SW rotation fix

tyraeldragon

Since I had to fix my rotation anyway I thought I would post it here for you to critique.

Male Drow Scourge Warlock, Phaequel Do'urden.

10 str
22 con
16 dex
24 int
10 wis
20 cha

At-Wills:
Eldritch Blast
Dark Spirals (any suggestions besides this one for a single shot?)

Encounters:
Fiery Bolt (AOE)
Hellfire Ring (AOE)
Infernal Spheres (Single then AOE on the second shot)

Dailies:
Blood of Hadar
Dark Prayers

Feats:
Powers of the Nine Hells
Warlocks Curse
Soul Desecration
Executioners Gift
Wrathful Souls

Boons:
Cultists Bulwark

I pull with Fiery bolt then load Infernal Spheres.
Combine Eldritch Blast with Dark Spirals until they reach within 30'
Then hit them with Hellfire Ring.
If it's cooled I then use the second Infernal Spheres for the AOE shot

This has been the best rotation I have found for soloing. I may change up for grouping for distance as long as I have a tank handy, My companion is an epic healer who does good work between mobs and so I don't waste my health stones.

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tyraeldragon said:

Since I had to fix my rotation anyway I thought I would post it here for you to critique.

Male Drow Scourge Warlock, Phaequel Do'urden.

10 str
22 con
16 dex
24 int
10 wis
20 cha

At-Wills:
Eldritch Blast
Dark Spirals (any suggestions besides this one for a single shot?)

Encounters:
Fiery Bolt (AOE)
Hellfire Ring (AOE)
Infernal Spheres (Single then AOE on the second shot)

Dailies:
Blood of Hadar
Dark Prayers

Feats:
Powers of the Nine Hells
Warlocks Curse
Soul Desecration
Executioners Gift
Wrathful Souls

Boons:
Cultists Bulwark

I pull with Fiery bolt then load Infernal Spheres.
Combine Eldritch Blast with Dark Spirals until they reach within 30'
Then hit them with Hellfire Ring.
If it's cooled I then use the second Infernal Spheres for the AOE shot

This has been the best rotation I have found for soloing. I may change up for grouping for distance as long as I have a tank handy, My companion is an epic healer who does good work between mobs and so I don't waste my health stones.

I need to stop living in the Warlock forums and dust off my Wizard, but since I'm here anyway, this is my opinion (disclaimer: play however is fun for you - this is what works for me for daily AoE questing and dungeon trash):

+INT, +DEX. Ignore CON and CHA.

At-Wills:
Hellish Rebuke, Dark Spiral Charge

Encounters:
Fiery Bolt
Curse Bite (you really shouldn't skip this one; it's too good)
Hellfire Ring

Dailies:
Accursed Souls
Brood of Hadar

Class Features:
All-Consuming Curse
No Pity No Mercy

Feats:
Power of the Nine Hells (if you are using an AP-gain artifact and have Dailies often enough for it to matter)
Parting Blasphemy (Warlock's Curse is questionable in general because of Curse Consume, but it loses hands-down in AoE)
Soul Desecration (better for AoE since you are almost never using powers that summon a Puppet)
Executioner's Gift
Soul Spark Recovery (your Puppet spends too much time floating after targets in AoE for you to get much benefit from the other choice)

Boons:
+++++Power, +Undead and Demonic bonuses, +Movement Speed, +HP when it works properly, +Any Stats You Are Missing, +Appropriate Upper Tier feats for your playstyle and build

Example Rotation:

Either pull with Fiery Bolt or run in and drop a Hellfire Ring.
Curse Bite
Cast the Encounter you did not use in the beginning
Curse Bite

...usually everything is dead by now unless there are ranged stragglers. At-Wills as needed, clean up the rest however. Dark Spiral Charge has a very high magnitude when loaded, can basically use it as an extra encounter after you've killed something.

Accursed Souls also applies Lesser Curse to all targets, setting up an AoE Daily+Curse Bite combo.

Finally, with No Pity No Mercy slotted, when any of your AoEs crit, you gain Combat Advantage against ALL affected targets.

tyraeldragon

Nice build, thanks for the reply. I replaced Infernal Spheres with Killing Flames as the Sphere burn dropped from over 2k to 700 and second blast got nerfed to a flicker. Rotation rocks now.