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if your interested in lvling faster, go for affliction. full affliction. I've tried every build, and the only way destruction is more effective is with great gear. To tell the truth you have to gear like a mage for that.

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/warlock/talents.html?0502220502204105410000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000









try that build. With dark pact and an imp on phase shift you'll never have to worry about the priest healing you because of your life tap again. also keep the imp on passive.

Edited, Feb 11th 2008 7:16pm by Jumpsuit

Edited, Feb 11th 2008 7:18pm by Jumpsuit

fixed, i beleive

I'd go like this for 44:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/warlock/talents.html?0502220512231115210000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

If your 44 and your Destro then theres no reason to change.

Destro is the bang-bang Direct Damage version of a Lock, and they are quite powerful -- especially as you reach into high 60s.

Their obvious downfall is, as you said, their mana efficiency and total damage capacity on a single full tank. This is why Destro locks do gear as a mage - in fact MORE heavily on Mana than a mage. As posted before, if you want to solo grind then get out of Destro ASAP.

Fact is, though, that you said you wanted to go out and destroy stuff. Other than the occasional boss fight at your level, you're looking at seriously outperforming Affliction with a good Destro build, a nice amount of mana, and a dozen stacks of water. You lack in survivability and stretchability what you make up for with shear DPS - and you make up for it well.

You should NOT be Lifetapping throughout, though. As general rule for a Destro/Demo (which is your highest DPS output - NOT destro/fliction) you only lifetap to balance your HP/MP percentages so that your Eat/Drink time is reduced to an even amount. Your source of HP/MP will be from food and drinks, just like a mage. Straining the healer is not helping anyone...

No one ever said Destro was easier, or cheaper... but in those group situations it is stronger by a noticable degree. This will be true all the way up to 70 in group situations, and you will see that Immolate -> Incinerate x3 -> Conflag will do more than a dot -> SBolt rotation unless the monster is alive longer than a good 45 seconds which is not too common.


It's up to you in the end. Affliction will provide stronger and more secure grinding options... but you will find yourself up in the monsters face a lot, doing spread out damage to multiple monsters at a time. If you really wanna bang-bang, keep Destro.

And this is all coming from an Affliction Lover, by the way.

As affliction I use Bandaid soley because I can use it while still engaged.

Drain Hunting takes far more finese, but it also takes more patience than I can stand -- which is mostly because I know I'm holding back so badly. On cash/rep grinds I'm constantly engaged with 3-4 yellows, or if they're greens often more (except they tend to die quickly.)

Fear Juggling is fun, and with IHoT on not too bad of a cooldown, I actually can't stand not using it to my advantage.

As for the quote about the waters... Running a long instance as Destro will require that you have about the same mana as a mage at similar level, possible a small degree more, in fact. When you have a 70 Warrior I hope to god that funding a level 44 some cash for Food and Water is not a serious problem. Then you're looking at a situation like this:

Group engages a group of 4-5 monsters, after the third dies, the Warlock's mana pool starts to run relatively low so you lifetap 2 or 3 times which does a number on your HP (if geared for groups your MP will outnumber your HP 3:2 to 2:1 depending on the level and situation.) Now say Locks at 60/40, but does not require heals yet, he is then free to continue casting on the remaining few monsters, finishing at 60/0. Now LT twice more and you'll have about 25/30, perfect time to sit and Drink AND Eat (drinking takes time up in which your only other available actions are to eat as well.)

As a Mage, coming to grips with the fact that controlling monsters and using defensive techs requires a considerable amount of mana, it is often possible to find a middle ground in which the mage can end a bout on a close hp/mp % so that he can sit and eat AND drink, giving his mana more punch, allowing him to grind longer before resting and then resting for the same amount of time. Problem for mages in groups is they don't have this awesome little balancing act we call Life Tap, they would give anything for it -- trust me.