I recall in the TBC days warlocks were generally anti casters. Nowadays I seem to be eaten up by all mage specs.
Could easily be a skill issue but then I look at DKs and they very evidently are anti casters themselves. Maybe these concepts are not a thing anymore?
I play both aff and destro, fwiw.
Basically other warlocks and classes which have cast times like we do. So shadow priest, boomkins I think, and evokers? Any class effected by Curse of Tongues
Are you talking about BGs, Shuffle, 3v3, or open world?
Affliction counters most non-mage casters pretty easily in 3v3 and Solo Shuffle. The key is understanding their burst windows and major cooldowns (i.e., porting away when you see a Spriest’s big swirly black void coming toward you). Since TBC, mage survivability and defenses have been buffed significantly (self-healing, stronger shields, less hardcasting, larger relative health pool, more blinks), and I wouldn’t consider them a glass cannon anymore like they used to be.
If anything, I’d say aff soft counters most double caster teams, and performs pretty well against melee/ranged comps (note: RMP will always be a pain if they’re good).
What is the best spec overall to go against melee comps in SS?
I’m getting obliterated as Hellcaller Destro by melee all the time, because there’s hardly any windows to cast anything, and the insta casts are kind of weak… to the point that people asked if I was trolling. Granted, my gear is still entry level to SS, so that might be a factor.
I don’t think I had such a hard time getting the job done as a spriest getting SS wins.
Well mages cries when they see a lock in lobby. Bdruid are cakes too. Otherwise I’d say, we have it easy against melee + caster combo.
Demo is the best against triple melee.
You can honestly tunnel all your CC into on kill target so they can’t do anything most of the game (grim:felgoire > coil + 20% healing reduction while your partner beats on the kill target = very unhappy fury warr/WW/rogue). Just make sure to save axe toss for healer interrupt.
Also important: Casting Vilefiend/Charhound and Summon Demonic Tyrant do not require LoS, so you should get dreadstalkers our ASAP, port/run away, and get those two demons out.