Aoe Mage & Lock builds

[Sisyphus]

I’m running two mages and a lock currently in BRD. What I’m probably going to move to with my lock is soul link with a void walker. You can get massive dmg mitigation since the lock will always be pulling aggro anyways. My mages are deep arcane currently and just using arcane explosion with hellfire. For single target just run curse of elements.

for awhile I was doing ranged AoE but found it’s just more simple to have the team follow my warrior closely.

[nodoze]

I’m running two mages and a lock currently in BRD. What I’m probably going to move to with my lock is soul link with a void walker. You can get massive dmg mitigation since the lock will always be pulling aggro anyways. My mages are deep arcane currently and just using arcane explosion with hellfire. For single target just run curse of elements.

for awhile I was doing ranged AoE but found it’s just more simple to have the team follow my warrior closely.

I am also considering trying to make it to where I can also just follow my Tank and safely AoE from the Warlocks as well.

Like you I initially was leaning toward trying to fit Soul-Link for the extra mitigation but taking the 31 talent in Demonology keeps you from taking the 21 point talent in Destruction for +100% bonus damage from crits.

I am now leaning toward trying to have the +100% damage from crits but also not take aggro by giving my Warlocks -50% threat (-30% from Blessing of Salvation & another -20% from Master Demonologist). If I still have Threat issues I will likely flip that point like you are doing to make the Warlocks more Tanky but I am hoping I won't have to.

Basically running something like this build (flip back and forth between 0/30/21 and /31/20). Still not 100% on the Talents but I am trying to be able to switch between a viable Voidwalker &/or viable Imp and see how much I can get away with by managing Threat.