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As much +spell hit as you can get
around 600 +Spell Dam unbuffed
around 8K unbuffed HP and Mana
Some crit if you can
I went into Kara like that and did well, so it seems to be a good starting point for an Affliction 'lock.
QFT
And you really should be starting off as Affliction. Demo is not bad for starting Kara either but affliction is the least gear dependent of the 3 trees. If you have less than 100 hit you should take 3-4 points in Suppression too to help with your damage on bosses.
The tailored epics are amazing for
starting to raid. Especially the Spellstrike set. It has almost no stats but socketed has over 100 +damage, 50 hit rating and 50 crit rating. Better than most epics and almost (but not quite) point for point as good as T4. FSW is ok. Great +damage but that's it.
There are also lots of nice rep rewards, Scryer's Bloodgem being one of the best trinkets available til T5 content (imo). Lastly, Don't forget badge rewards. Awesome cloak, belt, legs and hands are available relatively easily.