This was a comment I was leaving on the latest Blood Pact over at WoWinsder. Whoever has been writing that column for the last year or so has absolutely no idea about locks and I've been vocal about this fact in their comments before, but I'm just done pointing out how useless those "warlock" features are. So a simple copy n paste and now it's here.
How about a write up on why Demo locks are resurfacing in Firelands as a force to be reckoned with, in 10 mans especially? I'm guessing it's due to the trash heavy fights, having a mage for Timewarp instead of a shaman so the lock is still adding that +10% spellpower buff, but is there anything more to it?
After doing subpar performance in the ToC days I switched to Demo for ICC figuring I'd go for the spirit/spellpower stacking to uber-buff my raid and still be a vital member for my guild. Little did I know how impressive Demo dps would be during that last year of Wrath, not only was I providing a huge +spell buff, but I was always top 3 dmg/dps in a guild that ended Wrath 11/12 in heroic 25s. I fell in love with being the badass purple pew pew machine. Then came Cata and at 85 Demo fell to the wayside and was only busted out in the last tier for Maloriak when that instantly awesome aoe was needed. Mostly though, nobody was raiding Demo in Cata and for good reason.
Demo has been clunky, sluggish and performing poorly in comparison to Affl/Desto, in addition the numerous changes made to the spec in Cata. There was the whole Improved Soul Fire interweaving, then that was taken away. Our Felguard, Hellfire and Immolation Aura nerfs, Molten Core procs are few and far between whereas back at 80 they were consistent and plentiful. Mastery was (still is?) Demos main stat, but the least desirable for your main spec whether Affl or Desto so unless you held up your raid to reforge all your gear before you pulled Maloriak you still weren't performing as well as you could be. So no wonder most locks abandoned Demo in Cata.
But here I am seeing a resurgence of them in Firelands? Especially for 10 mans which is what most people are running these day. So I'm curious, beyond the obvious why is that?
