World of Warcraft Warlock’s Guide to HFC

World of Warcraft Warlock’s Guide to Hellfire Citadel by Lourinzo

I’m Lourinzo from Mind Games on US-Illidan, 13/13 Mythic. I get a lot of questions about warlocks on a fight by fight basis so I created this quick reference guide for anyone who’s interested.

1) Hellfire Assult: Destruction (DSI + UBGoS) – Havoc + Shadowburn x2/3 as many targets as possible – Dump as many chaos bolts into siege vehichles as possible

2) Iron Reaver – Affliction (Fragment + DSI) – Soulswap dots onto bombs then drain soul to regen your shard – Use gateway or teleport to escape barrage

3) Kormrok – Progression – Demonology (Fragment + DSI) – Cata + chaos wave when hands spawn (this is why you’re playing demonology)

– Farm/Zerg – Affliction (Fragment + DSI)
– cata when hands spawn (if you need extra damage)
or
– standard spec and soulswap to the larger grasping hand to free the off tank

4) Council – Affliction (Fragment + DSI) – Grimoire of Supremecy (imp) – keep maximum uptime on all 3 targets, keep refreshing dots

5) Kilrog Deadeye – Progression – Destruction (Piston + DSI) – havoc adds/boss with chaosbolt or shadowburn x2/3 – glyph of conflag to slow adds and/or – save charge of conflag for when you need to dance – teleport with heart seeker

– Farm/Zerg – Affliction (Fragment + DSI)
– glyph of soulswap
– soulswap to adds, drain soul to regen shard

6) Gorefiend – Progression – Destruction (Piston + DSI) or (Voidsight* + DSI) – havoc adds/boss with chaosbolt or shadowburn x2/3 – glyph of conflag to slow adds – use gateway/teleport for extra mobility – shadowfurry to stun adds inside stomach – Orb of Voidsight only works on the boss, NOT THE ADDS!!*

– Farm/Zerg – Affliction (Fragment + DSI) or (Voidsight* + DSI)
– glyph of soulswap
– soulswap to adds near full health, drain soul to regen shard
– use gateway/teleport for extra mobility
– *Orb of Voidsight* only works on the boss, NOT THE ADDS!!*

7) Iskar – Destruction (Piston + DSI) – use gateway/portal to move out for chakram – use Sacrificial Pact when targeted by Fel Incineration, keep the fire stacked in one spot – If you have a mythic piston or adds live for less than 15-20 seconds, don’t bother casting immolate during fire + brimstone. – during the third add phase, stand on the edge of platform and kill the boss before he lands using havoc + immo/conflag/incin x3 to quickly regen burning embers. this allows you to dump even more chaos bolts into the boss. – Fragment can be used on this boss IF adds stay alive for 25+ seconds but requires you to cast fire + brimstone x incin 3-5 times before casting fire + brimstone x chaos bolt.

8) Socrethar – Progression – Destruction (Piston + DSI) – dark soul + chaos bolt x3 + shadowburn when dominator spawns – fire + brimstone when ghost spawn (absolute priority) – glyph of conflag to slow ghost – shadowfury to stun ghost – sacrfice sucubus for aoe knockback ghost – havoc ghost/adds/boss with shadowburn x3 on cd

– Farm/Zerg – Affliction (Fragment + DSI)
– sb + soulswap + haunt when dominator spawns, drain soul to regen shard
– soulswap with extra shard(s) to shadowcallers (abosolute priority)
– shadowfury to stun any ghost getting close to group
– sacrifice sucubus for aoe knockback ghost
– take *grimoire of supremecy* if mutiple shadowcallers are alive thoughout the fighy

9) Tyrant – Affliction (Fragment + DSI) or (Voidsight* + DSI) – keep maximum dot uptime on adds + boss – use portal to stack or move out with font (phase 2) – adjust gateway (phase 3) allowing edict target to suicide

10) Fel Lord – Affliction (DSI + Voidsight*) – use gateway/portal to move out with seed

11) Xhul’haroc – Progression – Destruction (UBGoS + DSI) – use portal to drop fire – set up gateway from melee to drop fire – use sacrificial pact to solo soak black holes – cast shadowfury to interupt imps – havoc boss/imps x2/3 on cd – Orb of Voidsight works on the adds, NOT THE BOSS!!*

– Farm/Zerg – Affliction (Fragment + DSI)
– use portal to drop fire
– set up gateway from melee to drop fire
– use sacrificial pact to solo soak black holes
– cast shadowfury to interupt imps
– keep maximum dot uptime on the boss and two largest adds
– soulswap with spare shards onto voidfiends, drain soul to regen shard
– *Orb of Voidsight* works on the adds, NOT THE BOSS!!*

12) Mannaroth – Progression – Demonology (DSI + Voidsight*) + (optional 4 set from BRF) – use portal to bait fel seeker – set up gateway from pillar to fel seeker bait – 4 sec before imps spawn, cast metamorphosis + immo aura + darksoul – 2 sec before imps spawn, cast cata + chaos wave until imps are dead – cast sac pact to help soak gaze (esp in phase 4) – use demonic leap/teleport/gateway to stay on the platform during phase 4 shadowforce

– Farm/Zerg – Destruction (DSI + Voiddight*)
– use portal to bait fel seeker
– set up gateway from pillar to fel seeker bait
– 1.5 sec before imps spawn, cast fire + brimstone x chaos bolt
– havoc imps/boss with shadowburn x2/3
– cast sac pact to help soak gaze (esp in phase 4)
– use portal and gateway to stay on the platform during phase 4 shadowforce\

13) Archimonde – Progression – Destruction (DSI + Voidsight*) – use portal to kite doomfire – havoc and chaos bolt x2 + shadowburn the doomfire spirits – havoc with chaos bolt or shadowburn x2/3 the deathcallers and overfiends – shadowburn snipe the dreadstalkers when possible, otherwise ignore them
– glyph of conflag to slow void stars in phase 3 – havoc with chaosbolt infernals in phase 3 – use burning rush to help dance in phase 3

– Zerg/Farm – Affliction (Fragment + DSI) or (DSI + Voidsight*)
– use portal to kite doomfire
– soulswap onto doomfire, drain soul to regen shard
– soulswap with extra shards onto deathcaller or overfiend, drain soul to regen shard
– sb + soulswap onto voidstars in phase 3, drain soul to regen shard
– soulswap or sb + soulswap onto infernals in phase 3, drain soul to regen shard
– use burning rush to help dance in phase 3

For everyone who keeps telling me how bad Iron Reaver Piston is, Gorefiend rank 120(86 day of kill):https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/6c3fXzvJZYgAxRrC#fight=19&type=damage-done

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