WOTLK Warlock Pre-Raid BiS

This is an Aff/Destro/Demo Warlock Pre-Raid Best in Slot list for The World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King expansion. You should be able to begin raiding Naxxramas by acquiring one thing for each equipment slot on this list.

Caster DPS

Head

Neck

Shoulders

Cloak

Chest

Hands

Legs

Wrists

Waist

Boots

Rings

Trinkets

Staff

Sword

Dagger

Wand

PVE WotLK Destruction Warlock DPS Guide (Short)

Welcome to our PVE Destruction Warlock guide for WoW WotLK. This guide will show you what you need to know to play the Warlock class as Destruction. If you follow this build you should be at the top of the DPS chart in no time!

Talents

Destruction Warlocks have two main specs. With this first build, you just stand still and cast your spells. Soul Leech and Improved Soul Leech will keep you at full health and mana the entire time. You won’t have to rely on Life Tap and will be constantly pumping out DPS.

Destruction PVE Build – Stationary

The second build works better in fights with a lot of movement. This build doesn’t take Soul Leech or Improved Soul Leech because Unholy Power is better when you have to move a lot. You will be using Life Tap to get mana back while moving.

Destruction PVE Build – Mobile

Glyphs

Major Glyphs

Minor Glyphs

Gems

Gems can change based on your build, equipment and caps. You may need to adjust your gems to account for your gear.

Enchants

You may need to adjust your enchants based on your gear but these are the standard enchants.

Stat Priority

  1. Hit (17% cap)
  2. Spell Power
  3. Haste
  4. Critical Strike

Rotation

  1. Life Tap before the pull
  2. Curse of the Elements (or Curse of Doom)
  3. Immolate  (Keep the debuff up at all times)
  4. Corruption (Keep the debuff up at all times)
  5. Conflagrate (This should be used every time it’s off CD)
  6. Chaos Bolt  (This is your primary spell)
  7. Incinerate (Use this when everything else is applied or on CD)

Keep Curse of the Elements or Curse of Doom on the target at all times. You use Curse of Doom if you have an Unholy Death Knight or Moonkin in your group. Otherwise you use Curse of the Elements.

Imp is your best pet. He deals the most damage and the builds above both have Empowered Imp which gives us a 100% chance to crit after he crits.

PVE WotLK Demonology Warlock DPS Guide (Short)

Welcome to our PVE Demonology Warlock guide for WoW WotLK. This guide will show you what you need to know to play the Warlock class as Demonology. If you follow this build you should be at the top of the DPS chart in no time!

Talents

This is considered the highest DPS spec for Demonology Warlocks. It comes with an extra 5% chance to crit on the target. It also gives an additional spell power buff to your entire raid. You can tweak it to your liking but it’s a great place to start.

Demonology PVE Build

Glyphs

Major Glyphs

Minor Glyphs

Gems

Gems can change based on your build, equipment and caps. You may need to adjust your gems to account for your gear.

Enchants

You may need to adjust your enchants based on your gear but these are the standard enchants.

Stat Priority

  1. Hit (17%) (14% with talents or raid buffs)
  2. Spell Power
  3. Critical Strike
  4. Haste

Rotation

Demonology relies on a priority system instead of a skill rotation.

Core Abilities

Curses

Other Spells

PVE WotLK Affliction Warlock DPS Guide (Short)

Welcome to our PVE Affliction Warlock guide for WoW WotLK. This guide will show you what you need to know to play the Warlock class as Affliction. If you follow this build you should be at the top of the DPS chart in no time!

Talents

This is the standard/core Affliction Warlock Build. You can tweak this to your liking but it’s a good base build.

Affliction Warlock Build

Glyphs

Major Glyphs

Minor Glyphs

Gems

Gems can change based on your build, equipment and caps. You may need to adjust your gems to account for your gear.

Enchants

You may need to adjust your enchants based on your gear but these are the standard enchants.

Stat Priority

  1. Hit (17%) (14% with Suppression)
  2. Spell Power
  3. Haste
  4. Critical Strike
  5. Spirit (Increases spell power)

Rotation

  1. Corruption
  2. Unstable Affliction 
  3. Haunt  (Mostly for the buff)
  4. Curse of Agony
  5. Drain Soul (When the boss is below 25%)
  6. Shadow Bolt 

Be careful not to re-apply DoTs earlier than necessary as this will lower your DPS.