Destruction Warlock 6.2

[Damien 1,514]

From the patch notes today in hotfix:

• Rain of Fire damage has been reduced by 60% and no longer generates Burning Embers.

Does this change anything in stat priority? Also wondering when RoF will be useful to cast as casting for 1 target sounds like a waste now.

 

 

I'm assuming that with the latest changes to Destro, the hugely nerfed RoF is no longer part of the single target rotation?

• Destruction
  • Chaos Bolt damage has been increased by 8%.
  • Conflagrate damage has been increased by 8%.
  • Immolate damage has been increased by 8%.
  • Incinerate damage has been increased by 8%.
  • Rain of Fire damage has been reduced by 60% and no longer generates Burning Embers.
  • Shadowburn damage has been increased by 8%.

I'm updating the guide and removing Rain of Fire from the single-target priority. The hotfix also had some impact on Tier 6 talents, because without Rain of Fire, Mannoroth's Fury is not really worth it anymore, and on the multiple-target rotation, because you now need a lot of adds to make it worth it to use Rain of Fire. The changes will be live soon on the site, I'm just going through all the comments on my class guides and making all the necessary changes before deploying everything.

 

 

Does the changes in the hotfix today change our stat priority at all?

It does not seem so.

 

 

hey i was just wondering if u had the numbers for the stat priority to plug into ask mr robot the linkl isent working for me thanks

Warlock_Destruction_T17H Int=5.33(0.07) SP=0.00(0.00) Crit=2.90(0.07) Haste=2.32(0.07) Mastery=2.65(0.07) Mult=2.37(0.07) Vers=2.28(0.07) Speed=0.00(0.00) Avoidance=0.00(0.00)

Try this, it should be fairly accurate.

[Guest rsjacobsen45]

i feel like my dps have fallen a lot after the patch, i dont know if im doing anything wrong, or if destr aint the best dps talent now?

[Guest ChaSe]

hi there,

 

first, great guide! I like your work. Keep it up!

now my question is: does hits from multistrike generate embers for us? like if I cast an incinerate and it multistrikes, neither crits, do we get 2 ember bits? or just 1?

 

thank you

[Damien 1,514]

hi there,

 

first, great guide! I like your work. Keep it up!

now my question is: does hits from multistrike generate embers for us? like if I cast an incinerate and it multistrikes, neither crits, do we get 2 ember bits? or just 1?

 

thank you

 

As fas as I know, Multistrikes don't generate Burning Embers.

[worgonnawin 0]

"Mastery increases the damage of your Burning Ember consuming spells by a large amount, through Mastery: Emberstorm. For fights with multiple targets, you get a high amount of Burning Embers through Rain of Fire."

Rain of Fire no longer generates embers. Is it still worth casting single target?

[Guest Oneiric]

I'm confused about whether to cast shadowburn or chaos bolt if I have dark soul up, and the target is at 20% or below. Is Shadowburn always priority?

 

Thanks for your guide, I found it very helpful.

[Guest Jeff]

Curious if the shattered hand weapon enchant works on all weapons, tooltip says melee weapon?

[Guest vilz]

"Mastery increases the damage of your Burning Ember consuming spells by a large amount, through Mastery: Emberstorm. For fights with multiple targets, you get a high amount of Burning Embers through Rain of Fire."

Rain of Fire no longer generates embers. Is it still worth casting single target?

 

It is not.

[Damien 1,514]

I'm confused about whether to cast shadowburn or chaos bolt if I have dark soul up, and the target is at 20% or below. Is Shadowburn always priority?

 

Thanks for your guide, I found it very helpful.

Yes, it should.

 

 

Curious if the shattered hand weapon enchant works on all weapons, tooltip says melee weapon?

It works for casters.

[TheLonelyNoble 0]

Currently,  Grimoire of Supremacy is recommended for all single-target situations and high-movement situations.  Grimoire of Sacrifice should be taken for multiple-target situations, unless you have  Demonic Servitude talent (in which case, you simply stick to Grimoire of Sacrifice).

 

This doesn't make sense (well, the second part doesn't). A typo perhaps? I would have thought with   Demonic Servitude  you'd want  Grimoire of Supremacy not  Grimoire of Sacrifice ?

Edited December 31, 2014 by TheLonelyNoble

[Damien 1,514]

This doesn't make sense (well, the second part doesn't). A typo perhaps? I would have thought with [/size]

Fixed, thank you

[Guest dand166]

Crit and Mastery are very close in value. The difference between gemming for crit, or for mastery, won't impact your dps greatly. I'm using mastery gems because I had them before the patch, and I didn't see a point in paying 1.5k to switch all of my gems on the gear I'll be replacing in two weeks .

 

I'd recommend keeping crit and mastery relatively close to each other, but if you're a beginner player, crit is much more forgiving if you make mistakes.

hi

im guessing that you are saying to keep crit and mast relatively close in rating and NOT in percent. correct? as of 1/3/2015?

[Guest Galad]

Add Shadowfury in the crowd control section, please)

[Damien 1,514]

Add Shadowfury in the crowd control section, please)

Will do soon, thanks

[Guest Hagrima]

When I ran SimulationCraft for my warlock I got some different stat weights than this guide suggests, specifically these are the rankings I god:

 

int>SP>crit>multistrike>haste~=mastery~=versatility

 

Or more specifically the item weights where listed as follows:

 

 

Is the guide off or am I off somewhere and probably using SimCraft wrong?

[Hagrima 0]

Question on the stat weights, when I run simulationcraft I get a lot different stats than what is listed so far, specifically:

 

 

Can anyone point me to where I may be going wrong? Or if the numbers are right and the guide off?

[Alyza 0]

Question on the stat weights, when I run simulationcraft I get a lot different stats than what is listed so far, specifically:

 

 

Can anyone point me to where I may be going wrong? Or if the numbers are right and the guide off?

 

my stat weight looks exactly the same, so the stat priority seems to be right

[Guest Forrest Smith]

I realize I am old and slightly retarded. Could someone please just tell me to throw this in this order for single target encounters? Whatever it is, not once you get something below 20%, how about how do I open up with what spell and then through an entire rotation on a fresh encounter. Please remember not everyone is bright. Thanks

 

Respectfully,

 

Forrest

[Oltier 471]

I realize I am old and slightly retarded. Could someone please just tell me to throw this in this order for single target encounters? Whatever it is, not once you get something below 20%, how about how do I open up with what spell and then through an entire rotation on a fresh encounter. Please remember not everyone is bright. Thanks

 

Respectfully,

 

Forrest

I believe, everything should be covered in the guides.

If something is unclear, I'd suggest you posting your questions to https://www.icy-veins.com/forums/forum/27-warlock/our amazing warlock community. :)

[Guest warlock]

I would like a rework of stat priorities for destro, as it does not appear that this expansion allows embers to be gained from Rain of Fire during this expansion. An explanation for mastery as the main priority is that RoF gives embers. Since it doesn't anymore, that might change things. 

[Guest Zepdad]

Icy Veins is recommending a mastery build for Destruction Warlocks in 6.1.  Mr. Robot is recommending a Critical Strike build.  Which is it guys/gals? (ref. GoSac/AD/CR)

[Guest Drathe]

I would like a rework of stat priorities for destro, as it does not appear that this expansion allows embers to be gained from Rain of Fire during this expansion. An explanation for mastery as the main priority is that RoF gives embers. Since it doesn't anymore, that might change things. 

Rain of Fire hasn't given Burning Embers since November 25th, so that needs to be changed ASAP. Seriously, it's been over 3 months now.

 

On the side, Master is still best. It's not explained in the guide, it's in the change-log at the bottom of the page: "Since Charred Remains is now the best talent for single-target, Destruction Warlocks favor Mastery for single-target. Mastery was already the best stat for AoE, which makes Mastery the best stat overall for Destruction Warlock."

[Guest wl42]

The guide says "use Havoc on Chaos Bolt (if no target is below 20% health) or Shadowburn (if there is a target below 20% health);".

 

I guess both, the target of havoc and the target of shadowburn, must be below 20% health. Or does it alsow work if target of havoc is above 205?

[Guest Zashzz]

I really can't fix my warlock this website is literally burned on my eyeballs reading for 10 hours maybe more.

 

I do play for 12 weaks now on wow my ilvl is 658 max dps output 13k on the raiding dummy nothing less nothing more.

[Oltier 471]

I really can't fix my warlock this website is literally burned on my eyeballs reading for 10 hours maybe more.

 

I do play for 12 weaks now on wow my ilvl is 658 max dps output 13k on the raiding dummy nothing less nothing more.

You should try asking for help in the Warlock subsections. :)