Dread Claws levelling build
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Warlock
Dread Claws Levelling Build (1-70)
WarlockSeason 13
Leveling
Controller Friendly
Beginner Friendly
Caster
Speed Farm
Infernal Hordes
Pushing
Build Overview
Strengths and Weaknesses
- Active playstyle
- Very fast - insane movement speed stacking
- Will scale extremely well into endgame
- Less Demon Summons
- Wrath intensive build
Build Variants
This is the levelling build that will take you from level 1-70 with ease!
I will update these variants and release endgame ones as well!
Assigned Skills
Primary
112
Secondary
12
12
12
12
Soul Shards
Mastermind Shard gives us 30% more damage with Abyss skills when we have stacks of Shadowform. 
Terror Demon Metamorphosis gives us 4 stacks of Shadowform every second!!
Mastermind Shard also gives us the 
Summon Taz'Rauth skill which has an active skill that gives us more stacks of shadowform. Although it's not on the toolbar above, you can put it on especially when you don't have all 6 skills unlocked!
Blasphemous Fragment gives us 20% more damage against enemies hit by Profane Sentinel
Once you're higher level you will want to replace Doom with Summon Taz'Rauth - the skill you get with Mastermind Shard
Equipment
3
HelmAspect of Might
2
Chest armorAspect of Disobedience
6
GlovesVehement Brawler's Aspect
PantsEmpty
BootsEmpty
1
AmuletInsidious Aspect
4
Ring 1Aspect of Voracious Rage
5
Ring 2Aspect of the Umbral
WeaponEmpty
7
OffhandEdgemaster's Aspect
Equipment Priority
+7
However some warlock specific aspects to look out for include:
Insidious Aspect - this scales abyss skills dependent on stacks of shadowform. With Nether Step and Terror Demon Metamorphosis we can generate stacks of Shadowform.
Generic aspects farmable from dungeons will be good as well:
Aspect of Disobedience and Aspect of Might are classics for defences- Edgemaster's Aspect is a classic for more damage
- Resource aspects such as
Aspect of the Umbral and Aspect of Voracious Rage
Other aspects to look for include:
- Vehement Brawler's Aspect which whenever you use Terror Demon Metamorphosis will give you more multiplicative damage
Skill Tree
Available
4 (0)
4 (0)Spent69 (10)
Will update levelling path once expansion releases - different tiers are unlocked at different levels as are different skill modifiers!
Mercenary
How it Plays
1) Cast Sigil of Subversion onto a pack of enemies
2) Use Dread Claws to deal damage
3) Use Terror Demon Metamorphosis to boost damage significantly
4) Profane Sentinel boosts damage against single targets significantly
Use Doom to build wrath and Nether Step will give you tonnes of movement speed and immunity!
How it Works
Doom is our wrath builder and then Cascading Dread Dread Claws is our main damage skill which we want to be able to make the most of whilst levelling so we go the Damage Dread Claws route to make each cast impactful!
Terror Demon Metamorphosis is a hack as it will give ALL ABYSS SKILLS +12 Ranks!!! Also through Phase 2 Enrage Metamorphosis and Damage Scaling Metamorphosis we really boost its damage even further! Moreover Terror Demon Metamorphosis gives us shadowform stacks so easily so we can trigger Insidious Aspect!
Mastermind Shard gives us 30% more damage with Abyss skills when we have stacks of Shadowform. Terror Demon Metamorphosis gives us 4 stacks of Shadowform every second!!
Blasphemous Fragment gives us 20% more damage against enemies hit by Profane Sentinel
Single Target Damage Profane Sentinel is there as a damage boost against bosses
I may decide to go for 
Abyssal Titan Rampage instead of Profane Sentinel whilst trying out both variants when levelling - will update the guide on release to confirm
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