Tier Sets
Diabolist Destruction Warlock Season 2 Tier Set Bonus:
- (2) Set Bonus: Casting Chaos Bolt, Rain of Fire, or Shadowburn summons a Demonic Oculus, up to 3. Consuming Demonic Art flings your Demonic Oculi at your current target, exploding for fire damage to your target and all 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 seconds.
Hellcaller Destruction Warlock Season 2 Tier Set Bonus:
- (2) Set Bonus: Mark of Xavius increases Blackened Soul damage by an additional 3% per stack. Malevolence increases the stack count of Wither by an additional 2 stacks.
- (4) Set Bonus: Casting Malevolence grants 2 stacks of Backdraft and prevents Blackened Soul from consuming stacks while dealing damage 15% faster for 8 seconds.
The tier sets in patch 11.2 take a different approach than usual. This time, each hero talent gets its own unique tier set, meaning Destruction has access to two distinct sets. Both are powerful and play to the strengths of their respective hero talents. Diabolist gains a single-target and stacked AoE bonus, while Hellcaller gains a spread cleave bonus. These sets are almost entirely passive and don’t significantly change your gameplay - aside from Diabolist’s Demonic Arts hitting much harder, making them worth holding a bit longer for add spawns or burst windows than you might have done in the past.
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 | Inquisitor’s Portal to Madness | Tier |
| Neck | Chrysalis of Sundered Souls | Soulbinder Naazindhri |
| Shoulders | Inquisitor’s Gaze of Madness | Tier |
| Cloak | Reshii Wraps | 11.2 Campaign |
| Chest | Zealous Warden’s Raiment | Priory of the Sacred Flame |
| Wrist | Consecrated Cuffs | Crafted |
| Gloves | Inquisitor’s Clutches of Madness | Tier |
| Belt | Singularity Cincture | Dimensius |
| Legs | Inquisitor’s Clutches of Madness | Tier |
| Boots | Interloper’s Silken Striders | The Soul Hunters |
| Ring | Logic Gate: Alpha | Plexus Sentinel |
| Ring | Ring of the Panoply | Tazavesh, the Veiled Market |
| Trinket | Araz’s Ritual Forge | Forgeweaver Araz |
| Trinket | Azhiccaran Parapodia | Eco-Dome Al’dani |
| Main Hand | Voidglass Kris | Fractillus |
| Off Hand | Vagabond’s Torch | Crafted |
Best Gear for Mythic+
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Inquisitor’s Portal to Madness | Tier |
| Neck | Chrysalis of Sundered Souls | Soulbinder Naazindhri |
| Shoulders | Inquisitor’s Gaze of Madness | Tier |
| Cloak | Reshii Wraps | 11.2 Campaign |
| Chest | Zealous Warden’s Raiment | Priory of the Sacred Flame |
| Wrist | Consecrated Cuffs | Crafted |
| Gloves | Inquisitor’s Clutches of Madness | Tier |
| Belt | Singularity Cincture | Dimensius |
| Legs | Inquisitor’s Clutches of Madness | Tier |
| Boots | Interloper’s Silken Striders | The Soul Hunters |
| Ring | Logic Gate: Alpha | Plexus Sentinel |
| Ring | Ring of the Panoply | Tazavesh, the Veiled Market |
| Trinket | Araz’s Ritual Forge | Forgeweaver Araz |
| Trinket | Azhiccaran Parapodia | Eco-Dome Al’dani |
| Main Hand | Voidglass Kris | Fractillus |
| Off Hand | Vagabond’s Torch | Crafted |
Trinkets
You should always sim your own character rather than following a tier list blindly. There are quite a few good trinkets in 11.2 and we don’t know for sure yet what two will be best but these are some of the contenders:
- Araz’s Ritual Forge
- Diamantine Voidcore
- Azhiccaran Parapodia
- Essence-Hunter’s Eyeglass
- Voidtouched Fragment
Embellishments
The best embellishments for Destruction Warlocks in 11.2 are Ascension on off-hand and Writhing Armor Banding on Wrists.
It’s advised to craft a weapon with Ascension first, either a staff or an off-hand if you believe you will get a mythic main hand or either of the special weapons from the Manaforge Omega raid soon.
After that you would craft a cloth piece with Writhing Armor Banding in a slot you haven’t looted yet. Bracers are recommended for the long term but early on it’s completely fine to craft it anywhere as long as it doesn’t interfere with your 4-set.
Reshii Wraps
The Reshii Wraps is a new cloak that we unlock at the end of chapter 3 of the main storyline in Patch 11.2. This cloak will be upgraded throughout the patch and is required for the first boss in the raid.
The cloak has a passive damage proc and a socket slot that can be filled with a fiber. There’s one fiber for each secondary stat and as a Destruction Warlock we want to use one of the following:
- Pure Chronomatic Fiber (Haste)
- Pure Energizing Fiber (Mastery)
- Pure Precise Fiber (Critical Strike)
Which one of these you want to use will heavily depend on your own gear, so make sure to sim it for your own character.
D.I.S.C. Belt
The DISC belt is an item that arrived in 11.1.7 and as a Destruction Warlock we will be replacing this with another belt of similar item level. Make sure to sim it for your own character.
As a Destruction Warlock we want to be using Static Charge for Diabolist and Critical Chain / Spark Burst / Electric Current for Hellcaller. You can pick between the three based on whatever secondary stat you have the least of.
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.