Destruction Warlock DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.1.0)

Welcome to our Gearing Page for Destruction Warlock; this section will cover everything you need to know about equipping your character correctly.

If you have a new piece of gear for which you need gems and enchant advice, you can find everything on our dedicated page below.

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BiS Gear for Destruction Warlock

Overall BiS list Raid BiS List Mythic+ BiS List

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The War Within Season 2 Overall BiS List for Destruction Warlock

The following list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Destruction Warlock in The War Within Season 2 from all sources, including Raiding, Mythic+, Delves, The Great Vault, and Crafted.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and many items are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list, and thus, you can use the list below as a guideline as to what an endgame set of gear looks like.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Helm	Spliced Fiendtrader's Transcendence (678)	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Semi-Charmed Amulet (678)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Shoulder	Spliced Fiendtrader's Loyal Servants (678)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Chef Chewie's Towel (678)	Cinderbrew Meadery
Chest	Spliced Fiendtrader's Surgical Gown (678)	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Consecrated Cuffs (675) with Writhing Armor Banding and Critical Strike + Mastery	Crafted — Tailoring
Gloves	Mine Rat's Handwarmers (678)	Darkflame Cleft
Belt	Refiner's Conveyor Belt (678)	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine
Legs	Spliced Fiendtrader's Skin Tights (678)	Stix Bunkjunker in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Cloudstrider Soles (678)	The Rookery
Ring #1	The Jastor Diamond (678)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Eye of Kezan (678)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	Mug's Moxie Jug (678)	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Weapon	Scalding Queenmaker's Shiv (678)	Cinderbrew Meadery/Great Vault
Off-Hand	Vagabond's Torch (675) with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Critical Strike + Versatility	Crafted — Inscription

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The War Within Season 2 Raid BiS List for Destruction Warlock

The following list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Destruction Warlock in The War Within Season 2 from Raiding, The Great Vault, and Crafted, and thus aimed at those who do not want to engage with Mythic+.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and many items are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list, and thus, you can use the list below as a guideline as to what an endgame set of gear looks like.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Helm	Spliced Fiendtrader's Transcendence (678)	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Semi-Charmed Amulet (678)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine/Great Vault
Shoulder	Spliced Fiendtrader's Loyal Servants (678)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Undercircuit Racing Flag (678)	Vexie and the Geargrinders in Liberation of Undermine/Great Vault
Chest	Spliced Fiendtrader's Surgical Gown (678)	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Consecrated Cuffs (675) with Writhing Armor Banding and Critical Strike + Mastery	Crafted — Tailoring
Gloves	Golden Handshakers (678)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Belt	Refiner's Conveyor Belt (678)	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine/Great Vault
Legs	Spliced Fiendtrader's Skin Tights (678)	Stix Bunkjunker in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Spliced Fiendtrader's Soles (678)	Matrix Catalyst
Ring #1	The Jastor Diamond (678)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2	Miniature Roulette Wheel (678)	Theater of Pain
Trinket #1	Eye of Kezan (678)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	Mug's Moxie Jug (678)	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Weapon	Blastfurious Machete (678)	Vexie and the Geargrinders in Liberation of Undermine/Great Vault
Off-Hand	Vagabond's Torch (675) with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Critical Strike + Versatility	Crafted — Inscription

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The War Within Season 2 Mythic+ BiS List for Destruction Warlock

The following list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Destruction Warlock in The War Within Season 2 from Mythic+, The Great Vault, Crafted and is aimed towards those who do not have access to Raid drops.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and many items are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list, and thus, you can use the list below as a guideline as to what an endgame set of gear looks like.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Helm	Spliced Fiendtrader's Transcendence (678)	Matrix Catalyst
Neck	Strapped Rescue-Keg (678)	Cinderbrew Meadery
Shoulder	Spliced Fiendtrader's Loyal Servants (678)	Matrix Catalyst
Cloak	Chef Chewie's Towel (678)	Cinderbrew Meadery
Chest	Spliced Fiendtrader's Surgical Gown (678)	Matrix Catalyst
Bracers	Consecrated Cuffs (675) with Writhing Armor Banding and Critical Strike + Mastery	Crafted — Tailoring
Gloves	Mine Rat's Handwarmers (678)	Darkflame Cleft
Belt	Excavator's Safety Belt (678)	The MOTHERLODE!!
Legs	Spliced Fiendtrader's Skin Tights (678)	Matrix Catalyst
Boots	Spliced Fiendtrader's Soles (678)	Matrix Catalyst
Ring #1	Footbomb Championship Ring (678)	The MOTHERLODE!!
Ring #2	Bloodoath Signet (678)	Theater of Pain
Trinket #1	Signet of the Priory (678)	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Trinket #2	Carved Blazikon Wax (678)	Darkflame Cleft
Weapon	Scalding Queenmaker's Shiv (678)	Cinderbrew Meadery/Great Vault
Off-Hand	Vagabond's Torch (675) with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Critical Strike + Versatility	Crafted — Inscription

Patch 11.0.7 introduces a new ring Cyrce's Circlet that can be acquired by completing several activities on Siren Isle. The ring features 3 sockets, which let players choose one of four different gems in each of the three sockets, for a total of new 12 gems.

Since socketed gems scale in power the ring should be considered only when stacked against similar or lower item level options until fully upgraded, as the aim of Patch 11.0.7 is to offer a character progression associated with the new zone. Once fully upgraded the ring is essentially a over-budgeted 639 item level, and should be considered as part of the Best in slot list, especially in lieu of being a deterministic acquisition which does not requires raid vault drops.

As far as season 2 gearing is concerned, the ring in its best configuration is between 1.7 to 3.4% behind fully upgraded Mythic rings alternatives when solo or in groups with no other Circlet user, otherwise is far ahead in lieu to how Legendary Skipper's Citrine scales with the number of Cyrce's Circlet users.

The following list features what are generally considered the best gems, nevertheless it is highly recommended to sim yourself to figure out the best choices and combinations for your specific gear and the specific gems and other rings you already own:

• For raid, Thunderlord's Crackling Citrine offers slightly better damage in pure single target than Stormbringer's Runed Citrine, and should be paired with Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine and Legendary Skipper's Citrine.
• For Mythic+/AoE, Stormbringer's Runed Citrine, Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine and Legendary Skipper's Citrine offer the best combination.

For more information on how to get the ring, as well as acquiring all of the different gems that you can possibly socket into it, check out our Cyrce's Circlet guide below!

Spark of Omens will remain the main limiting factor when crafting high-end gear, as it can be acquired once every two weeks by combining two Fractured Spark of Omens and 250 Valorstones.

At the start of a tier, it will be possible to craft two pieces (the first from the initial quest and the second from the initial bi-weekly reward).

It is essential to understand that your crafting strategy depends heavily on the kind of progress and therefore drops available, the speed at which you progress through the content and whatever drop you can obtain early. As a result, there will not be a single best path, instead listed below will be some guidelines:

Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension on the offhand weapon and Writhing Armor Banding is the overall best combination as it does scale into multitarget as opposed as Elemental Focusing Lens.

The long term solution is to directly craft both using sparks at the highest item level possible, but that does imply dropping a Mythic level Main hand through Mythic plus before entering in Mythic Raid the second week.

An alternative is to craft both main hand and offhand combo using sparks and leave wrists at lower item level, which would offer a higher spike in power at the expense of requiring an additional spark on the long term, with the understanding that crafted main hand weapons will need to be replaced by Mythic drops counterpart due item level difference.

Wearing 2 and 4 pieces from the Rites of the Spliced Fiendtrader's Influence set gives you the following bonuses:

• Warlock Destruction 11.1 Class Set 2pc: Your damaging spells have a chance to hit a Jackpot! that fires a flurry of 12 Demonfire bolts at 200% effectiveness. Casting Summon Infernal always hits a Jackpot!.
• Warlock Destruction 11.1 Class Set 4pc: Hitting a Jackpot! increases your Mastery by 3% and your spells gain maximum benefit from Mastery: Chaotic Energies for 10 seconds.

Both bonuses offer a passive damage increase and as such there is no alteration in terms of talent choices or playstyle.

It is important to note that achieving the Warlock Destruction 11.1 Class Set 4pc is a higher gain than having the set on the sub-optimal slots.

The ideal setup has the shoulder slot as the off-set piece due to a more favourable stat distribution.

The easiest and more sensible way to compare multiple items is to use Raidbots' Top Gear. Here, you can input an export from the Simcraft AddOn, select the items to compare, and it will find out which of the items are best. See below for a guide on how to sim yourself.

DISCLAIMER: sims are currently being developed; therefore, take the following charts with a grain of salt.