Destruction Warlock Midnight Gearing Guide

Midnight Season 1 Destruction Warlock Tier Set Bonuses:

• (2) Set Bonus: Chaos Bolt and Rain Of Fire damage increased by 5%.
• (4) Set Bonus: Conflagrate generates 2 additional Soul Shard fragments and its damage is increased by 10%.

Tier Set Discussion:

The Season 1 Tier Set does not alter Destruction's gameplay and contributes fairly little to our overall damage. It’s still definitely worth using of course, but doesn’t require any specific change to your gameplay to get the benefits from it.

You should always prioritise 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 Destruction Warlock. Keep in mind that there are many combinations of gear that result in similar stat distributions.

• Overall
• Raiding
• Mythic+

Due to Destruction’s flat damage profile, we are looking to equip the 2 strongest passive trinkets we have access to. In addition, we prefer stat sticks over damage procs because Destruction has good secondary stat scaling, especially with regards to Haste and Crit when playing Hellcaller.

Gaze Of The Alnseer - This is the BiS trinket for almost all specs in the game. It contributes a very large amount of main stat when it procs. It drops from Chimaerus the Undreamt God in The Dreamrift raid, but the item will be highly contested.

Locus-Walker's Ribbon - Our 2nd BiS trinket is also a Mastery stat-stick with a good intellect proc. This trinket drops from the Crown of the Cosmos boss fight in The Voidspire raid. Since it is a caster specific trinket it may be easier to get your hands on.

Vaelgor's Final Stare - An on-use trinket that provides a large amount of Mastery. Destruction generally prefers passive trinkets, and the on-use effect is also too short to gain the full benefit of Summon Infernal. Despite this it is a solid trinket boosting your on demand burst.

Heart Of Wind + Vessel Of Tortured Souls - Passive trinket options from M+ that will be used until you get access to the superior versions in the raids.

When doing your crafts you have 2 approaches. Many people like to craft for immediate power, in which case a 2-H with a strong embellishment is your best choice.

The caveat here is that if you are lucky and gain a Mythic weapon early this craft will feel kind of bad, but you will still get the crest save so it is not the end of the world. Alternatively, and what I would recommend, you craft for long-term.

In this case you would craft on low budget slots like Wrists or Off-hand with strong embellishments, this way you gain less immediate power but never have to worry about recrafting.

Potential Best Crafts for Destruction Warlock:

Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt - Gives a stat proc based on the creature type of your target. Can be crafted on weapons, which will likely be the best first craft.

Devouring Banding - Boosts your highest secondary stat and deals damage to your target. Can be crafted on weapons, which will likely be the best first craft.

Loa Worshiper's Band - Spawns an array of different Loa that help you in combat. The stats on this ring are fixed, therefore you cannot use this ring craft to fix your stat distribution.

Prismatic Focusing Iris - A ST damage proc. Falls off in cleave or AoE.