Fel Concentration
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Affliction 101
Work in Progress!
Intended to be a brief crib sheet for making your Afflock awesome.
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Updated for Patch 4.3.
Talents
EJ’s spec (32/3/6) is the theoretical best. My spec (31/4/6) has differences from EJ’s: Curse of Exhaustion, 1/2 Jinx, 1/2 Nightfall, 1/2 Fel Synergy.
Feel free to experiment. Jinx, Curse of Exhaustion, Death’s Embrace, Nightfall, Pandemic, Seed of Corruption, and Fel Synergy are all valid and tried experiments to pull/put points. Putting points in Improved Fear or Improved Howl of Terror are pretty pointless for PvE.
Glyphs
| Prime | Major | Minor |
| Corruption | Life Tap | player’s choice |
| Haunt | Shadow Bolt | player’s choice |
| Unstable Affliction Lash of Pain (using succubus) Bane of Agony (2-target fight) |
Soul Swap (low haste / multidot ease) Fear (reliable CC) Soul Link (survival) Healthstone (survival) Soulstone (better battle rez) Shadowflame (AoE slow) |
player’s choice |
Spells, Cooldowns, Rotations
Abbreviations / Glossary to be added.
Optimal Opener: SB —> Haunt —> UA —> Corr —> BoD —> SB —> (priorities)
Priorities:
- Soulburn + SF (4pc t13)
- Demon Soul
- Corruption
- Unstable Affliction
- Bane of Doom
- Haunt (+ Shadow’s Embrace debuff)
- Shadowflame (melee range)
- Filler (Drain Soul < 25%, else Shadow Bolt)
- Life Tap (movement / need mana)
- Fel Flame (movement + good on mana / t11 4pc proc)
By Number of Mobs: 1 = single-target || 2 = multidot (+ glyphed Swap) || 3-6 = SB: Seed + multidot || 7+ = spam Seed
Cooldowns:
- Volcanic Potion (pre-pot / Bloodlust)
- Soulburn (+ Soul Fire with t13 4pc)
- Demon Soul + on-use trinkets
- Doomguard (45s + 10m CD, 75s + 6m CD with t13 2pc)
Pet to use: Felhunter > glyphed succubus >> succubus
Dark Intent 101
| Situation 101 | Put It On: |
| 5man heroics (default) |
the Healer |
| Group is learning the fight | Healers |
| Undergeared healers | Healers |
| Hitting enrage timer Wiping to DPS checks |
Higher Raid DPS |
| Farm Status | DPS Accept Bribes Whatever Floats Your Boat |
| PvP | Healers Other DPS Your Pet |
full list by Gherkin.
| Healers | Higher Raid DPS (top 10 by raid DPS) |
Higher Personal DPS (top 10 by uptime) |
| Resto Druids | Shadow Priest | Moonkin |
| Holy Priest (raid heals) |
Fire Mage | Shadow Priest |
| Resto Shaman | Moonkin | Survival Hunter |
| Holy Priest (tank heals) |
Elemental Shaman | Feral Druid |
| Discipline Priest | Frost Mage | Fire Mage |
| Holy Paladin | Arcane Mage | Frost Mage |
| Feral Druid | Assassination Rogue | |
| Survival Hunter | Elemental Shaman | |
| Retribution Paladin | Unholy DK (1H) | |
| Combat Rogue | Beastmastery Hunter |
Gear 101
Armor Class: Cloth
Tokens: Conqueror (Tiers 6 – present), Hero (Tiers 4 & 5)
Weapons: Daggers (MH), 1H Swords (MH), non-shield off-hand items (OH), Staves (2H), Wands (ranged/relic slot)
Spirit does nothing for warlocks. Choose on-equip trinkets which proc off either damage dealing or general spellcasting.
Stat Priority: Int > Spellpower >> Hit (to cap) > Haste > Crit > Mastery
| Hit Caps | Percent | Rating |
| Raiding | 17% | 1742 |
| 5man Heroics | 6% | 615 |
| PvP Spell penetration |
4% – |
410 195 |
Major Haste Breakpoints
- Assume Dark Intent + 5% raid buff; noted Heroism breakpoints.
- Bane of Doom does not scale its ticks with haste.
- +n = nth extra tick
- Earlier ticks that are not worth micromanaging haste for are noted in parentheses.
218 = +1 UA (+1 Corr)
845 = +3 UA with Hero (+3 Corr with Hero)
1618 = +4 Corr with Hero
1993 = +2 Corr
2589 = +2 UA
2681 = +4 UA with Hero
3132 = +5 Corr with Hero
3970 = +3 Corr
Enchants
Excluding profession-specific bonuses, which would overwrite these if they don’t stack.
| Slot | Raiding Enchant | Cheap Enchant |
| Head | Arcanum of Hyjal (Revered w/ Guardians of Hyjal) |
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| Shoulders | Greater Inscr. of Charged Lodestone (Exalted w/ Therazane) |
Lesser Inscr. of Charged Lodestone (Honored w/ Therazane) |
| Back | Greater Intellect | Intellect |
| Chest | Peerless Stats | Mighty Stats |
| Wrists | Mighty Intellect | Speed Superior Spellpower |
| Hands | Haste | |
| Waist | Ebonsteel Belt Buckle | |
| Legs | Powerful Enchanted Spellthread | Enchanted Spellthread |
| Feet | Lavawalker (+movement) Haste |
Earthen Vitality (+movement) – |
| Weapon | Power Torrent | Hurricane |
| Off-hand | Superior Intellect |
Gems & Consumables
Our gems are based around Intellect, which is a Red gem. So, orange gems in yellow sockets and purple gems in blue sockets.
Match the colors when the socket bonus is 20+ Int or 30+ rating stat.
Meta = Burning Shadowspirit Diamond (54 Int + 3% Crit / req. 3 red gems)
Yellow = Reckless (Int/Haste) = Ember Topaz (+20/+20) / Lava Coral (+25/+25)
Blue = Veiled (Int/Hit) = Demonseye (+20/+20) / Shadow Spinel (+25/+25)
Red/Prismatic = Brilliant (Int) = Inferno Ruby (+40) / Queen’s Garnet (+50) / Chimera’s Eye (+67)
You want the +90 Int food (Seafood Magnifique Feast / Severed Sagefish Head). You want the +300 Int flask, Flask of the Draconic Mind. Our favored potion is Volcanic Potion (1200 Int / 25s).
Races & Profession Bonuses
Alliance: Worgen > Gnome > Human > Dwarf
Horde: Orc > Goblin > Troll > Blood Elf > Forsaken
Blacksmithing can be the best profession if you acquire two epic gems (2 * 50 = +100 Int) to put in the extra sockets.
Tailoring is the best profession (+85.9 Int) with its non-stacking back enchant Lightweave Embroidery (Rank 2).
Jewelcrafting (+81 Int) is the second best profession over rare gems (+51 Int over epic) with its 3 Chimera’s Eye gems.
Next (+80 Int) are the other production professions: Alchemy, Blacksmithing (rare gems), Enchanting, Engineering, Inscription, and Leatherworking.
Herbalism has a equivalent +80 haste bonus.
Skinning gives +80 crit.
Mining gives +120 stamina, which is rather useless for a DPSer in a PvE group situation.
