Demonology Macros w/Video

[Niley]

Today i decided to implement my lock as demo into my team. Took me few hours to tweak my macros, below is what i came up with.
Ran few heroics and to my surprise dps was almost identical to destro, while shaman were doing more, due to 5% crit debuff and more spell power(lock gives around 100 more spell damage than ToW).
Anyway, here goes i hope someone can benefit from this


Video, with some points explained:

Main dps macro:
/assist focus
/use 13
/use 14
/click BT4Button2
/click BT4Button3
/click BT4Button4
/click BT4Button5
/click BT4Button6
/click BT4Button7


button 2:
/castsequence reset=combat/target Curse of the Elements, null

button 3:
/castsequence reset=combat/target Life Tap,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

button 4:
/castsequence reset=combat/target Corruption,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
/petattack

button 5:
/castsequence reset=combat/target Demonic Empowerment,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

button 6:
/castsequence reset=combat/target Immolate,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

button 7:
/castsequence reset=combat/target Shadow Bolt

I use 2-7 for click macros and button 1 is where i put main macro on.

[Lyonheart]

demonic empowerment is a non GCD instant isn't it? i have a demo macro i made a few days ago for mine, I put the DE in the click macro.

[Fursphere]

How much DPS were you pumping out when compared to Destro / Afflic?

[Niley]

How much DPS were you pumping out when compared to Destro / Afflic?

I haven't tried affliction at all(yet)
Difference between destri and demo in raids is small, as a boxer i would say around 500-800 dps on heroic bosses max, but shamans were doing quite a bit more due to almost extra 150 sp damage per(150 over 280 from tow).
Also 5% extra crit isn't too bad
You do lose replenishment and hp from imp as demo.

[Fursphere]

I basically did the same thing you did awhile back, but it was before the 3.3 buffs. Demo was interesting, but lackluster when compared to Destro.

I found Destro and Afflic to be very similar - its just DoT vs Burst between the two bosses. So anything with a lot of movement Afflic would probably come out on top.

3x Affliction warlocks might actually be the ultimate multibox dps tri, because they aren't affected by movement - as compared to say Shaman that lose thousands of DPS is they have to move at all.

[Niley]

there is even more buffs coming to demo on Tuesday, while destro buffs are meh

[Stealthy]

I basically did the same thing you did awhile back, but it was before the 3.3 buffs. Demo was interesting, but lackluster when compared to Destro.

I found Destro and Afflic to be very similar - its just DoT vs Burst between the two bosses. So anything with a lot of movement Afflic would probably come out on top.

3x Affliction warlocks might actually be the ultimate multibox dps tri, because they aren't affected by movement - as compared to say Shaman that lose thousands of DPS is they have to move at all.

This is one of the reasons I went Aff for pvp (BG's) as well - with 2 of the 5 dots being instant (curse & corruption), I can dot up a target while I move into position to apply the dots with a cast time (haunt, UA & SoC) - it's very effective.

Back on topic - sadly, the 5% spell damage buff that demonic pact is getting in the patch only affects the lock (i.e. not party wide). The party/raid wide buff component is unchanged. Still very nice though.

Looking forward to give demo a try with my shams.

Cheers,
S.

[Noids]

The demo warlock SP buff to raid is called Demonic Pact yeah? I thought this only increased raid SP by 10% of your total spell power and wasn't additional to ToW buff. I am not sure if this is what you are mentioning here because without armory-ing your lock (I realilse your toons are well geared) I am assuming it doesn't have 4300SP. If so then awesome, if not, then please enlighten me as to my misunderstanding.

Cheers

[Ghallo]

Why no Incinerate? I can agree you'd want SB every 30 seconds to keep the debuff (maybe weave it in in case you get a resist), but with Immolate on the target Incinerate is more mana friendly and more DPS if you have Molten Core...

[Ualaa]

Demonic Pact and Totem of Wrath give the same buff.
So you get the better of the two.

At early stages of gearing, Totem of Wrath was always better.
But as the gear has improved, DP can now be better on a fairly geared toon.
As gear with more SP continues to enter the game, this will become more true for a larger portion of the player base.