Cataclysm warlock pve spec

Warlocks are a very skilled caster dps class. They use Damage over time or "dots" along with base damage cast spells to inflict damage to their target. There are three different talent tree's to spec into. I will be going over the destruction spec or "destro" spec. Below you will find all the key talents that make the destro spec work. They include all of your special skills along with talents that give you a little extra on some of your dots.

Okay so you can see the talent tree in the picture to the right. You are going to start by putting your first 31 talent points into the destruction tree. First ill start with bane. You want three points in bane because it reduces the cast time on your spells. And reduced cast times means that you will get more casts off resulting in more damage and dps. Next is shadow and flame. This talent increases your damage done by spells. Its clear why we have this talent.. It gives us damage :) The next talent is improved immolate. Immolate is one of our most used spells. so giving it a boost in damage is a huge help. Now to the second tier in the spec. We have improved soul fire. We get this because it give us a haste boost. Haste reduces cast time which increases our dps. Next is emberstorm. We use this again because it reduces cast time on Incinerate. Incinerate is our most used spell so having a reduced cast time on this makes a huge difference. Next we jump to backdraft. we get this spell because it gives us 30% haste after using conflagrate. We then get shadowburn. we get this talent because it is an instant cast spell usable after your target reaches 20 percent or lower. Instant spells like this always help your dps. next you will see burning embers. you get this talent because it helps your pet dps. A warlock pet is a huge part of our damage. so helping your pet is a great thing. Soul leech is a talent that you not only get for yourself but also for the raid because it grants replenishment. This means less worrying about mana and more casting. Now is where you may get confused. Nether ward/protection are two talents you could go without but i wouldn't recommend it with the fights that are in cata. This has saved my life quite a few times and its also a handy cooldown to help reduce healing needed on yourself.. This makes healers happy. Fire and Brimstone is a huge talent because it not only goives us a huge damage boost, but it allows us to get chaos bolt which is one of our best damage spells. Shadow fury and bane of havoc are so so talents that you get to either help the raid with adds via stun and bane helps when your dps is mainly on adds you can put this on the boss so it transfers damage to the boss. Now that we are done with the 31 points in destro we go into our other tiers. In the affliction tree you get improved corruption for the increased damage done by it. In the demonology tree you get dark arts which helps your pet dps. Fel synergy helps so that you dont have to stop and heal your pet if it ever gets hit by aoe or any other damage. The last talent you get is mana feed. This is a great talent because it allows you to do more damage and spend less time worrying about mana.