Demonology Warlock Guide for Midnight Season 2 (Patch 12.1)
viewsAbout the Class
This is a ranged fighter whose primary stat is Intellect. The Demonology Warlock is a master of the legions of the Void who does not simply fight alone but summons hordes of demons to crush enemies.
A defining feature of the specialization is banking Soul Shards to summon Wild Imps and more powerful demons such as Vilefiends. The gameplay revolves around empowering your main minion — the Felguard — and setting up powerful damage windows for the Demonic Tyrant.
Strengths
- Strong minute-based burst with high single-target and AoE damage.
- High survivability.
- Strong tools for solo play.
- Provides
Demonic Gateway, 
Soulstone and 
Healthstone for the group.
Weaknesses
- No damage immunity.
- No raid buff.
- The Felguard's interrupt stuns the target.
Stat Priority
Intellect
Haste
Critical Strike
Mastery
VersatilityTalents
Rotation (Ability Priority)
- 1
Demonbolt - 2
Grimoire: Felguard - 3
Shadow Bolt - 4
Summon Vilefiend - 5
Summon Demonic Tyrant - 6
Hand of Gul'dan - 7
Implosion
- Grimoire: Felguard
- Summon Demonic Tyrant
- Implosion — when 6 Wild Imps are summoned
- Summon Vilefiend — when ready
- Hand of Gul'dan — if you have 4–5 Soul Shards
- Demonbolt — if you have 2+ stacks of
Demonic Core - Shadow Bolt — to generate Soul Shards
Best in Slot (BiS)
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Enchants, Gems, Consumables
Leveling Process
Demonology is the perfect specialization for solo play. Thanks to your Felguard you can hold an enormous number of mobs on it.
- Restore the Felguard's health with
Drain Life, but do not forget to pick up the 
Infernal Beneficiary talent. - Blow up mobs with Implosion when you have 6+ imps banked.
Handy Tips for Mythic+ Keys
Minute burst — Tyrant: you always bank 5 shards before casting Tyrant, because our main damage depends on the apex talents — namely, the more Hand of Gul'dan casts you use during 
Power of Argus, the more damage you will deal.
Implosion we press on cooldown; with the 
To Hell and Back talent we press it even on a single target. The minimum number of imps when pressing it should be 6.
You should cast all spells almost on cooldown with minimal delay to maintain high damage.
For survival use 
Dark Pact almost on cooldown and the 
Healthstone together with 
Burning Rush in a single macro.
Macros
#showtooltip Demonic Gateway /cast Burning Rush /cast [@cursor] Demonic Gateway
#showtooltip Demonic Healthstone /cast Burning Rush /use Demonic Healthstone
#showtooltip /cast [@focus,exists,harm,nodead][@mouseover,harm,exists,nodead][] Command Demon
Author
Rasl
Rasl is a well-known World of Warcraft streamer who has been playing since 2009. For more than 7 years he played in the Banhammer guild, with which he reached the world top 10. In Mythic+ he plays various meta specializations and holds leading positions. His main class is Warlock.
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