🔮 Warlock

Overview

A Mage Warlock DoT-caster that blankets targets in damage-over-time, ramps their damage-taken with Void Barrage and Neddra's Grasp, and grinds people down while kiting. Loaded with fears, an 80% mitigation panic button (Neddra's Essence), and Rift Tomb cage control. Keep moving, keep your DoTs rolling, and let the pressure do the work. The exact soul tree is on the Magelo link below.

Rotation

Open with Legendary Galvanic Strike, at 100% charge it applies a 25% damage increase. Use it on cooldown.

Get your DoTs rolling on the target: Dark Touch, Defile, Atrophy, and Necrosis. Legendary Void Barrage applies all your known DoTs at once and boosts their damage by 65%. Your big setup and refresh tool. Legendary Neddra's Grasp deals damage every time the enemy uses an ability (up to 5 times) and increases the damage they take from you by 20%.

Maintain pressure with your Spam macro. Keep moving so Consuming Agony auto-procs off the macro instead of hardcasting it. Use Persist to refresh your DoTs on the target.

Against groups: Radiate Death spreads your DoTs across a zerg.

Defensively: Neddra's Essence gives 80% damage mitigation for 7 seconds. Pop it when you're taking heavy damage, pair it with a health potion and your fears (Fear / Mass Fear) to peel out of trouble. Rift Tomb (from your Ascended abilities tab, not the soul trees) cages enemies for 10s, great to lock down a capper or cover an escape. Warmonger's Talon (PvP-store trinket) is a second Break Free.

Note: Defile consumes charge, so watch your charge when you cast it.

Macros

suppressmacrofailures
cast Consuming Agony
cast Death's Door
cast Draining Bolt
cast Neddra's Torture
cast Void Bolt
cast Galvanic Strike
cast Dark Touch
cast [notactive] Contaminate
cast Empowered Darkness
cast Conflux
cast @self Arcane Manipulation
cast Break Free
cast Fading Light
use Reliquary of Ingenuity

cast Choke
cast Aversion
cast Break Free
cast Fading Light

Key Abilities

• Legendary Galvanic Strike Start the fight with this, at 100% charge it applies a 25% damage increase. Use it on cooldown.
• Legendary Void Barrage Applies all your known DoTs to the target at once and increases their damage by 65%. Your big setup/refresh button.
• Legendary Neddra's Grasp Deals damage whenever the enemy uses an ability (up to 5 times) and increases the damage they take from you by 20%.
• DoTs to keep up Dark Touch, Defile, Atrophy, Necrosis. Keep them rolling on your target.
• Defile This DoT consumes charge, mind your charge when casting it.
• Persist Refreshes your DoTs on the target.
• Radiate Death Perfect against zergs, spreads your DoTs across grouped enemies.
• Neddra's Torture Great into healers, if your DoTs are cleansed it deals damage and debilitates the target for 3 seconds.
• Consuming Agony Keep it in the Spam macro (or on your bar). It auto-procs off the macro as long as you keep moving, so you don't have to hardcast it. Cast it whenever it procs if you bar it separately.
• Neddra's Essence 80% damage mitigation for 7 seconds. Huge when you're taking damage, pair it with a health potion and your fears to escape tight spots.
• Mass Fear / Fear Mass Fear is an AoE melee fear; Fear is a ranged single-target fear. Your peel and disengage tools.
• Rift Tomb Cages enemies for 10 seconds (from your Ascended abilities tab, not the soul trees). Excellent CC to escape or to stop a capper/objective grab.
• Warmonger's Talon PvP-store trinket (bought with PvP currency). A second Break Free, very useful for getting out of a bind.

Tips & Notes

• Start every fight with Legendary Galvanic Strike at full charge for the 25% damage boost, and keep it on cooldown.
• Keep moving while using the Spam macro so Consuming Agony procs automatically instead of hardcasting.
• Void Barrage is your big DoT setup/refresh. It reapplies all DoTs and adds +65% damage to them.
• Defile consumes charge. Watch your charge before casting it.
• Neddra's Torture is strong into healers: if your DoTs get cleansed it damages and debilitates them for 3s.
• Escape combo: Neddra's Essence (80% mitigation, 7s) + health potion + Fear/Mass Fear. Rift Tomb (Ascended tab) cages for 10s, and Warmonger's Talon is an extra Break Free.
• Radiate Death spreads your DoTs across zergs. Use it when enemies are stacked.