Destruction Warlock PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets — The War Within (11.0.5)
Choosing your gear carefully is important for your Destruction Warlock in PvP. We give you a stat priority to help you choose items with the right stats, followed by advice on how to choose the rest of your gear and your trinkets.
This page is part of our Destruction Warlock PvP Guide.
The stat priority for Destruction Warlock in PvP
The stat priority for Destruction Warlock in PvP is as follows:
- Intellect;
- Haste
- Versatility
- Mastery
- Critical Strike
Intellect is the best stat in all situations. Haste is your best secondary stat to have, as it reduces the Global Cooldown on abilities, reduces your cast time, and causes Conflagrate to recharge faster. This will help you cast your Chaos Bolt and Fear at a faster rate. Versatility is your second-best stat to have as it increases your damage done as well as making you take less damage, making you more durable.
Gear Recommendations
General Guidelines
In general, Destruction Warlocks want to get gear that gives both Versatility and Haste, with a priority on Haste. Most PvP pieces from Honor and Conquest will have Versatility and Haste, so these are generally the best items to go for.
Destruction Warlock's Warlock Destruction Season 1 2pc and Warlock Destruction Season 1 4pc are both worth using in Season 1. Your Incinerate and Conflagrate gain significantly more crit, and when your Conflagrate crits, you will deal 5% more Fire damage for 6 seconds.
- Head: Forged Gladiator's Silk Guise
- Neck: Forged Gladiator's Necklace
- Shoulders: Hexflame Coven's Altar Tier
- Cloak: Forged Gladiator's Drape
- Chest: Hexflame Coven's Ritual Harness Tier
- Wrists: Forged Gladiator's Silk Armbands
- Hands: Hexflame Coven's Sleeves Tier
- Waist: Forged Gladiator's Silk Cord
- Legs: Hexflame Coven's Leggings Tier
- Feet: Algari Competitor's Cloth Treads Haste/Versatility with Writhing Armor Banding Embellishment
- Ring 1: Forged Gladiator's Ring
- Ring 2: Algari Competitor's Signet Haste/Versatility
- Weapon: Algari Competitor's Staff Haste/Versatility with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension Embellishment
Recommended Trinkets
Note: It is important to be wearing 2 PvP trinkets. This will give you a Intellect boost that will increase your damage and Stamina.
Forged Gladiator's Medallion is a mandatory trinket to have equipped at all times. This allows you to remove any crowd control on yourself. You will normally use this when you are stuck in crowd control, and a teammate is at low health.
Forged Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity is the best offensive trinket to wear. This gives you an Intellect proc, which will boost your damage.
Gems and Enchants
Here are the best enchants and gems for a Destruction Warlock:
- Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Chant of Burrowing Rapidity
- Chest: Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
- Wrist: Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Speed
- Legs: Weavercloth Spellthread
- Feet: Enchant Boots - Scout's March
- Rings: Enchant Ring - Radiant Versatility
- Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Authority of Radiant Power
Gem all of your gear with Versatile Emerald and 1 Cognitive Bloodstone for Precognition.
Changelog
- 21 Oct. 2024: Updated for TWW 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Prepatch 11.0.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5.
- 09 May 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 16 Mar. 2023: Updated for DRagonflgiht Patch 10.0.7.
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 30 Jul. 2022: Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 02 Mar. 2022: Updated for Shadowlands 9.2.
- 17 Nov. 2021: Updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.5.
- 10 Aug. 2021: Updated for Shadowlands Patch 9.1.
- 08 Mar. 2021: No updates needed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 06 Dec. 2020: Added BiS gear list for Shadowlands.
- 29 Nov. 2020: Removed outdated Traits and Essences.
- Removed outdated gear.
- Added gems section.
- 20 Oct. 2020: Removed Corruption sections.
- 03 Jul. 2020: Updated Corruptions.
- Added Recommended Corruptions section.
- 19 May 2020: Updated Corruptions section.
- 08 Apr. 2020: Updated Recommended Items.
- 14 Feb. 2020: Added Corruption Gear section. Updated Recommended Gear section.
- 20 Jan. 2020: Updated PvP gear to be Season 4 Corrupted gear.
- 09 Dec. 2019: Page added.
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