Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (2024)

Last updated on May 14, 2024 at 12:00by Motoko55 comments

On this page, you will learn the best Gems to use for your Destruction Warlock in Mists of Pandaria: Remix,as well as the best leveling talents and rotation, whether you are leveling in the open world, or through raids and dungeons.

If you were looking for our normal Dragonflight Leveling Guide for Destruction Warlock, please check out our Leveling page.

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Remix: Mists of Pandaria Guide for Destruction Warlock

Welcome to our MoP Remix Guide for Destruction Warlock! Thispage contains everything you need to know about getting the most out ofyour Destruction Warlock in the Patch 10.2.7 specialfeature, Mists of Pandaria: Remix.

This page is focused only on Destruction Warlock in MoP Remix.If you want to know more about MoP Remix in general, such as its rewards,check out our dedicated page below.

Mists of Pandaria: Remix

Below, you will find our recommended leveling build and talent pickup orderfor your Destruction Warlock in MoP Remix. There are various ways ofleveling in MoP Remix, and we offer some builds for the most relevant ways.

Note that this Leveling section is specific to MoP Remix. For ourDragonflight Leveling Guide for Destruction Warlock, please checkour dedicated Leveling page.

Destruction Warlock Leveling Guide

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Best MoP Remix Leveling Build for Destruction Warlock

Dungeon / AoE Open-World BuildRaid / Cleave Build

This build is intended for speed-leveling and sacrifices single-targetdamage to maximize your ability to make huge pulls and AoE damage. This worksvery well in dungeons with big pulls, or in outdoor content where you pulllarge groups of enemies.

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Raid / Cleave Build

This build assumes you are spending a lot of time in Raids, or doingDungeons at a relatively normal pace where bosses take a decent amount of timeto kill. For dungeons where you do large trash pack pulls, or pull trashon top of bosses, we suggest going the AoE build instead.

Swap Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (1) Dread Touch for Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (2) Doom Blossom for more AoE at theexpense of single target damage.

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Best Gems for Destruction Warlock in MoP Remix

Gems are one of the unique ways to augment your character in MoP Remix,offering offensive, defensive, and utility benefits. On this page, we listthe best gems for each type. To learn more about Gems in MoP Remix ingeneral, check out our dedicated page below.

MoP Remix Gems Guide

  • Meta Gem: Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (3) Lifestorm for Raids / Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (4) Oblivion Sphere for dungeons or outdoor content
  • Cogwheel Gem: Mostly personal preference, but Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (5) Blink is always good, whereas Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (6) Soulshape is very good for outdoor travel
  • Prismatic Gems:

    You will have a tremendous amount of stats as you start unlocking all Gemslots, and there is no single best stat to stack.

  • Tinker Gems:
    • Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (7) Windweaver
    • Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (8) Brilliance
    • Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (9) Sunstrider's Flourish
    • Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (10) Enkindle
    • Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (11) Hailstorm
    • Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (12) Incendiary Terror
    • Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (13) Lightning Rod
    • Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (14) Meteor Storm
    • Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (15) Slay
    • Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (16) Explosive Barrage
    • Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (17) Brittle — Mainly for dungeons.
    • Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (18) Wildfire

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Level by Level Rotation

To keep things simple while leveling and learning the spec, use the sliderto select your level, and watch as the leveling rotation grows with eachlevel!

Move the slider below to make the guide update to your level!

Level: 10

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Leveling Rotation for Destruction Warlock

Dungeon / AoE Open-World Build:

  1. Level 2 — the first DoT, Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (19) Corruption,becomes available, which should be used to tag and soften up multiple enemieswhenever spamming a few Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (20) Shadow Bolts will notkill them quicker.
  2. Level 29 — Use Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (21) Shadowburn ontargets below 20% health in order to trigger the 50% additional Critical Strikechance and hopefully the shard refund.
  3. Level 27 — Use Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (22) Cataclysm asoften as possible.
  4. Level 23 —Cast Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (23) Channel Demonfire when at least one target suffers fromyour Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (24) Immolate.
  5. Level 19 — Use Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (25) Havoc when there isa second target to duplicate every single-target spell.
  6. Level 11 — Cast Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (26) Chaos Bolt wheneveryou have at least 2 Shards.
  7. Level 15 — Cast Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (27) Rain of Fire whenyou have 3 shards, and there are at least 3 targets stacked.
  8. Level 11 — maintain Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (28) Immolate on asmany targets as possible for high damage and shard generation.
  9. Level 13 — Cast Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (29) Conflagrate whenmoving and when you do not have more than 4 and a half shards.
  10. Level 10 — Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (30) Incineratereplaces Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (31) Shadow Bolt with the ability togenerate Soul Shard bits.

Raid / Cleave Build:

  1. Level 2 — the first DoT, Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (32) Corruption,becomes available, which should be used to tag and soften up multiple enemieswhenever spamming a few Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (33) Shadow Bolts will notkill them quicker.
  2. Level 51 — Cast Infernal oncooldown.
  3. Level 21 — Try tomaintain Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (34) Roaring Blaze debuff by spacing out Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (35) Conflagratecasts.
  4. Level 19 — Use Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (36) Havoc when there isa second target to duplicate every single-target spell.
  5. Level 11 — Cast Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (37) Chaos Bolt wheneveryou have at least 2 Shards.
  6. Level 15 — Cast Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (38) Rain of Fire whenyou have 3 shards, and there are at least 3 targets stacked.
  7. Level 11 — maintain Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (39) Immolate on asmany targets as possible for high damage and shard generation.
  8. Level 13 — Cast Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (40) Conflagrate whenmoving and when you do not have more than 4 and a half shards.
  9. Level 10 — Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (41) Incineratereplaces Destruction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (42) Shadow Bolt with the ability togenerate Soul Shard bits.

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FAQs

Which Warlock is best for DPS Dragonflight? ›

Best boss DPS (in realistic settings)

Destruction Warlock achieved 3.5% more maximum boss DPS than Affliction Warlock when dealing with occasional movement, lag and crowd-control.

What pet should I use as a Destruction Warlock Dragonflight? ›

What Pets/Demons Should I Use? In Dungeons and Mythic+, we recommend using/sacrificing the Felhunter, as interrupt is invaluable for such environments. This of particular importance in higher levels of Mythic+, as certain spells can cause wipes for the group. Singe Magic to be used or there are frequent target swaps.

What is the best race for Destruction Warlock in Dragonflight? ›

What is the best race for Destruction Warlocks in Dragonflight? Alliance's best Destruction Warlock races are Dwarf, Gnome, Human, and Void Elf. For Horde, the best Destruction Warlock races are Troll, Goblin, Orc, and Blood Elf.

Is destro lock easy to play? ›

Basics of Destruction Warlock Gameplay

Destruction Warlock is a fairly straightforward spec, leaning towards hard-hitting direct damage spells, strong and long-lasting cooldowns, and a relative amount of pet management.

Why should you play Destruction Warlock? ›

Warlocks are the tanky caster, and Destruction is that Warlock spec that loads up big casts to deal big damage hits. For progressions raiding, we have been the spec that would do very good priority target damage on-demand because of how we're able to store up soul shards and then cast Chaos Bolt.

What is the best warlock spec for soloing? ›

By far the best Warlock spec for solo leveling, even in Dragonflight, is Demonology. The two main reasons for this are that it has a wide selection of tanky demons to choose from that can defend you while you cast spells from afar.

What stats should a destruction warlock focus on? ›

Best Stats for Destruction Warlock

Intellect. Haste. Mastery. Critical Strike.

What race makes the best Warlock? ›

The Best Warlock Races in D&D 5e
  • Variant Human or Custom Lineage Can Cover Any Role. ...
  • Earth Genasi Makes Melee Survivable. ...
  • Bugbear Makes For an Unexpected Striker. ...
  • Eladrin Eases A Spell Slot Tax for the Warlock. ...
  • Fairy Makes For a Mobile, Effective Blaster. ...
  • Shadar-Kai is Good for Any Warlock and Better for Hexblade.
Apr 11, 2024

Is demonology or destruction better? ›

Demonology Warlock's DPS is less bursty, meaning it had more consistent damage. With 9.19% less difference in lowest and peak DPS during a fight when compared to Destruction Warlocks.

How to get better at destruction warlock? ›

How To Improve As Destruction Warlock — Dragonflight 10.2. 7
  1. Not Using Rain of Fire Too Liberally.
  2. Not Refreshing Immolate for Internal Combustion.
  3. Havoc Preparation.
  4. Cataclysm Usage.

What is the best profession for a destruction warlock? ›

Best Professions For Destruction Warlock

Tailoring and Enchanting are the two professions that you should be as a Warlock looking to maximize your damage.

What will be the best DPS class in Dragonflight? ›

  • Augmentation Evoker. The Evoker DPS specialization is considered by most to be the best class available when it comes to dealing damage. ...
  • Frost Mage. The first ranged DPS on the list, the Mage class will always have at least one powerful specialization in World of Warcraft. ...
  • Outlaw Rogue.
Nov 16, 2023

Which mage has the highest DPS in Dragonflight? ›

WoW Dragonflight DPS Rankings and Raid Tier List
Spec / ClassMax. DPSMedian DPS
Arcane Mage Go to Arcane Mage Guide394.96K239.47K (95%)
Beast Mastery Hunter Go to Beast Mastery Hunter Guide402.33K236.01K (93%)
Outlaw Rogue Go to Outlaw Rogue Guide400.53K235.18K (93%)
Frost Mage Go to Frost Mage Guide383.89K234.44K (93%)
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Apr 21, 2024

What is the best Warlock class for leveling Dragonflight? ›

Best leveling spec for Warlocks in Dragonflight

Depending on the style of leveling and pulling mobs and the number of players in the party Demonology or Affliction offer the quickest and safest leveling experience. Affliction being the most versatile, especially in group play, makes it the preferred choice.

What is the best race for a Warlock in DPS? ›

Gnomes are hands down the best race in the game for Warlock PvE due to to their ability, Expansive Mind. Although this passive racial ability is not game-breaking, it will affect the warlock at all times in PvE as opposed to other races that have abilities that are situational.

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