Destruction Warlock Mythic+ Build & Gear Guide in Midnight Season 2

Spec Popularity

Overall Played: 3.7%
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Best Team Comps

groups
Guardian
+1
Alternatives
Protection 2%
Blood 2%
+3 rarer (<1%)
Preservation
+5
Alternatives
Holy 8%
Restoration 5%
Holy 5%
Discipline 2%
Restoration 2%
Mistweaver 2%
Arcane
Destruction
+12
Alternatives
Elemental 6%
Subtlety 2%
Retribution 7%
Unholy 3%
Shadow 3%
Assassination 2%
Frost 2%
Enhancement 1%
Demonology 9%
Arms 5%
Balance 3%
Beast Mastery 3%
Windwalker 1%
+13 rarer (<1%)
Devourer
+3
Alternatives
Arms 1%
Retribution 2%
Elemental 1%
Beast Mastery 1%
+19 rarer (<1%)
1.8% of Runs 88% Timed Highest Key: +22
Guardian
+2
Alternatives
Protection 3%
Blood 2%
Protection 1%
+2 rarer (<1%)
Restoration
Alternatives
Holy 2%
+3 rarer (<1%)
Arcane
Alternatives
Beast Mastery 1%
+19 rarer (<1%)
Frost
+9
Alternatives
Unholy 4%
Shadow 3%
Windwalker 2%
Beast Mastery 6%
Fury 1%
Enhancement 1%
Elemental 4%
Balance 2%
Arcane 1%
Marksmanship 1%
+9 rarer (<1%)
Destruction
+12
Alternatives
Elemental 8%
Shadow 6%
Balance 5%
Windwalker 5%
Feral 1%
Beast Mastery 14%
Fury 3%
Outlaw 1%
Enhancement 2%
Affliction 2%
Unholy 1%
Arcane 2%
Marksmanship 1%
+8 rarer (<1%)
2.3% of Runs 87% Timed Highest Key: +21

Highest Run

+22 Den of Nalorakk EU
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Guardian Preservation Devourer Arcane Destruction

Talents

Most Destruction Warlock players build into the Diabolist hero tree. The pick that shifts the most in an individual dungeon is Banish, which far more players run in Den of Nalorakk than anywhere else. Open Talents per Dungeon to see every swap like this. The build list holds the complete builds players run. Click one to see it on the tree.

Builds on Diabolist
Overview Pick rate of every talent
Standard build 40% +20 40% 2 flexible
Alternative 1 25% +22 25% Devastation Alythess's Ire 4 flexible
Alternative 2 5% +20 7% Backlash Alythess's Ire Devastation 1 flexible
Alternative 3 SIM 3% +18 4% Improved Havoc Alythess's Ire Rain of Fire Devastation 7 flexible
Alternative 4 11% +20 4% Soul Fire Avatar of Destruction Devastation 1 flexible
Other builds: 20% of runs, each too rare to list
Overview Pick rate of every talent
Stat Priority

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Stat priority is the order in which Destruction Warlock players value their secondary stats, based on what the highest-key players actually carry on their gear. Most prioritize Haste, followed by Crit, Mastery and Versatility. Intellect is your main stat and comes mostly from item level, so a higher-item-level piece is almost always an upgrade. Use this order as a guide when choosing between similar items, gems and enchants, not as a hard rule.

1 Intellect icon
Intellect
3.3 K
then
2 Haste icon
Haste
1 K · 25.6%
then
3 Crit icon
Crit
963 · 28.4%
then
4 Mastery icon
Mastery
746 · 53.9%
then
5 Versatility icon
Versatility
164 · 3.0%
Tertiary Priority
1 Avoidance icon
Avoidance
129 · 3.5%
then
2 Lifesteal icon
Lifesteal
65 · 2.9%
then
3 Speed icon
Speed
41
Top Consumables

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The flask, potion, food, weapon enchant and augment rune most used by high-key Destruction Warlock players, from recorded Mythic+ runs.

Food SIM

Silvermoon Parade

Silvermoon Parade

65%

Weapon Enchant SIM

Thalassian Phoenix Oil (Quality 2)

Thalassian Phoenix Oil (Quality 2)

78%

Augment Rune

Void-Touched Augment Rune

Void-Touched Augment Rune

100%

Gear Overview

This section lists the gear that Destruction Warlock players equip most often in those high keys, broken down slot by slot. For each slot the most popular item is shown first with its alternatives underneath, and the percentage next to each item tells you how common that choice is. New tier pieces and legendaries of the current season are listed first and marked New, even while few players run them yet. It is a snapshot of what is being played, not a guaranteed upgrade for your character, so always simulate your own character before committing to gear changes. You can do that with Raidbots Top Gear.

Item
Popularity

Venomkeeper's Horrific Cowl

The Venomous Abyss Mastery

11 %

+19

Errant Scrollsage's Hood

The Venomous Abyss Haste Crit

3 %

+17

Sentinel's Vitriolic Chain

The Venomous Abyss Haste Crit

3 %

+18

2 %

+18

1 %

+18

Amulet of the Twin Fangs

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Haste

1 %

+18

16 %

+20

Silken Voodoo Drape

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Haste

7 %

+19

4 %

+21

1 %

+19

Martyr's Vestments

Crafted Crit Haste

2 %

+18

Tidebound Sorcereress's Robes

The Tidebound Grotto Crit Mastery

1 %

+18

Item
Popularity

Martyr's Gloves

Crafted Crit Haste

3 %

+21

Grasps of the Eternal Shadow

The Venomous Abyss Haste Crit

2 %

+21

2 %

+18

Caustic Chain-Wrapped Sash

The Venomous Abyss Haste Mastery

10 %

+19

9 %

+19
SIM

6 %

+19

5 %

+20

Cincture of the Abyssal Grotto

The Tidebound Grotto Crit Versatility

3 %

+19

1 %

+17

Martyr's Leggings

Crafted Crit Haste

3 %

+18

Initiate's Sacrificial Tights

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Versatility

2 %

+18

15 %

+19

Martyr's Slippers

Crafted Crit Haste

11 %

+21
SIM

Nek'zali's Spiritwalkers

The Venomous Abyss Crit Mastery

10 %

+20

Cackling Soultreads

The Venomous Abyss Haste Mastery

6 %

+19

3 %

+19

3 %

+19

2 %

+19

Apex Brute's Claw Ring

The Venomous Abyss Crit Haste

13 %

+21

9 %

+20

Vile Alchemist's Band

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Crit

7 %

+19

4 %

+19

Alluring Bubbleband

The Tidebound Grotto Haste Versatility

3 %

+21

Apex Brute's Claw Ring

The Venomous Abyss Crit Haste

13 %

+21

8 %

+20

Vile Alchemist's Band

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Crit

7 %

+19

4 %

+19

Alluring Bubbleband

The Tidebound Grotto Haste Versatility

3 %

+21
Weapon

SIM

Jan'thrazet, the Soul Fang

The Venomous Abyss Haste

25 %

+20

Hexing Spiritrender

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Crit

2 %

+21

2 %

+18

Venomancer's Winged Channeler

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Haste

2 %

+20

Aln'hara Lantern

Crafted Crit Haste

32 %

+20
SIM

Frostscale's Mystic Frond

The Tidebound Grotto Crit Mastery

6 %

+21

Spine of the Hissing Abyss

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Haste

4 %

+18
Enchants, Gems & Crafting

Expand any panel below for the finer gear choices Destruction Warlock players make in these high keys. It covers the enchants and gems they run in each slot, the embellishments and missives on their crafted gear, and the combinations they pair together. Each list is ordered by how common the choice is among the sampled characters, over the same rolling two-week window as the gear above.

5x Damned Necrolyte's Shattered Restraints
SIM

36 %

+20
4x Damned Necrolyte's Shattered Restraints

20 %

+19
4x Damned Necrolyte's Shattered Restraints

13 %

+22
4x Damned Necrolyte's Shattered Restraints

12 %

+19
4x Damned Necrolyte's Shattered Restraints

10 %

+19
4x Damned Necrolyte's Shattered Restraints

7 %

+20

16 %

+19

13 %

+19

12 %

+17

10 %

+18

7 %

+17

5 %

+19

5 %

+19

5 %

+18

4 %

+19

4 %

+20
SIM

SimC pick

Consumables

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Every flask, potion, food, weapon enchant and augment rune seen on sampled high-key players, ranked by how many ran it. Percentages are the share within each category.

How this data is collected

Every talent, stat and gear number on this page is drawn from real Mythic+ runs recorded this season, so it shows what players actually do rather than theory. To keep the picture focused on how Destruction Warlock is played at the highest level, only the hardest keys are counted. For each dungeon we look up the highest keystone level anyone has completed, across every class and spec, and then include every run from there down to 5 levels below it, giving the 6 highest key levels of that dungeon. The hardest key completed anywhere this season so far is a +23 in Den of Nalorakk, so there every run of +18 and above is counted. Each dungeon uses its own top key, so a quieter one keeps a lower band. In Voidscar Arena, for example, the hardest key so far is a +22, so its runs start from +17 instead. The sample keeps refreshing as new high keys are posted, so the numbers track how the spec is being played right now rather than averaging the whole season. On top of that, the talent, gear and stat breakdowns are built from a rolling window of roughly the last two weeks, so they stay in step with recent tuning and meta shifts. Run totals and key levels still cover the full season.