Destruction Warlock PvP Guide — The War Within (11.1.7)

There are no changes in patch 11.1.5, but the following were included in patch 11.1.

• Demonfire Infusion is a new talent introduced which causes your periodic damage from Immolate or Wither to fire a Demonfire Bolt. This can also occur from casting Incinerate.
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• Dimension Ripper has been redesigned to proc a Dimensional Rift when you deal periodic damage with Immolate or Wither./li>.
• Havoc duration is now 15 seconds from 12.
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• Mayhem has a 10% increased chance to activate.
• Diabolic Embers has changed position to a capstone talent.

These changes are mostly minimal in impact for Destruction Warlocks in PvP, offering a small increase in damage.

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, they can burst any target down extremely quickly.

The War Within brings a complete rework to the talent trees, with several talents such as Ruin and Devastation that increase your Critical Strike rate. Additionally, you can use multiple Healthstones if you take Pact of Gluttony.

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