Stat Priorities
Stat Ranking
Haste > Crit = Mastery >> Versatility
Stat Outline
Crit: Gives our spells a chance to deal bonus damage. Uniquely Chaos Bolt always crits, and instead gets a flat damage increase from Crit. We also have increased Crit Damage through Ruin in our spec tree.
Haste: Reduces the length of casts and the Global Cooldown.
Mastery: Increases all spell damage by X%, plus an additional random percentage up to X%.
Versatility: Increases all damage done, and reduces all damage taken by half the increase in damage done.
Races
For a competitive advantage I recommend Dwarf for Stoneform or Void Elf for Spatial Rift. Both of these Racials are strong enough that they can alter the outcome of a pull, or entirely change how you approach a fight to begin with.
If you want to optimize your race choice for DPS, then these are good options for Destruction Warlock:
- Mechagnome (Likely only during patch 12.0)
- Dwarf / Tauren
- Orc
- Mag’har Orc
- Troll
I don’t recommend choosing your race based purely on DPS, as the differences between the races are minimal.
Enchants
Main & Secondary Stat Enchants
Keep in mind that you should sim your character with regards to Weapon and Ring enchants.
Chest: Enchant Chest - Mark Of The Worldsoul (+50 Intellect)
Legs: Sunfire Silk Spellthread (+41 Intellect & 115 Stamina)
Rings: Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity (+22 Haste)
Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Acuity Of The Ren'dorei (Intellect Proc)
Tertiary Stat Enchants
These enchants are more personal preference. I recommend leech enchants unless you are doing Cutting Edge raiding or M+, and determine avoidance enchants are more suited for the raid encounter or dungeon.
Head: Enchant Helm - Hex Of Leeching (+55 Leech)
Shoulders: Enchant Shoulders - Silvermoon's Mending (+166 Leech)
Boots: Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots (+28 Leech & +232 Stamina)
Gems
You should always sim your character to find the optimal combination of gems, but if you want a quick solution follow this priority:
- Equip a Powerful Eversong Diamond.
- Equip a Flawless Deadly Peridot, and Flawless Quick versions of all other gem colors.
- Equip Flawless Deadly Peridot in your remaining gem slots.
Consumables
Food: Royal Roast (Personal Main Stat Food) or Harandar Celebration / Silvermoon Parade (Main Stat Feasts)
Flasks: Flask Of The Blood Knights
Potions: Light's Potential
Health Potions: Silvermoon Health Potion
Weapon Oil: Thalassian Phoenix Oil
Runes: Void-Touched Augment Rune