Tier Sets
Destruction Warlock Season 1 Tier Sets:
- (2) Set Bonus: Incinerate critical strike chance increased by 20%. Conflagrate critical strike chance increased by 25%.
- (4) Set Bonus: When Conflagrate critically strikes, your Fire damage is increased by 5% for 6 sec.
Destro tier bonuses for Season 1 are simple buffs that revolve around conflagrate and incinerate.
The set is somewhat RNG so to speak, giving potential to low roll conflag crits and have a noticeably weaker pull than you otherwise would. There are no gameplay changes with the tier set bonus for season 1 as compared to playing without the tier.
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.
Overall Best Gear
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Devotee’s Discarded Headdress | Rasha’nan |
| Neck | Sureki Zealot’s Insignia | Sikran |
| Shoulders | Hexflame Coven’s Altar | tier |
| Cloak | Wings of the shattered Sorrow | Rasha’nan |
| Chest | Hexflame Coven’s Ritual Harness | tier |
| Wrist | Consecrated Cuffs | crafted |
| Gloves | Hexflame Coven’s Sleeves | tier |
| Belt | Consecrated Belt | Crafted |
| Legs | Hexflame Coven’s Leggings | tier |
| Boots | Tainted Earthshard Walkers | Stonevault |
| Ring | Seal of the poisoned pact | Queen Ansurek |
| Ring | Key to the Unseeming | The Bloodbound Horror |
| Trinket | Spymaster’s web | Anub’arash |
| Trinket | Mad Queen’s Mandate | Queen Ansurek |
| Main Hand | Takazj’s Entropic Edict | Silken Court |
Best Gear from the Raid
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Devotee’s Discarded Headdress | Rasha’nan |
| Neck | Sureki Zealot’s Insignia | Sikran |
| Shoulders | Hexflame Coven’s Altar | tier |
| Cloak | Consecrated Cloak | crafted |
| Chest | Hexflame Coven’s Ritual Harness | tier |
| Wrist | Consecrated Cuffs | crafted |
| Gloves | Hexflame Coven’s Sleeves | tier |
| Belt | Hexflame Coven’s Dorment Eye | catalyst |
| Legs | Hexflame Coven’s Leggings | tier |
| Boots | Assimilated Eggshell Slippers | Broodtwister Ovi’nax |
| Ring | Seal of the poisoned pact | Queen Ansurek |
| Ring | Key to the Unseeming | The Bloodbound Horror |
| Trinket | Spymaster’s web | Anub’arash |
| Trinket | Mad Queen’s Mandate | Queen Ansurek |
| Main Hand | Takazj’s Entropic Edict | The Silken Court |
Best Gear from Mythic+
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Hexflame Coven’s All-seeing Eye | tier |
| Neck | Elder’s Hemolymphal Periapt | City of Threads |
| Shoulders | Hexflame Coven’s Altar | tier |
| Cloak | Consecrated Cloak | crafted |
| Chest | Hexflame Coven’s Ritual Harness | tier |
| Wrist | Consecrated Cuffs | crafted |
| Gloves | Hexflame Coven’s Sleeves | tier |
| Belt | Hexflame Coven’s Dorment Eye | catalyst |
| Legs | Hexflame Coven’s Leggings | tier |
| Boots | Tainted Earthshard Walkers | Stonevault |
| Ring | Devout Zealot’s Ring | Dawnbreaker |
| Ring | Circle of Bone | Grim Batol |
| Trinket | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara City of Threads |
| Trinket | Empowering Crystal of Anub’ikkaj | Dawnbreaker |
| Main Hand | Krix’vizk’s Speech Rod | City of Threads |
Trinkets
Spymaster’s Web is the only standout trinket with the other trinkets being very close together.
Spymaster’s Web is a powerful stacking stat stick with the ability to consume the stat stick buffs to provide a large main stat gain for 20 seconds.
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 636 weapon + patch on a small item that you did not loot yet.