Comments on: Molten Core vs ISB (the “feels” arguement)

By: GoW

GoW — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:07:23 +0000

I almost fainted when you said "Molten Core" and "benefit" in the same sentence, but then I realized you were speaking Warlock. Carry on. GoWs last blog post..Child’s Play can make you awesome

By: Fulguralis

Fulguralis — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:42:48 +0000

Agreed w/ “what’s the point”

Both seem marginal to me. What about throwing those talent points into the +hit point talents (If you haven’t already) and then spend your gear points you free up on more spell power? That’s what I’m doing. If it so happens that Blizz puts ISB back to helping DoTs, I’d probably move those points back, at least some of them. Also, those two talents lower the mana cost, so *shrug*, makes me feel better about being globally useful.

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By: Leokun

Leokun — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:34:01 +0000

You are correct in your line of thinking. In reality it’s Blizzard who needs to either fix the tooltip of ISB so it says “Shadow Bolt Damage” or have it affect DoT’s again in which case it would be a no brainer for Affliction locks to go for ISB over MC.

By: Nibuca

Nibuca — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:27:59 +0000

Oh my.. See I read “all shadow damage” as meaning all damage. I’m reading here that it doesn’t benefit dot damage. That’s just disappointing.

So…

Molten core in my current casting sequence only benefits Immolate.
ISB in my current casting sequence only benefits Shadow Bolt.

*grumble* that’s very disappointing.

I mean really what’s the point? *grumble*

By: Leokun

Leokun — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:32:47 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but last I read since the big shadow destro nerf DoT’s no longer benefit from ISB uptime. So the “90% of what I’m casting benefits on all pulls” statement may not be all that true.