#assassination
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ominous is more reliable overall, but a really high roll nelth can be ofc better, but also a really low roll nelth is gonna feel terrible
If I am progressing mythic Sark. Should I use ominous 441 or nektharus trinket 447 then?
whichever sims higher for you. theyre both good
i'd recommend onimous for the conisistency
nelth trinket can proc while you go down into transitions and you'll get 0 value out of it
Thanks Armin. Smeeps. I will go for ominous then
but nelth trinket is my only friend if i go down 
who else gonna hug me
back squid always there to give you hugs
ominous may be cool, but he is not a squid hugging me at the worst possible times of cool
Cursed uses bone spike instead of sepsis >.>
Where am I going wrong? I recently cleaned up my CDs but I am still not hitting the parse I thought I would
Hi everyone, I need some opinion if anyone could help me.
I currently have these 3 trinkets: Dragonfire Bomb Dispenser (337), Loaded Dice (441) and Neltharion's Call to Suffering (444).
I thought that Neltharion's Call to Suffering was the BiS for Assassination, but it's siming below DBD and LD.
Is it still worth using it?
!whispyr
Whispyr's Spreadsheet: https://tinyurl.com/292m89ev
whats up with everyone playing neltharion instead of omnious?
High rolling 
If you do it's could better, on average it might be about similar, depending on your gear
yeah I'm still getting gear (I'm currently 442), but it's really strange because I see some top players playing with Neltharion, but it's siming so bad, maybe it will get better once my stats are balanced?
As shmeeps earlier said, omnious for consistency, nelth for high roll/low roll roller coaster 😂
Did you simmed omnious with all stats available and did you tried to sim omnious with all different stats?
It can be bad with crit but giga with mastery depending on your current gear
There is a yt video with a description explaining how to sim omnious with every possible stat
Actors
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dragonflight.ominous_chromatic_es...
Depends on your stats aswell
I had this too, because i switched from Sub to Sin and had a lot of vers
But as soon as i lost some Vers it simmed better
- it can high roll
Thank you for this info! I honestly don't have Omnious at the moment, I just got neltharion's at Echo right now. My stats are not that great since I'm still gearing up.
yeah, I need to remove this smh
Ty! I will 🙂
Bot will tell you what to recraft etc.
I still have so much to craft 🥲 head, waist, neck... (second dagger if I don't get the other one)
can any big boys look at a log real quick. ran with a new group last night and my numbers were surprisingly lower than I'm used to and I'm trying to figure it out
Any buffs missing?
not sure that's what im trying to figure out
like on fights like magmorax especially I felt like I had extremely tight play and then the number shocked me. didnt have windfury but that's I think all I was missing
!log
Wowanalyzer now has good initial support for Assassination. We suggest using it to quickly see any big rotational mistakes and analyze your ability usage
Link: https://wowanalyzer.com/
like I just felt low across the board. granted I haven't pulled these bosses in 2-3 months but still
hmm
I dont see anything fatal tbh
yeah that's what I'm saying
yeah saw that
no WF
I mean is that really the different between like 10k dps though lol
2-3K
iirc
right. I didn't get much augvoker stuff either
yeah idk
don't think I couldve done much different/better there
Doesnt matter for logs
But you have low crit
25% crit on bomb 
so literal just awful luck
yeah I scuffed my last sepsis on rashok too
but yeah idk going from 95 on sark and then next week getting a 68 on magmorax im just like, what happened lol
Also this is your sim
With 6 minutes and 80% uptime on Crit flask and without wf
do standard sims add WF?
ah
thats 5 minutes
how are people doing 145k on the same magmorax kill time then
just insane buff uptime?
Ye
I'll nae nae to that
love that for me
whatever as long as I wasn't missing something insane I guess I'm just at the mercy of procs
is there a topic on discord for 3.3.5 rogues?
theres a classic rogue discord
15% sophic btw
28% Nelth trinket btw
26%
And you got 2 DMs empowered with it, when im not dumb
!Whispyr
Whispyr's Spreadsheet: https://tinyurl.com/292m89ev
!fuu
Rogue Spreadsheet - Light Version / Dark Version
zzz 447 nelth beats beacon https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/uEpxRFfr4hZCaYyKWWzftU
but i need to recraft 3 pieces
Tbh beacon was always simming low for me in Patchwerk. 447 Nelth also sims lower than 447 Chromatic Essence with all ally buf + Obsidian, have you tried that also?
yeah lemme just loot the most contested very rare trinket for my offspec
why obsidian over mastery or haste
Thought that's your main-spec
and thats why nobody likes you
As I wrote - "for me", seems like my stats are pretty balanced
not rogue then? 
now im gearing sin cause it cranks and looks good next tier
rogue was quite good for prog most bosses
even sark prog wasnt that bad
this was pretty funny tho
prog sark kill
For your gear it's Ruby(versa) > Obsidian(all stats) > rest 
thats cause i have beacon
ofc ehtical dmg only right
Nah, I simmed with Nelth + Bomber
Here it is +882 with Versa buff:
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/q7q1juzWMtVe8VNhpUdPRV
The difference is higher than the one from the sims because I simmed Nelth+bomb trinket, I guess you used bomb + beacon for these?
o yeah
@balmy condor completely forgot about it but you asked if 142k was possible
i need to switch my tier helm now i just got the 447 regular one
nick of time abuser
whats the simc string to sim all essence buffs in 1 go
nvm found it
yeah its all the same
no you
essence abuser 
just loot it or?
dunno seems kinda easy
knock 100 dps off then
thats my 457 nelth trinket sim
my alt got 2 before I had 1 on main 
i got the 447 nelth trink
obviously photoshopped 
that's more essences than we've dropped all tier
thats rude
true, that's why I got sark cloak before stealthi
cause I suck
Why is that raccoon orange
no
my prog parses are a bigger disaster than the american healthcare system

but did the bosses die?
yes
Dude glazed kazzara though
watch your mouth or imma glaze you

(i have rabies)
Vel 
im so bad
i inted 25 bh fml
i didnt just int it kinda bad
i commited to the int with my lukewarm iq plays
fml
cool
do you always play DTB in ST ?
If no, which lethal poison would be the best to play ?
amp
thx
could be that the bot didn't register it correctly
not sure
i don't see anything on the log, but the host had some issues yesterday
do i always use a ER point on rupture or does it not matter
Doesn’t matter
!whispyr
Whispyr's Spreadsheet: https://tinyurl.com/292m89ev
Can someone tell me how to display only my bleeds in the boss frames of ElvUI?
Probably a complicated answer but from the looks of it, Bomb dispenser increases the value of crit substantially, correct? I'm noticing top mut logs are stacking 6k crit, around 2-2.5k haste, 4-5k mast and some vers. My sims are showing crit as my lowest value stat with 4600 but I have no dispenser.
Bomb doesn’t significantly increase crit value
alt binds not showing or real binds
Those have gotta be some of the most unhinged binds I’ve ever seen
But he is still leveling so
Lads I'm out of the healing cage
Real rogue player next tier
I cannot wait to be in the dumpster
thats what they all say
a friend of mine was vengeance tanking for 4 tiers when he was promised a havoc role
I have garrote as 1 on stealth bar
And I click/use hot keys
I can't wait until my healer team dies and I need to swap back to priest for the .5 patch
Lol
Rip Tony
I'm sure assa rework will be insane and everyone will fotm reroll to it so we'll both be in the dumpster
In terms of io
Lol
Well I kinda hope it’s really good but I don’t see people rerolling unless it’s super insanely overtuned.
SS>bp spam too easy and BF and do your single target rotation are just way easier for people to handle than dot spread and spatter cleave
I feel like spatter cleave is just as easy as BF
I’m just hoping I’m not getting declined from dungeons I’ve already timed next patch
But yeah, DoT cleave stuff can be intimidating for people newer to the spec
The thing is people don’t like setup. And with assa has a lot of it before you really go in. Much easier to just roll into the pack and be able to blast
Eh. When I’m fighting mitilple enemies. I spread garrote first. Then use knives. But ST I do, stealth into garrote-mutilate-rupture-echoing-sepsis-ambush-mutliate-death mark-shiv-envenom
It’s fort week with engraging. Ap stonks through the moon
is this more worth or using mutilate instead of the second garrote?
noob question is it worth using ambush if it is not free?
Semi related, but that vanish-imp garrote should be earlier on the 3rd dm, as you dont have any sepsis imp garrote. Thats half the DM with normal garrote
And iirc, double garrote wasnt too good, but not as a huge deal either. Normally youd be hitting a pandemic on your firet garrote anyways so it wouldnt do much
And in the way youre doing it, you might run the risk of overwritting the imp garrote with a regular if theres any clipping
boss was about dead on that pull, so i just fired it 😄
I think it’s very minimal but also mut gives you more poisons during dm
okay, so it's a gain to press mutilate instead of that 2-4sec more IG uptime?
We’re talking tenths of a percent here and also you would have your 4:30 sepsis coming up soon after this graphic ends
You don’t want to double garrote
Yeah, thats what I meant, should likely do DM into vanish - imp garr
Atm, 2x Sark daggers or 1x crafted ?
No reason to hold your vanish much longer into the middle of dm
Yes but you shouldn’t ever run into that situation
Highest ilvl mainhand, nick of time offhand
Ty !!
for me shadowmeld allows me to use an ambush for some reason but not improved garrote
thank you 🙂
that's by design yes
np
what is the ST opener for assass
does deathmark automatically double ur bleeds or do you have to apply them after the mark?
automatic
That's why you set them up beforehand, so that the ful duration of death mark is double. Right?
You can reapply during and they’re doubled as well. It’s dynamic
if shadowmeld doesnt let me use imp garrote, does it let me stealth again so i can open with imp garrote? context is middle of m+ trash packs, not during bosses
Usually yes. However it fails if something keeps you in combat. What keeps you in combat is pretty inconsistent though, but being near detectors or directly on top of mobs Usually doesn't work. I think healing stuff also sometimes fucks with it too, but idk for sure.
Mini bosses also sometimes apply a global combat effect too, similar to a boss, so you can't re stealth during those fights either.
Right
Im still learning the basics of the priority
I have a rotation helper add on right now
First time playing rogue
Would suggest uninstalling
There are no rotation helpers out there that aren’t complete dogshit
Really?
Really
What’s the rotation then

Assassination Guides:
Wowhead: https://www.wowhead.com/assassination-rogue-guide
IV: https://www.icy-veins.com/wow/assassination-rogue-pve-dps-guide
Method: https://www.method.gg/guides/assassination-rogue
The rotation is =/= Hekili 🙂
Apply dots - Uninstall Hekili during the dots - Tab back to game - Reapply dots - Improvise
Is better than following Hekili
what even is hekili suggesting to do
I’ve seen it envenom at 2, overwrite stealth garrotes, vanish 2 seconds into the fight
All sorts of crazy shit
I follow hero rotation
When was the last time that got updated
I just updated it recently
That’s fine, but as far as I know, there’s no one developing it anymore
The people in charge of herorotation quit like a year ago
does nick of time drop?
love when my first mythic kill with new guild is a quick 7%'er
I haven’t seen one yet got 4 trinkets tho
got trinket today 😦
is that trinket better than call on avg? obv call can high roll but like on avg
is there a way to set a proc thresshold for call in sims?
A lot of hekilli questions lately
Did they have like an ad up somewhere or something lol
Finally get a good zark parse @balmy condor ?
Someone mentioned it today in this pug I joined too
I said it yesterday it’s not a bad add on… it just really sucks for rogue
Hekilli helped me learn unholy
Also can I rub a nipple at blizzcon? @balmy condor 
Yes
That’ll cost extra
@balmy condor do you have a public set of weakaruas for assasin?
!wa
Assassination WA's:
https://wago.io/SJLQKGjMM (Afenar's Group)
https://wago.io/LuxthosRogueDragonflight (Luxthos's Group)
https://wago.io/ByzCxPq-m (Devlin's Group)
Whispyr has a group as well, I thought it was in that command
oh that confusd me lol dont thinik ive ever tracked this - this is just amp poison stacks ya?
Looks like, but there's not a reason to track amp poison afaik, I don't track it at all
yeah i never track it was just tryin a new weakaura setup
does anyone else use devlin's group?
there's an elaborate planning bar at the bottom but then i went into "d-rogue-active" and there's an elaborate_planning icon... but that icon doesn't seem to ever actually appear. and im just trying to understand why the icon doesn't appear (functionalyl i dont really care becausae there's a bar that shows the uptime but more just curious about why the icon doesn't show up)
Up front I don't think there's much value in tracking elaborate planning
But, to find why the icon doesn't appear, you want to first check: 1) is it loaded at all and 2) is it triggered?
If you look at the weakaura in your list, there will be a little page icon, which will be grey or yellow, like these
If it is yellow then it's loaded, if grey it is not. If it isn't loaded, then the reason can be found in the Load tab
yeah its loaded, i imagine its somethin with his trigger
If it is yellow, the reason is in the trigger tab
"function(t)
local EPBar = aura_env.config["EPBar"]
if not EPBar then return t[1]
end
end"
is this basically saying that the ep bar takes prio but if the user maybe deleted the bar then the icon will be used instead?
That's referring to custom options
Go to the custom options tab, there will be options there
That's basically saying if you have the EP bar option (it may have a different display name), then it will not trigger the icon aura
how can you tell that this trigger refers to custom options?
because it has aura_env.config
Anytime any custom code anywhere in an aura has aura_env.config it is referring to custom options, not just in the trigger
okay cool thanks
You can just check the tab though, it's a lot easier than searching through for aura_env.config
ha yeah
similarly, do you find any value in tracking the additional poison application from envenum? that seems pretty pointless to track and ihaven't so far
It's not generally worth tracking in 10.1, it just has a really high natural uptime right now
When taking Kingsbane, however (which looks to be dominant in 10.2), it is important to ensure Envenom uptime is as high as possible during Kingsbane. You don't need an envenom specific tracker for this, though, you can bake tracking envenom directly into your kingsbane tracker if you like
Or you can have an envenom tracker standalone, whichever you prefer
What is worth building stat wise on custom items?
Crit mast
Some haste is okay
Usually higher end gear will be so heavy crit/mast that haste ends up being a bit better for a couple pieces
But you’d need like 25% haste to even notice a difference in speed
Probably like 70-75% to be fully capped on energy
And obviously like
You’d do 0 dps lmao
Yea. I am at 13% haste, 34% crit, 32% mast, 11% vers
So you'd suggest moving towards Crit mast and take from vers first i assume?
I’d suggest doing whatever top gear and droptimizer say you should do
Cause those numbers mean nothing to me
Robot knows best
yo guys
is this accurate?
im switching out one ring and gems and it shows its 1.7k dps increase
recraft from the ring ok
but even the thingy below says 1.5k dps increase
by only switchting out gems
you added a gem to the 450
and re-gem'd all your shit
and re-enchanted
and re-crafted the ring
okay
you got no haste, sim wants haste
im at 16% haste with my current gear, would get +200ish haste more
if i regem
and i cant belive that +200 more haste is 1.5k st dps increase honestly
i will gem the 450 ring now and craft another ring and then i will sim again with only gem changes
my guy you gotta learn to read the sim idk what to tell you
here's just the gems and the enchants
it's like 650-750
the rest are the recraft and the extra gem
adding a gem by itself at that ilvl is gonna be a lot
regeming is actually only 54dps increase x))))
sowwy whispyr
CtS is prob better than essence if i wanna gamble a bit or?
Yeah of course it is AFTER YOU RECRAFTED AND TOOK THE 450 FROM YOUR VAULT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
the voices are winnin
just wanted to annoy whispyr a bit with the actual recraft gain <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3
only sark cloak missing for 449 equip 
Does Subterfuge count as stealth for nightstalker?
Yes
does that mean you an make live NS build even more cursed with 1 step and going subterfuge 
I mean yeah
But on live nightstalker is already basically within margin
And 90% of the value is from garrote
So subterfuge is like adding another 10 dps on a 100 dps pile
Ye idk I play 1 NS since I could keep RC and it simmed slightly above margin, but only 3 more weeks anyway
Mr Whispyr sir,is there a podcast happening for 10.2 launch?Last vid on yt was uploaded like 3 months ago(cant rly listen to you guys live im working)
he's talking about the podcast
someone used to upload them to youtube (me, I was that someone)
hi that someone
I've decided to stop interacting with the podcast in its entirety
so you'll have to talk to seli or whispyr to figure out who they got to do the bitch work
cause it aint me
How you liking the new Diablo patch @gusty mirage
Haven’t gotten a chance to roll a toon yet
ty
sry if this was asked before, is there a way to sim all the different stats of chromatic essence?
nvm found it
I’m level 15 on my first play through
got a druid saying "15% haste is the magic number" smh.
Never said magic number. Said it was a solid increase for assassination
here we go
per sims that is
lol.
wait i want 15? im at 6
im a 3
on my sin rogue
like 50% crit and 60% mastery xD
that simmed highest too
don't know what to tell you. Haste simmed higher for me, so I went with it
I figure the sim doesn't lie
must be a sub player.
Assassination actually. Harlen-Laughing Skull
So the way that this went down is Lunchmeat told a rogue in raid that PI for rogue is bad. Rogue said haste is bad for all rogues, and I countered that it sims decently for assassination.
Per bloodmallet, Assassination has a decent gain from PI, so you take it if the priest is giving it to you.
it would be more accurate to say that "15% was a solid increase for me"
but he was outlaw so
Didn't know they were outlaw. They generalized.
it’s a decent gain that’s below average
But yeah idk
This all reeks of just a couple of lads not understanding how stats work
If you have like a billion crit and mastery
Y’all were right about the rotation helpers. I’m now practicing the rotation on icy veins
It’s not gonna want a billion and 1 crit and mastery
It’s gonna want something else
In this case haste
so when you get past like 445, the sim starts going “hey that’s a ton of crit and mastery, try some haste”
But there’s not like some magic number
Or 15% or 6% or better or worse or pi or not pi
It’s just how numbers work
Is Nighstalker ever good to take as assa? As far as I can tell it doesn't work with subterfuge, so i feel like it'd never be active. Some lmk if I'm wrong
It's not worth taking right now on 10.1. On 10.2 at the moment it's essentially a lock-in talent, but that's due to various talent changes in 10.2
Why is it lock-in, does it work with subterfuge in 10.2?
Because shadow dance becomes more accessible due to the talents being rearranged
which gives much more frequent access to nightstalker's effects. Also nightstalker is gating shadow dance anyways in 10.2 so you have to take it, and can be combined with kingsbane for massive damage snapshots every min
ah we take SD. gotcha
It also works with subterfuge in 10.2, fwiw
But the stuff lisonnas said is the main reason
I’m ready for 10.2
You and me both
I really wanted a mix of my two favorite zones in the game: Ardenweald and Val’shara
And with Emerald Dream we have that now
do we use slice and dice in AOE
Yes
Can anyone help me with a log review?
Wowanalyzer can
where do i use the first vanish in an encounter?
"Vanish is HELD for the 2min Deathmark, used on the 4min deathmark on cooldown, then held again for the 6 min like before. You can also use it if you have a gap with no improved garrote and you're approaching the end of a fight."
From FAQ section
You can technically cast it earlier as well but makes it tricky
to my knowledge, since no imp garrote from sepsis
But yeah, that’s the standard
we want imp garrot from vanish for DM
What
nvm nvm
Sepsis gives improved garrote
yeah but 2min DM doesnt have sepsis, right?
It does if you hold the 1:30 sepsis for like 10-15 seconds
The garrote carries through it
buff rogue
So true bestie
is it worth learning ass on live right now if i want to play it in 10.2
It's different in 10.2 but I think it's good to learn at any time
It's not like pants-on-head different, like there's still concepts to get used to
yea thats why i figured i probably should
buff got me hyped and turned away from switching to outlaw
I just want assa to be strong in keys. 🤓
jokes on you, youre not gonna be playing rogue if you wanna push actually high keys anyways
Nice got nelth trinket tonight
Nice
gz!

about the ass rework should i be looking forward to it or looking for a new main?
i cba reading articles about it
Doesn't that just equal "cba knowing"
simple question, does ass feel good to play or no?
Sure
Fun subjective
Is Sin going to be worth maining in 10.2? Or do other rogue specs look more interesting? I'm usually a healer main but I think I want to dps this tier. Idk if I like the ww tier. And it's this or shaman
Im vdh main but got another guy that can tank keys for us, rly hope assa will be strong in keys, dont need it to be meta... Im playing until like 25s
whispyr cringe
So rogue isn’t good in high keys?
Assassination definitely isn't ideal currently
so i have a question. We are on farm and i a trying out assasination after playing sub and outlaw all through prog. I am messing up something and i am not sure if its stats, or rotation issue. Can anyone help here if i have some logs?
!logs
Wowanalyzer now has good initial support for Assassination. We suggest using it to quickly see any big rotational mistakes and analyze your ability usage
Link: https://wowanalyzer.com/

yeah, looking through that i cant see why my dps sucks ahah

lol yeah 
fragment oversims for assa so it probably doesnt beat your ice globe
fragment is very mediocre compared to other trinkets at its ilvl
best viable dungeon trinkets is gonna be harlan's dice from freehold
!fuu
Rogue Spreadsheet - Light Version / Dark Version
i feel as if im simming my guy wrong, i recently got a 447 tier helm, but its a crafted piece but the guide shows chest being the crafted piece and equipping tier helm, but when i sim the chest craft is 6k dps loss
show sim
ur helm has toxic patch on it
and ill craft chest with toxic patch, but i dont remember how to sim that
gear compare
how often do yall sim gems/replacement gems?
never, anytime im bored lol
Hey guys, I haven’t played rogue since legion and am coming back to it. Quick question, for stat priority on wowhead it says agility > crit = mastery > haste > vers. Is there a sweet spot for haste? I just know I have literally zero haste and I looked at whispyrs armory and he has like 20%. So it’s kinda a large difference to ignore
If situation matters, I’m only an AOTC raider I mainly focus on m+
diminishing returns along with stuff like what drops and having primary be better than all secondaries means that having some haste will happen and not the worst thing in the world. Always use a top gear sim and consider options when you get a new piece of gear
Forsure. Yea he has haste on his crafted gear so he like, intentionally did it. So I just didn’t know if there was a break point or something
hard haste breakpoints haven't been a thing for some time, no extra ticks or anything like that. Once you reach a point where you have a lot (read: a tonne) of secondaries the others will gain values as you'll get more per point than you would the others
Fasho. Makes enough sense. I’m coming from monk so literally any point of haste was a wasted stat lol
personally, Assasination is well positioned statline wise that we avoid a situation where any of the secondaries are a waste, you'll get some mileage out of haste/vers regardless but it depends on situation
That’s good, so going into the new season it’ll probably make gearing easier since when you target highest possible agility the secondaries are all decent
Hi smile
Haste sucks until it doesn’t
I would like to propose a thought experiment
If I gave you
6000 ripe juicy apples
And I offered you another apple
Or
I watched your energy video btw whispyr, surely haste adds to that headache haha
A strawberry
Are you taking the apple
Probably won’t
Cause you got enough apples to feed a village in Liberia
Same shit with sims
I personally would take the apple because strawberry’s texture scares me. But I get the point of too much of one thing isn’t the option
Everything’s a multiplier in wow
So eventually it just dr’s itself purely by sheer will and determination
Which is why agility is bis because it’s the base of which the multipliers apply correct?
And I’m probably no where near haste being decent, I’m only 430 ilvl I just swapped a week ago
It’s just super bonkers strong compared to the other stats
But in theory the same concept applies
Yeh another 15 ilvl
Might get there
Hah yea. I won’t recraft my gear then lol I’ll keep it crit mastery
Btw your videos are why I’m here. I’ve been watching them and it’s dragging me back to rogue after a 7 year hiatus.
I only play assassination, so hopefully we have a good season, seems like sins positioned too Atleast.

what if theres an apple breakpoint? and after eating 5000 apples all i can eat now is apples? banger >:3
mayo burger aoili indeed sir
after eating 300 apples, all subsequent apples will be 10% less tasty
Will the current Assassin play style still be viable / a thing after the rework? I appreciate how chill it is
Sorry if this gets asked like 3000 times
depends what part of "current play style" you appreciate I guess
i can confirm you still use mutilate and garrote
I guess the part where it’s easy to keep all your DoTs on and - in general - not that hard
Always a good start
when you learn it it makes sence
it's basically the same thing
Hmm.. I don’t plan to take either. But yunno, it is what it is
outside of your burst every minute it's more chill than it is now
That’s nice
there's still options to not take dance and kinda avoid all the snapshotting piano opener
but they're not great atm
you'd lose a couple %
but if you're just heroic raiding or doing a key or two every week with the boys
shouldn't be much of a concern
Ah that’s okay. I am a pretty firm #ForFun player yeah
yeah
perfect
you're good to go then
there's a link to a build showcase in the pins of #tww-assassination
if you want to see some of the ideas atm
Nice! I’ll have to shimmy through it. Appreciate the response
np
Hi Guys
I am coming back next patch trying to catch-up with gear, doing the usual weeklys for heroic level gear
However i was wondering if there's an easy way to get crests so I can upgrade the gear I am getting
Spam m+
What can i do in that case if i have max-2 cps and shiv applied, garrote applied? just use another mutilate or i can use a finisher?
I'm very very new to rogue and trying to get my head around the sin opener
is the opening sequence set in stone or are there variations with similar results?
looking at M Kazzara the top rogue for instance is using Sepsis much later compared to what I've seen in other logs (guessing to get maximum uptime on empowered garrote?)
yeh this is pretty much just feelcraft for fun
they're trying to get the end of sepsis into the tier set
on short kill times it might be kinda okay maybe perhaps depending on how short the short part of the kill time is and mechanics timings etc etc
but it's like the most mini of min-maxes imaginable
yeah their kill time was 2:20 compared to the 2nd and 3rd being around the 3min mark
the biggest part of parsing right now is can you RNG into sophic/call to suffering procs
other question, do you always ER right after DeathMark/shiv? how bad is it to do it before Deathmark?
and have a good kill time
it's like 150 dps difference at most
most people ER before just because it "feels better"
that's kinda the habit I got myself into
so wasn't sure how urgently I needed to break it
yeah I'm looking forward to freeing up a couple of binds, current configuration is not ideal
well lets not get ahead of ourselves here
kingsbane replaces sepsis, dance replaces er
.....well shit
only thing you're really able to get rid of will be ambush
and by "get rid of" I mean putting it in mutilates place on your stealth bar
hmm I gotta figure out a more comfortable layout then, cause my current configuration is clunky at best
any talent i can replace echoing reprimand with?
I don’t think so if you want to do really high level content. But like I just do Heroic type stuff and don’t take EA (I forget what I take instead, I think just more of the execute passive and something else)
in 1 month you dont play er anymore
Just weird. What the fuck is animacharge
(Ok i know what it is but it feels odd thematically)
😬
I love current Assassination I think it is very fun
For raids at least
would you call the new ass easier or harder to play though?
do we ever overwrite a rupture for ER rupture or not worth in any condition?
ER Rupture doesnt deal more dmg it just lasts longer so no
equal imo
im guessing its at least more fluid rotation
you trade "keep track of sepsis" with "play around kingsbane and dance snapshoting"
if exsang will be played, slighty different by slowing down on purpose a bit
is it a lot of keybinds?
less then it is rn
you trade ER with shadowdance, you can unbind ambush
instead of sepsis its kingsbane
Oh wait do people not take Dragon tempered blades anymore?
you can take both for st
Oh ayo
dtb is nerfed by a decent amount to compensate
Oh??? How so? It seems like a hard skill to nerf or buff really
Oh sorry I just read the whole PTR notes
Though I’m not clear on if the 30% reduction is like… additive or multiplicative
Regardless, crazy the amount of changes. Honestly a bit worried it’ll make the spec OP
far from it lmao
Oh? Well that’s good to hear. I’m just reading through it and it seems like pretty huge buff after buff haha
Maybe I just never really realized how down bad assassination was
cus it was tuned low
Yeah, I just didn’t realize how low
is the a collection of PTR sims somewhere?
No, and if there is its likley inaccurate
^
Buff pls
Yeah all im hearing is buff warlock
Fr 
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hi gentlemen, returning player here - learning the spec on the guides, but have a question.
when specced in Sepsis, what do ppl follow it with Shiv in their opener, rather than Garrote for example, as Sepsis awards stealth ability use?
First improved garrote should still be running in opener when you press sepsis meaning if you press garrote early you loose imp garrote time, if you follow the opener in #assassination-faq you have more of imp garrote uptime (this is what i understand from trying to learn it myself)
thanks for directing, didnt notice the faq
Hey does anyone have the simc string to sim all flasks ?
Why do some people shiv before using deathmark?
Cause they’re silly
non 10.2 question, are we supposed to hold gcds then garrote at the end of the 2nd sepsis buff in order to not consume the buff with muts etc?
nevermind i see what was happening
!snap
Explanation of snapshotting
Bleeds update their tick rate dynamically, which means that if you get a haste proc (which increases our tick rate) from somewhere during the encounter (ie. Flagellation, Euphoria), the bleeds would automatically tick faster, but the second your haste goes back to normal, the tick rate goes back down as well.
Snapshotting refers to getting that haste proc, reapplying bleeds at the faster tick rate, but instead of the bleeds going back to a slower tick rate when your haste drops, they would continue ticking at a faster rate until they expire or are reapplied.
does caustic spatter work with envenom damage?
Yes
is that normal for not using [Vanish] , I mean I'm using improve [Garrote] from [Stealth] at start
The 1:30 sepsis could’ve been held 10-15 seconds to cover the 2 min Deathmark, and then vanish used at 0:30ish and 2:30 would’ve gotten you an extra cast
But it’s pretty minor
, btw tnq for YT videos after each update , appreciate
My pleasure
is sepsis still a thing after the rework?
it still is a thing, but you just won't play it
cause assa will be playing dance next tier
so the best part of sepsis is gonezo
how does dance feel to play for assa
kinda whatever you get like 1 ambush out of it
you play dance in m+ or just ST?
both
ah
is tea staying?
Yes
Feral
Hey - I normally play Sub (I think i'm okay) but now trying out Assass. I find im always energy starved; what would you suspect to be the cause? Am I potentially playing Assass too much like Sub; too spammy?
I suspect the cause to be you're playing assassination
Using shadowdance and vanish is only to apply strong garrotes again right, or is there other things to keep in mind
sepsis technically as well if we're just counting all the sources
In live yeah, and Ambush where applicable. But you would never play Dance anywhere currently. 10.2. has Nightstalker snapshotting as well with em
Will Sin play relatively similar in 10.2 as it does right now? Looking for another class to roll
Btw just watched some of your content on YT Whispyr, I like the detail you provide. 👌
relatively similar yes, but there are some changes
like dance snapshotting makes the opener a bit more rigid
and there's things like caustic to keep track of in aoe
the core itself is the same, but there's definitely changes mainly to aoe and cooldown sequencing
after we set up caustic do we just fok > envenom spam? after we set up ct
Alright cool. I was just curious whether it was worth investing the time to learn the spec right now as opposed to waiting until 10.2 but if the core is the same then there probably isn't any harm in doing so. Thanks 👍
yesn't
you still want to focus on bleeds first in aoe
so like caustic is good
but it's not "just ignore rupture" good
for example
especially with scent of blood
oh right i forgot new IC is garrote or rupture, not and
even outside of IC
the number of ruptures we set up is just to get good enough energy regen right?
getting 4% agi is kinda large
ye tru
Wdym
It's and
Whichever ability you cast will be duplicated
yes i mean currently you get garrote and rupture duplicated before ic goes on cd
new ic means you can use all of it on garrote
unless im blind bc i havent looked at the talent in a while
Yes. The old IC gives you one charge of garrote / rupture to use each. The new IC is "Any rupture / garrote cast in the next 10 seconds". Technically you can't use it all on garrote because garrote has a cooldown after the first 3 seconds but I get what you mean.

finally a fixed parse 
@gusty mirage i didn't mean to ignore you i tabbed out to find terrorists on a pull

what flask we using for raid
crit
Love how the icon STILL outsims a 437 Mutated Magmammoth scale...
yeh that trinket is giga shit
Seriously? hmm
It's so bad I can't tell you what it does
At this point I just want to replace my 421 Icon
cause I've actually never seen it
ain't a rogue player on this planet using that thing
Damn ittttttt
we're getting closer though
I've got NOTHING else, I'm just tired of using a 421 trinket
oh god why
you said you wanted to replace the 421
I must refuse.
and then log in and farm the gear
Anythin good from Uldaman?
For instance, homeland raid horn. hmm, no
I've only got a possible 424 of that atm
It probably won't beat a 421 incarnate icon though
at 424 probably not
yeah, figured as much
Bout to do a 15 uldaman rq, HOPEFULLY I get something, anything lmao
Question coming from a PvP context but feel like you’ll know the answer. What’s the dps loss of wound poison over deadly out of curiosity
Yeah assassin functions with deadly as like a core mechanic. Maybe if Wound scaled with mastery differently / better
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nice. my reclear consisted of the first 3 fights. did me no good lol
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i'm blue parsing like every early fight cuz our kill times are basically the same as mid tier

too many alts
We pulled rashok twice and they gave up.
I just want a reclear
we wiped 12 times trying to reclear experiments but 3 shot rashok, was a messy messy week
we did a lotta wiping
Our kill times are still around prog kill times
No parsing for me outside of first two bosses 😦
Hardly anyone reclears at this point either
maybe jesus will answer my prayer, but anyone have a mythic sark lockout so my team doesn't have to reclear echo so we can just go kill sark again and I can finally get my first CE?
not sure how that would all work
i doubt that would be available
if someone has a sark lockout
they'd probably just use it
ha. i wish
not till tuesday
i had to move due to job so they cleared echo while i was moving and then moved on. been waiting awhile and now we only have like 3 raid nights
pretty shitty feeling to show up every night and then not get it
!log
Wowanalyzer now has good initial support for Assassination. We suggest using it to quickly see any big rotational mistakes and analyze your ability usage
Link: https://wowanalyzer.com/
have you tried WA yet
proc more sophic
log review complete

@molten galleon https://wowanalyzer.com/report/NzjKB9nQPH1FvyWf/5/16
its actually low no ?
why tho
rng

you also didn't utilize shiv that well with sepsis
dropped garrote a couple of times
that once i saw myfself ^^
you can delay your 4m deathmark to 5m on rashok to line up with your 2nd pot
since you won't be getting a 4th one
and you had like 4 low CP envenoms
i did get 4th 😄
mh
o.o
you also didn't use a 2nd pot
just bump that 3rd deathmark to the 5m mark and use it with your 2nd combat pot
sometimes you gotta see the mistakes to realize how much you have been trolling lol
ye sure makes way more sense

if you really want to get better it really helps to record your gameplay then watch it back later
like a day or 2 later
also very minor
why tho ? 🙂
not that big of a deal but you're technically just losing like 3s of rupture for no reason
kk
what exactly you ment with
dont i just press is off cdß
pretty much your sepsis casts should always be sepsis->gar->shiv
ah okay
so you want to have a shiv charge sitting around
outside of CDs just don't let shiv cap on charges
with 2 stakcs of shiv
but it's nice to keep one in the tank
sure thing sir ^^
at your ilvl you might be better off dropping beacon for a class trinket, chromatic essence if you have all buffs, or high ilvl harlan's
if you have them
swapped Assa since 2 days 😄 wasnt lucky with trinkets so far 😄
but the rest seesms fine
just the 50 things we just mentioned 😄 Kappa
well most of those are very minor
like VERY minor
i wasn't joking that most of your parse issues are just sophic procs lol
my rashok pulls fall into about a 25k dps range
still only a 38% log 😄
based on class trinket and sophic procs
you can't really expect to parse on patchwerk fights like rashok rn
unless your guild is very juiced
urgh
still trying to do good tho 😄
testing trials ^^ pretty low Raid dps ^^
Any good tips for Plater profile to make important dots durations visible? When all dots + cds are up theres like 8 buffs on the target dummy.
well okay so our reclear this weeked, we had a 1% wipe cuz of a hunter and i was sitting at like 139k which would have been high 90's parse
then the kill with basically the same performance i was at 127k
which was only a 56
unlucky ^^
just comes down to kill times and procs once you clean up the small stuff
yeah thats how it goes
mh okay 😄
and parsing is just kinda deadge
my parses during wipes on prog always look good
cuz stealthi's guild keeps killing bosses in like 14 seconds
then we kill and its slow af because we're progging late in the tier
and its ugly
still thanks for the help! ❤️
Did you try pressing your buttons harder?

unless you're reclearing parses arent something to look at, just look at how you can improve
yes 
On first boss i got the beam and all of the things were on opposite side of room for whatever reason. It had to travel far... lol. Beam ended up going on someone else which was kinda funny. But i still had the marker as if it was on me. Talk about downtime when youre doing 150k
i've actually only improved a single parse on 2 weeks of reclears
and that's cuz i was padding on nelth adds
in p3
We working through echo reclear rn, I'm calling the p1 dps stop. It just so happens that my second deathmark is up then.
Everyone (else) hold dps
big dog's gotta eat
Let me come to a reclear ^.^
we don't wanna throw off our timers 😦
fk them healers they can move their CDs
LOL
it's actually not too bad as a dps
you just move your lust to the very start of p3
and hold your 4m till then
lands at about 5m
for your pot +lust
and you might get one more deathmark right at the end if it's a messy kill


We really want to get a second sark kill to get our remaining players CE. But the absences crazy next couple weeks.
all of our bench players quit
We got our balance druid tanking sark theoretically
so we don't actually need to rekill sark
"Surely this won't go tits up"
At least you got to use the dagger for 2 weeks
Is it possible on Plater to remove all less important applications on Healthbars. Playing with hybrid build on PTR and when I use cds + dots its like 10 to track on the bars
Is alch trinket any good or any crafted trink
mine does that too
probably just wait for new profiles to come out after patch release
not really
basically bomb dispenser is most important










