Warlock Destruction Rotation & Opener
Built from the current top-100 Mythic parses on WarcraftLogs — the real opener sequences, casts-per-minute and buff uptimes of the best Destruction players, not theorycraft.
AI coach — raid
How to play: Incinerate builds shards (top players: 16/min), Chaos Bolt dumps at full shards (10.8/min), Conflagrate on cooldown for crit procs (8.4/min), Shadowburn weaves in often (7.8/min). Soul Fire and Malevolence on cooldown; Summon Infernal aligns with burst. Watch: never cap soul shards — spend before Conflagrate refreshes; land Chaos Bolts inside buff windows whenever possible.
Real Opener Sequences — Vorasius
First ~12 casts of actual top-ranked kills. Trinkets and racials vary by setup; the skill order is what to copy.
污橙術 — 白银之手 (CN)
1.
Light's Potential
2.
Malevolence
3.
Conflagrate
4.
Chaos Bolt
5.
Chaos Bolt
6.
Incinerate
7.
Conflagrate
8.
Chaos Bolt
9.
Incinerate
10.
Incinerate
11.
Incinerate
12.
Chaos Bolt
Xinning — 冰风岗 (CN)
1.
Soul Fire
2.
Summon Infernal
3.
Light's Potential
4.
Malevolence
5.
Conflagrate
6.
Chaos Bolt
7.
Chaos Bolt
8.
Conflagrate
9.
Incinerate
10.
Incinerate
11.
Chaos Bolt
12.
Conflagrate
Steezkabig — Silvermoon (EU)
1.
Soul Fire
2.
Summon Infernal
3.
Nullsight
4.
Malevolence
5.
Light's Potential
6.
Chaos Bolt
7.
Conflagrate
8.
Chaos Bolt
9.
Incinerate
10.
Conflagrate
11.
Chaos Bolt
12.
Incinerate
Casts Per Minute — Raid Benchmark
| Ability | Top-player CPM |
|---|---|
| Incinerate | 16.0 |
| Chaos Bolt | 10.8 |
| Conflagrate | 8.4 |
| Shadowburn | 7.8 |
| Wither | 3.9 |
| Soul Fire | 1.3 |
| Malevolence | 1.0 |
| Summon Infernal | 0.7 |
| Mortal Coil | 0.5 |
| Burning Rush | 0.5 |
| Dark Pact | 0.5 |
| Demonic Circle: Teleport | 0.5 |
| Havoc | 0.5 |
CPM = median casts per minute across the sampled top kills. If you're far below on a core ability, that's usually the first thing to fix.
Buff Uptimes to Watch
| Buff | Top-player uptime |
|---|---|
| Visage | 92.1% |
| Vision of Nihilam | 91.9% |
| Arcanoweave Insight | 75.5% |
| Might of the Void | 65.0% |
| Alnscorned Essence | 65.0% |
| Soul Leech | 63.6% |
| Malevolence | 57.3% |
| Crashing Chaos | 41.8% |
| Alnsight | 41.4% |
| Riftwalker's Temptation | 39.7% |
Mythic+ Differences
AI coach — Mythic+
How to play: On packs, pour embers into Rain of Fire (layered under the pack) and spread Immolate everywhere with one Cataclysm; Chaos Bolt only hits priority targets that must die. Keep Lake of Fire maintained. Watch: Rain of Fire's coverage versus pack movement; Rain wins at 3+ targets and Chaos Bolt takes over on singles — drill that switching line until it's automatic.
Casts Per Minute — Mythic+ Benchmark
| Ability | Top-player CPM |
|---|---|
| Incinerate | 10.7 |
| Shadowburn | 8.4 |
| Lake of Fire | 8.2 |
| Conflagrate | 7.6 |
| Chaos Bolt | 6.9 |
| Rain of Fire | 4.4 |
| Cataclysm | 1.4 |
| Dark Pact | 0.7 |
| Spell Lock | 0.6 |
| Summon Infernal | 0.6 |
| Nullsight | 0.6 |
| Burning Rush | 0.5 |
| Mortal Coil | 0.4 |
Mythic+ Buff Uptimes
| Buff | Top-player uptime |
|---|---|
| Conflagration of Chaos | 96.4% |
| Void-Touched | 90.3% |
| Vision of Nihilam | 83.9% |
| Soul Leech | 83.4% |
| Arcanoweave Insight | 67.8% |
| Alnscorned Essence | 55.2% |
| Might of the Void | 55.0% |
| Demonic Circle | 47.4% |
| Backdraft | 43.8% |
| Mayhem | 38.9% |
Compare yourself in-game, live
The GearInsight addon overlays your own CPM and buff uptimes next to these benchmarks during combat.