Ive been trying to learn affliction (pve) but I struggle with managing so many DoTs. It’s not bad on single target but as soon as I have to manage dots in 2 or more enemies, I find it very hard to keep the right dots rolling in all targets, and dots start falling off or getting missed.
Anyone have any tips for better multi target dot play? Any weak auras or add-ons you use to help with this?
get a nameplate addon like plater or kui or whatever tidyplates has become. always a good first step. on 2+ targets look to run absolute corruption. if you happen to have 3 sudden onset traits then maybe writhe in agony will pull ahead
Also won’t worry about doing a full dot stack on stuff that isn’t priority. If you have some ID traits then getting corruption on everything is good, otherwise just throw agony around and focus on the kill priority. 2 Targets you should be able to manage agony/corruption/SL without a ton of trouble,more than that like cheeze said AC is best.
ID doesnt scale from corruption, i think you meant agony
You’re correct, I’ve been on the warrior too much
Practice refreshing your dots on a trio of dummies. If it’s 3+ targets, use Seed to apply Corruption and then recast seed when it’s just about 40% duration remaining. By the time you cast it and then pop it, you should be within Pandemic Invocation window. Absolute Corruption immensely simplifies matters, almost to a fault. Tab targeting and shift-targeting are also essential for multidotting. Not that you are, but I would steer clear of Creeping Death. DSM provides strong burst while Creeping Death makes dot uptime more difficult to juggle. My bindings 1-2-3-4-5, respectively Haunt-Agony-Corruption-Siphon-UA. Pretty much 12345 then tab 2345, then shift tab
I would be careful with this, bosses tend to not like being tanked next to each other so seed isn’t always the answer. This doesn’t really work in eternal palace, most fights a boss might be tanked on 1 additional add and in that case seed would take longer than just tab targeting .
Absolute Corruption works well on about half the Palace fights. Seed moreso for M+ trashpacks
I have a macro setup with 1 sec reset to cast agony,corruption,sl that I spam while tab targeting. This along with some of the azurite gear traits help when refreshing those dots. The REAL problem is we don’t start doing peanuts for damage until we get a few unstable afflictions on things. This there is nothing to really be done but for blizz to fix a poor design after all the nerfs from legion and previous.