The Warlocks Den - WoW Warlock Discussions

The place to start with inter-player combat (PvP), in my opinion, is in a battleground (BG): Warsong Gulch, Alterac Valley, Arathi Basin, Eye of the Storm, Strand of the Ancients, and, for all practical purposes, Wintergrasp.

• Dueling and arenas tend to involve experienced opponents in good PvP gear. It’s hard to learn from your mistakes when you are dead before you can do anything.
• Also, BGs involve new

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Naxxramas and the Vault of Archavon are so easy compared to what Karazhan was like in the first few patch of the Burning Crusade (when the 25-man instances were just plain out-of-the-question for most of us), and they have no attunements! By the way, the comments below are mostly by, for, and about warlocks.



But even when you reach level 80, you still don’t want to be carried by your guild. Many of us...

After a couple of poorly timed crashes and a better understanding of how much lag reduces my DPS, I took some some time to purge my UI and add-on folder with fire and sword. As much as I'd love to delete the whole folder, I've been using more and more add-ons since I began raiding. There are now some features that I can't get on without that Blizzard will not provide.

So, I need to decide what I really, really need as I pare down the collection. My current UI is a version of All Deuce...

This question has been asked in the Warlock's Den forums over and over, and the answer is generally:

But why? Is there anything special about 25%?

I used a spreadhseet model to have a look at the damage contribution of two key Shadow Bolt (SB) talents, Improved Shadow...

A while back, I switched from a classic affliction build (raiding 42/0/19) to DS/destro (0/21/40). I had 202 spell hit, over 1100 shadow damage, and 21% chance to crit with Shadow Bolt. My DPS dropped like a stone against multiple T5 bosses.

Warlock's Den posters sternly advised at least 25% spell crit for Shadow Bolts after talents (see Crit needed for Destro build?, for example). I collected some side-grades, traded shadow damage for spell crit, and respecced again after I was...