Hi everyone,
I've been getting a lot of requests for a Cabalist guide and given how lost many people seem to be with the buffs that came in 2.7 I decided to pull the trigger.
Cabalist is now the premier ranged DPS spec for Clerics in both Warfronts and Conquest. The ST damage is comparable to Inquisi and its utility is amazing. You'll be able to easily switch back and forth between ST and AOE DPS and hopefully have a lot of fun doing it. Let's get to it.
The spec:
61/12/3 Cab/Inq/Defi
If you don't have the Storm Legion Souls pick up Purifier and use Symbol of the Torch to pre-shield.
Before going into the rotation you'll need to understand the Obliterations. One of Focused, Condensed, or Unbounded Obliteration should always be active. I recommend you track which one you have active, more on that later. As you'd expect, Focused Obliteration will provide the best ST DPS, Condensed for 3-5 enemies, and Unbounded for 8 or more enemies. I'm not going to go into too much detail now on which Obliteration you should have active when, but suffice it to say that if they've got AOE healers and you want to actually kill something you'll tend towards Focused and Condensed Obliterations.
AOE Rotation:
Begin your AOE rotation by checking that Condensed or Unbounded Obliteration is active until this becomes a habit.
Sigil of Spirits* -> Curse of Anarchy -> Well of Souls -> Tyranny of Death -> Unleash Oblivion OR Disintegrate -> Tyranny of Death -> Bound Fate until COA drops off
ST Rotation:
To begin your ST rotation check to see that Focused Obliteration is active until this becomes a habit.
Sigil of Spirits* -> Curse of Anarchy -> Well of Souls -> Tyranny of Death -> Unleash Oblivion OR Disintegrate -> Tyranny of Death -> Sanction Heretic -> Shadow's Touch until COA drops off
*Forgo casting Sigil of Spirits if you're planning on casting Sigil of Catastrophe within the next 15 seconds as SoC will apply it anyway.
Important skills that are not part of either rotation:
Howling Death
Sigil of Secrecy
Sigil of Catastrophe
Sigil of Ruin
Sigil of Binding
Dominion
Dark Passage
Shadow Breach
Ravaging Darkness
Purge
Mass Reversal
Reversal of Fortune
Sigil of Woe
Maelstrom
Esoteric Estimations
All of these skills are important. Read their in-game tool-tips. Notice that with the Cab rotations you can pepper in any of your non-rotation skills without worrying about losing stacks or throwing your timings off. (The one exception is to maintain your 3 stacks of Darkness when that's relevant.)
Buffs:
Sign of Asias
Armor of Devotion
Rage Blight
Tips:
-If Tyranny of Death is about to Expire, instead of popping it with Unleash Oblivion or Disintegrate, cast Bound Fate/Sanction Heretic/Shadow's Touch (depending on whether you're doing AOE or ST) until it expires, then cast Tyranny of Death and pop that one.
-Bound Fate, when cast on an enemy with Tyranny of Death, will spread ToD to nearby enemies. This is preferable to casting ToD directly.
Macros:
#show Disintegration
suppressmacrofailures
cast Tyranny of Death
cast Disintegration
cast Bound Fate
#show Tyranny of Death
suppressmacrofailures
cast Tyranny of Death
cast Bound Fate
#show Sanction Heretic
suppressmacrofailures
cast Sanction Heretic
cast Shadow's Touch
cast Bound Fate
#show Sanction Heretic
suppressmacrofailures
cast Sanction Heretic
cast Dark Water
If you have any questions/comments/feedback please reply below.
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