How to Parse as Destro Lock?

Hello.

As you can see, my parses in HM are catastrophic. You can check my Parse, “Pressharder” on “Auberdine” EU server. Check my last logs on HoF HM, yesterday.

What are the techniques for parsing as a Destro Lock, please?

I used WoW Analyzer, and sometimes it tells me the wrong things, like, for example, that I didn’t use a certain CD when I did, or that my time between casts is too high even though I’m literally spamming my buttons…

I parsed at 23 on Garalon, and ESPECIALLY, at 8 on Wind Lord Mel’jarak. How is that possible?

On Wind Lord Mel’jarak, I did AOE and then single-targeted the boss during his 600% phase. Should I have done ONLY single-target?? Or ONLY multi-target? I don’t understand how it’s possible that I’m so low on parse…

Thanks to anyone who gives me advice on how to improve my parses in HM (in NM they’re pretty decent, 70 average parses)

EDIT : I have another question too : At how many ilvl I have to respec Affliction please ? Thanks !

This is better suited in the Warlock discord for MoP.

I can tell you though that on Garalon you wont parse well if you dont hit the leg everytime it is up and on Mel’Jarak your parse gets destroyed if you dont kill him in 1/2 vulnerabilities.

But grey is rough. You are 100% doing something wrong. Probably wrong stats aswell. Use WoWSims.

Everything about my stats, reforge, gems, enchant etc… Is good.

My rotation is good too, I parse at 60-92 in HOF/TOES NM. So it’s not the problem.

The problem is, some boss require a specific strat with every class to parse good. And if you don’t do 1 of the mechanic you have to do, that ruin your parse.

But what mechanic is in cause ? I’m at 8 on Wind Lord Mel’jarak, the other players on the raid have between 30 and 60 (500+ ilvl, me 495 ilvl).

For exemple, with my Hunt on Garalon, I parse at 98, i’m the 450th Hunt of EU on him… With the warlock : 23 parse, that’s rude.

I mean, i’m not a noob, i’m not a Casual or other. I usualy Purple parse so i’m not that bad… But with the Warlock, idk, I can’t parse.

Do you think my parse can be broken just because I don’t put jade Spirit Enchant + 500 intel gem on my weap (because of Celestial useless weapon) ?

We are talking about orange - pink parse here. Anyone can do purple just playing the fight “as intended”

Thats very low. Thats a fresh celestial char with upgrades and a few valor pieces.

That said, I struggle to get even below blue parse with rogue even if at low ilvl because I am very good at it.

Normal mode is not “real” parsing. Bad gear, usually bad players that dont even know what warcraftlogs is. Any good heroic player can go in there and get Rank 1 on every fight.

Kill Time also matters a lot. Your Mel’Jarak kill time is 4 Minutes… when people are doing it in half that. So your DPS will be way lower obviously.

It definitely matters, but not to that extent.

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press harder :clown_face:

Do the bosses die ? are you clearing the raid ? then what does it matter if your “parse” is 8-10-20 e tc e tc " ? never really understood the “excitement” of ignoring mechancis to parse higher (yes standard execution since MC in vanilla classic)

If you and your guild clear the raid on HC or normal for that matter then parses/performance means nothing , afterall its a Video game a recreational passing of time, anyone telling you differently should seek help :wink:

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Grey parser cope

people like being competitive.

And if you are performing poorly you are holding your raid back.

A group full of grey parsers will never have smooth runs. NEVER. Sure they arent the be all and end all but it definitely gives good insight to how well someone plays, which is why its a cornerstone of guild recruitment.

Also most people dont like “playing the game” by wiping 20 times on an easy boss because people dont know what their buttons do.

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Technically, it’s not that easy for us alliance players, due to your horde racails we have to compare to them which I have always felt shouldn’t count.

Yes the racials are quite significant.

But then again its “only” like 5k dps at least for rogue when comparing human to troll.

This means 95+ is definitely still possible. Just not Rank 1 or probably even pink given an equal playing field (kill speed, strats etc).

You have a signficant edge in PvP at least I guess :smiley:

In case nobody mentioned this yet:
You’re specced into Grimoire of Sacrifice, but you forgot to sacrifice your demon in almost every fight except for the last part of the Bladelord encounter.

Especially for Wind Lord, it’s very important to save your big cooldowns for his damage amp phase. However, you used Dark Soul right at the start of the fight.
The next Dark Soul was used after his second damage amp ended, instead of when the third and final one began — which is when the fight ended.

So, to start with, you should focus on using your abilities properly; otherwise, you’ll keep ending up in or near grey parses.

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Clearly when i cleared it all while you where still sucking ur thumb, Keep dreaming of ur pink unicorns

Go compete in a SPORT then , this is a video game :wink:

I can 100% guarante that ur wrong on ur so called “grey parses never have smooth runs” ur definition of smooth is clearly different from those who dont care :))

Cornerstone of sad guild recruitement yes probably , never been in a guild that has advertised stupid things like u must have 80-99% parse because i dont play this game as a “job” i play to have fun with other real people while raiding on VoIP

Most ? , making Assumptions is the younger generations akilles much like "all my friends have it mummy why cant i ? "
Try enjoying life , it is too short to be having a hissy fit over pixels !!

Only thing holding a raid back is people behaving like douchebags towards others when a simple discussion can solve anything…

Hope you one day realise that the world does not revolve around pixels or the imaginary % of your so called “performance”

You probably got carried. Not that its an achievement. The content is very easy.

I can compete in whatever I want. Sports are fake “achievements” as well. They imitate hunting, nothing else.

No wipes, no idiotic mistakes, no noobs getting carried by people that actually care to not hold everyone else back. Thats a smooth run.

No one asks for parses in an advertisement. Just like no company specifically asks for someone that does not assault coworkers. Its just common sense to not do that.

Weird gibberish that has nothing to do with the point.

I dont know where that comes from - you can be a good player and not a douchebag, you can be a bad player and a douchebag.

That said I rather play with a competent a-hole than with an incompetent plush bear.

I never said it does.

I just dont raid in a casual or “semi-hardcore” environment because I dont like playing with bad players. Everyone can choose how they want to play I wont dictate it.

Its just kind of typical for bad players to hate on performance measurements because it shows them in a bad light.

I want to be the best in everything I do. I dont like lukewarm approaches, has nothing to do with WoW in itself.

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I have sacrifice my pet at EVERY fight, looks like a bug on warcraftlog. :thinking:

It’s maybe why that broken my logs during this raid idk wtf is that. :open_mouth:

But yeah correct, I have use my Dark Soul at pull on Wind Lord. And I forgot to swap my Talent to have Dark Soul X2 too. :confused:

Bad habit of dropping it at the start of every fight (and then having it again during the burst phase). I’ll remember that for next time thanks !