My thoughts on the class balance update

[Pazgaz]

@zenga care to explain that bit about affliction locks?

[zenga]

@zenga care to explain that bit about affliction locks?

Affliction has 4 dots if you talent them like this.
Agony can ramp up to 20 stacks, corruption is eternal, siphon life heals you. All 3 instant casts. Phantom Singularity heals you as well and is also instant. And the way unstable affliction works in legion means you can cast 4-5 in a row if you don't have to move for a couple of seconds. Drain life is your filler spell and thus channeled, but not as important as UA or Agony.

To put it in an extreme way, the point is that you can basically run around and spam dots, and that your damage spells heals you w/o really needing a healer.

Grimoire of Supremacy has the advantage that you have a pet that does a lot of dmg as well that adds to the mobility. And if your tank happens to die you just summon a tank minion. That tank minion is not gonna tank a mythic boss 24/7 but if you have 3 of them out (summon has no CD) you have plenty of time to get a rezz off / survive a hectic phase (3x soulstone as well). The pets are incredible in the open world, like solo my pet tanks pretty much every big ass Danger Boss from world quests (talking about the dudes with 40m-ish hps) without the need for a heal.

TLDR 3 affliction locks really allows you to cheese many mechanics if you take it slow.