Destruction Warlock PvP Talents and Builds — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

This is the standard build for Destruction Warlocks in PvP, which can be used as a general setup.

• This build takes talents which buff Chaos Bolt such as Improved Chaos Bolt, Chaotic Inferno
• The build focuses on dealing damage primarily with your Conflagrate, Shadowburn and Incinerate, then unloading with Chaos Bolt.
• Talents such as Fiendish Cruelty allow for use of Shadowburn outside of execute range.
• The hero talent Wither is instant and replaces Immolate, making it much easier to maintain the debuff as well as dealing a ton of damage.

You can choose 3 of the following PvP talents. These should be switched out depending on the matchup.

Soul Rip causes nearby enemies to deal 25% less damage and reduce their healing received by 25%. Enemies can pick up their 'Soul' to remove the effect, however, this talent helps to create some space for the Destruction Warlock.

Impish Instincts reduces the cooldown of your Demonic Circle: Teleport by 3 seconds when you take Physical damage with an internal cooldown of 5 seconds. This, in synergy with Abyss Walker, makes this PvP talent a very good pick against melee teams who target you.

Nether Ward surrounds the caster with a shield that lasts 3 sec, reflecting all harmful spells cast on you. This is a crucial talent to take against all casters. You also want to use this talent versus teams with a Shaman or Death Knight. This is because their kicks are magical, and this will prevent you from being interrupted while it is active.

Shadow Rift allows you to cast an area-of-effect around the enemy, as long as you are in your Demonic Circle: Teleport range. After 2 seconds, you will teleport any enemies inside this circle to your Demonic Circle: Teleport. This ability has many creative uses and can be used to prevent enemy teams from hiding behind a pillar or to teleport melee away from you.

Bonds of Fel encircles enemies in a location. If they leave the circle, the bonds will explode and deal a significant amount of damage.