hmm fuck sleeping i have to correct some previous posts.
russian0609, no you did not crit curator for 35k. for those that are unaware, CoD, curse of doom, cannot crit, it is a dot and dots never crit. it does however scale 200% of your spell damage. a
nd to explain curator situation, every couple of minutes curator goes into evocation or whatever, best thing to do is to pop trinket and amplify curse and then CoD one minute before this happens as when he goes into evocation the damage he takes will be increased by a rediculous amount for a short while and you will find your CoD HITTING for an insane amount. just like in the netherspite fight while in the blue beam you stick CoD on right at the end of the portal phase when the damage buff will have stacked heaps and your CoD will hit extremely hard.
please note that these are not crits, just huge hits. dont get it mixed up or you will be called a nub by any locks that know anything.
hmm play styles are totally different also.
for affliction my dps rotation is pretty much
CoA/CoD > by UA > Corr > SS > Immo > Shadowbolt spam. SB is still an incredibly vital part of affliction dps which is why all afflic locks should have points in improved sb and whichever one below it that reduces cast time in the destro tree. It is also important to keep as many dots up as much as you can. there is not set dot rotation as the all have different durations and you will occasionaly get a resist or whatever that will throw you off a bit. it all comes with practice. Try to cast your dots so they renew just as they have their last tick so as to maximise mana efficiency for the damage you are doing.
for destro things are much more simple. the general tactic is as follows.
CoD/CoA (or CoE/CoS if you are asked to do so to improve raid dps) followed by shadow bolt spam, keeping your curse up throughout your shadow bolt spammage.
sometimes it is better to let tank get threat when it can be a good idea do something like stick your curse on, corruption, immolate and then shadow bolt spam, then going back to the standard curse and sb spam.
some argue that having 2 dots on improves dps, most disagree.
this is often dependant on the fight, if it is one where you must move around lots it can be better to stack up more dots so as to continue dps when you cannot just stand and deliver.
please note that all the above stuff is pretty much for raiding, i dont really care about pvp. i prefer afflic when pvp and thats about all i can say
russian0609, no you did not crit curator for 35k. for those that are unaware, CoD, curse of doom, cannot crit, it is a dot and dots never crit. it does however scale 200% of your spell damage. a
nd to explain curator situation, every couple of minutes curator goes into evocation or whatever, best thing to do is to pop trinket and amplify curse and then CoD one minute before this happens as when he goes into evocation the damage he takes will be increased by a rediculous amount for a short while and you will find your CoD HITTING for an insane amount. just like in the netherspite fight while in the blue beam you stick CoD on right at the end of the portal phase when the damage buff will have stacked heaps and your CoD will hit extremely hard.
please note that these are not crits, just huge hits. dont get it mixed up or you will be called a nub by any locks that know anything.
hmm play styles are totally different also.
for affliction my dps rotation is pretty much
CoA/CoD > by UA > Corr > SS > Immo > Shadowbolt spam. SB is still an incredibly vital part of affliction dps which is why all afflic locks should have points in improved sb and whichever one below it that reduces cast time in the destro tree. It is also important to keep as many dots up as much as you can. there is not set dot rotation as the all have different durations and you will occasionaly get a resist or whatever that will throw you off a bit. it all comes with practice. Try to cast your dots so they renew just as they have their last tick so as to maximise mana efficiency for the damage you are doing.
for destro things are much more simple. the general tactic is as follows.
CoD/CoA (or CoE/CoS if you are asked to do so to improve raid dps) followed by shadow bolt spam, keeping your curse up throughout your shadow bolt spammage.
sometimes it is better to let tank get threat when it can be a good idea do something like stick your curse on, corruption, immolate and then shadow bolt spam, then going back to the standard curse and sb spam.
some argue that having 2 dots on improves dps, most disagree.
this is often dependant on the fight, if it is one where you must move around lots it can be better to stack up more dots so as to continue dps when you cannot just stand and deliver.
please note that all the above stuff is pretty much for raiding, i dont really care about pvp. i prefer afflic when pvp and thats about all i can say