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Demonology: Old World Boss killing?
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Carusun
In the build up to Cataclysm, my gf and I are looking to do old world raids that we didn't get a chance to do on level. I've heard many times that BM hunters can spec to be able to solo old world bosses, such as Molten Core. Would it be possible for locks to do the same, and if so, what spec would you recommend?
If it isn't possible, due to low dps, or due to us not having enough healing on our pet, please elaborate, as I will be bringing my gf along, and possibly some low level guildies so we might be able to address those issues.
Also, sorry if this has been addressed recently/in the stickies. I had a skim read, and didn't see anything, but it's always possible I missed it.
Many thanks for the help.
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Post by
Carusun
Thanks very much, I'll look over that now. I'd forgotten about the bosses being, well, bosses, and thus +3 my level, so I guess I'll have to work on my hit some more (I don't do actual raiding with my lock, just heroics, so I'd only gotten to 6% hit before I stopped stacking it).
With my pet taking hit rating from me, I'm guessing that includes the hit rating I get from
Suppression
? So I'd only need to get to 14% hit (unless I get a priest to tag along in a Shadow spec for
Misery
)
I'm guessing that the tactic for the build you're suggesting is Curse of Element/Curse of Weakness/Curse of Doom depending on the boss, Immolate, Corruption, then Health Funnel til the execute phase, refreshing DoTs as necessary. Execute phase = Soul Fire spam, with DoTs and Health Funnel as appropriate.
Also, roughly what sort of gear level should I be aiming towards? As mentioned above, I don't raid, so most of my gear is from heroics; I'm still finishing off getting my T9 set, and praying for a nice caster dagger drop from ToC upwards (They never drop on your caster, but on alts you can't get away from them!)
Many thanks for the help :)
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Post by
Carusun
One last question; what stone should I be using on my weapon?
The Spellstone would be useful to let me fit in more spells between having to heal my felguard, as well as buffing the DoT damage, and thus how much health I get from Siphon Life.
The Firestone would give me a shed ton of crit (does that get passed on to my pet?), meaning that I'd probably kill things faster in the execute phase, but might lead to me getting aggro, and thus my inevitable death.
I'm leaning more towards the Spellstone, but advice from experienced 'lock soloers would be appreciated :)
Post by
Modibybob
This is the spec I used for soloing 3 and even 5 person group quests in WotLK.
Works like gold.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#IcgMbubhkVZ0GfhkAdics0z:wjoc
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Post by
Fingulfin
Resil can still make you uncrushable -- in addtion, PvP gear generally has a TON more Stamina than PvE gear. If you are planning on solo'ing difficult instances (MC, AQ etc) then you definitely need alot of health.
EDIT: Yes, I said uncrushable. I mean uncrittable (old terminology dies hard).
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