[Macro] 1-button click Warlock dps

[[Soul Eater]]

As the title said, I am now talking about how you can DPS with 1 single button on a raid boss like Patchwerk and such. Combined with a auto clicker it's like going AFK and have fun with dps!

Warlock Affliction talent tree and glyph spec

Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft

NOTE: Bane is a MUST talent for this spec. Haunt, Everlasting affliction, Amplify curse and Unstable Affliction too.

What kind of gear does the warlock need:


-Haste
-Hit
-Spirit
-Spell power

You need to have a minimum of 300 spell haste rating. And a minimum of 320-340 hit rating. On my own warlock I got 351 haste rating, with the grand spellstone that gives 60 haste rating.

The reason is because your shadow bolt needs to be a casting time of 2.3 seconds or less, and both haunt and unstable affliction needs to be 1.4 seconds or less.

With 351 haste rating, your casting time for those spells should be like this:

Shadow bolt - 2.26 seconds
Unstable affliction - 1.36 seconds
Haunt - 1.36 seconds

So 400 would be the ideal haste rating. But a minimum of 300 ensure you that your shadowbolt is at least 2.3 seconds, and haunt and unstable affliction 1.4 seconds.

About the hit rating, I have tested with my own Warlock and he got 312 hit rating, I am still doing fine DPS but sometimes a spell miss or get resisted, don't forget that dot ticks can also be resisted! So haste and hit are the stats you want to go for first. Imagine it like this:

You are casting a spell like Soulfire, 4 sec cast, but then the target resisted it, that means you wasted 4 seconds of time and lost 4 seconds of DPS, sure it's only 4 seconds, but what if other spells get resisted during overtime, that would lower your DPS.

Pet usage:

You can use all kind of pets except Voidwalker. I personally use my Felhunter on passive since it gives me extra spirit + int = more crit + more spell power.

Download link of the auto clicker:

Autoclicker.zip

Addon to bypass the text limit for macros:

Super Duper Macro : WoWInterface Downloads : Miscellaneous

Warlock affliction macro:

#showtooltip shadow bolt
/castsequence reset=target life tap, shadow bolt, haunt, corruption, unstable affliction, curse of agony, shadow bolt, shadow bolt, shadow bolt, haunt, shadow bolt, life tap, unstable affliction, shadow bolt, shadow bolt, shadow bolt, haunt, shadow bolt, curse of agony, unstable affliction, life tap, shadow bolt

How to set it up:

Okay first you need to download the auto clicker and the super duper macro addon.

Before you continue further, close your World of Warcraft client.

After you downloaded both of them, place the super duper macro addon in your addon map, extract it there and start WoW.

Enable "load out of date addons" if super duper macros addon isn't working for you.

From there, visit the trainer and take the spec and buy the glyphs I suggested.

After that, type /macro to open up your macro window. If done correctly, you see above a red window with yellow text: Super Duper Macro. Click on it.

From there, click on new > name your macro > press create > change name/icon > chose a icon > click on the most right black window where it says something like "type here your macro" > delete the text > copy + paste the macro I made

Then click save (it's right under) and drag your newly made macro to your action bar.

Now go near a heroic dummy training to test the macro.

Open up auto clicker and have your settings like this:



After that, target your target dummy and hover your mouse on the macro. Press F3 and see if your macros is working.

If all done correctly, your character will do the castsequence macro and DPSing while you can go AFK. Don't worry about DPS, I have tested it on my own and I have calculated and tested how you can get the most benefits for all spells. Here is a screenshot of the result I got:



As you can see on my screenshot I got average damage with only a auto clicker clicking on my macro.

Of course you can tweak the macro but then you need to calculate the timing, with the macro I used for myself my dots are getting 80 to 90% uptime, with unstable affliction being used earlier/later, same story with curse of agony, corruption on the other hand is getting a 100% uptime due it being refreshed by haunt.

I wouldn't advise depending on this macro during boss fights where you need to run but it's nice to use on a boss like Patchwerk since you just have to stand still and pressing buttons.

If there are any questions left or suggestions feel free to post here, I will answer as soon as possible.

for now, have fun with this and good luck

EDIT 1:

According to aaró you can be banned by using a auto clicker. I myself haven't witnessed that yet but just a warning, else you will need some way to press the macro on a other way or just manual pressing is possible too.

[aaró]

My good sir!

a very well written guide. and I will test this out myself!

Just a heads up. I got banned from using auto clicker

[[Soul Eater]]

You are? Urgh damn it, well I will just need to witness it myself since Im wondering how they want to track you for doing that, been using that auto clicker for a while but am not banned yet (mainly using it for advertising on trade channel) , but yeah thx for headups gonna change it in post.

[fearedtoast]

Ooh, very nice! I'm assuming the auto clicker is just for convenience, and you can click normally if you want? I'm lazy, but not THAT lazy.

[aaró]

I used it a while back for BG. I think someone reported me and thats how I got caught.

[blackfang500]

Even if you dont use autoclicker, or if you have to move around, you could just click it or use the macro while your not moving.

[Minkieboy]

Has the file been scanned good? Since i just downloaded a Trojan clicker onto my Pc from the Autoclicker

[ßetray]

not bad

but fix the SS, forgot to blur (of all the names....) the name above your toon and the partial name above your pet.

[Logout]

Lol you black out all the names except yours XD we see it on your screen.

[Ground Zero]

Nice Guide, But you forgot to block out your name im afraid, Quick Edit it ^^

[jerry_teps]

Terrible UI and affliction is terrible now in 3.1. You should be using 41/30 or deep destro.

[Romulis2000]

wtf are u talking about ...affliction isnt terrible at all 3.1 didnt make any large changes to screw it over,,im guess ur lock Jerry_tits, is undergeared and probly doesnt meet haste / hit requirements so ur affliction spec fails, Learn2Lock b4 u open ur mouth imo!

on a side note..i think this post was labed 1 button lock dps..not awesome wicked UI ..so keep ur mouth shut unless u have something useful to add jerry_tits. mmkay tks bai!

[Mygel]

I used it a while back for BG. I think someone reported me and thats how I got caught.

you werent banned for using an auto clicker then.. you were banned for leeching bg's! So auto clickers are safe to use

[[Soul Eater]]

Hehe thx for responses, yeah I noticed my name wasn't changed on there, and lol not everyone is using a "pimp" up UI, it's just a matter of taste, I just keep it plain and simple and using addons that are beneficial for me, and lol deep destro is what is giving the lowest dps, from all the raids and hc I have been with locks, only the destro lock managed to get 2.2k dps overall, and yes with the highest being conflag spec and second highest, tututu, affliction. I agree that affliction isn't that good for PvE but it's just a matter of taste and how you keep your dots up, remember that the reason affliction isn't that good is because of the rotation and uptime of the dots, it is impossible to get a 100% uptime for all dots and dotting them all 100% , you always end up refreshing it earlier or refreshing it very late, resulting in dps lost.

If you are saying that deep destro is still good for PvE link me the char then and a screen of showing at least 4k dps, I don't got good gear and I am doing around 3.5-3.8k dps in naxx HC with conflag spec.

Maybe in the near future I make a dps macro for conflag spec but then again it's much more riskier because if you lagg during the time you want to use conflag, but thanks to lagg you miss the immolate timing, meaning that immolate runned out and you wouldn't be able to conflag anymore, then you would be screwed.

Besides you can try it for fun if you have dual spec and if you just want to go afk for a while and let the macro dps for you.

[stipher]

wow.. now when people accuse me of just rolling my face across the keyboard when I play my lock to dps....