How to: Safely AoE low level dungeons

[chookchan]

Hi everyone, thought I'd post a little guide for warlocks trying to either farm low level instances or help power-level some friends.
Since Deadmines is the most commonly ran dungeon for low-levels here's a quick example.
What you need:
-At least level 40 (this is usually when I'm able to do it pretty quickly).
-A Voidwalker (must have Suffering at least rank 1 and Torment).
-Reign of fire (try have max rank).

What to do:
-Turn auto-taunt off your voidwalker, and use it to individually attack every mob and to use Torment on the elite mobs once (can be easily controlled by binding the ~ key to voidwalkers attack and just clicking torment with the elite highlighted).
-Run the Voidwalker to before a boss, wait for all the mobs to gather, then use Suffering.
-Reign of fire, the Voidwalker should hold aggro until the mobs are dead (if Suffering is rank 2+) or nearly dead (if Suffering is rank 1 or the Voidwalker didn't hit every mob at least once).

How many should you pull?:
-Depends on your level, if you're level 40 doing Deadmines I'd suggest pulling to each boss until you reach the foundry (do it in 2 or 3 pulls) and the pirate ship (do around 3-4 pulls).

Some tips:
-If the instance contains non-elites, the voidwalker does not need to torment them.
-If you find the Voidwalker is losing aggro when the mobs are above 20% hp, try using torment on each elite at least once. This can be done while the Voidwalker is moving by targeting the elite, hitting torment, then clicking where the Voidwalker needs to go and hitting the attack key in sequence.
-Make sure your Voidwalker has enough mana to use Suffering! In other words don't pull too many mobs and use Torment so much that the Voidwalker can't use Suffering.
-Keep a healthstone on standby. Sometimes you might pull a mob too many or pull aggro too early.

Some additional firepower:
-Oil of Immolation (level 31 minimum) - 50 fire damage every 3 seconds for 15 seconds in a 5 yard radius (must continue to stand in close proximity to the mobs for the duration).
http://db.vanillagaming.org/?item=8956#created-by

-Chained Essence of Eranikus (level 48 minimum) - 50 nature damage every 5 seconds for 45 seconds in a 8 yard radius (Is a dot on use, meaning you can use it and move away).
http://db.vanillagaming.org/?item=10455

-Ez-Thro Dyanmite II (level 30 minimum) - 213 - 288 fire damage in a 5 yard radius (targeted area), has a 1 second cast time. Can be used by non-engineers and is extremely cheap to craft (good to carry to finish off the mobs if your reign of fire ends and they're really low on hp).
http://db.vanillagaming.org/?item=18588#created-by

Other then that, the higher level you are the easier and higher level instance you'll be able to AoE farm.
This can be done in any spec. If you really really want to pump out damage faster and have a bit more crowd control, just grab the destruction talents which make your reign of fire have a chance to stun, daze, and have reduced chance to receive spell pushback.
Goodluck and happy farming!

[Seraphimhalo]

Another great tool to use for yourself and everyone in your groups would be KTM threat meter. It will allow you to see and control the amount of threat you are generating compared to your group mates.