Introduction
Welcome to my Destruction Warlock guide. My name is Spen, I am known for my warlock gameplay. I raid with Method.
Destro has competitive single target damage compared to the other warlock specs while having the most amount of instant cast abilities. This makes destro very strong for the raid as being able to chain hard casted abilities together in Nerub’ar Palace raid fights is quite challenging. Destro’s cooldowns are not extremely powerful leading to a generally flat line damage profile or the feeling of “always having damage” as well as a powerful movement execute with shadowburn resets.
What has changed
There have been a few changes made to Destro going into The War Within, however, the playstyle remains for the most part the same as previous expansions where the goal is to spend as many shards as possible and minimize your downtime as there are still very few instant cast abilities outside of execute and as a result any movement causes a lot of output lost.
Destro is currently quite strong in the raid compared to other warlock specs due to the damage profile destro fulfills in raid. In Mythic+ Destro is very similar to the other warlock specs and you should try playing what feels correct to you in the specific dungeon.