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July 16, 2009, 06:08 AM
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Yogg(-3)... spec decisions and thoughts
Yogg(-3)... spec decisions and thoughts Author: Saobuks Posted: June 23, 2009 11:43 AM After getting hard mode Vezax down on Thursday, we started working on hard mode Yogg, and I'm still debating on which spec to go. The obvious choice is of course affliction. The phase 3 burn makes DS channeling so effective that it's clear why 90% of the top parses are affliction. However, I'm still inclined to go deep destro due to a couple reasons. Last night, I went affliction due to the realization that corrupters had to be controlled by the outside group in order to effectively dps the brain. So I didn't focus only on crushers, but I also kept dots on nearby corrupters. On good attempts (RNG on where corrupters spawn), I would dominate the meters on both crushers/corrupters or be at least in the top 3 on corrupters. The downside is that I strictly ignored constrictors. I only dotted them when on the fly when we move to the next crusher area. Last night, we had numerous deaths due to constrictors. I guess most of our high burst ranged just aren't aware enough to notice a tentacle spawning and grabbing someone 20 yards away (or even... less). On Sunday, I stayed deep destro and dominated the meters all night (comfortably ahead of everyone), and I was the main reason why we weren't dying to constrictors. At the end of the night, I ended up doing 600k+ damage to constrictors, while the closest person was at 200k+. So the first reason deep destro is appealing is the "sustained burst" (it's a guild term) that it can deliver and the very low ramp up time, which is perfect for those 100k health constrictors. The second reason is that the fight is 75% dependent on your phase 2 performance. Of course, you need a good phase 1 transition so you don't fall behind on phase 2. Of course, you need high dps and awareness on phase 3 so the adds don't go out of control, you don't get spell locked, and keep your sanity up by turning around on or before the gaze CD is up. Phase 1 still wipes us here and there, but overall, we are able to do perfect transitions regardless of my spec. Phase 3.. well, you can't get to phase 3 without doing phase 2 right? On Sunday, the other warlock (who's way behind on gear) and I were deep destro, and I was consistently ahead of him and everyone else by a significant percentage on almost all the pulls and even those deep into phase 2. Last night, I went affliction while he stayed destro, and the difference between myself and #2 was a lot closer. I was still on top, but by a slimmer margin (less than a percent at times). Right now, I can't accurately tell if it's because of phase 1 dps (I'm usually in the top 2 as deep destro as compared to around 7-8 as affliction) that the margin is smaller. If it is, then maybe I should stay affliction. I'll have to go back to destro again when we get to him this week, and see if the constrictor problem is solved and my dps can still dominate. Also, people always say "oh you can dot multiple targets you should go affliction". But keep in mind that other targets have zero debuffs and other targets sometimes are too far away, and when we focus fire corrupters, my dots don't even tick fully. Plus, haunt will only be on one target, which further lessens the difference between shadow bolt DPSC and my dot's DPSCs (it's still significantly higher of course regardless of the lack of debuffs). Ultimately, if the rest of the ranged can do constrictor dps that I do, I wouldn't even think of going back to deep destro as my phase 3 dps will be extremely valuable. This is another case of "our best players having to do lower dps tasks/specs because those more suited to them can't pull their weight". Good news is that we actually saw phase 3 after 2 1/2 nights of attempts. If our MT wasn't bogged down by schoolwork, we'd have made more progress (we had to bring B-team tanks that weren't familiar with the fight). Our phase 3 wipe was ****ing stupid too. Right as we hit the last phase, we were around 30% on the last crusher, but for some unknown reason, another crusher spawned right then. It was not the only reason why we would have ended up wiping anyway. I think we had 4 corrupters up which could have posed some serious problems, and I'm sure people would fail on keeping their sanity up since it was the first time we've seen phase 3 since last week's kill, but nevertheless that extra crusher just ****ed us. When we finally went and activated the remaining watchers to end the night, I made a point to everyone that having 2 sanity at the start of phase 3 is enough to do the phase. I literally stared at him to get my sanity really low, and went through 25% of his health not getting hit by another gaze and DS channeling my way to victory. It's actually quite fun since the cooldown timer is sometimes off so you gotta compensate. Hopefully we start this week in the same fashion as we did last week. I was actually absent for the Vezax kill, so I definitely want to see him dead (that fight is so much fun). If we can get to Yogg by Thursday, I think we'll have enough time to get this achievement by the end of the week which would be pretty awesome. Post a comment... |
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