Keeping the Buff UpdatedNot each buff is equal, at the right beginning it looks like destro locks don't use shadow bolts. In fact that is two buffs for each spec. And if we look at the top damage performances of warlocks in ICC, we can see that affliction is still outperforming the others by a small margin. Demonic Pact has an over-forty-second duration, up from 12 seconds, with a 20-second internal cool down. As for Immolate, the damage-over-time component of this spell is able to produce critical strikes. The Demonic Pact change perhaps doesn't do much about DPS. The main reason may lie in the fact there is to cut the amount of combat log data being thrown around. It should have a positive effect on the buff uptime, which doesn't have to occur within the next 12 seconds. Importantly, that should double the opportunity of any one buff being updated. It also means any minion should be almost good at keeping the buff updated. Next main feature of the cooldown is that more powerful buffs will not be over-written by weaker ones for at least 20 seconds. You should not be surprised to find people stacking spell power abilities to cause a more powerful DP buff at critical moments.News for Monday 22 February, 2010Recent News
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