Destruction (WoW talent tree)  

See Warlock Talent Builds

Primary Uses

High-end raid Dps with a high gear requirement due to its demand of hit and critical chance while maintaining great spell damage for maximum preformance.

Tier 1

• Improved Shadow Bolt
• Rank 1 - Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by 4% until 4 non-periodic damage sources are applied. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 seconds.
• Rank 2 - Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by 8% until 4 non-periodic damage sources are applied. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 seconds.
• Rank 3 - Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by 12% until 4 non-periodic damage sources are applied. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 seconds.
• Rank 4 - Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by 16% until 4 non-periodic damage sources are applied. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 seconds.
• Rank 5 - Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by 20% until 4 non-periodic damage sources are applied. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 seconds.
• Cataclysm
• Rank 1 - Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 1%.
• Rank 2 - Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 2%.
• Rank 3 - Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 3%.
• Rank 4 - Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 4%.
• Rank 5 - Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 5%.

Tier 2

• Bane
• Rank 1 - Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt and Immolate spells by 0.1 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 0.4 sec.
• Rank 2 - Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt and Immolate spells by 0.2 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 0.8 sec.
• Rank 3 - Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt and Immolate spells by 0.3 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 1.2 sec.
• Rank 4 - Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt and Immolate spells by 0.4 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 1.6 sec.
• Rank 5 - Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt and Immolate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec.
• Aftermath
• Rank 1 - Gives your Destruction spells a 2% chance to daze the target for 5 seconds.
• Rank 2 - Gives your Destruction spells a 4% chance to daze the target for 5 seconds.
• Rank 3 - Gives your Destruction spells a 6% chance to daze the target for 5 seconds.
• Rank 4 - Gives your Destruction spells a 8% chance to daze the target for 5 seconds.
• Rank 5 - Gives your Destruction spells a 10% chance to daze the target for 5 seconds.

Tier 3

• Improved Firebolt
• Rank 1 - Reduces the casting time of your Imp's Firebolt spell by [1].2 sec.
• Rank 2 - Reduces the casting time of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 0.5 sec.
• Improved Lash of Pain
• Rank 1 - Reduces the cooldown of your Succubus' Lash of Pain spell by 3 sec.
• Rank 2 - Reduces the cooldown of your Succubus' Lash of Pain spell by 6 sec.
• Devastation
• Rank 1 - Increases the critical strike chance of your Destruction spells by 1%.
• Rank 2 - Increases the critical strike chance of your Destruction spells by 2%.
• Rank 3 - Increases the critical strike chance of your Destruction spells by 3%.
• Rank 4 - Increases the critical strike chance of your Destruction spells by 4%.
• Rank 5 - Increases the critical strike chance of your Destruction spells by 5%.
• Shadowburn
• Rank 1 - Instantly blasts the target for 87 to 99 Shadow damage. If the target dies within 5 seconds of Shadowburn, and yields experience or honor, the caster gains a Soul Shard.

Tier 4

• Intensity
• Rank 1 - Gives you a 35% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while casting or channeling any Destruction spell.
• Rank 2 - Gives you a 70% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while casting or channeling any Destruction spell.
• Destructive Reach
• Rank 1 - Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 10% and reduces threat caused by Destruction spells by 5%.
• Rank 2 - Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 20% and reduces threat caused by Destruction spells by 10%.
• Improved Searing Pain
• Rank 1 - Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 4%.
• Rank 2 - Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 7%.
• Rank 3 - Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10%.

Tier 5

• Pyroclasm
• Requires 2 point(s) in Intensity.
• Rank 1 - Gives your Rain of Fire, Hellfire, and Soul Fire spells a 13% chance to stun the target for 3 seconds.
• Rank 2 - Gives your Rain of Fire, Hellfire, and Soul Fire spells a 26% chance to stun the target for 3 seconds.
• Improved Immolate
• Rank 1 - Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 5%.
• Rank 2 - Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 10%.
• Rank 3 - Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 15%.
• Rank 4 - Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 20%.
• Rank 5 - Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 25%.
• Ruin
• Requires 5 point(s) in Devastation.
• Rank 1 - Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.

Tier 6

• Nether Protection
• Rank 1 - After being hit with a Shadow or Fire spell, you have a 10% chance to become immune to Shadow and Fire spells for 4 seconds.
• Rank 2 - After being hit with a Shadow or Fire spell, you have a 20% chance to become immune to Shadow and Fire spells for 4 seconds.
• Rank 3 - After being hit with a Shadow or Fire spell, you have a 30% chance to become immune to Shadow and Fire spells for 4 seconds.
• 'Emberstorm
• Rank 1 - Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 2% and reduces the cast time of your Incinerate spell by 2%.
• Rank 2 - Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 4%, and reduces the cast time of your Incinerate spell by 4%.
• Rank 3 - Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 6%, and reduces the cast time of your Incinerate spell by 6%.
• Rank 4 - Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 8%, and reduces the cast time of your Incinerate spell by 8%.
• Rank 5 - Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 10%, and reduces the cast time of your Incinerate spell by 10%.

Tier 7

• Backlash
• Rank 1 - Increases your critical strike chance with spells by an additional 1% and gives you a 8% chance when hit by a physical attack to reduce the cast time of your next Shadow Bolt or Incinerate spell by 100%. This effect lasts 8 seconds and will not occur more than once every 8 seconds.
• Rank 2 - Increases your critical strike chance with spells by an additional 2% and gives you a 16% chance when hit by a physical attack to reduce the cast time of your next Shadow Bolt or Incinerate spell by 100%. This effect lasts 8 seconds and will not occur more than once every 8 seconds.
• Rank 3 - Increases your critical strike chance with spells by an additional 3% and gives you a 25% chance when hit by a physical attack to reduce the cast time of your next Shadow Bolt or Incinerate spell by 100%. This effect lasts 8 seconds and will not occur more than once every 8 seconds.
• Conflagrate
• Requires 5 point(s) in Improved Immolate.
• Rank 1 - Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate, dealing 240 to 306 Fire damage and consuming the Immolate spell.
• Soul Leech
• Rank 1 - Gives your Shadow Bolt, Shadowburn, Soul Fire, Incinerate, Searing Pain and Conflagrate spells a 10% chance to return health equal to 20% of the damage caused.
• Rank 2 - Gives your Shadow Bolt, Shadowburn, Soul Fire, Incinerate, Searing Pain and Conflagrate spells a 20% chance to return health equal to 20% of the damage caused.
• Rank 3 - Gives your Shadow Bolt, Shadowburn, Soul Fire, Incinerate, Searing Pain and Conflagrate spells a 30% chance to return health equal to 20% of the damage caused.

Tier 8

• Shadow and Flame
• Rank 1 - Your Shadow Bolt and Incinerate spells gain an additional 4% of your bonus spell damage effects.
• Rank 2 - Your Shadow Bolt and Incinerate spells gain an additional 8% of your bonus spell damage effects.
• Rank 3 - Your Shadow Bolt and Incinerate spells gain an additional 12% of your bonus spell damage effects.
• Rank 4 - Your Shadow Bolt and Incinerate spells gain an additional 16% of your bonus spell damage effects.
• Rank 5 - Your Shadow Bolt and Incinerate spells gain an additional 20% of your bonus spell damage effects.

Tier 9

• Shadowfury
• Requires 5 point(s) in Shadow and Flame.
• Rank 1 - Shadowfury is unleashed, causing 343 to 407 Shadow damage and stunning all enemies within 8 yds for 2 seconds.

Typical Points Spent

0/21/40 Shadow raid dps spec

• 2/2 Improved Healthstone
• 5/5 Demonic Embrace
• 3/3 Fel Intellect
• 1/1 Fel Domination
• 3/3 Fel Stamina
• 3/3 Demonic Aegis
• 2/2 Master Summoner
• 1/5 Unholy Power
• 1/1 Demonic Sacrafice
• 5/5 Improved Shadow Bolt
• 5/5 Catalsym
• 5/5 Bane
• 5/5 Devestation
• 1/1 Shadowburn
• 2/2 Intensity
• 2/2 Destructive Reash
• 1/5 Improved Immolation
• 1/1 Ruin
• 3/3 Nether Protection
• 3/3 Backlash
• 2/3 Soul Leech
• 5/5 Shadow and Flame

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