Forever GuidesUnofficial fan site
What changed
Blizzard's starter guide: pick a Classic or Enhanced preset on first loginTwo name reservation bugs: Aussie RP order issue, and a 'restricted name' fix comingName reservation is open: it started 7:00am AEDT todayLooking for a guild? Blizzard points Forever players to the WoW Portal Room Discord

WoW Forever Destruction Warlock Rotation

Talent windows over green forest
Talent windows over green forest. Image © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Source: WoW: Forever Classes Take Center Stage in This Week’s Wow Weekly.
Class card art: elf woman with bow/magic (modern World of Warcraft art, not a Forever screenshot)
Class card art: elf woman with bow/magic (modern World of Warcraft art, not a Forever screenshot). Image © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Source: World of Warcraft official Classes page (modern WoW art).

Tooltips: Wowhead Forever DB, exact matches only (build 70532, 28 Oct).

Wowhead wrote this while the beta was capped at 30, so the level 60 picture is their projection [Unconfirmed]. Tested level 60 data: Not yet published, updated at launch.

Destruction keeps its DoTs up, casts Conflagrate and Shadowburn whenever ready, and fills with Incinerate. The Sayaad build does the most damage; the Imp build moves 4 points into Improved Imp and Demonic Energies.

Single-target priority

Step Do this
1 Your Bane, then your Curse.
2 Immolate.
3 Corruption.
4 Conflagrate.
5 Shadowburn (needs a Soul Shard).
6 Life Tap in gaps.
7 Incinerate.
Official WoW Forever image: three player characters in armour posing
Image © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Source: Blizzard News

Conflagrate raises your Shadow damage and Shadowburn your Fire damage, each by 10% for 20 s.

Stone arch in a pink-lit forest
Stone arch in a pink-lit forest. Image © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Source: World of Warcraft: Forever Found Photos Panel Recap.

The pull

  1. Soul Fire timed to land as the tank arrives (Immolate if no shard to spare).
  2. Send your pet.
  3. Bane, Curse, Immolate, then the list.

Keep at least 2 shards before the pull.

AoE

Hellfire hurts you and can pull mobs off the tank; keep a Limited Invulnerability Potion ready.

See also: Destruction leveling · Warlock stat priority

Ruins of Lordaeron: plague creature in green fog
Ruins of Lordaeron: plague creature in green fog. Image © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Source: Explore the New Dungeons of World of Warcraft: Forever.

Fan site. Beta (cap 30) until launch Thu 5 Nov 2026, 10:00 AEDT; numbers may change. [Unconfirmed] = not yet confirmed.

World of Warcraft®, Warcraft and Blizzard Entertainment® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Images © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Forever Guides is an unofficial fan site, not affiliated with or endorsed by Blizzard.

Sources
  • Wowhead — Destruction Warlock Rotation (updated 26 Oct)
  • Blizzard — WoW Forever Beta Development Notes (Updated October 26)

Related

Official WoW Forever image: three characters posing
Image © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Source: Blizzard News

Levelling guide · Dungeons · PvP · Races · Class tier list · Professions · Gold making · Addons · Launch time