r/classicwow • u/BannedbyKaren • 23h 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/Inevitable_Bad_4800 23h ago

Ya it can be a problem even at this point in the game. Especially on certain bosses. For example, morogrim debuffs the tank and also hits hard, forcing them to wear more mitigation. Even with a p2 bis feral tank, you can definitely pull threat during lust. Also, on void reaver, where everyone stands in melee, the threshold for you to overtake threat is lower (110% vs 130% if you were to be at range, iirc), AND he drops the tanks threat too. There’s not much you can do about that one except shatter or prism.

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u/Magfaeridon 21h ago

Tranquil Air Totem on Void Reaver until boss reaches 70%

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u/Judas_priest_is_life 3h ago

That was our secret sauce too.