#assassination

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subtle tundra
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SHUT UP

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sorry.

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soryr

burnt latch
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Is ok i cried tho

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Kinda feeling bad rn

subtle tundra
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😭

burnt latch
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Is ok i know u r little silly goose boy

spice spire
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Deep thoughts with Varas

empty hinge
subtle tundra
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this deep

empty hinge
pulsar apex
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this image

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how am i doing rupture after flag on the opener?

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have i MfD pre-pull?

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hmm then i cant do it after the rupture. im being dumb and missing something

limber lion
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The thing you're missing, is that this is just an image of the cooldown usage.

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Your opener is still Muti - Slice - Muti - Gar every single time

pulsar apex
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riight

limber lion
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But you press those buttons in that order every single time pretty much

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when you have cd's ready

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but you don't do muti - slice - muti - gar anywhere else than the opener

pulsar apex
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oh yes and as venth i dont open with ambush

limber lion
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No

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Literally the first gcd as Ambush is fine

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but you never press Ambush ever again

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so it's just not worth it

pulsar apex
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right

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ok ty ty

vestal wren
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time to farm m+ i guess

vast loom
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Wait im confused

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Is that 2 sylv daggers at mythic

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Or is this about eye of command

vestal wren
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eoc

limber lion
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already got it

vast loom
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Same :)

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I also got cache out of the cache quest

vestal wren
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eoc did become bis for many profiles, i did re-sim combinations and for patchwerk and two targets its the highets simming one now

vast loom
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So I'm still playing outlaw til 2 eon

pulsar apex
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hmm i also have a 1.5 min CD trinket. I used to line that up with Sepsis. im just lining it up with every other vendetta now I suppose?

vestal wren
limber lion
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Dreadfire Vessel?

pulsar apex
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skulkers wing

vast loom
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yeah, i am i just got good outlaw weapons atm, i got a heroic cache and heroic fusion amp which feels pretty good, did EoC get better in the outlaw sims?

limber lion
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Yeh just press it on cooldown.

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Vendetta/Shiv does not increase its damage

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Nothing does

pulsar apex
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ok so just make sure its CDing

limber lion
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Well, Sub/Outlaw both have ways to increase the damage, but we don't.

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We only sync stat-increase trinkets with CD's

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like Sigil and Kihra's

pulsar apex
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i got a couple of trinkets this week - but nothing great

vast loom
vestal wren
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fun is the most important thing

vast loom
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yeah, i just like to swap a lot šŸ™‚ i usually play a differnt class/role every tier >.>

limber lion
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there's other classes and specs?

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:O

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why didn't anyone tell me

vast loom
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Started on Brew in Nya then Prot war in Nathria, Shadow/Disc in SoD

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now rogue

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but ive actaully been improving a lot on rogue so i might stay for a bit

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3 dps specs lets me swap when im bored without me feeling like i need a huge catchup

balmy condor
gusty mirage
balmy condor
gusty mirage
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yeah I still don't know how the spec does damage

spice spire
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WhĆ­spyr an outlaw main now

gusty mirage
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it just does

spice spire
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Damn

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We truly live in a society

gusty mirage
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nothing on that spec makes sense

spice spire
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It just got buffed man

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Dw

gusty mirage
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I've had people ask me "how are you doing 35k in 3 target"

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and I'm like bro idk

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I'm pressing the same buttons I press the other times

spice spire
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ā€œI hit blade flurryā€

gusty mirage
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sometimes you just start cranking

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for no fucking reason

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well I'm sure there's a reason

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but I don't care enough to figure it out

spice spire
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Pain was running a fucking rat ws with dk and Vel on outlaw.
I could have afk’d at the beginning and it was still a free 3 chest

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Spec is absolutely nutso in keys rn

ember mural
strange python
fleet anchor
lucid birch
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Hey

gusty mirage
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just for keys

balmy condor
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He’s just like me fr

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239 veinripper enjoyer

limber lion
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I guess I need to play it as well

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just to give the weapon some value

thorn fjord
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Pirates life for me

slow marsh
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the prophecy was fulfilled

fleet anchor
thorn fjord
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How bad was Sylv LFR?

fleet anchor
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7 Veinripper users in our raid all failed to get one from all 4 difficulties the last couple days. I'm salty.

fleet whale
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i haven't done sylv lfr yet but fated lfr so far for me has gone by well

spice spire
spice spire
thorn fjord
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1 shot Norm Sylv in a pug yesterday afternoon so i had hope lol

limber lion
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Just did it

thorn fjord
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Trying LFR today

limber lion
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13 minutes

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If you're not pumping, it's gonna take a long, long time.

gusty mirage
limber lion
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So bring a friend or two with your who can help you pump

gusty mirage
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you experienced what I did

limber lion
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Yeh, very fun

fleet anchor
gusty mirage
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I've decided that I'm not pugging any difficulty

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I can't handle it

thorn fjord
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lol

gusty mirage
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it's not fun wiping to enrage on sylv

thorn fjord
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Normal isnt awful

gusty mirage
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because people are doing 5k dps

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bro

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I wiped on lfr

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3 times

fleet anchor
balmy condor
thorn fjord
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lol

fleet anchor
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Better than my last attempts at LFR

gusty mirage
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the 2 tanks were 4th and 5th on dps

thorn fjord
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This is the way i suppose

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🤣

vestal wren
gusty mirage
fleet anchor
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This was my Normal Sire last week

paper crane
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I one shot lfr sylv with only 3 people doing over 10k. Was doing 12k myself. Had like half the raid dead last phase when people didn’t jump platforms and got one shot

thorn fjord
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i didnt even bother running normal Sire... i should have though

fleet anchor
thorn fjord
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Wouldnt be surprised tbh

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and they'll fix it 3 weeks before DF launch

pulsar apex
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heya. can venthyr ass use subterfuge in M+?

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or stay MA?

limber lion
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Always use Subterfuge in m+

pulsar apex
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tyty

limber lion
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Regardless of covenant

subtle tundra
strange python
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Bro outlaw channel is wild

outer cairn
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@limber lion for your plater profile, SBS doesn't seem to be showing. Simple way to add?

limber lion
outer cairn
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Wasn’t tracking that. Thanks.

spice spire
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(I just use guesswork)

gusty mirage
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crazy concept

spice spire
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It’s literal bis tho

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Checkmate

gusty mirage
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you're a genetic disaster

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checkmate

limber lion
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Colorblind or not, I can assure you that you can most certainly tell the difference between a yellow, red and green nameplate by the shade.

spice spire
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You can’t kekl

limber lion
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unless you're like super colorblind who can only see one shade of grey

gusty mirage
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checkmate

spice spire
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Red and green are the issues, but I’m not a monochromat- but it’s intuitive I’m just being a smart ass despairge

gusty mirage
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makes sense that your ass is the smartest part of you

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GOT EM

spice spire
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You done? monkaScheme

fleet anchor
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Plater profiles are a crutch. Just keep track in your head

spice spire
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God bless

limber lion
gusty mirage
spice spire
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Keeping track of deathspike in your head

limber lion
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Make a default plate white and the sbs plate black

spice spire
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Probably just making the SBs plate black is the play

fleet anchor
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Just cast Deathspike randomly, trying to make sense of the cleaving is a lost cause anyway

gusty mirage
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you guys track things in this game?

spice spire
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Just hit buttons

gusty mirage
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true

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someone queue the parse meme

limber lion
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I play without any addons and trackers

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in fact I play with my monitor switched off entirely

gusty mirage
limber lion
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allows me to focus on the sounds more intensely that way

spice spire
fleet anchor
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You have your whole rotation for the fight memorized anyway

spice spire
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Mechanics? Memorized

gusty mirage
spice spire
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There’s 24857482 outcomes possible, and only one where Cev doesn’t parse a 99+, or whatever doctor strange said

gusty mirage
spice spire
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Yeah that’s a banger too

limber lion
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idk why SOD is so terribly optimized

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CN was fine, Sepulcher was good

spice spire
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Yeah I was wondering that on painsmith

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I’d just randomly spike mid fucking spikes

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And grue trash is Clueless

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Not too many issues outside of that, but haven’t done sylv this week - I expect many issues

limber lion
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Sylv is the worst

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because of the mote-affix

spice spire
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Oh god despairge

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P2 mote affix despairge

violet jackal
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Sanctum of Domination was a flawless designed raid and I will not be gaslit to believe otherwise

spice spire
fleet anchor
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People already had a really short memory about it in S3

spice spire
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People deadass missing BfA and WoD was WILD to me

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I liked some bfa dungeon design (think AD) a bit more

gusty mirage
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ataldazar was ass

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what is wrong with you

fleet anchor
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Literally WoD's only problem was high-end casual content

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Being non-existent

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WoD's raids were fucking awesome

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BRF and HFC shit on everything they have done in BfA and SL

spice spire
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It was a quick shot - and note liking a bit more implies unlike it a bit more than SL design, not overall

gusty mirage
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AD was anything but a quick shot at higher keys

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it was misery

spice spire
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It was three pulls buddy

gusty mirage
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the design had you backtracking

spice spire
gusty mirage
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constantly

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what a GREAT dungeon design

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WOW

spice spire
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Someone isn’t a top enjoyer

gusty mirage
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top wasn't as egregious as AD

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at least when you finished the wing

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it took you close to the center

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but yes

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TOP was also ass

fleet anchor
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M+ players loved Atal. Pull everything and snap it to a pixel on the bridge then AoE everything. For most players I suspect it wasn't really the most popular key in the universe. But it was always pretty easy.

spice spire
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Oh top is a top tier dungeon to me

fleet anchor
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Atal without snaps would be hell

gusty mirage
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atal on a higher key tyran

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yazma

spice spire
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They remove gorechop and it’s the best dungeon this tier

gusty mirage
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great boss fight

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gorechop isn't even the worst boss

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xav is

spice spire
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Bro

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I think that mechanic is sick

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Ngl

gusty mirage
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yep

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2 of your DPS waste 10s to get a shitty buff that doesn't even compensate for losing them during that time

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  • his jumps 1 shotting at 25+ tyrans
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great boss

spice spire
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I said the mechanic is sick

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Not the reward peepoGiggles

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Reward is garbage

gusty mirage
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which means its a dogshit boss for timed content

thin pivot
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the other bosses were sick in top

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just not xav

gusty mirage
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Xav is by far the worst dungeon boss this expac

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and that includes third boss sanguine

spice spire
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What about second boss sanguine?

gusty mirage
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2nd boss is fine

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as long as the apes don't stun the add

spice spire
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I actually hate executioner with a passion

thin pivot
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lol remember the start of SL when 2nd boss castigate lasted like 8 seconds and did triple damage

spice spire
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The two middle bosses in sanguine are painful

gusty mirage
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I'd rather do executioner than Xav

spice spire
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In a 25?

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Yes

gusty mirage
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if you had a rogue & hunter, 2nd boss was perfectly fine

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you'd turtle/cloak one

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vanish/feign the other

spice spire
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In a 20? I take xav

gusty mirage
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you're high

spice spire
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The stupid jump does too much damage

gusty mirage
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oh trust me

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I'm well aware

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I went from 98% to dead

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in 1 jump

spice spire
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Interactive fights are neat, id be cool with more similar, but just. More reward to gain kinda deal

gusty mirage
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interactive fights are neat

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but not in timed content

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long RP

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the stupid angels in spires

spice spire
gusty mirage
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great aesthetic

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shit for timed content

spice spire
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Oh RP can go away

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Twiddle my thumbs and watch the same shit I’ve seen 500 times this tier BatChesting

gusty mirage
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either design the dungeons for M+ or don't

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don't do this half and half shit

spice spire
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I can agree to that

gusty mirage
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ToP is a great m0 dungeon

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ToP is a shitty m+ dungeon

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do you remember season 1? when it was faster to have your healer die in the last 5% of gorechop

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and activate the RP?

spice spire
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Yeah zyzzpls

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Was not a fan

gusty mirage
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great dungeon

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WOW

spice spire
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Idk man top just hits for me

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It too is a worthless pos I guess chadge

gusty mirage
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you like top because you're a sin OTP

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and that was the go-to dungeon for sin in s1 and s2

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it's the same reason I loved king's rest when everyone else in the universe hated it

dawn merlin
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Oh ye king's rest felt great as sin

spice spire
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That’s fair enough

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Gonna be wild when I’m sub rogue in DF WideGeorgeHappy

gusty mirage
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they bring back our beloved shrouded suffocation

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and you spit on our faces like this?

spice spire
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This is the best joke I’ve said this week

spice spire
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Have been enjoying sub actually and unironically.

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Still can’t enjoy outlaw

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But it’s blasting rn

fleet anchor
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Nobody gets to play Sub. Everyone forced to play Outlaw unless you agree to be the one Atrophic Poison bot

vestal wren
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copium atrophic will be on class tree

ebon notch
spice spire
ebon notch
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what i do

spice spire
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By leaving us

ebon notch
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huh

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ill come back to assa

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im farming valor for it

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i played it for KT

spice spire
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I know I’m colorblind but yellow isn’t reddish pink

ebon notch
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wait what

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warrior??

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im actually colourblind so

vestal wren
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he talks about your role color

ebon notch
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oh isee

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this is reddish pink?

spice spire
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Outlaw = yellow
Sin = reddish pink

ebon notch
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oh

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I SEE

spice spire
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Are you monochromatic?

ebon notch
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id rather be red

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but

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assa has less prio

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the role

spice spire
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Because I’m dichromatic and they’re pretty easy to differentiate

ebon notch
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in this discord

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so if i have assa and outlaw

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it defaults to outlaw colour

spice spire
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Ik

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I’m memeing papi Damn

ebon notch
spice spire
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Yeah so you’re dichromatic

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Surprised you can’t tell the difference

ebon notch
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i can tell the difference

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but i cant name them

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like you said reddish pink

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to me outlaw looks just solid red

spice spire
ebon notch
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not outlaw

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assa

spice spire
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Ohhhhh

ebon notch
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bro im so fucking tired

spice spire
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Lmfao

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You should get some sleep papi

ebon notch
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tell me you understand so i dont have to try explain

spice spire
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I do

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You’re good

ebon notch
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sick

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xoxo

spice spire
pure raptor
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had long break wow will assassination be good in df?

celest ruin
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is there a cap for the raid upgrade tokens that drop from bosses?

vestal wren
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the number of bosses in the difficultly

celest ruin
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so i have a 298 eon and another 298 offhand dagger, whats the best % to weaponswap to eon? is it the same 25% as sub?

subtle tundra
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you always use

celest ruin
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from the get go? is it not worth using normal daggers when boss is high hp?

violet jackal
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weapon swapping mid combat sounds cringe, we don't do that here

thorn fjord
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Outlaw is mad fun now in keys imo

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and what Quake said its BLASTIN

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was on the way to ending the nine at like 24k with pirate but i died on some dumb shit at like 12%

spice spire
ruby jungle
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hes not even raiding mythic btw

violet jackal
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!fuu

prisma monolithBOT
hot root
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im sorry...

ruby jungle
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^ yeah thats the rogue

thorn fjord
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wtf dude

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and he has an Eye

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WTFFFFF

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lol

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feelsbadman

pulsar apex
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approaching 10K flux

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worth getting all the condiuits?

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mine are a mish mash of 226+

hot root
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ofc, if u dont need for some legendary crafting

pulsar apex
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ah yes i actually forgot it used for legs

thorn fjord
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used for item upgrades to set pieces too

vocal lion
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its assasination only viable on raid content?

vestal wren
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the tier set is fairly single target focused

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so.. kinda not great in m+

subtle tundra
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complete lack of aoe dmg

cursive orchid
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viable

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in junkyard

gusty mirage
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you're just a gamer

balmy condor
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Maybe in higher tyrannical

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But junkyard has a lot of trash

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And you’re getting carried by shock bots anyway

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If shockbots are 30% of your damage regardless of outlaw or sin

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Then it’s kinda whatever

crisp sluice
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just came back after a 6 month break

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should i even bother with sin or just go straight sub

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(mainly a raider)

balmy condor
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But junkyard has a lot of trash

balmy condor
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pick whatever you want to

crisp sluice
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sin it is! hows the M+ for sin I know subpar but can you make it work?

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I was the top sin rogue on my server a couple tiers ago so I'm a decent playuer

balmy condor
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I mean that depends on your server :P

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top on illidan? probably not

crisp sluice
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dalaran xd

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ahahaha

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DONT TAKE MY THUNER XDDD

balmy condor
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top on silverblossom hatecoil von doofenshits

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probably fine

crisp sluice
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Lmfao

balmy condor
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lets just say the top 2 runs for assassination right now are a 24 and then a 20

crisp sluice
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yikes

balmy condor
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sub has cleared like a dozen above 25's

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and outlaw is clearing 27's

crisp sluice
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i just cant bring myself to play outlaw

balmy condor
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this is subcreations tier list

vast loom
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its a bit skewed atm imo lol

crisp sluice
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this makes me depressed

vast loom
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sub shouldnt be that far behind outlaw

rigid tartan
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guys is "ability use below 50% hp" ring worth? it seems like the right move would be to trade it to a tank?

balmy condor
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people probably won't play sub until double eon

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most likely

balmy condor
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trading it to a tank would be a better death than it deserves

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I usually decide to leave it in the box

kindred rapids
balmy condor
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and then it goes into my mail

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and then I leave it in my mail

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and just wait

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until it goes away

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a slow painful death for that trash

soft shale
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it used to be quite a good combo for arena with the heal one when you didnt need to stack 400% vers

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to not get 1 tapped

rigid tartan
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yeah figured, thanks!

kindred rapids
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and more importantly I find venthyr bb a lot more satisfying to play than previous iterations of outlaw

graceful bane
upbeat phoenix
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So why is feral doing so well in comparison to usual but sin is drowning? Aren't they similar dmg profiles?

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seems like feral is doing pretty decent overall because the lack of aoe based dungeons

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But sin isn't, does feral have a lot better aoe/cleave profile actually?

balmy condor
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I think their tier helps their aoe a lot

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but idk tbh

zinc frost
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Yeah their 4pc set is an aoe bleed when you go into beserk and 2pc reduces beserk CD with cp usage

graceful bane
oak sky
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Sin and feral also arent similar damage profiles

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Most of ferals damage is bite

upbeat phoenix
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I just meant in regard to being heavily single target based with bleeds serving as their cleave/aoe dmg

fleet anchor
upbeat phoenix
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well the tier list is only based on people doing keys

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so its not an actual judgement of how weak or strong something is, just shows people arent using it in high keys

fleet anchor
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I mean F tier isn't really reflected in the raider.io or WCL stats though. Has almost an identical 75th percentile score as Feral.

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Assassination being F makes sense because nobody is playing it at all

upbeat phoenix
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Might not be updated quickly. I know ret was in B tier for a bit and then dropped massively

fleet anchor
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Ret is also below Sub in score at like every percentile

upbeat phoenix
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oh, ret changed again

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literally last night ret was in D tier

fleet anchor
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Probably Ret/UH/Feral/Sub are somewhere in some C/D tier split zone in terms of pure data

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Although Havoc is also really close in the middle there too so idk

oak sky
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Isnt subcreations list just based on the level of keys each spec is doing or popularity

balmy condor
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level of key

oak sky
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Yeah

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Even i went outlaw

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I learned it like 4 days ago or something

cursive orchid
fleet anchor
# oak sky Isnt subcreations list just based on the level of keys each spec is doing or pop...

I mean it seems they have issues because really that chart makes no sense for either. Sub has far more runs than Assassination but about the same as Feral. It has fewer runs than Ret but generally a higher average score on WCL for keystone level for almost all percentiles. Assassination really low in every metric so I can kinda understand that but Sub makes no sense as F tier.

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Can't really be parse count because Feral has fewer parses than UH. But if it's score, they should be much closer together. Sub has a higher max and average than UH/Ret and really close to Feral's average on WCL.

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So not really sure what their model is based on but it seems fairly flawed lol

subtle tundra
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maybe something weird like number of logged runs

fleet anchor
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It seems like their sorting is based on the lb_ci which is "lb_ci stands for the lower bound of a 95% confidence interval. Please see the FAQ for more information."

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Seems odd for small sample sets tbh

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Sub even in their own data is showing a higher average, higher max, and higher runs than UH

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But since it has a lower lb_ci it's ranked lower

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Not sure why you'd take the lb_ci for sorting tbh

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I'd also think x is the mean here but somehow SV has a lower bound on the confidence interval that is higher than the mean which.. uh.. seems odd. šŸ˜›

oak sky
oak sky
fleet anchor
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They have some rationale for why they use the lb_ci but I'm not really sure it's appropriate for the dataset

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Considering Sub basically beats Ret on every possible metric as an example (higher lower quartile score, higher mean score, higher max key) I think the fact that their sorting methodology results in Sub being 3 full tiers below Ret is not a fantastic result.

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Feel like there are better approaches for tiering detection

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Usually based on score clustering

oak sky
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Yeah thats super weird

fleet anchor
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Which is pretty commonly used for like fantasy football tier lists and stuff of that nature

fleet anchor
oak sky
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Huh sub ended up in D

balmy condor
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in deez nuts

oak sky
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Rare mistweaver W

fleet anchor
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This isn't a "stable" clustering algo so things will shift very slightly for close matches

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If I run it again sometimes Feral and Sub get tossed together into C

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Everything there is really close tbh

oak sky
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F tier checks though

fleet anchor
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Yeah sadly Assassination rep is not so hot right now

oak sky
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Not only is it not fun in aoe

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It also does Z aoe

fleet anchor
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It's hard to argue with the data that Assassination is questionable lol

oak sky
#

Yeah like

#

The tier set does borderline zero aoe since its a bigger gain to do your single target rotation than to do your aoe one

cursive orchid
#

0 * 1.4 = 0

#

2 mins at ventyr

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5 targets

kindred rapids
#

It seems like if a spec is going to have no aoe it should have a clear advantage in ST

vast loom
#

it did last patch

#

but sylv daggers opop

strange python
#

do you think dragonflight assassination can do well in dungeons?

#

or is it still lacking?

#

im looking at affliction and assassination right now

vast loom
#

we have no idea

#

but indiscriminate carnage looks like a huge step in the right direction

strange python
#

thats on a 1.5m cooldown tho

balmy condor
#

and?

strange python
#

And it's on a 1.5m cooldown

balmy condor
#

yeah

#

it is

strange python
#

that is self explanatory

vast loom
#

if we are doing like 10x any other dps dmg every 1.5min we could be godly or we are just okay and do as mucha s the other meta aoe specs

balmy condor
#

is it?

#

people keep complaining that it's 1.5min

#

and I just don't understand

strange python
#

because it's not that good at 1.5 imo

#

what's not to understand

balmy condor
#

it's very powerful

vast loom
#

1.5 min is like every other pack no?

#

maybe 3rd pack

balmy condor
#

1.5min is every pack

strange python
#

not quite imo

#

more like every other

#

I'd rather the cooldown be lowered to be more frequent since it provides 0 single target benefit

balmy condor
#

you're doing 50 pulls a dungeon?

strange python
#

Look, i disagree with you. Just deal with it.

vast loom
balmy condor
#

I mean you're saying that it's weak

#

that's not something to disagree on

#

it's very powerful

strange python
#

I'm saying it's weak because it's an aoe button that has a low aoe radius and does 0 single target.

#

If it had like 20 yards i'd say yeah that's great

fleet anchor
#

šŸ¤”

strange python
#

but 10 yards is fucky and things are gonna have to get super clumped

balmy condor
fleet anchor
#

Everyone talks about M+ like it's 30s pulls with 20 mobs. We aren't farming +2s

strange python
#

If it's 20 yards then i think I'd be okay with it

balmy condor
#

I'll see you in court of stars next year koji

vast loom
#

oh no

#

were gonna need ro farm CoS every tier

strange python
#

also it's gonna basically compete with outlaw and sub which are probably going to do the job better

#

and you're giving up single target for it, which is something you should be doing better.

#

but not if you lose out on kingsbane.

vast loom
#

i mean you dont have to lose kingsbane

#

you can get both

strange python
#

i thought they changed it so you couldn't?

vast loom
#

just cant get DTB

balmy condor
#

DTB is the only standalone

strange python
#

ahhh okay

#

that's actually not as bad as i thought then

#

i wonder why DTB is the standalone

vast loom
strange python
#

just because pairing it with kingsbane might be too good?

vast loom
#

cuz KB + DTB

#

is a forced choice

balmy condor
#

DTB is underrated aoe as well

strange python
#

why would it be forced?

#

if you want aoe and single target

vast loom
#

Double Lethal poison for KB

balmy condor
#

it doubles kingsbane

chilly marsh
#

they could have changed KB to only scale with DP too

vast loom
#

yeah they can, but why ruin synergy with amp poison

strange python
#

i think having a hyper focused single target build is fine

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as long as IC is good

#

to mix single target and aoe

vast loom
#

well if you have IC, thats not a hyper focused ST build????

strange python
#

im saying the choice would be hyper focused ST, or getting AOE with good single target.

#

i think that's a viable option

fleet anchor
#

But yeah like Assassination may have issues in M+ potentially

oak sky
#

We have a lot of open talents for single target strength even by going carnage and all our aoe talents

fleet anchor
#

But the CD on that ability isn't gonna be the reason

vast loom
#

yeah, out aoe talents except for CT and IC are kinda meh

strange python
#

it's not so much just the CD

#

i think the CD is too high for 10 yards

oak sky
#

Our main issue is not having good filler for aoe imo

strange python
#

but at 20 yards i think it would be fine

fleet anchor
#

The issue with multi-DoT has always been the time getting them up

#

I don't think people appreciate how strong it is to instantly put full DoTs on everything

strange python
#

i thought it was also targets being spread out a bit

oak sky
#

Oh yeah koji its awesome

vast loom
#

Yeah we have too much ramp compared to say a Combust or an Infernal currently

oak sky
#

I'm really excited for m+ in dragonflight

strange python
#

infernal is a big CD though

chilly marsh
#

i just had some randon idea but what if add dies with rupture up it also reduced the cd of carnage?

vast loom
#

infernal is like what 2min cd? with wilfreds

strange python
#

3

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with wilfreds?

#

like 2 yeah

#

Infernal by itself is okay, but is propped up by a talent and the set bonus

#

so much so that the set bonus got nerfed.

#

IC is nowhere near that level of infernal

#

it would have to start giving you free resources and consistently pulsing aoe or some manner of bullshit

vast loom
#

idk 9 shrouded garrotes and 9 ruptures in 2 gcds is gonna do a lot of dmg

strange python
#

yeah but it's kinda a one and done type thing. I'm just not convinced in its current state. There's many scenarios where shit just isn't grouped that tightly or might just fall off the radius of IC.

#

That's really my biggest concern.

vast loom
#

yeah the targeting has been brought up by whispyr a few times

#

but assuming we can get even a 5target pull with it

#

that is still REALLY strong

strange python
#

Yeah.

chilly marsh
#

my main problem with IC is not even the targeting its not having any way to spend all those energy cap

strange python
#

cold blood works on bleeds?

vast loom
#

yes

strange python
#

holy

chilly marsh
#

hum?

#

does crit apply in first dot?

vast loom
#

nvm i found the answer

kind talon
vast loom
#

in the

sharp falcon
#

Currently CB doesn't work on dots.

chilly marsh
#

IC does 0 dmg so no crits

vast loom
#

from pins lol

oak sky
kind talon
#

Carnage not taking you out of stealth is banger

oak sky
#

Yo fuck cold blood put MA in the class tree

kind talon
#

If that works

#

Bruh if CB doesn’t work with dots

oak sky
strange python
#

can you pick DTB and IC?

kind talon
#

šŸ’€

balmy condor
vast loom
#

He only said it currently doesnt work

strange python
#

so DTB is an all in?

sharp falcon
#

That said, IN THEORY, if CB were to work on Rupture, an IC --> Rupture would apply a 'crit' rupture to all targets (IC makes your Rupture hit up to 8 things, it's still 1 spell, not main target + 7 copies)

balmy condor
#

correct

strange python
#

that's shitty af

#

no ones going to pick it

kind talon
#

Wdym

vast loom
kind talon
#

It’s very strong

fleet anchor
#

I mean I think people are underestimating the potential of Carnage when everything is working but we will see lol

balmy condor
#

people are underestimating a lot of things

oak sky
strange python
#

it doesn't look very strong

kind talon
#

Bad take city baby

oak sky
#

Scent of blood exists

kind talon
oak sky
#

Rupture was previously our 2nd best finisher in aoe

fleet anchor
kind talon
#

Empowered garrote is very high damage and it was a max of 3 per pack

strange python
#

didnt we just say IC cant be picked with DTB?

#

why is dekai saying that

fleet anchor
#

NS Rupture on 5-8 targets with Scent of Blood, followed by 5-8 SS Garrotes

oak sky
#

Because carnage is good

fleet anchor
#

is a lot

kind talon
#

DTB is just weapon poisons, you can still take all the improved garrote talents

fleet anchor
#

of damage

twilit hollow
fleet anchor
#

Like if Assassination is even remotely competitive ST damage with DoTs as a large portion of our damage, Carnage is going to be a monster ability in dungeons

humble shell
#

hi, im looking for info about full mastery assa rogue on pvp, do you guys know something? is there any message linked with some info?

strange python
#

so the 2nd lethal poison is what

#

atrophic?

vast loom
balmy condor
#

atrophic is nonlethal

twilit hollow
kind talon
#

It would be amp poison

balmy condor
#

because ya know

#

no damage

humble shell
twilit hollow
#

not even reading trees, arguing tree is bad

balmy condor
#

not lethal

strange python
#

oh crap i mean the one that makes envenom better

kind talon
#

Yes

balmy condor
#

instant damage also exists

#

if you don't want amp

strange python
#

i dunno you're losing the ability to get both kingsbane and IC

#

for DTB which can't take either

balmy condor
#

sure it can

strange python
#

i mean when you pick DTB you can't pick up either KB or IC

#

is what im saying

balmy condor
#

correct, but dtb is that strong

strange python
#

it's entirely passive

#

that's typically not something blizzard does

balmy condor
#

it is

vast loom
#

on live

strange python
#

they favor active abilities over passive ones

kind talon
#

@strange python if you skip atrophic you can take 2 capstones

vast loom
#

jusst deadly poison

balmy condor
#

frost set in sanctum was passive and did 20% of our damage

kind talon
#

Look at the trees in pins

vast loom
#

is like waht 20%? of our dmg

kind talon
#

Yeah like 18*

#

It’s our highest dps if you combine the procs and the dot

twilit hollow
#

god i loved frost set memes

balmy condor
#

edge of night is passive and wasn't it the highest source of damage on sub

vast loom
#

thats 21% big dmg

balmy condor
#

double dose was a passive azerite trait in bfa that was bis

strange python
#

well i hope DTB's isn't good

#

it seems like a boring playstyle

balmy condor
kind talon
#

It would add envenom optimizations with amp poison

vast loom
#

i wanna see a world

strange python
#

you're going to be pressing that button regardless of DTB or not

vast loom
#

where a doubled amp poison

kind talon
#

Me too

#

I want to see a world too

vast loom
#

is worth to CB an Envenom

#

for like 10000k

kind talon
#

If it changes priority and adds things to think about

#

It’s a change in play style

vast loom
#

also DTB synergizes

#

with dashing

strange python
#

I'd rather have a new ability to weave in that changes up how you play than have a passive ability that changes your priority a bit

kind talon
#

Conversely something like sepsis or even kingsbane could be boring if it’s a fire and forget

#

Point is passive things can change play style just as much as new actives

strange python
#

yeah but I think that's less interesting the way it's done, and since it's passive there's a good chance it's going to be undertuned anyway on purpose. As blizzard typically (not always) favors that sort of thing.

#

Just based off past behaviors

kind talon
#

That’s just not true

strange python
#

It's absolutely true with some of the classes i play.

#

Blizz just picks and chooses at random sometimes. Like Warlocks non-pet options are entirely nuked and made to be worse than pet options. But then you get an entirely passive option that's super strong because it ties into your pet management and changes how you play.

#

It's weird.

kind talon
#

Yes it entirely depends on numbers and tuning

#

If having two lethal poisons adds similar damage to what we predict, it is very strong

#

Blindside also has a chance to be very strong

#

There is a chance poisons or any number of things are tuned down as well

strange python
#

I'd be super disapointed in blizzard if kingsbane was the worst option there

#

That shit was so fun in Legion.

#

I had a blast.

kind talon
#

Kingsbane looks cool too

grizzled jay
vast loom
#

not slowly, i mentioned deathmarked amp poison like week 1 of tree being out šŸ™‚

#

its what made me want to make DTB a envenom based capstone

grizzled jay
#

theoretically it is envenom-themed because env still increases rate of poison so 2x lethal makes env better

kind talon
#

Yes

vast loom
#

true true true

grizzled jay
#

maybe amp poison instead of juicing envs

#

increases the "chance to apply poisons" for that env to 100%

#

and once you press env once, it starts chaining itself so the proc rate of DP just goes up dramatically

#

and it makes you want to press env as much as possible to keep high uptime on buff with amp poison procs

#

think thematically that fits a poison named "Amplifying" more than simply doing more finisher damage

#

cause then you'd have two distinct styles:

KB which is all about burst windows inside your KB
DTB/Amp which is all about high DPS through Envenom buffs

#

@balmy condor when Deathmark dupes DP does it also dupe the proc damage?

balmy condor
#

it should

#

it's literally 2 instances

grizzled jay
#

kk just checking

#

more i think about it, the more i like this idea a lot.

#

it has a nice feedback loop and also plays into Dashing more

unborn rampart
# balmy condor this is subcreations tier list

šŸ‘‹ (subc is my site) -- take F tier with a grain of salt, as the tier list only looks at the top 100 dungeon runs on r.io for each dungeon in each reason (for each affix) -- which means if no one is playing a spec in those top 100 runs... it doesn't show up at all

i want to fix this for v2 and look at the top 100 dungeon runs for a given spec

#

but that requires rebuilding my entire backend since subc is a site that kind of grew beyond what it was originally intended for :p

#

(if folks have ideas / suggestions / fixes for subc v2, please feel free to dm me with them!)

balmy condor
unborn rampart
#

thanks i'll scroll around and try to find it

balmy condor
#

basically starts there

unborn rampart
unborn rampart
#

I think the cleanest answer is just get more data so I can see the runs beyond the top 100 in each dungeon in each region for each affix

#

i appreciate the feedback and suggestions šŸ™

arctic cloud
#

Took an 9 month break. Came back made an arms warrior. Big regret. Now I gotta climb the ilvl ladder again on my rogue 😩 least I got score this season

#

I’m hoping 2.1 score will be enough to allow my sin rogue to creep in unnoticed on 2s haha

outer lodge
#

Will 2x Sylv daggers also be BiS for Assa m+?

spice spire
#

Yes

robust cloak
#

is there a minmax time to shiv in m+ now

#

or is it just triple garrote shiv out of stealth and shiv on cd

#

this may be old i've just returned and haven't played tier set yet

limber lion
#

Send Shiv on CD as much as possible

#

Gar gar gar shiv ct is fine

gentle gyro
#

i love that fight

#

couldve easily been 40k+ if i didn't get chains twice

pseudo hamlet
#

298 EoN or 304 daggers with normal stats?

sturdy merlin
#

Sim it but it should be EoN by far

gentle gyro
#

EoN was on the token vendor, right?

vestal wren
#

yes eon is on the dinar vendor

gentle gyro
#

only at normal ilvl though, yikes

vestal wren
#

you can upgrade it

#

killing 20 heroic or mythic bosses gives you one upgrade to that difficultly

gentle gyro
#

riiiiiiiight, forgot about those

pseudo hamlet
#

Got 278ilvl daggers for now, was wondering if choosing 304 "random" dagger would be a good idea from the weekly Great Vault. It seems it is not!

limber lion
#

It's the single biggest upgrade for you by far and replacing 304 daggers takes a long, long time.

pseudo hamlet
#

Because that would be a waste of weekly. Considering we've got finit number of choices and knowing that I'll be getting Sylvanas daggers+at least HC upgrades.

limber lion
#

How is it a waste of a weekly lol

pseudo hamlet
#

lol

limber lion
#

Do you have any other BIS choices in your vault then?

pseudo hamlet
#

Because I'd be able to replace that item with something better soon.

#

So I'd rather get for example 304ilvl tier set.

limber lion
#

Because you'll replace every other item as well

#

You'll replace that with a 311 tier

pseudo hamlet
#

I wish mate...

#

People in my guild have crumbled at the end of S3, there's no way I'd be able to do mythic raiding. So I am currently looking for the best items I could've got from M+(all possible levels) and just heroic raiding.

burnt latch
gentle gyro
gentle gyro
#

...sec

limber lion
#

Also there is no way Memory "underperforms", it's a button that you press and then hit a mob for 10s

#

There's no secret tech or anything tied to it and the sims for it seem pretty accurate since 9.0

gentle gyro
#

underperform as in it doesn't deal as much damage as i would expect or the sim tells me

limber lion
#

Link a quick sim of your profile

#

then link a log

#

let's see

#

There is one secret tech you can do with it, but it's only really useful if you run double on use

#

which is to pop it 15s pre-pull

wooden kiln
#

Didn't know it was possible to get 2 stats like this

solar hare
#

Only possible from kara keys, legion was a different time

pulsar apex
#

w

plush delta
#

is assa the only spec inthe game where our major cooldown is a debuff on a single enemy rather than a self buff ?

balmy condor
#

think so yeah

fleet whale
#

I guess there is sinful brand, but that's not really a major cd

timid cloud
#

Cev you playing right now?

#

Or big IRL grind again?

fallow canopy
#

If I have a lot of crit could it be worth it to get mastery for the m+ affix? or haste?

timid cloud
#

Don’t forget mastery is flat.

#

Not % from the buff. So you can DR it, so you might need to do yourself a simulation.

fallow canopy
plush delta
# balmy condor think so yeah

do you think that really holds assa back in M+ ? aside from the dots component. i.e. our major cd is useless in AOE, plus if the target dies bfore the 20s you don't get full value as opposed to something like shadow blades where you can just go onto hitting the next target

timid cloud
#

Yes.

#

But also, a lot of our kit is dogshit for M+ now.

#

It’s not as easy as GARRET 1, GARRET 2, GARRET 3, FOK FOK, CRIMSON TEMPEST ITS FUCKING GAME OVER MAN

subtle tundra
timid cloud
#

Good times.

subtle tundra
#

But it doesn't do dmg

timid cloud
#

That new talent, Carnage? Idk if it’s enough to pull us up from the depths.

#

It’s quality of life changing, unless I’m wrong & someone did the big brain math already for me.

subtle tundra
#

Probably not by itself. Scent of blood will help

timid cloud
#

I hate to say it, but I think we might need Echoing Blades back to make us even have a chance in AOE.

subtle tundra
#

Like ic vanish garrote rupture mdf CT will be big dmg in packs

#

Probably

#

Once again depends on tuning

timid cloud
#

Yeah.

subtle tundra
#

But on paper sounds pog

timid cloud
#

Maybe we do big damage with the garrote build

#

Real crystal ball shit.

#

šŸ”®

balmy condor
#

carnage is crazy

#

me and koji have been saying this for weeks now

#

but the ability to just insta get up all your dots

#

is huge

timid cloud
#

Does it save us?

#

Does it deliver us from evil?

balmy condor
#

dunno

dusk mason
#

do you guys all think that assa tree is S tier ? according too maximum it is, but i dont really see it. its good but not S tier and its sad that it would mean blizzard wont change alot anymore thinking its good

vestal wren
#

cooldown of carnage is also fairly low

cursive summit
#

It's strength will depend on tuning

flat ocean
#

I think the tree has powerful talents but it's pretty boring with pathing, you can't get some of the more interesting combos

subtle tundra
dusk mason
#

i said maximum

#

he did a tier thing on stream

vestal wren
#

the reason seems mostly that assa gets raid utility and on top of that some rly strong new talents

cursive summit
#

There's a lot of fun talents in the Sin tree, with some mostly decent pathing, and builds that will work in all content

vestal wren
#

it is one thing i feel makes assassination/outlaw more appealing atm

dusk mason
#

think about it, if amplifying poison sims better then deadly poison we start with a talent we wont even use unless we use another talent too use em both

cursive summit
#

I think that's fine tbh

#

Could maybe have amplifying replace deadly altogether if it's an issue

dusk mason
#

really ? a dead talent ? thats stupid. why didnt they start with mutilate makes more sense

cursive summit
#

The poison makes sense if you focus more on envenom

flat ocean
#

Yeah and the fact we can't choose 2 end talents if we go dragon tempered blade?

#

Every other class can and it just feels bad

cursive summit
#

Sin capstones are rather powerful though

flat ocean
#

The poison makes sense but having to take it with deadly poison and never using deadly also just feels bad and isn't a thing for the other classes i know

cursive summit
#

DTB would be far too powerful alongside kingsbane

flat ocean
#

We don't know how powerful they will be on release it is all subject to balance changes

#

What it is though is boring compared to other classes

cursive summit
#

I disagree

flat ocean
#

You really think assa tree is more interesting than any mage tree?

cursive summit
#

Yeah I do

flat ocean
#

Interesting

#

Guess people like picking completely useless things for no reason

cursive summit
#

Because this way capstones can be powerful on their own and won't need help from others

flat ocean
#

I would've never seen this coming tbh

cursive summit
flat ocean
#

It's not a strawman

#

If you actually like that

cursive summit
#

It absolutely is

flat ocean
#

Then I'm genuinely surprised

vast loom
#

The sin tree has a lot of great talents the only real issue is the lack of choice, and a few select talents being meh. Other than that its pretty damn good

cursive summit
#

You're surprised that I like powerful options over a multitude of weaker options?

flat ocean
#

No I'm surprised you like having to take a completely dead talent if you pick Amp poison

cursive summit
#

I won't pick Amp poison lul

#

Because I don't want to put more power into envenom

#

So you're arguing against an imagined point

flat ocean
#

No I'm not

#

But I cbf

vast loom
#

Amp poison is a fun addition than makes me want to press enven9m

cursive summit
#

You're complaining about a "dead talent" that is subject to balancing.

subtle tundra
cursive summit
#

No because I play wow for fun, I'm not pushing endgame mythic raiding or high end m+, don't have the time for that any more

vast loom
#

Its fine this is just the daily DF hot takes for Sin discussion

flat ocean
#

Lol...

cursive summit
#

Even if amp poison is balanced to be top ST, why do you care if you don't use deadly?

flat ocean
#

Seriously

#

Cannot be bothered

cursive summit
#

If you're not playing DTB then it's essentially just replacing deadly

#

Can't even have a discussion nowadays without people hitching lmfao

flat ocean
#

You explain to me why it's fun to pick a useless talent then we can talk

vast loom
#

Amp poison is fun to me because I actually make gameplat decisions with it instead of just apply and forget

#

And it has cool interacti9n with deathmark

balmy condor
#

sin channel in flames again

marble hemlock
#

Hi

balmy condor
#

the tree just has everything anyone would want except for another envenom buff

marble hemlock
#

Someone called fire and rescue

balmy condor
#

idk how it's possible to think it's bad unless you just straight up don't play sin

#

and don't understand how the spec works

bleak sky
#

Chatting tree sucks

flat ocean
#

Not bad overall I did say the talents themselves are powerful

bleak sky
flat ocean
#

Just less interesting than it could be and the talent redundancy feels bad

marble hemlock
balmy condor
#

dev is working on pathing

marble hemlock
#

As the trees are more of a thematic showcase now than a "this is what tuning is gonna be like"

flat ocean
#

Powerful in terms of interaction within the class

marble hemlock
#

Ah oke

balmy condor
#

huh?

#

you don't think it interacts

#

or you wish there was talents interacting with other talents

#

or what

marble hemlock
#

So it's not interesting enough and lots of redundancy but it feels powerful and with lots of synergies?

balmy condor
#

that's whats confusing me

flat ocean
#

The talents individually are good but the fact you can't choose certain things together feels bad

#

And DP AP overriding the other in pure ST situations doesnt feel good either

flat ocean
#

If dragon blades isnt bis and AP is you take deadly for no reason

#

Not sure what you don't understand about that?

balmy condor
#

you take deadly because it's the first talent in the tree idk

#

why is poison choice a bad thing

flat ocean
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It's not but needing to use a talent point on a skill you dont use does not feel good

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You can accept it's just the way it is if you want but it still doesn't feel fun or interesting

balmy condor
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idk it seems like a really niche thing to complain about imo

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but if that's how you feel

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if this one talent is good, and this other talent isn't good, and I'm envenoming the target, in that situation I will have wasted the first point in my tree that enables the rest of the tree, causing me to not have fun because 1/30 of my points are now bad

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if that's the worst complaint about the talent tree you have

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I'd say it's a really good tree

flat ocean
balmy condor
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sure

marble hemlock
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I mean

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You'd still play dp on aoe

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Without dtp

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Even if ap is bis on st

flat ocean
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It would be cool if you could do both though

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I do get that having more powerful end talents can make up for that though so I can see the other side of it

marble hemlock
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That's quite literally impossible

flat ocean
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I'd just preffs more buttons

marble hemlock
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You can't tune two different lethal poisons to be the same damage on st

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But you can tune them so one is better on st, one on cleave and aoe, and you can freely switch even mid combat

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That's interesting gameplay, no

vast loom
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Yeah im actually curious how swapping mid combat works with deadly and amp poison

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Like does it drop the dot immediately

flat ocean
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Could be interesting

marble hemlock
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It drops once the other poison procs the first time

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That's how it worked legion and now as well

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You can try it by just having a DP dot running and applying wound

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Dp will keep running until wound procs the first time, then the DP debuff gets removed

flat ocean
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And I meant it would be cool if you could do both as in taking the AOE talent and DTB

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but never possible in current draft

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Then you have some more funnel in aoe as assa

balmy condor
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taking both carnage and dtb would be ridiculous

marble hemlock
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Ye

cursive summit
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Taking Kingsbane and DTB would also be ridiculous

lethal folio
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just came back after a break is sub bad now? i see nothing nut outlaw out here

merry cobalt
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Sub is great

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For most content anyway

lethal folio
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hmmm maybe ilvl is knee capping me

vast loom
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Sub us fine outlaw is easier it currently sims higher too and it works well for any fight sub has annoying stuff on cleave fights and sin doesn't gain as much from EoN as the other specs

fleet anchor
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I'm not sure I'd say Outlaw is easier than Sub

vast loom
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Yeah rhat might be too bias for me

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It depends if you rather react or be proactive

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I'm bad at thinking ahead :)