Dread Claws Warlock Leveling Build Guide

Metamorphosis was instantly nerfed on log in. After trying a ton of different builds while leveling Dread Claws was clearly the best -> The Guide has been updated!

The main idea is you want to buff Cascading Dread Dread Claws to the moon.

The Mastermind Shard gives a lot of extra damage if we can generate Shadowform, which you gain from Nether Step and Summon Laalish.

Profane Sentinel and Terror Swarm give godly single target damage.

Command Fallen is a an amazing Wrath generator and applies Hex from Blasphemous Fragment.

Overall this build has it all -> AOE, Single Target, Movement, Buffs & Debuffs.

1. Dash into the fight with Nether Step to get Shadowform.

2. Summon Laalish to give the enemies Vulnerable & Slow, and get more Shadowform.

3. Cast Terror Swarm which all clear the whole screen.

4. Cast Profane Sentinel to delete Bosses & Elites.

5. Cast a few Command Fallen to apply Hex from Blasphemous Fragment & generate Infinite Wrath.

6. Spam Dread Claws to murder everything.

4/28/26

Fixed Leveling Path in Skill Tree

4/27/26

Updated the Guide after Blizzard crucified my original plans. No worries though b/c this Dread Claws setup is amazing!

4/26/26

Guide Created for Lord of Hatred Expansion and will be updated live as I level up on Warlock for the first time.