Cataclysm Classic Destruction Warlock Enchants and Consumables
On this page, we list the best enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Destruction Warlock in Cataclysm Classic for PvE content.
Best Enchants, Gems and Consumables for Destruction Warlock
The enchants and gems in Cataclysm are pretty straight forward, with not too much wiggle room for options. Below is a list of which ones you should use to maximize your DPS and potential in all PvE content to get the most out of your Destruction. We listed an alternative option for some slots enchants for those looking for cheaper enchants in trade for some stats that will hold you over until you can afford to purchase the main enchant.
Enchants
Slot | Enchantment |
---|---|
Head | Arcanum of Hyjal |
Shoulders | Greater Inscription of Charged Lodestone or Lesser Inscription of Charged Lodestone |
Back | Lightweave Embroidery (Tailoring only) or Enchant Cloak - Greater Intellect (If not Tailoring) |
Chest | Enchant Chest - Peerless Stats or Enchant Chest - Mighty Stats |
Bracers | Enchant Bracer - Mighty Intellect |
Gloves | Enchant Gloves - Haste |
Legs | Powerful Enchanted Spellthread |
Feet | Enchant Boots - Lavawalker (Mastery) or Enchant Boots - Precision (Hit) |
Weapon | Enchant Weapon - Power Torrent |
Offhand | Enchant Off-Hand - Superior Intellect |
Gems
Burning Shadowspirit Diamond is the best option for your Meta Gem, since it gives you not only the Intellect that some others give you, but also the 3% increased critical effect, which is massive for Warlocks.
Our focus is to get as much Intellect from our Gems as possible, as our Spell Power comes from Intellect. This means that a large majority of the time you will not try to obtain the socket bonuses and instead you will be using the Brilliant Inferno Ruby in most, if not all of your gear. There's a rare occasion of fitting for your socket bonus if for some reason you decide to use a hit gem for example and it locks in your socket bonus, but that won't happen often since reforging to hit will be very common amongst all the Warlock specs.
- For Red Gems, you will use Brilliant Inferno Ruby.
- For Yellow Gems, you will use Reckless Ember Topaz or Quick Amberjewel.
- For Blue Gems, you will use Veiled Demonseye or Rigid Ocean Sapphire.
Consumables
Food
Similar to Gems, the goal with your food buff is to gain as much Intellect as you can, with the only exception being that you still need hit rating, then you can use the hit food Grilled Dragon.
- Severed Sagefish Head
- Grilled Dragon (Hit)
- Seafood Magnifique Feast
Flasks and Potions
As an Destruction Warlock we will use Flask of the Draconic Mind.
Volcanic Potion is a nice added cooldown to allow you to deal even more damage. You can pre pop one of these before the encounter starts if you know that the fight is longer than the potion cooldown and you'll be able to use another one. Sometimes it's better to hold this until you pop all your cooldowns, largely just make sure you're using your Summon Doomguard with this as he snapshots your Intellect.
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This guide has been written by Abide, TBC veteran for nearly a decade. Abide is a Warrior tank and multi-class expert currently playing on Faerlina as Horde. You can find him in the the Icy Veins Discord. You can also see him live on Twitch.
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