Cataclysm Demonology Warlock - In Depth Guide

In depth Demonology warlock guide for cataclysm classic. If you have questions put them in the comments, Ill be replying the everything relevant.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:00 Spec Overviews
06:08 New Abilities
13:10 Talents
19:42 Glyphs
22:49 Rotation
28:42 Opener
31:50 Movement
32:46 Racials
33:55 Stats
36:16 Gems
37:00 Consumables/Enchants
38:20 Professions
43:19 Gearing Tips

[@Neardrage]

Thank you for the video! I was looking to play Warlock in cata and this video gives me a good start! Thank you!

[@MartinRaykovski]

Hey man! Great video! Can you trow some macros or maybe help us with that if you make 1 more video about macros or so for Demo locks! Thank you

[@Oni-Joshu]

Thank you for the Video, First time lock player..DK and War are my normal bread and butter ,felt like Cata was a good time to try out a caster.

[@doublezug7193]

DK and war are both very strong in cata but so is demo. All three are very fun IMO but its always good to try new things.

[@Oni-Joshu]

@doublezug7193 Do you have a discord? I would love to join your community and see any extra info you have posted.

[@Flackojordy]

Any macro recommendations?

[@albeshino8875]

Very helpful. Aff guide when?

[@bidu2331324]

Any idea if lock will be stackable like it was in wrath? Will it be just a one of for health stones/utility stuff like in late icc?

[@maximecaron1969]

If you ain't playing with high parsing guild you don't have to worry about it & I know you don't because you asked the question in the first place.

[@WestonWRLD]

Is demon best talent spec in cata I got a 80 aff lock thinking about making the switch? I’m a new player btw I want to do high dps just don’t want it to be too difficult

[@doublezug7193]

Demo is the best spec overall in cata. Its not any more difficult than affliction imo.

[@darkwolf_3335]

So Hellfire is better than seeds for multiple targets now?

[@doublezug7193]

Yeah its much better but if you cant be in hellfire range you will seed.

[@ThomasK6691]

Can u show me your macros pls:)? Ty for the guide! It help me a lot!!

[@silentcrits1977]

Isnt there a rotation where you always incenerate > SB?

[@doublezug7193]

Yes, I mentioned it in the talent section. It is just strictly worse in my opinion although the difference is small if you want a simper filler rotation.

[@StaatsAttackk]

@@doublezug7193 I havent simmed this in any way, shape or form, but looking at the impending doom talent, and taking into factor the .5 second reduced cast time for incinerate vs shadowbolt, it would seem that incinerate is the way to go? Again im not sure, but this is the first time ive seen someone recommend it over the other. Some other warlock with more knowledge comment?

[@tharpoon]

i stopped playing before og cata and started playing sod...now moving to cata to give that a go. How has lock changed from cata to cata classic? some tier lists are putting demo S tier for both pvp and pve, others put it in D for one or the other...which one is it! lol

[@doublezug7193]

Its very strong for pve the entire way through bbut not the number one ranged. Suffers a bit from having its main raid buff also brought by ele which is a very strong spec. Its not great in pvp but its pretty fun there imo. In pvp youre basically a one dimensional spec that does huge burst in meta and outside of that cd you suck. Aff is also so strong in pvp that playing destro or demo is that much worse because of opportunity cost. If you like pvp and pve you can play affliction in both or demo in pve and aff in pvp easily though.

[@jukaizomba]

How much DPS is felhunter compared to felguard?

[@doublezug7193]

Not sure the exact number for classic yet as the sims arent fully done yet and pets were bugged on beta so i couldnt test it will but the difference on single target is significant. The felhunters bite hits very hard.

[@MufF1N01]

It's very significant. When I tried felhunter vs felguard on open world mobs my felhunter was doing more then double the dps compared to felguard. The 15% extra dmg per dot that your felhunters shadow bite is doing is very strong. In raids my felhunter is around 25% of my dmg at about 7k dps and about 74% of that is from shadow bite.

[@omars-lw8dv]

do we still Soul Fire execute under 25%?

[@doublezug7193]

Yes. It just replaces shadow bolt as your filler during execute. You still keep up dots and incinerate with molten core.

[@vladimirpalazov7646]

A tip: At the opener on single target. Felguard attack with Bladestorm 1. Cast CoElements 2. Cast Hand of GD 3. Cast Immolate 4. Pet swich, and then cast Meta+Demon soul. 5. Apply Corruption and Bane of Doom (They will benefit from the buff you get from Demon Soul casted during Felhunter) - Increased Shadow dmg

[@bidu2331324]

Don't you want to get the %dmg from your meta into your first immo? Does it update every time you hand of guldan or does it snapshot % DMG like corruption in wrath?

[@doublezug7193]

Yeah, Im assuming COE will be put up by another dps. If immolate snapshotting works the same way as corruption does on wrath (we dont know until we see final scripting on live, beta is buggy and we dont know if itll work the same as on pservers/OG cata) youd want to immo after meta for the %dmg. Youre right that Bladestorm on the felguard before pet swapping is bis, I gave the first version of the opener for people who dont care about min max and want a simpler version with less pet management. I would also not hand of guldan that early because the boss will sometimes be moving on pull into position. Depending on the fight you might need to delay it to benefit from the 10% crit.

[@Dualities]

shajman :D

[@doublezug7193]

I procced a bis felhunter name ngl haha