I covered it briefly, should have gone more in depth for sure since there's a lot of questions regarding the timing. I do believe, as long as the fight is faster than 1min 10/15 seconds, you need to pre-summon your inferno, to give it bloodlust. If the fight is longer than that, let's say a 2 minute Patchwerk fight, then you want to summon inferno 60 seconds before Patchwerk dies, it can be hard to time it perfectly but weak auras with "time to die", can show you when it expects the boss to die taken current raid dps into consideration. If you summon it during the fight and you have more than 1 shaman, you can try and ask for a mid fight bloodlust if you bloodlusted on pull, giving your inferno bloodlust!
As somebody who has played a warlock all throughout Classic but never played Wrath back in the day, this is extremely helpful! You have got yourself a new subscriber.
I do feel like I could have gone even more in depth with this video, but it would have ended up being 90 minutes long. Let me know guys, if you'd like me to make videos specifically designed for 1 topic, where we go super in depth, one example could be the opener or the execute phase. If it's something you'd be interested in let me know, I am open for all feedback!
is there a good weak aura icon besides the normal warlock weak auras I want to know what I have proc on my talents and my gear props and how long I have to spam for more dmg or time basically in the middle of my screen and I also would like to see the opener and execute phase detailed this was a amazing video btw makes me want to keep my lock affliction can't seem to get over 2.1k dps sometimes and I am very well geared I kno its hard for these short boss fights but I'm doing something wrong so anything is helpful thanks for this video
@@codykost1174 weak aura's can do all that u just need to configure it but power auras I've used a fair bit & is very easy to use & set up & covers all that. I hit 80 2 weeks ago & in blues & 3 epics (2pvp) only a couple enchants & gems so far& I get 2k so something is def wrong me-thinks.
Your videos have taken my DPS to a whole new level, and I am so incredibly grateful! Thank you so much!! Please keep putting out more videos! You seem to have some pretty extensive knowledge of raid encounters in WotLK.. Maybe consider doing some videos focused around those? I think with your particular style, you'd be very good at breaking everything down. Thanks again, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what you bring to us next.
NEW FOLLOWER. Dude, thank you so much for breaking it down clearly, slowly and without a bunch of musicZ. Us older people need it hahahaha. Average lock looking to kick ass
Regarding the weapon swapping and it wasting a GCD, you can mask the GCD that incurs from switching weapons by switching right after casting an instant cast ability. This way the GCD from switching weapons is "masked" by the GCD you incurred from pressing an instant cast ability, essentially wasting no time if done correctly. You could even macro equipping your main wep into your Corruption like this: /use Corruption /equip Main-Weapon and you'll lose only a fraction of a second due to server delay. Also don't forget about the warlock quest items you can get from AQ. The ones that buff your pet's dmg by 5%. You can summon your pet with those 3 set items equipped and it'll maintain the +5% dmg increase as long as it's alive even after swapping to your normal gear.
Thank you for this, I figured this out aswell a week ago, and I didn't know/think about it during the making of the video, so I hope it's okay I pin your comment! As to the AQ set for 5% damage, it has been debunked by Warlock Discord as to not work
Well done sir! Well done! I've been running a lock since 2005 and played until 2017. Now I'm back just for classic Wrath. (Maybe Cata) This is by far one of the best breakdowns I've witnessed in all those years! Thank you for posting!
ooh plz no Cata that was the beginning of the end. Just look at the numbers - steady decline from there. They have said Wrath will be it, I hope so, but there are xpac's I'm sure others would like to play again. I'd go MoP -yes Ik some think it was a bit cartoony/panda's etc. But when it came to spending time in-game as I played through I have to say I really enjoyed it. There was always something fun to do and new clever things , own farm plot, buff items (think Lilly pad), all the 'Isles" a great end raid ++the BEST EVER chain quest & it was for our Fel Fire -I did it then hard mode & it was the Most challenging, fun quest I've ever done. I main'd a Warlock tho so....heh >
Blessings BACK!!!! Thank You sooooo much. Pretty sexy summing-up indeed!! I litterally watch the beginners' Guide first as you recommended. Then this one:D:D:D Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.
This video is so good, i typically sit around 90+ on any parse normally, Have a feeling that some of these pieces will push them. Good work man, subbed
Man this video helped me so much.. I’m up to like 4.3k gearscore on my lock doing no damage… like some fights I only do 3k at most and I never realized how many small mistakes I’ve been making
Hey man! I think you did a good job condensing the pnuances of affliction warlock gameplay. When I was playing affliction warlock, I used to practice alot by doing the following; 1. 3x dummy sandbox mode. Try to keep shadowsembrace & corr up on all 3. 2. Play 2v2/3v3 as affliction. 3. Use specific targetting macro for fights requiring a third target to damage (your target+focus+specific name). With the API-limitations of WOW, I had to make specific dot-tracker by name for the third target (but i guess boss1-2-3-etc can work now on this client). Look forward to your next video!
Thanks for the guide! Some good tips to supplement into my rotation! Awesome video! I have been doing pretty much the same thing, just those few bells and whistles to add a bit more damage was what I was really looking for and this video covered it great!!! I look forward to your more in-depth video for ulduar and your multi target rotation soon!
Mate both videos are amazing. I play warlock for many years. Please tell me the name of your dots weak aura. Looks very practical. Thanks in advance. Keep up great work
Quick question regarding execute phase. I sometimes accidentally cast drain soul right before the 25%; does that effect the dps? or does the dps adjust while casting drain soul once the target reaches 25%? Or, is it vitally important that I wait for the 25% to then cast? Great video! Thank you!
you should pretty much always weapon swap imo, as you can weapon swap during gcd, so you can have a macro with /cast corruption /equip main hand /equip off hand, and the only loss you will have is the difference between your hasted gcd and normal gcd, as weapon swapping incurrs a 1.5 sec gcd regardless of haste. You should also swap a wand for more crit as you can also swap it mid fight. Another small thing is you dont keep your other dots up because of soul siphon, soul siphon will be maxed by haunt shadow embrace and corruption already, they are just worth it as long as you get a full duration out of them
For sure, I have bis lists already available in my beginners affliction guide for T7, and once Blizzard releases the stats on the new updated ulduar gear, I will make bis lists for that too!
Excellent question. There's many factors to this question, using a nightfall procc right before boss dies to make a shadow bolt hit when the next drain tick couldnt hit, are u snapshotting huge drain souls or not and so on. The information i've gotten from sims and looking at all the top parsers as of right now, neither the sims or the players tend to use their Nightfall proccs
Great guide . I got a bit lost tho about the openers cuz in the first vid you start different than in the second vid. Is it okay if i start : SB>SB>UA>Corruption>Haunt> COA ? Everything else is pretty clear and helpful. Keep up the good work :)
Your opener doesn't matter too much, most important thing to remembeer is corruption > everything as soon as the crit debuffs are up it takes prio on all
Love the content! Question on all the shards we generate due to high use of drain soul during execution phase. Is there an add on or macro to help auto delete the shards after a certain number are in our bags? Thanks so much for all the detailed information!
Necrosis can do it for you, the way I do it as affliction is I stock like 20 soul shards in my bank, and since they're unique (32), I can never have more than 12 in my bags!
Another great video, thank you so much mate! Do you have a good pre raid bis gear list for wotlk? The ones I find seem to be really mixed and saying different things so I'd like to hear your take on it
Sorry for the late response, been having too much fun on WOTLK.... The pre raid bis gear list I never made, as i thought it too hard to acquire all the items you'd want in the short amount of time we had.
G'day mate, fantastic guide with some of the finer details included. Very nice. I have played Affliction many years myself also, from back in 09 to private servers etc. so have a lot of experience myself. I used to get such great dmg my guild often couldn't work out how lolz. #1 every week in ICC made the mages, DK's etc so sad. But as u said there are a LOT of little details & tweaks to maximize that dps, that were not so well known haha. Keep up the good work bro. btw what server r u on? Peace!!
So the first cast you did. You applied corruptions before shadow mastery was enabled onto the boss. You need to fill that global cooldown with something else before applying your corruption.
Brainlet here, why do you not want 3 stacks of Shadow Embrace before snapshotting corruption? Unless the stacking effect only applies to healing reduction and not the 5% damage dealt?
I use a bunch of WeakAuras, all of them to be found on my discord (invite link in description) - and then only a few addons for UI, like "Easy Frames, Bartender4 and Details"
So we should wait for dying curse proc then we use wild magic - shadow bolt- UA- haunt - corruption ? Thats the rotation for normal bosses that doesn’t have any damage or crit buff right? At 35 percent of the boss we re-apply corruption ? Or we lose the imprinted dying curse damage Everything was perfect and learnt really well but i would be happy to answer my question
Mostly because Haunt itself doesnt do good damage, and if you have haunt casted as first ability you have no dots on the target to benefit from haunts debuff
Hi mate, thanks so much for this vidéo. Im not that good in english but i really need answer. When you talk about snapshotting, i dont understand if i need to reaply my dot if i have a jewel proc, my dot will benefit thé spell poker even if i dont reaply them ? And same thing about siphon soul if i have a jewerly proc i need to wait my Last tick and reaply for my siphon soul benefit the huge amount of spell power that i gain. Thanks so much and keep the good work
Bro, honestly i came here for a basic rotation for a warlock, and i'm now 17 minutes in the video and haven't found a single basic rotation to do, alot of "if this would happen, if that would happen". Just explain the basic rotation please
Standing at max range might make the Shadow Embrace stacks from Haunt more annoying to time in execute phase due to travel time. It's doable, but feels more wonky. Assuming threat and mechanics aren''t an issue, standing a bit closer could make it feel smoother. Btw, is it worth using a Nightfall proc right after a tick of Drain Soul in the execute phase? As it refreshes SE I feel like it is. I'm new to Affliction so any thoughts are appreciated :)
Does snapping corruption with haste dont work? Like if engi gloves proc haste isnt it worth to re apply? You say its only crit and dmg % modifiers that works but i would like to make sure :). Im guessing it just shines when using drain soul as mentioned in your earlier vid.
Thank you for your question, "rolling" haste doesn't work either, it is refreshed every time u refresh your corruption when you have Quick Decay glyph!
You mean the dot timers I have in middle of my screen? It's a Weak Aura! All my weak auras can be found on my discord for free, invite link in the description of video! And if you have questions this is the best place to catch me and many other people who can help with questions!
Wonderful question, this is actually something I have never thought about before, as it's more important to just get it up asap. I will try to dig around to figure out, the sims aren't telling me much in this regard!
Firstly, I would figure out just how important each target is. Warcraftlogs are making rules on what mobs counts towards your damage in the logs. If eg. the Anub guardians do count, I would treat them as a pure multi-target all equal value as they can live for quite a while.
Do trinket proccs apply to your corruption? I know it doesn't roll - but e.g: Corruption is already applied -> My trinkets proc or I simply use them. Are these procs applied as soon as they proc, or do they apply after refreshing e.g. via shadow bolt? Because sometimes when I want to reapply my corruption at Boss health
Your current Spellpower is applied to your corruption, every time you refresh it via shadow bolt / drains / haunt etc! If it says a more powerful spell already active, you just gotta refresh it once more at your current spellpower!
@@Akk4798 If you download my WA on my discord (invite link in description of video), you can go to #warlock channel and take my corruption snapshot WA that shows if you need to refresh before u can hardcast another corruption
If you're talking about my dot-tracker between my player frame and target frame, it's a WeakAura, you can find it on my discord, the invite link is in the description!
Haha sadly/thankfully this will not be an issue. Warcraftlogs has already stated that tricks damage will be a category of its own, and not added to the specific players. An example of this can be found here in one of my beta logs: classic.warcraftlogs.com/reports/FzwpkLg89f7HrYWc/#type=damage-done&boss=-3&difficulty=0
