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but not like that boss is even relevant you can meme whatever u want there
very meaningful CT dmg
Gotta cheese to parse š
it contributes nothing to Zek
if your sin rogue is needed to aoe the small adds
your comp is irreparable
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I mean, most guilds will not keep up crawgs solely for Sub rogues to build off of.
If your group doesnāt have a fdk or outlaw rogue or demon hunter, maybe I could see going CT, but otherwise itās just padding
LOL
If everyone cleaves them and you are zerging boss, SIN > Sub
this is in M
where Sub cheese invalidates zul
any guild not smart enough to plan around that
won't make it to zul to begin with
You could be like the two sin rogues who padded on Zul with CT and made the fight take 20% longer
Sin just better for boss dmg in general on heroic w/ zerg strat
Relevant content with a non relevant spec cheesing a strat
you lost me there chief
Sub is the worst performing spec out of the three.
@desert whale https://www.warcraftlogs.com/zone/rankings/19#boss=2145&difficulty=4&metric=bossdps&class=Rogue logs dont agree with you for zul hc
We had this conversation the other day. It's not really cheesing, it's kind of just what Sub does as far as I'm concerned
You can't look at logs in a vacuum cribs
Those rogues have full uptime on crawgs.... Good luck trying to orchestrate that for yourself.
2x SS and 1x archives or 2x SS with 1x Archives with +10 ilvl bonus on helm?
If thereās 6+ targets and you need to kill 1 of them, Sub is the best spec in the game...
ehh i consider it cheese to have 2 sin players switch to neutral traits or high agi pieces and bring someone 368 alt to spam shuriken storm and eviscerate
let alone stacking 5+ like some guilds have the means to
7*
Ok yea I'll give you "cheese" if the raid is building comp around mostly sub rogues
guilds take 7 XD
@crisp hollow i mean if you play rogue you shouldn't lock yourself into one spec you should be able to play any of them
yeah nobody said i did
There is a big difference between cheese that helps you kill a boss faster and in the easiest way, and cheese that refers to padding on adds you shouldnāt be focusing on
But I mean we've got 3 rogues in our core group, I wouldn't call it cheese if we all switched to sub for that fight
its sad when players consider themself "mythic raider" and can play only one spec
You guys are out for blood today
You want to stack mastery for M zul anyway when you're sub
now i have 2SS 370 azerites for m+ 
the reality of azerite is i am not in a position to be a fully optimized sub rogue when needed to be
and zul is cheesy because optimization for sub
doesnt matter
@crisp hollow what you havenāt gotten a first dance piece every week like myself?
@sullen pagoda ONly one spec? I can only play 1 spec of 1 class! Lol
The game is just waiting for zul
Also, just because Sub performs well on one fight due to leaving crawgs up JUST for the rogues and no one else cleaves doesn't mean that its still the worst performing spec out of all 3
You dont have to be optimised for sub to pull 30k dps.
If you look at top parses for all fights, sub has the least representation.
sure optimisation pushes some of the other rogues up much higher
@desert whale literally nobody said anything about sub other than it being good for zul
which is a blue pars LOL
yeah but who cares about parsing in progression =/
not the point
If you are running GCB do you pretty much have to run Exsang? My sims don't show it being much better, but hero damage shows it being miles better with Exsang
41k is 68th percentile
nuts how high the damage can get on that fight
is what i was pointing out
Are the "Fan of Blades" and "Meticulous Scheming" traits useless? Got a new shoulder piece with them (15 ilvl more) and they are a 1253 and a 958 DPS loss.
And sin top is 36k bUt YoU sHOuLd rUN iT fOR ZuL
that guy is talking about heroic
is it really worth it to run 1 SS over 3x Archives?
which is kinda right
mages no1 anyway
I just prefer having 1 SS 
how come
feels weird not having it
sims telling me its not worth
ya im use to the opener with it
Guhh losing SS for a 2nd dagger in the back, this is giving me anxiety
with exsg atleast
Yeh im unsure how it is for TB since i dont use it
i got blightborne shoulders from chest today, was surprised to see how high they are on herodamage
but no SS with exsang feels off
@crisp hollow tbh I think itās the same situation as Zek, if youāre trying to pad going full mongo on tiny adds, outlaw is the way
but im not sure the reasoning why people use 1 ss over 3x archives if it sims higher
And blightborne is amazing. Been using them for weeks. 20% extra crit with 20% uptime. Itās great
yet another top gear sim for me
I got shurikan toss chest piece, 385, sims 400 higher than my double dose 370 XD. Hits for 52k at 30 stacks too lol
thats the best maths @hollow cloud
:)
XD
toss is super fun, felt sad giving up my triple 340 shuriken toss setup
When people take off SS people think their damage is worse because their opener is smaller. Thatās about it. Happened to me too, just gotta get used to it
i think the highest i got in sub with that gear was something stupid like 90k
1 stack of sharpened blades is still good for sin at least
yeah im using it, its 400 dps sim increase over what I had (370 > 385)
when i look at the top 50 allstar parses tho all of them use at least 1 ss tho š¤
for what boss?
What the hell even is the allstar parse?
its probably one of the best patchwerk traits just no real reason to prefer it over SS/DD/Backdagger at same ilvl
Any advice on minimizing down time between rotations? Seems I have a lot of it.
@crisp hollow if you used dark shadows with sub you could throw like 120k shuriken tosses
It was hilarious
a system that counts ur all boss kills parses
Exsang on CD basically?
Thanks Veq
Im running 1 ss, 1 archives, 1 st atm
yeah people overthink exsang
total dps is not very important on zul fight, what really matters is the BOSS damage
^
if you are doing 40k TOTAL dps you have the wrong gear
for assa, sure
i'm talking about sub
The longer zul is up, the more adds. So do you want to treat the symptom or the cause of the adds
Kinda the theory why people are stacking sub
means nothing
is zul worth allstar points still?
lol
its certainly not nothing
thought he'd get the eonar treatment pretty quickly
Logs pretty quickly become meaningless when people cheese parses
well its just one spec doing ridiculous dmg with add being up
its also a wash for mages too
once the general populace is better geared and sub isnt needed to meet push times
you'll seem boomkin rise too
Yea aoe dmg = more ST for frost mage since infinite frost orbs
Logs aren't the problem, they can be really useful to see where you step wrong in a rotation or when you goof on a pull. When people see it as a scoreboard for DPS meters is when they lose meaning
It is a scoreboard the fuq
logs are the most important part of raiding and contribute to it as a positive experience
jingle there's more to logs than rankings
lol
I understand but at its core itās a leaderboard
no
It can be a scoreboard as long as people consider the whole situation. Not just the number
i only care about parse when its purple/orange ranking
at its core its a rundown of the encounter
What point do logs have if not to show other I am better than they are? Kappa
And it's most important purpose its a recap
if you're not checking logs between pulls to see what the issue is
Does my energy starvation between rotations get any better as ilvl goes up?
Of course Iām checking my guildās logs, but when you just go to WCL.com
You see a leaderboard
Okay. I just feel useless for about 5 seconds between rotational.
@calm cedar crit and haste will alleviate that, but it will never go away. Sinās playstyle is energy starved
And have to make sure your bleeds and poisons stay up for Max regen
I mean that people go there to cheese high parses as frost mage on zul, have super high damage done but 30% to zul total
30% of their damage dealt to zul
Okay. I am doing that. I am still under 315 ilvl, so I figure I may be worrying about it a bit much
That doesn't mean they're good, means they're good at padding
Yeah man, I understand that and itās fun to try to top the leaderboards
is ok to post rage on blizz about weekly here?
Well, cheesing parses probably means you have it on farm
good padder plans how to pad š
https://raider.io/characters/us/zuljin/Spiceville if only we shit the bed on siege a little less hard i'd hit my 1500 goal last week š¦
@terse crescent not to speak against your point, but at least people who can cheese well generally know the encounter well enough to do it
Then it's not about raiding anymore is it
how rough you think a 12-13 tol dagor would be this week?
not bad
u r NA i guess
yeah idk what are affix for new weeks
Sanguine is actually kind of annoying for TD, but not anything that really sucks
just get hpal
sanguine is annoying in TD
They nerfed griev in bfa
sanguine is annoying in any indoor dungeon
hpal not that amazing rn
Only 1.3 per stack
@warm geode no
currently lacking in throughput compared to Disc/MW
disc is meta rn
(thats what my healers tell me anyway)
Also bop isnāt worth anything so their utility got shit on for m+
disc will still be #1 after the 8.1 nerfs according to Jdotb
so i for one welcome our new shield overlords
Meanwhile 2 of the top 3 NA healers are druids. We have small brains
we sometimes run with a disc priest who finished at 6.5k io in legion and wouldve been at MDI if he wasn't in quebec
wouldn't say one is miles ahead of any other
its kinda nuts how safe i feel
I like rdruids, having another confirmed bres besides bdk is nice
can they still catweave to a decent extent?
Ye
disc rn is looking like the best healer dps while having nutty healing
disc priest's biggest weakness is actually spothealing/tankhealing
MW dps is super low atm
they have pretty much nothing to spotheal other than Shadow Mend
yeah but that is more or less handled through prep for unavoidable mechanics (third boss in Motherlode)
Dont need to do dmg when you apply 5% physical dmg debuff :)
and by just not getting hit by avoidables
i still dont know some terms in english, like "padding" for example..what does it mean?
some things can't get prep'd for
padding is doing a lot of pointless dmg
@undone lodge doing extra damage on targets that donāt matter. Pushing your dps number up for logs. Like padding on a bra
@undone lodge http://lmgtfy.com/?q=WoW+what+is+padding
cant blame girls padding bra's
you know i think it takes more effort to LMGTFY than to just explain a definition
@drifting elbow @ionic charm @strange python ahhhh thanks, gonna read it
But lmgtfy is more insulting
if you're insulting people in a WoW class discord you have very little self awareness
we're all trash here
irl
LMGTFY.... i get it, sorry, should've done that before i ask š
I google all the things. Next to the sim god there is the google god.
Can we get a "Check the Google" reaction?
How does Sharpened Blades work into the rotatoin? just cast Poisoned Knife at max stacks?
yeah for sin SB is really straightforward
for sub you wanna have some damage buffs lined up when you use it
@noble hound use at 29 stacks, since you auto attack in pairs you are likely to miss a stack if you wait for 30 when youāre already at 29. Preferably have EP up before you use it, donāt hold max stacks in order to use a finisher first, but try to plan for having EP up at max stacks
If you just use it when itās at 30 stacks itāll still be good. Just thereās a slightly more ideal way to use it
Hey guys, swapping to exsanguinate for the first time is there anything super important i should know?
Use at max duration bleeds
It snapshots haste, apply all haste buffs before casting exs, and let dots fall completely off
Alright cheers guys
should pump more haste?
Yup
should i*
i always sim tbh
You sim stat weights?
thanks @mossy hazel šŗ
Because that will tell you which stats you should currently be pumping
Am i supposed to be pooling energy for TB?
yeah did that always after changing gears
@undone lodge use this: https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/stats
The stat with the biggest number is the one your character needs the most
@fathom cosmos yea you would want to make sure you have enough energy to get at least 2 full envenoms off during TB
thanks @restive inlet i always did stat weighing when changing gears
The more relevant Q would be, are you willing to let g/rup fall off while TB is up
you can also use those weights to figure out if you need more of a certain stat, which stat to focus on etc
guys im new to assasination, my question is, why would I vanish on cd (according to guides) ?
so i need to increase my weapon>agi>haste, right?
yes
weapons are pretty hard to find LOL
and as you can see, weapons are insanely important. that number is so much bigger than anything else
@strange hatch someone in #tc-research posted some sims showing that over refreshing rupture before TB was a .3% increase over refreshing rupture during Tb
And both were preferable to letting it drop
@glass palm Depending on your talents or traits, Vanish is going to put you back into stealth to activate stealth only damage increases
That sounds reasonable
playing with subterfuge
Like Subterfuge talent so you can get an empowered Garrote, or the 100% crit chance from MAster assassin
@restive inlet havent done any raids with my guildies, because of works, some bosses will drop daggers right?
ah ok im retarded
i thought subterfuge makes your garrote always 80% increased dmg and the only gain from stealth is no cd
fml
And 3cp!
The dagger from Mother is pretty much the best you can get in the raid. I think Mythrax drops one too, or maybe it's zul. can't remember atm, and I'm not online to check
@strange hatch thatās from ss not subterfuge tho
yea was about to say that. The bonus CP is from the trait, talent is just empowered and no cd
@restive inlet ahhh great thanks for the info, maybe will try to LFR before doing Normal and HC,
thanks man š»
and i guess i dont refresh the vanish-empowered garrote, just let it go off entirely?
Yes
i just got a piece of 385 helm with meticulous scheming on it. before i sim, its probably gonna be worse than a 345 shrouded for M+?
Correct
@ionic charm nvm, yes
LOL...RNGsus has left me some years ago š
is there no direct competetor for SS in mythics in order to do some aoe
on m+ do I just spam garrote every target possible after engaging from stealth?
Ggg r g without ct, ggg ct g with
i ruined my muscle memory after SS got nerfed :((
so guys still SS for mythic + is there no alternative
It simply feels odd without
Archive isnāt terrible. Blightborne is good, SoB can be good in certain keys. But SS is king
i forcedfully sacrificing my SS gears for ilvl, got 3 of them š¦
Same on the 1xss
385 dd shoulders from cache 370 dd head from emmisarry šÆ
I wish DD simmed as high for me as it does on herodamage. Blightborne is better than it somehow
id assume SoBs value goes up a decent amount on fortified weeks though
Same @strange python The good life
hi guys, anyone know the haste/crit cap
there's no cap
there are some situations where stat values can change so you should always be simming
but generally haste > crit > others
Are weapon drop rates like 1%?
@strange python i wish i'd ever seen a piece with DD on it, lol
50%, but 0.001% if your name begins with Blood
haHAa
lol
sorry bud
there's a reason it's called Battle For A weapon
got my first cache with a weapon today for the xpac, vers/mast but a 380 weap is a 380 weap
Man I wish that crafting professions could make other slots
2 slots for max level crafting, wow
yeah the whole "you can make 1-2 slots" is just bad/lazy implementation by blizzard
it's not like having 10 different crafted items would be game breaking
they're just too lazy/cheap to implement it
I mean all my characters are mining herbs now
hell they dont even have ways to spend sanguicells for half the professions
since I just have to level their professions per expansion now
i'm pretty sure ffxiv.... aion... tera... most cell phone games... hello kitty adventure island... all have much better crafting systems than blizzard
which is sad because they kinda invented having decently rewarding and fun crafting systems
(for mmos)
Yeah
I look more forward to playing Granblu Fantasy on my tablet than playing WoW atm
I just want 1 more item level on my rogue so I can be 370 and shelf it to play an alt
yeah same, i log on for raiding and doing a m9/m10 and then am done for the week
!ss
even that is only because my guild is here
is it fixed?
I wish I could get into a m9/10
if they were on ffxiv of path of exile or something i'd leave in a second
@lyric gust yes its fixed
369 and I struggle to get into m8's
just go with your guild or run your own keys
assassination can easily pull 15-22k or so in m10
Most of my guild quit to play Maple Story until the next patch comes out
it's pretty broken
Oh I know
@eager cobalt lol seems fair
I don't think I've lost on ST in awhile
that reminds me, add maple story to the list of games with better crafting systems
My AoE could be better but I generally do 13-15k on trash
no SS?
None
should be doing M+ with SS/subterfuge
All my 370 has DD on it
eh consider SS for m+, even 340 or probably 325
haha
But 340
Ihave 360 340 370 for ss
Before nerf mightve been worth
But now fuck that
I have 370 370 340
Just got the shoulders today
i mean i got a 370 shoulders with laser matrix and 340 with SS... switching was like a 3-4% dps loss in 3 target 2 min fights
maybe more
*switching to the 370 was a loss
but yeah SS is still king... garrote garrote garrote garrote rupture fan rupture fan rupture fan rupture
vanish repeat
not hard at all to pull >25k
only bad if stuff doesn't live long enough for the garrote duration
amazing how much they nerfed it and while it may be bad in raid it's still OP in m+
kinda weird how from blizzard's perspective it's too strong and broken, but from the player perspective it's actually powerful enough to do what azerite was supposed to do in the first place, change rotation and playstyles
Yeah maybe I will replace my piece with Scent of Blood for SS
yeah scent is good too
got 380 lustrous plumage from cache but i already had 375 galecallers, worth having 2 on use trinkets?
idk the rogue on my Freehold run last night had SSand he barely beat me on trash
@quiet rover idk sim it š
trinkets kinda forsaken me, got darkmoon card and frenzied corpuscle
!azerite traits
Do my azerite traits stack?
The damage part of azerite Stacks.
Other components can be assumed to stack however with some exceptions and limitations.
You can check https://www.herodamage.com/rogue/azerite-stacks/1t-t22-assassination for estimations.
390
literally impossible to replace for some reason
i run freehold and tol dagor like 3x per week but i never see dice or gc
385 with SB? or 370 with SS? My other 2 pieces are archive
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@iron prism
Yeah I am going to be stuck with that shitty trinket lol
thanks
Guys which traits are best on st ?
two SS traits, is picking Exsanguinate best even for ST?
ok more complete: double dose, champion of azeroth, dagger in the back, blightborne infusion, sharpened blades
Do we still run Subterfuge if you don't have a SS trait? Finally got some azerite combos that I can run without one
Is SB properly simming on raidbots?
I don't see poisoned knife in the damage breakdowns
@fossil furnace likely MA will sim higher, but it will be close and down to your play preference
@indigo nimbus exsanguinate is usually better for SS builds yes
@ionic charm cool thanks, thats what I figured but I wanted to ask
@fossil furnace yeah sub is generally SS related, MA is the new meta for non-SS
conclusion for overall gears (if there's any) 1 SS + 1 DD + 1 Archive?
@undone lodge if you're talking about raiding it should be 2dd 1 archive
ahhhh okay
RIP i lost all my SS with my new azerite upgrade
2 DD + 1 Archive im repeating coz im a forgetful SOB
for me 2 DD 1 LM is simming higher
@haughty lily using old pieces is probably still better for m+
@haughty lily be sure to sim it
and for M+ is 2 SS + 1 DD?
@strange python laser and archive sim about the same these days
yeah thats true
i simed higher with no SS than with it...due to ilvl i guess
@haughty lily you can make it sim for m+. I'll do 3 boss targets and 1-2 min
not that i sim very high tho
which is crazy cause my ilvl is so high and i have such good daggers
just make sure to go into extra options and disable potions etc
Does wound poison affect the corpuscle healing on mythic fetid? looking for insight
ofc
@haughty lily try simming with PB instead of CT, but also your azerites is pretty bad except for the chest
is there a specific number i should be shooting for on haste?
yeah i got hella unlucky with all my azerite gear
Battlefield focus is also way better than poisoned wire on shoulders
or should i just get as much as possible
No specific number
ugh battlefield focus and poisoned wire lol. both bad
you have some great ilvl etc tho sinestra
In uldir, i can get up to 1900 haste and 1100 crit but like 400 mastery and 0 vers
i figured CT was best for M+ this week since it is bolstering tho
@civic phoenix lol... that's like, the dream
Hi Guys ^^ sorry if this question has been asked many times! but for raiding i know Azerite traits should be DD*2 and one that unlocks the uldir buff .
But what is suggested traits to run m+'s
@haughty lily its not bolstering this week
@odd wadi ss x3
just to spreed the empowered garottes and ruptures right?
ooo your right yeah ill change to pb lol
as in use the 3 points to put a rupture*
garrote x4, rupture, fan, rupture, fan, rupture, fan, rupture, vanish, repeat
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/3ZW39yNEXrKeVaH3SQ8CWK
is it okay for my ilvl range?
sweet, thx lunitari
@haughty lily m+ based sim: https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/w9LGCtrbpSHFtgCcXjAHGr
Stupid question but sims/bloodmallet etc are probably displaying Dagger in the Back assuming you are behind target right?
@haughty lily 3 targets, 2 min, no potion, no lust/hero, no runes
I donāt think youāre supposed to garrote 4 times
Yea, I've seen others here say the sims for ditb aren't entirely accurate
@opaque grotto that was fixed
You can garrote 4x now
@iron prism wow thats quite a jump š®
yeah you're right lol
Garrote
yeah doesnt look like theres much i can change then.... lol
i do high dps in aoe but in ST it feels like i can barely pull 12k which is annoying cause im a rogue
Then get ruptures out
Correct
is darkmoon deck really just that op? i just got a 355 GLB with socket and 365GLB without socket and both are worse 
@gusty yoke yep
ya
@gusty yoke *yes, but it's more that a lot of other trinkets are just bad
I think it loses value in aoe though doesnāt it?
Galecallers def better for m+ but fathoms is amazing for ST
currently using fathoms and doom's wake 375+socket
I don't like galecaller's for M+, feels like you get forced out of the zone pretty often
I never use fathoms for m+
I guess it depends on the dungeon
I use 360 gcb and 375 dice
Just tank the dmg and blame your healer
@gusty yoke https://www.herodamage.com/rogue/trinkets/1t-t22-assassination darkmoon outperforms all 370 ilvl trinkets
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I got 380 vers mastery boots :((
@subtle kiln the real question is why werent you in the first place
@gusty yoke I take that back, not ALL 370 trinkets, but most
gc, dooms wake, spyglass, medallion, ww, plumage better @370
well gtg, great guides guys šŗ thanks a lot
cheers @undone lodge
gnite everyoone
so i guess target farming GLB was a waste 
does COS negate going through the wall on Mother??
or/and feint helps negate it as well, or not because it's not technically an aoe effect?
i don't know what glb is. but gcb is still best trinket by ilvl
Gcb with x3 ss is poggers for m+
@prisma sail i have assumed feint worked and cloak doesn't but tbh i dont really know
they do work on defensive beams if you find yourself in bad
ez
@plain cairn gz
Cloak definitely works on the defensive beams
Cloak does NOT work on the burst from the wall
k, but it does work on the beams, good to know
I'm actually not even sure Feint works on that burst
Cloak dont make u spawn an add when u pas the wall. If they didnt hotfixed anything. So cloak still has it big +
I love you be gcb for m+ running with a dk tank
I'm sure it'd be harder to use with a DH tank
Ya it doesnt seem like cloak or feint worked when i tried it a few weeks ago
Does it matter if I put Quick Navigation enchant on main-hand or off-hand?
and deadly navigation on main or off-hand?
Cheat death didnt even proc from the wall for me some of the time
I saw all top rogues have quick on main hand. THought it mattered
I have a 365 dice w/ socket, 370 dice. 370 spyglass and fathoms/365 gales sims over it
Doesnt matter at all
Thank you for clarification
Itās not that bad
@solar herald per wowhead "Players who use immunities such as Cloak of Shadows or Divine Shield whilst moving through the Defense Grid will still spawn a Remnant of Corruption add and will still deal damage to the raid."
Feelsbadman
So, I was lookingat bloodmallet and SS is now at the bottom of the barrel on there, is that correct, because I still see it discussed a lot
So the Good Time is over :/
@novel rivet it's due to the talent choice on blood mallet
Make sure talents are correct.
go to herodamage
@novel rivet if you still use subterfuge it isnt
And itās still insane for m+
its like bloodmallet but betyter imo
bloodmallet is great if you follow a specific meta
herodamage is confusing but more flexible
š® I did not know that, interesting thank you!
I habe started garrote vanish garroting large packs in higher m+ i am addicted to SS
Its nice to be doimg 35k+ dps
yep that's the way
Apologies for mroe questions, so what talent should I be using with SS?
if not subterfuge
Sub
sub
Use subterfuge
ahh okay
Lol
Lol
lOl
MA is the non-ss meta
SS is all about subterfuge
you could use sub/ss in some aoe fights like zul
i've gotten some orange parses doing that
ehhh
Oh god, you said ss on zul again...
id rather go outlaw
HERE WE GO
lol
š® this is so helpful , I was deflated when i got my new SS traits and saw the bloodmallet page, i about pooped
SS still stronk
you gotta learn to interpret the sims sangaro
Wouldnt DD +MA be better for the birst zul strat? Heroic anywau
basically the shorter the fight the higher the value for SS
@mossy hazel "several people are typing" intensifies
Lmao
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or you can just sim on raidbots with 2/3/4 targets with 1/2 min fights and turn off potions and hero/lust
Inam going to be a sad panda of o get another shit item from my 10nchest this week. Last week it wasnt even a upgrade
better to just use raiodbots
yeah, there's always a slippery slope between convenience/simplicity and accuracy
well, maybe more like precision
I havne't had an upgrade from my chest ever
easy to be very precise but not accurate due to some factors
So my expectations are low... hope is high, but expectations low
@balmy perch you should always vanish if the second garrote is running through if you don't need the dmg in the next pull. I prefer to 3x garrotte instead of having it for the boss up (atleast in the opener)
lol i got a 385 chest that had like... ruinous bolt and combined might or something
i was so sad
very good
imo blightborne > dd
performs almost the same in st but WAY better in aoe
DD is gonna be the best in st bosses by about 1%, but blightborne flexes is best on adds and flexes into m+
Free at last, free at last, free at last
free from what?
Tyranny
like living in saudi arabia tyranny or like paying an extra 2c/gallon on gas "tyranny"?
Very first world tyranny
lol š
Another stupid question. Is there a haste cap?
No
Thank you
@hollow mica lol 3rd (4th?) time i've seen this question today since i sat down for coffee and logged into discord
i havent even gotten a 2nd coffee
Woops! Sorry boys
lol it happens, just one of those q's
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It's in there
I just can't understand how a 357 rogue is simming more than me and he doesn't have Uldir azerite pieces
What's your sim look like? Trinkets? Traits? Talents?
yeah trinkets, stat weights, weapons, sockets...
azerite traits (only 1 gets reorigination bonus)
if you want post your sim
you also dont have uldir traits
And I have no better trinkets too
I have a 355 dd
secondaries look ok
that will make is 3x dd
that should help
you still will want 1 reorigination array trait regardless of dd
i'm assuming you're evaluating for raid and not m+
replace that overcharger with darkmoon deck, it's about a 1-1.5% dps increase
overcharger is the right stats it's just built wrong and sucks
not your fault blizzard forgot how to design items
well, i guess that implies they ever knew how to design trinkets properly
I did the same thing, i saw overcharger and naturally thought it would be good, finally got it, ran sim, it was garbage. Lol
you could also go farm galecallers
Mine's a 385 and sims lower than Darkmoon
Shouldn't u get haste from overcharger?
@hollow mica you do it just is not designed properly
it should give like 2x-3x what it does
Oh ok
but yes it's a good question of why is an item that boosts haste just about the worst trinket in the game for a spec that loves haste
i assume ion would tell you that you think you want a trinket to give you more haste, but you dont
Lmfao
Lol, there's a bunch of Ion emotes

oh
@hollow mica you're using subterfuge but you dont have shrouded suffocation. go master assassin
So the new FoK trait that is coming in 8.1, the tooltip confuses me
I don't think I've seen the new FoK trait, link/cap?
Damn MA better without SS huh
I will go on wowhead to link it
I said that too, Healz. Lol
fk me
@hollow mica yeah, but likewise if you're not going subterfuge and multiple SS for m+ you're playing the class wrong lol
that is the new trait
i'm curious about that one. i like seed of corruption living bomb fan of knives
it sounds fun on aoe, but knowing blizzard they'll probably nerf it too much
@iron prism So, people keep SS pieces in their bags and DD pieces for raids?
i mean it sounds cool, but what does it mean by "first 5 critical strikes?"
@hollow mica yeah didnt you know we're all streamlined now so we dont have to keep legendaries in our bags
i guess it resets?
@hollow mica now we just keep multiple sets of azerite gear for each spec
lol
I replace a 370 archive with 340 ss for M+
Education right here bois
Anybody by chance have experience with 3x double dose? How does it feel?
Like the normal rotation?
@hollow mica but sarcasm aside, yes, pretty much a must to have a SS set for m+... SS is worth like 30 ilvls in m+
maybe more
double dose really doesn't change much rotation wise. Well, i guess you have to pay attention to envenom more
but SS is garbage with MA
@mossy hazel I don't have Archive. The 370 has scent of blood sadly
and MA > subterfuge in ST/raids
doesnt mean you cant use them if you play well though, i still use subterfuge/SS in uldir because i can't find any decent non-SS traits. still usually parse purp/orange
SoB isn't terrible for M+
scent's pretty good for m+ ya
as long as you keep going in the run archive isn't too bad either
Am I missing something, can we pick up any double dose gear from raid?
Class theorycrafting community, latest simulation results and resources -based on SimulationCraft- for World of Warcraft.
No DD gear in Uldir
no, there is no dd trait in uldir
Yay, +14 intime feels awesome xD
MfD what xddddddddd
@strange hatch nice
MfD is really good in m+ if you play it perfectly, it's just generally too annoying to do so
also depends on what mods you have for the week
mfd sims better than it works in practice though imo, or maybe i'm just bad
!sims
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For raiding should I take SS (x2) & laser matrix, or 1 Archive, 1 SS, and 1 Double Dose? Im getting conflicting results from the simcraft dekstop app and raidbots. Simcraft tells me the 2 SS is better, and raidbots tells me the SS & DD is better
both are simming patchwerk for around 5 mins
I would say the raidbots sim is more accurate, you probably have an option checked incorrectly in Simcraft
@iron prism After changes : https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/oyERuZ7qCwZqti4HVcQfCs
500 more dps
Uldir trait would do more than anything else in your case @hollow mica
Yeah I'm running heroic in the afternoon. Hopefully I get something good
yeah, you need at least 1 Archive or LM for raid
I feel ya, 5/8 M and still rocking a 355 Laser Matrix
holy crap this week affix is cancer
@inner pulsar is it possible that simcraft wasn't updated after the SS nerf? Im pretty sure I don't have any setup wrong
Time to farm uldir welp
Would a 370 Harlans dice beat the darkmoon trink on a pure single target fight?
There is almost no reason to use the desktop version at this point
probably not. gotta simmit
I know hero damage says dice is better but like everyone is using deck lol
Did you update your SimC app? It doesn't auto update
hey @lone junco is it still viable to use double garrote outside of shrouded suffocation?
ty for help guys
@amber canopy I have a 365 with a socket. It beats it in a sim.
I just like the desktop app becuase I dont have to wait in que and it's faster lol. Thanks tho I appreciate it, i probably didn't update it.
@wary temple like exang with subterfuge but no ss?
no with TB
yeah
to push the 23sec over 18sec
Yeah, we still do that?
I didnt ever do that.
because I used MA with TB
but if you ran subterfuge with TB and no SS, I would expect it to be worth doing. idk.
I was using MA prior to today, but new upgrades tells me use to use Subt again
strong answer is to run a sim and read the apl.
That is...unlikely
but the apl could be right/wrong there.
we ran Subterfuge bracer boot in legion. and there was no double garrote open
dunno if anyone tried it though
afk work gl.
Is SS better than Archive in M+? Idk how to sim without arrays so is there a rough answer?
It is GENERALLY better in M+
ss generally better. you can sim without archive by turning off smart mode for reoriginonation array to 0
Sims could prove that wrong in certain situations I guess, but none that I'v eheard of yet
aight cheers
@rancid seal in the extra options you can turn array stacks to 0
so in M+ hero damage is taking marked for death, is it better than vigor in short encounters?
1 archive is on par with some non ss traits.
so if the ilvl is >> your ss, it might be worth using.
same ilvl and only 1 trait
or do you not need vigor in high M+ because you have bleads on everything
@novel rivet it's one of those traits that sims better if used perfectly but realistically vigor is probably gonna perform better. it also depends on the context. in m0 (i.e. stuff exploding instantly) mfd has a higher reset uptime, but in m10 it wont
i'll concede that i dont really know for sure but whatshisface @hushed rose was advocating vigor or deeper for m_
i am willing to bet the mfd sim is just due to the perfection of the sim and frequency of deaths
385 shrouded suffocation piece š
š
Nice
help you do more m10s to get more 385 ss pieces
do people use heed my call?
for M+
i'm always afraid of it breaking cc
It doesnt
well then
Yeah hasn't for me
It has like 3 yd. Aoe lol
I use Heed, I thought it was one of our top traids
Super small
It's really solid tbh
*traits
Blind doesn't remove your dots is much worse
gotta love blind
340 ss
340 ss for m+ for sure
you can sim it if you want but i guarantee it
I got the 370 shpulders today too feelsgoodman
I need to run more Shrine
NA has seen one 370 Emissary I think
Still don't have a Galecaller's
better than my old 370 scent and 370 thunderous blast shoulders
X1 340 x2 370 ss
I'm EU, the 385 SS was from last week
yeah i dont have gc either, stuck with 370 socket corpuscle
plumage is good though
2 weeks ago: 385 gore-splattered vest(SS/Heed My Call)
last week: 385 ramient of the blighted tribe (ruinous bolt or fan of blades, gutripper) (why does this item exist)
this week: 380 jolly's boot dagger
last week was my lucky break
Yeah mine was garbo too, got a 380 cannonball runner. Went right in the scrapper
Yeah I have 385 Gore-Splattered Vest too
oh I also have 385 shoulders with Meticulous Planning
Last week was good for me though got 385 blightborne shoulders
Is Fan of Blades good for M+ you reckon
We do pretty aggressive pull a lot of the time
What do you sim for, im at just over 17k at 376
the problem with fan is that most of our m+/aoe damage comes from empowered garrote and rupture
fok doesn't even come near 10% of our overall dmg
i sim @ 15.1k ST @ 369, but that's with bad azerite traits for st. no DD, no archive, etc
Yeah i have x1 LM, x1 BB x1 unstable catalyst
14.9k at 371 but with multi target gear
over the course of ~30 m+ where i forgot to turn off live log ... fok was 6%
Garrote is usually 35 percentish
I'll sim myself again
tbh the 40% nerf was pretty warranted looking back at it now
How much haste do you guys have
16% in my m+ gear
23 in raid, about 17 in m+
17 in m+
Geez
I go more for crit for m+
I have 24% in raid gear
22c/17h/34m/2v
let me run some quick sims on stat weights
20.xx in raid, about 6% on m+ gear
24c/23h/25m/2v for raid, my m+ set is garbage so let's not look at that
I sim 16.2K at 373
15.4k at 369 here
17.3 at 377
Yeah crit has a very brief breakpoint, i had to throw one crit gem on and then it went back down to like 1.8
Yea I'm about 15.4 at 370
Garbage?
im ready for it tbh
But honestly, 17? God damn
Until that pic I felt good with my 14 š
Crazy, my server hadn't even hit the first 15 yet
Couple guys in my guild pushing hard for that realm first
Don't, we did like 5 tol dagors last night. Missed a 18 because krogus overlapped his abilities and we had a bomb upstairs detonate on us during trash
bombs on 3rd boss / hallways can randomly explode and kill people below it : )))
What group comp do you run?
moved some pieces around
Prot pal / warlock / mage / rogue / rdruid is what our tol was
our seige was prot pal warlock dh rogue rduid
Now I'm 23 crit/21 haste/25 mast/1 vers for m+
will look at moving some other pieces around
xd
ok
!stats
Assassination Stat weights:
Single target: haste > crit > mastery > vers
Multi target: crit > mastery > vers >= haste
Note: Simming will always result in more accurate results.
That command just just return "Sim Yoself"
Getting there
3xSS
Give it a shot
hmm so
raid/st weights: Haste 2.07 > Agility 1.92 > Versatility 1.79 > Mastery 1.75 = Critical Strike 1.75
m+ weights (3 targets, 2 min, no lust, no pots): Haste 3.44 > Agility 3.12 > Mastery 3.08 > Critical Strike 2.80 > Versatility 2.71
at least that's what i sim
For this week I went Patchx6 / 40-60s
not saying that's necessarily correct but it felt relevant for my playstyle
It also depends to how your group pulls yknow
ofc
Yeah
depends on if you're doing m15 or m2 etc so i don't know that there's a right answer
but its more precise for me than assuming hero damage m+ is right
There's not really, cause dungeons also are pulled hella differently
Yeah
Like our tol dagor starts with like a 50 mob pull
Waycrest courtyard :^)
o shit bros got 385 SS chest from chest
Haha welcome to the club
gore splattered? gz
yeh
bis m+
interesting that haste still weighs very high for me on aoe/m+ though
Thankfully i got the fetid chest so im not hella upset
Yeah I used your sim Luni
Haste 3.34
Mastery 3.27
Agility 3.11
Crit 3.04
Vers 2.68
@tough whale i have lots of SS but no decent traits for raiding. just a laser matrix head and SS really
Same Luni
for raid i run 385 dd / 385 archive / 385 ss
370 Laser head, 340 SS shoulders and 385 SS chest is what I run atm
i dont think i've seen a DD above 325
Been unlucky in mythic with Azerite drops
Damnnn
yeah i run 10s every week but... always gloves lol
I wonder just how much the sim overvalues DitB
cant complain after 385 ss chest and 380 weap this week though
I need another dagger from mother this week ><M
You have a 385 MH?
w/ socket
nice
guild hasnt gotten mother past 20%, hopefully will down tonight and get a dagger
Its one of my lower ilev peices so gotta get it
@iron prism doing all at once strat?
@ionic charm no, people are afraid of it
on our 20% kill we had like 4 dead before we left the first room
hit hard enrage at 20%
Jesus, itās so much harder doing it that way
We just rush g1 and 2 over real fast then slow it down a little
group on edge after winds/flame, drop darkness/slt, rush 4, everyone healthstones, rush 4
The key is having your FDK die so everyone else can parse
we had a heroic where i was one of like 4 dps alive for 60%->kill, was a great feeling
my fathoms is beating out any combo of 380 (spyglass/galecallers/385 lustrous plumage)
Yeah
Fathoms is just plain broken
Getting a trinket is all about filling the other spot
2nd trinket slot is basically dead
blight is good in m+ right? Like 1x SS and 1x Blight should be fine rather than 2x SS?
On same ilvl?
pog!
i'd have to reforge every time to go from Blight to 2x SS and I'm lazy on top of it
doubt its a huge different cause Blight seems pretty strong
390 My'das talisman from chest, end me...
differnce
I usually end up running 3x ss on fort and slimming down on SS for tyr
My blight is 385 over 340 SS .. itās working
true it is fort
Yeah at that point is a major difference
so maybe the extra SS would be nice and Blight for tyr
ill run 385 dd over 345 ss for tyr weeks but i need that juicy aoe
Still retain a 340 SS :/
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dropped 2 ilevels for a socketed ring feelsbadman
fuck me
but why, now you can do more dps and tell people with a higher ilvl that they suck
Cause i want a juicy ilevel AND more dps š”
hmm maybe I'll run some 3x SS, never been able to do that but I've 3x now
that would be fun
Its a good week for 3x ss
I still have not one socketed piece of gear
im at 5
Got 7
Waiting for sockets on azerite 
Just a matter of wanting it enough!
I can't bitch really after the GCB I got today ... 395


