multiple mob help

rohalas · February 11, 2008, 07:49 PM

i've been told SOOOOOOOOO many times that affliction locks deal the most damage and grind the fastest. i've seen it and i want it.

only thing is.... i'm having trouble taking on multiple mobs. i can take on about 3 but thats about it... even then, i have to get lucky. how does this guy do it? tbc-affliction-grinding.avi with - Yahoo! Video

i'm guessing he's got frozen shadoweave set, and those mobs are about 6 levels weaker than him. but do you see how many of them there were?

this is my spec and my gear..... can someone take the time and guide me to what i need to do to be able to take on multiple mobs? thank you soooooooo much....
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...orei&n=Rohalas

burningspear · February 11, 2008, 08:08 PM

Youre not gonna be able to do that at your level to those mobs.
Also, notice he had help from a healer.

At level 70 with FSW + similar gear, this is pretty easy to do at that spot.
Levels + gear helps alot.

Plus, youre not specced full affliction :P
IHoT helps doing that kind of farming.

Roudykiller · February 11, 2008, 08:13 PM

That guy had a healer healing him every 2k-3k health he lost.

Valimir · February 12, 2008, 02:05 AM

I generally pull 4-5 mobs, three instant DOTs on each, iHoT, dark pact, drainlife, lifetap, and finish them off. This works on mobs around my level. It's a very quick way of grinding primals which was very slow and boring when I was demo specced.

Dunsinane · February 12, 2008, 02:27 AM

No, no frozen shadoweave - watch the heals ticking away on his SCT. Theres the renew and the siphon lifes, none of the 5-15 spam that scroll along with a ton of dots that you're getting 2% from.

Kilmir · February 12, 2008, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Dunsinane

No, no frozen shadoweave - watch the heals ticking away on his SCT. Theres the renew and the siphon lifes, none of the 5-15 spam that scroll along with a ton of dots that you're getting 2% from.

Not necessarily. With SCT you can set a treshhold for minimal gain to show. I myself have it set at 100 for both health and mana (I think, might be higher) so all the small spam from stuff like FSW, judgements, spriests and shaman totems gets filtered out.

Dalnaresh · February 12, 2008, 03:33 AM

Your spec is wrong I'm afraid.

You need a minimum of dark pact to pull this off. 31 points in the affliction tree otherwise you won't be able to keep your mana going. Improved HoT is also pretty nice as a panic button if you bite off more than you can chew, as is shadowburn (11 points in the destro tree).

When grinding like this, your most important DoT is siphon life. This is what keeps you alive whilst the mobs are beating on you.

Valimir · February 12, 2008, 04:14 AM

Very true, SL on 4 mobs heals me for around 800 per tick. SL always seemed pointless at lower levels but as with so much in the game it really shines at 70.

rohalas · February 12, 2008, 06:22 AM

so i should go affliction with dark pact and instant HoT right? and just keep my SL/SL build for now or should i respec now? i wont worry about my gear because i need frozen shadoweave for extra healing and siphon life wont really be as good until level 70. right?

Valimir · February 12, 2008, 07:22 AM

Armory is up the wall as usual so I can't see your spec. If you are SL/SL I'd suggest changing to affliction of demo until you are 70. SL/SL is a PVP spec though someone here did use it to tank Shadow Labs

SL/SL is designed to make you live longer, spec affliction and things die quickly which is much better for PVE.

February 11, 2008, 07:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
rohalas Member Character Info Rohalas 70 Human Warlock Quel'dorei US PvE Guild: Silver Eagles Profile: Blizzard Armory	multiple mob help i've been told SOOOOOOOOO many times that affliction locks deal the most damage and grind the fastest. i've seen it and i want it. only thing is.... i'm having trouble taking on multiple mobs. i can take on about 3 but thats about it... even then, i have to get lucky. how does this guy do it? tbc-affliction-grinding.avi with - Yahoo! Video i'm guessing he's got frozen shadoweave set, and those mobs are about 6 levels weaker than him. but do you see how many of them there were? this is my spec and my gear..... can someone take the time and guide me to what i need to do to be able to take on multiple mobs? thank you soooooooo much.... http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...orei&n=Rohalas

February 11, 2008, 08:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
burningspear Member	Re: multiple mob help Youre not gonna be able to do that at your level to those mobs. Also, notice he had help from a healer. At level 70 with FSW + similar gear, this is pretty easy to do at that spot. Levels + gear helps alot. Plus, youre not specced full affliction :P IHoT helps doing that kind of farming.

February 11, 2008, 08:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Roudykiller Member Character Info Roudykiller 60 Gnome Warlock Gnomergan US PvE Guild: League Of Legends	Re: multiple mob help That guy had a healer healing him every 2k-3k health he lost.

February 12, 2008, 02:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
Valimir Member	Re: multiple mob help I generally pull 4-5 mobs, three instant DOTs on each, iHoT, dark pact, drainlife, lifetap, and finish them off. This works on mobs around my level. It's a very quick way of grinding primals which was very slow and boring when I was demo specced.

February 12, 2008, 02:27 AM	#5 (permalink)
Dunsinane Lurker Character Info Kyande 70 Blood Elf Warlock Twisting Nether US RP PvP Guild: The Azure Knights Profile: Blizzard Armory	Re: multiple mob help No, no frozen shadoweave - watch the heals ticking away on his SCT. Theres the renew and the siphon lifes, none of the 5-15 spam that scroll along with a ton of dots that you're getting 2% from.

February 12, 2008, 03:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
Dalnaresh Member Character Info Dalnaresh 70 Undead Warlock Earthen Ring Euro RP Guild: TheDarkEmpire Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/21/40	Re: multiple mob help Your spec is wrong I'm afraid. You need a minimum of dark pact to pull this off. 31 points in the affliction tree otherwise you won't be able to keep your mana going. Improved HoT is also pretty nice as a panic button if you bite off more than you can chew, as is shadowburn (11 points in the destro tree). When grinding like this, your most important DoT is siphon life. This is what keeps you alive whilst the mobs are beating on you.

February 12, 2008, 04:14 AM	#8 (permalink)
Valimir Member	Re: multiple mob help Very true, SL on 4 mobs heals me for around 800 per tick. SL always seemed pointless at lower levels but as with so much in the game it really shines at 70.

February 12, 2008, 06:22 AM	#9 (permalink)
rohalas Member Character Info Rohalas 70 Human Warlock Quel'dorei US PvE Guild: Silver Eagles Profile: Blizzard Armory	Re: multiple mob help so i should go affliction with dark pact and instant HoT right? and just keep my SL/SL build for now or should i respec now? i wont worry about my gear because i need frozen shadoweave for extra healing and siphon life wont really be as good until level 70. right?

February 12, 2008, 07:22 AM	#10 (permalink)
Valimir Member	Re: multiple mob help Armory is up the wall as usual so I can't see your spec. If you are SL/SL I'd suggest changing to affliction of demo until you are 70. SL/SL is a PVP spec though someone here did use it to tank Shadow Labs SL/SL is designed to make you live longer, spec affliction and things die quickly which is much better for PVE.