If you have just wiped a group of mobs and have 0 mana, then the healer sits to drink, this is the worst time to life-tap, imo.
Other than that, just pay attention to healer mana, and tap often. Also, make good use of your health stones and bandages.
If you have a druid or priest healer you can generally lifetap more liberally. Just make sure that if itâs a paladin or shaman healer that you arenât causing them to focus you during times that are inconvenient or risky.
Lifetap whenever you need mana. If the healer canât keep up with you, you need to bandage and eat. Lifetap is always faster than straight drinking, so it doesnt really matter if a healer is there or not.
If you wanna be nice, just let them know you will use bandages often and they can focus on the team.
A healer casting a single renew, or a druid casting a single rejuv is far more efficient than you sitting for a drink.
Yeah, that tilts me just to read itâŚ
are you out of mana after the pull? you life tap.
are you below 100% mana after that pull? life tap.
will you use the rest of your mana on next pull? life tap.
will the healer have to drink anyways before next pull? life tap.
does your healer have excess mana? life tap.
are you out of mana in the middle of a fight but very little damage is going out? life tap.
is the healer actively drinking? wait a minute, then life tap.
did the tank just pull a big pack of enemies that do AoE damage? life tap to 5% health and complain when chip damage kills you.
are you at full mana? cast rain of fire, then life tap.
Out of combat do it as needed. During combat just be careful not to do it too much or be prepared to cast drain life if extra damage is coming your way.
Just wait to start tapping for when we sit down to drink, we love that.
Literally never had an issue with healers healing my Lifetap damage and Iâve played warlock since the game first released.
Most of the time I tap to normalize the ratio of hp and mana and then sit to eat/drink and over 95% of the time I get a heal the second I sit down.
The only ones making a big deal out of it are forum contrarians that have nothing better to do except start arguments on the forums.
Your usually good so long as you donât murder yourself.
Answer: life tap until your healer is oom and give them a friendly reminder they need use Mana pots on cooldown or they are loot banned.
Actually my fav pub locks are the ones with Healcomm addon or similar. So theyre max hp, oom, i line up a huge heal with mouseover macro, they see it coming and tap
Itâs always nice to ask in advance. Or bandage after your first few rapping sessions to show that youâre not exclusively relying on the healer to do that for you.
If your healer is geared he wonât mind. Tap in a considerate way. Like before he starts drinking. Nothing more annoying than a lock that delays his Tap until I drink they I spring up with 100% mana dropping to 85% or something.l for the next pull when the tank is zugging. Or when the whole group needs healing mid pull and you start tapping. Mis allocates heals because of it is atrocious.
Itâs polite to thank your healer for your taps or even bring him a stack of water for the trouble. The gesture goes a long way.
If itâs a rdruid healer (Iâm a druid main) one lifebloom should top you so tap freely.
But from a lock (main alt) 97+ parser:
Never tap unless you are moving, itâs so detrimental to your DPS to plant and cast. The minute you mismanage that you lose so much DPS itâs not even funny.
Hope this helps. Grats on opi king a great class!
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