Destruction Warlock Gear Plan for WoW Forever | Beta Data BiS

Gearing a Destruction Warlock in WoW Forever? Here's the slot-by-slot plan, ranked from the beta game files. By order of the Bureau of Gear. Destruction Warlock best in slot for WoW Forever, worked out from the beta game files (build 1.60.1.70532). This directive covers: the stats that matter for Destruction Warlock, the hit/defense cap, gear you can plan for with a known source, and 12 upgrade targets (11 with sources still unconfirmed in Forever). Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:30 What makes Destruction different 1:17 Talent build 1:36 Hit cap 1:56 Stat priority 2:11 How to compare two items 2:34 Slots that never change 3:10 Upgrade targets 3:23 Gear you can get now 3:44 Surprising picks explained 4:22 PvP stats and no-rank gear 4:50 PvP honor rank gear 5:12 Wrap-up Sanctioned talent build: Destruction Warlock 18/0/33: wowsims/forever raid preset, closest to the popular Classic build (19/0/32 variant link (MD/Ruin section)). Talents counted in the math: Ruin, Suppression. Ministry methodology: beta item stats (build 1.60.1.70532), cross-checked against foreverdb.net, ranked by a damage and healing model. Unconfirmed values use Classic numbers until launch. Healer gear is excluded from DPS lists. Zone bonuses are shown but not counted. PvP section (theorycraft: beta item data + the Classic PvP build Destruction Nuke PVP (19/0/32), mapped onto Forever as 18/0/33, and Classic PvP numbers). Target: a level-60 player; Stamina counts because time alive scales damage and healing. Start now = no honor rank needed; final target = with honor rank gear. PvP start now: Head: Master Engineer's Goggles (Engineering 290) Neck: Alliance: Stormpike Soldier's Pendant (Vendor: Gaelden Hammersmith, Alterac Valley); Horde: Seal of the Expedition (Vendor: Lady Palanseer, Hall of Legends) Shoulder: Highlander's Epaulets (Alliance) / Defiler's Epaulets (Horde) (Arathi Basin rep) Back: Fel Cape (Tailoring 300) Chest: Robe of the Void (Tailoring 295) Wrist: Dryad's Wrist Bindings (Warsong Gulch rep) Hands: Felcloth Gloves (Tailoring 280) Waist: Belt of the Archmage (Tailoring 295) Legs: Sentinel's Silk Leggings (Alliance) / Outrider's Silk Leggings (Horde) (Warsong Gulch rep) Feet: Highlander's Cloth Boots (Alliance) / Defiler's Cloth Boots (Horde) (Arathi Basin rep) Finger 1: Alliance: Darkmoon Ring (Darkmoon Faire (Lhara)); Horde: Darkspear Signet (Vendor: Creeg Bothunk, The Barrens) Finger 2: Alliance: Lorekeeper's Ring (Warsong Gulch rep); Horde: Militant's Band (Vendor: Lady Palanseer, Hall of Legends) Trinket 1: Talisman of Arathor (Alliance) / Defiler's Talisman (Horde) (Arathi Basin rep) Trinket 2: Alliance: Alchemist's Stone (Alchemy 275); Horde: Darkspear Voodoo Seal (Vendor: Creeg Bothunk, The Barrens) Main Hand: Sageblade (Blacksmithing 300) Off Hand: Alliance: Tome of Shadow Force (Alterac Valley rep); Horde: Tome of the Darkspear Prophecy (Vendor: Creeg Bothunk, The Barrens) Ranged: Brilliant Wand (Enchanting 275) PvP final target: Head: Field Marshal's Coronal (Alliance) / Warlord's Dreadweave Hood (Horde) (PvP rank 13 reward) Neck: Amulet of the Dawn (Source unconfirmed) Shoulder: Field Marshal's Dreadweave Shoulders (Alliance) / Warlord's Dreadweave Mantle (Horde) (PvP rank 13 reward) Back: Fel Cape (Tailoring 300) Chest: Field Marshal's Dreadweave Robe (Alliance) / Warlord's Dreadweave Robe (Horde) (PvP rank 13 reward) Wrist: Rockfury Bracers (Source unconfirmed) Hands: Marshal's Dreadweave Gloves (Alliance) / General's Dreadweave Gloves (Horde) (PvP rank 12 reward) Waist: Belt of the Archmage (Tailoring 295) Legs: Marshal's Dreadweave Leggings (Alliance) / General's Dreadweave Pants (Horde) (PvP rank 12 reward) Feet: Marshal's Dreadweave Boots (Alliance) / General's Dreadweave Boots (Horde) (PvP rank 12 reward) Finger 1: Brilliant Watcher's Signet (Source unconfirmed) Finger 2: Elemental Focus Band (Drop: Prince Skaldrenox (location unconfirmed)) Trinket 1: Weakness Analyzer (New vendor (unconfirmed)) Trinket 2: Talisman of Arathor (Alliance) / Defiler's Talisman (Horde) (Arathi Basin rep) Two-Hand: Grand Marshal's Stave (Alliance) / High Warlord's War Staff (Horde) (PvP rank 14 reward) Ranged: Stormrager (Source unconfirmed) How the Ministry scores gear (hit caps, stat points, the model): watch the Office of Numbers report:    • How WoW Forever Gear Is Scored: Hit Caps, ...   Bureau of Gear playlist (every spec):    • WoW Forever BiS: Bureau of Gear (Every Spec)   Warlock directives:    • WoW Forever Warlock BiS (Affliction, Demon...   Ministry HQ: https://theministryofminmax.com Official Ministry addon (free): https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons... Know where an item drops in Forever? Report it in the comments. The Ministry credits its informants. Subscribe. Compliance is mandatory. #WoWForever #DestructionWarlock #WorldofWarcraft