Well what can I say about the new design for Warlocks in World of Warcraft? They're now awesome! Each spec has its own resource in addition to Mana. Affliction has Soul Shards, something familiar with a twist. Demonology has Demonic Fury which allows quick changing between normal and Demon forms allowing you to multi dot with the unique dots available to each form. Destruction has burning embers which are a completely new addition.
In this post i'm going to discuss affliction as it has always been my ideal spec. As a foreword I'd just like to say that when I first logged into 5.0.4 I was a little overwhelmed at what I saw, most importantly where the hell was my shadowbolt that blizzard had forced me to use? After a short plough through my spell book I was even more confused all my spells had different names and where was my bane of doom? After frantically searching the screen for an answer I spied the core abilities tab. Agony, Corruption, Unstable Affliction, Malefic Grasp, Haunt and Drain Soul. What the heck is Malefic Grasp you might ask? Well it's a new shiny affliction only spell that deals damage while adding 50% of your DOTs damage on top for every tick while it's ticking. Haunt now increases your critical hit chance for its duration. Soul burn + Soul Swap applies all three dots in one hit. Demon Soul is now called Dark Soul: Misery which is an awesome buff that increases spell haste by 30% for 20 seconds (I hear a nerf bat coming, best enjoy it while we can!). Drain Soul should be used below 20% health on any opponent as it regenerates soul shards but also deals 200% damage and an additional 100% damage to your DOTs that are on the target, did anyone ask for an execute spell? 'Cause we just got an awesome one!
All in all I'm very pleased with the changes and love Warlocks have received this expansion the rotation is still complicated but simple enough to break down and learn and adapt to situations. And our output? Well I'm pleased enough with being up there on the top end of raid recount!
Well done Blizzard, you gave me a reason to love my Warlock again!
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