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[ 1 | Introduction ]

This thread will serve just as a bridge between wotlk and cataclysm for those who will continue to raid. Information here is mostly still new and could likely in some areas still be improved upon. If you have suggestions or such feel free to post here. This thread will in general not use any very specific numbers but instead focus more onguidelines that should be appropriate for most levels of gear.

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[ 2 | General ]

* Spirit is bad, replace it if you can
* Intellect now gives spellpower
* You now need 17% hit
* Intellect + Hit gems are purple
* You can reforge your gear near the enchanting trainer
* Glyphs are now re-useable
* Dots are best refreshed shortly after the before last tick
* All talent specs can and should use guardian pets (Doom Guard / Infernal)
* Soul Shatter is now 90% threat reduction

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[ 3.1 | Affliction ]

First thing you should know is that you'll probably want to reforge as much of your crit to hit/mastery as you can, keep in mind you'll need 2 blue gems (hit) for the meta gem, so first fill your blue sockets with hit+int, then reforge crit to hit until the hit cap- and once hit capped reforge the rest of your crit to haste (if you can't reforge to haste, reforge to mastery).

There is a viable drain life and shadow bolt spec, however the drain life spec is effectively worse in all scenarios and will put you through a lot more trouble when it comes to shadow embrace. If you love the play style, go for it- but it's recommended you use shadow bolt instead of drain life.

Stat priority:
Shadow Bolt Focus: Hit (until 17%) > Int >> Haste > Spellpower >> Mastery >> Crit
Drain Life Focus: Hit (until 17%) > Int > Mastery > Haste > Spellpower >>> Crit

Talent spec: http://wowtal.com/#k=18tmoRLm.a67.warlock.2wJB1
Prime Glyphs: Haunt, Lash of Pain, Bane of Agony
Major Glyphs: Life Tap, Soul Swap, Shadow Bolt
Notes:

* Use the succubus.
* At high haste levels (1400+) you can replace glyph of Life Tap
* If you use drain life as filler instead of shadowbolt, you can replace glyph of lifetap.
* Optional talents are optional, feel free to rearrange those as it pleases you.
* If you use a drain life heavy rotation, mastery increases in value.


Spell priority:

* Corruption
* Haunt
* Unstable Affliction
* Bane of Agony
* Shadow Embrace (IE: Shadow bolt if its not at 3 stacks)
* Drain Soul (Target HP less than 25%)
* Shadow Bolt or Drain Life

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[ 3.2 | Demonology ]

Start with Regemming your blue sockets to hit+haste- then reforge spirit where you can, if you cant reforge spirit reforge your crit; to hit until the cap (17%), then to haste where possible and mastery otherwise.

The Searing Pain counterpart of this spec is no longer viable.

Stat priority:
Hit (until 17%), Haste > Int >> Mastery = Spellpower > Crit

Talent spec: http://wowtal.com/#k=-A4iI5KM.a67.warlock.qLOU9g
Prime Glyphs: Immolate, Incinerate, Metamorphosis
Major Glyphs: Life Tap, Shadow Bolt
Notes:

* At high haste levels (1400+) you can replace glyph of Life Tap
* If you use Searing Pain as filler instead of shadowbolt, you can replace glyph of lifetap.


Spell priority:

* Metamorphosis
* Immolate
* Hand of Gul'dan
* Bane of Doom
* Corruption
* Immolation Aura
* Shadowflame
* Incinerate (If molten core is up)
* Soul Burn -> Soul Fire
* Soul Fire (If Decimation is up)
* Shadow Bolt

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[ 3.3 | Destruction ]

To start, Fill blue sockets with hit+int. After that, reforge your spirit/crit to hit until the hit cap, and reforge the rest to mastery.

Searing pain has been nerfed and is no longer worth using.

Stat priority:
Hit (Until 17%) >> Int >> Mastery = Haste = Spellpower >>> Crit

Talent Spec: http://wowtal.com/#k=RB881mc.a67.warlock.qEnBcH
Prime Glyphs: Immolate, Conflagrate, Imp
Major Glyphs: Life Tap
Notes:

* At high haste levels (1400+) you can replace glyph of Life Tap
* You should use /cast [@pettarget]Firebolt macros


Spell Priority:

* Improved Soul Fire (If target is above 80%, make sure this buff is up)
* Immolate
* Conflagrate
* Bane of Doom
* Shadowflame
* Corruption
* Chaos Bolt
* Soul Burn -> Soul Fire
* Soul Fire (If Empowered Imp has procced)
* Incinerate


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Spell Priority:

* Improved Soul Fire (If target is above 80%, make sure this buff is up)
* Immolate
* Conflagrate
* Bane of Doom
* Shadowflame
* Corruption
* Chaos Bolt
* Soul Burn -> Soul Fire
* Soul Fire (If Empowered Imp has procced)
* Incinerate


For a destruction lock i don't use shadowflame and corruption as part of my standard rotation. My rotation is:
1) Bane of Doom (Bane of Havoc in cases where adds are frequently attacked)
2) Immolate (keep this up)
3) COE (to pass the time to get conflagrate)
4) Conflagrate
5) Chaos Bolt
6) Incinerate (filler)
Rotate 2,4,5,6.

During fight when Imp procs than Soul Fire and Soul Burn-Soul fire.

Guess you use shadowflame to get more soul burns? Got 2 problems with that, one need to get close and two it doesn't seem to work (odd).

Will probably whisper u soon, cause need to still choose OS. Good overview Jodie. TY.
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You should be using Corruption in your rotation its actually a big contribution to overall dps, yes its another thing to watch but its worth it.

The main reason for choosing this talent however should be to replenish soul shards on fights with adds, using shadowburn should net you 3 soulshards to soulburn away. No idea why its not working for you???


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Hehe are we the only class trying to use 10 different spells? No idea too, but haven't my homework on it last few weeks also, since not really part of my rotation.
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www.askmrrobot.com is screwing with my brain. Keeps changing my BIS gear... now it wants me back on Shadowflame handwraps in order to get my 4set bonus. But I do not use the felflame ability that much.. how about you?
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I used that site for all of 10 seconds, it insists that I should only have 15% hit and reforges/regems me out of hit, I really question its ability to optimize.


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Hit for a lock is very important.. so it will always put hit-items high up the list, but you need to be smart. After a comment from jodie about belt.. i was confused since mrrobot is giving mixsignals. First one shows mirror+volcano to be BIS.. but if u look closer u will see belt of res higher up than mirror? Weird?

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Check out Volcano, still up there!

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What i mostly see in your statistics is that Theralion's mirror is getting a serious whooping.. maybe i will roll on it next time, if only just to see if on a long dummy fight the dps does indeed go up. What is the source of the statistics? Most of the time its somebody doing it themselves. Will also contact some of our 'fellow'-locks.
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This is the benchmark for T12 gear i see. That is interesting. :D Moonwell chalice does not seem to beet my new bell of enraging resonance.
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Yeah mastery is rubbish not everything is about item level!


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Never has been it appears, but in case of the chalice it does has a lot of intellect so could have been a usefull trinket, but appearently it is quickly beaten.
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