Introduction
Affliction is the preferred spec if you have good gear (ilevel > 525).
If you have slightly lower ilevel, but have a Legendary Meta Gem or have a ToT Raid Trinket, Affliction might be better for you too. You need to use Simcraft to simulate to confirm this for yourself.
Before I begin, I would like to point out this excellent guide at Icy Veins which is significantly more detailed than the one that I have here:
Recommended Talents and Glyphs
They have changed the Talents and Glyphs to make them more situational. There isn't a single best option that is the best for every fight. Here, I will share my thoughts on which are the more useful talents.
Tier 1: Soul Leech
Soul Leech is amazing especially for Destruction. It returns 10% of damage dealt from certain key spells as a shield that absorbs damage. Use this for all fights.
Tier 2: Mortal Coil or ShadowFury
Mortal Coil should be the default option. Having a 15% Health Heal on 45 s cooldown is amazing. However, for certain fights, it might be necessary to spec into Shadowfury for add control. An example is if you need to stun the Loa Spirit on Council of Elders.
Tier 3: Sacrificial Pact
This is a 200K shield every minute. Amazing! You can have this up every time on Jinrokh's Lightning storm or Megara's Rampage.
Tier 4: Unbound Will
Purges all magic and all CC from you. This works perfectly to neutralize many raid bosses abilities. Examples: Pinning Arrows from Spirit Kings, Amber Prison from Heart of Fear, Quicksand from Council of Elders.
Tier 5: Pick any.
They are all pretty close right now. Pick one that you like and roll with it. I personally use Supremacy because I like the Pet abilities that I can use: Disarm, Cauterize Master, Mass Dispel, Interrupts, etc. Grimoire of Sacrifice is better at higher gear levels > 530.
Tier 6: Kil'jaeden's Cunning.
This talent allows you to DPS while moving. Best ability in the game in my opinion.
Recommended Major Glyphs:
Glyph of Healthstone: Healthstone restores 40% life over 10 s
Glyph of Siphon Life: Corruption heals 20% of damage done.
Third One: Up to you. If you cannot decide, use Glyph of Soul Stone.
Minor Glyphs: Entirely up to you.
DPS Rotation/Priority List
Single Target
1.) Keep these up on boss 100% of time:
Debuff: Curse Of Elements (extra 5% damage)
Dots in order of priority:
- Agony (highest priority. Never let this drop off boss)
- Unstable Affliction
- Corruption
Haunt (Lasts for 8 seconds)
Cast this when:
- you have a lot of buffs on your dots
- you get to dps for 8 seconds without being interrupted. (to Life Tap, or refresh dots, move from boss, etc)
- You have 4 Soul Shards and nothing better to spend them on.
Malefic Grasp. Cast this when all your dots are up and you have nothing else to cast.
4.) Execute Phase (< 20% Health)
You will have almost unlimited soul shards during this phase.
Use Soul Swap (Soul Burn to refresh dots if they are going to expire)
Use Haunt as often as possible.
Use Drain Soul as Filler Spell instead of Malefic grasp.
5.) Special Cooldowns:
Use your Summon Doomguard (10 min Cooldown) at the start of every fight.
Use your Dark Soul Cooldown at the start of the fight and as often as possible throughout the entire fight.
AOE
Greater than 5 targets:
Seed of Corruption (Soul Burn) to put Corruption up on everyone.
Soul Swap (Soul Burn) to explode the Seed
Then cycle through all the targets and cast Seed of Corruption non-stop.
When you see corruption about to expire, recast Seed of Corruption (Soul Burn)
About 2 to 4 targets
Soul Swap (Soul Burn) to instant put dots on all the mobs.
Carry out your single target rotation on one of the mobs.
Note: Affliction Spec has poor burst AOE. If you need AOE burst damage, use Destruction Spec.
Gemming and Reforging.
This is not of high importance. Playing around with your secondary stats only affects a very small portion of your dps. If you are pulling a lot lesser than what you are supposed to, its probably not due to secondary stats.
If you want some quick advice, go for either:
- 6637 haste and rest mastery (for low gear levels < ilevel 500)
- 9778 haste and rest mastery (for ToT geared)
- Avoid Crit and reforge out of it.
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