Aritros' PVP Destruction Guide for BFA 8.0

Wrong time to post this kind of guide right now. Sorry to burst your bubble OP. Apart from the fact you took the time and energy to make a decent guide like that, warlocks are not viable right now. Not anywhere in pvp.

https://clips.twitch.tv/IcyCulturedChowderYouWHY

https://clips.twitch.tv/TriumphantChillyAniseBrainSlug

In case anyone missed these. These are gladiator level players losing games because of no defensive tools. No defense tools at all. Trust me, they are way beyond your and my own level. Everything you can think off to get out of these situations they have tried and more.

I know they are affliction and not destruction right now but it enhances the fact that warlock is !@#$ atm because affliction is stronger than destro atm. Everything affliction fails in arena wise, destruction fails even more.

So unless your guide is meant to help people get to 1300 rating, i`m afraid its a waste of time. Apart from that, credits to the nice layout and structure of the guide :)
Seems like you forgot to check OP current rating, when played well destro is 100% viable for gladiator and even rank1.
26/09/2018 09:32Posted by Papagen
Seems like you forgot to check OP current rating, when played well destro is 100% viable for gladiator and even rank1.

I know warlock is dogsh*t in general, but the real question Id like to get answered is "Whats the chance of getting somewhere without being carried by multi r1 mage/team playing to its full potential?" Because while the guide is great, something tells me that theres a huge viability gap between average 2200 ppl and this.
Check out my new guide for destruction warlock:

https://eu.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/17624202286

It's better than this one
26/09/2018 04:43Posted by Groentensoep
Wrong time to post this kind of guide right now. Sorry to burst your bubble OP. Apart from the fact you took the time and energy to make a decent guide like that, warlocks are not viable right now. Not anywhere in pvp.

https://clips.twitch.tv/IcyCulturedChowderYouWHY

https://clips.twitch.tv/TriumphantChillyAniseBrainSlug

In case anyone missed these. These are gladiator level players losing games because of no defensive tools. No defense tools at all. Trust me, they are way beyond your and my own level. Everything you can think off to get out of these situations they have tried and more.

I know they are affliction and not destruction right now but it enhances the fact that warlock is !@#$ atm because affliction is stronger than destro atm. Everything affliction fails in arena wise, destruction fails even more.

So unless your guide is meant to help people get to 1300 rating, i`m afraid its a waste of time. Apart from that, credits to the nice layout and structure of the guide :)


Made my day
26/09/2018 04:43Posted by Groentensoep
Wrong time to post this kind of guide right now. Sorry to burst your bubble OP. Apart from the fact you took the time and energy to make a decent guide like that, warlocks are not viable right now. Not anywhere in pvp.

https://clips.twitch.tv/IcyCulturedChowderYouWHY

https://clips.twitch.tv/TriumphantChillyAniseBrainSlug

In case anyone missed these. These are gladiator level players losing games because of no defensive tools. No defense tools at all. Trust me, they are way beyond your and my own level. Everything you can think off to get out of these situations they have tried and more.

I know they are affliction and not destruction right now but it enhances the fact that warlock is !@#$ atm because affliction is stronger than destro atm. Everything affliction fails in arena wise, destruction fails even more.

So unless your guide is meant to help people get to 1300 rating, i`m afraid its a waste of time. Apart from that, credits to the nice layout and structure of the guide :)


Maybe if you put as much effort into improving instead of writing this useless post you'd finally break above 1.5k xp.

Some people are too thick to realize how useful the information given in this thread is to the majority of the warlock players here.
28/09/2018 02:32Posted by Distorpia
26/09/2018 04:43Posted by Groentensoep
Wrong time to post this kind of guide right now. Sorry to burst your bubble OP. Apart from the fact you took the time and energy to make a decent guide like that, warlocks are not viable right now. Not anywhere in pvp.

https://clips.twitch.tv/IcyCulturedChowderYouWHY

https://clips.twitch.tv/TriumphantChillyAniseBrainSlug

In case anyone missed these. These are gladiator level players losing games because of no defensive tools. No defense tools at all. Trust me, they are way beyond your and my own level. Everything you can think off to get out of these situations they have tried and more.

I know they are affliction and not destruction right now but it enhances the fact that warlock is !@#$ atm because affliction is stronger than destro atm. Everything affliction fails in arena wise, destruction fails even more.

So unless your guide is meant to help people get to 1300 rating, i`m afraid its a waste of time. Apart from that, credits to the nice layout and structure of the guide :)


Maybe if you put as much effort into improving instead of writing this useless post you'd finally break above 1.5k xp.

Some people are too thick to realize how useful the information given in this thread is to the majority of the warlock players here.


I never denied it is useful information. Actually i congratulated OP for making a well thought out and structured guide. Following his guide however results in 1300 rating more or less. A great post like this deserves more than that. But that is reality in fact.

Now yes, if you are gods gift itself and be as good as the people in the links i provided, they get roflstomped by melee trains around 2k. We are talking about rank1 people here. Even talking about personal experience from myself, i faced some RBG (rbg means a whole lot more peels compared to arena) teams at 1600 mmr and a couple at 2000 mmr. While expected, at 2k mmr they just tunnel the warlock no matter how much the other 9 people are peeling for you. There is nothing we can do about it.
28/09/2018 05:05Posted by Groentensoep
I never denied it is useful information. Actually i congratulated OP for making a well thought out and structured guide. Following his guide however results in 1300 rating more or less. A great post like this deserves more than that. But that is reality in fact.

Now yes, if you are gods gift itself and be as good as the people in the links i provided, they get roflstomped by melee trains around 2k. We are talking about rank1 people here. Even talking about personal experience from myself, i faced some RBG (rbg means a whole lot more peels compared to arena) teams at 1600 mmr and a couple at 2000 mmr. While expected, at 2k mmr they just tunnel the warlock no matter how much the other 9 people are peeling for you. There is nothing we can do about it.


We all agree that affliction and destruction are too squishy, but being unable to climb has nothing to do with your class/spec, any spec in the game can get above 2k ( even tank specs) with the quirkiest comps.

Sure it might be harder to climb as a lock than other classes, but you only really start to see the flaws in design near gladiator rating ( where people know how to counter cds and rotate properly), what I'm trying to say here is that you can get to 2k as lock if you get better, even though locks are subpar at the moment.

What you also don't seem to realize is how many multi-R1s and multi-glads are present and posting in this thread, some of which are better than the people you linked as reference, I highly suggest you check up on people's exp and cr before placing everyone here at a 1.5k xp level.
@Aritrosyo
hey dude, thanks for helping the community, pvp Destro warlock community needs twitch/youtube personalities atm since cobrak left wow, and honestly there is nobody else around, anyway i started watching your twich vods ,lots to be learned. and as a tip try to expand this topic in the us forums aswell, its good for growth .

good luck :)
@Naromorth

That must be why OP as no rating in any arena bracket this season :) :) :)

By your own logic you just cucked yourself

If you think anyone on this forum is better than Snutz at affliction, then you are out of your mind. Warlock is in the worst state it has ever been and if you say otherwise then you are just blind or in serious denial
28/09/2018 21:25Posted by Tazzle
@Naromorth

That must be why OP as no rating in any arena bracket this season :) :) :)

By your own logic you just cucked yourself

If you think anyone on this forum is better than Snutz at affliction, then you are out of your mind. Warlock is in the worst state it has ever been and if you say otherwise then you are just blind or in serious denial


This.
Oh boi, this thread kinda exploded.

@All this thread is not about the discussion if Warlock (especially destro) is viable or not, its a guide for the case you want to play it, if you want to play it and need informations, you can take them from the guide, thats it.

28/09/2018 21:25Posted by Tazzle
That must be why OP as no rating in any arena bracket this season :) :) :)


Thats BS, armory bug, just open the Ladder and check yourself...

If you cba here is a SS: https://imgur.com/a/5RL7n1u

Link to Ladder: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/game/pvp/leaderboards/3v3

Another useful website made by a PvPer, including a ladder with filters for classes/speccs and more: https://xunamate.com/leaderboard/3v3

Saying it in your own words:

28/09/2018 21:25Posted by Tazzle
By your own logic you just cucked yourself
28/09/2018 21:25Posted by Tazzle
@Naromorth

That must be why OP as no rating in any arena bracket this season :) :) :)

By your own logic you just cucked yourself

If you think anyone on this forum is better than Snutz at affliction, then you are out of your mind. Warlock is in the worst state it has ever been and if you say otherwise then you are just blind or in serious denial


so let me see your achievments
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/character/blades-edge/tazzle/achievements/player-vs-player/arena

oh look the person who is !@#$ talking the op barely got his 1550 achievement in the 2011 , boy you have some balls comming here and talkin smack to someone who has the demonic gladiator title , i bet you are so bad at this game you dont even know what it takes to get that title . oh and about snutz he is playing affliction not destruction it seems you are too stupid to read too ! i said destruction warlock not affliction .
you are so bad answering to your post is an insult to my intelligent, and honestly people with toxic attitude like you are the reason why this forum is a troll fiesta instead of people who want to help each other .
^

Sh*t calm down, rating-bashes aren't good for anything.
I've found this useful site recently " check-pvp.fr " and it seems to be the best site to check on anything pvp related.

https://check-pvp.fr/database/character/?q=Aritrosyo-Kargath , can check accurate information about chars and account etc. even alts.
28/09/2018 23:23Posted by Aritrosyo
@All this thread is not about the discussion if Warlock (especially destro) is viable or not, its a guide for the case you want to play it, if you want to play it and need informations, you can take them from the guide, thats it.


I know, but if your mom, your friends, your lady down from the street are all driving around in Ferrari`s, Porsche`s and Rolls Royces why bother to buy a Lada and follow a guide for it to drive well? Seems rather wasteful to me.
It's a good guide and most of this stuff I do as well, I only use a slightly different gearing strategy. There are enough threads to complain about the class, so maybe keep this one clear for questions etc.
30/09/2018 21:58Posted by Venger
It's a good guide and most of this stuff I do as well, I only use a slightly different gearing strategy. There are enough threads to complain about the class, so maybe keep this one clear for questions etc.


As long as you are constructive you are welcome.
Hi Aritro, nice guide.
Is it worth to spend soulshards with meteor to build chaos bolt dmg during infernal or no?
Apparently they are adding demon armor in 8.1.