Draganta wrote: »

UPDATE:

I now have 3,8 DPS on bosses (Spider boss in Spindleclutch)

A little improvement, but still not great I guess. I also have a very hard time swtching bars. I have no idea when to switch, and it is very hard to use the execute correctly, as I can't really see the HP of every mob clearly, when it is lower than 25%, and switching only for 1 ad is such a loss of time.

This is how I fight now:
I start with Funnel health and Crippling Grasp. Then wall of fire and Merciless. When Cripple is almost depleted, I reapply it, and also do another Funnel health with it. When Merciless procs, I use it. In between, I do heavy staff attacks with my fire staff. My ultimate is soul tether and I also have Inner light on the bar.

My second bar has Siphoning strikes, Drain power and Impale. I try to switch to it to execute ads or mobs that have lower HP, but usually that is only 1 ad. I never use siphoning strikes as I am never low on mana. I use drain power when we engage a large group.

So I have a slightly better DPS, but it is really hard to play this way. Maybe I need to get used to it?

Also worth noting: I hardly have any champion points as I don't have many other characters of high level, and no good gear (a few blues, mostly whites around level 50- vet2).

Is it really possible to reach 10k dps with a Vet2 char with hardly any champion points I wonder?

emily3989 wrote: »

I do good with

destro bar: Inner light, merc resolve, sap essence, elemental blockade, force pulse, Soul Harvest
resto bar: Inner light, funnel health, struc. entropy , Impale, ward ally Veil of Blades


Inner Light for obv. reasons

Destro:

Merc resolve I cycle through for the procs,
sap essence is a great aoe dps/heal to help out
Elem blockade/force pulse: At the start of aoe trash fights, I throw down blockade then spam force pulse, man the red numbers fly
Soul Harvest is on this bar mostly for trash fights since the ultima gain Is incredible


Resto bar is more for bosses ST, funnel health is a great weaving dps ability with heals,
Struc. entropy (I choose over crip. grasp as most bosses are immune to it anyway, and can I get the maj. sorc from either bar plus a little heal assistance)
impale is the execute, and ward ally has saved my bacon a lot, love having it available.
Veil of Blades I drop down on the group when things are looking bad, it's a real table turner


Trash:
Basically I start out a struc. entropy + Merc resolve for the procs, elemental blockade followed by a few force pulses. Then move in and spam merc resolve for sust. aoe dps and heal assistance to group.

Bosses:
Start same as above for 15 sec or so, but then move to second bar for the rest of the fight basically.


Anyway, this works great for me. I am sure there might be better ways to max out stuff, but this is easy for me and has been effective. I use the same setup when grinding or questing, I just change out merc resolve for volcanic ruin for explosive aoe fun.


The main reason I posted all this gibberish is I am looking to make a few tweaks, not sure mer resolve is optimal where it is at.

I will try this next (second bar as a resto bar)

If you are trying to do damage on a NB, here are some bars that are pretty bullet proof. I would run Destro and Dual Wield. Resto staff is only useful for soloing, healing, or PvP. In a group, it is not needed as a DPS.

Destro:
-Funnel Health. This is your main spam skill, and you should be casting this with a light or medium weave more than probably every other skill combined.
-Crippling Grasp. This is your most powerful DOT. Again, you want to weave this skill with a light or medium attack. It should be reapplied on cooldown or after, never reapply if it is still active.
-Structured Entropy. This should also be applied on cooldown. This is a weak DoT but gives you a spell power bonus. You can run something else here, but you need to find another way to get your spell power bonus.
- Merciless reslove. This should always be up, and make sure to weave when you cast this and when you apply your spectral bow. Its a huge damage boost, so keep it up even in trash pulls
- Innerlight. Run this on both bars. You can empower your meteors with it, but you are really running this for the extra magic and crit. This simply needs to be on your bar if you are DPS.
- Meteor. Cast on cooldown and it also gives you more magic on your main bar.

DW (you need to put points in the very last passive).
Impale. This is your execute spam (dont weave) when an enemy is below 25% health. Dont use it on trash unless there is only one left standing, and never use if the boss is at 26% or higher.
Sap Essence. This is your AoE Spam. Once your buffs are running, spam the crap out of this if there are 3 or more things on the screen.
Siphoning Attack. You should need to really reapply this much, but casting once out of combat should solve your sustain issues.
Refreshing path. Good ground AoE and Heal. Reapply on cooldown but dont over cast.
Inner light. Same as above. These needs to be on both bars.
Ultimate. Depends on what you are doing, any of the class ulimates are useful at times.

Other skills to consider depending on situation are Prox Det and Evil hunter. Both add extra damage. If you are in a good group and running spell power pots, you can probably drop both structured entropy and siphoning.

For gear, Julianos and either torugs or magnus while leveling. At v2, Warlock jewelry is probably best. Make it purple and enchant everything with magic/spell damage.

My guess is your weave needs work. You need to practice weaving in light or medium (medium is easier) attacks into your rotation. You should be weaving everything on your front bar. It is a HUGE DPS increase.

Simple rotation for single target (MA=Medium attack). Out of combat, buff siphoning, and Merciless resolve. Charge a full heavy attack followed by Structured entropy, then MA, crippling, MA Funnel Healthx 3-4, MA spectral bow proc, MA, reapply merciless, and back to weaving funnel health. Reapply SE and Crippling grasp on cooldown, not before. Swap to DW to execute at 25%. As you get better, you can work in more DOTS/Buffs Etc.

Simple for Trash pulls. Out of combat, buff merciless, and siphoning, (and prox det if you have it), drop refreshing path, SPAM Sap until everything is dead. Reapply buffs on cooldown, dont worry about the spectal bow because you wont proc it in trash pulls much.