Tier Sets
Diabolist Demonology Warlock Season 3 Tier Set Bonus :
- (2) Set Bonus: Hand of Gul’dan cast at full power summons a Demonic Oculus, up to 3. Consuming Demonic ARt flights your Demonic Oculi at your target, exploding for fire damage to your target and enemies within 10 yards.
- (4) Set Bonus: Demonic Oculi analyze the battle while active and deliver information to you as they explode, increasing your intellect by 2% for 10 sec.
A very big swing for the Diabolist tree, giving quite a bit of sustained damage to a hero talent tree that was more about the Summon Demonic Tyrant cooldown.The cooldowns are still very strong and after some buffs on PTR to the damage of the Demonic Rituals, Diabolist is looking like the front runner until further tuning comes along.
Soul Harvester Demonology Warlock Season 3 Tier Set Bonus:
- (2) Set Bonus: Shadow of Death Unleashes your demonic soul to assault your current target for 9 seconds, dealing shadow damage to its target and enemies within 10 yards with each swipe
- (4) Set Bonus: Demonic Soul damage increased by 45% and Wicked Reaping damage increased byt 45%. Your demonic soul generates 1 soul shard every 3 seconds withle assaulting enemies
This is a very interesting tier set bonus and revolves around amping up your damage cooldowns as Shadow of death is activated when you cast Summon Demonic Tyrant. The damage from this tier set has gone through several tuning passes on PTR and we will probably see more tuning in the upcoming weeks but it brings a little more power the cooldowns to a hero talent tree that was previously lacking in that department.
demonology warlock Best in Slot Gear
You should still prioritize the gear you use by running a sim for your character, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Demonology Warlock, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.
IMPORTANT NOTE: In most gearing scenarios you will want to craft a 2h staff with the darkmoon sigil ascension embellishment. This is not “technically” BiS, but it's a huge power spike and it saves a ton of gilded crests compared to upgrading a myth track weapon from the vault (should you have one available). Ultimately, it should be replaced as a 723 Main hand with 720 offhand is slightly better, but the difference is so small that it should be the last thing you think about.
Overall / Raid Best Gear
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Inquisitor’s Portal to Madness | Forgeweaver Araz/ Great Vault |
| Neck | Chrysalis of Sundered Souls | Soulbinder Naazindhri |
| Shoulders | Inquisitor’s Gaze of Madness | The Soul Hunters / Great Vault |
| Cloak | Reshii Wraps | Campaign (mandatory) |
| Chest | Dealous Warden’s Reiment | Priory of the Sacred Flame / Great Vault |
| Wrist | Concecrated Cuffs /w writhing armor banding | Crafting |
| Gloves | Inquisitor’s Clutches of Madness | Soulbinder Naazindhri/ Great Vault |
| Belt | Singularity Cincture | Dimensius |
| Legs | Inquisitor’s Leggings of Madness | Loom’ithar / Great Vault |
| Boots | Interloper’s Silken Striders | Adarus Duskblaze / The Soul Hunters |
| Ring | Logic Gate Alpha | Plexus Sentinel |
| Ring | Devout Zealot Ring | Priory of the Ancient Flame |
| Trinket | Araz’s Ritual Forge | Forgeweaver Araz |
| Trinket | Azhiccaran Prapodia | Eco-Dome Al’dani |
| Main Hand | Voidglass Kris | Fractilus |
| Off Hand | Vagabond’s Torch (/w darkmoon sigil: Ascension) | Crafting |
Trinkets
Sim yourself for accurate upgrades, and all trinket lists are subject to change.
In most situations you want to use 1 on-use trinket and 1 passive trinket.
On use:
- House of Cards
- Signet of the Priory
Passive:
- Eye of Kezan
- Mug’s Moxie Jug
Embellishments
Darkmoon Sigil Ascension + Writhing armor band seems to be the best choice for pretty much every scenario. The Darkmoon Sigils can only be crafted on weapons or offhands and therefore locks your choices a bit.
The easiest way to deal with this is to craft a 2h int staff with the Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and a normal low budget cloth item with Writhing armor band.
Reshii Wraps
Reshii Wraps is a new Cloak released in Patch 11.2 and will be the only cloak you use (and the only one that can drop from any content in Season 3). You gain access to it via a quest chain and completing chapter 3 of the main patch storyline.
The Reshii Wraps are upgradable via Ethereal Strands and can have secondary stats of your choice added to it.
To add a secondary stat to the Reshii Wraps you use a Fiber in the Fiber Socket of the Cloak. The highest quality version of the Fibers requires a work-order to a Tailor.
When picking a Fiber, I strongly recommend simming your character for the best stat for your current gear and intended content. If you just want a quick recommendation for which Reshii Fiber to use, then use Pure Chronomantic Fiber (Haste).
To find out more about the Reshii Wraps, you can read the Method Reshii Wraps Overview Guide.
Best D.I.S.C Belt & Miniature Titan Disc Effects
With 11.1.7 patch upon us we have access to a new belt! This belt will start at 691 ilvl and will increase to 701 with weekly upgrades via a quick quest chain.
Recommended Titan Discs for Demonology Warlock:
Until further tuning or changes you will want to run Charged Bolts for any raid scenario/single target scenario, and Spark Burst for Aoe/M+.
For more information about unlocking the DISC belt and the different Miniature Titan Disc effects available, check out Method's D.I.S.C Belt Guide.