Demonology Warlock is in a fantastic place for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. They're at the top of our tier list for Dragonflight DPS specs thanks to impressive damage and utility. It turns out that if you're looking to unleash the full potential of the Warlock class, you need a little help from your demonic friends. Our Demo Lock best in slot guide will help you reach your true potential and dish out some serious damage as you progress through Dragonflight's endgame.

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Demonology Warlock Best in Slot Stat Priority

The most important factor to consider when obtaining new gear is your stat priority. In general, you should follow a rule like this:

1. Intellect
2. Haste
3. Mastery and Critical Strike
4. Versatility

Unlike the other Warlock specs, Mastery and Crit are on the same playing field. Like the other Warlock specs, Versatility is your worst stat.

Important Notes For BiS Lists

It is important to note that any jump in ilvl by more than 10 points almost always results in the higher ilvl item being better. If you have an upgrade of 5 ilvl or less, compare the stats based on the stat priorities to decide the better item.

When weighing options of other items not listed below, refer to the stat priority of the class and spec. Keep in mind that stats eventually have diminishing returns, so it is not required to have absolutely every slot stack the same 2 stats. For simplicity, we offer the best per slot assuming you have not capped out these stats.

The calculations for diminishing returns are as follows:

• 0 to 30% in a stat - no penalty.
• 30% to 39% in a stat - 10% penalty.
• 39% to 47% in a stat - 20% penalty.
• 47% to 54% in a stat - 30% penalty.
• 54% to 66% in a stat - 40% penalty.
• 66% to 126% in a stat - 50% penalty.

In the case where you have reached 30% in a secondary stat, an item that has a secondary stat that is lower on priority may in fact be a better upgrade. This is why it is always important to sim your gear. For simplicity, we offer the best item in that slot assuming you have not capped out these stats.

Demonology Warlock BiS Gear

The items appearing in these lists may come from Mythic+, Raids, or The Vault. Their item level will depend on the instance's level of difficulty (Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Mythic+ 1-20). This list does not include Renown or Crafting items as it is meant as a guide on what dungeons or raids to attend to get your best gear from these sources.

Item tooltips will show the Mythic 9 or the Normal Raid difficulty item level version.

Best Head

Sim to ensure Tier is indeed your best bet.

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Best Neck

There are a lot of solid neck choices. We're highlighting some of them.

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Best Shoulders

As before, sim to make sure tier is your best bet. The haste and set bonus might be worth it!

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Best Back

Like the neck, there are a lot of viable options. Keep in mind that these are listed in no particular order.

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Best Chest

You'll have a good amount of options for your chest piece.

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Best Wrist

For the best stats on the wrist slot, you'll want to run Mythic+

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Best Hands

Once again we have a tier slot with your worst stat. Run sims to make sure it's an upgrade. We listed alternatives as well for you.

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Best Waist

Mythic+ will be your best bet here.

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Best Legs

I'm trying to figure out a scenario where you won't be using the tier piece. It's really good.

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Best Feet

Two clearcut winners on paper here, but sim to make sure you're wearing the best piece as there are solid alternatives beyond what is listed below.

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Best Rings

Seal of Filial Duty looks awesome on paper and I can't wait to see how it looks in practice.

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Best Trinkets

While testing is still being done for season one trinkets, we'll list the best options from the pre-season.

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Best Weapons

The general rule of thumb here is that the higher ilvl combination will be your best bet.

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Best Gems For Demonology Warlocks

Here we list the best gems you can socket your gear with for Demo Locks. As always, it is best to sim to ensure you're using the best options available. These gems are chosen given consideration to your best stats.

• Epic unique gem - Fierce Illimited Diamond
• Remaining gems - Keen Ysemerald / Keen Neltharite. Sim for your best results!

Best Enchants For Demo Locks

Here are the best enchants available for Demonology Warlocks in Dragonflight.

• Cloak - Homebound Speed
• Chest - Waking Stats
• Bracers - Eternal Intellect or Devotion of Speed
• Legs - Frozen Spellthread
• Boots - Plainsrunner's Breeze
• Rings - Devotion of Haste
• Weapon - Sophic Devotion or Wafting Devotion

How To Simulate To Determine Your Best Gear

Raidbots is a tool that World of Warcraft players can use to figure out if the gear they just looted is an upgrade. As mentioned earlier, there are so many nuances and diminishing returns as certain points in the game, that determining an exact set of bis gear is impossible. With the ilvl scaling of Mythic+ loot on higher keys and utility different gear has for different fights, there just isn't a pure "this is the absolute best for the entire Season" list. It's even something that certain classes have come across in Classic Wrath!

Don't worry, because we're still here to help. We highly recommend using raidbots to determine if an item you just acquired is an upgrade. Here's a quick guide to help you run simulations to see if your new item is an upgrade:

• Make sure you have the Simulationcraft add-on installed.
• With your new loot in your inventory, open your chatbox and type /simc.
• A window will open up. Copy the entire text and paste it on the Raidbots Top Gear page. I included my Simulation craft window for my personal character below

• This step is important. On the Top Gear page, scroll down and make sure you're selecting the gear you want simmed. If you do not select the gear you're wearing, as well as the gear in your inventory you just acquired, you won't know if you picked up an upgrade.
• Raidbots will then let you know which items allow you to maximize your DPS!

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