WoW Classic Destruction Warlock Leveling Talent Build from 1 to 60

Last updated on Nov 18, 2024 at 07:18 by Abide 13 comments

On this page, you will find our Level by Level Affliction leveling guide for WoW Classic. Make sure to use the slider to make the guide adapt to your level. For more general leveling information, please refer to our Warlock leveling guide. We also have an Demonology Warlock leveling guide and a Affliction Warlock leveling guide.

If you were looking for TBC Classic advice, please refer to our TBC Classic Warlock leveling guide.

1.

Foreword

Unlike some classes, Warlock has several viable leveling builds that will give you different strengths while leveling. This Destruction build is all about one thing: Dungeons. If you are planning to level using a spell cleave group that AoE's its way through dungeons, this is the build that you will want to run. As a warning, while it is possible to solo level and quest with this build, it will be far worse than Demonology or Affliction.

2.

Level by Level Rotation, Talents, and Trainer Skills

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Level: 60
2.1.

Talent Tree

Destruction Warlock Talents Level 50 to 60
Destruction Warlock Talents Level 50 to 60
  1. Level 50 — 1 point in Improved Life Tap Icon Improved Life Tap
  2. Levels 51 & 52 — 2 points in Improved Drain Soul Icon Improved Drain Soul
  3. Levels 53 & 54 — 2 points in Suppression Icon Suppression
  4. Level 55 — 1 point in Amplify Curse Icon Amplify Curse
  5. Levels 56 to 58 — 3 points in Improved Curse of Agony Icon Improved Curse of Agony
  6. Levels 59 & 60 — 2 points in Nightfall Icon Nightfall

These remaining points can be used to fill out the generic setup that most builds will take using the beginning Affliction talents. Improved Life Tap Icon Improved Life Tap and Improved Drain Soul Icon Improved Drain Soul offer excellent Mana regeneration, while Suppression Icon Suppression, Amplify Curse Icon Amplify Curse, Improved Curse of Agony Icon Improved Curse of Agony, and Nightfall Icon Nightfall offer excellent damage options.

3.

Leveling Rotation

Your goal should be to get your Imp and Immolate Icon Immolate immediately, which will give you the highest damage output in the game prior to level 10. Eventually you will pick up your Succubus, but with both the Imp and Succubus you should continue with the basic practice of using your DoTs on the target then finishing them off with your wand. Use Life Tap Icon Life Tap as needed for Mana regeneration to try and limit downtime. You should immediately start using your wand as a filler in place of Shadow Bolt Icon Shadow Bolt once you get one, which will most likely be anywhere from levels 5 to 14 depending on if you can invest in a Lesser Magic Wand Icon Lesser Magic Wand from the Auction House.

  1. Command your pet to attack the target;
  2. Immolate Icon Immolate;
  3. Curse of Agony Icon Curse of Agony;
  4. Corruption Icon Corruption;
  5. Shoot Icon Shoot with your wand;
  6. Conflagrate Icon Conflagrate at the end of your Immolate Icon Immolate;
  7. Shadowburn Icon Shadowburn when the enemy is going to die within a few seconds;
  8. Drain Soul Icon Drain Soul to kill the enemy if you need the Mana from Improved Drain Soul Icon Improved Drain Soul (once you get the talent) or if you need the Soul Shard Icon Soul Shard.

Warlocks have one of the strongest starts in the game. Immolate Icon Immolate is available for purchase for 10 copper from level 1, meaning you should sell your water and food to get it as soon as possible. From there you can do the Warlock quest from your trainer to get your Imp, which you can easily get by level 2 or 3. With your Imp and Immolate, you should have no trouble wreaking havoc on anything in your path for a few levels.

Do your class quest to get your Voidwalker. You will not be using your Voidwalker for normal leveling in this build, but it is a relatively easy quest and you might as well get it for later. Voidwalkers are also great in PvP due to Sacrifice IconSacrifice, which makes it worth having just in case.

3.1.

Dungeon Rotation

As stated above, this build is primarily for dungeon leveling. You should focus on putting up Immolate Icon Immolate, Corruption Icon Corruption, and Curse of Agony Icon Curse of Agony on multiple targets, but your main damage is going to come once you get Rain of Fire Icon Rain of Fire and Hellfire Icon Hellfire. Hellfire does more damage, but Rain of Fire is much safer to use. During heavy AoE pulls you will exclusively use these abilities for high damage output, preferably using Hellfire whenever possible.

4.

List of Trainer Skills to Buy

All Warlock specs benefit from upgrading the same skills, so our list of skills to buy from trainers is the same, regardless of the spec. For this reason, you will find that list in our general Warlock leveling page.

5.

Leveling Quests for Warlock

To guide you in the class-specific quests you can do while leveling up, please follow the guide linked below.

6.

How to Advance as a Warlock at Level 60

Well done on hitting maximum level in WoW Classic! Now that leveling is over, you can learn more about level 60 gameplay by reading our DPS Warlock Guide, which covers every facet of gameplay at 60 in detail.

The best individual pages to read through are as follows.

  • The DPS Warlock Talent builds guide has the best builds for Level 60 covered. We propose builds for all specializations, with a focus on hybrid Destruction/Demo and Destruction/Destruction builds for PvE.
  • Our PvP Warlock guide is where you can find PvP builds for all 3 specializations, as well as various tricks and tips for PvP combat.
  • Goldmaking Guide for warlocks is a page with details on where / how to farm gold quickly as a Warlock when you are Level 60.
  • The DPS Warlock Rotation guide is where you can read on how to optimize your PvE damage and how to prioritize your abilities.
  • DPS Warlock Stats guide contains detailed information on all Warlock stats, including a list of their priority for damage dealing.
  • Our Gear guide for DPS Warlocks lists all the optimal pieces of gear that you will want to farm at Level 60, in order to optimize your damage.
7.

Changelog

  • 18 Nov. 2024: Page updated for Classic Anniversary.
  • 29 Sep. 2019: Guide added.
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