DPS Rotation & Cooldowns
A general priority guide for Demonology Warlock abilities and cooldowns. Helpful for understanding the spec's fundamentals and getting comfortable with core synergies. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: Midnight (12.0.1).
Single Target
Avoid capping Soul Shards by spending them on Call Dreadstalkers or Hand Of Guldan.
Maintain Soul Shard management by prioritizing Call Dreadstalkers and Hand Of Guldan. Use Power Siphon and Demonic Core procs for efficient resource generation.
AoE
For AoE, prioritize Implosion with 6 Wild Imps, followed by Summon Doomguard and Call Dreadstalkers. Use Hand Of Guldan and Demonic Core procs for efficient damage.
Cooldowns
Use Summon Demonic Tyrant with maximum demons active. Grimoire Imp Lord and Grimoire Fel Ravager provide utility and damage. Implosion and Summon Doomguard excel in AoE scenarios.
New to Class? Try Assisted Rotation
Patch 11.1.7 introduced new features that make it eaiser to pick and play new characters. These new settings can be enabled from settings » gameplay enhancements:
- Single-Button Assistant
- Assisted Highlight
- Cooldown Manager
If you are new to World of Warcraft or a certain class, enabling Assisted Highlight and Cooldown Manager can help you learn which abilities to prioritize and use.
While the Single-Button Assistant can be a much easier and more accessible way to play the game, it does come with a slight performance hit due to a small GCD penalty, as you will have to wait 25% longer in between spells and abilities.
To see which specs are best with the Single-Button Assistant feature, you can check out our DPS Rankings which uses SimC to sim every class using this feature.