The seed explosion hits for sufficient amounts. It's worth spending the mana/time to cast in order to get the new corruption up.
Nice guide!
Nice guide. But I have a question. Is DFO + Syndra trinket still better then RS 25 trinket + DFO?
i macro'd my on use trinket w/ corruption, would it be advisable to macro dark pact or lt lvl 1 w/ haunt?...
hi all,
How to do Affliction warlock DPS rotation at PVE?
My rotation: CoE-SB-SB-Corruption-Haunt-UA-/spam SB and refresh DOT/
This is right?
First of all affliction does not place the CoE, we leave that part for our Destruction or Demon brothers.
Most of us would start with SB, Haunt, Corr, UA, CoA.
From now on we use SB as a filler and reapply Haunt, UA and CoA when needed.
Target < 25% -> SB is replaced with Drain soul and only refreshed when the improved SB debuff drops off.
Dark Pact is used before the pull and when it needs to be refreshed before it falls off.
Reason for not placing CoE is CoA is part of our rotation and damage doing part.
Some spells do more damage if more dots are up on our target.
Also CoE will be over writen by DK and Boomkins.
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using LT or DP every 12 sec would not be smart.
This would put up 4 GCD's in your rotation when only 1 is needed so that makes it a time consumer, not a damage doing part.
to make a macro for LT or DP is almost impossible due to its long running time and giving us 1 GCD on use.
Rotation:
SB->Haunt->Corr->UA->CoA
this is right?
but maxdps com said:
Haunt->Corr->CoA->UA->SB
wich one right rotation?
The main idea of an Affliction Guide is to be READ by people who have questions. The answer is in the first post, and you don't even have to dig very deep. Oh, and forget about maxdps.com. It sucks. Kill it with fire.
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With Shadow Embrace you really want 2 SB and 1 Haunt on the boss before you place any other DOT.
That way you do more periodic damage but 2 is fine for us.
So SB and Haunt must go first and then your mayor damage dealers meaning Corr, UA, CoA
The last to in that order so you only have 1 GCD to wait for and not 2 in a row.
For Peepo:
I would more go to 1 DP every 3 Haunts and no LT if posible.
The healers loved it when our fel puppy became our mana source and they lost that function.
great guide but i would like to see something about aoe in it.
cos im not realy sure what to use on groups in 5-mans or trash in icc.
i mainly use rain of fire as i always used that when i was destro, but as affl you also have talents spend in to seed.
is it enough to make seed better than rain or is rain the best aoe even for affl?
Seed is always better than rain even as destro, that being said I usually use rain in 5man trash be use I'm lazy.