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I know that the felhunter was bugged recently causing less than optimal dps. I feel that it has optimal synthesis with affliction, but from what i've heard/ read the imp is currently superior for affliction raiding. Does anyone have a complete answer to as what pet to use?
Also, some WWS Parses of affliction on Patchwerk with an imp, and then also a Felhunter would be helpful!

I haven't played Affliction yet in 3.0, but from everything I have read on these forums, I am pretty sure that 2/3 Eradication is better than 3/3 Cataclysm.

In other words, I will suggest (54/0/17) as an improvement over your 56/0/15.

For sure, I think Dark Pact is a wasted talent in 25-man content, and even in 5-man and 10-man I don't see it saving your healers that much grief when you need to Life Tap. Warlocks are a pure dps class and we should spend every point on a talent that will increase our dps if at all possible.

Also, I think the point in Amplify Curse is wasted and should be spent for 1/2 Imp DS. As an Affliction Warlock spec'd into Malediction, you will only cast one curse per fight, so why worry about reducing the GCD? Better to reduce your threat and prolong the possible need for Soulshatter.

2 words: Moonkins, Deathknights

Looks great, I am not yet at hit cap so I won't be dropping points from those two talents yet, but I could drop Dark Pact and pickup a point in Fel Concentration which I see value in, or that extra point could move to ISB which would be better use then in Dark Pact. It does look like ISB does make a difference so putting extra points into it makes sense.

Your post makes no sense and tells me and the other readers absolutely nothing.

Ok, but how does that have anything to do with lowering the GCD on Curses only?

It affects curses because you will be using a damage curse (CoA) instead of a buff curse (CoE). The points in Malediction are spent purely for the 3% extra damage. The Balance Druid or Deathknight can maintain the 13% damage increase that CoE would normally provide without losing DPS, allowing the warlock to cast damage spells. This will therefore cause you to cast alot more than 1 curse, and so Amplify Curse will affect much more than just one cast. It's still a poor talent though.

So what you are saying is that CoE, EaM and EP don't stack? Sorry if this is old news, but I don't see why they don't stack because they don't do the same thing.

Even if they don't stack, 0.5GCD every 168sec is hardly worth a talent point in my opinion.

What he means, in optimal setting you should be casting CoA. Theorycrafting for million non-optimal setups is futile.

While 0,5 sec every 24 is nothing amazing, it will still produce more dps than Imp. DS, in optimal setting.

Yes, they don't stack. And where did you get 168 seconds from?

I would still put my points in improved drain soul or supression instead of fel concetration, just for the fact that supression still gives you more dps compared to fel concentration since it lowers the mana cost of your dots by a bit.

Hm, I guess so. Allthough DS being broken by splash damage is even worse.

Anyway, I still wonder whether it's best to fill out 5/5 ISB and completely leave out demonic power, or go with 3/5 ISB and 2/2 demo power

I’ve been thinking about this and IMO this would prob be the best way to go along the lines of the spec you posted

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You can move 1 out of Imp DS into Fel Conc for 3/3 if you want, I don’t have mana issues without it currently and IMO Amp Curse is a waste of a point.

I don't understand why we would even bother with specing out of Suppression. You should not gear for it, period. The lower aff tree is very limited in the amount of useful talents given you MUST put 15 talent points to advance past it. It takes 79 hit to account for the 3% hit you are losing(26.2x3= 78.6). Gearing for that seems excessive since your only reward would be 2/2 DS + 2/3 Fel Conc or 1/2 DS + 3/3 Fel Conc. 2/2 DS is a nonissue on bosses and Fel Conc can't begin to measure up to Suppression.

TL;DR
Suppression's DPS > any alternative given you must spend 15 points in the 1st 3 tiers of Aff

Amp curse might be a very little of use talent, but compared to one point in Fel Conc, amp curse would be a hole lot better tbh. Its not like your tanking while in raids.

Honestly dont know why so many people put 2 or 3 points into it, when they can be used for imp DS or suppression and gear more for spellpower instead of +hit that way.

Except you are sacrificing something for practictly nothing. Fel concentration is very situation and in current content there is little reason to bother getting it. Amplify curse and suppression are both much better choices. Perhaps in future content there will be a reason to get it but I don't see it right now.

with the pushback change, i don't really see a reason for it to ever to really be needed honestly

How is amp curse better than anything really?

Like a previous poster said, you don't need to sacrifice anything to get hitcapped when you're at a certain gear level. Fel concentration is a better filler in that case. I don't have mana issues and if you don't need the hit from talents, putting points in sup is wasted, just like putting points in Cataclysm.

Honestly I'd rather have our spell range increased/talent moved up. The short range of our magical spells without destructive reach and grim reach is annoying.

I'm not quite sure how you could see it this way. You're always sacrificing something for something else. Not having to get that 3% hit means you can get an item that puts those itemization points to use with more crit/haste/spellpower/ect.

Sorry if I'm not seeing the point or just missed it, but why am I seeing so many builds with the Amplify Curse talent? Sure it knocks .5 seconds off of my CoA and other curses, but nothing else is considered a curse. And what if I'm usually casting CoE, then it is of no real benefit to me. Is there something I'm not seeing?

For the main part you shouldn't usually be casting CoE, try convince your guild that a Boomkin/UnholyDK would really be worth it. Past that, it's not amazing, but it's better than the alternatives (assuming you're CoAing).