The War Within Demonology Warlock DPS Guide! Patch 11.0/Season 1

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Demonology Warlock Tier Sets

2-Piece

Your primary demon deals 5% increased damage, and your Shadow Bolt damage is increased by 50%.


Mythic +: B-

Raiding:  B

4-Piece

Shadow Bolt has a chance to enrage your primary Felguard, increasing the damage of their next Legion Strike by 300%.


Mythic +: B+

Raiding:  C

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

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Spymaster's Web


Our best "On Use" option for Season 1. Has a passive stacking Intellect effect which can be consumed to grant a large Intellect increase. 

Ara-Kara Sacbrood


Our other Best in Slot Trinket. Passive effect that has a chance to grant Haste and deal damage later on.

Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj


A passive, Intellect based trinket which also grants a random secondary stat. Very strong alternative option to other "BIS" Trinkets.

Unbound Changeling


Another strong, equip based trinket that grants a secondary stat proc with a low daily chance to roll a triple stat proc. Effect can be "rolled" once daily be consuming stat food. 

 


Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg


Unique Trinket that has a "balancing" act to it, which can increase Intellect when stationary. Movement causes the Intellect to diminish, but grants your highest Secondary Stat.


Demonology Warlock Stat Weights

Intellect>Haste>Versatility=Critical Strike>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

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tempered
mana oil

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

Enchant
masterful

You'll want to use Culminating Blasphemite as your Algari Diamond, then a mix of Deadly OnyxMasterful RubyDeadly Sapphire and Masterful Emerald, to fulfill Algari gem requirements.

Demonology Warlock Embellishments

1. Your first Spark based craft will be a Weapon of some sort with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension.


• Crafting a Staff early on with 2 Spark of Omens is advised, but end patch BIS will have Mythic Queen Ansurek Main Hand and Crafted Offhand.


2. Your second Spark based craft will be a cloth armor item of some sort with Writhing Armor Banding.


• It is also possible to wear a 590 Crafted item of lesser value (such as Bracers or Cloak, which do not require a Spark of Omens) with Writhing Armor Banding Writhing Armor Banding Embellished, and craft a different piece of gear with you next spark that is of greater value. This may be the case for players who choose to craft a staff early, instead of a MH/OH Weapon. 

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 Shadowbolt

3. Grimoire: Felguard (if talented)

4. Shadow Bolt

5. Gloomhound/Charhound

6. Shadow bolt

7. Call Dreadstalkers

8. Demonbolt

9. Hand of Guldan

10. Demonbolt

11. Hand of Guldan

12. (Hand of Guldan)

13. Demonic Tyrant

14. Trinkets, Potions etc.

15. Demonic Strength 

Resume maintenance rotation 


Due to the CD timing of Tyrant (1 minute) and Gloomhound/Charhound (30 seconds), you are able to cast one Gloomhound/Charhound in between each Tyrant cast. It is very important to cast the Gloomhound/Charhound essentially the moment it comes off CD, to not push back the upcoming Tyrant window. 

AOE/Mythic +

1. Power Siphon if cores needed

2. Grimoire: Felguard (if talented)

3. Build to 5 shards

4. Charhound

5. Call Dreadstalkers

6. Demonbolt

7. Hand of Guldan

8. Demonbolt

9. Hand of Guldan

10. Demonic Tyrant

11. Trinkets, Potions Etc.

12. Demonic Strength

*Number of Imps will vary based off Demonic Core and Calling procs. For a more detailed breakdown, see below. A video guide is also provided.




 It is important to react to Demonic Calling or Demonic Core procs in your setup properly which change your shard consumption. It is worth practicing the opener to better learn how to approach them with Demonic Calling/Soul Conduit procs etc.

Maintenance Rotation and Implosion Rotation

Outside of your Tyrant setup, Demonology's rotation is very simple. You want to cast Call Dreadstalkers on cooldown while also casting 3 shard Hand of Gul'dans. You will never hard cast Demonbolt. All Demonbolt casts will be through Demonic Core procs.


1. You will want to cast your Charhound as close to on cooldown as possible in between Tyrant casts, as it is a very tight window with its CD being 30 seconds, and Tyrant being 1 minute.


2. Leave Soul Strike on auto-cast.


Implosion Rotation


When it comes to Implosion, it is a DPS gain in 2+ stacked targets. Your cue to implode is based on when your first set of imps are about to expire. A Weak Aura that tracks then is recommended for this purpose if you aren't familiar with the flow of Demonology. One can be found below in the Weak Auras section.


Doom Play/Maintenance


If you are playing the Doom talent, you will want to aim for as high of an uptime as possible in single target, which MAY mean holding a single Demonic Core stack for reapplication once the current Doom falls. You will also want to apply multiple Doom effects in Mythic + settings onto different enemies. 

The War Within Patch 11.0 Demonology Warlock DPS Video Guide

Demonology Warlock Weak Auras and Profiles

My Warlock Central Weak Aura for The War Within

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Plater Profile

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SUF Profile

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Imp Tracker Weak Aura

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Pet Totem Tracker Weak Aura

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Soulstone Reminder Weak Aura

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Cursor Weak Aura

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