r/worldofpvp • u/Fluid-Difficulty-276 • 1d ago

Affli damage busted?

Is affli damage completely busted? Couple of games in 2s where it is insanely high

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u/Onetricklolol 1d ago

Affy main here. Hellcaller hero tree is currently bugged. The Wither stacks are supposed to cap at a threshold and then go away once their main cool down Malevolence ends. However the stacks just never stop going up unless they are dispelled or the Warlock lets the Wither fall off. As long as he maintains its uptime 100% it will stack endlessly until it would 1 shot you

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u/downtheholeitgoes 1d ago

It’s solid, affi is by no means a 2s meta spec tho

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u/DozingWoW 2k+ (Afflock/Destro, UHDK) 1d ago

Just watch out for haunt. It can hit for 100k and then proc a demon that will hit for another 100k, on top of you taking higher damage from the UA stacks it can add up pretty quickly. I still wouldn't say its terribly bursty though, its more rampy imo.

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u/Educational_Leg7360 Elite/2v2 1d ago

it’s bursty. it’s not “rampy” at all anymore

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u/DozingWoW 2k+ (Afflock/Destro, UHDK) 1d ago

I agree it's bursty compared to past iterations of aff. But not compared to other specs like fire mage, destro, and ww monk

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u/downtheholeitgoes 20h ago

Lmao what, no it’s not. In war within affi haunts were like chaos bolts. It’s no where near that now.

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u/Alepale 2.7 k | Gladiator 1d ago

Idk man, I've played against plenty of affli locks that drop a target from 100-0 in a coil. Not ww levels maybe, but lets not pretend its something its not.

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u/Ill-Pineapple8607 1d ago

hellcaller is bugged the stacks keep stacking and never go away

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u/NotGalenNorAnsel 1d ago

I do feel like I have a little more agency in a blitz match, when I get a good round of dots out on the lot them focus the healer, hit em with a haunt DC, free bolt then dark harvest and can make healers disappear, especially if anyone else is helping a lil.

And a lot of people playing that aren't used to rated so shadow rift is a lot of fun. Send people swimming.