So I have the Deadliest Coil leggo right now (Fully Upgraded) and have read most of the guides out there (Im also Necrolord and have the standard “Raid build” for talent choices.
Where I run into issues is when I am playing Mythic+ (I realize Deadliest monstrosity is ideal for mythic+ but right now this is what I have). But this also applies to trash packs in raids as well.
I feel like a lot of the time I am shooting death coils. A LOT. I actually had someone message me after a Mythic+ group and note that I wasn’t using scourge strike very much. Which was probably true. Outside of “burst cooldowns”. I try to generally Festering Strike till i get 5-6 festering wounds. and then either start popping them with scourge strike/apoc. I try to stay around 3-4 ish.
What happens in reality is I get a bunch of sudden doom procs. or I overcap on RP and need to doom coil. Which leads to Apoc/DT coming off cooldown (So I obviously want to use those) or I am hitting doom coils/epidemic if there is 3-4 mobs (off sudden doom procs) OR by the time I get back to the original guy I festering strikes he’s dead. Sometimes just with how my runes are I am waiting for scourge strike to come off CD so I have to doom coil anyways.
Am I doing this wrong? I mean my dps isn’t BAD/horrible but it doesn’t feel great and I am typically towards the bottom.
Another thing. Do I bother with the soul reaper at all If they AREN’T under 35% (Sidenote how can I tell if they are under 35%? I thought the skills used to kinda “glow/get a border” if they were?)
Thanks!
in aoe you should be casting epidemic
I do. My main concern was with how often I am casting epidemic vs doing scourge strike.
You’ll only be using death coil on bosses really. There are edge-cases where you want to prolong DT since you’re running deadliest coil but I wouldn’t worry about that too much.
Reading this it doesn’t sound like you’re playing the AoE rotation properly? You generally have different phases. Initials FS → CD Popping → RP Dump → DnD SS Cleave, does that make sense to you or is that something new?
I understand the opening, I think I just kinda get confused because the legendary sorta “pulls” you to use death coils a lot and I think thats what is messing me up. It sounds like I shouldn’t death coil at all on AoE then?
Don’t wait until your target’s health is below 35 percent. A lot can happen in the 5 seconds it takes for SR to explode. Especially in dungeons where adds die quickly.
Also I don’t know if you have your 4 piece gear yet. I’m not sure if it’s a bug but if you try to reapply SR while it’s about to fall off it doesn’t do anything & you’ve wasted a global/resources. I track my debuffs & wait to cast it after the previous SR is done.
This happens if the current debuff is within 1 second or so from falling off, it’s a bug.
I understand wanting to increase Dark Transformation’s uptime as much as possible as it’s the big damage booster for Unholy, but focus on Epidemic > Death Coil in those AoE situations.
Unless I’m going to be using Apoc soon, I get 2-3 mobs with Festering Wounds for the DnD cleave and Epidemic spam.
I also run Infected Claws and Bursting Sores for this set up as well though (i don’t care if it’s not optimal, i have the most fun and better numbers this way).
Food for thought.