Destruction Warlock 13/0/38
Where the 51 points go
Affliction13 pts
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.
Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 10%.
Demonology0 pts
Destruction38 pts
Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 20%.
Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec.
Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec.
Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 10%.
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.
Instantly blasts the target for 65 to 73 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard.
Gives your Destruction spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 10%.
Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 88 to 110 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.
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.
Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 25%.
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.
Deals 99 to 113 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.
Level-by-level talent order
You get your first point at level 10 and one more every level, so each row is one level. Rows marked with a tree name are where that tree opens a new tier.
| Level | Put the point in | Rank | Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1/5 | Destruction | |
| 11 | 2/5 | Destruction | |
| 12 | 3/5 | Destruction | |
| 13 | 4/5 | Destruction | |
| 14 | 5/5 | Destruction | |
| 15 | 1/5 | Destruction | |
| 16 | 2/5 | Destruction | |
| 17 | 3/5 | Destruction | |
| 18 | 4/5 | Destruction | |
| 19 | 5/5 | Destruction | |
| 20 | 1/3 | Destruction | |
| 21 | 2/3 | Destruction | |
| 22 | 3/3 | Destruction | |
| 23 | 1/2 | Destruction | |
| 24 | 2/2 | Destruction | |
| 25 | 1/5 | Destruction | |
| 26 | 2/5 | Destruction | |
| 27 | 3/5 | Destruction | |
| 28 | 4/5 | Destruction | |
| 29 | 5/5 | Destruction | |
| 30 | 1/1 | Destruction | |
| 31 | 1/1 | Destruction | |
| 32 | 1/3 | Destruction | |
| 33 | 2/3 | Destruction | |
| 34 | 3/3 | Destruction | |
| 35 | 1/1 | Destruction | |
| 36 | 1/3 | Destruction | |
| 37 | 2/3 | Destruction | |
| 38 | 3/3 | Destruction | |
| 39 | 1/5 | Destruction | |
| 40 | 2/5 | Destruction | |
| 41 | 3/5 | Destruction | |
| 42 | 4/5 | Destruction | |
| 43 | 5/5 | Destruction | |
| 44 | 1/1 | Destruction | |
| 45 | 1/3 | Destruction | |
| 46 | 2/3 | Destruction | |
| 47 | 3/3 | Destruction | |
| 48 | 1/5 | Affliction | |
| 49 | 2/5 | Affliction | |
| 50 | 3/5 | Affliction | |
| 51 | 4/5 | Affliction | |
| 52 | 5/5 | Affliction | |
| 53 | 1/5 | Affliction | |
| 54 | 2/5 | Affliction | |
| 55 | 3/5 | Affliction | |
| 56 | 4/5 | Affliction | |
| 57 | 5/5 | Affliction | |
| 58 | 1/2 | Affliction | |
| 59 | 2/2 | Affliction | |
| 60 | 1/2 | Affliction |
Stat priority and gearing
Ruin makes crit the best stat after hit; chase it on every slot.
Hit caps (9% melee, 16% spells, 440 Defense) are the Classic 1.12 values Forever inherits; the news desk notes any change. Pre-raid best-in-slot lists will be added once the Forever item database is public and verified; we will not guess at item stats.