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Demonology Warlock PvP Guide For 3v3

Warlock class icon Demonology Warlock specialization icon
Demonology Warlock
The War Within Pre-Patch
Based on 45 Characters
From 2103 to 2793 Rating

Welcome to Murlok.io's PvP guide for Demonology Warlocks in 3v3 Arenas. This guide covers the best stats, races, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, and gems for Patch 11.0, based on data from the top 50 Demonology Warlocks in The War Within Pre-Patch across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions. This includes Nostwo (Bleeding Hollow US) , who is currently the highest-ranked with a rating of 2793.

Updated every 12 hours with the latest data from the Battle.net API , this guide also examines each character's recent playtime, specialization frequency, and equipment choices for greater accuracy.

Top Demonology Warlocks

Stat Priority

Stats are crucial attributes that influence a character's power in World of Warcraft. They determine the character's strength and overall playstyle. Stat bonuses can be found on various equipment pieces, consumables created by Alchemy, certain foods, some enchantments, and gems.

Each stat experiences diminishing returns once its equipped bonus reaches +20%. Optimizing a character's performance involves finding a balanced distribution. Here is the optimal way to balance Demonology Warlock secondary and minor stats for 3v3:

Secondary Stats

+1109
11% Critical Strike
+6787
38% Haste
+2905
34% Mastery
+7919
37% Versatility
  1. Versatility
  2. Haste
  3. Mastery
  4. Critical Strike

Minor Stats

+10
0% Avoidance
+36
0% Leech
+561
12% Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Leech
  3. Avoidance

Races

Each race in World of Warcraft has unique traits that enhance abilities or improve in-game quality of life. Although these racial traits offer minor advantages, they can provide a competitive edge in certain scenarios.

With Orc currently being the top race for Demonology Warlocks in 3v3, here are the other races that also stand out due to their advantageous traits:

  1. Orc icon
    Orc
    15
  2. Night Elf icon
    Night Elf
    11
  3. Human icon
    Human
    5
  4. Void Elf icon
    Void Elf
    4
  5. Dark Iron Dwarf icon
    Dark Iron Dwarf
    2

Class Talents

Talents are the main element defining a character's build, significantly influencing playstyle by adding, modifying, and enhancing abilities and behaviors. They are crucial in shaping how a character functions in battle.

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Warlock specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Warlock class. They offer a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Warlock's overall capabilities. The following tree reproduces the in-game class talents disposition as a heatmap. Each color represents the usage frequency and general recommendation level of the talents:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Demonology Warlocks with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. The following tree reproduces the in-game specialization talents disposition and shows the best talents as a heatmap:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow deeper customization of the Demonology Warlock class fantasy, enhancing character builds. The following trees show the Soul Harvester and Diabolist hero talents as a heatmap, highlighting the most effective choices:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with war mode enabled, these talents optimize a Demonology Warlock's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players, reflecting the unique demands of PvP gameplay. The following shows the best PvP talents as a heatmap:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

Best In Slot Gear

Gear consists of items that directly determine a character's power level. It can be acquired from various sources: dungeons, raids, world drops, crafted through professions, obtained from PvP vendors, or chosen as rewards from the Great Vault.

Each piece of gear significantly boosts a character's overall strength and capabilities. Here are the top items for Demonology Warlocks in 3v3, tailored for each equipment slot:

Embellishments

Embellishments are unique effects associated with crafted items, either as predefined elements in a recipe or added with an optional embellishment reagent, creating embellished gear. These enhancements diversify and amplify characters' capabilities.

Given that only a maximum of two embellished items can be equipped at a time, here are the best embellishments for Demonology Warlocks in 3v3:

  1. Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers icon
    Precognition
    45
  2. Infurious Binding of Gesticulation icon
    Mettle
    33
  3. Vibrant Wildercloth Shoulderspikes icon
    Blue Silken Lining
    7
  4. Elemental Lariat icon
    Elemental Lariat
    1
  5. Witherrot Tome icon
    Tome Wrought Rot
    1

Enchantments

Enchantments provide minor yet valuable enhancements to various items, including Head, Back, Chest, Wrist, Waist, Legs, Rings, Feet, Main Hand, and Off Hand.

Most enchantments are crafted via the Enchanting profession. However, Waist enchantments specifically require Blacksmithing, Legs enhancements are crafted by Leatherworkers, and Head enchantments come from the Incandescent Essence , a reward obtained through a quest in the Amirdrassil raid.

Enchantments are usually available at the auction house, making them accessible for upgrades. Here is a list of the top enchantments for Demonology Warlocks in 3v3, essential for optimizing combat effectiveness:

Gems

Gems are crafted stones from the Jewelcrafting profession, typically offering stat bonuses to enhance your gear and balance character stats as a final touch. These gems can be socketed into specific items such as Head, Neck, Wrist, Waist, and Rings.

Even though the presence of sockets on these items is usually random upon their drop, neck pieces can be uniquely modified to have up to three sockets by using three Tiered Medallion Setting . Additionally, a single socket can be added to other eligible items with an Eye of Awakening , which requires three Aspects' Tokens of Merit obtained from the Great Vault.

Available through both the auction house and the crafting order system, the following are the top gem choices for Demonology Warlocks in 3v3:

  1. Energized Ysemerald icon
    Energized Ysemerald
    122
  2. Energized Malygite icon
    Energized Malygite
    84
  3. Keen Neltharite icon
    Keen Neltharite
    49
  4. Zen Malygite icon
    Zen Malygite
    26
  5. Zen Neltharite icon
    Zen Neltharite
    24