Destruction Warlock Mythic+ Guide (2024)

When to use this Spec

Use this spec in higher Mythic+ keys. Inferno performs better when enemies stay alive for longer periods of time. Additionally Rain of Fire is used over Chaos Bolt even in single-target with this spec.

Gameplay Altering Talents

Discover all talents that significantly alter your gameplay within the Spec and Class Talent trees. This section gives a concise overview of these talents and their applications but for a more detailed look check out the Rotation and Deep Dive sections below.

Spec Tree

• Roaring Blaze
  • It is crucial to keep this buff active as much as possible through proper Conflagrate usage.
• Rain of Fire
  • Used to apply Pyrogenics and to deal AoE and single-target damage.
• Havoc
  • This serves as one of your strongest tools to damage two targets at once or generate additional Soul Shards in AoE situations.
• Soul Fire
  • A hard hitting spell which is amplified by Roaring Blaze, it is also further enhanced by Decimation.
• Ritual of Ruin
  • Passively nets you free Chaos Bolt casts and also spawns an Overfiend that generates more Soul Shards.
• Summon Infernal
  • Your main cooldown for burst windows, this is enhanced by Rain of Chaos.

Class Tree

• Soulburn
  • Enhances multiple utility spells, mainly used together with Demonic Circle: Teleport, Healthstone, Demonic Gateway and Drain Life.
• Sweet Souls
  • Only works if other people use the Healthstones that you created.
• Soul Conduit
  • Sometimes alters your cast sequence by refunding Soul Shards.
• Pact of Gluttony
  • Massive for survivability since it alters your Demonic Healthstone to be useable multiple times per combat.
  • Combo this together with Lifeblood for extra leech upon use.

When to use this Spec

Use this spec in the low to mid-range of Mythic+ keys. Cataclysm grants you more upfront damage which is more valuable when enemies die fast. Additionally Rain of Fire is used over Chaos Bolt even on single-target with this spec.

Talent Adjustments

Listing all the changes within the Class and Spec tree compared to the default build.

Spec Tree

• Added
  • Cataclysm
    • Used to mass apply Immolate and deal significant amounts of burst damage.

• Removed
  • Inferno
    • Changed to Cataclysm.

Boss Tips

Hackclaw's War-Band

• Use Curse of Tongues on Tricktotem to slow down his Earth Bolt and Greater Healing Rapids casts.
• Pre-use Dark Pact whenever Gash Frenzy is being cast by Gashtooth to get a headstart on its Bleed effect.
• You can help dispel Decayed Senses with Singe Magic.

Treemouth

• Place your Demonic Circle before the fight starts to counterGrasping Vines easily.
• Use Shadowfury to stun the slimes that spawn from Decay Spray before they complete their Gushing Ooze cast.

Decatriarch Wratheye

• Pool Soul Shards for each Rotburst Totem spawn.
• Rotate defensives on Withered Eruption depending on available Gear and key level.

Trash Tips

• Curse of Tongues is very valuable in this dungeon due to the high amount of dangerous casters.
• Stop Vicious Clawmangle from Claw Fighters with any of your available stops.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon started.
• Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.

Boss Tips

The Lost Dwarves

• Put Olaf on focus to quickly interrupt him when he casts Defensive Bulwark.

Bromach

• Pool Soul Shards for Quaking Totem spawns.

Sentinel Talondras

• Use defensives while you're affected by Earthen Shards, especially if Crushing Stomp is coming up.
• You can remove Inexorable with Shadowfury if you want to stop Crushing Stomp early.

Emberon

• You can dispel Burning Heat with your Imp's Singe Magic to help out your healer.

Chronolord Deios

• Use your Imp's Singe Magic or Demonic Circle: Teleport. to remove Time Sink.
• Save Dark Pact for Wing Buffet.
  • Since Dark Pact has a 20-second duration you're able to pre-use Dark Pact to have it up for more Wing Buffet casts.
  • If you plan around pre-using Dark Pact then you should also keep in mind that the absorb gets partially consumed from Eternity Orbs.

Trash Tips

• Stunning Refti Custodians applies a 100% damage increase to them. Make sure to utilize your Shadowfury for that purpose.
• Curse of Tongues is very valuable in this dungeon due to the high amount of dangerous casters.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon started.
• Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.

Boss Tips

Granyth

• Use Curse of Exhaustion on the Nokhud Saboteur to give your group more time to kill it.
  • You can also use Fear and not touch them afterwards if you only need to use the affected Dragonkiller Lance once.
• Make use of Dark Pact when Shards of Stone is being cast.

Raging Tempest

• Min maxing Surge of Power stacks is crucial to have an easy time since for Warlocks Surge of Power doesn't only buff your damage but also your healing absorbs. Using Dark Pact with a lot of stacks guarantees that you survive with ease especially if you time it correctly with the boss's Electrical Storm.
• Instantly purge Energy Surge with Devour Magic from your Felhunter or Observer pet.

Teera & Maruuk.

Make sure to use Dark Pact on each Gale Arrow. Use Unending Resolve, Healthstone & Potion of Withering Dreams whenever you get targeted multiple times in a row by Quick Shot.

Balakar Khan

• You can place Demonic Circle before Static Spear goes off and teleport right as the grip happens negating the effect and leaving you in a comfortable place to continue dealing damage.
• Dark Pact is best used on Upheaval and Crackling Upheaval, covering both with proper usage. Your Dark Pact uses could look like this:

Trash Tips

• Curse of Tongues is very valuable in this dungeon due to the high amount of dangerous casters.
• You're able to purge Stormshield with Devour Magic from your Felhunter or Observer.
• Stop Rally the Clan with Shadowfury, Mortal Coil or Fear.
• Cast Banish on the Unstable Squall to prevent the Stormspeaker from summoning more and reduce tank damage. Remove the Banish at the end of the pull by casting it again on the affected target.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon started.
• Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.

Boss Tips

Overgrown Ancient

• Use Dark Pact on every Burst Forth cast that happens when the boss reaches 100 energy.
• You can pre-apply Havoc to the boss before the Branch Out cast finishes to then quickly swap to the Ancient Branch when it spawns.

Crawth

Since Deafening Screech is happening roughly every 23 seconds you should be using Dark Pact for every second Deafening Screech. Your defensive usage could look like the following:

Vexamus

• Place your Demonic Circle before the fight starts to quickly teleport out of the void zones from Mana Bomb when needed.
• On this Boss you use your defensives more reactively, rather than pre-planned. In general, you want to use Unending Resolve on the overlap of Mana Bomb and Arcane Fissure.
• If you're only affected by Mana Bomb a late use of Mortal Coil or early use of Dark Pact should be enough.

Echo of Doragosa

• Place your Demonic Circle before the fight starts to counter the pull in from Power Vacuum.
• Burning Rush can save you if you see the Astral Breath a bit too late. In general, you should stay a little bit closer to the Boss to make it easier to dodge.

Trash Tips

• You can line of sight the Vicious Ambush cast from the Arcane Ravager. The cast always targets the furthest away target and running out of line of sight causes the Arcane Ravager to not charge to you and immediately start its Riftbreath cast instead.
• You can purge the Celestial Shield of Ethereal Restorer's with Devour Magic.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon started.
• Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.
• In high Mythic+ keys you should get the Red Dragonflight Pledge Pin, in lower keys you can easily get Bronze Dragonflight Pledge Pin.

Boss Tips

Irideus

• Place down a Demonic Gateway and Demonic Circle to get out fast with the Power Overload debuff.
  • You can also dispel Power Overload with your Imp's Singe Magic.
• Save up a few Soul Shards for the intermission to quickly kill 3 Nullification Devices.

Gulping Goliath

• Make sure to stun the Curious Swoglets with Shadowfury.

Khajin

• Use Dark Pact,Unending Resolve and Mortal Coil whenever your healer does not have healing cooldowns rolling. The DoT damage stays the same throughout the fight meaning any damage being prevented is good.

Primal Tsunami

• Always use Dark Pact for Tempest's Fury.
• You can use Fear on 1 of the 4 Primalist Infusers to interrupt them without them starting to cast Inundate and also prevent the boss from gaining stacks early on.

Trash Tips

• Helping out your tank by using Shadowfury on packs with stealthed Skulking Zealots which prevents them from stunning the tank with Cheap Shot.
• Use Demonic Circle: Teleport to quickly cleanse yourself from Deep Chill while fighting any Proto-Dragon.
  • It's also possible to use Soulburn into Demonic Circle: Teleport before Deep Chill is applied to prevent the application entirely.
• You can outrange the Inundate cast of Infuser Sariya by walking over 40 yards away.
• In general, you can help out your tank and healer massively by applying Curse of Tongues to relevant targets.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon starts.
• Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.

Boss Tips

Leymor

• Always use a defensive for Consuming Stomp.
• If the Bubbling Sapplings live for a while you can try to get Flashpoint from them.

Azureblade

• Use Curse of Tongues on the Draconic Images to make interrupting them a lot easier.
• Make use of Havoc, if talented, in the intermission to cleave multiple Draconic Illusions down!
  • Also use Havoc on the boss before Draconic Images spawn in P1.

Telash Greywing

• Use Dark Pact when targeted by Icy Devastator, sadly you don't have a way to cancel this cast except if you're a Night Elf and have access to Shadowmeld.

Umbrelskul

• You should always pool resources for each crystal phase. These start at 75%, 50% and 25%.
  • Preapply Havoc if talented on the Boss and focus the Detonating Crystals with Crystallize on it.
• Defensive should be used during the Detonating Crystals phases aswell as for Unleashed Destruction.

Trash Tips

• Make sure to purge Brilliant Scales off of the Vaul Guards with Devour Magic.
• One of the important interrupts in this dungeon is Icy Bindings from the Rune Seal Keepers since it's usually paired with other adds that spawn void zones under your feed which you obviously can't dodge if you're rooted.
  • Using Soulburn together with Demonic Circle: Teleport before Icy Bindings grants you immunity to its root effect. Very neat if you don't have access to an interrupt at that time.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon starts.
• Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.

Boss Tips

Magmatusk

• Use Demonic Circle to quickly dodge either Liquid Hot Magma projectiles or Lava Wave.
  • Don't use Demonic Gateway to cross over Lava Waves, they still hit you.
• Use defensives for Volatile Mutation and Lava Spray depending on the situation.

Chargath, Bane of Scales

• Start the fight by pre-placing Demonic Circle and Demonic Gateway across the room because you can negate a lot of damage by instantly teleporting right after Grounding Spear lands.
• If you're a Dwarf you can remove the bleed from Dragon Strike with Stoneform if necessary.
  • You can bait Dragon Strike on the furthest player from the target which means that your tank should probably take most of them anyway.

Forgemaster Gorek

• Might of the Forge happening close to Blazing Aegis is very deadly thus you should use your defensives pre-emptively during Might of the Forge.

Warlord Sargha

• You're able to Crowd Control the Burning Ember with Banish and Fear. You can also delay killing it and use it as a funnel throughout the fight.
  • Use Havoc if talented on the Burning Ember before the boss receives the damage buff from breaking its Magma Shield to boost your shard generation.
• Remember that you can pick up multiple Piles of Gold to stack up more than 1 usable item. This should only be done with a group that has access to a decurse.

Trash Tips

• Keep an eye out for the Qalashi Bonesplitter's Dragonbone Axe ability and disrupt it with your available toolkit.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon starts.
• Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.

Boss Tips

Melidrussa Chillworn

• You can utilize Demonic Circle and Demonic Gateway to quickly get out of the Chillstorm that you're dropping when debuffed.
• At 75% and 45% Melidrussa spawns a lot of Infused Whelps that can be used for funnel damage onto the boss. Especially if you play Cataclysm to apply Immolate to all of them at once, Make sure to use your Soul Shards on Chaos Bolt and not on Rain of Fire to break the absorb shield and interrupt Frost Overload faster.
• Defensives should generally be used for Chillstorm.

Kokia Blazehoof

• Always prepare enough Soul Shards for Blazebound Firestorm
• Preapply Havoc to the boss prior to the Blazebound Firestorm spawning.
• Use defensives like Dark Pact and Unending Resolve for Inferno.

Erkhart Stormvein / Kyrakka

• Use Havoc on cooldown if talented and cleave both bosses as much as possible early on.
• Winds of Change rotates counter clockwise from its starting point. Consider placing Demonic Circle in a favorable position to get out of trouble quickly if you're getting boxed in.
• Personals are generally not needed in Phase 1. In Phase 2 on the other hand, consider a personal every time you get hit by Flamespit.

Trash Tips

• Ice Shield is purgeable by your Devour Magic from your Felhunter or Observer.
• Make sure to stop Tectonic Slam with abilities like Shadowfury.
• You can help out your healer while fighting Thunderhead by playing an Imp and dispelling Rolling Thunder when your healer wants to focus on other things. DON'T DISPEL IF YOUR HEALER IS ALREADY DISPELLING!
• When the Primalist Flamedancers die you can purge their Blaze of Glory cast and kill them off that way.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Summon Infernal if you're talented into Crashing Chaos since that buff stays after the dungeon starts.
• Use Fel Domination shortly before starting the dungeon. Starting a dungeon despawns your pet, and this enables you to rapidly summon your pet without spending a Soul Shard while still having Fel Domination off cooldown in case your pet dies later.

Below you are presented with good and farmable alternatives that are not locked behind WoW's weekly system. While you replace them in time, this list is for you if you want to power up immediately!

#showtooltip/cast [@cursor] Cataclysm

#showtooltip/cast [@cursor, nochanneling: Channel Demonfire] Summon Infernal

#showtooltip/cast [@cursor] Rain of Fire

#showtooltip/cast [@cursor] Shadowfury