Introduction
Hello! My name is Jensen. I started CE raiding at the end of Dragonflight and have since gotten HoF twice.
As of Midnight I only play Warlock and aim to deep-dive further than I have before into the class. You can watch me on twitch.tv/torvastad.
This guide will cover all changes to Destruction in Midnight, what I have learnt playing the spec in Midnight and overall how to get the most out of Destruction Warlock in Patch 12.0.7.
Destruction Warlock Overview
Destruction is centered around Chaos Bolt, which contributes most of our damage directly and through interactions with the Destruction Hero Trees.
Instant casts such as Conflagrate and Shadowburn allows Destruction to be fairly mobile, despite Chaos Bolt’s long cast time.
Finally, Destruction's signature ability, Havoc, allows it to shine in 2-Target Cleave, which is a prevalent scenario in the three raids of the season.
What has changed
Patch 12.0.7 Destruction Warlock Changes
In Patch 12.0.7, there have been no changes to Destruction Warlock specifically, only the introduction of the Omnium Folio (a player power system that unlocks weekly) and some new, higher item level gear that drops from Rotmire in the Sporefall Raid.
Patch 12.0.5 Destruction Warlock Changes
Destruction received two minor changes in 12.0.5. First of all, Conflagration Of Chaos was simplified to always work with both Conflagrate and Shadowburn.
This means that a Conflagrate crit can now also increase the damage of your next Shadowburn and vice versa. The change has little effect on our damage.
The larger change is Inferno and Chaos Incarnate swapping positions in our spec tree which makes it one talent point more expensive to access 90s Cooldowns.
While also a fairly small change to our damage output, this change will have an effect on the talent setups that are being played.
Midnight Destruction Warlock Changes
As we enter Midnight, Destruction Warlocks gain access to their Apex Talents, Embers of Nihilam, the remaining points in the Hero Talent Trees and the Season 1 Tier Set.
Since all of these are passive, there will not be major gameplay changes from the Midnight pre-patch, but the spec will be complete and the Embers of Nihilam animations add a nice flare to the spec.