ecirphsoj wrote:
My 'lock is Drain Hunting (or as close as is possible)like this...
1. Wear lots of stamina gear.
2. Send in Void, when he reaches target, Curse of Agony.
3. Corruption, then Immolate.
4. Shadow Bolt (once is enough, makes my pet keep the aggro)
5. Drain Life/Wand the mob till death.
6. gr4b t3h ph4t l00tz!
7. Pop Consume Shadows while I Life Tap till an acceptable level. I usually move straight on, even though I may be at a mediocre level of health, I'm taking only one hit a battle at max (adds go to me first)
If I get an add, I pop Suffering/Switch target and Torment then continue, then start from the top on the next. Playing like this may be a slow kill, but I can handle one/two adds and even three (at a limit) if I use Health Funnel. If the adds get too bad (ie, I'm in a zone a bit over my depth), I'll Sacrifice and run like hell. At a stretch, this can cope with a mob 5 levels over me (though this is scarcely "no downtime", the Void takes a while to recuperate)
Here's my drain hunting tactics:
1. Send in VW, when he reaches target, Siphon Life, CoA, Corruption, (Unstable Affliction, Immolate - Unstable affliction against tough mobs, add immolate against bosses only, where there is a real tank, not just the VW)
2. Life tap + Drain Life (switch to Drain soul when farming shards)
3. Shadowburn as a finisher (don't often need to use it)
The VW is able to hold aggro against multiple mobs (up to four at a time, depending on the mob's level), so when I get done with the first, it's on to the next. I end up with a very small mana loss and no health loss whatsoever.
I'm generally able to handle 8-9 mobs this way before the VW needs to consume shadows. If it looks like he might go down during a fight, I give him a bit of my own health (Health funnel) before resuming draining.
The trick is in knowing when to start draining life. I usually start draining at about the time normal mobs hit 2500 health. Against elites, the Drain should start after the VW gets an additional hit, and some or all of the DoTs may need to be renewed afterwards, followed by another Life Tap+Drain Life.
Edited, May 20th 2007 5:28am by ohmikeghod