With this build you can do decent ST dps, good AOE dps and support heal (ST & AoE), while reducing incoming tank damage by 20% and healer damage by 10%. The build is 53 defiler / 17 cabalist / 6 warden
Buffs: Feast of the Fallen, Rage Blight, Armour of Devotion
Links: 20% on tank, 10% on healer, 5% on melee dps
ST dps
- Apply Marrow Harvest and refresh whenever it is re-castable.
- Apply Bonds (Bond of Pain, Bond of Corruption).
- Apply DOTs (Siphon Vitality, Curse of Discord, Dehydrate).
- Spam nuke with Dark Water & Geyser (ST macro). I suggest you do not macro Marrow Harvest since it causes macro hold-up.
- Re-apply Marrow Harvest, DOTs & Bonds when they fall off.
AoE dps
- Apply Tyranny of Death.
- Cast Bound Fate once to spread Tyranny.
- Apply Curse of Solitude.
- Apply Bonds (Bond of Pain, Bond of Torment).
- Apply Siphon Vitality (SV).
- Apply Marrow Harvest (MH).
- Use Unholy Nexus (UN) to spread the Bonds, Siphon & Marrow Harvest to all nearby mobs.
- Cast Pain Transmission.
- Spam Bound Fate (your AOE dps spam skill).
- Re-apply SV & MH whenever UN comes off cooldown, and spread them. Bonds last longer, so re-apply these with alternating UN casts.
- Re-apply Tyranny whenever it is castable, and fire off one Bound Fate to spread it to nearby mobs.
This looks like a complex AOE dps rotation, but it isn't really. It is, effectively:
- Keep Tyranny on all mobs.
- Keep your spreadable Bonds, SV & MH on all mobs when you can via UN.
- Cast Pain Transmission on cooldown.
- Otherwise, spam Bound Fate.
- Keep Curse of Solitude running. A good way to remember is to re-cast it whenever UN is re-castable.
Tips
- You take damage that is redirected from other players, so keep your Husk of Indifference up by casting "heals". Simple ways to do it are:
--- Make sure you have your HoT (HR) running on the tank all the time; use a @mouseover macro to spot-heal.
--- Spam nuke with Geyser, which AoE heals and refreshes your husk. It is not as much damage as other ST skills, but it has great side-effects.
--- Refresh Siphon Vitality regularly; this refreshes your Husk in addition to healing you and adding to your DPS.- Your DPS skills will stack Foul Growth on players, so make liberal use of your AoE heal (Feedback) to trigger these into big heals. Feedback will also re-apply your Husk of Indifference.
- You have an AoE purge skill (removes enemy buffs); this is awesome! Use Sigil of Woe on fights such as the end boss of Unhallowed Boneforge, where you have to keep the Titans unbuffed.
- Low on mana? Just cast Empowered Affliction for a 7% mana return. Use this early and often!
- You have a combat rez! Awesome tool for a support player.
- If the healer is down you can take over. Just focus on getting stacks of Foul Growth onto the players with lowest HP and then triggering it via Feedback (if plenty of players suffering) or Loathsome Restoration (if just one). Again, I suggest @mouseover macros for Explosive Growth and Loathsome Restoration.
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