Warlock Tips and Tricks and Specific Encounter Guides [4.3]

[Zinnin]

What I'm wondering now, is is it worth it to use your Doomguard when you have MWC + SSV buffs up or is it still best to wait until your sp procs (note that you won't have the Insignia buff at the start of the fight if you use both MWC and SSV as it will be on internal cooldown).

I do not use doomguard when my masteryprocs are up due to still being in my mastery gear, which has an incredibly high 5k spellpower.

I would think so, but with double trinketing you only have one gcd to boost with so DG gets the Mastery from the first or the second set, not both like Meta. That means you are looking at a different Mastery number.

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MWC holds its buff for a moment after it is gone, this is the case with Soulshifter too?

Right now, soulshifters buff doesn't go away at all when you switch it out. But even if it was programmed to using the passive trinket in conjunction with a proc \ on use trinket is just taking advantage of server lag.

Another quick tip for those that are gear swapping on the pull; You can put hurricane on your mastery weapon since weapon procs are not put on cooldown when switching weapons. There have been some pulls that I have both power torrent and hurricane active on the pull. It's pretty minor, but fun nonetheless.

Also, if your are super serious, you can switch flasks on pull too.

[Yax]

Another quick tip for those that are gear swapping on the pull; You can put hurricane on your mastery weapon since weapon procs are not put on cooldown when switching weapons. There have been some pulls that I have both power torrent and hurricane active on the pull. It's pretty minor, but fun nonetheless.

I'm guessing you proc the Hurricane off Hellfire like SSV?

Also, if your are super serious, you can switch flasks on pull too.

Yus, mentioned this briefly in the OP

[Zinnin]

I'm guessing you proc the Hurricane off Hellfire like SSV?
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Yea, it procs off of Hellfire and Soul Harvest.

[Yax]

I hadn't thought of using any other MWC-like mastery trinkets tbh, I'm guessing Foul Gift of the Demonlord works this way too, although it's a much smaller proc xD

[Zinnin]

I hadn't thought of using any other MWC-like mastery trinkets tbh, I'm guessing Foul Gift of the Demonlord works this way too, although it's a much smaller proc xD

Correct, although I found that SSV was the most reliable proc trinket I tested, and its the only one that actually gives enough mastery to outsim using IotCM. Foul Gift sims about about exactly the same as 410 IotCM, however it isn't very reliable.

[OOMM]

Correct, although I found that SSV was the most reliable proc trinket I tested, and its the only one that actually gives enough mastery to outsim using IotCM. Foul Gift sims about about exactly the same as 410 IotCM, however it isn't very reliable.

I assume you tested the combo of using SSV and not MWC? Which is your second passive mastery trinket, Spidersilk?

[Inactivity]

2. Gear swapping

This is a very useful Demonology only trick that can really buff your first Metamorphosis. Because this is also your most important Metamorphosis (where all your procs line up and when you'll most likely have hero), this trick actually works out as about a 1.5k or more dps increase.

2.1 How Metamorphosis works

First off, it is useful to understand how Metamorphosis and your mastery work. Metamorphosis is essentially a buff that increases your damage by x % for 36 seconds (glyphed). This "x" is determined by your mastery (more mastery, more Metamorphosis damage). However, the Metamorphosis buff doesn't scale dynamically with your mastery, meaning that whatever x % damage increase you have from mastery when you first hit Metamorphosis, you will keep for 36 seconds regardless of if your mastery changes in this time. This, as you can see, leaves room for exploitation.

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You can essentially start any fight with this trick, making it a valuable one to use.
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Bumping this to the top. For all geared-up, bored warlocks, this is the LAST week you can use such a prepull set... forever. Once MOP prepatch with new talents come, such a prepull set will no longer work.

If you haven't pushed a rank with that crazy prepull set, complete with Fire of the Deep and a Soulgaze Cowl (with all that spare VP you have)... this is your last chance forever, so make it count!