October 17, 2008, 10:29 AM
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#18 (permalink)
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Re: Affliction Rotations - post patch
Is Siphon Life *really* useful post-patch? It used to heal me for 75 per tick, now it only does 15 per tick. Seems pretty useless. It no longer causes Shadow Embrace to function (Haunt and Shadow Bolt do that now).
I did a 53/0/8 spec, with the Corruption Glyph and Shadow Bolt Glyph.
On trash (in a heroic yesterday), I've been doing:
CoE -> Corruption -> Haunt
Followed by either Shadow Bolt, Haunt or Life Tap (usually after the first Shadow Bolt but before Haunt heals me), repeat until the trash is dead.
On major mobs:
CoE (or other curses) -> Corruption -> Haunt -> UA
Fill in with SBolt, Haunt refresh, Life Tap, Drain Life
On AoE stuff:
Corruption -> Haunt -> Seed of Corruption -> Rain of Fire
I never ran out of mana - ever. Never had to drink (between Life Tap and Haunt).
My DPS went up about 30-40% when I added Shadow Bolt back into my rotation (vs not using it at all). Corruption ended up being 30% of my damage with SBolt at around 25% by the end of the heroic dungeon.
Going to try it out tonight in a raid.
I think Haunt should be cast 2nd after Corruption. The 1st tick of Corruption doesn't happen for 3 seconds. So there's time to cast Haunt after Corruption. Which gives you time to squeeze in UA, Shadow Bolt and a Life Tap before the first Haunt heal comes back after 12 seconds.
Are we sure that Glyph of Corruption stacks with the Nightfall talent?
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