Unholy Power

[Akasha]

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Welcome to the discussion thread on everything "Unholy Power". Below you will find some useful information to give you a rough overview of this talent and how it comes into play, followed by comments, opinions and information from Warlocks who have first have experience with it. This thread is here to ask questions, seek advice and provide help and information on everything relating to Unholy Power. Please remember to keep all replies on topic and polite.

Talent information:
Talent Tree: Demonology, Tier 4
Requires: Minimum level 25 and 15 points already spent in the Demonology tree.
Ranks: 5

Game Description:
A passive ability that increases the damage done by your melee pets.

Rank 1: Increases the damage done by your Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter and Felguard's melee attacks by 4%
Rank 2: Increases the damage done by your Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter and Felguard's melee attacks by 8%
Rank 3: Increases the damage done by your Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter and Felguard's melee attacks by 12%
Rank 4: Increases the damage done by your Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter and Felguard's melee attacks by 16%
Rank 5: Increases the damage done by your Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter and Felguard's melee attacks by 20%

[Maestrodomus]

Does Improved Succubus and Unholy Power affect Lash of Pain? They say Mele, but I'm not sure if Lash of Pain falls under such category.

[Zargon]

Only Improved Succubus and Improved Lash of Pain effects the overall dps of lash of pain. Unholy power only effects her regular attacks.

[boscolio]

Impr Succubus, yes. but i doubt Unholy Power would. there's no such this as a shadow melee hit in wow. something is either magic damage or melee damage. there's no real combination of the two.

[Maestrodomus]

OK, cool, I figured, but I'll take a 30% bonus. So with Improved Lash does that bring the attack to once every second? That seems pretty powerful if you were into Demonology.

I smell a respecc.

[Canadianpimp]

This talent is a prerequisite to Master Demonologist, one of the best talents in the tree. 20% more melee damage from pets in the grand scheme of things isn't a whole lot of added damage. It can be useful if you grind with Felguard or Succubus, the two highest melee damaging pets we have.

It's too bad that this talent isn't better, given that most Demonology warlocks are forced to put points in Unholy Power to get MD.

[Malboro]

Exactly. Tho the extra damage also increases slightly, the agro control of the VW. Not much but, this talent is a must have for any demo lock.

[IronSoul]

Unholy power, as previously mentioned, is a prerequisite for Master Demonologist, the talent that gives demonology it's versatility and power.

The talent itself, 20% to melee/firebolt damage to all pets, is quite good, especially if you plan on using the felguard. That being said, it's not worth the 5 talent points if you do not plan on getting master demonologist. A fully specced felguard warlock will see his felguard do around 20% of his damage, meaning that you only get a 4% increase in total DPS from this talent alone.

[Lazyslothboy]

It also includes the imp's firebolt move in its bonuses now =)

In terms of rating it, I can't think of much to add. Its a must for master demonology, and if your not getting MD, then unholy power just doesn't cut it.

[Lazyslothboy]

PvE- 10/10 (so long as you take Master Demonologist) 0/10 everywhere else. The fact is this talent isn't all that great. You pick it up so you can get one of the best Demo talents (MD) and that is about it. If you are not getting MD, then these talents are better spent elsewhere.

PvP- Same as above.

In conclusion, pick this up if you get MD. Don't bother if you don't plan to take MD.