Comments on: Raising a Monster

By: Tesh

Tesh — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:11:51 +0000

I *love* that they are doing this kind of crazy stuff. WTB time to play a Warlock.

By: Shadow

Shadow — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:34:34 +0000

Same here, it sounds so fun but every time I log in and see all the buttons it’s overwhelming and I just log back off.

By: Jaffle

Jaffle — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:47:32 +0000

Proof in the pudding? More like overproof! ;)

By: Dobablo

Dobablo — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:18:31 +0000

It should be the replacement for hybrid tax. Druids get multiple balanced spec. Pures get to DPS + one silly thing like hunters and rare pet taming and warlocks with cloth tanking.

By: anon

anon — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:49:50 +0000

The pursuit ability is ok but you already have Demonic Leap. Try sacrificing the void and get a CD(Shadow Bulwark) that buffs your health by 30%.

Use this macro:
/castsequence reset=119 Command Demon, Mortal Coil

Command Demon will use whatever pet ability you got from sacrifice, in this case press it 1x to amp your health, press 2nd time to get back 15% of your augmented health. Also during this 20s time range your regeneration from the sacrifice is healing for more. Kill something during this time? More health. At an iLvl of ~450 my lock his almost 400k before pushing the button and over half a million after pushing it :) The mortal coil heals for over 75k.

Lock tanking can make soling, scenarios, and dailies mucho fun.

At 90, you can add Archimonde’s Vengeance in for more lock goodness, 5% reflective damage is fun to watch.

Somehow Dark Apotheosis+ Demonic Sacrifice combines 2 things I always hated in the lock class into something I really enjoy. I guess it being a permanent demonic form with all that power does feel like the ultimate “studying of the dark arts to gain more power” that locks are supposed to be.

By: Andrew Eaton (@andyjte)

Andrew Eaton (@andyjte) — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:55:00 +0000

For soloing old raids Demo works great. I recommend Harvest Life for your first glyph slot. Aoe life drain at a much faster damage rate than corruption. If you are really serious about tanking instances then a paladin healer, soul link and a pet are a must. With the paladin split heal on you and your pet you should be able to tank up to MoP heroics. Demo without DA works just fine for most old content up through Wrath. I haven’t tried any of the Cataclysm stuff yet.

By: Dabien

Dabien — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:52:00 +0000

IIRC as well, Enslave Demon still works while Grimoire of Sacrifice is in effect – You can have an enslaved demon while the buff is running.

By: Pawzy

Pawzy — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:51:32 +0000

Oh yea, I also keep a macro that sends me into demon, where I use… 4 buttons. ;)
Easy to learn!

By: Pawzy

Pawzy — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:48:58 +0000

On my 90 demo lock, I only really use like 4 buttons on a single target. 1) Corruption, 2) Hand of Gul’dan, 3) Shadow bolt, 4) Soul Fire for when I get procs. Granted, I keep Shadowfury nearby and ready in case I need to interrupt. But all in all, demo’s pretty simple to learn.

By: Theodoxus

Theodoxus — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:37:21 +0000

I think I use 4 buttons on my warlock. The claw attack melee thingy (that actually has a decent range – like 10 or something) and recharges hella fast. The hand of gul’dan that has two charges, Corruption – cuz it’s instant and dot and yummeh, and the Health Syphon of aoe glyphed goodness as my primary attack. I don’t use the firebolt of slowcasting cuz it’s slow and uses demonic power. Four buttons isn’t so bad.

Later on (I’m only 53) maybe there are more things to press. But currently, it’s a lot of fun to pull off the tank and make them mad and come out of a fight with more health than the tank and more mana than the healer.

Broken, I think is the proper word for Demo warlocks – but hey, I like this broken. I like it a lot.