 Apr. 2024 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
22 Apr. 2024 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
22 Apr. 2024 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
22 Apr. 2024 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
19 Mar. 2024 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.6.
19 Mar. 2024 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.6.
19 Mar. 2024 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.6.
19 Mar. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.6.
19 Mar. 2024 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.6.
19 Mar. 2024 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.6.
19 Mar. 2024 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.6.
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15 Jan. 2024 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
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15 Jan. 2024 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
15 Jan. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
15 Jan. 2024 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
15 Jan. 2024 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
15 Jan. 2024 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
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06 Nov. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
06 Nov. 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
06 Nov. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
06 Nov. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
06 Nov. 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
06 Nov. 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
04 Sep. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
04 Sep. 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
04 Sep. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
04 Sep. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
04 Sep. 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
04 Sep. 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
04 Sep. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
04 Sep. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
10 Jul. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5.
10 Jul. 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5.
10 Jul. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5.
10 Jul. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5.
10 Jul. 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5.
10 Jul. 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5.
10 Jul. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
10 Jul. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
09 May 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
09 May 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
09 May 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
09 May 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
09 May 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
09 May 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
09 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
09 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
21 Mar. 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
21 Mar. 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
21 Mar. 2023 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
21 Mar. 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
21 Mar. 2023 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
21 Mar. 2023 (talents): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
21 Mar. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
21 Mar. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
16 Mar. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7.
16 Mar. 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7.
16 Mar. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7.
16 Mar. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7.
16 Mar. 2023 (gear): Updated for DRagonflgiht Patch 10.0.7.
16 Mar. 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7.
16 Mar. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflgiht Patch 10.0.7.
16 Mar. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflgiht Patch 10.0.7.
30 Jan. 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
30 Jan. 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
30 Jan. 2023 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
30 Jan. 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
30 Jan. 2023 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
30 Jan. 2023 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
30 Jan. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
30 Jan. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
11 Dec. 2022 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
11 Dec. 2022 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
11 Dec. 2022 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
11 Dec. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
11 Dec. 2022 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
11 Dec. 2022 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
22 Nov. 2022 (races): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
22 Nov. 2022 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
22 Nov. 2022 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
22 Nov. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
22 Nov. 2022 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
22 Nov. 2022 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
22 Nov. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
22 Nov. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
30 Jul. 2022 (races): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
30 Jul. 2022 (macros): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
30 Jul. 2022 (comps): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
30 Jul. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
30 Jul. 2022 (gear): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
30 Jul. 2022 (talents): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
30 Jul. 2022 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
30 Jul. 2022 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
31 May 2022 (races): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
31 May 2022 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
31 May 2022 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
31 May 2022 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
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31 May 2022 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
31 May 2022 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
31 May 2022 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
02 Mar. 2022 (races): Updated for Shadowlands 9.2.
02 Mar. 2022 (macros): Updated for Shadowlands 9.2.
02 Mar. 2022 (comps): Updated for Shadowlands 9.2.
02 Mar. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Shadowlands 9.2.
02 Mar. 2022 (gear): Updated for Shadowlands 9.2.
02 Mar. 2022 (talents): Updated for Shadowlands 9.2.
02 Mar. 2022 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands 9.2.
02 Mar. 2022 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands 9.2.
17 Nov. 2021 (races): Updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.5.
17 Nov. 2021 (macros): Updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.5.
17 Nov. 2021 (comps): Updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.5.
17 Nov. 2021 (playstyle): Updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.5.
17 Nov. 2021 (gear): Updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.5.
17 Nov. 2021 (talents): Updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.5.
17 Nov. 2021 (this page): Guide updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.5.
17 Nov. 2021 (this page): Guide updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.5.
10 Aug. 2021 (races): Updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.
10 Aug. 2021 (macros): Updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.
10 Aug. 2021 (comps): Updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.
10 Aug. 2021 (playstyle): Updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.
10 Aug. 2021 (gear): Updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.
10 Aug. 2021 (talents): Updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.
10 Aug. 2021 (this page): Guide updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.
10 Aug. 2021 (this page): Guide updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.
08 Mar. 2021 (races): No updates needed for Patch 9.0.5.
08 Mar. 2021 (macros): No updates needed for Patch 9.0.5.
08 Mar. 2021 (comps): No updates needed for Patch 9.0.5.
08 Mar. 2021 (playstyle): No updates needed for Patch 9.0.5.
08 Mar. 2021 (gear): No updates needed for Patch 9.0.5.
08 Mar. 2021 (talents): No updates needed for Patch 9.0.5.
08 Mar. 2021 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
08 Mar. 2021 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
06 Dec. 2020 (gear): Added BiS gear list for Shadowlands.
05 Dec. 2020 (playstyle): Updated Damage Rotations to include Covenant Ability.
05 Dec. 2020 (talents): Updated Talent Table.
- Updated Tier 6 Regular Talent.
01 Dec. 2020 (this page): Added Covenant page.
01 Dec. 2020 (this page): Added Covenant page.
29 Nov. 2020 (gear): Removed outdated Traits and Essences.
- Removed outdated gear.
- Added gems section.
29 Nov. 2020 (talents): Removed outdated Traits and Essences.
29 Nov. 2020 (this page): Guide updated for Shadowlands. Still missing Covenants page.
29 Nov. 2020 (this page): Guide updated for Shadowlands. Still missing Covenants page.
27 Nov. 2020 (playstyle): Removed outdated Traits and Essences.
30 Oct. 2020 (playstyle): Updated all Damage rotations.
- Updated Defensives section.
- Add Curses section.
20 Oct. 2020 (races): This page was checked for patch 9.0.1 and no updates were necessary.
20 Oct. 2020 (macros): This page was checked for patch 9.0.1 and no updates were necessary.
20 Oct. 2020 (comps): This page was checked for patch 9.0.1 and no updates were necessary.
20 Oct. 2020 (gear): Removed Corruption sections.
20 Oct. 2020 (talents): Updated Talent Table.
- Updated Tiers 6 and 7 Regular talents.
- Updated PvP talents.
03 Jul. 2020 (gear): Updated Corruptions.
- Added Recommended Corruptions section.
19 May 2020 (gear): Updated Corruptions section.
08 Apr. 2020 (gear): Updated Recommended Items.
14 Feb. 2020 (gear): Added Corruption Gear section. Updated Recommended Gear section.
20 Jan. 2020 (races): This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
20 Jan. 2020 (macros): This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
20 Jan. 2020 (comps): This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
20 Jan. 2020 (playstyle): This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
20 Jan. 2020 (gear): Updated PvP gear to be Season 4 Corrupted gear.
20 Jan. 2020 (talents): This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
09 Dec. 2019 (races): Page added.
09 Dec. 2019 (macros): Page added.
09 Dec. 2019 (comps): Page added.
09 Dec. 2019 (playstyle): Page added.
09 Dec. 2019 (gear): Page added.
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