Warlock 6.2 Discussion

[Phenax]

6.2 Warlock Changes

General

Corruption now deals 12% more damage.
Shadow Bolt now deals 25% less damage.
Dark Soul should now have its cooldown reset at the end of a raid encounter for all Warlock specializations.

Affliction

Agony now deals 12% more damage.
Unstable Affliction now deals 12% more damage.

Demonology

Mastery: Master Demonologist has decreased in effectiveness by 4%.
Chaos Wave now deals 25% less damage.
Doom now deals 25% less damage.
Hand of Gul’dan now deals 25% less damage.
Soul Fire now deals 25% less damage.
Touch of Chaos now deals 25% less damage.

Obviously the Demo nerfs seem over the top, I just don't see how the spec will be viable at all if this comes through. _{-- Sorry for taking over the OP, just easier to have a collaboration of data in the first post.}

Tier sets:

Item - Warlock T18 Affliction 2P Bonus (New) Damage done by your Drain Soul has a 30% chance to extend the duration of your Dark Soul: Misery by 5 sec.
Item - Warlock T18 Affliction 4P Bonus (New) While Dark Soul Misery is active, your Drain Soul damage also refreshes the duration of your Haunt effect on the target.

Item - Warlock T18 Demonology 2P Bonus (New) Your Soul Fire increases the damage done by your Demons by 5,000% for until cancelled.
Item - Warlock T18 Demonology 4P Bonus (New) When Molten Core occurs, you have a 30% chance to summon a Demon from the void to assist you in battle.

Item - Warlock T18 Destruction 2P Bonus (New) Reduces the cast time of your Chaos Bolt by 3 sec.
Item - Warlock T18 Destruction 4P Bonus (New) Gaining Burning Embers. Instant.
Item - Warlock T18 Destruction 4P Bonus (New) Your Chaos Bolt has a 1% chance to not consume an Ember.

Updated since 4/28/2015:

• Item - Warlock T18 Affliction 2P Bonus Damage done by your Drain Soul has a 30% Each time Drain Soul deals damage, it has a 20% chance to extend the duration of your Dark Soul: Misery by 5 sec. 2 sec.
• Item - Warlock T18 Demonology 2P Bonus Your Soul Fire increases the damage done by your Demons by 5,000% for until cancelled. 5% for 15 sec.
• Item - Warlock T18 Destruction 2P Bonus Reduces the cast time of your Chaos Bolt by 3 sec. 1.0 sec and increases its damage by 5%.
• Item - Warlock T18 Destruction 4P Bonus Your Chaos Bolt has a 1% 9% chance to not consume an Ember.

Demon models:



Archimonde Trinket Effects:

Affliction: Reduces the duration and period of Agony, Unstable Affliction, and Corruption by 20%.

Demonology: Hand of Gul'dan has a 40% chance to also summon 3 Wild Imps.

Destruction: Incinerate increases the critical strike chance of your spells against that target by 4% for 10 sec, stacking up to 10 times.

Dark Soul Cooldown Reset

Dark Soul should now have its cooldown reset at the end of a raid encounter for all Warlock specializations.

[Illiterate]

rip in peace demo, nice knowing you

[Brusalk]

The demonology nerfs seem heavy-handed, but I'm surprised there's no Destro buffs to make non-CR Destro viable, and to make CR Destro viable without 2/4pc.

[Count Zero]

This is utterly ridiculous

[misterbeefy117]

I saw people talking about this in Trade Chat, I could have sworn they were joking (especially since the next comment in Trade was "Fury warriors are now 12% more furious", so it kind of had that jokey vibe). Good god, Blizz is serious about this.

[carlos9949]

i have an idea, lets make warlocks no longer viable for raiding!!!, lets nerf Demo locks even when they arent OP like other classes!!

[Deleted]

welcome back affliction, missed you : )

[Tarantism]

Affliction should be in a strong spot if the changes go through. If Hellfire Citadel is mostly single/three target fights then warlocks will be just fine. The demo nerfs are a completely joke though. It seems like they want the spec to be completely unviable in pve and pvp.

[Lone]

Surely this is a mistake. I doubt I'd be ahead of the tanks on the meters if this is true.

[Count Zero]

Ok the only thing I can take solace in is that this is the first iteration of the patch notes

[Aggrophobic]

I... I just... ehm... What?

[camros]

I also read a bunch of stuff in trade chat and assumed it was trolls having a good time again. Then saw this...

Whelp, it was fun while it lasted.

[Woz]

One thing to take into consideration is that most classes also got hit pretty significantly and this is as Count Zero said, the first iteration of patch notes. We all know things change as the patch develops more and more.

[carlos9949]

Why blizzard is trying to make warlocks play affliction???? lets kill demo / destro builds

[zvvl]

Well, I got one tier out of my Warlock. That's neat.

[Mekkle]

As long as i don't have to roll Destruction i'm not too upset.

[Toastiekins]

These patch notes are a delayed April Fools joke. If not, they, and the developers who proposed these, are jokes as well.

[Constellation]

Wow. I don't know how to express myself. Maybe I shouldn't.

[Baconeggcheese]

First iteration, *twirls fingers*

What you can take away from this is: its affs turn again, demo can take a backseat after having a tier.

[carlos9949]

I hope this nerfs are part of the april fools joke, warlocks arent happy at all with WoD, why make them angry even more!!!