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Affliction - PvP
Demonology - PvE
Destruction - Raid
plain and simple. Thats what the trees were meant to be. Yes u can PvP as destro, yes u can PvE affliction, blah blah ... Everything is possible in this game, but that's beyond the purpose of the build. I DO recommend that you spend those first 5 points in Imp. Corruption (affliction tree) like Ohmikeghod said, and then continue to your respective build as you wish, keeping in mind what you want to do most pvp, pve etc.
Why do people have to post crap?
Affliction is great in PvE also. Drain Tanks are Affliction, one of the best levelling builds. For raiding, if your stats are lacking for Destro, this is a great alternative. Also, most raids prefer to have at least one Affliction lock for Malediction. Dark Pact also keeps us going after mages have gone OOM.
Demonolgy is probably better for PvP than Affliction due to Soul Link. Though the best PvP build is a mix of the 2, the SL/SL build. Destro is about surviveability. While Drain Tanking works pretty good in PvP too, you need Soul Link to mitigate damge too.
Destruction is only good for raids after you've reached a certain gear level. You gotta have 170+ Spell Hit, 15% crit and 1000-1200 Spell Dam for it to really start to pull ahead of a solid Affliction build.
Is it people like you posting that Destruction is always best for raids no matter the circumstance the reason for me getting so many undergeared Destro 'locks in my guild. That go on boasting about how good they are cause they are Destro with 20 +Hit and 800 +Spell Dam. If it is your fault, please quit spreading the lies.