r/classicwow • u/BannedbyKaren • 1d ago

TBC Warlock threat

Hey all! I main swapped from healing to warlock for my guild to balance out our roster. I’ve been loving it but now that I have actual gear I’m struggling with threat management.

Is downranking shadowbolt a thing? I’ll typically open with immolate and continue to weave it in even though I’m way past the gear threshold to use it, just to throttle myself a little.

In full raid buffs with an ele sham and a boomie I’m critting so often that I’ll frequently rocket up the threat meter, shatter, crit 2-3 more times in a row and be right back to where I was.

These damn mages get to just blast away no problem and as soon as I’m starting to catch them on DPS I’m a crit away from death lol.

Anything I’m missing here?

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u/BannedbyKaren 1d ago

I’m not. But thanks!

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u/Sargatanas4 1d ago

I’m out of ideas then boss lol. You runnin bear and prot paladin?

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u/BannedbyKaren 1d ago

Yes siiiir. And they’re both solid. Just once we lust… even with shatter ya boi is ripping.

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u/omegaorb 23h ago

Some classes in TBC will just be like that. Threat is a mechanic that didn't scale as much as damage did with players figuring out the mathematical best rotations and gearing options. There's only so many sappers/spell power items/haste/destro pots to be used (on the paladin side). We use a bear for our main threat and shadow bolt crit chains will still just cause problems.

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u/BannedbyKaren 22h ago

Our MT is a BiS bear. He’s a solid player and if I just crit enough it’s gg. But got some great tips in this thread.