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LEVELING GUIDE

WoW Forever Destruction Warlock Leveling Guide

Destruction Warlocks apply DoTs and fill with . From 10, cuts the cast time of and . A wand is an equally good filler, so use it to save mana. at 20 gives you an instant finisher.

Recommended talents

Level 20 · Destruction0/0/11

Recommended professions

  • Tailoring
    Covers most of your cloth gear up to 20, and its Shadow patterns boost Shadow damage, which powers your main spell, .
  • Enchanting
    Lets you make the level 5 and level 13 wands yourself. The wand is as good a filler as , so it's how you save mana.

ROUTELevel-by-level route

  1. 5

    Levels 1–5

    Shadow Bolt and your first wand

    • Sell your starting gear and food to a vendor; that covers at level 1 (10 copper).
    • The deals little damage and runs out of mana quickly, so don't lean on it.
    • Apply and fill with . From 4, put up first too.
    • At 5, buy and equip a . Wands scale with spell power and cost no mana.

    New abilities

  2. 9

    Levels 6–9

    DoT, nuke, save mana

    • The level 6 scales with Spirit and returns a lot of mana, but costs a lot of health. Use it only when your health is high.
    • Once you have at 8, apply your DoTs and finish with or the wand. Wand when mana runs low.
    • Don't clip DoTs or put them on enemies that are about to die. It wastes mana and adds drinking time.
    • can pull extra enemies, so use it carefully.

    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (6)

  3. 12

    Levels 10–12

    Voidwalker and Bane

    • At 10, do the class quest for right away. It holds threat well enough to tank several dotted enemies.
    • Put five points into from 10 to 14. It cuts 0.5 sec off the cast time of your main spells, and .
    • A kill landed with the level 10 always gives a soul shard. Keep your shards for summoning and soulstones topped up this way.
    • Craft and with Tailoring. uses a pattern bought with Merchant's Favor and boosts Shadow damage only.

    Gear to pick up

    Talents

    • Lv 10–123/5

    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (10) · (10) · (12) · (12)

  4. 16

    Levels 13–16

    Destructive Reach and first dungeons

    • Switch to at level 13. You make it yourself with Enchanting.
    • Put two points into at 15 and 16 for 20% more range on your damaging spells.
    • The level 14 brings back an enemy that sent the wrong way.
    • From 13 run The Hall of Thanes and Ragefire Chasm, and from 16 The Deadmines, for weapons and robes.
    • Craft and with Tailoring, plus and if you have the patterns.

    Gear to pick up

    Talents

    • Lv 13–145/5
    • Lv 15–162/2

    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (14) · (16)

    Dungeons for this range

  5. 19

    Levels 17–19

    Aftermath and dungeon gear

    • Put three points into from 17 to 19 for 30% more initial damage.
    • Wailing Caverns (17), Shadowfang Keep (18) and Ruins of Lordaeron open up. Pick up their quests first; many reward wands and staves.
    • Put and a curse on every boss. In melee-heavy groups use .
    • At 18, put on the healer before pulls. It won't stop a wipe, but recovery is much faster.
    • Craft and with Tailoring, then upgrade to at 19.

    Gear to pick up

    Talents

    • Lv 17–193/5

    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (18)

    Dungeons for this range

  6. 20

    Level 20

    Shadowburn and the Succubus

    • Your level 20 talent is : instant burst on demand, good for finishing runners and for damage while moving.
    • Do the class quest for (or ). It's the highest-damage pet and holds threat on its own; switch to the Voidwalker if you need more threat.
    • Meeting stones don't summon, so is the only summon. Keep two soul shards spare.
    • In caster-heavy groups use .
    • Farm Shadowfang Keep, Wailing Caverns, The Deadmines and Ruins of Lordaeron for the target gear below. Tailoring can make , but its materials are hard to get.

    Gear to pick up

    Talents

    • Lv 201/1
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    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (20) · (20) · (20)

ROTATIONHow to fight

  1. 1Send in your Succubus first.
  2. 2 — lowest upfront damage, so the least threat, and it needs time to build up.
  3. 3
  4. 4 — its initial hit causes direct threat, so cast it last.
  5. 5Fill with . The wand is equally good when you want to save mana.
  6. 6Finish runners with . If the target dies within 8 sec of the hit, you also get a soul shard.

GEARLevel-20 target gear

Dungeon drops, quest rewards and crafted items worth chasing at level 20 for this spec, by slot, best stats for the spec first.

Head

Neck

  • BestQuest
    Quest "Friend of the Library"

Shoulder

Back

Chest

  • BestCraftLv 15
    Made with Tailoring
    Boosts Shadow damage only — is Shadow.

Wrist

Hands

  • BestCraftLv 15
    Made with Tailoring
    Boosts Shadow damage only — is Shadow.

Waist

Legs

Feet

  • BestCraftLv 20
    Made with Tailoring
    Materials are hard to get; otherwise use .

Finger

Trinket

Two-Hand

Main Hand

Held In Off-hand

Ranged

CLASS QUESTSClass quests

  • Level 10 — Voidwalker

    Trainer → the warlock in your capital → fetch an item → summon and defeat a Voidwalker at the circle to learn . Do it as soon as you get it.

  • Level 20 — Succubus / Incubus

    Same pattern: fetch an item, then defeat the demon at the circle to learn . has its own separate chain. The reward is .
    • Class quest

  • Orb of Soran'ruk

    A neutral quest picked up in the Barrens. Collect 3 fragments deep in Blackfathom Deeps and 1 large fragment in Shadowfang Keep, then choose the orb or the staff. It takes a deep push into Blackfathom Deeps, which is hard at 20.

CAMPINGCamping

  • A Tailoring camp gives Spirit, which feeds .
  • An Enchanting camp gives all stats and armor; an Alchemy camp gives mana per 5 seconds.