[5.4] Brusalk's Destruction Warlock guide

[Jetjaguar]

2pc destro isn't very good... 4pc however is very nice

[cyqu]

Define amazing? Simcraft pulls this out for both single target and multi-target: immolate,cycle_targets=1,if=n_ticks*crit_pct_current>3*dot.immolate.ticks_remain*dot.immol ate.crit_pct&miss_react

How is blindly casting Immolate when you have a 4pc proc better than actually following the above.

miss you bro

[Deleted]

Why everyone are looking DPS answers from Sims?! Sims are only for growing your Ego-Penis as large as you can get with comparing to others... Link your WoL here, do good and /flex with that.. The only DPS that matters is what you do in raids, NOT in Simcraft... And if your not satisfied with your dps, go practise or change reforges yourself and try out them in real action!

[Deleted]

Why everyone are looking DPS answers from Sims?! Sims are only for growing your Ego-Penis as large as you can get with comparing to others... Link your WoL here, do good and /flex with that.. The only DPS that matters is what you do in raids, NOT in Simcraft... And if your not satisfied with your dps, go practise or change reforges yourself and try out them in real action!

Simcraft is useful in that it's a theoretical excercise under ideal/custom circumstances. You can easily alter variables and see how they would affect output in said circumstances. It's still a simulation, and a very good one at that. It will not and cannot mimic realistic circumstances 1:1. Saying that Simcraft DPS, or action lists derived from trial/error sims, are worthless is beyond me.
Simcraft allows you to test a certain hypothesis in a systematic manner. It's valuable in the same way that A-B testing is valuable in all sorts of scientific fields, be that alpha/beta/gamma sciences. Those experiments, just like Simcraft sims, will never allow you to make definitive conclusions about real-life occurences or phenomena. Like most experiments they lack ecological validity. But they do allow you to collect reliable, quantitative data, they allow you to test cause-effect relationships while excluding a lot of interfering variables.

[Gaidax]

sorry, wrong thread

[traumabrew]

Can anyone tell me a good way to reforge and gem my gear so that I can play destroy as my primary and switch to affliction as my OS without having to reforge/regem?

[Deleted]

Can anyone tell me a good way to reforge and gem my gear so that I can play destroy as my primary and switch to affliction as my OS without having to reforge/regem?

Just go mastery > haste > crit.

[Deleted]

Can anyone tell me a good way to reforge and gem my gear so that I can play destroy as my primary and switch to affliction as my OS without having to reforge/regem?

Mastery>Haste to a breakpoint such as 9778 > Crit

[Bonkura]

Mastery>Haste to a breakpoint such as 9778 > Crit

9778 isn't a breakpoint for Destruction. 10124 is what you want if you're going for next Immolate tick (which doesn't do much at all but hey everyone loves breakpoints).

[Deleted]

9778 isn't a breakpoint for Destruction. 10124 is what you want if you're going for next Immolate tick (which doesn't do much at all but hey everyone loves breakpoints).

He's looking for stat weights so he can dual spec affliction.

[Deleted]

He's looking for stat weights so he can dual spec affliction.

And 10124 is a breakpoint close to 9778 which works for both specs.

[Bonkura]

He's looking for stat weights so he can dual spec affliction.

If you were talking about Affli then you were still wrong so I have no idea what you mean. Standards builds are as follow:

Destro: 15% hit>Mastery>Haste(10124)>Crit
Affli: 15% hit>Haste(9778)>Mastery>Haste>Crit

[Berthold]

It makes sense to aim for the 10437 haste mark as this gives immolate another tick under Meta proc / Bloodlust.

[Deleted]

If you were talking about Affli then you were still wrong so I have no idea what you mean. Standards builds are as follow:

Destro: 15% hit>Mastery>Haste(10124)>Crit
Affli: 15% hit>Haste(9778)>Mastery>Haste>Crit

actually for destro its more like 15% hit >mastery> whatever you prefer, there is next to no difference between haste and crit at this point in general. the only reason to go that high in haste is to more easily spec into afflc and reach the 9778 haste BP.

[JV Chequer]

Finally I get my 4tp, I sacrifice an Warforged item for it, but whatever, 4tp is so yummy making every Chaos Bolt don't be a waste without procs.

But I feel the need of some haste to maintain certain uptime of the proc, to optmize the dps, looks like with 4tp crits loses a bit your value in both aoe and ST fights. Have at least 10k~ looks better than 10k~ of crit.

[t3kneek]

I know it states in the front that gosac/gosup are roughly even. But for a 568 lock with H PBI should I be going GOSAC for single target fights and GOSUP for multi-target? Sparkuggz guide seems to suggest that. What's everyone doing?

[JV Chequer]

I know it states in the front that gosac/gosup are roughly even. But for a 568 lock with H PBI should I be going GOSAC for single target fights and GOSUP for multi-target? Sparkuggz guide seems to suggest that. What's everyone doing?

Since I'he H WF KTT and Normal PBI i just go Gosac every fight.

[Deleted]

I know it states in the front that gosac/gosup are roughly even. But for a 568 lock with H PBI should I be going GOSAC for single target fights and GOSUP for multi-target? Sparkuggz guide seems to suggest that. What's everyone doing?

you should GoSac for every fight. GoSup is only worth using if you are going to use FnB a lot.

[cabana]

GoSup for Thok. Imp dispel is extremely useful.

[Acubed]

thanks for this guide, helped me change from aff to destro so i could get meh green firez