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Demonology Warlock Mythic+ PvE Guide for The War Within Season 3

Welcome to Murlok.io’s Demonology Warlock PvE guide for Mythic+ Dungeons in World of Warcraft: The War Within Season 3.

Built using real‑time data from the top 50 Demonology Warlock DPS across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions, this guide highlights the optimal stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, gems, and races used in Patch 11.2 competitive M+.

Data is refreshed every 8 hours via Blizzard’s Battle.net API to ensure accuracy and up-to-date insights.

Top Mythic+ Demonology Warlocks

  1. Sjele's icon
    1
    Sjele
    Twisting Nether (EU)
    Dwarf | Diabolist | 721 ilvl
    3796
  2. Ihana's icon
    2
    Ihana
    Ravencrest (EU)
    Dracthyr | Diabolist | 718 ilvl
    3740
  3. Sidannyzz's icon
    3
    Sidannyzz
    Ragnaros (EU)
    Orc | Diabolist | 717 ilvl
    3665
  4. Acrylicz's icon
    4
    Acrylicz
    Malganis (US)
    Goblin | Diabolist | 720 ilvl
    3658
  5. Saleyná's icon
    5
    Saleyná
    Blackhand (EU)
    Undead | Diabolist | 720 ilvl
    3604

Stat Priority

Stats directly affect a Demonology Warlock's DPS performance, appearing on gear, consumables, enchantments, and gems.

They have diminishing returns after reaching +20% from gear, so proper balance ensures the best results.

Optimal Secondary Stats

  • 33% Critical Strike +19690
  • 24% Haste +15761
  • 40% Mastery +10666
  • 12% Versatility +9072

Stat priority

  1. Critical Strike
  2. Haste
  3. Mastery
  4. Versatility

Additional Minor Stats

  • 3% Avoidance +1863
  • 1% Leech +580
  • 3% Speed +0

Stat priority

  1. Avoidance
  2. Leech
  3. Speed

Talent Build

Talents play a major role in Mythic+ Dungeons. The heatmaps below show how frequently each talent is selected among the top Demonology Warlocks.

  1. Most used talents, strongly recommended!
  2. Frequently used talents, offer flexibility or suit personal preference.
  3. Rarely used talents, usually chosen to unlock deeper rows in the tree.

Best-in-Slot Gear for Mythic+

Gear provides core stat bonuses and typically comes from the Great Vault, crafted items, raids, dungeons, Delves, or PvP vendors.

These items are most frequently used by top-ranked Demonology Warlocks in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Head

  1. Inquisitor's Portal to Madness

    • Set
    • 41
    Inquisitor's Portal to Madness icon

  2. Consecrated Hood

    • Craft
    • 2
    Consecrated Hood icon

  3. Cowl of Branching Fate

    • 2
    Cowl of Branching Fate icon

  4. Wasteland Devotee's Wrappings

    • 2
    Wasteland Devotee's Wrappings icon

  5. Zadus's Liturgical Hat

    • 2
    Zadus's Liturgical Hat icon

Neck

  1. Bloodstained Memento

    • 15
    Bloodstained Memento icon

  2. Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • 9
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  3. Ornately Engraved Amplifier

    • 8
    Ornately Engraved Amplifier icon

  4. Chrysalis of Sundered Souls

    • 7
    Chrysalis of Sundered Souls icon

  5. Momma's Mega Medallion

    • 5
    Momma's Mega Medallion icon

Shoulders

  1. Inquisitor's Gaze of Madness

    • Set
    • 48
    Inquisitor's Gaze of Madness icon

  2. Fanatic's Blackened Shoulderwraps

    • 1
    Fanatic's Blackened Shoulderwraps icon

  3. Harmonious Spaulders

    • 1
    Harmonious Spaulders icon

Back

  1. Reshii Wraps

    • 50
    Reshii Wraps icon

Chest

  1. Inquisitor's Robes of Madness

    • Set
    • 47
    Inquisitor's Robes of Madness icon

  2. Consecrated Robe

    • 1
    Consecrated Robe icon

  3. Frock of Spirit's Reunion

    • 1
    Frock of Spirit's Reunion icon

  4. Robes of Midnight Bargains

    • 1
    Robes of Midnight Bargains icon

Wrist

  1. Consecrated Cuffs

    • Craft
    • 42
    Consecrated Cuffs icon

  2. Singed Sievecuffs

    • 5
    Singed Sievecuffs icon

  3. Auctioneer's Counting Bracers

    • 1
    Auctioneer's Counting Bracers icon

  4. Fizzlefuse Cuffs

    • 1
    Fizzlefuse Cuffs icon

  5. Inquisitor's Bracelets of Madness

    • 1
    Inquisitor's Bracelets of Madness icon

Hands

  1. Inquisitor's Clutches of Madness

    • Set
    • 32
    Inquisitor's Clutches of Madness icon

  2. Consecrated Gloves

    • Craft
    • 11
    Consecrated Gloves icon

  3. Codebreaker's Cunning Handwraps

    • 2
    Codebreaker's Cunning Handwraps icon

  4. Cyphered Gloves

    • 2
    Cyphered Gloves icon

  5. Bloodwrath's Gnarled Claws

    • 1
    Bloodwrath's Gnarled Claws icon

Waist

  1. Durable Information Securing Container

    • 38
    Durable Information Securing Container icon

  2. Burrower's Cinch

    • 3
    Burrower's Cinch icon

  3. Consecrated Cord

    • Craft
    • 3
    Consecrated Cord icon

  4. Cord of the Dark Word

    • 3
    Cord of the Dark Word icon

  5. Honorbound Retainer's Sash

    • 2
    Honorbound Retainer's Sash icon

Legs

  1. Inquisitor's Leggings of Madness

    • Set
    • 46
    Inquisitor's Leggings of Madness icon

  2. Archaic Venomancer's Legwraps

    • 1
    Archaic Venomancer's Legwraps icon

  3. Hyperlight Leggings

    • 1
    Hyperlight Leggings icon

  4. Razorchoke Slacks

    • 1
    Razorchoke Slacks icon

  5. Stellar Navigation Slacks

    • 1
    Stellar Navigation Slacks icon

Feet

  1. Interloper's Silken Striders

    • 44
    Interloper's Silken Striders icon

  2. Laced Lair-Steppers

    • 2
    Laced Lair-Steppers icon

  3. Consecrated Slippers

    • Craft
    • 1
    Consecrated Slippers icon

  4. Membranous Slippers

    • 1
    Membranous Slippers icon

  5. Nonconductive Kill-o-Socks

    • 1
    Nonconductive Kill-o-Socks icon

Rings

  1. Logic Gate: Alpha

    • 21
    Logic Gate: Alpha icon

  2. Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • 20
    Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  3. Ring of the Panoply

    • 15
    Ring of the Panoply icon

  4. Devout Zealot's Ring

    • 10
    Devout Zealot's Ring icon

  5. Signet of Collapsing Stars

    • 7
    Signet of Collapsing Stars icon

Trinkets

  1. Azhiccaran Parapodia

    • 30
    Azhiccaran Parapodia icon

  2. Astral Antenna

    • 29
    Astral Antenna icon

  3. Signet of the Priory

    • 12
    Signet of the Priory icon

  4. Diamantine Voidcore

    • Set
    • 11
    Diamantine Voidcore icon

  5. Lily of the Eternal Weave

    • 7
    Lily of the Eternal Weave icon

Main Hand

  1. Voidglass Spire

    • Set
    • 13
    Voidglass Spire icon

  2. Vagabond's Bounding Baton

    • Craft
    • 9
    Vagabond's Bounding Baton icon

  3. Charged Hexsword

    • Craft
    • 5
    Charged Hexsword icon

  4. Gluttonous Rondel

    • 5
    Gluttonous Rondel icon

  5. Voidglass Kris

    • Set
    • 5
    Voidglass Kris icon

Off Hand

  1. Vagabond's Torch

    • Craft
    • 24
    Vagabond's Torch icon

  2. Acoustically Alluring Censer

    • 2
    Acoustically Alluring Censer icon

  3. Overflowing Umbral Pail

    • 1
    Overflowing Umbral Pail icon

Embellishments

Embellishments add special effects to crafted gear. Only two can be equipped, so selection is important.

The following embellishments are the most commonly used by high-rated Demonology Warlocks.

  1. Ascendance

    • 34
    Vagabond's Torch icon

  2. Writhing Armor Banding

    • 31
    Consecrated Cuffs icon

  3. Duskthread Lining

    • 16
    Consecrated Cuffs icon

  4. Dawnthread Lining

    • 8
    Consecrated Cuffs icon

  5. Elemental Focusing Lens

    • 3
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

Enchantments

Enchantments enhance gear with additional stats or special procs. Most are crafted by Enchanters, leg enchants come from Leatherworkers, and some slot-specific options appear through seasonal content.

These are the top enchantments for Demonology Warlock gear in Mythic+ Dungeons during The War Within Season 3.

Back

  1. Chant of Winged Grace

    • 47
    Chant of Winged Grace icon

  2. Chant of Leeching Fangs

    • 3
    Chant of Leeching Fangs icon

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance

    • 49
    Crystalline Radiance icon

  2. Council's Intellect

    • 1
    Council's Intellect icon

Wrist

  1. +1090 Avoidance

    • 42
    +1090 Avoidance icon

  2. +1000 Speed

    • 4
    +1000 Speed icon

  3. +2040 Leech

    • 4
    +2040 Leech icon

Legs

  1. Sunset Spellthread

    • 50
    Sunset Spellthread icon

Feet

  1. Defender's March

    • 40
    Defender's March icon

  2. Scout's March

    • 9
    Scout's March icon

  3. Defender's March

    • 1
    Defender's March icon

Rings

  1. +315 Haste

    • 38
    +315 Haste icon

  2. +315 Critical Strike

    • 34
    +315 Critical Strike icon

  3. +315 Versatility

    • 14
    +315 Versatility icon

Main Hand

  1. Oathsworn's Tenacity

    • 19
    Oathsworn's Tenacity icon

  2. Authority of Radiant Power

    • 17
    Authority of Radiant Power icon

  3. Stonebound Artistry

    • 8
    Stonebound Artistry icon

Gems

Gems provide focused secondary stat bonuses to help fine‑tune builds. They are crafted by Jewelcrafters and socketed into gear.

Sockets can be added to Necklaces and Rings with the Magnificent Jeweler's Setting , or to other gear through seasonal vendor items.

These are the most popular gems among top‑rated Demonology Warlocks in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Algari Diamond

  1. Culminating Blasphemite

    • 43
    Culminating Blasphemite icon

  2. Elusive Blasphemite

    • 4
    Elusive Blasphemite icon

  3. Cubic Blasphemia

    • 1
    Cubic Blasphemia icon

Fiber

  1. Pure Chronomantic Fiber

    • 20
    Pure Chronomantic Fiber icon

  2. Pure Precise Fiber

    • 16
    Pure Precise Fiber icon

  3. Pure Dexterous Fiber

    • 11
    Pure Dexterous Fiber icon

  4. Pure Energizing Fiber

    • 3
    Pure Energizing Fiber icon

Prismatic

  1. Masterful Ruby

    • 36
    Masterful Ruby icon

  2. Deadly Onyx

    • 35
    Deadly Onyx icon

  3. Deadly Emerald

    • 32
    Deadly Emerald icon

  4. Masterful Emerald

    • 32
    Masterful Emerald icon

  5. Quick Ruby

    • 32
    Quick Ruby icon

Durable Information Securing Container

Durable Information Securing Container is a powerful belt introduced in Patch 11.1.7, obtained from Overcharged Delves. It features a unique effect that enhances character builds and can significantly impact performance in competitive content.

  1. Static Charge

    • 36
    Static Charge icon

  2. Critical Chain

    • 1
    Critical Chain icon

  3. Spark Burst

    • 1
    Spark Burst icon

Most Played Races for Demonology Warlock M+

Racial traits can provide noticeable advantages in PvE, giving a competitive edge in Mythic+ Dungeons.

These are the most commonly chosen races among top‑rated Demonology Warlock DPS players in The War Within Season 3.

  1. Dwarf

    • 13
    Dwarf icon

  2. Orc

    • 10
    Orc icon

  3. Undead

    • 5
    Undead icon

  4. Dracthyr

    • 4
    Dracthyr icon

  5. Night Elf

    • 4
    Night Elf icon

Demonology Warlock Guide FAQ

Here are answers to common questions about how this guide is built and how to interpret the data.

How is this Mythic+ PvE guide created?

This guide compiles live data from the top Demonology Warlocks in Mythic+ Dungeons using Blizzard’s Battle.net API .

How often is the information updated?

Data updates every 8 hours.

Why is this guide valuable?

The guide provides real-time build insights, showing exactly what high-ranking players are currently using, helping you make informed decisions for your character.

Is this guide current?

Yes. The guide always reflects the latest information for The War Within Season 3 and Patch 11.2.

Is this guide suitable for beginners?

Yes. Beginners can easily identify current trends and optimal setups. However, it does not provide gameplay tutorials.

Why isn’t my character listed in the top rankings?

Reasons may include inactivity, falling below the minimum rating threshold, frequent spec changes, or gear not optimized for PvE.