Warlock
Destruction
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Destruction Warlock
Strengths
- Damage: Destruction is among the best damage specializations in the game, and it keeps improving throughout the expansion.
- Critical strikes: RuinDestruction · Row 5 · 1 rankRequires: Devastation (5 ranks)Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%. greatly increases the critical strike damage of Destruction spells.
- Mana: Life TapInstantConverts 582 health into 582 mana. converts health into mana, even in combat.
- Support: Improved Shadow BoltDestruction · Row 1 · 5 ranksYour Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase the Shadow damage taken by the target by 4% / 8% / 12% / 16% / 20%, for the next 4 non-periodic damage sources or up to 12 seconds. increases the Shadow damage taken by the target, which benefits other Warlocks and Shadow Priests.
Weaknesses
- Reliance on the raid: the Fire version only performs at its best with a Fire Mage in the raid.
- Threat: the Warlock generates a lot of threat and must keep an eye on it.
- Casting: the Warlock must cast as often as possible, which hurts when they have to move.
- Soul Shards: Demonic SacrificeDemonology · Row 5 · 1 rankInstant · Duration 30 minSacrifices your demon to grant you an effect for 30 minutes: Imp, Fire damage +15%; Voidwalker, restores 2% of total health every 4 seconds; Succubus or Incubus, Shadow damage +15%; Felhunter, restores 3% of total mana every 4 seconds; Felguard, Shadow damage +10% and 2% of total mana every 4 seconds. forces you to summon new demons, which consume shards.
