Classic Warlock DPS Gear and Best in Slot

Theses gear lists are considered to be the best in slot for each phase for Warlocks. Click the button that correlates with the specific phase you are interested in seeing a gear list for.

2.

Warlock Gear Sets

Phase 6 Phase 5 Phase 4 Phase 3 Phase 2 Phase 1

2.1.

Phase 1 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	— of Shadow Wrath	BoE World Drop
Neck	Choker of the Fire Lord	Ragnaros Molten Core
Shoulder	— of Shadow Wrath	BoE World Drop
Cloak	— of Shadow Wrath	BoE World Drop
Chest	Robe of Volatile Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Wrist	— of Shadow Wrath	BoE World Drop
Hands	Hands of Power	Quartermaster Zigris Lower Blackrock Spire
Waist	Mana Igniting Cord	Shared Loot Molten Core
Legs	Nemesis Leggings	Ragnaros Molten Core
Feet	Maleki's Footwraps	Maleki the Pallid Stratholme
Ring 1	Ring of Spell Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Ring 2	Ring of Spell Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Trinket 1	Briarwood Reed	Jed Runewatcher Upper Blackrock Spire
Trinket 2	Talisman of Ephemeral Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Main-Hand	Azuresong Mageblade	Golemagg the Incinerator Molten Core
Off-Hand	Drakestone — of Shadow Wrath	Dragons Sunken Temple
Wand	Skul's Ghastly Touch	Skul Stratholme

2.2.

Phase 2 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Lieutenant Commander's Dreadweave Cowl	PvP — Rank 10
Neck	Choker of the Fire Lord	Ragnaros Molten Core
Shoulder	Lieutenant Commander's Dreadweave Spaulders	PvP — Rank 10
Cloak	— of Shadow Wrath	BoE World Drop
Chest	Robe of Volatile Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Wrist	— of Shadow Wrath	BoE World Drop
Hands	Felcloth Gloves	Tailoring
Waist	Mana Igniting Cord	Shared Loot Molten Core
Legs	Fel Infused Leggings	Lord Kazzak
Feet	Snowblind Shoes	Azuregos
Ring 1	Ring of Spell Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Ring 2	Ring of Spell Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Trinket 1	Briarwood Reed	Jed Runewatcher Upper Blackrock Spire
Trinket 2	Talisman of Ephemeral Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Main-Hand	Grand Marshal's Mageblade	PvP — Rank 14
Off-Hand	Tome of Shadow Force	Alterac Valley — Exalted
Wand	Skul's Ghastly Touch	Skul Stratholme

2.3.

Phase 3 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Mish'undare, Circlet of the Mind Flayer	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Neck	Choker of the Fire Lord	Ragnaros Molten Core
Shoulder	Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal	Razorgore the Untamed Blackwing Lair
Cloak	Cloak of the Brood Lord	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Chest	Nemesis Robes	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Wrist	Bracers of Arcane Accuracy	Broodlord Lashlayer Blackwing Lair
Hands	Ebony Flame Gloves	Ebonroc Blackwing Lair
Waist	Nemesis Belt	Vaelastrasz the Corrupt Blackwing Lair
Legs	Fel Infused Leggings	Lord Kazzak
Feet	Nemesis Boots	Broodlord Lashlayer Blackwing Lair
Ring 1	Band of Forced Concentration	Ebonroc Blackwing Lair
Ring 2	Band of Dark Dominion	Trash Blackwing Lair
Trinket 1	Neltharion's Tear	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Trinket 2	Talisman of Ephemeral Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Main-Hand	Grand Marshal's Mageblade	PvP — Rank 14
Off-Hand	Tome of Shadow Force	Alterac Valley — Exalted
Wand	Skul's Ghastly Touch	Skul Stratholme

2.4.

Phase 4 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Mish'undare, Circlet of the Mind Flayer	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Neck	Choker of the Fire Lord	Ragnaros Molten Core
Shoulder	Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal	Razorgore the Untamed Blackwing Lair
Cloak	Cloak of Consumption	Hakkar Zul'Gurub
Chest	Bloodvine Vest	Tailoring
Wrist	Bracers of Arcane Accuracy	Broodlord Lashlayer Blackwing Lair
Hands	Ebony Flame Gloves	Ebonroc Blackwing Lair
Waist	Mana Igniting Cord	Shared Loot Molten Core
Legs	Bloodvine Leggings	Tailoring
Feet	Bloodvine Boots	Tailoring
Ring 1	Band of Forced Concentration	Ebonroc Blackwing Lair
Ring 2	Band of Dark Dominion	Trash Blackwing Lair
Trinket 1	Neltharion's Tear	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Trinket 2	Talisman of Ephemeral Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Main-Hand	Grand Marshal's Mageblade	PvP — Rank 14
Off-Hand	Jin'do's Bag of Whammies	Jin'do the Hexxer Zul'Gurub
Wand	Touch of Chaos	Hakkar Zul'Gurub

2.5.

Phase 5 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Doomcaller's Circlet	Emperor Vek'nilash AQ40
Neck	Amulet of Vek'nilash	Emperor Vek'nilash AQ40
Shoulder	Doomcaller's Mantle	Qiraji Bindings of Dominance AQ40
Cloak	Cloak of the Devoured	C'Thun AQ40
Chest	Bloodvine Vest	Tailoring
Wrist	Rockfury Bracers	Cenarion Circle — Revered Stalwart's Battlegear
Hands	Dark Storm Gauntlets	C'Thun AQ40
Waist	Eyestalk Waist Cord	C'Thun AQ40
Legs	Bloodvine Leggings	Tailoring
Feet	Bloodvine Boots	Tailoring
Ring 1	Ring of the Fallen God	C'Thun AQ40
Ring 2	Ring of Unspoken Names	Qiraji Ceremonial Ring AQ20
Trinket 1	Neltharion's Tear	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Trinket 2	Talisman of Ephemeral Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Main-Hand	Sharpened Silithid Femur	Viscidus AQ40
Off-Hand	Royal Scepter of Vek'lor	Emperor Vek'nilash AQ40
Wand	Wand of Qiraji Nobility	Lord Kri AQ40

2.6.

Phase 6 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Plagueheart Circlet	Thaddius Naxxramas
Neck	Gem of Trapped Innocents	Kel'Thuzad Naxxramas
Shoulder	Plagueheart Shoulderpads	Shared Loot Naxxramas
Cloak	Cloak of the Necropolis	Sapphiron Naxxramas
Chest	Plagueheart Robe	Four Horsemen Naxxramas
Wrist	Rockfury Bracers	Cenarion Circle — Revered Stalwart's Battlegear
Hands	Dark Storm Gauntlets	C'Thun AQ40
Waist	Eyestalk Waist Cord	C'Thun AQ40
Legs	Leggings of Polarity	Thaddius Naxxramas
Feet	Plagueheart Sandals	Shared Loot Naxxramas
Ring 1	Ring of the Fallen God	C'Thun AQ40
Ring 2	Band of the Inevitable	Noth the Plaguebringer Naxxramas
Trinket 1	Mark of the Champion	Kel'Thuzad Naxxramas
Trinket 2	The Restrained Essence of Sapphiron	Sapphiron Naxxramas
Trinket 3	Neltharion's Tear	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Staff	Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian	Splinter of Atiesh Naxxramas
Main-Hand	Wraith Blade	Maexxna Naxxramas
Off-Hand	Sapphiron's Left Eye	Sapphiron Naxxramas
Wand	Wand of Fates	Patchwerk Naxxramas

While not used for many bosses, some raid encounters will require the use of resistance gear to simply just survive the incoming damage. Below you can find our recommended gear sets for Frost, Nature, and Fire resistance gear sets, allowing you to easily optimize your gear choices when resistances are needed.

Finally, some items have niche uses and do not belong in a best in slot list, but are still very valuable to acquire for specific encounters, or as a weapon swap mid-fight. We will list the most notable special items below, as well as their effects and common applications.

• Gnomish Battle Chicken summons a chicken that attacks your enemies for 1.5 minutes, with a cooldown of 30 minutes. The chicken scales with your Engineering skill (Level 60 at 300 skill), and buffs your group with 5% increased Attack Speed through Battle Squawk. This is what makes it well worth using while grouped.
• Arcanite Dragonling summons a dragon that attacks your enemies for up to 1 minute, with a cooldown of one hour. The dragon scales with your Engineering skill (Level 60 at 300 skill) and causes a stacking debuff that increases Fire damage taken, which makes it worth using in later raids to boost Fire Mage damage.
• Skull of Impending Doom is given as a quest reward from completing Forbidden Knowledge in the Badlands. While generally undesirable, if you need to run somewhere fast, it can be a useful item to have.
• Furbolg Medicine Pouch is sold by Gorn One Eye when you reach Honored status with Timbermaw Hold. This is a great item that you can swap during combat to provide you with a significant 1000 heal over 10 seconds. For comparison's sake, Heavy Runecloth Bandage heals you for 2000 over 8 seconds, but requires you to channel it, and you cannot take any sort of damage in the channel duration.
• Tidal Charm allows you to instantly stun an enemy for 3 seconds. It has a 50% drop chance from Prince Nazjak, who spawns around 25,84 in Arathi Highlands. Due to his very high respawn timer it might be hard to get this trinket, but the stun it provides is a life saver and duel winner.
• Linken's Boomerang allows you to potentially disarm or stun an enemy when used, which makes it useful in certain scenarios, especially in PvP. Its rewarded from the Un'Goro Crater quest It's Dangerous to Go Alone.
• Luffa removes a bleed effect, such as Garrote, from yourself when used. You get this item from the Searing Gorge quest Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It.
• The Alliance-only Crystal of Zin-Malor allows you to kill yourself easily, and you do not get durability loss if you die from its effect. This can occasionally be useful, such as when you regret getting on a fly path after you are already flying or if you need to talk with the Blackrock Depths key ghost NPC. You get it from starting the quest Tormented By the Past.