Tier Sets
Destruction Warlock Season 2 Tier Sets:
- (2) Set Bonus: 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!.
- (4) Set Bonus: Hitting a Jackpot! increases your Mastery by 2% and your spells gain maximum benefit from Mastery: Chaotic Energies for 10 seconds.
The tier set for destro is quite heavy on rng, with a jackpot of 1 ppm outside of the guaranteed one you get in cooldowns. There are no gameplay changes with the tier set bonus for season 2 and the tier set does not need to be tracked on buffs.
destruction 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 Destruction Warlock, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.
Best Gear for the Raid
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Spliced Fiendtrader’s Transcendence | Tier |
| Neck | Semi-Charmed Amulet | Rik Reverb |
| Shoulders | Spliced Fiendtrader’s Loyal Servants | Tier |
| Cloak | Test Pilot’s Go-Pack | Sprocketmonger |
| Chest | Spliced Fiendtrader’s Surgical Gown | Tier |
| Wrist | Consecrated Cuffs | Crafted |
| Gloves | Golden Handshakers | Gallywix |
| Belt | Refiner’s Conveyor Belt | Sprocketmonger |
| Legs | Spliced Fiendtrader’s Skin Tights | Tier |
| Boots | Cemented Murloc-Swimmers | Mug’zee |
| Ring | The Jastor Diamond | Gallywix |
| Ring | Faded Championship Ring | Cauldron |
| Trinket | Eye of Kezan | Gallywix |
| Trinket | Mug’s Moxie Jug | Mug’zee |
| Main Hand | Stix’s Metal Detector | Stix |
| Off Hand | Vagabond’s Torch | Crafted |
Best Gear for Mythic+
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Spliced Fiendtrader’s Transcendence | Tier |
| Neck | Semi-Charmed Amulet | Rik Reverb |
| Shoulders | Spliced Fiendtrader’s Loyal Servants | Tier |
| Cloak | Test Pilot’s Go-Pack | Sprocketmonger |
| Chest | Spliced Fiendtrader’s Surgical Gown | Tier |
| Wrist | Consecrated Cuffs | Crafted |
| Gloves | Golden Handshakers | Gallywix |
| Belt | Refiner’s Conveyor Belt | Sprocketmonger |
| Legs | Spliced Fiendtrader’s Skin Tights | Tier |
| Boots | Cemented Murloc-Swimmers | Mug’zee |
| Ring | The Jastor Diamond | Gallywix |
| Ring | Faded Championship Ring | Cauldron |
| Trinket | Signet of the Priory / House of Cards | Priory of the Sacred Flame / One-Armed Bandit |
| Trinket | Mug’s Moxie Jug | Mug’zee |
| Main Hand | Stix’s Metal Detector | Stix |
| Off Hand | Vagabond’s Torch | Crafted |
Trinkets
Eye of Kezan is currently the stand out trinket for 11.1 with mug’s moxie jug 2nd best, these trinkets are both passive trinkets and you may want to consider using an on use trinket such as signet of the priory from m+ as a good on use option if you are looking for more damage with your cooldowns.
Other trinkets are mostly passive and are all very close, I would recommend simming your character to determine which is your best option.
Embellishments
Currently Ascendance and a Nerubian patch is the best combo of embellishments for warlock.
Early on it is wise to craft a weapon + patch on a small stat budget item that you did not loot yet.
You can consider using 2 Dawnthreads as embellishments rather than ascendance + armour patch which should give slightly better results specifically in m+ scenarios