Demonology Warlock

Mirrors the current rank-1 Sinister Single parse — every slot is what the best Demonology Warlock actually wears.

Midnight Season 2 · Diabolist · updated 2026-08-05

Simulated DPS on the best-in-slot profile below, five-minute patchwerk. Compare every spec →

How it plays

• You press Hand of Gul'dan more than anything else — about 16 times a minute — but the damage lands on Wild Imp (Inner Demons/To Hell and Back), which is 26% of the total.

Measured on the reference parse below, not a description of the spec — so it changes when the tuning does.

Stat priority

Haste > Critical Strike > Mastery > Versatility

These are not weights pulled from a spreadsheet — they are the live ratings on the reference character this build is taken from, so the order reflects what the best-performing Demonology Warlock is actually stacking right now.

Source: Canniballock — the log. Rank 1 Demonology Warlock on Sinister Single (Dummy Dome), avg ilvl 322.

Talent build

Laid out exactly as the in-game talent UI draws it, hero tree Diabolist. Lit nodes and gold lines are the path this build takes; everything dimmed was passed over. Hover any node for what it does.

Rotation

Soul Shards summon demons, and Summon Demonic Tyrant multiplies whatever is already out. The rotation is arranging for as much as possible to be out when it lands.

Openers

Single target

1. Shadow Bolt to build shards.
2. Call Dreadstalkers.
3. Hand of Gul'dan twice for imps.
4. Summon Demonic Tyrant with everything on the field.
5. Normal priority from there.

Where the damage comes from

Measured on the reference log — a 300-second single-target parse. Worth comparing against the rotation above: the button you press most is rarely the one doing the most.

Source: Sinister Single, 300s.

Best in slot

The finished loadout, built by Pathfinder — the strongest item available for every slot, with the item level to chase and where it drops. 334 average item level across 15 slots, gathered from 4 places.

Skull of the Damned Necrolyte 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Twin Fangs ✦ Empowered Hex of Leeching

Aqirbane Reliquary 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ◆ Powerful Eversong Diamond

Spires of the Damned Necrolyte 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers ✦ Silvermoon's Mending

Adherent's Silken Shroud 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Tailoring

Damned Necrolyte's Rattling Robes 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Mark of the Worldsoul

Aetherlume Silken Cuffs 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Engineering

Venomancer's Winged Channeler 334 · Myth 6/6 · Two-handed The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Demonology Warlock 334 average item level

Damned Necrolyte's Charred Grasps 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Entombed Sentinels ✦ Gloves Enchant (+3 Stamina)

Caustic Chain-Wrapped Sash 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak

Damned Necrolyte's Leg Bindings 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Sunfire Silk Spellthread

Nek'zali's Spiritwalkers 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Nek'zali the Soulcoiler ✦ Lynx's Dexterity

Apex Brute's Claw Ring 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Nature's Fury◆ Flawless Quick Garnet

Vile Alchemist's Band 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Nature's Fury◆ Flawless Quick Garnet

Wavecaller's Seastone 334 · Myth 6/6 The Tidebound Grotto — Nymrissa Wavecaller

Stormbound Emblem of Dazar 334 · Myth 6/6 Kings' Rest — Dazar, The First King

Where to spend bonus rolls as Demonology Warlock

A Voidcore pays out an item every time — the question is only whether it is one you wanted. For this build, in order:

Roll Sszorak — 3 of its 3 drops are on your list

Every roll here lands something on the list — this boss cannot miss. In The Venomous Abyss, it owes you waist, legs and ring 1.

Then Vashnik the Malignant — 3 of its 4 drops are on your list

75% of every roll here lands something on the list. In The Venomous Abyss, it owes you chest, ring 2 and main hand.

The general principles behind this — knockout protection, why finishing one boss beats spreading rolls, and the crests a roll quietly costs you — are in the bonus roll guide.

Week-by-week route

1. Pre-season: the campaign, a world tour of Mythic 0s for a 292 loadout, and the weekly Spark quest. No Myth crests exist yet — bank the Spark.
2. Week 1: farm +10 keys to a full Hero 3/6 (311) loadout and fill the vault. The first Myth crests arrive, so spend the banked Spark on Adherent's Silken Shroud. Every Hero crest goes into lifting pieces toward 6/6 (321).
3. Week 2: first Voidcore — roll Sszorak, where 3 of 3 drops are on this list. Catalyse the set slots for the 4-set. Second Spark goes to Aetherlume Silken Cuffs.
4. Weeks 3–6: one Voidcore a week down the order above — finish a boss before starting the next. Keep spending Hero crests; every slot should sit at 321 by about Week 6.
5. Week 7 onward: two Voidcores a week (the vault and Orin Straylight). Roll Myth-track bases in the set slots, re-catalyse them, and take each to 6/6 for 80 Myth and 20 Hero crests.
6. Late season: everything here caps at Myth 6/6 (334); this list has no end-boss item to chase past it.

The fast variant

There isn't one for Demonology Warlock. Slate builds its list around the quickest route and Pathfinder around raw power, and for this spec they reach for the same 15 items — so there is no trade to make between finishing sooner and hitting harder. Chase the list above.