Midnight Pre-Patch Demonology Warlock DPS Guide Patch 12.0 Midnight
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Demonology Warlock Tier Sets
2-Piece
Removed in Pre-Patch
4-Piece
Removed in Pre-Patch
Demonology Warlock Talent Builds
Diabolist Demonology Single Target
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Diabolist Demonology Mythic + AOE
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Soul Harvester Single Target Demonology
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Soul Harvester Demonology Mythic + AOE
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Demonology Warlock Trinkets
Astral Antenna
Our best "Equip' Trinket this tier. Provides baseline Intellect and a Critical Strike bonus when you come in contact with a spawned orb. Effects do stack.
Azhiccaran Parapodia
A passive trinket which both does damage and also grants intellect based on bug spawns. Quite strong equip based trinket that an be farmed from M+. Our second strongest overall trinket.
Diamantine Voidcore
Strong equip based trinket that grants bonus damage/shield effect to the Voidglass Shards bonus in Manaforge Omega.
Signet of the Priory
Powerful on use based trinket which provides Intellect and a secondary stat bonus. Signet can also be farmed from Mythic +.
Ara-Kara Sacbrood
Equip trinket that both deals damage and provides a stacking intellect effect. Can also be farmed from M+.
Demonology Warlock Stat Weights
Intellect>Haste>Critical Strike=Versatility>Mastery
It is VERY important to note that this is a rough outline of desired secondary stats. Stat weights will vary from player to player due to varying gear sets and other external factors. The best way to tell what your own stat weights are is a raidbots.com Top Gear sim with Gems and Enchants taken into account. If you don't want to do that then you can just follow this.
Demonology Warlock Consumables and Enchants
Consumables
Personal - Beledar's Bounty
If you spend at least 10 seconds eating you will become Well Fed and gain 469 of your highest secondary stat for 1 hour.
Flask - Flask of Alchemical Chaos
Strongest Flask option, with a bit of RNG. Drink to increase a random secondary stat by 7609 at the cost of 290 of two other secondary stats. These effects are randomized again every 30 sec.
Potion - Tempered Potion
Your best DPS Potion. Gain the effects of all inactive Tempered Flasks, increasing their associated secondary stats by 2617 for 30 sec.
Weapon Oil - Algari Mana Oil
Best choice for Weapon Oil in TWW. Coat your weapon in Algari Mana Oil, increasing your Critical Strike and Haste by 155 for 120 min.
Enchants and Gems
Weapon - Authority of Radiant Power
Cloak - Chant of Winged Grace
Chest - Crystalline Radiance
Bracers - Chant of Armored Avoidance
Legs - Sunset Spellthread
Boots - Defender's March
Rings - Radiant Haste
You'll want to use Culminating Blasphemite as your Algari Diamond, then a mix of Deadly Onyx, Masterful Ruby, Deadly Sapphire and Masterful Emerald, to fulfill Algari gem requirements.
Demonology Warlock Rotation
The openers and rotations listed below are what you want to follow in a normal opener and setting. At times these may change due to fight mechanics or needing to hold CDs.
Single Target Opener
1. Precast Power Siphon
2. Precast Shadow Bolt
3. Precast Shadow Bolt
4. Demonbolt
5. Call Dreadstalkers
6. Summon Demonic Tyrant (Trinkets, Racials & Potions)
7. Hand of Guldan
8. Demonbolt
9. Hand of Guldan
10. Repeat building to 3 Shards and casting Hand of Guldan
Resume maintenance rotation
AOE/Mythic +
1. Build to 5 shards
2. Call Dreadstalkers
3. Demonic Tyrant (Trinkets, Racials & Potions)
4. Hand of Guldan
5. Demonbolt
6. Hand of Guldan
7. Demonbolt
8. Hand of Guldan
Demonology's M+/AOE Rotation varies greatly based on active pets and resources available from one pack to the next, so the "opener" mentioned above is not set in stone. Implosion (covered below) is also worthwhile in AOE.
Maintenance Rotation and Implosion Rotation
Implosion Rotation
When it comes to Implosion, it is a DPS gain in 2+ stacked targets. You want to implode when you have 6 or more imps active. Max Implosion is 6 imps, which will "refund" 3 Imp-Gang Bosses with the To Hell and Back talent.
Doom Play/Maintenance
If you are playing Doom, be sure to try and "weave" Doom effects onto multiple enemies in AOE, as each effect pops for AOE damage.