


Once a certain gear level has been reached the Demonic Sacrifice/Shadow and Flame build becomes the highest damage raiding spec. The survivability offered by the arena builds also works in battlegrounds, and there are also several destruction builds based on offloading damage as quickly as possible that are also viable.Īffliction builds such as Unstable Affliction/Destructive Reach are good starter builds for new raiders as they are less dependent on gear for their damage. Heavy affliction builds like Unstable Affliction/Shadowburn can also be effective due to the fact that they use many instant casts, allowing the warlock to stay mobile, powerful life draining and also include Unstable Affliction for use against dispelling classes. The premier arena build for warlocks is generally considered to be Soul Link/Siphon Life for its survivability, instant cast DoTs and powerful life draining. 4.4 Nightfall / Shadowfury (NF/Conf with Shadowfury) (18/0/43).3.4 Demonic Tactics / Ruin (MD/Ruin with DT) (0/40/21).2.7 Unstable Affliction/Destructive Reach raid build 44/0/17.2.6 Affliction/Demonology build 42/19/0.2.5 Dark Pact/Mana Feed (Evolution of SM/Sacrifice) 33/28/0.2.4 Dark Pact/Emberstorm (Natural Evolution of SM/Ruin) 31/0/30.2.2 Contagion/Demonic Sacrifice (SM/DS with Contagion) 40/21/0.2.1 Unstable Affliction/Shadowburn 45/5/11.
