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Shadowbolt Lock?
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Post by
Pukah
So I have been thinking about mixing it up a bit with my lock, I have done affliction (raided with), demonology (solo grinding), and destruction (leveled as) and have gotten bored with it. I was thinking about moving in the direction of a pure hybrid shadow mage with the shadowbolt build. I have heard stories of locks looking at 10k+ crits with shadowbolts... check out the build and see what you think
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=IV0bZbxc0cZEE0tr0zo0Ao
Post by
MasterM
Hmmm, interesting take-on.
The Demo and Affl. trees look good, can't go wrong there.
I'd max Backlash though, instant Shadowbolts hurt alot. I'd take points from Cataclysm and put them in there. Destruction isn't mana efficient and 5% isn't going to make a huge difference.
Interested in seeing how this works though. Keep us updated.
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Post by
Kthxbb
Here, try this build if you haven't.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/warlock/talents.html?0000000000000000000002350030133000100000000555000512200013130250
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94411
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Post by
Faraque
You want to use this, if you want truly impressive shadowbolt damage. Any Sac build is going to fall way short of this. They have to kill their pet to get a bonus.
10% damage bonus for having succy out. A 5% bonus for having a pet. 5% crit. +spell dmg equal to 15% of your pets sta+int. 30% more spellpower from Fel Armor.
I took imp succy and imp imp because in raiding situations, the 3 sec bonus seduce can be a godsend and the extra hp from bloodpact helps the spell dmg from demo knowledge
Now, all of this above is just from the demo tree. The destruct tree gives us this...
Crit a shadowbolt to make the next 4 +20% damage. +5% crit. +100% bonus crit damage. 70% reduction in cast interruption for destruction. 20% destruction range increase and 10% destruction threat reduction.
Using this build is retardedly simple. Curse of Shadow - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - Life Tap - Life Tap - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - SB - you get the idea...
Not to mention that you'll actually have your succy out, so you can do seduce for CC and she's a glass cannon (yeah, she dies sometimes, but she can dish a lot of damage as well as slow opponents attack speed.)
Oh... and stack some +crit gear and Seed of Corruption lots of non elites in Kara for massive DPS boost :)
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/warlock/talents.html?0000000000000000000000350033033050100501350505000512200010000000
Post by
Kthxbb
You forgot to add a soul shatter to your CoS - SB SB SB SB SB SB .... combo.
Post by
Faraque
*snicker*
Yeah, I do have to do that occasionally :P Usually though, my tank in guild is good enough that I can just wait about 6 seconds before starting, and never steal his aggro.
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