How to Destruction DPS?

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

Hello guys,

As I'm progressing into the Raid-part of this game I notice I rarely make the Top 10 DPS in the DamageMeter(which can be quite embarassing)...as a Destruction Warlock

I dont know what Im doing rong, I think I have a decent gear but then again maybe I do not use my spells at the right time

Here's my Armory : http://www.wowarmory.com/character-shee ... =Slayerren

Here is my current cycle:
CoA --> Corruption --> Chaos Bolt --> Immolate --> Incinerate --> Conflagrate

Warlocks out there,please help me?

Elikapeka · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 566 **Location:**

Your gear is great...

Your spec, glyphs, and rotation...not so great. I honestly don't know if this post is for real and you just don't know that much about your class yet, or you're trolling. =\

Let me know, because I'm not going to give you advice if you're not serious.

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

Elikapeka wrote:

Your gear is great...

Your spec, glyphs, and rotation...not so great. I honestly don't know if this post is for real and you just don't know that much about your class yet, or you're trolling. =\

Let me know, because I'm not going to give you advice if you're not serious.

100% Serious(Advices on Destruction-only please =P)

EDIT: Currently testing out some Demo builds,so if you could help me with a rotations with Demo that would be awsome =D

woutR · **Posted:** Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:45 am

I never raided my lock, but I'm pretty sure you should use curse of the elements instead of agony. And spam more incinerate during immolate uptime.

Elikapeka · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 566 **Location:**

I went back to your armory link to recheck your spec, as I couldn't remember it. Seems as though you've changed it...regardless...

Deep Destruction
CoDoom > Corr > Immolate > Incinerate Spam/Chaos Bolt Spam
- refresh your DoTs when needed. depending on how deep into Destruction you are use Incinerate or Chaos Bolt. It wouldn't hurt to use both, if you think you can manage spicing up the rotation without much loss to DPS. CoDoom outperforms CoA in deep destruction because Molten Core was moved. Use Conflagrate whenever the CD is up, and throw a couple Soul Fires in there for shits and giggles.
If you decided to spec back into deep Destruction, I'd suggest checking out this build. It scales very well with spell power and crit.
Glyphs are a major boost to your DPS. Always make sure to keep them updated, and prioritized. You should focus on
Immolate
Conflagrate
Incinerate or Chaos Bolt // again depending how deep into Destruction you are.

As for your current spec, or as WoW Armory lists it, it looks like you were trying to achieve a Meta build of sorts. You aren't quite there, so I'd suggest checking out a cookie cutter Meta build.

Also, do you know what stats you need to focus on and what the priority of them is? Or how to gem your gear? From what I see, you have a couple gems that you could switch out and it would boost your base DPS nicely.

cuchulainn · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 2168 **Location:**

Oh noes, Destro DPS takes more than just binding your entire keyboard to Shadowbolt and then covering yourself in oil and rolling all over it?

[SD]Master_Wong · **Posted:** Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:24 pm

yeh i picked up destruction lock as my dual iv been affliction/demo the whole time iv played warlock destruction seems a lot different from my usual playing style so any advice given here to him il take into account for myself.

here is my armory link
http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet ... uickstream

tried to spec as best as i could think based on what i know as a lock but can use tweaking and atfer the patch i could do with redoing my affliction build but meh works for how i play and i can top dps charts with it so yano dont matter so much about that

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

Elikapeka wrote:

I went back to your armory link to recheck your spec, as I couldn't remember it. Seems as though you've changed it...regardless...

Deep Destruction
CoDoom > Corr > Immolate > Incinerate Spam/Chaos Bolt Spam
- refresh your DoTs when needed. depending on how deep into Destruction you are use Incinerate or Chaos Bolt. It wouldn't hurt to use both, if you think you can manage spicing up the rotation without much loss to DPS. CoDoom outperforms CoA in deep destruction because Molten Core was moved. Use Conflagrate whenever the CD is up, and throw a couple Soul Fires in there for shits and giggles.
If you decided to spec back into deep Destruction, I'd suggest checking out this build. It scales very well with spell power and crit.
Glyphs are a major boost to your DPS. Always make sure to keep them updated, and prioritized. You should focus on
Immolate
Conflagrate
Incinerate or Chaos Bolt // again depending how deep into Destruction you are.

As for your current spec, or as WoW Armory lists it, it looks like you were trying to achieve a Meta build of sorts. You aren't quite there, so I'd suggest checking out a cookie cutter Meta build.

Also, do you know what stats you need to focus on and what the priority of them is? Or how to gem your gear? From what I see, you have a couple gems that you could switch out and it would boost your base DPS nicely.

Thank you,and yes I switched to Demonology to try a build,I will follow that "cookie cutter" build,i'll let you know how well it went for me

Thx again ^_^

EDIT: I'm not sure yet how I should use Metamorphosis...as soon as its up?Or just when I have a lot of mobs on me(so that I use Immolate Aura)

[SD]Master_Wong · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:14 am

curious how you got so far with lock and no idea how to play it

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

[SD]Master_Wong wrote:

curious how you got so far with lock and no idea how to play it

Well It was originally my friends account before he gave it to me at lv.60

So I guess Im missing that "60 levels" of experience...

[SD]Master_Wong · **Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:22 am

kind of yeh, they play a big part in the 60-70 run which goes really fast. battlegrounds is the best way to go and affliction been a nice easy level spec espesh for 60-70 run which i think is the best but demo is also good

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

[SD]Master_Wong wrote:

kind of yeh, they play a big part in the 60-70 run which goes really fast. battlegrounds is the best way to go and affliction been a nice easy level spec espesh for 60-70 run which i think is the best but demo is also good

Well I did level 60-80,and I only used Affliction for the whole time =D But as for Raiding I dont think I'm good enought at the perfect timing with the Dots Rotation :banghead:

[SD]Master_Wong · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:01 am

try this

Code:

#showtooltip
/petattack
/castsequence reset=target haunt,unstable affliction, curse of (what ever), corruption/seed of curruption (either or on that one)

drain life when they start to drop namly unstable and haunt put them back up again keeping in mind corruption can be a bitch for recasting

thats my dot rotation hell with meh gears im topping 1.5k dps at 77 (now 78) so i got to be doing sumit right

[SD]Master_Wong · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:12 pm

destruction dps is easier in a felguard/destruction build im topping the dps charts quite a lot now

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