So currently unstable affliction looks like it’s tuned for level 44 the dot damage is less than immolate and does not have the application damage. Felguard is weaker than imp is there any reason to use these that I’m not seeing? Both are solid in pvp this is a pve question 100%
Immolation aura is probably the play, but it requires us to be in melee range the whole time.
All in all our wrist runes do suck pretty seriously. At the very least, affliction can at least say that UA is designed to be used for its spec, it just sucks. Literally none of the wrist runes feel like they’re even made for destro. The only viable option (immo aura) is really more of a tanking rune.
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Felguard is weaker than imp is there any reason to use these that I’m not seeing?
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That’s wrong felgaurd rn is better than any other pet
Especially if you’re going SL lock… I’ll let you discover why…
UA is not getting snapshotted by haunt so it’s doing the same damage whether haunt is applied before or after UA
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Ye mass pet sac is cool but that’s almost certainly a bug I expect to get patched out.
Once haunt works with UA it will still be worse than an incinerate buffed immolate. I’m wondering now that shadow bolt is comparable to incinerate in damage we might run pact for the buff but remains to be seen.
I doubt it when the tooltip says it’s benefits from all other talents and effects triggered from other demon pets
All. Of. Them.
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Felguard also gives the 10 percent all damage buff from succubus allows demonic knowledge, synergy and his own damage which is probably better than sacing him. However succubus will be better I would think as she has lash buff in tree and doesn’t take a rune slot.
You get all the buffs my guy as previously stated from earlier
Do you want 1 sac buff or 4?
You want 1 dollar or 4 dollars?
Pet cleave is probably doing the same damage as lash from succ but on multiple targets soo
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Right the succubus one is the only dps increase which is why I mentioned it. Sorry I wasn’t clear. Thats the buff for them living If you sac its 5% more but you lose the synergy and knowledge rune plus the pet damage so likely a dps loss but i dont know that for sure.
felguard is garb atm it do not replace imp at all the only use is for it buff if you go demo.
he hit like a noodle and give less sp with the boot rune because he has less stats than a imp.
Mm debatable every st clear so far has used felguard… simming higher than imp and has far greater stats in demo tree
If you’re not demo and just destro then sure maybe but
There might be some fights where your pet won’t have 100% uptime so having sac is still decent
You’ll run Shadowflame if you sac anyways cuz shadowflame is now doing comparable damage
Cuz they buffed the damage… I can crit 800 shadowflame with zero AOE cap
Some classes just have “dead rune slots”
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Felguard is really good for a Demo PVP and general open world and questing build but even though it’s fun to think about getting all 4 Sac abilities in one I don’t feel like it’s worth it.
You lose Soul Link, 10% Physical DR, 10% More Damage and 50 Resist to all for …
…15% more Fire and Shadow Damage, 3% Heath everuy 4 sec and 2% of Mana every 4 sec.
Except you already cant use soul link in meta form for god knows why
I’m not using Meta though. I prefer Haunt for solo questing high level mobs and for PVP. Meta is too annoying while questing because of mounting. I’m beefy enough with Soul Link and all the Master Demo abilities.
I also found that I do more damage, miss less often and have far less downtime when fighting 53 and up mobs specced into Suppression with Haunt than I do using Meta.
Ye, that just feels so bad tho. The head runes are sweet but the wrists this phase are a disappointment.
Regarding leveling with felguard, homie can’t even handle taking 2 mobs without dying. Threat is pretty decent tho… Just needs more armor or health
Personally, while I’m still sad meta can’t SL, I could live with it if Felguard got a buff so that you can Demonic Sacrifice any other pet for its buff but still be able to summon Felguard though you lose out on the Master Summoner benefit of that given pet.
Unlikely I know, but I wanna be able to drop the threat reduction thing so I can tank with it instead of Immo Aura.
EDIT: QoL skill book somewhere so Demonic Sacrifice maintains through death.
We should be given the ability to report a rune as dead.