Warlock in WoW Classic

WoW SoD Warlock Tank

In this WoW SoD Warlock Tank Build, you will find the best PvE tank spec for Warlocks in the Season of Discovery in WoW Classic. The build shows the best talents, runes, BiS gear, and enchants to tank dungeons and raids as a Warlock.

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📅 Last updated on February 10, 2025.

WoW SoD Warlock Tank Talents & Runes

Choose the following talents and runes as a Tank Warlock Warlock for Phase 7 at level 60:

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This spec is also referred to as the MD/Ruin Tank spec. The name is based on the talents Master Demonologist Master Demonologist and Ruin Ruin. Learn where to find each rune in our guide WoW SoD Warlock Runes.

SoD Phase 7 Tank Warlock BiS List

The following Tank Warlock Warlock BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 7 of Season of Discovery:

Use Soul of the Voidborne Soul of the Voidborne as your shoulder enchant.

SoD Phase 6 Tank Warlock BiS List

The following Tank Warlock Warlock BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 6 of Season of Discovery:

SoD Phase 5 Tank Warlock BiS List

The following Tank Warlock Warlock BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 5 of Season of Discovery:

Legend: Items marked with Icon are BiS for MD/Ruin tanks. Items marked with Icon are BiS for Nightfall tanks.

SoD Phase 4 Warlock Tank BiS List

The following Warlock Warlock Tank BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 4 of Season of Discovery to tank raids and dungeons:

1 This quest requires Dreadmist Mask Dreadmist Mask from Scholomance and Dreadmist Robe Dreadmist Robe from Blackrock Spire to complete.

Fire Resistance for Heat Level 2 and Heat Level 3

To raid the more difficult heat levels in Molten Core you need to hit Fire Resistance thresholds. For Heat Level 2 you need at least 96 Fire Resistance and for Heat Level 3 you need at least 226 Fire Resistance. To increase your Fire Resistance you can equip gear, utilize enchantments, use consumables, and get buffs from your Druids Druids, Shamans Shamans 1, and Paladins Paladins 1.

Use the following sources to increase your Fire Resistance to the required threshold:

Using Fire Resistance items often results in a DPS loss in comparison to your BiS list. After you’ve acquired new raid items recalculate your Fire Resistance and re-optimize your gear loadout.

🔥 Since the boss Garr from Molten Core can dispel magic effects, you should make sure your Warlock Warlock is hitting the Fire Resistance threshold without Mark of the Wild Mark of the Wild for that specific fight. This might require you to have some off-pieces for that boss fight.

1 For most guilds, it is not recommended to rely on Shaman Shaman totems or Paladin Paladin auras to hit the minimum Fire Resistance thresholds. If the aura or totem is out of range or the player dies, you will lack Fire Resistance. Use the totems or auras as additional mitigation, but calculate your Fire Resistance without them.

SoD Warlock Tank Pre-Raid BiS List

The following Warlock Warlock Tank BiS list contains the best items you can get in Season of Discovery before entering the endgame raids at level 60.

1 This quest requires Dreadmist Mask Dreadmist Mask from Scholomance and Dreadmist Robe Dreadmist Robe from Blackrock Spire to complete.
2 This quest requires Dreadmist Sandals Dreadmist Sandals from Stratholme, Dreadmist Leggings Dreadmist Leggings from Stratholme, and Dreadmist Mantle Dreadmist Mantle from Scholomance to complete.
3 This quest requires Dreadmist Belt Dreadmist Belt from Stratholme and Dreadmist Wraps Dreadmist Wraps from Scholomance to complete.
4 To obtain Argent Elite Boots Argent Elite Boots, you need to buy or craft Argent Boots Argent Boots with Tailoring 300. Bring Argent Boots Argent Boots, 3 Skin of Shadow Skin of Shadow from Scholomance, and 4 Corruptor's Scourgestone Corruptor's Scourgestone from Scholomance or Stratholme to Quartermaster Miranda Breechlock at 81.6 60.0 in Western Plaguelands.

Best Warlock Tank Pet in SoD

Use Summon Felguard Summon Felguard as a Tank Warlock Warlock in Season of Discovery.

Tank Warlock Rotation

The rotation as a Tank Warlock Warlock in WoW SoD consists of the following priority list:

  1. Make sure Immolation Aura Immolation Aura is active before you pull the boss. Skip if you don’t use this rune.
  2. Keep Curse of Recklessness Curse of Recklessness up, if you’re the only Warlock Warlock.
  3. Cast Demonic Grace Demonic Grace whenever it’s ready.
  4. Cast Shadow Cleave Shadow Cleave whenever it’s available.
  5. Keep Curse of Agony Curse of Agony up.
  6. Keep Drain Life Drain Life up, if you’re using the rune Master Channeler Master Channeler.
  7. Cast Searing Pain Searing Pain.

Cast Vengeance Vengeance before you pull a raid boss and then pull with Searing Pain Searing Pain for your initial threat.

Tank Warlock Consumables in SoD

The following list of consumables can be used by Tank Warlocks Warlocks in endgame raids at level 60:

Tank Warlock Stat Priority

As a Tank Warlock Warlock you want to prioritize gear with the following stats:

  1. Up to 16% Spell Hit Chance against level 60 raid bosses.
  2. Stamina (if surviving isn’t an issue anymore, Stamina loses more and more value).
  3. Defense.
  4. Spell Damage.
  5. Fire Damage.
  6. Armor.
  7. Intellect.

After reaching the hit cap, more Hit Chance has no additional value.

DPS Build for Warlock in Season of Discovery

To play as a DPS-Warlock Warlock in dungeons and raids, use the WoW SoD Warlock DPS Spec. This spec is optimized to deal the maximum amount of damage.

Additional Resources

You can find more resources about the WoW SoD Warlock here, including Warlock Macros for WoW Classic. Special thanks to the WoWSims team for providing an invaluable simulation tool to optimize BiS lists. If you want to learn more and optimize your gameplay, visit the Classic Warlock Discord community for discussions and insights.