So the release of mod 6 required many SWs to rethink their playstyle. Before switching to this build, I was running Hellbringer Fury, but while leveling to 70, I hit a wall in Spinward. So over to the test server I went and that’s when I settled on Soulbinder Damnation. The Damnation tree focuses on beefing up your soul puppet, and thus gaining benefits for yourself, and the capstone makes her “permanent.” I dipped into the Fury tree for some added DPS.
The Feats:
Damnation Tree
Parting Blasphemy – removing a curse does 6% of weapon damage
Sparkbinder – Immolation Spirits lasts 5 seconds longer
Warding Spirits – 10% less damage with active puppet
Spirit Fire – puppet deals 50% weapon damage to nearby foes every second
Ghastly Commander – when puppet is active, you deal 10% more damage and 2% more lifesteal
Wrathful Souls – puppet deals 100% more damage and their attacks deal 15% lifesteal, healing you
Soul Desecration – “permanent” puppet
Fury Tree
Critical Promise – after a crit, you deal 10% weapon damage
Burning Soul – soul sparks increase your damage by .3% per spark
The Powers:
The Boons:
The Companions:
Intellect Devourer – 2% combat advantage
Blink Dog – 2% combat advantage damage
Air Archon – 2% damage to targets not at full health
Erinyes – 10% critical severity
Battlefield Medic – 6% incoming healing – I use this as my summoned companion to offset the fact that lifesteal sucks now.
Playstyle and Loadout:
The Soulbinder Warlock is versitile and can be played a couple of different ways. One way is to use the Soul Scorch encounter which has no cool down, but uses your stored sparks. The other way is more like that of a Fury SW, which will increase your damage the more sparks you have.
For my mainhand artifact power, I chose Essence Defiler which increases the damage of that at-will 8%. For offhand artifact power I chose Dust to Dust which increases your damage by .25% per spark up to 5%.
Solo
At-wills – Essence Defiler and Dark Spiral Aura
Class Features – Dust to Dust and Borrowed Time
Dailies – Immolation Spirits and Tyrannical Threat
Encounters – Dreadtheft, Killing Flames, and Fiery Bolt
Dungeon Trash
At-wills – Essence Defiler and Dark Spiral Aura
Class Features – Dust to Dust and All-Consuming Curse
Dailies – Immolation Spirits and Tyrannical Threat
Encounters – Dreadtheft, Killing Flames, and Fiery Bolt
Dungeon Boss
At-wills – Essence Defiler and Dark Spiral Aura
Class Features – All-consuming Curse and Borrowed Time
Dailies – Immolation Spirits and Tyrannical Threat
Encouters – Dreadtheft, Warlock’s Bargain, and Soul Scorch