This builds is based on Slaydra's "Dread Claws" Warlock build for Season 13 (introduced with the Lord of Hatred expansion). It is designed as a smooth, automated, "easy-to-play" shadow variant that skips the clunkier "Chain Set" combos in favor of constant uptime and smoother resource management.

Core Gameplay Loop

• The Main Spammer: You consistently spam Dread Claws as your primary source of damage.

• The Connected Greater Demon: You maintain the buff from Blazing Scream. Because it is a Greater Demon skill, it summons a spinning demon right on your character that mimics your attacks and shoots out additional Dread Claws, giving you automated, overlapping DPS that follows you naturally.

• Shadow Form Scaling: The build revolves around generating and consuming Shadow Form stacks (visualized as purple circles on your buff bar). Abilities like Metamorphosis and Nether Step rapidly fuel these, which are then consumed by Dread Claws to multiply your damage.

• Automated CC & Defense: By utilizing specific runes (like Prid), you automatically trigger Dark Prison for fortify, slow, and weakening effects without needing to dedicate an active button on your skill bar.