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Last week it was also pb for me since explosives needed to die(after the 50% nerfs you could go ct if your group killed explosives)
Also depends on the tank and pulls
Small and fast pulls pb big pulls ct
About stats it’s beyond me
I guess I just don't get how much different the rotation is supposed to be with 2x DD ?
Its not different
Does it just sustain higher deeps vs double SS?
Rotation doesn't change, but I think the talents and opener does
Gotta sim it
Use what sims the highest
I personally will always use at least 1 SS even if it's a small loss. Find it easier, will be better on more targets and cba holding multiple sets for raiding and M+
you may want to choose whatever the other trait is, because DD is dumb the moment you get into any multi-target circumstance
im here with my peasant 370 boon while my ww friend got boon 2 weeks in a row from chest and one of them titanforge to a 395 
good old secondary stat homeostasis. all balanced
i would your opinion. I finally got my hands on a azerite armor that has SS but its my shoulders and that piece is my only archive of the titans, i dont have any other trait that activates reorganization array. According to the sim using the archive of the titans yields higher damage even though it is a 360 piece and the other azerite armor with SS is 370. Do i follow the sim or do i equip the SS regardless?
you have toi have reorigination
end of story
its 750 secondary stats + ~240 main stat
hi, anyone know why daaagger in the baack sims better thaan ss?
it assumes you are behind target 100%
So quick question, PB or CT in keys this week?
10-13 keys
I see Seliathan going CT with GCB trinket
Is Shrouded Suffocation or Double Dose better for ST? Bloodmallet says DD but ravenholdt.net says SS
Wouldn't those sites be using the same data/builds though?
@echo night i believe CT is worth only if you constantly make 2pack pulls
But i would also like an answer from more experienced rogues here
Depends on the dungeon
kinda depends on your tank
for M+ I usually always go CT
get more value out of every pull
I wouldn’t say every pull lol
do you guys use ss or dd in uldir ?
@round harbor ty!
Speedoflife is using PB this week, just played sub in atal tho
I guess he's changing spec rather than talents xD
i been just using pb cause im bad and its easier
Did he play pb then?
is zuldazar the only emissary cache that drops an SS trait piece?
Or CT?
Aight
Hey guys is it worth it to go for 3x Archive vs 2 arch 1 shrouded ?
For Raids
Sim it
wish there was an emissary cache loot table
Yve been told Raidbots sim doesnt work so good for shrouded trait dunno if its acurate or now
@dusky tinsel yes thats correct
how do we use "Sharpened Blades" just use at 30stacks and 4cp?
they should seriously open up M+ azerite gear after the hall of fame is done in CE raiding. At the least.
Azerite vendor 8.1
Need to toss that random cache shit though why the fuck is that even a thing
haven't gotten a single 385 SS trait piece yet
Spending currency I farmed for a chance at the one I want lol
well at least in 8.1 I can just save up and get the piece I want
For 3x the cost of a random item
still sucks for someone who pushes keys regularly
you can see the loot table here https://www.wowhead.com/item=163857/azerite-armor-cache#comments
first comment
I'm completely fine with working towards something that takes a bit longer if I get to choose
@fresh ginkgo thanks fam
Does it makes a diferent where I put my better dagger in main hand or off-hand ?
so do i want deadly or quick navigation on main hand?
Doesn't matter
no?
Nope, can sim the difference for yourself if you'd like to see
best settings for simming m+ gear/stats ?
!m+
Dungeon Fight script: https://pastebin.com/sggpE4Km
If you want to get stat weights add this additional ```calculate_scale_factors="1"
scale_only="strength,intellect,agility,crit,mastery,vers,haste,weapon_dps,weapon_offhand_dps"```
How to use it(video):https://streamable.com/929ww.
Its always funny when people worry about what happens at a +21.
if you arent playing +21, then their spec and pull strat doesnt really apply, now does it.
The community definitely has a bad habit of trying to emulate the top players. Amplified so much by streaming now
whats the website for traits, like bloodmallet but better appearently
herodamage
how many targets needed for fok>mut?
depends on DD traits.
its probably 3, but it is in the apl string
@dusky inlet Nothing necessarily wrong with that. Most people just lack the skill and synergy needed to execute a lot of those pulls
skill to do a giga pull of 10-15 mobs with chain stuns, and massive healer outputs.
For M+ will I get more mileage going 3x SS or 2x Ss + 1x Archive
Same ilvl
I sim 6t 40s patchwerk.
Doesn’t going 3x SS drop some of my aoe on bigger pulls? (6+ mobs)
@wary anchor
@gloomy ginkgo the g g g vanish g g g is huge.
it really depends on pull duration
I’ve tried simming it but pull length varies so heavily as well as cooldown availability depending on what is coming up / what we just did
Looking for advice from someone with experience at the 16+ lvl
Seli uses 2scent 1ss. cause of giga pulls. I use 3ss due to pulls of 3-6t
4t20 is 3ss ALL DAY
It’s such a shame because different dungeons have different pull sizes, fucking reforge costs means I can’t go back and forth
Need a 1 size fits solution for now
can u explain the ss, bit donfused
I don’t remember if I have a scent, is that preferable to archive?
In that case will probably run 2x SS 1x scent
@wary anchor i am reading that at fok at 3 to maintain dp on all targets, fok spam at 4, unless you have DD.
@gloomy ginkgo Scent is better than archive in cleave. a single rupture application is a bit less, but doesnt have ramp up time for stacks. but tabbing out a bunch of ruptures makes for a large agi bonus.
If you pull small, kill quick, use 3ss. if you pull big and drag for days, 1ss 2scent. if you arent sure, try 2ss 1scent.
Thank you for the advice!
If you look at tooltip it takes 2 scent buffs (ruptures) to equal 1 full archive (20 stacks). So you are only benefiting more from scent with 3+ ruptures up. Your empowered garrotes will not have 3+ ruptures up for long if it all. I can see where it can be big on loong big pulls. If you want one to use in all situations i'd stick with archive.
Scent scales the CT and fok and vanish GGG.
i have seen up to 8stacks of scent in large pack pulls.
takes high crit to pick up enough CPS.
but when you pull big you deeps big. Scent scales, SS does not.
archive is a better for bosses. but we arent the pure ST bis class
is triple sub/ss still the go to in M+?
do i hold my 2nd vendetta for vanish to come back up?
i assume only if i wont get a 3rd one in
yeah. we hold 2nd to align with vanish, then they stay synced for the rest of the fight.
you can read the sample sequence of your specific trait /talent setup and watch the timelines for that stuff.,
kk
yall hold vendetta+vanish for beam on M ghuun?
Any tips on Mythic Mythrax? Getting started on it tonight finally.
kinda what I figured, just cloak off the one debuff and that's about it?
just save cloak for crap rng beams or something? can you evasion beams?
with Gale should i delay Exang to line up with it?
How does a monk statue have to be placed for me to be able to shadowstep to it? on G'huun mythic, We have a statue at the edge oin the middle of the right orb pathway, and all I get is "you can't use taht here"
hell yes 2x 385 shrouded suffocation pieces now
I rly need to kill mythic fetid for that chest upgrade heheh
I got super lucky with my M+ chest a few weeks ago, got 385 SS shoulder piece
Hi guys, i'm looking for a little bit of insight on Mythic Fetid which my guild is in the early pulls of progressing. Currently add clearing is inconsistent but we are able to do it. I'm currently at a dispute with the other Rogue in the raid group, he is using Vendetta on pull in his opener whereas myself and everyone else in the group (as asked of us by the raid leader) are saving cd's for the first set of adds, using our second pot on the second set, and cd's due to them being back up and BL on the third set. I'm curious as to what is better saving vendetta for adds or using in the opener on the boss?
Also, due to the spawn time of the adds I am using Exsan in the opener as it's back up for adds. 😃
most people during earlier progression started the pull with vendetta+exsang, saved vanish+exsang for first add, vendetta+exsang 2nd add, vanish+exsang 3rd add, and then balst the boss at the end with another vendetta
that way you have very consistent damage on the big add (which im assuming youve been assigned to) whiel dealing strong damage to the boss aswell
usually you time out your cds because blobs come every ~1m
so if you vendetta on the 1st blob, someone else needs to use a cd for the 2nd one
then your vendetta is up again for the 3rd
i suppose you could save CDs on pull (except exsang), pop vendetta+vanish on 1st+3rd, and have bloodlust+pots on second one
if ur going on 2nd blob, u vendetta boss on pull and it'll be up
alright okay. Thanks for the help guys - that clears it up nicely 😄
ideally you run atleast 1 SS trait if youre on big add and playing exsang
i'm running 2 SS traits
keep in midn that the boss needs to die before he heals by eating the 4th adds, so if the damage on the adds is okay-ish, you gain quite a bit of boss-dps by opening with vendetta and just staggering your CDs
Hey guys im a bit stuck i cant decide between 2 archive of the titans or 1 archive and 1 ss
Sim it and see
Most likely one of each will be best for you but depends on ilvl really
Yea one of each
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If you want to get stat weights add this additional ```calculate_scale_factors="1"
scale_only="strength,intellect,agility,crit,mastery,vers,haste,weapon_dps,weapon_offhand_dps"```
How to use it(video):https://streamable.com/929ww.
I'm 371ilvl and not killed ghuun on heroic hehe, left my guild to find and joined a new one
!wa
Assassination WA's for BFA:
https://wago.io/HJUbINlV7 (Mizerok's Group)
https://wago.io/E1EB91OtM (Lokkek's Group)
https://wago.io/SyLUNGD4X (Sovv's Group)
https://wago.io/SJLQKGjMM (Afenar's Group)
https://wago.io/ByzCxPq-m (Devlin's Group)
at what point does exang sim better than TB. I always sim higher with TB
ss and subterfuge
depends on gear. theres no breakpoint or anything, its a combination of stats and azerite traits that make the sims favor each one of those talent options
@visual quartz and to be honest, 2dd and archive (for me) is about 0.8% better than SS. BUUUUTTT> you will want to run SS over TB for anything that has a vanish GG>
take a small patchwerk loss, to be able to cleave
I play sin for heroic zul, and it is a clear win to play SS.
Ya ive been using one SS and like the playstyle feel alot more, havnt found multiple.
when you can open g g g or even vanish into 2T garrotes, it is going to be nice.
this is my zul open.
so patchwerk says DD. fight says SS.
and thats rolling 3 piece SS?
And outlaw will crush assa
inb4 SUB ON ZUL Noobe
our warriors murder the craigs. so sub doesn t work for heroic for me.
Go outlaw
mostly want ST on zul though, outlaw is fluff damage with cleave
sure.
same thing applies for Zek or fetid or Ghuun (i guess). if it is raw ST, then enjoy your DD. but these fights are wonky.
your open Noobe, is that 10 globals as fast as you can as well?
I sim higher DD as well, 1ss/1archive/1dd to be precise, but (at least without raidbuffs) on target dummy I perform better with 2ss/1archive and likely because of sims not doing vanish or shadowmeld (maybe both) correctly
I wish you could hit target dummy with RA
that's a significant amount of haste missing
@marble hemlock does your guild stick melee on big adds full time for Fetid? Mine has us kill small adds then swap. It gets the job done, but it feels awful. I spend way to much time running around ranges DPS with big circles while trying to get from one add to another and then back to the boss.
i was on small adds for a few raids
didnt really matter, playing TB/dd/ttk for those is fine too
I play MA/TB with DD and BB + archive.
Tb feels wasteful for small adds though. By the time I get a rupture and garrote up, they often don’t live through a full TB duration.
you dont garrote smallies, not worth the energy/gcd
just rupture, mut, tb, envenom mut mut envenom
Makes sense.
basically same way youd play vectis add
I have fewer Vectis pulls than Fetid since my guild had him down before I joined.
Still trying to get good at that fight too.
I played fetid with a new guild today and wasted so much potential using cds on adds
like
at some point you hit the threshold of where you popping all CDs on adds loses so much boss-dps, that its not worth doing
so if adds dont die because you play efficiently
you might wanna look at other people in the raid not carrying their weight
if its really required, you obviously dont wanna block progress by being stubborn/greedy
but theres a difference between being greedy, and being efficient
ideally you wanna put the assa on the big add, and let them stagger CDs in their own ways, since they can keep up with WLs on both boss and add-damage that way, despite being a melee
so foregoing that would be huge overall loss for the raid
I just did what they wanted, the boss was dead after a few tries of bad positioning
i mean sure, dont wanna stand in the way of the raids success
but on a different boss you may not be able to make up for the gameplay-weaknesses of other people anymore, so the people keeping you back on fetid will have to shape up sooner or later anyway
so telling rogues to hold vendetta for like a minute
is just not very efficient
Yeah, but the gear is so inflated that after succesfull killing 3rd adds the boss just dies
@visual quartz prob not. I would at least wait for the exang Garrote to fall off zul.
thats more of what i was thinking, I can have 2 ss just little ilvl lose, gonna try it out
we usually skip 3rd adds entirely now and just kill him before those
but obviously boss-dps is different for every grp
so yeah, id advise going for add-damage first, and then change your cd timings if you wipe to the boss repeatedly because the boss-dps isnt high enough
yeah. we cc the hexers and just push the boss.
I got tilted last raid, i had the dream pull on zul but ofc we wiped
Got azerokk procc in the opener and did 4 230k crits during tornado
Dungeon Fight script: https://pastebin.com/sggpE4Km
If you want to get stat weights add this additional ```calculate_scale_factors="1"
scale_only="strength,intellect,agility,crit,mastery,vers,haste,weapon_dps,weapon_offhand_dps"```
How to use it(video):https://streamable.com/929ww.
@gusty kestrel that's funny. Is how I felt on host. Symbol dance c 5 c 5 c 5 dance c 5 c 5 c 5 repeat forever.
occasional dfa then.,
Unlucky not having backups
my UI broke a few weeks ago. Only reset sin with mizerok. outlaw is raw. so i stopped playing it.
lol
"meh, i dont wanna get swords anyway"
anyway. I tried tornado on heroic zul, and boy was that disappointing.
misfortune
actually pretty evil
broken UI
is the worst
"25 items from your steam wishlist are on sale"
rip my wallet
my vectis log is so bad. it that 3rd wave that is killing my parse.
How do you have 25 items on your wistlist, thats the more important question here
Tbh
Vectis had 0% but his cast was running, that feels bad
Joke's parses are literally jokes
The whole guild just lets him pop of
They just let 5 adds through
Yeah
nah. i cant carry that much
lol mother parse
32k wut. my bis is 16 2:55
pretty sure that was 0:01s before room 1 lit on fire
That poor purple lock
Cross over in small grps tactic
@gusty kestrel is that a race to the 3rd room?
Cross over kill adds, cross again?
our 1 night of mythic happend and is over. people just /afk until next tier.
big yikes.

need a few more sockets, then Ill be good.
could have 9 prob at less than 0.1% dps loss
Question: If I'm running 370 Galecallers with Exsang. If I want to try out TB, should I swap out galecallers? I will sim it tonight when i get a chance to get on, just wondering what the general consensus is
Not really, its still the best (or close to) for TB aswell
Sim it to be sure ofc, but prob not
hey guys, trying to work on my parses. Fairly new to wow but I've watched all the youtube/icyveins stuff I can. Feel like I'm misisng something quite drastic cause my ilvl parses are awful but I can't seem to think anything other than maybe a little bit of garrote up time https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/RzhDY6rJdW41x3yb/
if anyone can offer any advice i'd be grateful
I find it really weird that logs counts orbs increased dps into the logs
It should exclude the orb increased damage
Because ppl who doesnt pick up the ord
Get shit logs
Even though their DPS is really good for a non-orb user and get compared to a orb user
TB sims 150 DPs lower, even with other trinket options
Exsang SS and Gales too good
Anyone running DD?
In my raid set yes
@swift ivy taloc: garrote/rupture uptime could be higher. feint before cudgel and continue to dps. stand in aoe during intermission and dps adds. also your opener isn't correct + i see only 1 envenom into TB. you should aim for 2
Your openers (why is it different on like every fight lol?) is often very odd, check the guide in the pins for it.
Also if you really want good logs you need to use a proper pot and proper enchants
@swift ivy
@swift ivy at first glance you dont have an archive or laser matrix trait so you arent getting array at all in these parses. having garrote fall off a bit here and there, exsang is also simming higher for you and on these short fights that are heroic exsang will be better i feel
But yeah, garrote uptime is a really big thing, it might seem minor to have 10% less uptime but thats a lot of damage and also a lot of energy
@swift ivy you don't have archive of the Titans trait in the raid. That's a big one. Gonna be hard to compete with people who do have 10 stacks.
that is a good question actually, i don't have proper enchants cause i was hoping for beetter rings basically but i'll probably switch it up. I do only have 6 stacks of RA and I was hoping for a new jerkin of chimera so i didnt have to pay for azerite traits, so after Fetid I have archive
I dunno why my opener is different, i've practiced it on a training dummy like 500 times
I'll try to work on my garrote a bit, i didn't feel like I let it drop off at all but I guess I am
you don't hope for a new chest. archive is a must. always
I got one
I forgot to change my trait before I went in and I didn't wanna make everyone wait, it worked out for me though
so opener+archive+garrote up time. Thanks guys
and 2 envenoms into TB
ok
With proper planning should be able to get 2 everytime
yeah i've been working on my pooling a bit and i thought I did really well this raid, was kinda disappointed with the parses but I know i've got a lot to work on
cheers bru
2 evertyime for sure, Im a troll with haste racial, during open can get 3 in TB
not sure if thats good or bad but 3 envenom during TB feels good
should i cap haste on 19%?
You should follow your stat weight values. If Haste is being beaten at 19% for you then look elsewhere for DPS gains from stats.
oo ok raidbots hhere we go again xD
well i use 3 envenoms during TB in opener and if they crit each deal like 50k+(without pot)
opener
without pot
Does not compute.
That's what I thought tbh.
I use prolonged power for farm stuff though.
I cba to farm for parses.
I can’t help myself.
Also, I really don’t want to fuck with adding another key bind for prolonged power.
I click flasks and potions lol
so glad I'm not the only one that does that
well im talking about the usual opener on wq mobs and random mobs..
Do people actually think the breakpoint for haste is 25%?
People?
in the guide explains how 25% isn't a breakpint
and if I do 3 envenoms in my opener I'm not able to keep up EP 100%v of the time during vendetta is it worth it?
For exsanguinate, is it worth keeping a 1min CD trinket even though its not up for every exsang. do i delay ex for 15s? or just use a 2min trinket? sims are within 20dps of each other
You will though?
I can't get 100% uptime if I use 3 env in first TB
But why
I'll try with haste
You use the 3 envenoms in the span of 9 seconds
with 30% haste I Don't have enough :/
both of his mutilates double crit in the opener lol
I also ahve that gap
that 2-3 second gap
2-3 is a lot
Yes
oh this is the week i have to hide or be a turkey 24/7 with people bugging me
ergh
O _O
Icy veins guide says to use TB over Exsang in m+. Does this stand true even with at least one Shrouded suffocation trait?
Did they say that it did in their guide?
What do you mean?
Does the guide that you read mention whether or not it is with Shrouded Suffocation or not?
No it is not specified. It says "Below are the suggested talents for Mythic+. These talents are recommended for all groups and keys at the current time."
And obviously TB is the selected shown talent
mmm
Seems pretty vague.
At least 1x Shrouded Suffocation is clearly the choice when talking Mythic+.
So between Toxic Blade and Exsanguinate we just need to figure out what each does for you, and whether that's important or not.
EX will increase your DMG on a single target and increase your Energy Regeneration (making it easier to cast abilities)
TB will increase your DMG to a single target and that's about it.
TB has a lower CD for sure, but you still need good targets for it, and the energy to make use of the DMG buff from it.
Yeah I rarely find myself using envenom on m+ trash packs as there is so much to do with crimson/rupture so I doubt TB would be good
maybe some people use it but I don't see it being superior personally
Beside with my gear it only sims like 100dps above exsang
It's good on bosses still, which is where Shrouded Suffocation is worse than a lot of other traits if the boss fights last a long time.
Yeah, trying to make good use of TB on trash pulls in dungeons just feels bad. Exsanguinate is just easier to work with.
Agreed
Yeah, just make sure you're not losing EX on bosses and things will be a-okay.
Which is hard, considering how slow M+'s go.
Another question, I have been looking at the Method Assassin/sub guide and the guy mention that there is a "bug" of some sort when doing a 4th garrote outside of subterfuge
Supposedly it would unbuff the previous 3 other garrotes to do standard damage (ie not buffed by subterfuge). Has this been confirmed or fixed?
a month pretty much
Yes that's an old video. Good to know tho
was it a ylajio video,
Sockets is nice.
Yo fams, can we multi-dot on the Triad fight in Waycrest?
Not sure if they’re immune or if it dmg me, so never tried ☺️
I think it buffs their damage or something I'd double check
They get 99% reduction.
So it’s just a waste of energy/CP?
If you're capping sure.
its not really worth to multidot in sisters as assa
while you get more energy from ruptures ticking on more targets, you lose out on damage because youre spending CP on something else than envenom for the prio-target
whenever i played assa in waycrest i usually just kept garrote+rupture on maintarget, and then ruptured the sister that came up next
that way you can get a fast full-pandemic rupture up for exsang whenever they switch
seli do you stream raids?
rarely
rip
think i streamed the one 1 or 2 weeks ago
but im out on a few bosses where i dont need loot
mhmm
one question, what are your opinions on rogue going in to the next raid if you dont mind? 😄
im assuming you have tested
lots of council-like fights, so assa is gonna be quite good i think
nah, we dont do PTR testing
its making me wanna go back lock but i wanna have one xpac where i stick to one class and see how good i can get
rogue is always good for progression tbh
yeah i just have rerolling problems
cant really help with that, never felt the need to switch classes, im just in love with my rogue 😃
Imagine having to spend multiple hours a day grinding to make sure all your alts are up to date
- The one class gang
^ ugh im in that multi grind boat and hate it
been playing rogue since vanilla, never had the urge to reroll. Never get benched, so whatever
with double dead shot
do we wann bte just on cd
doesn't matter how many cp we have?
I simmed my rogue but its hard to believe that 380ilvl belt with 100 haste with 80 versa worth more than 375 100 haste 73 crit. I did my stat weight and sim and it says that 5ilvl and versa gives me 300+ dps. Any idea guys?
^
@velvet kernel rogue solved my rerolling problem. Haven’t had this much fun in an xpac in a while, and really upset I didn’t try rolling a rogue sooner
Hey guys, im having triuble dpsing on zekvoz mythic, im using sin spec with: AOT+ 2xSS, + CT. (Im doing around 14-17k, and i dont understand what im doing wrong during add phase(im not dpsing hih enough in that phase)
Anyone can throe a few tips, i can link logs if needed
You chose SIN to AoE is your first problem.
Can u check my logs?(last nights attempts)
i did 20k on zek today
Cause i tried the firt few attempts to single target
basically, as soon as the adds spawn you want to dot the boss, the voidweaver, and about 2 of the little guys
then just dump dps in the weaver, then the boss
Vanish+ garrote 3 targets+ rupture on 2, then 4 more secs max of dos on adds( they ho down quite fast
also when switching to the adds in the back of the room, make sure to refresh dots on the boss before switching, make good use of sprint and shadowstep
Yeah the total time they are alive is a thing.
If you can't get things rolling it's useless to try.
in my experience it depends on how hard your raid cleaves
sometimes its not worth dotting the smaller guys at all
but other times it can
if you dot the caster add and the boss, then just spam fan of knives and envenom you cant go wrong
Yeah we've 3 warriors and like 2 DHs, the adds die.
and like... an elemental shaman > _>
Same here, adds die pretty fast, prob takes 8-10 secs from them to dwindle
that being said, its probably always worth dotting one or two of the little guys during the second add phase, since cleave damage will be lower
because people have to dodge the void rings
Yeah the second warrior wave should take longer.
aye
other than that i think managing your mobility cooldowns goes a long way in maximizing dps in that fight
Footpad is hilarious there if you do not have a G/F.Druid.
Nada, did u get a chance to check my logs?
O _O
❤
mhh hard to compare , you guys take a long ass time for this boss
😦 we basically still progging on him
i know the pain
Kazzak alliance.. too fee
so yeah looking at wipe number 2
your garrote and rupture uptime is rather low
god damn it i hate how warcraftlogs forces me to check vendetta usage
ha
your cooldown usage is also off, you need to keep galecaller on cooldown to line up with vendetta
you didnt have it up during your third and fourth vendetta
also you didnt use a second pot
it was unlucky ou had the debuff during your second burst window tho
I just play outlaw on zekvoz, less hassle
delay your fourth burst opening (vendetta/vanish/galecaller) for bloodlust and orbs
@shell zealot
ct or pb?
Crimson temp or poison bomb?
poison bomb for sure
good luck
Oh, one more thing, i keep my first vanish for adds?
nah it throws off the timing too much
just use it with vendetta
but make sure to keep galecaller on cooldown
Basically line up all major dmg buffs
?
Throughout the fight, make sure to hold them all for BL in orb phase?
yes you want vanish galecaller and vendetta always lined up, and since you guys probably go beyond 8 minutes you will get 4 2min cooldown windows in total
so you have some wiggle room, and you definitely want to delay the last vendetta for lust and orbs
Copy that! Thanks again
Also if u can/have time/feel like it, check my mythic taloc fights, and give me a recommendation for the same mistake i do there
Anyhow thanks a ton!
just cleared fetid mythic
2x SS 1x Archive over 2x SS 1xSwirling Sands for m+?
got the trinket + a socket and it sims better than my galecallers
gz
!m+
Dungeon Fight script: https://pastebin.com/sggpE4Km
If you want to get stat weights add this additional ```calculate_scale_factors="1"
scale_only="strength,intellect,agility,crit,mastery,vers,haste,weapon_dps,weapon_offhand_dps"```
How to use it(video):https://streamable.com/929ww.
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hi, if im looking at my logs is there anything specific that's worth looking out for for assa?
Quick question: Do you use Sharpened Blades on 29 or 30 stacks? And as soon as you get them?
@fathom swift the usual - dot uptime, CD usage
yeah keeping bleeds up and using cds isnt something i have any problem with im more wondering about stuff like maximizing elaborate planning or envenom buffs or energy pooling at specific points
where those logs at
id rather just get told what stuff to look for so I can do it myself tbh, all the mythic ones are private anyway
should get 2, ideally 3 envenom during tb
ok cool
is there anything specific I should be doing with elaborate planning or envenom buffs too?
does garrote from shadowmeld in raid empower it?
doesn't work on dummy, why does the sim shadowmeld garrote before 2nd exsang?
Shadowmeld and Stealth are both megaPotato, and you get part of the buff from SUB and part of the buff from SS.
@empty quartz sounds like it gets all of SS and none of SUB, so not so bad.
Never thought of that, free ss garrote basicaly?
Right but you don't get SUB, so no triple Garrote, and no 100% empowerment.
Just check #tc-research , might have to scroll a bit to find all of the information.
But it shores up NE and Troll almost entirely.
and makes NE Kings of M+ unless I am forgetting some other race.
meld garrote does 500 extra damage per tick rather than just the 307 from my 340 SS
unless that's just normal SS tooltip potato
Blizz is no stranger to potato tooltips
Part of that is due to old information, most of it is due to just not being specific enough.
well it's nice to find out my meld has some use in raid
Guys, would you rather stack Laster Matrix/Archive or trust SimC when it tells you to go for Dagger in the Back and Twist the Knife instead?
Got 10 Stacks and simmed the items with the same ilvl but my guts tell me to go for the raid traits
Stacking raid traits isn't that good
If you cannot be 100% sure of that do not use it.
But yeah, ditb is overvalued in sims
Impossible teleporting robots 
just make every rogue ability work like legion shadow strike 
Quick question, how do we get a streamer weakauras once we subbed to his channel ?
Just subbed to fragnance's but can't get my hand on any link
Talk to him about it, not us, also this has nothing to do with #assassination
I assume it's in his stream details?
can't find it in the details. And yeah sorry should have been to #off-topic , my bad
DM him, dunno if there are other people using his stuff or not.
And once it syncs I will receive a PM with a link to the WAs ?
OK thanks
What are the best trinkets for rogue in m+ guys?
Can somebody explain me this? Overwriting exsanguinate empowered garrote 5 seconds after it's cast?
I assume the earlier garrote is higher up on the list?
Ya it is, i'll just post a longer sequence with the usage of cd's thats got me questioning
Let's see, what's the duration of Garrote when it hits EX?
22 seconds or so I imagine.
EX cast 10 seconds later, 12 seconds remain, EX halves duration, 6 seconds remain, new Garrote cast 5.1 seconds later.
It probably should not clip, but it's not the end of the world.
What's right after that?
btw
ehm
the garrote on 41 seconds is fresh
it's after subterfuge>vanish garrote runs out
If the Garrote @ 41 seconds is not from a pandemic refresh that means it has a max duration of 18 seconds and by the time EX is hit it will last for 4 seconds.
so according to the sim it's better to exsanguinate on an 8 sec (4 with exsang) second garrote than to re-apply garrote & get pandemic & full exsang?
Does not seem right to me
It's right if you are planning around lining up EX in the future for a larger burst sequence.
Delaying EX can lead to desyncing Vendetta and trinkets.
it's not delaying though, another garrout could've been cast after the rupture @50 seconds, 'delaying' the exsang by a mere 1 global but getting full value (pandemic garrote) instead of 8 second garrote
another garrote*
I imagine an unpowered Garrote isn't worth lining too much up with, even if it's just refreshing it. This distinction is probably within a tiny difference in DPS.
woopwoop
getting close to 19k myself, I just want ghuun down before the new raid comes out
We're at mythrax and extending til ghuun dies, Shame i wont get a 380 helm/gloves untill we do :( all i need for complete mog
Mytrax helm is SHIT
gets you the mog 😄
recleared yesterday, got mythrax down to 29%, havent killed him yet. Should go down on monday (next raid)
I use fetid chest, zul shoulders and vectis helm
No
for me for a while
2x archive 1xss
I'm running archive, blightborne infusion, SS
Never drops helm
got 390 mother dagger with socket yesterday, only took 10 kills and 10 coins
because BI is better than 2nd archive
got mine on 2nd vectis kill, now I get to chill on the bench for vectis because people need loot
0rogues in my guild has vectis helm
craft them
my 2nd 385 shoulders have rezans fury and archive is better
also I cba to respec to the rupture trait for m+ everytime
Yeah but I'd have to drop alch/ench and I have some old recipes I'd prefer not to lose.
So each of my builds are really, really close to each other. Within ~50 dps of one another. What is the most practical build to raid with? SS-Exsang-Galecaller's or SS-TB-Gale or Mantle-TB-Sharpened Blades?
Mantle is nice because everything lines up and you don't have to worry about galecallers zone
idk tho
What race?
Hi, wich stats should i use, this week in M+ (King Rest for example) with monotarget PB build ?
i imagine crit/mastery as usual. even in KR you will always get 3-4 ruptures running, so energy is not a problem
for higher boss dmg you normally raise your haste on tyranical weeks, im running with about 15% haste
It's not entirely clear from the Assassination guide on Ravenholdt, but do I pop vanish and Vendetta at the same time after the opening rotation? Due to the opening Vendetta will be available the 2nd time some seconds before Vanish. Do I just hold on to vendetta for a few seconds and go Vanish > Garrote > Rup > Garrote > Vendetta?
on which build ?
Ah sorry, SS and Toxic Blade
afaik you use vendetta "long" before the vanish
Yes you hold vendetta for vanish so they line up
xD
are we speaking about the opener ?
No
No, 2nd set of CDs available
2m past opener
then forget what i said 😉
Okay, fair enough :)
Thanks guys, I will vanish before Vendetta next time then :)
Do you have any preference about when to vanish 2nd time? Do you do it on cooldown, or wait for current Garrote to be close to expiration?
Guys, how can i check proper rotation for mythic mythrax?
Vectis helm also eludes me
@amber temple You want rupture to be either in pandemic or close to falling off
Garrote*
Pandemic?
It doesnt matter much if you double SS garrote or refresh a previous garrote with pandemic to full
Its in the pins FAQ, what pandemic is that is
any assas rogue here with some free time who can see my simc string and help me out figuring what to run ? getting mixed results from a guildie and sismc, for m+ and raids in general that is
Aha, so when you say in pandemic does that mean when the buff is still in it's extra duration, or reapply such that it enters pandemic total duration?
for raids i go with Patchwerk 1 boss right?
Yeah, 5 mun patchwerk
Make sure to set the proper amount of array stacks as well
However many you have
But @spice surge suppose you just garroted and then 6s later Vanish comes off CD. Do you vanish immediately or hold it until garrote duration is < 5.4s remaining?
U vanish
Then you didnt really need to garrote earlier
Because vanish boost your already put garrottes
alright then for raids im set its just for m+ is where i get all confused since someone told me I should run exsang and CT and a diff azerite piece than the one that Raidbots give me
Yes but no, as you will waste duration hiisi
If you refresh it at 16 seconds left you effectively waste 11.6 seconds of garrote that you spent energy on
But you just need some foresight, if vanish&vendetta is coming up soon set up for it beforehand
I know
Will there be scenarios where Garrote expires and then you vanish shortly after?
you let garrote expire*
Yeah, ideal :P
If u have to make it
For example boss dying soon
Then just refresh even if u have almost full garrotte on it
@spice surge any idea for m+ ? this is my simc pastebin https://pastebin.com/knPDdwqq
!m+
Dungeon Fight script: https://pastebin.com/sggpE4Km
If you want to get stat weights add this additional ```calculate_scale_factors="1"
scale_only="strength,intellect,agility,crit,mastery,vers,haste,weapon_dps,weapon_offhand_dps"```
How to use it(video):https://streamable.com/929ww.
Yeah. It's more a question of when you can see that current garrote will fall off before vanish cd is up
that dungeon fight script gives me stat weights heavily favoring haste. everyone says haste is lowest for m+. did i do something wrong or could haste be above agility with that script?
Yep, juu
Haste is bad for aoe, a lot of the m+ script (and regular m+ as well) is bosses
So haste isnt worthless at all
I only have haste gear since I primarily raid and I do just fine in m plus
i just didnt expect the weights to be almost the same as my boss weights
even in my best haste gear i'm at like 14.5% at 374ilvl
Also, having stats over agility isnt unusual at all
yeah that part i know to be true
just stat weights for the script put me gearing for haste instead of mastery/crit which most people say is best for m+ so i thought i might be doing something wrong. 4 bosses 40 sec gives me weights closer to what is said to be better for m+
something wrong with the script i mean
Im just too lazy to have dungeon gears and raid gears set up.
about that empowered garrote thing;
wouldnt it be technically better to vanish garrote right after your first garrote runs out? as you garrote twice out of stealth each time, prolonging the timer of your garrote anyway, you'd waste like 5 seconds of empowered uptime if you pandemic your opener garrote while vanishing. If you'd let it fall off and then vanish > garrote > x > garrote you'd have maximum efficiency, no?
It doesnt matter if you garrote twice or not as long as you get a full garrote
Hey guys, kinda new to rogues, is bloodmallet ok for checking general BiS trinks and gear?
Herodamage is better
I mostly just play rogue so cant really say, probably though
Cool thanks
@twilit quiver during a 5 min boss fight like Taloc. I mean when u use bl on the floor level u can do the g vanish g. Its kinda cool idea yeah
G vanish g ?
So u have a full 45-50 sec empowered garrote during vendetta
Amm yes! Thanks @velvet kernel
So its foolish to use V-G when u have 2 sec left from the first empo garrote?
guys its a good choice drop some mastery for haste during tyr weeks?
Cloudzilla, depends on setup really
Tb
Yeah I play tb
Well nah
Like if u wanna min max best is like 0.5 secs
I see. So i have to use it precisely.
@velvet kernel u play exang?
@thorny shore I'd do it tbh.
Yep @worldly ledge
And what is ur opinion, it worth nore than TB or it fits better for ur playstyle?
Exsang for m+ always
I use exsang because I cba to change from m+ and it sums higher for me cause of my haste
@worldly ledge
@strange python I know that exang is for M+. I was curious about raid bosses.
@velvet kernelhow much haste do y have unbuff?
Its not just about haste, its about traits/trinkets n stuff
For raids just use what sims the highest
DD, Archive, SS setup currently my top simming for ST with exsang
do you guys take TB on Mythrax?
debating if i even wanna sim for that setup at all
all other fights are short enough for exsang to pull ahead or have cleave
oh wow 150 damage difference between exsang and TB at 95th percentile
exsang it is then
Yeah
Like if you really wanted you could prob hold exsang and use it on every add if you want 100% progress strats
But for parsing i dont think it matters at all
TB is always kind of more sustained damage
I haven't done it on mythic yet
around 7.30
7.30-8.30
god damn
I play exsang and always do more then the other rogue that plays tb on mythrax
Yeah but they might suck
"the plural of anecdote is not data" - some podcast I overheard in the library
think he is equally good, less experienced maybe
but yeah WCLogs shows it may as well be a preference thing
TB is more used in Uldir overall
negligible performance difference at high percentile
On each fight
play what you prefer for sure, I prefer exsang and galecallers
which is weird to me
cuz exsang sims a lot higher patchwerk for me on earlier fights cuz so many are short
sims 50 dps more than tb for me
Mythic fights aren't short though
but I like exsang galecallers combo
i kinda new TB = long, exsang =short
I dont play assa on either of those
I play outlul, just because
we cheese so theres always a ton of waiting, so just KS for adds
taloc 3:54, mother 4:14, fetid 3:46, Zek 5:38, Vectis 5:25, Zul 3:11
as per my parses
we had some new people yesterday, one shot fetid, 5:03
at 5min exsang and TB are very close for me, anything less and exsang pulls ahead
yeah i dont have a good score on that fight because i popped vendetta thinking we'd go longer then raid lead said "actually just lust we can burn from here"
my parse on fetid is always dogshit, I have a bad spot to stand in and small adds/big add die juuust in time so my uptime on boss is low
just killed fettid for the first time yesterday and i played like total garbage any tips for maximising my dps on that fight ?
on mythic i mean
basically beg to be assigned the big egg
im on small add team and my dps is always shit
im on the small add team too
you can cloak as your circle is about to expand to make it not expand
ahh i did not know that
i think ive fallen into a bad habbit of getting too used to the playstyle of assassination in m+ and it seems to be hindering my raid dps
coz im a benched raider / zul bot for my raid team as we have 5 rogues
what changes in M+ for you?
the whole play style and i run 2x SS traits and exang
where as in raids i run 1 ss 1 DD 1 archives
and use toxic blade
you don't need to change it like that
obviously sim to compare but 2SS+archive
and exsang
should be fine on every fight
esp if it makes you perform better
hmm i never considered that 😛
i just see most top rogues running TB even with 2x SS traits
so i figured it was the more stable option
its not that i dont know how to use TB
my dps parses are just dog shit in raids
yet in m+ i can hold 16-18k dps throughout a dungeon np
raiding imo is a lot easier than M+, what with encounters being the same every time and whatnot
just a matter of knowing the fights
yeh alot of the fights are still new to me xD
i mained tank for the first half of the expac
so i know all the fights down to a tee as tank spec
but ive barely done much raiding on rogue outside of mythic
think ive killed maybe 6 of the bosses in heroic
and the same ammount in mythic xD
i geared mostly through m+ lol
i have so much less reps on each boss that i have to be satisfied with purples because i'm either benched or unavailable
versus last tier doing the progression and knowing it like the back of my hand
i have maybe 11 total pulls of Zekvoz and Fetid combined smh
mother and fetid are strat reliant so you could probably get a pass on those
we use the heroic strat for mother
zul we use the 5 rogue strat
nah we lust in room 3
but we send people through 2 at a time after the first group
oh ok, I know the heroic strat as just kill Mother outright
so group 1 goes through as a whole with tranq
then 2 at a time after that
then get into room 3 with mother on 40-50% hp and lust and kill her
yeah thats pretty standard, we do it with two big groups of 5
not great for dps padding
spirit link mandatory tho
but good for killing her quickly
yeh we dont have a resto sham
so we gotta use this strat xD
for zul i feel like our team is screwing our rogues over though
almost every pull we are losing 2 crawgs permanently right off the bat
and the first crawgs are usually dead in the first 20 secs
i feel like thats not meant to happen if your using the 5 rogue strat
a guy failed his trial on tuesday for bladestorming crawgs
I mean, why are you playing sub then
Tornado build without adds is the most miserable experience
yea
first night we were doing 45-50k dps
now we are lucky to be above 35k
the feeling when you shuriken storm and only get 3 combo points xD
the first set is kinda understandable because of lust but yeah i get triggered when a couple die outside of that
lotta 4CP eviscerates
yep
Last night the crawgs were dead 24/7
for me atleast
Feels like everyone really like killing them
but i bring it up and the other rogue says "nah we're fine" because he already has his orange parse on that fight so fuck me lol
i feel like people are like well we've killed him once now its time to cheese the aoe xD
doesn't matter that we haven't cleanly killed Zul yet and the last phase always involves kiting
ive asked our raidleader / main rogue if it feels to her like the crawgs are consistantly dying too fast and never get an answer
just once i'd like to have perma uptime on shuriken combo and not have someone get assblasted in the soak order
while we're asking for things maybe prioritize dispelling the sub rogue's fear over the other dps
because ive walked off the edge a solid 5-6 times
xD
thats pretty bad
we dont have issues with dispels tbh
i feel like our team is prioing dispels on rogues
coz they know we are more than 50% of the boss damage
i don't talk to our healers the rest of the week if that happens
literally its only thing in this game that upsets me
when a BM hunter gets saved on zul and the spec that makes the strat viable in the first place doesn't
the only thing that upsets me in the game is bad m+ groups
coz im primarily an m+ player who raids on the side
like last night a group depleted a TD 12
the dps looked like this me on 17k mage on 13k warrior on 11k
and warrior was in 2/3 of the canons
i was in the 3rd
man one night i turned down the usual people i push with because a friend asked me to fill in for their rogue
U think pugs will kill mythic fetid after the changes?
they already do though
i don't think sin rogue should be outdamaging frost mage and havoc demon hunter on overall, esp when both were in the 385-388 range and im 379
basically turned down pushing 17-18's to fail 14's for 3 hours
Most only do taloc mother tho I'm sure a couple do beyond that but It isn't the standard
dang do they do vectis without a WA?
Hmm I need to find said pugs
Why would you need a WA for vectis
im in Pho, we live and die by the WA

Like spreading?
yeah
DBM and BigWigs handle that
a lot of our WA's involve taking DBM/BigWigs data and making it more visible/streamlined
the one i use has a list of the names of everyone in your group
like a teleprompter
and tells you whos next to take the debuff
or the WA tracks who's at the lowest stacks within their group and makes a loud noise to alert them that they're next to soak
Only problem may be the intermission
But usually people that have low stacks take the debuff
also marks them with the appropriate sign to show the group where they are if its jumbled
i can believe its doable without the WA but having it makes that fight comparable to Taloc
Yeah I don't doubt that
But my guild never needed it
I just hope next tier is better than the current one
I really disliked Uldir
Nighthold was a dope raid
maybe make a raid that has ranged mechanics that are not only´´spread´´ and melee that are not only ´´stack now´´?
like what the fuck were they thinking with mythrax
purely spacing boss
with important positioning
in a tiny room
so im noticing on logs that some rogues save Exang + Gale to use it together
and other use it seperate
pins say use seperate
together on pull, separate on their second use, together to line up with vendetta
The pin says that as well.
@solid nova 
are any mods NA?


