I've noticed some misinformation, so I wanted to clarify. To start, I'm Brauhm and am currently doing okay as destro. I'm in the top 97% if I'm not bad and dying in fights. https://www.warcraftlogs.com/ranking...6351912/latest For some evidence.
Regardless, I have a few tips to help you out! Things I didn't see in the guide here.
1. Backdraft must never start with a Chaos Bolt followed by another Chaos Bolt
- Why? When you have backdraft up, you have the ability to cast the following options:
- Incinerate, Incinerate, Incinerate
- Incinerate, Chaos Bolt, Chaos Bolt
- Chaos Bolt, Incinerate, Chaos Bolt
- Chaos Bolt, Incinerate, Incinerate
- Chaos Bolt, Chaos Bolt
Casting two chaos bolts immediately doesn't give you full dps from the buff because you get two spells casted within the haste buff, not three. Even when using havok the extra hasted Incinerate is worth more than getting the Chaos Bolts ASAP. Try it out!
2. Always use every charge of your Dimensional Rift when you have either Bloodlust or haste procs, they scale the best with haste and DO get extra ticks during their duration. They dynamically update with your procs so don't worry about the old snapshotting mechanic.
3. Reverse Entropy is too important.
The list above? That can only be done with Reverse Entropy. Trying it with Cataclysm or Mana Tap means that you'll often not have enough haste to get three spells off per backdraft application. This is a significant DPS loss (I'd theorize about 10% but I don't have solid numbers to back it up in a raid situation).
4. Ask me questions! I used to raid a lot in Cataclysm and wrote a few guides here. Since I think I'm doing well playing destruction I'd love to help anyone who has any questions and I'd love to learn too! If you have any tips, put them here!