ilvl 645 destro lock looking for help with low dps

[Fondlemydots 0]

Here is my logs for normal highmaul:

https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/haFz4M1rVCmyqdPx#fight=1&type=summary

Here is my armory:

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/kelthuzad/Fondlemydóts/simple

I do my rotation of 4 chaos bolts with dark soul. I have two charges of that so every time I get 4 embers I have a dark soul for a chaos bolt burn.

I do have the 620 lvling staff still so I don't know if this is my dps problem or if there is something in my rotation, stats, or anything else I might have wrong

Please help me increase my dps. Any feedback will help me. Thanks

[Gravyspasm 70]

Please help me increase my dps. 

 

get rid of cataclysm for single target fights. use Demonic Servitude with Doomguard.

 

 

also, did you have a pet on passive for the entirety of the Kargarth fight?

[Fondlemydots 0]

For the first fight I had demonic servitude but I can't remember if he was passive or not. But I feel like my dps is worse without cataclysm

[Jessix 0]

Servitude is definitely the way to go as Destruction. My Doomguard is often my primary source of damage on single target fights. :)

[Fondlemydots 0]

Ok I'll stay with my doom guard. But I still feel like I'm doing something wrong with such low dps

[taliesin52 3]

There are those here better suited to picking apart logs but I need practice for my guildies so I'll try to help:

 

1) Don't cap out embers.  If you're capped then any you could be earning are lost, lowering the number of Chaos Bolts.  When you get to around 3 and half embers or so fire one off so that you can keep earning.

 

2) You shouldn't have 4 in a row at the beginning unless you guys pulled while you still were sitting on some.  check the Destruction guide at the top of this forum for a solid opener.  If on the log you look at buffs and then at your Chaos Bolt and Dark Soul usage, you fired off your 4 CBs just a couple seconds after your DMF trinket buff falls off. 

 

3) Pre-pot.  This combined with the opener outlined in the other thread and stacking every buff possible will help.  Then of course pot again later in the fight, ideally when you're in Dark Soul and you have at least another proc going if possible. 

 

4) I may be reading the logs wrong but I don't see damage done by your pet.  Was it on passive.

 

5) Unless you are cleaving with Havoc or maybe stuck on the move, Shadowburn is a DPS loss over Chaos Bolt

 

6) I see a Rain of Fire tossed out at the beginning, was that because you were on the move?  If not I'd not bother with it as it does low damage and doesn't generate embers any longer.

[Fondlemydots 0]

Thanks for the help and feedback. I'll check to see if my pet was active. I can use all the feedback I can get. Could my weapon be the cause of low dps too?

[Fondlemydots 0]

Gnar- thanks for the tips. I'm still a new lock so I'm slowly learning. I am blowing DS when I have it up. Thanks again. I'll practice more and take all this advice.