Alright i have a 70 lock and im entering arena soon so im wondering whats the best spec for it.
Right now my spec is 43/7/11 *i was told this was a good spec for pvp*
Please tell me your comments about diffrent specs... This is pvp only...
Thank you very much
SL/SL....what else?
(well, it really depends on who you are going with, and is it 2v2, 3v3 .etc .etc?)
pvp build would be
30\0\31
but my lvl70 lock is perfect with 20\0\41
cus i like instant damg and my armor is epic spell damg armor so i really focus on do hi crits as fast as possible with AOE control and try 2 stay away from damg x]] without fearing unless necasary
Ive tried several specs and found that speed is the best thing for my play style. I like the speed of affliction compared to the burst damge of destruction. As for demo go roll a huntard if you want to depend on a pet like that IMO.
Alot of people swear by Soul Link but instant HoT is where my money is. I go with a 40/0/21 that includes 6 instant casts one being SB for that almighty Killing blow. Also CoE is a great option in almost any PvP situation. Plus the instant casts can really help over come differences in gear. THIS IS A VERY FAST SPEC and is best used in constant motion. If you do not kyte go with destruction as the damage is greater, however if you dont like to stand still this is an exelent build and is even effective vs top dps malee class toons. If u spec this build right you can maximize shadow damage with Shadow Mastery and Ruin. Improved shadow bolt makes for a 2.5 cast time and crits for 3.5-4k. Nightfall will give u a bonus instant cast when it procs. If u can use ur other dots effectivly along with drain life nightfall will proc ever 5-6 casts. Dont forget spell hit rating and bonus damage are top priority even more than stamina.
Hope this helps Baldlock-Nazgrel
Errr....UA is better than ruin until you have 30% talented crit (non-affected by resilience), and 1000+ (I think) spell damage.
Also, thats if you have maxed +hit. If not, get more crit/dmg
UA > Ruin for dps. Also DoT's (unaffected by LoS) can't crit, so Ruin does squat for them. Believe me, you don't want to be locked out of shadow school by some random effect (no fear!).
But yes, it is fun.
ruin is for the SB and it works great after a fear u can crit 4k the dl till nitefall procs and get another 4k instant cast.
well u should try the specc 21/17/23 i think could work good....just built it in talent calculator.... the link is:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/warlock/talents.html?1500220500230100000002050030133000000000000505000512200210000000
and 0/33/28 can be for raids.... cya hope u enjoy if u try it
Please don't go that deep into affliction build just to get nightfall. People will think you're a nooblock who couldn't let go of his affliction levelling build.
Want to go EZmode PvE and you don't mind the risk of pulling aggro off of the tank beyond your control? Go affliction. If you want to shadowbolt, take a look at the "cookie cutter" demonology build. In love with manabreaks and want to pwn stuff in a matter or seconds so they won't know what hit them? Go destruction. Want to be a tough nut to crack and are willing to sacrifice most of your DPS? Go SL/SL.
Anything else and you're just trying to reinvent the wheel IMO.
IMO i make sure u get some in demo to get ur stamina and intellect up. If u like to crit or just hit with spell damage go destruction with that lil bit of demo but if ur into pvp and just letting the other player die id go aff with that lil bit of demo.
Affliction is way more fun, but less effective than SL/SL. And with these new lifetap nerfs, stamina is detrimental to raid mana effeciency. More sta=less effecient mana regen.
For pvp, There is 3 specs:
1. SL/SL 24/37/0
2. Demonology 7/43/11
3. Destruction 5/5/51
Any questions?
Okay, I leveled from 10-70 as a pure afflic spec. I don't recomend that btw. But Demo is more for grinding than PvP, but it can be done, and done quite well. Afflic is very good for PvP if you're just starting out. After awhile you'll want to branch out a little though. Personally I'm SL/SL and this can be played one of two ways. You can sacrifice your Succy and go Afflic with a 15% shadow boost, or you can sacrfice your Imp and go destruc with a 15% fire boost. OR you can go the third way and keep your void out and keep up Soul Link and Fel Armor. Then 20% of your damage will go to him and you can get that health back easily with a load of spammed siphon lives and drain lives. But this set is much better after you get some nice purples to tie it off with. In the end its all about experimenting to find the right spec for you.
I am 2240 2s 2300 3s and 2300 5s, till my hunter went crazy!
Speaking from experience you dont want to ever go destruction unless you find some crazy control 2s with double damage or a 4-5
dps team on 5s. Sl/Sl is what i am and it seems to be working, felguard works extremely well too if your group has mulitple casters like a ele sham war pali priest warlock team in 5s which will always get you atleast 1850 with gear. Ua is always an option but you really have only 1 survivalability move and thats instant howl. Good luck waiting on that 40 second cooldown while the rogue i play with kills you in a stun lock. If i dont deathcoil he can flawless me in a duel, soulink is a must.
ok just an idea:
41/9/11
gives you unstable afflic, +stam bonuses and health funnel bonuses for PvE, and shadowburn, which=
Death Coil
Corruption
Shadowburn
Curse of Agony
Siphon Life
and with Shadow Trance the odd IC shadowbolt.
this build requires lots of mana if you're not such a good manager, but thats why we get Siphon Life/ Life Tap/ Health Funnel combo for efficiency
also some like 40/0/21 for ruin, but no unstable afflic then :(
^^^^^^^^
The guy is correct, but it may be a bad idea because you'll die super-fast without Soul Link (Arena). Also you have Dark Pact for farming so no mana efficiency worries (or Lifetap and ask for a HoT). Very fun, though. Coincidentally my Warlock is specced like that.