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Demonology Does Not Suck
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Post by
Kiriela
I just wanted to throw it out to the warlock community that a player that understands the proper rotation, when to blow meta/trinkets and so on can still perform excellently in demonology. In mostly epics with a few blues, I stand at 2.7k dps - 3.5k dps when meta is running. Average is close to 2.9-3k dps. 3k dps for the 'weak' spec without any ulduar gear is pretty IMBA if you ask me. Not only that, but if there is no elemental shaman, I'm providing the raid with 200+ spell power as well. Which increases the casters dps and the healers hps. So, if you add the dps/hps that you bring, (circumstantial) I daresay that demonology may be one of the best raid specs presently. It scales incredibly well too. Just thought I'd let all the aspiring demonologists out there know, that if you can play well, this is a challenging and incredibly fun spec to try.
One thing to be weary of.. is threat. I CANNOT in 3.1 go full-out dps as demonolgy without pulling threat on trash pulls. My tanks are amazing, but I just put out that much threat. Meta + Trinket + Immolation aura + Rain of fire = you're going to get hit. I don't pop trinket in that situation, and usually I flash yellow, but don't take threat. Usually. Sometimes, it's inevitable.
Post by
asakawa
well, you're right about meta builds having a very strong place in a well managed raiding group but you really shouldn't have mentioned numbers.
they've really undermined your point.
one thing though... "It scales incredibly well too."
this is a phrase that gets used far too often. demo specs do not scale well. they have terrible talents as far scaling is concerned. they need all those talents which boost the character sheet numbers just to make the spells rival those of the other specs with their much lower numbers.
anyway, i don't think your post is likely to convince anyone who thought demo specs were bad so you're probably preaching to the choir here...
Post by
LookOut
using immolation aura on a trash pack is ASKING for aggro. Really, leave it for boss fights. And not even the beginning of a boss fight, use it after the tank has a significant threat lead.
I just want to say, as a demo lock myself, that people did not see demo as a weak spec. It's just a spec with lower personal dps compared to destro and affliction. It is however a spec with nice raid buffs. I recently respecced to include DemoPact into my build, and I'm glad I did :)
Edit: and as Asakawa more or less pointed out: demo is best at lower gear levels, but destro and affli quickly gain ground once you get better gear...
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Post by
Meggie
My alt warlock was 0/41/20 for the easy soloing. I was happy to pull 3k dps in T7. Then I tried heavy destruction. It did 5k dps without gear change. I was like holy moly on main I have to work for these numbers.
Post by
Ragingtiger
So, as the 0/18/53 spec, in all naxx gear, I was pulling 5k standing still on regular mobs.
I was doing 4.4k on a dummy self buffed (no flask, no food)
On hodir, I was doing 9k.
So......
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