02-02-2006, 12:55 AM
For raiding, demonology is best suited for Demonic Sacrifice, usually voidwalker so you can choose between the extra health or mana (with a lifetap). This is usually coupled with Shadow Mastery.
Your DPS is lower, but between bandages and the DS 2% life per 4 sec you have a virtually unlimited supply of mana. Or for trash where you have time to drink after, a succy sac for a total +25% shadow damage makes for pretty good DPS (not quite up to what a SM . Ruin build will put out, but not far behind, and much better mana efficiency).
You end up quite versatile, as you can put out sustained damage (sac void) or high damage for a shorter period (sac succy) plus you end up with improved imp and healthstones so you can give a nice stam buff a group for when your assignment is simply to keep something banished.
I recently respecced to SM / DS from full demonology and I like it. I chose to go 1/2 in improved healthstone because one of each type can be carried, I figure other warlocks will either be 0/2 or 2/2. This way we have a pretty good chance of a tank being able to have a 0/2, 1/2, and 2/2 healthstones.
Your DPS is lower, but between bandages and the DS 2% life per 4 sec you have a virtually unlimited supply of mana. Or for trash where you have time to drink after, a succy sac for a total +25% shadow damage makes for pretty good DPS (not quite up to what a SM . Ruin build will put out, but not far behind, and much better mana efficiency).
You end up quite versatile, as you can put out sustained damage (sac void) or high damage for a shorter period (sac succy) plus you end up with improved imp and healthstones so you can give a nice stam buff a group for when your assignment is simply to keep something banished.
I recently respecced to SM / DS from full demonology and I like it. I chose to go 1/2 in improved healthstone because one of each type can be carried, I figure other warlocks will either be 0/2 or 2/2. This way we have a pretty good chance of a tank being able to have a 0/2, 1/2, and 2/2 healthstones.
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And it came... and it went... and I played Hearthstone longer than Diablo III.
Terenas WoW player... while we waited for Diablo III.
And it came... and it went... and I played Hearthstone longer than Diablo III.