I found the second part more interesting. The stats, talents, covenants etc you can get on wowhead instantly, but an experienced player sharing some tips is very helpful and worth watching.
I appreciate the feedback! I'll be working on a video that'll go a bit more in depth into the class itself probably sometime next week! It'll include more intricacies of the class and focus primarily on ways to improve your play past the basics that are provided within this guide here, :D.
For affliction you want Intellect first then haste/mastery. Simming is important (I know this is a basic guide) because a higher ilevel piece of gear with versatility/crit may still be better because int is so valuable. PS is doing pretty well single target and aoe, if you are looking for a mid-ground. Keep up the vids.
Absolutely -- your stat priority will 100% change based on what you're currently at, and there are for sure a ton of things that I didn't cover in this video. I'm working on putting together a more in depth video that'll cover more intricate facets of the class sometime next week, which will hopefully cover some more important key factors to improving!
I like Warlock in general, so it doesn't really matter which spec I play, I'm generally having fun in some form. In terms of Shadow Priest, while I do have a priest, I haven't dabbled too heavily in Shadow Priest. Some aspects of this guide would be appropriate for that class though, as the premise is the same: Keep your DoT's ticking/applied, and always be casting so as not to have too much "inactive time". As a caster, the more time you spend doing nothing, cancelling a cast, or casting the same spell that isn't filler is a waste of time.
Vile Taint was actually something I experimented with on stream, and it was pretty lackluster. You'll get more damage out of Sow The Seeds, and it'll be more consistent damage than Vile Taint as STS doesn't have a cooldown.
There are people who are far better at math than I am who've found it to be just as lack luster; it really just comes down to uptime, for the most part. While the damage might seem good, in higher keys, the CD of VT becomes more of a bottleneck than you might anticipate in lower keys.
@@coladud7061 There's a few. You can check Icy-veins here: www.icy-veins.com/wow/affliction-warlock-pve-dps-spec-builds-talents -- They're a relatively reputable source, and they mention that it's numerically inferior in situations that either StS or Singularity will excel in. There's also this content creator who discusses the difference between the two, as either build can be viable depending on what you're looking to do. ruclips.net/video/PK4Lf3Of_qU/видео.html It's also important to note that it heavily depends on which legendaries you're running -- I'm personally running the Corruption Legendary, so I'll get more throughput out of the StS talent as opposed to Vile Taint.
StS with AC isn't ideal at all. The point of running StS build is spamming StS instead of MR, in aoe pref scenerios it does more dmg as for MR increases the dmg per DoT. If running standard PS-H-DSI, AC is the way to go for simplification but SL is GOOD on tyranical weeks. If you ever run dark caller DSI is a must and try to line up both for burst windows, excelent burst window tbh. Keep on videos!!
Thanks for the feedback! Primarily, this is simply a Basics Guide, and I was going into with the intent of simplifying the rotation/priority list to where it was easier for newer players to get into understanding the class. I intend on making a more advanced guide at some point with more nuanced and more ideal/min-maxed setups, but like I said in this video, I am by no means a Mythic level raider, and I'm bound to make mistakes! I hope you enjoyed the content nonetheless!
I found the second part more interesting. The stats, talents, covenants etc you can get on wowhead instantly, but an experienced player sharing some tips is very helpful and worth watching.
I appreciate the feedback! I'll be working on a video that'll go a bit more in depth into the class itself probably sometime next week! It'll include more intricacies of the class and focus primarily on ways to improve your play past the basics that are provided within this guide here, :D.
For affliction you want Intellect first then haste/mastery. Simming is important (I know this is a basic guide) because a higher ilevel piece of gear with versatility/crit may still be better because int is so valuable. PS is doing pretty well single target and aoe, if you are looking for a mid-ground. Keep up the vids.
Absolutely -- your stat priority will 100% change based on what you're currently at, and there are for sure a ton of things that I didn't cover in this video. I'm working on putting together a more in depth video that'll cover more intricate facets of the class sometime next week, which will hopefully cover some more important key factors to improving!
do you find affliction fun in mythic+?? Also did you by any chance play spriest?
I like Warlock in general, so it doesn't really matter which spec I play, I'm generally having fun in some form. In terms of Shadow Priest, while I do have a priest, I haven't dabbled too heavily in Shadow Priest. Some aspects of this guide would be appropriate for that class though, as the premise is the same: Keep your DoT's ticking/applied, and always be casting so as not to have too much "inactive time". As a caster, the more time you spend doing nothing, cancelling a cast, or casting the same spell that isn't filler is a waste of time.
Don't you think vile taint is better for AOE?
Vile Taint was actually something I experimented with on stream, and it was pretty lackluster. You'll get more damage out of Sow The Seeds, and it'll be more consistent damage than Vile Taint as STS doesn't have a cooldown.
@@Gunr113 I simply have to disagree, but I guess it's just depends on what trash you are clearnig really.
There are people who are far better at math than I am who've found it to be just as lack luster; it really just comes down to uptime, for the most part. While the damage might seem good, in higher keys, the CD of VT becomes more of a bottleneck than you might anticipate in lower keys.
@@Gunr113 Alright, would be nice if you could link the sources. As I have been quite unfortunate with trying to find the ones actually doing the math.
@@coladud7061 There's a few. You can check Icy-veins here: www.icy-veins.com/wow/affliction-warlock-pve-dps-spec-builds-talents -- They're a relatively reputable source, and they mention that it's numerically inferior in situations that either StS or Singularity will excel in. There's also this content creator who discusses the difference between the two, as either build can be viable depending on what you're looking to do. ruclips.net/video/PK4Lf3Of_qU/видео.html
It's also important to note that it heavily depends on which legendaries you're running -- I'm personally running the Corruption Legendary, so I'll get more throughput out of the StS talent as opposed to Vile Taint.
StS with AC isn't ideal at all. The point of running StS build is spamming StS instead of MR, in aoe pref scenerios it does more dmg as for MR increases the dmg per DoT. If running standard PS-H-DSI, AC is the way to go for simplification but SL is GOOD on tyranical weeks. If you ever run dark caller DSI is a must and try to line up both for burst windows, excelent burst window tbh.
Keep on videos!!
Thanks for the feedback! Primarily, this is simply a Basics Guide, and I was going into with the intent of simplifying the rotation/priority list to where it was easier for newer players to get into understanding the class. I intend on making a more advanced guide at some point with more nuanced and more ideal/min-maxed setups, but like I said in this video, I am by no means a Mythic level raider, and I'm bound to make mistakes! I hope you enjoyed the content nonetheless!