Originally Posted by Demi9OD
I'm new to this but unless you are taking consistent damage I don't believe SL is worth the global or mana to cast.
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What do you base that on?
This is a screenshot of my main hotbar with DrDamage showing average values for what the different spells will hit for. As you can see, my shadowbolt will average for less than SL, despite taking around 1 second longer to cast, assuming 1.5sec GCD. Note that the numbers for Shadowbolt factor in crit. Now, I don't have Devastation (trying to combine pvp- and pve-specs ftl) but that wouldn't push my average Shadowbolt much higher than 1703.
So for me, the Damage Per Second Per Cast for SL is ~1213, but only 665.6 for Shadowbolt, which is what you would of course fill the time you suddenly had to spare if you didn't use SL.
I chose to use a picture for this because DrDamage is a great addon, and it's values are very consistent with my calculations as well as my in-game parses, so I really want to promote it's use. And also because a picture says more than a thousand words ;-).
This assumes that SL will tick it's entire duration of course.
A bit off-topic: With SL and DP with a buffed pet, you are more or less self-sustained, barring AoE-damage. The only healing I recieved last Prince was when I had the axes on me, no Drain Life either. With 3-piece Frozen Shadowweave an affliction lock is just disgustingly good for sustained single-target dps from range (it more or less negates your need for a beefed up pet).