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#1 Mar 10 2008 at 10:00 AM Rating: Good
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Folks;

I'm a fairly new lvl 70 and am doing 5 mans to get my gear up to where we can start kara. So, I am interested in doing good dps in 5 mans. I was in shadow labs last night with another lock (a demo lock) with his felguard. I looked at his gear and he had mostly greens which (he said) added up to 409 spell damage. I would try to look him up, but he has all kinds of wierd characters in his name. I have 670 spell damage with my gear currently as affliction spec. He was wiping the floor with my dps. My damage meter does add the pet into the equation, so I know it wasn't just him. I had my imp out for the +stam and dark pact.

I tried the following on trash: corr -> Curse of Shadow -> SB spam till dead
I tried the following on boss: Amp Curse of Doom -> Corr -> SL -> Immol -> SB spam till dots refresh.

Is demo lock + pet > dps of affliction, or was my spell rotation crap? His spec was something like 20/41/0 (as I recall... perhaps something like 17/44/0, though... it was late). My armory.
#2 Mar 10 2008 at 11:05 AM Rating: Decent
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I don't see any problems with your Spell Rotation, but Felguard spec does good DPS in 5-mans. It's when you start gearing up that it becomes apparent that his scaling is lackluster: T4 he's evens, and it requires more and more skill to keep him ticking over after that. Also, Cleave may have been on, meaning he gets lots of extra damage on other mobs being tanked. DoTing those mobs may have helped your scores, but not really the group.
#3 Mar 10 2008 at 11:45 AM Rating: Decent
I noticed the same thing in 5 mans. My lock is still a newer 70. I switched to afflication at one point and my dps dropped like a rock. Pet does a ton of dmg plus you get the bonus spell dmg from your stamina. My understanding is afflication heats up in 25mans. I still do well in kara on dps as demo but plan to switch if I do some 25 mans.


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