Destruction Warlock endgame PvE build (20/0/31)

How to play it

• Immolate, Conflagrate (Fire and Brimstone crit), Incinerate for 25% more on Immolated targets; Shadow and Flame alternates buffs between Shadow and Fire. Bane of Havoc on a second target for 15% cleave.
• Aftermath makes Immolate hit 50% harder up front.

Talents taken

Affliction (20)

• Improved Life Tap 2/2: Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
• Suppression 5/5: Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.
• Improved Corruption 5/5: Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.
• Amplify Curse 1/1: Increases the effect of your next Curse of Weakness or Bane of Agony by 50%, or your next Curse of Exhaustion by 20%. Lasts 30 sec.
• Pandemic 3/3: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Wrack spells by 100%.
• Malevolence 4/5: Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 4%.

Destruction (31)

• Destructive Reach 2/2: Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 20%.
• Bane 5/5: Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec.
• Aftermath 5/5: Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 50% and your Conflagrate spell has a 100% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec.
• Ruin 4/5: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 80%.
• Shadowburn 1/1: Instantly blasts the target for 65 to 73 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard.
• Agonizing Flames 3/3: Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 10%.
• Conflagrate 1/1: Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 88 to 110 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.
• Bane of Havoc 1/1: Afflicts the target for 5 min, causing 15% of all damage done by the Warlock to other targets to also be dealt to the cursed target. Bane of Havoc is limited to 1 target, and only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.
• Fire and Brimstone 3/3: Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 25%.
• Shadow and Flame 5/5: Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 20% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 20% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 100% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 100% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
• Incinerate 1/1: Deals 99 to 113 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

Point order by level

First point at level 10 (set the Talented perk in the calculator if you start earlier).