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Surviving 3.0: Destruction PvP
Yet Another Warlock Nerf — ... out of the second seduce, leaving you with your final seduce lasting only 3 seconds. On the other hand, with Backdraft, Soul Fire will be about a 2.8 second cast which is all you will need. If your opponent doesn’t trinket/stop the first Seduction, make sure to make use of the remaining 2 Backdraft charges (I’d suggest Shadowbolt, as Soul Fire can become a bit unwieldy to cast in heated combat). ...

Blood Pact: Affliction and Demonology in Patch 3.0.2
WoW.com — ... It's easy to be disappointed with Warlocks, really. The best tree we have right now is Affliction, and is just really fun to play while dealing incredible damage. This is sad news for a lot of players who enjoyed playing Demonology or liked pressing their Shadow Bolt button with a dead Succubus. For one thing, going deep Demonology nets us a half-baked 51-point talent (more on that later) and killing off your Succubus for 10% more Shadow damage doesn't seem as compelling anymore. ...

When should you Life Tap?
WoW.com — ... Otherwise, casting Life Tap needs to be at a minimum, except when you have the 4-piece bonus. In that scenario, trying to keep a 100% uptime on the +Spirit buff is ideal, but probably won't happen. In a case where all instant cast DoTs are ticking, however, it's a good spot to insert a Life Tap just before casting a Shadow Bolt. Just don't do it so often that you find yourself Life Tapping when you have more mana than you need. The ideal is ending a boss fight at exactly 0 mana. Of course, Elleiras makes an excellent point, as well, so don't waste those sweet HoTs. When you see ...

Patch 3.1 PTR build 9658 Warlock changes
WoW.com — ... This is a reversion and an effective nerf. An earlier build redesigned the talent to increase Shadow Bolt crits, but this change nerfs the talent by forcing players to invest three points (most builds currently put only one) to get the full effect but with a lower proc rate. Hold those donuts. ...

Blood Pact: Wtb Glyph of Haunt...anybody?
WoW.com — ... I've dreaded the coming of 3.1 for awhile now. I love the new features of course. Being able to switch to a spec with replenishment any time my raid needs it will certainly be handy, and Ulduar will be a nice change of pace once I get in there -- even if I really wanted to get a few more Naxx achievements done before moving on. What I don't love is the new Affliction. There's so few buttons I feel like I'm playing Burning Crusade style Destruction. (Shadow Bolt, ...

Blood Pact: Onward, to 80!
WoW.com — ... , Shadow Bolting Warlockery. So saddle up your Dreadsteed, and float or fly your way to the frozen north--crown of the world. It's time to get diabolic. And this time, it's personal. ...

Blood Pact: Minions are people too
WoW.com — ... on a mission to kill the gods that spited his people in millennia past. And while the Eldritch Blast of D&D isn't exactly the same as WoW's Shadow Bolt, it certainly got me in the mood for ...

Blood Pact: Return to the depths of the third tree!
WoW.com — ... It's no secret that I haven't exactly been in a PvE mood lately. I don't know what it is, but every year around this time I just...lose all motivation to progress. I've come to accept it as the natural cycle of my WoW-life, but lately I've been thinking I want to get back into it. I'm not ravenously trolling Dalaran looking for a raid, but I've been doing some heroic pugs to dust the rust off of my shadowbolting finger. ...