Blazing Scream Warlock Endgame Build (Season 15 Top Tier)

Strengths

• Maxroll lists high mobility, a satisfying playstyle, and an easy transition from leveling as its strengths.
• Blazing Scream bounces off walls and dead ends and hits the same enemy repeatedly, which pays off in tight corridors and against bosses near walls.
• It carries both Lesser and Greater Demon traits and can supply its own Wrath and Vulnerable (it also becomes an Archfiend skill with Elegy and Infernal Homunculus).

Limits

• Maxroll lists constant skill spam, the need to aim, and two resources to manage as its weaknesses.
• Strength depends on Mythic-level gear (Moloch's Beating Flame, Leoric's Crown, Temerity, Elegy, Infernal Homunculus); Hand of Apotheosis is only worth it as Mythic quality with a 90%+ multiplier.
• Destruction Demon burns you continuously, so the damage only pays off if you survive. The ranking may include pre-release data.

Blazing Scream

Main Core attack. Spam it and fire toward walls or dead ends so projectiles bounce back into the same enemies; aim at a wall when fighting a boss.

Command Abodian

Mounting breaks crowd control and grants Unstoppable. Ride between packs; recast to dismount.

Metamorphosis

Cast once and keep it up; recast if the buff falls off. It is the source of Volatility that Moloch's Beating Flame needs.

Dark Prison

Survivability skill. Its cooldown resets when enemies die inside it, so only use it while fighting. The Prid rune can cast it automatically.

Molten Bomb

Resource generation; the turrets it leaves behind automate it further.

Rampage

Slot for the large tank summon. With Anathema of the Primes its cost becomes Wrath and it becomes a speedfarm mobility tool; with the two-set Charm setup it can be swapped for Nether Step.

Endgame Soul Shard

Keeps you in Demon form for large damage scaling, at the cost of continuous burning damage to yourself.

Starter Soul Shard

An easier setup that avoids solving the healing Destruction Demon needs; Apocalypse supplies the damage scaling instead.

Skill tags

Blazing Scream is a Hellfire, Demonology, Fire Core skill; Elegy plus Infernal Homunculus adds the Archfiend tag, pulling in Wrath generation and Vulnerable application.

Talisman

• Phoba of Abaddon's Flesh is the strongest set Charm; with a Seal of the Diamond Mind you can also run the three-piece of Phoba of the Nameless.
• Anathema of the Primes adds little damage but changes Rampage's cost from Dominance to Wrath, turning it into a speedfarm mobility option.
• Good Charm stats are Demonology, All Stats, Maximum Life, and Maximum Resource. Prioritize Fire Resistance, then one of each other Resistance your jewelry does not cover.

Runewords

• Craft Stealth (Tal + Eth with a white armor in the Horadric Cube) and Ancient's Pledge (Ral + Ort + Tal with a white Focus).
• Prid casts Dark Prison automatically, and Nagu counts each Blazing Scream projectile as a Summon. Que and Lac give Barrier and damage reduction; Gar adds Critical Strike Chance early on.
• The speedfarm variant uses Enigma (teleport on evade) and Tir (Wrath on kill). The charm-bug exploit in Maxroll's Push variant is an unintended behavior and is not covered here.

Mercenary

• Varyana raises healing with Taste of Flesh, or build toward Bloodlust if you have plenty of Life on Hit.
• Raheir's Bastion is a safe way through dangerous boss mechanics, and his Taunt can add a little damage.
• Aldkin reduces incoming damage and executes non-elite monsters, helping clear speed.

Warlock itself requires Lord of Hatred. Until the Mythic gear is in hand, do not assume this guide's finished damage; run the starter setup (Legion Shard + Apocalypse) and use Aspect of Ignition on gloves.

Fresh level 70 (starter)

Start with the Legion Shard + Apocalypse starter setup. Prioritize survival over damage early and aim for Barrier from the overhealing of Sadistic Aspect and Undying Aspect.

First Mythic

Prioritize Moloch's Beating Flame; Volatility from Metamorphosis empowers your Hellfire skills.

Helm and pants

Add Leoric's Crown and Temerity; Temerity turns overhealing into Barrier. You can equip only one Mythic crafted in the Horadric Cube (it gets the Crafted tag).

Elegy + Infernal Homunculus

Equip Infernal Homunculus only after finding Elegy. Before that, use Aspect of Accursed Touch on boots for Vulnerable and Malicious Aspect on the Focus.

Finishing

Add The Eightfold Idol and Wendigo Brand (Stone of Jordan if Resistances are short); use Hand of Apotheosis only as Mythic quality with 90%+ multiplier, otherwise Aspect of Ignition. Raise Glyphs in the order 50 → 100 → 150.

Moloch's Beating Flame

Leoric's Crown

Temerity

Elegy

Infernal Homunculus (after Elegy; Malicious Aspect before that)

The Eightfold Idol

Wendigo Brand (Stone of Jordan if Resistances are short)

Hand of Apotheosis (Mythic quality, 90%+ multiplier only) / Aspect of Ignition

Aspect of Accursed Touch (before Infernal Homunculus)

• Maxroll's key stats: 100% Attack Speed, about 100% Critical Strike Chance, Wrath Regeneration above 10, Maximum Life on nearly every piece, two Lucky Hit Restore Resource Tempers, and over 10,000 Fire Resistance.
• Mythic priority is Moloch's Beating Flame, Leoric's Crown, Temerity, Elegy, Infernal Homunculus (the order shifts between Maxroll's variants). Sadistic Aspect and Undying Aspect are needed to feed Barrier.
• Seasonal Splinters go in Leoric's Crown. Abyssal Splinter of the Black Soulstone triggers from the Lesser Demon projectiles; Abyssal Splinter of Anguish helps reach Attack Speed and Critical caps (swap to a Hellfire Splinter if resource management is too hard). Splinter stacks changed in 3.2.2–3.2.4, so verify numbers in game.

Speedfarming

Maxroll has a speedfarm variant (Enigma, Tir); Rampage with Anathema of the Primes speeds movement.

Bosses

Relies on firing at a wall so bounces return; Raheir's Bastion is the safe mercenary option.

Pit and Tower pushing

Maxroll has a dedicated Push variant but notes it is easier to die on. No specific tier is guaranteed.