The Warlocks Den - WoW Warlock Discussions

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About + Spell Damage When people talk about spell damage, also known as +dmg, they are usually referring to the buffs, talents and equipment pieces that state "Increases damage and healing done by spells and effects by ... " or similar. Many items will increase damage from all magical schools, while some items will only increase damage done by a particular school. These items can also increase your healing, but as Warlocks we are only interested in the damage...

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I'm not much of a raider due playing mornings on a very quiet server, but I've noticed that the high end gear seems to be forcing a choice between spell haste and crits. I get the feeling that Blizzard is trying to reduce long term dps by forcing people to use mana faster rather then boosting damage done with it with the new gear. My question for the more experienced locks is whether the trade off in faster damage (but more mana intensive) is really worth it when you factor in having...

Trying to understand - do Warlocks really benefit from Spirit?

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Changes in Patch 3.0.2 saw Warlocks look at Spirit in a different light. A confusing, mixed message light. This post aims to help Warlocks decide if Spirit is a stat they should be paying more attention to.

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So, with all of the new gems now available to suck up all of my banked Badges, I find myself in a dilemna... I had originally planned to stack haste, really as much of it as I could. We just downed Illidan this week and I'm next in DKP and should complete my 4T6 within the next week or so. However, I have found that my current dps hasn't matched my theoretical by a few hundred on the dps meter...and yeah, latency, moving, tapping, chance, etc all weigh into it but I'm trying...

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Math and Spell Mechanics Contents PvE Spell Damage Spell Critical Strike Rating

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How Much Crit % to Switch from Affliction to Destro? Author: Warpy Posted: June 09, 2008 02:13 PM 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 Bolt and Ruin, at various levels of spell crit in a previous blog entry. The results were not cut and dried,...