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Fallenman and Clearly's Guide to BC Raiding as a Warlock The purpose of this guide is to help the warlock community with the ins and outs of raiding in The Wrath of the Lich King expansion. Much of the information here is a collaboration of information that is found throughout these forums, as well as several others. Credit is certainly due to Elitist Jerks forums (Elitist Jerks) and The Warlock's Den (The Warlocks Den ). There are many individuals who have researched, tested, ...

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A guide to assembling a 10 man raid. Works as a basis for 25 man raids as well.

This thread will be dedicated to affliction warlock theory.

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This post which I will update frequently should contain:

- general information
- raid talent specs
- gear/gem/enchant choices
- playing style tips

for a level 80 raiding (25-man, mainly) affliction warlock.

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Hey guys, i'll attempt to collate the vast amount of information in this thread in the shortest / easiest to read form. Firstly i'd like to note the fact that blizzard did not release most of the formulaes for anything in the game. As such, ALL the information, statistics and formulaes are based on empirical evidence and collated by the community around the world. As such, we've gotta keep in mind that, untill Columbus find the Americas, we might be thinking that the world is flat. ...

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The thread here is about Affliction Raiding. This will answer very common questions such as these: Should I use immolate? Should I drop any DoTs from my rotation? What is the rotation? My DPS is really bad, what am I doing wrong? How can I get better at affliction? This will be broken up into 2 posts. The first, below, dealing with DPCTs and whether or not you should cast all of your DoTs. I'll start by clarifying what DoTs should be used. The answer simply is, ALL of them....

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I actually initially wrote this for my guild. It includes very simple WWS analysis tips, with basic benchmarks you should look for, to advanced combat log filtering. If anybody has any questions, or has suggestions for improvement, I'd be happy to hear them all. 1. Initial Analysis These first two sections are only really applicable for a stationary fight, so you can take a look at the optimized picture of your DPS output. Patchwerks is a perfect example, and for the purposes...

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So, I've talked to a lot of newer warlocks recently. I've realised that there are some simple things about our class that newbies either don't know, or forget. These are just some basic things that we all need reminding of sometimes. Feel free to add rules if you like. Hell, maybe there's something that I completely forgot about. Rule 1: Don't die. "Dead DPS doesn't." is a saying I used to use a lot. True, your dots keep ticking after you die, but if the boss is at 50% you've...

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First I put this in the General Forum because I wasn't sure where it should go. Second, while we have a lot of threads for discussing talents amongst ourselves I did not see one directed to raid leaders. The genesis of this was when my GM and raid leader asked for a summary of all raid buff talents and abilities currently provided by each class. As things change it is difficult to keep track so I wrote out (cut and pasted) the following; Raid wide buffs provided by Warlocks ...

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*** This post has been copied out from it's original thread (here) for easy finding. It was written for one individual, yet can be used by all. There was talk of a re-write to make it universal, but for the time being, this shall suffice. ~ Akasha *** Ok, so pay attention. I'm going to show you how to analyze your own WWS for the future. Let's look at the Gruul kill since generally that's the best way to measure and analyze your DPS. Concern #1, DoT Uptime DoTs...

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Kharazan: Am I ready? Guide written by: badkarma138, Pernicious and Bodhisage Compiled by: Akasha Although not 'bleeding edge' content anymore, there are still a fair few questions popping up asking, "Am I ready for Kharazan?" ... Is my gear ready for Kara? Is my spec ok for Kara? Do I have enough spell damage for Kara? etc, etc...etc. This guide is aimed at those just stepping into Kara (or wanting to) that have those same burning questions. A guide to provide...

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Original Source: PVE Raiding Compendium - Elitist Jerks Author: Arelenda, Aszune (EU) Posted here with permission to allow members to discuss and learn. Talent choices Warlocks have many great talents, and there is lots of room for customizing your spec. Consequently there are many viable hybrid builds, each requiring a different play style. To keep this guide short, I'll focus on the three main tiers and their most sensible pve raid builds. Even within those there are a lot...

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10. Every raiding build needs 5/5 Improved Shadowbolt and 5/5 Bane. No exceptions. The highest DPS builds is 0/21/40, only rivaled by 0/40/21 when a Succubus is free to attack. Before your gear improves, raiding as 41/0/17 is probably the best DPS build. Shadow destruction > fire destruction at a T4+ gear level because of Improved Shadowbolt, and Shadow Bolt scales better than Incinerate with spell damage because it has a higher spell coefficient. 9. Drain Life is NEVER more DPS...

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So you want to start raiding… We have a lot of the same questions pop up on these forums. Many that I frequently see are asked by people that are either just starting raiding or not very far into there raiding careers. While pretty much all of these questions are answered on these forums, I don’t think we have anywhere that a new to raiding warlock can go and have most of his questions answered in 1 shot. So I figured I would start a post where we can put in all of the...