I only play affliction, and thought Destruction was “the best”.
I don’t pay attention to that stuff.
Whether or not Destruction is the best or most popular, you should play it, if you want.
Those big green Chaos Bolts do look pretty cool.
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I play Destruction in raid, but started dabbling with Demo in M+. I hate that I had to though.
Don’t have to. Unless you’re pushing high keys.
Pretty much have to, ya. It’s laughable how much more damage Demo does. I have to pop a 3m cooldown and spam RoF to do the damage the demo lock can do nearly every pull.
My invites to pugs skyrocketed as soon as I went demo. So yeah, it’s pretty much required.
Absolutely! Played destro for 10 years off and on, only lock spec I’ll ever play.
Maybe another balance tuning will help the underperforming specs.
Yeah, I hope so. I actually prefer Destro, it’s just way too weak right now. Fortunately my guild is fairly casual and only does heroic, so I can get away with playing it in raid. But pugging keys I don’t get invited much with destro, plus it just feels bad being #4 on the meter much of the time.
I could try demonology again. Wasn’t very fun at low levels. Might be better now.
I don’t think it’s as fun as destruction, but there’s no question that it is easier to do AoE / Cleave that is far superior to what destruction can do. And ST is still almost as good with netherportal slotted. It’s crazy how much better it is right now.
I’m a well practiced destruction lock and I can currently do better AoE damage playing sub-optimally as demo (never played it until a few days ago) in keys.
And ironically, demonology is still sort of middle of the pack in terms of damage.
Is there a build that doesn’t require the vile fiend?
Kalamazi just posted a video for a ST build that suggest taking 1 point Demonic Calling over Vilefiend is nearly as good. I haven’t really used it in raid though, but one less button for a very marginal dps loss is good for me.