I just can’t even think about switching. No matter how enticing Soulshape looks, having an ability like Soul Rot as destro or demo just feels bad. Really bad… wth am I doing with an AoE DL that ticks for 150? Awful.
At least with Necrolords, the hope remains that it’ll be buffed. Casttime reduction, damage boost and a no longer purgeable Decimating Bolt would do wonders for us.
And the fix that you can use Fleshcraft in the prep phase in arenas/ BGs.
The higher my ilvl creeps the less I regret picking Necrolord.
Beefy Demonbolts (still could be beefier but I digress) feel good. Mastery stat boost from fleshcrafting humanoids corpses (it’s something like a whole 10% damage boost for two minutes) is tasty. Ultimate Form is going to be worth it in PvP when I finally get to that stage.
They’re definitely not going to nerf us, it’s futureproof in a really sad way.
I feel decimating bolt should be a 200% increase rather then 150%, looking at logs it really wouldn’t be a huge difference but a slight dps increase is what we need.
honestly I think they should change decimating bolt into a moving channel.
That would honestly look very very cool.
EDIT: I feel as if in regards to the animation for Decimating Bolt, it was originally intended to hit more than one target at once, and that this was changed because Warlocks can’t have nice things.
i believe they just ripped it off the deathbolt rift animation that the death elementals cast outside the primus seat.
So at renown 18 with the Necrolords – last night I swapped to Night Fae and…kind of have zero regrets.
Oh you think its that easy to leave?
cracks knuckles
My soulshape is a bag of Takis. You beast believe I’m sought after.
Im still banking on next week when the 3rd soulbind comes out. It might make it more viable for pvp.
Don’t it nerfs decimating bolt by about 80%
Yep, tried it immediately after. Of course WoW is the only game in which players are punished for synergistic use of traits and abilities.
No, this just shows the furry favoritism. Inevitable demise works with soul rot for massive cleave damage. But incinerate dealing 60% increased aoe damage is scurry.
Necrolord is fun in Torghast Twisting Corridors. 
Let’s see what I can manage tomorrow.
Safe to say that Twisting Corridors is absolutely crazy as destro. My VW deals 10k - 12k hits on each target with each consume shadows, and with the amount of haste I can generate he can spam it 2-3 times PER SECOND. Crazy AE dmg ensues.
Here are the powers that enabled it btw:
https://i.gyazo.com/6d8b206f9a56ab31f97cb25101ed1c51.jpg
Among others, like primary stat increases as well.
nice. ill have to try out destro later today. I also am a fan of the anima power that makes your fleshcraft explode for 200% of its worth. Did you know it will explode multiple times if its broken while you channel it? Each blast is smaller in damage but its a neat effect nonetheless.
Though, I do not recommend standing there tanking multiple mobs while channeling fleshcraft. Its an easy way to kill yourself. I bet other classes, especially tanks, can have a lot of fun with it.
Done.
Last layer was quite tough, let me tell ya. Even with the super blueberry. Was unfortunate and didn’t get enough sustained dmg along the way, so it took me 3 hrs to clear layer 8. Mobs at the 17th floor had the following HP:
Mawrats 100k, Skeletal Spookbois: 200k, normal non-elite between 300k and 400k, Elites between 1.2M to 2.5M, Rares between 3M to 4M, and the end boss which is irrelevant for locks but nontheless: 10M HP.
And mobs hit hard, really hard. Never ever take a hit without unending up and 50% dam reduction after circle/gate. You will be oneshot.
Why did you put yourself through that torture without going demo? Its a billion times easier.
Soul Rot could do 1 dps and I still wouldn’t give up Soul Shape.
This is why soul shape needs to be knee-capped, or a significant buff should be given to the other covenants. We should not be going night fae for survivability, that should be Necrolord.
AOE DL is irrelevant to the power of soul rot. With the correct conduit it does massive damage, especially on multi-target.