Glyph of Corruption is a very poor choice because you won’t get much extra out of it. Where you put the 3 extra points is not that important but I personally found that Improved Felhunter 2/2 and Intensity 1/2 would give me the highest DPS. Improved Drain Soul is not very useful as it only reduces the threat from your Affliction spells and does not affect Shadow Bolt threat making the total threat reduce in the order of 6-7% for 1/2 Imp DS. It is also possible to drop points from Fel Concentration and take Amplify Curse or Improved Life Tap instead. So in this case 2x23 SP is the better choice This one is a bit complicated so therefore we will calculate the DPS gains again via the DPS Scaling Factors Chart.ġx12 SP 10 Spirit + 1x12 SP 10 Haste + 7 SP Socket Bonus ≈ 106 DPSR 7 SP is >5 SP so in this case gem 12 SP 10 Spirit in the Blue Socketġ Blue Socket, 1 Yellow Socket and a 7 SP Socket Bonus. Red Sockets are not counted towards the bonus since a Red Socket is always 23 SP, so you count this as if it was 1 Blue Socket and a 7 SP Socket Bonus. The Bonus is NOT >5 SP so in this case gem 23 SPġ Blue Socket, 1 Red Socket and a 7 SP Socket Bonus. I’ll give a couple of examples to show how it works.ġ Blue Socket and a 5 Spell Power Socket Bonus. (you can also calculate the DPSR for each scenario but that takes more time)ġ: Do you meet the requirements for your Meta Gem which requires at least 2x12 SP 10 Spirit gems.Ģ: is the Socket Bonus >5 Spell Power (For this only count the non-red Sockets) **To determine whether to use a 12 SP 10 Spirit gem in a Blue Socket or not you can follow some simple rules.
So it is more beneficial to reach the cap with 12 SP 10 Hit gems if that is possible.
Example: you lack 20 Hit till cap, you have 2 Yellow Sockets so you can gem in 2 waysġ: 1x20 Hit, 1x12 SP 10 Haste -> DPS Rating following DPS Scaling Factors chartĢ: 2x12 SP 10 Hit -> 20x2.68+24x2.43 ≈ 112 DPSR *It is better to first fill up all your yellow sockets with 12 SP 10 Hit before gemming 20Hit gems. Yellow: 12 Spell Power 10 Haste (Hit Capped) or 12 SP 10 Hit / 20 Hit (Not Hit Capped)*īlue: 12 Spell Power 10 Spirit or 23 Spell Power** Red: 23 Spell Power no exception unless severely under hit capped. Now that we know the stat priority it is fairly easy to determine what gems to use: **At high gear levels (264+) Crit and Spirit are about even, however for lower geared affliction warlocks Spirit is better. Then finally if you play alliance and you have a Dreanei in your group you get another 1% hit which makes hard hit cap 10%. Furthermore it is highly advised that the suppression talent is taken which provides another 3% hit, bringing the cap to 11%. When doing this keep in mind that if playing with Shadow Priest or Balance Druid in the raid they will provide 3% hit which brings the cap down to 14%. *Hit Rating: it is absolutely vital that you reach hard hit cap which is 17%. Hit Rating* > Spell Power > Haste > Crit / Spirit** In this chart the Spirit came out higher than the Crit because it was made using my own gear and I currently have more crit on my gear than spirit, which favored the spirit in the scaling. Programs like Rawr use similar charts like this to calculate the DPS gain from items, this is one that I made myself so the calculations you find may differ a bit. These numbers are by no means the exact DPS gain from the stats but they can be used to compare them to each other so I will use the term DPSR (DPS Rating) instead of just DPS. This chart shows how much DPS Rating you would gain for getting 1 point extra in the stat. To summarize Affliction > Demonology (with buff) > Destruction Maybe later I will write a more detailed comparison of the specs but for now this is enough. Demonology has the added benefit of providing a raid buff. While they can keep up fairly well especially when standing still, the moment movement comes into play they will lose to affliction. Next to that are Demonology and Destruction. And you’ll see it stand out on any movement intense fight, of which there are a lot in ICC. Combine that with excellent DPS while moving. The comparison is done for ICC gear levels which is average ilvl 251 or above.Īffliction is technically the highest DMG spec for warlocks in 3.3.5 and will give you the most damage on most fights.
Let’s first discuss the spec in comparison to the other warlock specs. How do Dots work and the Refresh Mechanic work Affliction in Comparison to other Warlock Specs
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