Love this and the Affliction guide, thank you! Can't wait for Demo. I'm new to lock and still not sure which spec is best for each boss in Uldir. Could you do a quick guide on that?
Thanks and Appreciate it! I actually made a guide like that right before Uldir was released but it could most likely use some updating. Here is a link to that guide and I will see what I can do about updating it. th-cam.com/video/1INIxG1Gego/w-d-xo.html
One thing I gotta mention: :shadowburn becomes INVALUABLE when you have multiple Rolling Havoc traits in M+, and soul fire can add to it. The difference it does is incredible, being able to constantly get an huge intellect boost helps a lot once you know how pulls go.
Hey Kal, i have been a fan for a while now, i like youre video's but i have a suggestion, youre speeking speed is very fast, !! You can tell that you realy know youre stuff !. But as a foreign non native english player who didnt play destro, only affliction, the rotation guide is realy hard to folow. I hope you can turn the speed a bit down in the future, that way even the fan's from other country's can get to know the class much better !! Greeting from the Netherlands
Thank you for the guide! very cool. Suggestion: Can you make a video how to go Affliction on mythic+? I'm having trouble AOE on it, specially at Waycrest manor :(
Thanks! I actually made one about a week or so ago! There is a section in ti as well pertaining to AOE in mythic +. I will say however that Waycrest Manor is rough as affliction at times due to so many mobs dying quickly. Sort of just something we have to deal with in Waycrest... th-cam.com/video/iw6_Lvb1-g8/w-d-xo.html
This is what I thought, It might go Destro on lower/mid keys like you suggest (for waycrest), the others I feel I'm doing good as Affliction. Thank you
I never found roaring blaze not stacking to be a problem. Like every other dot it works with pandemic, so you can use the second one when the other one has around 2 seconds left. I saw Atroxe from Limit use it on Vectis and he still put out insane DPS.
Both Haste and Crit are very close for myself but the best way to find out is to run a raidbots.com stat sim. It will tell you what your specific character needs stat wise!
I was looking at your binds and are you just really good at reaching the right button or do you have different movement keybinds? or do you only move around with your mouse? Im so confused as a not very good WoW player, I really wish some guides werent so heavy on someone who has never tried fixing his UI or binds at all
I actually have most of my abilities bound to 1-12 (which I can use with my Naga mouse) and then the rest are Shift modifiers. I do use my mouse to move mostly as it allows for much faster movement and response time than keyboard turning.
Is Archive worth it outside of Uldir? For example in M+ compared to crashing chaos or rolling havoc? If yes, then how many Archive traits are worth it?
Stat based procs are still solid for destruction and archive is exactly that! The bloodmallet link in the description actually shows how it stacks up compared to other traits at the same ilvl. It also shows where it sims at 2 and 3 traits but you could also sim your own character in raidbots to get even more precise.
how come procs doesn't say like "has a 15% chance when using damaging abilities to proc 15% haste" or w/e stat? like how are u supposed to know without sims what your chances are of getting reverse entropy to proc
hey kalamazi . i bought the codex yesterday in AC thanks for anwsering . What armor do you wear it looks very cool is it a set from naxxaramas or where did you get it .
Is it not better to hold onto dark soul until there's 20 seconds left of your infernal duration? That way I believe you'll maximise your damage because your GoS is at higher stacks when you use dark soul.
I don't have a pawn string as I just throw all potential upgrades into raidbots.com They also have a section for stat weight sims which will tell you what your specific stat weights are.
Two questions for ya. Do you think Destro is incredibly underestimated by the majority of the player base? I see a lot of Destro locks begging for buffs and a lot of my guildies surprised what I can do. I'm only in 3/8 H guild so a little more than causal. Also, in m+ wouldn't Burning Rush be better to get out of certain mechanics faster to begin re-casting again for higher dps?
Well when it comes down to it aff is currently the best spec in the majority of situations, but I do feel that destruction is also in a good place right now. The gap has been closed between the two specs over the last few weeks however affliction excels in scenarios where there are two or more targets much more than destruction does outside of havoc. Destruction does still bring with it very strong initial burst and strong on-demand cleave when havoc is off CD. I feel it is in a good place currently compared to most other specs and aff is still over-performing a bit. Typically I run Dark Pact in mythic + as the higher you go, having another CD is extremely powerful.
Hey, nice video as always. If we are at a 5+ target situation as Destro, shouldn't we use havoc + double conflag and incinerates to generate some extra shards when immolates don't need refreshing? Or it just isn't worth it?
A large portion of the time you won't really need to do much outside of casting a conflag or two to reach 3 shards for another RoF if all the targets have Immolate rolling on them. You are also still casting CDF when it is off CD as well which gives a bit of time for shards to build.
All of my Weak Auras and Add-ons are actually in my discord! There is a link to it in the video description and they are in the addons-weak auras section. Hope it helps!
@@Kalamazii but i have one Problem i See the addons on discord now i am in Wow and i have the addons but i dont now how i can configurate the most addons. Thanks for your answers, i am A WoW beginner and you are helping me with my start. 👍🏻
No problem! For the actual Weak Auras in the pastebin, you need to download the addon Weak Auras 2. Once you are in-game type /wa and hit enter to bring up the WA interface. Scroll to the bottom and click on "import" and then paste all of the raw paste data from the pastebin in there. It will import that specific weak aura.
All of my Weak Auras and Add-ons are actually listed in my discord and Twitch Channel! There is a link to it in the video description and they are in the addons-weak auras section. Hope it helps!
mi dispiace dirti che con il tuo IL dovresti fare circa 30k ad inc ST se non di più, ed immolate lo devi lanciare nuovamente a 5 sec dal cd della DOT per avere la dot no più a 18 sec ma a 24 sec, in aoe/M+ se non mi trovo con tutto quello che hai detto, quasi su tutto: 1) se devi simulare usa l'imp non il void 2) usa la macro #mouseover per infernale/cataclisma/rain of fire etc etc insomma su tutte quelle che hanno la funzione di #ground 3) in AoE cast sequency: Cataclisma, infernale, dark soul (CD), canalizzazione del fuoco demoniaco, havoc, cambia target confragrazione e spam di chaos boltx2, refresh immolate prima che scada havoc, switch target chaos bolt refresh immolate, switch target chaos bolt refresh immolate e così via... immolate su 4 target dev'essere sempre UP. MA SOPRATTUTTO EVITARE DI CAPPARE LE SOUL SHARD.
WTB more traits! Honestly after the nerf it is not nearly as string as it was before. It is still worth acquiring if possible but there are many other options now!
Yah it is kind of nice not to constantly want it now. Kind of feels weird to gut the trait that made destruction's "role" stand out for me though. All the other traits other than Rolling Havoc are so much less satisfying to use for some reason.
Great guide, but blizzard is killing destro, i personaloly love destro but affli does so much more dps that i have to play affli in order ot deal more dps, Blizzard and their dissbalance omg when will it ever stop.
i just play destro and demonology because for me it has more fun like this. im not a top raider i dont push for 12+ keys i just play the game and i like it that way ! if you dont like aff just dont play it :) they cant blame you for that. i think most of the people start to get rid of the ''top dps'' idea in most situations anyway ! thats all from me have a nice day
I really like your videos. However, am going nuts having to rewind segments because you speak extremely fast and I don't want to miss what you are saying. So. Could you please slow down your speech a bit?
I have a question, I play destro and I’m Ilvl 342 and I can’t get a consistent dps past 8k. I hit 12k at the start of fight and then stabilize to 8k-8.5k. Is it my ilvl that’s holding me back? Because I have same rotation as you and talents and I’m still not hitting that high. I only have 13% crit and 13% haste so I’m not sure if that’s the problem but all my gear has haste on it. Help?
The best way to tell where you are sitting DPS wise is to go to raidbots.com and run a quick sim. DPS will vary for different situations but for single target encounters, raid bots will give you an accurate analysis.
@@Kalamazii I don't like our over-reliance on cooldowns. While we hit hard during infernal/DSI window, our spells are so weak when those are on cd. There is no way to talent Destro as a more sustained dps type, which we were in Legion. Talent tree offer no real choice since 2 out of 3 options are so weak in comparison to the 3rd. AoE-ing in m+ also feels so bad compared to Legion Fire and Brimstone. While I think Cataclysm is a really cool spell we should have an additional aoe spell to use other than RoF. After the initial burst of aoe damage we have to single target Incinerate and Immolate. BFA also removed 2 out of 3 instant casts (Life Tap and Dimentional Rift) so movement really screws us over. Also, Legendaries gave us engaging gameplay which Azerite gear has completely failed to offer. Here are some solutions: Make Cataclysm and Channel Demonfire baseline. Remove or change Grimoire of Supremacy, increase shard generation from Incinerate, increase damage from RoF, make infernal a 2 min cd to line up better with trinkets and Dark Soul, buff Fire and Brimstone, give us another instant cast ability, and balance the talent tree better. I know that implementing all of these is unlikely, but any of these would be greatly appreciated.
I agree! I think that having most of our damage tied to our Infernal (which is similar to how aff plays with Darkglare) is not somewhere a class really wants to be. I would like to see some changes to Infernal while buffing our spells outside of its use.
Sorry about that! The 8.1 and 8.1.5 Destruction Guides I have are probably a better bet at this point! I also did slow down the rate at which I speak in them greatly as this one was pretty early on. Hope it helps!
Your videos have helped me to be a first choise in my guild for most mythic bosses.
Awesome! I am very happy to hear it!
i have started warlock a few weeks ago an your warlock videos make me wanna play this class even more! cheers for the good work :)
Thanks a lot! I appreciate it!
Emanuel Alonso yeah me too. Started powerleving a dark iron dwarf warlock. A couple days ago 42 atm. Might change up the talents.
Wanted to play a Dark Iron pretty badly but we went horde before they came out :(.
Thanks Lord ! Cant wait for demono guide !
Thanks!
Love this and the Affliction guide, thank you! Can't wait for Demo.
I'm new to lock and still not sure which spec is best for each boss in Uldir. Could you do a quick guide on that?
Thanks and Appreciate it! I actually made a guide like that right before Uldir was released but it could most likely use some updating. Here is a link to that guide and I will see what I can do about updating it.
th-cam.com/video/1INIxG1Gego/w-d-xo.html
One thing I gotta mention: :shadowburn becomes INVALUABLE when you have multiple Rolling Havoc traits in M+, and soul fire can add to it. The difference it does is incredible, being able to constantly get an huge intellect boost helps a lot once you know how pulls go.
Hopefully with the buffs to Demo you will do a Demo one especially for M+ of these. Great content keep it up man!
It is what I plan on doing next! Thanks!
Thx. This video is pure gold
Thanks!
Hey Kal, i have been a fan for a while now, i like youre video's but i have a suggestion, youre speeking speed is very fast, !! You can tell that you realy know youre stuff !. But as a foreign non native english player who didnt play destro, only affliction, the rotation guide is realy hard to folow. I hope you can turn the speed a bit down in the future, that way even the fan's from other country's can get to know the class much better !! Greeting from the Netherlands
I will certainly keep it in mind moving forward! Thank you for the suggestion and support!
Thank you!!!
Thank you for the guide! very cool. Suggestion: Can you make a video how to go Affliction on mythic+? I'm having trouble AOE on it, specially at Waycrest manor :(
Thanks! I actually made one about a week or so ago! There is a section in ti as well pertaining to AOE in mythic +. I will say however that Waycrest Manor is rough as affliction at times due to so many mobs dying quickly. Sort of just something we have to deal with in Waycrest...
th-cam.com/video/iw6_Lvb1-g8/w-d-xo.html
This is what I thought, It might go Destro on lower/mid keys like you suggest (for waycrest), the others I feel I'm doing good as Affliction. Thank you
Hello Kala, how are u ? Are u gonna do a video about Demonology ? I would like to watch it :D
Hey there! I am doing well! I do plan on releasing a video for Demonology. I should have it out by this weekend!
Ahhh Nice. I will wating for it. Thanks Kala.
I never found roaring blaze not stacking to be a problem. Like every other dot it works with pandemic, so you can use the second one when the other one has around 2 seconds left.
I saw Atroxe from Limit use it on Vectis and he still put out insane DPS.
Destruction was (and still is) a viable choice for mythic Vectis prog. The unfortunate part is that Havoc does not line up with every add spawning.
What nameplates addon are you using? I love how it shows the percent on the enemy nameplates at the end in Atal Dazar for the totems.
It is an addon called Threat Plates!
What would you say is the best Wep enchant for Destruction warlocks? Great video! helped me alot, keep going
Both Haste and Crit are very close for myself but the best way to find out is to run a raidbots.com stat sim. It will tell you what your specific character needs stat wise!
Would love a timestamp on where u start talking about certain stuff. like 1:00 Talents. if you get me.
They are all in the description! Hope it helps!
oof shoot. i missed the " Show more" bar. My bad! Thanks! Great vid :)
I was looking at your binds and are you just really good at reaching the right button or do you have different movement keybinds? or do you only move around with your mouse? Im so confused as a not very good WoW player, I really wish some guides werent so heavy on someone who has never tried fixing his UI or binds at all
This is probably not the video to ask this but I bet some people here have an answer or some guidance
I actually have most of my abilities bound to 1-12 (which I can use with my Naga mouse) and then the rest are Shift modifiers. I do use my mouse to move mostly as it allows for much faster movement and response time than keyboard turning.
Is Archive worth it outside of Uldir? For example in M+ compared to crashing chaos or rolling havoc? If yes, then how many Archive traits are worth it?
Stat based procs are still solid for destruction and archive is exactly that! The bloodmallet link in the description actually shows how it stacks up compared to other traits at the same ilvl. It also shows where it sims at 2 and 3 traits but you could also sim your own character in raidbots to get even more precise.
how come procs doesn't say like "has a 15% chance when using damaging abilities to proc 15% haste" or w/e stat? like how are u supposed to know without sims what your chances are of getting reverse entropy to proc
Yeah it could be a bit more specific.
hey man . why are your imdolaye and the rest green attacks ? i have them orange lol
i mean imsolate im very new so i dont know and it looks alot cooler that green attackss
No problem! The 'Sealed Tome of the Lost Legion" is an item that turns your fire green after a questline!
@@Kalamazii wich questline at what lvl do i need to follow for it . and is it 1 item or do i need a few for a few attacks ?
www.wowhead.com/item=92426/sealed-tome-of-the-lost-legion
That should help!
hey kalamazi . i bought the codex yesterday in AC thanks for anwsering . What armor do you wear it looks very cool is it a set from naxxaramas or where did you get it .
Is it not better to hold onto dark soul until there's 20 seconds left of your infernal duration? That way I believe you'll maximise your damage because your GoS is at higher stacks when you use dark soul.
Any chance youd make an Aff Mythic+ guide
I actually already have!
m.th-cam.com/video/iw6_Lvb1-g8/w-d-xo.html
How many haste do u need? Stats prio and how much percant do u need for crit and haste ?which enchand are u using? For destro
There are no real stat thresholds you want to hit. The best way is to run a raidbots.com stat weight sim!
How come you get double chaos bolt?
Mateusz Kasperek I’m wondering the same thing
Havoc
where can i get ui?
What’s the stat priority ? And would you happen to have a pawn string you could share ? Thanks!
I don't have a pawn string as I just throw all potential upgrades into raidbots.com
They also have a section for stat weight sims which will tell you what your specific stat weights are.
Couldnt find your weakauras, mind linking or what to search on wago.io?? thank you.
Sure! pastebin.com/u/Kalamazi
Two questions for ya.
Do you think Destro is incredibly underestimated by the majority of the player base? I see a lot of Destro locks begging for buffs and a lot of my guildies surprised what I can do. I'm only in 3/8 H guild so a little more than causal.
Also, in m+ wouldn't Burning Rush be better to get out of certain mechanics faster to begin re-casting again for higher dps?
Well when it comes down to it aff is currently the best spec in the majority of situations, but I do feel that destruction is also in a good place right now. The gap has been closed between the two specs over the last few weeks however affliction excels in scenarios where there are two or more targets much more than destruction does outside of havoc. Destruction does still bring with it very strong initial burst and strong on-demand cleave when havoc is off CD. I feel it is in a good place currently compared to most other specs and aff is still over-performing a bit.
Typically I run Dark Pact in mythic + as the higher you go, having another CD is extremely powerful.
Ill play Destruction from the Beginning and it is hardly Understimated if played correctly
Poggers first time ❤ I was here
Hey, nice video as always. If we are at a 5+ target situation as Destro, shouldn't we use havoc + double conflag and incinerates to generate some extra shards when immolates don't need refreshing? Or it just isn't worth it?
A large portion of the time you won't really need to do much outside of casting a conflag or two to reach 3 shards for another RoF if all the targets have Immolate rolling on them. You are also still casting CDF when it is off CD as well which gives a bit of time for shards to build.
How are you shooting 2 chaos bolts at once?
The destruction spell “Havoc”.
Kalamazi Ok I figured it out, once I place the havoc spell on one target I have to switch on to another target before using chaos bolt
Can we get a link to your weak auras pls.
All of my weak auras are in my discord which is in the description below!
Hey! What addons for user interfce are used?
All of my Weak Auras and Add-ons are actually in my discord! There is a link to it in the video description and they are in the addons-weak auras section. Hope it helps!
Why are all your spells green??
Sealed Tome of the Lost Legion makes all of your Destruction spells green!
Can you make A video about your addons?
All of my Weak Auras and Add-ons are actually in my discord! There is a link to it in the video description. Hope it helps!
@@Kalamazii okay thanks, you are making really Nice Videos
Thanks!
@@Kalamazii but i have one Problem i See the addons on discord now i am in Wow and i have the addons but i dont now how i can configurate the most addons. Thanks for your answers, i am A WoW beginner and you are helping me with my start. 👍🏻
No problem! For the actual Weak Auras in the pastebin, you need to download the addon Weak Auras 2. Once you are in-game type /wa and hit enter to bring up the WA interface. Scroll to the bottom and click on "import" and then paste all of the raw paste data from the pastebin in there. It will import that specific weak aura.
What addons do u have ?
All of my Weak Auras and Add-ons are actually listed in my discord and Twitch Channel! There is a link to it in the video description and they are in the addons-weak auras section. Hope it helps!
Hi, Can you give me your ELVUI plz? I don't find it in french. Thx.
I don't use ElvUi anymore! It is actually Shadowed Unit Frames.
mi dispiace dirti che con il tuo IL dovresti fare circa 30k ad inc ST se non di più, ed immolate lo devi lanciare nuovamente a 5 sec dal cd della DOT per avere la dot no più a 18 sec ma a 24 sec, in aoe/M+ se non mi trovo con tutto quello che hai detto, quasi su tutto:
1) se devi simulare usa l'imp non il void 2) usa la macro #mouseover per infernale/cataclisma/rain of fire etc etc insomma su tutte quelle che hanno la funzione di #ground 3) in AoE cast sequency: Cataclisma, infernale, dark soul (CD), canalizzazione del fuoco demoniaco, havoc, cambia target confragrazione e spam di chaos boltx2, refresh immolate prima che scada havoc, switch target chaos bolt refresh immolate, switch target chaos bolt refresh immolate e così via... immolate su 4 target dev'essere sempre UP. MA SOPRATTUTTO EVITARE DI CAPPARE LE SOUL SHARD.
scusa il misto di lingua fra italiano ed alcuni incantesimi/azioni in inglese
The hardest part about this spec is getting the crashing chaos traits :/
WTB more traits! Honestly after the nerf it is not nearly as string as it was before. It is still worth acquiring if possible but there are many other options now!
Yah it is kind of nice not to constantly want it now. Kind of feels weird to gut the trait that made destruction's "role" stand out for me though. All the other traits other than Rolling Havoc are so much less satisfying to use for some reason.
I agree. They feel pretty generic and bland to me personally.
I dislike how much you rely on your infernal to deal damage outisde of your infernal you feel so weak
That has been one of the complaints since beta. The Crashing Chaos nerf in addition to the buffs we received this week should help a bit.
i feel like rain of fire is very undertuned
It is a bit undertuned in a sense now. It is certainly not on the level of a frost mage's blizzard.
Great guide, but blizzard is killing destro, i personaloly love destro but affli does so much more dps that i have to play affli in order ot deal more dps, Blizzard and their dissbalance omg when will it ever stop.
Hopefully things will be more in-line next tier!
Actually if you stack on haste and crit destro can be top dps.
i just play destro and demonology because for me it has more fun like this. im not a top raider i dont push for 12+ keys i just play the game and i like it that way ! if you dont like aff just dont play it :) they cant blame you for that. i think most of the people start to get rid of the ''top dps'' idea in most situations anyway ! thats all from me have a nice day
I really like your videos. However, am going nuts having to rewind segments because you speak extremely fast and I don't want to miss what you are saying. So. Could you please slow down your speech a bit?
You can change the playback speed of videos.
I have a question, I play destro and I’m Ilvl 342 and I can’t get a consistent dps past 8k. I hit 12k at the start of fight and then stabilize to 8k-8.5k. Is it my ilvl that’s holding me back? Because I have same rotation as you and talents and I’m still not hitting that high. I only have 13% crit and 13% haste so I’m not sure if that’s the problem but all my gear has haste on it. Help?
The best way to tell where you are sitting DPS wise is to go to raidbots.com and run a quick sim. DPS will vary for different situations but for single target encounters, raid bots will give you an accurate analysis.
Sad destro main here :(
BFA ruined it!
What don't you like about BFA Destro?
@@Kalamazii I don't like our over-reliance on cooldowns. While we hit hard during infernal/DSI window, our spells are so weak when those are on cd. There is no way to talent Destro as a more sustained dps type, which we were in Legion. Talent tree offer no real choice since 2 out of 3 options are so weak in comparison to the 3rd. AoE-ing in m+ also feels so bad compared to Legion Fire and Brimstone. While I think Cataclysm is a really cool spell we should have an additional aoe spell to use other than RoF. After the initial burst of aoe damage we have to single target Incinerate and Immolate. BFA also removed 2 out of 3 instant casts (Life Tap and Dimentional Rift) so movement really screws us over. Also, Legendaries gave us engaging gameplay which Azerite gear has completely failed to offer.
Here are some solutions: Make Cataclysm and Channel Demonfire baseline. Remove or change Grimoire of Supremacy, increase shard generation from Incinerate, increase damage from RoF, make infernal a 2 min cd to line up better with trinkets and Dark Soul, buff Fire and Brimstone, give us another instant cast ability, and balance the talent tree better.
I know that implementing all of these is unlikely, but any of these would be greatly appreciated.
I agree! I think that having most of our damage tied to our Infernal (which is similar to how aff plays with Darkglare) is not somewhere a class really wants to be. I would like to see some changes to Infernal while buffing our spells outside of its use.
First!
Even beat me!
You're talking way too fast for me to keep up with this, being the inexperienced lock that I am.
Dude you speak to fast to keep up with, but thanks for the tips after rewatching this 5 times
Sorry about that! The 8.1 and 8.1.5 Destruction Guides I have are probably a better bet at this point! I also did slow down the rate at which I speak in them greatly as this one was pretty early on. Hope it helps!