Destruction Warlock DPS Best Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — 12.0.5

Socketable gems are divided in two categories: Epic and Rare. The former offer a powerful effect but is limited to 1 equipped, whereas the latter includes single or two secondaries stats combination gems.

Gems can be applied to a Helm, Bracer, or Belt via the Radiant Jewelbinder item from the Great Vault.

The Dazzling Diamond Epic gems of choice are Indecipherable Eversong Diamond or Powerful Eversong Diamond. The former is better until Mythic track gear, at which point the latter performs better.

In terms of itemization, opting for Critical Strike gems yields the best result, due how strong that secondary stat is for Warlocks in general. Flawless Deadly Amethyst is your best gem to pair with the Indecipherable Eversong Diamond, while it is very important to activate the full benefit of the Powerful Eversong Diamond by equipping 4 different-coloured rare gems.

The four rare gems you should be looking to equip are:

• Peridots: Flawless Deadly Peridot
• Lapis: Flawless Deadly Lapis
• Amethysts: Flawless Deadly Amethyst
• Garnets: Flawless Masterful Garnet

It is highly recommended using Raidbots to sim your character's ideal gems and enchants, as they might differ from general recommendations.

Make sure to enable the checkboxes with "Always use" and "Only 4+ Colors" in the options.

Optimizations

Stats and Simulations

Not satisfied with standard recommendations? Jump to these two guides to find out more about what your stats do, and how to fully optimize them.

StatsRaidbots Guide

Use Thalassian Phoenix Oil as your weapon oil in all content.

Slot	Enchantment
Helm	Enchant Helm - Empowered Blessing of Speed
Shoulders	Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness
Chest	Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul
Legs	Sunfire Silk Spellthread
Feet	Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt
Rings	Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Secondary stat weapon enchants may provide better value than Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei, but which one is best for you heavily depends on the rest of your gear. As such, depending on your current stat distribution, you may want to sim yourself, as your best secondary stat enchant may differ from the one listed above.

Gear Information

Best in Slot Gear and Where to Get It

Before applying gems and enchants to your equipment, make sure to check whether there might be an easy-to-get item that is better than the one you're currently wearing!

Gear

In addition to enchants and improvements to your gear, making sure you come prepared with the right consumables to endgame content has a big impact on your performance.

For Season 1, Flask of the Shattered Sun is the default choice.

The numerically best potion is Draught of Rampant Abandon which comes with a substantial drawback of spawning a silencing pool under the caster after the end of the duration.

The less dangerous alternative around 10% worse but with no drawbacks is Light's Potential.

Silvermoon Health Potion is the healing potion of choice.

Royal Roast and Harandar Celebration are the recommended food to consume. You can simply buy whichever is the cheapest, or eat from a feast when it is provided for the group.

Hearty version of food should be considered in situations where wiping/dying is rather frequent, as those persists through death.

Void-Touched Augment Rune provide around 1% dps increase and should be evaluated during progress, especially when close to pivotal kills.

Professions

Create and Craft Your Own Consumables

While you can simply buy all these items from the Auction House, you may want to craft them yourself and sell the leftovers instead with our Icy Veins Profession Guides!

Midnight Professions Guide

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This guide has been written by Motoko, Warlock main since The Burning Crusade, co-admin in the Warlock Discord, and theorycrafter and contributor for LockOneStopShop.