Demonology Warlock The War Within 11.2 Guide

My name is Sjele. I play mostly warlock as long as it is good and when it is not I cry as I reroll to whatever is. I’ve been a raider in Method for multiple expansions, always aiming to extract every little bit from whatever warlock spec I'm currently playing, with Demonology being my favourite.

Demonology is a fairly simple builder/spender where you build resources, and spend them on summoning demons. An easy way to think about it is that every demon is a damage over time effect or a “DoT”, but instead of the effect being on a target it is a demon on the ground.

Demonology is very good at doing sustained single target and cleave as long as the enemies are stacked.

Movement during cooldown setup and spread cleave are clear weaknesses of the spec.

In my opinion demonology is extremely fun to play and once you get into it it feels very natural in terms of the “flow” of the gameplay.

Patch 11.2 Demonology Warlock Changes

This patch brings with it quite significant changes to Demonology by buffing some talents and spells, but also adding tier sets that interact with hero talents in addition to moving some talents around for better access. Almost nothing changes playstyle wise apart from the absence of Reign of Tyranny talent makes tyrant set ups have a lower ceiling with only 10 imps maximum value.

Notable 11.2 Changes:

• Pact of the Imp Mother and Umbral Blaze swap places in the Demonology talent tree.
• Reign of Tyranny talent removed.
• Wicked Cleave damage increased by 30%.
• Chaos Salvo damage increased by 30%.
• Felseeker damage increased by 30%.
• Ruination damage increased by 50%. This change does not affect PvP combat.
• Infernal Bolt damage increased by 55%.
• Flames of Xoroth now increases demon and Fire damage dealt by 4% (was 2%).
• Master Summoner is no longer a PvP talent, has been redesigned, and is now available on the Demonology specialization tree – Increases Mastery by 4% and reduces the cast time of your Call Dreadstalkers, Summon Vilefiend, and Summon Demonic Tyrant by 25%.
• All damage dealt increased by 6%.
• Shadow Bolt damage increased by 55%.
• Demonbolt damage increased by 35%. This change does not affect PvP combat.
• Wild Imp’s Fel Firebolt damage increased by 15%.
• Implosion damage increased by 15%.
• Immutable Hatred damage increased by 250%.
• Summon Demonic Tyrant now increases the damage of affected demons by 25% (was 15%).
• Summon Demonic Tyrant's Demonfire damage increased by 60%. This change does not affect PvP combat.
• Umbral Blaze now has a 100% chance to trigger.
• Summon Vilefiend cooldown is now 25 seconds (was 30 seconds).
• Demonic Brutality now increases critical strike damage from your spells and demons by 6% (was 4%).
• Improved Demonic Tactics now increases your primary Felguard’s critical strike chance by 50% of your critical strike chance (was 30%).