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April 14, 2009, 11:58 AM

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jon__

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Illeandrys
80 Blood Elf Warlock
Frostmourne Oceania PvP
Guild: Loot the Core Hound
Profile: Blizzard Armory
Talent Spec: 0/40/31

Re: 3.1 Patch Changes. How will it affect us Locks?

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Originally Posted by pyrnon

Meh I dont really trust dummy dps as you lose out on execute damage. I still dont think the hybrid builds can match a deep affliction build in boss dps, with or without a doomguard. Until I see it myself, I wont be changing my opinion. Plus dps isnt all that matters in a raid setting, disregarding dps, affliction is one of the best raid builds for warlocks. Haunt, Corruption, and Fel Armor makes them the best mana regen class/build in the game and decreases the burden on the healers while doing it. Throw in Imp SB and its all good. The only thing better is the Meta/Ruin build with >2800 spellpower and Demonic Pact with Imp SB.

I'm not knocking on Affliction, it's my favorite raid spec. My point was that Affliction has received a (slight) nerf in theory, and that the nerf was unnecessary because the spec is not hard to play. The reason 0/40/31 is supposed to be the highest DPS raid spec in 3.1 is that it has both a very strong nuke in Conflagrate and an execute in Decimation. I actually decided against speccing Demo/Conflag because that would mean giving up a lot of spellpower. 0/40/31 requires hit cap from gear alone.