Destruction Warlock leveling guide

• Destruction is direct damage, and it begins with Shadow Bolt. Bane takes 0.5 sec off its cast, and Improved Shadow Bolt makes each of its critical strikes raise the Shadow damage the target takes from you by 20% for 60 sec.
• Ruin raises the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.
• Shadowburn is an instant blast, and if a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit by it you gain a Soul Shard.
• The Fire half arrives with Conflagrate, the milestone, which needs your Immolate on the target and consumes it.
• Shadow and Flame ties the halves together. Hitting with Conflagrate raises your Shadow damage by 10% for 100 sec, hitting with Shadowburn does the same for Fire, and at five points Conflagrate stops consuming Immolate.

1. 1

   Lean on Shadow Bolt

   Improved Shadow Bolt makes its critical strikes raise the Shadow damage the target takes from you.

2. 2

   Put Immolate on before Conflagrate

   Conflagrate only works on a target that already has your Immolate.

3. 3

   Finish enemies with Shadowburn

   Shadowburn gives you a Soul Shard if the target dies within 8 sec of the hit.

4. 4

   Use both Conflagrate and Shadowburn to hold both bonuses

   Shadow and Flame gives each of them a 10% bonus to the other school that lasts 100 sec.

5. 5

   Put Bane of Havoc on one enemy when you fight two

   Bane of Havoc copies 15% of the damage you do to other targets onto the cursed one.

6. 6

   Cast Incinerate at targets that have Immolate

   Incinerate deals an additional 25% damage to them.

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