Destruction Warlock Development Notes for War Within Alpha Build #4 - Inferno, Avatar, and More
Blizzard has posted development notes for Warlocks regarding the latest War Within Alpha build, giving details on Destruction including Inferno target adjustments, underused talents, and more.
The Path Ahead
Before we dive in, we want to acknowledge that our work with each specialization tree is not complete.We’ve seen the recent discussions regarding how bloated the Demonology and Destruction tree are in terms of available talents and ranks, as well as thoughts on the pathing of the Affliction tree.In the near future, you will see that the Demonology tree is being restructured and condensed. Both the Destruction tree and the Affliction tree will also undergo a restructuring in the near future.
In this context, a restructuring means that: the amount of 2-rank talent nodes will be reduced, talents may be removed, talents may be added, new pathing will be added, and talent nodes may be moved.
Destruction Update
Here are our stated goals, with the addition of a new goal, for Destruction moving into the War Within:- Reduce the fluctuation in throughput in relation to the number of targets in combat.
- Improve underused talents such as Soulfire and Cataclysm.
- Condense the number of talents and talent ranks available.
We are also removing Chaosbringer but plan to provide additional tuning to Chaos Bolt, Rain of Fire, and Shadowburn baseline to ensure their power remains relatively the same.
Avatar of Destruction
We are removing Avatar of Destruction for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, we want to highlight Summon Infernal as a powerful moment and Avatar of Destruction lessens that by increasing the cadence in which an Infernal is present.Secondly, Avatar of Destruction provides Destruction warlocks with a powerful, multi-target stun on a frequent basis.. Read more on wowhead.com
