Blizzard
As we've mentioned before, we're making a number of changes to the resource model for Destruction Warlocks in the next patch. The goal is to create smoother, more granular, less random
generation and make
Chaosblitz casts feel more impactful.
First, for Destruction Warlocks, Soul Shards are being split into parts of 10 , which we're currently calling Soul Shard Fragments. Mechanically, this will be similar to the Mists of Pandaria resource system of
Seelensplitter, except we want to go with a consistent
visual, updated Soul Shard UI (work in progress), and name for the resource across all 3
Hexenmeister specs. Some relevant spell changes:
- Verbrennen generates 1 Soul Shard Fragment. Doubled on critical strikes. Fire and Schwefel (talent) will cause Incinerate to generate 1 Soul Shard Fragment per target hit, also doubled on critical strikes.
- Feuerbrand periodic damage has a 50% chance to generate 1 Soul Shard Fragment. 100% chance on critical strikes.
- Verbesserte Feuersbrunst generates 6 Soul Shard Fragments.
- Dimensionsriss (artifact active) generates 3 Soul Shard Fragments.
The net result of these changes is that every baseline rotational damage spell will contribute to
generation, pushing your resource forward at a steady pace.
Second, Soul Shard generation/refund rate is being reduced overall , mainly for the single-target rotation. However, this is coupled with major damage increases to both
spenders -
Chaosblitz and
Feuerregen. Combined, this means that
Chaosblitzs will be cast less frequently, but they will hit much harder:
For the AOE rotation,
Feuer und Schwefel (talent) will cause Incinerate to generate Soul Shard Fragments per target hit, which would largely push
Feuerbrand out of the AOE rotation with enough targets. Alternately, if you want to go down the route of maintaining
Feuerbrand on all targets in a clumped AOE situation, Cataclysm (talent) will have reduced cooldown (30 sec) and slightly reduced cast time, making it easier for you to do so.
As usual, everything discussed here will continue to be iterated on during 7.2.5 PTR and may change based on further playtesting and feedback.
Any chance you can tell us whats happening with
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It's probably holding destro back more than almost anything else. It has way too much power in it.
