Infraction for Aphex-: Useless Post

◊ Kaubel · 04/10/08, 8:35 AM

Post: [Warlock] PVE Raiding Compendium
User: Aphex-
Infraction: Useless Post
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

It has been discussed and it can be answered with the spreadsheet, and you can't get any better "at those kinds of things" without trying more.

Original Post:

Due to the great mix/max efforts that the challenges of Sunwell face our raids, particularly Brutallus, I've taken it upon myself to spec as our guild's affliction warlock, as the benefits of Malediction + Shadow Embrace outweigh (IMO) the benefits of additional DPS from the standard destro bulid. Self sustainability is also a perk, as being to Drain Life for +1000/sec at times is invaluable. Having been disappointed in the amount of DPS an affliction warlock could do with a UA spec while remaining in a tank group with zero synergy(for imp, part of our strategy to max tank HP), I chose to try out a different spec and was surprised at the results.

38/2/21, based on the old-school SM/RUIN builds, takes all the affliction goodies (Malediction, 5/5 Embrace, Dark Pact), along with Ruin and 2/3 improved imp. While my gear at the moment was sub-optimal for the spec (wrong meta, gimp boots), I was able to pull off higher than I expected DPS.
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My question to Sunwell warlocks with an affliction spec: Have you had more success with a UA build or one similar to my own? What kind of DPS numbers should I be aiming for on Brutallus as affliction?

If this has been answered before, or can be answered with the spreadsheet then sorry, but I'm very bad at those kind of things.