10-17-2005, 10:41 PM
Improved Shadowbolt was probably more useful before the last couple of patches, when Corruption did fairly low damage per tick, and there were only 8 jealously guarded debuff slots.
When I was levelling up, my usual strategy was to slap on DoTs and drain tank using the Drain Life spell (heavy Affliction spec). Then at 60, I became more of a shadowbolt spammer, to the point where I never used DoTs.
Post-patch, I respecced to split points between Affliction and Demonology and mix in both nukes and DoTs.
In addition to the talents Lissa mentioned these are some of the other highlights of the trees:
Demonology
Improved Imp and Improved Healthstone - nice party friendly skills. The imp talent boosts the effectiveness of Blood Pact a lot.
Demonic Sacrifice and Master Demonologist - very nice buffs with pet or without.
Destruction
Ruin - Big crits, at least until Blizzard changes the resistance calculations.
Destructive Reach - You'll really appreciate extra distance on your spells in raiding and PvP.
Intensity - Nice if you use AoE a lot.
Chris
When I was levelling up, my usual strategy was to slap on DoTs and drain tank using the Drain Life spell (heavy Affliction spec). Then at 60, I became more of a shadowbolt spammer, to the point where I never used DoTs.
Post-patch, I respecced to split points between Affliction and Demonology and mix in both nukes and DoTs.
In addition to the talents Lissa mentioned these are some of the other highlights of the trees:
Demonology
Improved Imp and Improved Healthstone - nice party friendly skills. The imp talent boosts the effectiveness of Blood Pact a lot.
Demonic Sacrifice and Master Demonologist - very nice buffs with pet or without.
Destruction
Ruin - Big crits, at least until Blizzard changes the resistance calculations.
Destructive Reach - You'll really appreciate extra distance on your spells in raiding and PvP.
Intensity - Nice if you use AoE a lot.
Chris