Warlock (85) Affliction 20k+ DPS 4.3 Raiding Rotation UI Tips and Tricks

Raiding UI guide and play by play for elite warlockery.

Dreamalittle was casually raiding twice a week at the time of filming and was ilvl 363. Affliction spec 32/3/6 (3/3 bane 3/3 shadow and flame). Gear bias is haste. Very heavy on haste. Haste is good. Unbuffed stats:

Spell Power: 6678
Haste: 15.34%
Hit: 17.02%
Crit: 14.45%
Mastery: 13.27

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Current armoury link for those interested:

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/frostmourne/dreamalittle/simple

Some theorycraft:

Dot clipping and haste:

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/812087-Hasted-DoT-s-and-Clipping
http://cynwise.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/how-warlock-dots-work-in-cataclysm/

Spell priority:

http://elitistjerks.com/f80/t112939-affliction_cataclysm_4_2_release/

Dark intent priority:

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/813759-Mechanics-Dark-Intent-(4.2)

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User interface

Main timers: Buttontimers (setup guide here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fISsspOnZfE )
Alerts and Soul Fire counter: Power Auras
Dps measure: Recount
Bossmod used: Bigwigs
Cast bar: Quartz
Health bars: Tidyplates (threatplates)
Action bars: Dominos
Unit frames: Shadowed Unit Frames
Others: tukui for minimap, error spam hiding, and minimalistic chat/ui skin

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[eyesack9]

i haven't played wow in a while, is affliction better than demonology now?

[MrDreamalittle]

@eyesack9 as of 4.3 there is very little difference in the potential DPS of all three warlock specs .. even destruction is now viable. so until they buff or nerf one of our specs, just play what you enjoy (been a while since i've been able to say that)

[stealthstyle1]

hmm seriously i was getting 28k dps on baleroc in 363 ilvl on my lock

People shoud l2p if they wanna make guides on something

[MrDreamalittle]

@stealthstyle1 28k dps on baleroc? i did about that months ago (26.9k dps), BEFORE they nerfed the encounter, before warlocks got buffed and weren't as strong as they are now. oh, and i placed in the top 200 warlocks in the world for doing so. i've sent you the image link in a private message.

now you link me a screenshot of you ranking? or of something where you've shared your knowledge with the wow community?

[ghostwarrior13]

at 6:30 what triggers the PowerAuras "flame" to the top left of your toon?

[MrDreamalittle]

@ghostwarrior13 that was when i had four piece tier 11 and it proc'd the fel flame 300% damage bonus. obviously no longer relevant. i'd like to use power auras more to track big passive procs and see if there's merit in refreshing dots at a confluence of procs

[proarlopro]

the music made me crazy

[rrhmorgan]

@MrDreamalittle Feelsgoodman. I played Affliction back in TBC and I am absolutely delighted to play it again without ridicule.

[micehunter]

@MrDreamalittle Very informative video! I just switched to affliction from demo and am really enjoying it. Just trying to get the details down so I can consistently do over 25k dps

[WowBugVision]

@proarlopro You know these songs ? they are sooooooo goood :)

[WampireDj]

Wow the video ressolution is like 640x480, SOOOOOOO 90's

[WowBugVision]

Songs plz :)) !

[WowThralls]

@Bystander81 Because, 4.3 it wasn't so much difference in the three warlock talent trees, as he said you can even play destruction now :)

[remathesema]

can you tell the spell rotation pls?

[Bystander81]

Why does your video say 4.2 and the title say 4.3?

[paislychainsaw]

what is the name of the song at 9:00 ?

[wyvern716]

granted it was beta but with a premade aff lock that i facerolled I was able to pull 35k dps and beat out live arcane mages in heroic FL gear so aff locks should be wrecking the charts this patch. and im not sure if i missed it but i dont remember you mentioning the use of demon soul