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How the 5/11/35 build works
Ours: the sim's only Destruction-flavoured build spends 24 points in Affliction, so this one goes deep. It ends in Incinerate, new in Forever, through Ruin, Shadowburn, Conflagrate and Bane of Havoc. Agonizing Flames, Fire and Brimstone and Shadow and Flame are new and all taken.
Eleven Demonology points reach Demonic Sacrifice, and five in Affliction buy Suppression for spell hit. The sim's hybrid is the alternative.
Leveling a Destruction Warlock
We don't give Destruction its own leveling route: most players level as another Warlock spec and switch at 60. Level with one of these, one talent point a level from 10, then respec into the build above:
Every talent in the Destruction Warlock build
Each talent with its Forever tooltip at the rank the build takes.
Affliction· 5 points
Suppression 5/5
Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.
Demonology· 11 points
Demonic Embrace 5/5
Increases your total Stamina by 15%.
Demonic Aegis 2/2New in Forever
Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 30%.
Fel Vitality 3/3New in Forever
Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 15%, and increases your maximum Mana by 15%.
Demonic Sacrifice 1/1
When activated, sacrifices your summoned Demon to enhance the opposing aspect of your power, granting you an effect that lasts 2 hours. The effect is canceled if any Demon is summoned. Imp: Increases your Shadow damage by 15%. Voidwalker: Restores 2% of your total Mana every 4 sec. Succubus/Incubus: Increases your Fire damage by 15%. Felhunter: Restores 3% of your total Health every 4 sec.
Destruction· 35 points
Improved Shadow Bolt 5/5
Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec.
Bane 5/5
Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec.
Cataclysm 3/3
Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 10%.
Aftermath 2/5
Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 20% and your Conflagrate spell has a 40% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec.
Ruin 5/5
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.
Shadowburn 1/1
Instantly blasts the target for 66 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard.
Agonizing Flames 3/3New in Forever
Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 10%.
Conflagrate 1/1
Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 95 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.
Bane of Havoc 1/1New in Forever
Afflicts the target for 5 min, causing 15% of all damage done by the Warlock to other targets to also be dealt to the cursed target. Bane of Havoc is limited to 1 target, and only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Fire and Brimstone 3/3New in Forever
Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 25%.
Shadow and Flame 5/5New in Forever
Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 10% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 10% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 100% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 100% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
Incinerate 1/1New in Forever
Deals 97 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.
New Destruction talents in WoW Forever
The 6 talents in Forever's Destruction tree that Classic does not have, shown at full rank. Another 10 carry over from Classic with different ranks, positions or numbers.
Molten Skin · row 2, 5 ranks
Reduces all damage taken by 10%.
Agonizing Flames · row 4, 3 ranks
Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 10%.
Bane of Havoc · row 5, 1 rank
Afflicts the target for 5 min, causing 15% of all damage done by the Warlock to other targets to also be dealt to the cursed target. Bane of Havoc is limited to 1 target, and only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Fire and Brimstone · row 5, 3 ranks
Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 25%.
Shadow and Flame · row 6, 5 ranks
Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 10% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 10% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 100% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 100% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
Incinerate · row 7, 1 rank
Deals 97 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.
Questions
What are the best Destro Warlock talents in WoW Forever?
Our recommended Destruction Warlock build is 5/11/35: Destruction to Incinerate, Demonic Sacrifice from Demonology. We built it from the beta's tooltips because the Forever sim has no build for it yet. Nobody has played a level 60 yet, so treat it as a starting point until launch on 4 November.
Are WoW Forever's Destruction talents the same as Classic's?
No. Forever's Destruction tree has 16 talents, and 6 of them do not exist in Classic: Molten Skin, Agonizing Flames, Bane of Havoc, Fire and Brimstone, Shadow and Flame and Incinerate. Another 10 have different ranks, positions or numbers. The tree is still seven rows deep, and each row still needs five points spent above it.
What is the Destruction 31-point talent in WoW Forever?
Incinerate, which is new in Forever. Deals 97 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.
How should I level a Destruction Warlock in WoW Forever?
Level as Affliction Warlock or Demonology Warlock, then respec to Destruction at 60. Few players level as Destruction, so we give the leveling routes on those pages: one talent point a level from 10, with no respec on the way.
How many talent points do you get in WoW Forever?
51 at level 60, one per level from level 10, as in Classic. The Legacy perk Talented starts them at level 5 instead, which matters for alts while levelling.
Where does this talent data come from?
From the WoW Forever beta client's own talent tables (build 1.60.1.70338), not from Classic. Every tooltip on this page is rendered from the client's spell data, and we checked them against the numbers the beta's own tooltips show. The trees can still change before launch.
