Very nice vid m8 seriously ive been watching tons of warlocks vids but none of them were as good compared to your Destro and demo lock guid thnx m8 keep up the good work
Excellent video - Not too much I wasn't familiar with, but you've inspired me to take up PowerAuras, and the imp casting macro should be a nice addition to my repertoire. I'll be showing this to newer locks in my guild, great job.
I've been altering my gear to focus much more on haste I finally have more haste than crit :p. Tbh if you get the spamming of moves right the haste does make a really big difference probably less in this spec than affliction but its still noticeable. Don't forget destruction is really dependant on RNG and so you may get lucky with conflag crits and have pyroclasm most of the fight and get a lot more dps overall.
@rigel559 Corruption will only increase your dps if you are moving alot. Conflag should always be cast as soon as possible even if immolate has 0.1secs left as the damage buff it provides outweights the loss of a quick incinerate. Learn your immolate duration during backdraft and try to avoid clipping. I thought what you think now but I can't argue with lots of testing in raids :p.
@Streetstyles2006 @juan112341 Quartz :) you can enable the lag area with the quartz latency option and the main castbar is the quartz player castbar. It also adds a GCD blip to the bottom of your bar that I find useful.
Quick question. Do you know if leaving out corruption provides greater dps? Personally I've always rolled with corruption in my set of spells and usually beat any other destruction guildmate or warlock in general. What are your thoughts?
@Brainiz619Enigma You should generally gem +23 Spell Power in nearly all cases unless the socket bonus is > 4.5SP PER SOCKET. Yellow sockets gem with +12 SP 10 Haste and Blue with +12 SP 10 Spirit. If the socket bonus is anything other than SP just gem pure SP.
thx 4 such nice guidance help me a lot . i m new wow player and lost more time not knowing and makeing more mistakes if i only see ur vidoes earlyer . Thanks again wander if u have similar for some other classes?
Tbh I do cast it even when immo is about to run out as long as you are aware that the hasted immo may clip and wait a tad longer you should be fine. I wouldn't say its a waste of the haste buff as delaying conflag would be more of a dps loss.
@greatillusionist Why would you not put CB after conflag, in case of Pyroclasm? Makes no sense, CB does substantially higher damage than incinerate, therefore pyroclasm would benefit CB more.
@KakaFrokgr Imp, but deactivate the stealth that the imps have. Imp gives you a 100% chance of crit when he does crit, and the bloodpact is great in raids.
Depending on the gear you have, nowadays you shouldn't need Suppression, I'm currently at 5.6k GS, mostly 251 and a couples of 264 and I have my hit cap without any hit gems nor hit talent. If your raiding as a destro lock, I'd recommend grabbing these 3 points in suppresion and putting them in Soul Leech and improved soul leech, give's one of the best mana-regen, raid-wide, and helps everyone out.
What do you think about this: Some people say that it's not smart to cast Conflagrate when your Immolate is about to wear off so you don't waste the haste buff on immolate since you will most likely be clipping into the GCD?
@MrGregorzz when your spirit drops too low (as it will do with most ICC 25 gear) immolate glyph will improve your dps and make your life easier (also increasing dps) now immolate ticks can crit it's even better. Give it a try.
you should really use spellstone instead of firestone. because it adds more haste although firestone seems it should go with anything having to do with fire
Great guide man. I see that you have the glyph of life tap timer set up on Power Auras. Could you please tell me how to set that up in Power Auras? Thanks a lot.
@kpc174 ur right, but sadly.Destro is a burst specc and if you get etc 14k in a burst but what about the dmg? you can't burst an entire fight.. so id say, add corr and there is a huge global coldown when you use conflag. i do (curse,immo,corr,and then conflag,chaos and ins spam) im on steady 13k dps in 10man,tho depends on boss;P
i do 5.9k dps at 5092 dps, i use the same rotation as you, only slightly different, i dont use CoA as it seems a pointless waste of time to use it also i use chaos bolt before conflagrate as there is a slight delay between when immolate is used and conflag is ready so chaos makes a good use of the time wating
Stupid question.... grant it, its been over a year since I played the game last, back then I could not spam incenerate with out pulling massive aggro. Whats changed?
so as a 70 Destro Lock should I take Glyph of Chaos Bolt or Conflagrate?....seems like conflagrate is a no brainer, but the 2 sec cast decrease also seems viable..cheers...
About the Soul Leech Spec. I've seen alot of people use Glyph of Immolate with that spec. But i doubt that i have enough SP. Is there any SP Cap for it?
well optec, your rotation helps me a lot , cz i was like Immolate conflagrate, CB and incinerate, but i really cant get it, why you have to make a macro about imp? cheers m8, very good guide
Take SP tbh :p I was practising Affliction before I filmed this. I think with the proc rate of BM you end up with something equivalent to 60-70 haste constantly and for affliction and good gear that is better than 63SP constantly. But this isn't really the case for destro as haste doesn't scale as well.
@VIZZANITYisS1K Unfortunately I moved house after making the last video and haven't had alot of time to make videos :-(. Also although I can play affliction I haven't done too many 'field tests' with it. I haven't felt too comfortable making the affliction guide and as my time is limited due to personal reasons ATM I'm not sure if I will be making it atall :-(. If I get more time I'd like to add some advanced tips for destruction and maybe a Power Auras for locks guide :-).
I'm using the macro on incinerate and immolate and it works great but for conflagrate and chaos bolt i lost the ability to see their cds is there and addons to fix this?
@Optec I am going to become very serious in getting a lv80 destruction warlock gnome . I just a 1 month subscription with WOW. I can't seem to install bartender addon. Can you help me. Do I have to uninstall and reinstall again?
I usually open with immolate > shadowfury > conflagrate > Curse > chaos bolt > incinerate > incinerate shadowfury because it's almost completely off gcd and hits multiple targets for around 2k and also stuns them. I hit around 5.2k dps but my gearscore is only around 4.9k
I have 708 haste, and 3.2 k spell power on my lock. My gems were mostly spell power but I received most of my haste from my gear and from the spellstone. Though I lose + direct spell dmg I get tons of haste and + periodic dmg.
I was trying affliction before I filmed this although people have suggested its still better than +63SP for destruction although I can't provide a reference for that :)
Very nice vid m8 seriously ive been watching tons of warlocks vids but none of them were as good compared to your Destro and demo lock guid thnx m8 keep up the good work
Excellent video - Not too much I wasn't familiar with, but you've inspired me to take up PowerAuras, and the imp casting macro should be a nice addition to my repertoire.
I'll be showing this to newer locks in my guild, great job.
Well i gotta say, i helped my cousin bout this topic, and used your Guide..
His dps increased from 3.4k till 4.8k (From Affliction till Destruction) !
Dude, with this guide you've increased my dps by about 1k :x
Can't wait to get in ICC with it now x3
Thanks a lot champ!
x
I've been altering my gear to focus much more on haste I finally have more haste than crit :p. Tbh if you get the spamming of moves right the haste does make a really big difference probably less in this spec than affliction but its still noticeable. Don't forget destruction is really dependant on RNG and so you may get lucky with conflag crits and have pyroclasm most of the fight and get a lot more dps overall.
great video. can you tell me pls what addon are you using for showing the lag on your cast bar as a red zone?
hey nice guide :) btw what enchant do u use for dagger? sp one or black magic?
@rigel559 Corruption will only increase your dps if you are moving alot. Conflag should always be cast as soon as possible even if immolate has 0.1secs left as the damage buff it provides outweights the loss of a quick incinerate. Learn your immolate duration during backdraft and try to avoid clipping. I thought what you think now but I can't argue with lots of testing in raids :p.
@Streetstyles2006 @juan112341 Quartz :) you can enable the lag area with the quartz latency option and the main castbar is the quartz player castbar. It also adds a GCD blip to the bottom of your bar that I find useful.
Hey nice dps! :) But i have one question,it's a little stupid,but what are ur addons?
@bunnynightmare Just right-click on the phase shift ability, this will cancel the ''auto-cast''
Quick question. Do you know if leaving out corruption provides greater dps? Personally I've always rolled with corruption in my set of spells and usually beat any other destruction guildmate or warlock in general.
What are your thoughts?
I really like your videos... they are not long and are very helpful.
Hey nice dps! :) but i need one question,it's a little stupid but...can u tell me ur addons? :)
@Brainiz619Enigma You should generally gem +23 Spell Power in nearly all cases unless the socket bonus is > 4.5SP PER SOCKET. Yellow sockets gem with +12 SP 10 Haste and Blue with +12 SP 10 Spirit. If the socket bonus is anything other than SP just gem pure SP.
thx 4 such nice guidance help me a lot . i m new wow player and lost more time not knowing and makeing more mistakes if i only see ur vidoes earlyer . Thanks again wander if u have similar for some other classes?
Tbh I do cast it even when immo is about to run out as long as you are aware that the hasted immo may clip and wait a tad longer you should be fine. I wouldn't say its a waste of the haste buff as delaying conflag would be more of a dps loss.
Is this a better raid spec compared to Demonology? And what do i gem into my gear for Destro? thanks. By the Way great video!
@greatillusionist
Why would you not put CB after conflag, in case of Pyroclasm? Makes no sense, CB does substantially higher damage than incinerate, therefore pyroclasm would benefit CB more.
Great vid! Just what i need :D Will be w8ing for ur nxt vid
Thx alot
@KakaFrokgr Imp, but deactivate the stealth that the imps have. Imp gives you a 100% chance of crit when he does crit, and the bloodpact is great in raids.
this guide is really good =) i got alot better dps now! thx, hope you can make more videos :D! 5/5
Depending on the gear you have, nowadays you shouldn't need Suppression, I'm currently at 5.6k GS, mostly 251 and a couples of 264 and I have my hit cap without any hit gems nor hit talent. If your raiding as a destro lock, I'd recommend grabbing these 3 points in suppresion and putting them in Soul Leech and improved soul leech, give's one of the best mana-regen, raid-wide, and helps everyone out.
Dude, love your video,it's really helpful.Can you tell me name of the addon if it's not a problem?
What do you think about this:
Some people say that it's not smart to cast Conflagrate when your Immolate is about to wear off so you don't waste the haste buff on immolate since you will most likely be clipping into the GCD?
@MrGregorzz when your spirit drops too low (as it will do with most ICC 25 gear) immolate glyph will improve your dps and make your life easier (also increasing dps) now immolate ticks can crit it's even better. Give it a try.
you should really use spellstone instead of firestone. because it adds more haste although firestone seems it should go with anything having to do with fire
Great guide man. I see that you have the glyph of life tap timer set up on Power Auras. Could you please tell me how to set that up in Power Auras? Thanks a lot.
@kpc174 ur right, but sadly.Destro is a burst specc and if you get etc 14k in a burst but what about the dmg? you can't burst an entire fight.. so id say, add corr and there is a huge global coldown when you use conflag. i do (curse,immo,corr,and then conflag,chaos and ins spam) im on steady 13k dps in 10man,tho depends on boss;P
i do 5.9k dps at 5092 dps, i use the same rotation as you, only slightly different, i dont use CoA as it seems a pointless waste of time to use it
also i use chaos bolt before conflagrate as there is a slight delay between when immolate is used and conflag is ready so chaos makes a good use of the time wating
and one more thing, should you got for Haste or crit as Destro?
Why not use Corruption in the rotation as well?
is there any chance you made this video 3:35 long on purpose? xD
thanks again for another great guide.
keep it up!
Stupid question.... grant it, its been over a year since I played the game last, back then I could not spam incenerate with out pulling massive aggro. Whats changed?
so as a 70 Destro Lock should I take Glyph of Chaos Bolt or Conflagrate?....seems like conflagrate is a no brainer, but the 2 sec cast decrease also seems viable..cheers...
LOVE your lock vids...very good work TY
That ring around the warlock is an addon?
Pretty good guide mate :)
Why do you not use Corruption?
what addon is on your cast bar. The one showing the red lag area?
thnx alot dude. i really didnt get destro much.
this helped =]
About the Soul Leech Spec. I've seen alot of people use Glyph of Immolate with that spec. But i doubt that i have enough SP. Is there any SP Cap for it?
Dont really get the Imp macro to work, Should the imp allwys attack the same target as u?
in this patch, what spec do u think would be best for dps? because a lot of my guild mates say aff, but when i try i suck at it.
well optec, your rotation helps me a lot , cz i was like Immolate conflagrate, CB and incinerate, but i really cant get it, why you have to make a macro about imp?
cheers m8, very good guide
Take SP tbh :p I was practising Affliction before I filmed this. I think with the proc rate of BM you end up with something equivalent to 60-70 haste constantly and for affliction and good gear that is better than 63SP constantly. But this isn't really the case for destro as haste doesn't scale as well.
only for me the macro dont work?
Oh btw... Black Magic enchant?
@twilightspell Actually he shouldnt be using corruption as a destruction lock.
Could you upload your UI somewhere by any chance its great everything is set out nicely and looks clean.
As A Destro lock should i get a staff or 1h and a off hand.. or which ever one is an upgrade?
imp or felhunter for destruction!???
Do you use corruption in ur Rotation too?
I have a kind of problem that my imp always runs out of mana...
Any ides what can I do?
hey can u tell me what ur addons are? i love how they are all set up.
and as for enchants? should i go with SP or Black magic?
As a destro lock what spells should I use on group pulls in heroics?
help me i have 5k gs and i am using the same rotation but i only do half of what your doing what should i do i do 3.3dps selfbuffed
@TygriusDetheroc maximizing dps is for tools.... a good raider specs according to raid support, not personal flaunting
May I ask why not toss a corruption in there since it's insta cast?
nice video, good information :D
gj dude
What was the cast bar addon he aws using?
@VIZZANITYisS1K Unfortunately I moved house after making the last video and haven't had alot of time to make videos :-(. Also although I can play affliction I haven't done too many 'field tests' with it. I haven't felt too comfortable making the affliction guide and as my time is limited due to personal reasons ATM I'm not sure if I will be making it atall :-(. If I get more time I'd like to add some advanced tips for destruction and maybe a Power Auras for locks guide :-).
God i miss those times.. Please comeback back to wow :((((
I'm using the macro on incinerate and immolate and it works great but for conflagrate and chaos bolt i lost the ability to see their cds is there and addons to fix this?
if you go CB then Conflag, the Conflag hits first and the CB gets the bonus :)
you dont use corruption ? :)
Great guide like always
@Optec I am going to become very serious in getting a lv80 destruction warlock gnome . I just a 1 month subscription with WOW. I can't seem to install bartender addon. Can you help me.
Do I have to uninstall and reinstall again?
Good stuff! Thank you Optec :)
I usually open with immolate > shadowfury > conflagrate > Curse > chaos bolt > incinerate > incinerate
shadowfury because it's almost completely off gcd and hits multiple targets for around 2k and also stuns them. I hit around 5.2k dps but my gearscore is only around 4.9k
What do you do so you can see how many seconds there is left on your spells ?
what were your addons
do you have any more 80s?
What about coruption dot?
in what server are you playing
what is the server u are playing on ?
what stats do u aim for while rolling for gear and what gems do u use?
how do you add that Imp macro on incinerate? is it one line ?
how should I gem? should I gem all spell power or what?
what do u stack first???
As always nice helpful vid, thanks
do you have an affliction video like this 1, thanx
what addon are you help with lag casting on your cast bar?
I have 708 haste, and 3.2 k spell power on my lock. My gems were mostly spell power but I received most of my haste from my gear and from the spellstone. Though I lose + direct spell dmg I get tons of haste and + periodic dmg.
Can you make an affliction guide like thiss please?
Im kinda noobish with wow. So plz be nice to me. My question is what do you go for on the stats? Intellect + spellpower or? PLz reply
would give you a 5/5 but all i can do is this lame thumbs yp??, W/E thanks for the tips.
can't get that macro to work? :S
what is that addon ur useing
whats the song name
What is hit cap ? i mean 550?
Do you ever use drain soul with this spec (except when you want a shard)?
hey wat addons do u use
perdonar pero me podrias de cri los addon que tien este video
What statistics are most vital?
I was trying affliction before I filmed this although people have suggested its still better than +63SP for destruction although I can't provide a reference for that :)
As calls this Addon that shows the time of Life Tap?
Cant you make on Power auras so you can jsut import the set plz?
Really nice video, thanks alot of doing it!