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I have 3xSS 2xEB. And I find sin better than outlaw. I am going fine in M+ . The higher the keys the better it feel to be honest
Thanks @rose perch.
Main question is on https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/bNKFfxyzcwCJGW2k#type=damage-done&fight=9, our blockade HC kill yesterday.
Outside of the fail prepot I'm quite confused as to why I'm so low in the ranks, especially compared to the other 2 rogues.
From what I saw I could work better on bleed uptime (93%) though I'm not the worst of the 3 rogues. EP is 68%, not sure whether that's average or not
EP uptime definitely not something to worry about no
keeping bleeds up is a good thing to aim for for sure
especially without Subterfuge or Shrouded or Exsang, you have little reason to ever let them drop off
you did a good job of not mutilating at 4+ combo points
What are the stats as assa rogue for raid still haste>crit>versa>mastery
is always the better option
so shrouded is no longer mandatory ? dd is better ?
@unkempt tangle at 6:54 you did wrong MA rotation
for pure st dd is likely better but sim
not much but better than nothing ^^
@unkempt tangle yeah that last vanish is a problem
and missing prepot hurts a bit too
got 3x 400 DD it does mad on st
getting more real azerite will help you keep up with the other rogues too
True yikes !
also ofc you may know this but there are +37 stat enchants for rings if you want to squeeze out an extra half a gem
killed 3 bosses and simdps went up 2k lol, azerites are big
@solid nova Did you try this? I did exactly this and tried to fly over there. 1) fatigue would kick in before reaching bloodmyst isle 2) i flew against an invisible wall, got dismounted and fell into the water
Apparently he teleports you there
ypou can't fly to bloodmyst
I just googled it for you and copy/pasted what people confirmed was true
its in a different zone
there's a boat that takes you once you're in the correct phase
(I think its still a boat)
@rose perch uh true xD thanks for the tips. I got 400 azerite head from blockade so traits should be better now :)
@thin patio thanks for the tips !
grats!
Ok i have to test this again. I talked to him this morning "like, let me see the old Darkshore", but i didnt find a boat or something (this was coming to Auberdine, right?)
i didnt see him having a teleport option, might check again in the evening
Yeah so he takes you back in time
And it should be accessible that way
Apparently at least
Read a reddit post and the wowhead npc comments said the same so i assume its fine
ok, will do, thanks mate
is there a point at which Exsang becomes better than Toxic Blade? like at a particular haste/crit %
or is it just the type of damage that is required
sustain vs Burst
I think it's with SS that it becomes better. At least on my Sims, with 2 SS exs is better
Yes, SS does a lot of work in that case
and correct me if im wrong but most BoD pieces have DD instead of SS
And more fun
ive only recently come back @verbal mantle so im havnt looked at all of em
might be interesting on non Bursting weeks @strange python
Didnt test it yet Braxoo, but i will definetly try it out
I did yes... but i didnt like it tbh. On big pulls its fun yes but you dont have any boss dmg and you are not very versatile
If you dont have any SS I would farm m0 or something to get one
I have 3xSS so the idea was not for myself. It was more a general question based in the idea to burst Reaping asap
i have 1 SS
Ma with 3 eb is amazing on some dungeons fortified
EB is great for Reaping imho
it's certainly cool for reaping, but remember, reaping is just a small part of m +. There are other classes that can take over
i can see UH DK and Ele sham doing Major DMG
i just realized...
Motherlode with reaping......
Eww
I was running 14 td yesterday with 2 ss 2 eb 1 sob 1 muti (due to unoptimal azerite) and pulled around 40-50k on aoes and it was my first reaping dungeon so i didnt know how to time everything and optimize
i do feel im failing somewhere on the Rot
Yes assa is pretty fine overall
but ive no data to actually check against
watching guides is all well n good
i find i learn better from being told i fucked up
Play better :)
Ah you mean st ?
aye
Hm dont know assa rota is pretty straight forward
All the guides saYing the same
im not sure if for the stats i have im using incorrect talents or what
Yeah you can't really go wrong, it's not difficult at all
i was informed previously that @ 18 % haste you used exsang
Are you testing your damage on a dummy
There no hard % caps for anything
Because sims use potions, bloodlust, flask and food
if you're not sure, with different talents !
If you dont, obv your damage will be lower
Tbh exsang i find bad for raiding since fights are pretty long and you only get max value from vanish openers with ss
I play tb over all bosses
Also there's some nuance to playing assa, its just that its not overly impactful and its not obvious at all when you screw up
Its simple... play more, get loot, sim again, wear your best combo, repeat
it could be a simple case of Git Gud which id Gladly accept if i could find where im fuckin up XD
If you link a log we can help you out
If you have some logs it could help a lot indeed
Like i said above... no data to check against.
ive old logs but they are pointless now
proper use of cd' s, keeping bleeds up, not capping energy or wasting CP's gets you quite far
Up your neck, try to raid and get new azerite pieces with good traits such as DD, SS, sim with different talents since you have some differences between TB and Exsang
and work on your rotation, hard to tell when we don't have more informations
yeah.. ill get some logs this week and if could point the hard finger
rap my knuckles and ill "GIT GUD"
I dont know how the screen looks when playing outlaw but with 2 eb i loved how crits and figures flew over the screen ๐
Huge aoe is fun
Want to test with 3 eb once i have the pieces
is crimson tempest even worth using? since it doesnt proc the passive
Yes in certain situations
depends on pack size
ive been using PB this week whilst due to bursting and tanks doing smaller pulls
never give up 
Not even CT for reaping. That is what I have been using
For st dps in raids pooling energy to clip EPs is pretty huge
It really isnt though
it's easy to have 70%+ uptime
Is 2% not huge to you guys?
its also possible that I'm VASTLY overstating its impact
I think it's probably less than 2% tbh
Idk what do you even mean by clipping EP, because that isnt even always the right play
Especially with double doses, its better to have your mutilates with envenom buff inside EP than it is to get 10% extra dmg on your envenom
is more than 1 echoing blades needed for it to be good?
For m+.... the more you have the better
Is the 415 alchemy stone better than the raid trinkets?
@small island it comes down to a combo of SS and EB. Now with 5 rings. There are multiple pieces with SS and EB at the same time. Those are the ones you wanna go for
Hey guys, whats the best race for rogue horde, pve wise? orcs?
herodamage currently has belf on top
1% crit is pretty nice
thats it?...:/
arcane torrent free energy?
Well the difference is pretty minimal so wouldnt worry about it. BE racial is good though
Alright, was hoping u'd say orc or mag'har lol
The difference is so minor
oh ok so it doesn't really matter that much got it
You can choose whatever you think looks best
What if you're ally 
Nelf
then you have your i400 piece to carry you instead of racials ๐
Meld is too op not to have
i am ally, elf but dont like ally anymore, atleaast on this shitty realm
Nelf is so nice. I like melding for extra Garrote so much. + it is nice since you get 4 extra silences on the reaping wave. Been using that all week to help out my tank with ranged mobs since we cannot always stack LoS due to quaking
In bossfights you only get 1 extra. But in mob packs you get a full duration Subs+Garrotea
It does, but when you're not running SS its not very impactful
Nelfs are pretty much obligated to run 3xSS if they can :D
"Rupture, refresh with 7.2 seconds remaining at 5 combo points, or 6 seconds remaining at 4 combo points", the combo points that this says means the rupture that u are gonna use or the one u used before?
i dont get why u have to wait 1,2 secs more if the rupture will last shorter
Its refering to how many points you spent on the rupture that is already up
Not how many you're planning to spend
okey ty so much
Wait no, that's not true
Pandemic calculates from the one you plan to apply
So if you have 7 sec remaining from any kind of rupture up on a target, a 5cp rupture will have its duration increased by 7 sec
Even if the remaining 7 sec were from a 1cp rupture
okey, but why the 4combo rapture has to be applied when are 6 sec left?
actually I'll just Google it.. lmao
What? The reason you can refresh at 6 seconds with 4cp instead of 7.2
Is that the original rupture was shorter
Thus you need to wait a bit more to not waste pandemic time
Pandemic is always 30% of the original duration, so if you spent 5 cp the pandemic window is larger
than if you spent 4
I'm like 99% sure it's the other way around
I'm finding mixed info as well
If you put up a 1 cp garrote
If you have 5cp and want to apply new rupture, previous one should have less than 7.2 remaining
The pandemic window isnt fucking 7.2s
Sure you will get a longer new rupture
But you will miss damage from the previous ones
If you put up a 1 cp rupture
It will last 8 seconds
If you put up a 5cp rupture right after at 7 seconds, you will waste the majorit of that rupture
If you put up a 3cp rupture in the grg opener, then muti and apply 5cp rupture, it gets the full 31sec duration
Is it still possible to cloak off the iceblock buff on Jaina or did they fix it? I tried all night tonight on our heroic kill but the debuff never got to 5 seconds passively without Reseting the counter and applying a stack
and if you apply a 5cp on that you will get full pandemic when it's under 7.2sec
Yes, it gets the full duration
It gets the full duration if you refresh it at 20s left too
4 cpoints rupture : 20 s 30% of 20s is 6s
5 cpoints rupture : 24 s 30% of 20s is 7.2s
thats why
Yes, but it calculates from the newly cast rupture
30รน is max pendemic
Not the previous one
If you refresh a 5cp garrote at 20s instead of 7.2 seconds, you have wasted 12.8s of rupture
Because you refreshed it too early
yes
And with a 4cp, you need to refresh it at 6s
Its got literally nothing to do with the new rupture
That was never the point of this discussion
?
please stop fighting i dont like it
the previous is irrelevant only thing that matters is the time left

No?
Yeh but if you 1 cp rupture and then that has 6 seconds left and then you 4 combo point rupture you're getting a max rupture
Only 30% of the duration
its 30% of the new one can be add
Idk what you're even trying to say
Up to 30% of newly cast rupture's duration can be added from previous rupture
Yes?
Regardless of the full duration of the 1st rupture
Yes?
yeah
@lusty compass sorry just came home from work, and yeha, my character is a pandaren? you think it has something too do with that?
No, i said if you refresh too early you miss damage
No, before that
Pandemic is explained in pins
You said the pandemic window is applied to 1st rupture
Ez pz
You guys are gonna break Eleem
Pandemic window is based on the 1st rupture?
no
wtf are you even
If you are casting a 24s rupture, 30% of that time can be tacked on from the previous rupture
stay strong eleem
if you cast a new 5cp rupture at 1s you will add 1s due to pandemic, if you cast at 7.2s you add max pandemic ( 30% of the new one )
if you cast a 4cp rupture the max pandemic is lower ( 6s )
easy
!azerite
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u guys reckon Blood Rite is better than Scent of Blood in m+? they sim like 700 dps apart on a 4target 40s sim but ofc that doesnt count the kill refresh effect
I'd say take scent but it depends on how u play M+
scent definitely better in m+
If you wanna play Sin in M+ you should aim to have 3xSS + 3xEB. That is better. SoB after that.
You get good ST with the SS. Good burst AoE with EB. And overall very good damage on all packs with 4x Garrote and EB / Ruptures.
Is there any know bug with crimson tempest? Just used it for the first time in m+ yesterday and half the time I pressed the button it just didnโt do anything, global locked me, and then I had to press again
Hello guys,i see a lot of video for the assassination opening,what is the best with toxic blade for raid?
Pins
!guide
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Pins + sim yourself
Guys, i was looking Sims today and on theory bis for sin rights now is 3x raid trait + 3x dd and ofcorse toxic blade, am I right?
depends if it's pure ST or not
Yea np is quite nice with energy but acording to sims 3rd tc is higher
pure ST would definetly be at least 3 DD
Yeah.... you take the 3 TC AND NP
TC is Tracherous Covenant right?
k
On what Boss it's nad to have 3x DD?
I mean couple of them have add phase, but bot that's super long
Maybe on mythic SS will be quite noce for Vanish burst
I just prefer NP because of the energy regen tbh
SS is nice for Rasta and Jadefire
I feel that, for full potential of that cleave you are talking about you will need to move more than you actually will gain. The only boss might be like Rastakahn
Its also impossible to have 3x DD and 3x TC
yup, thats my main issue atm since I came back to WoW 2 days ago lul
so thats why the best setup has 1 NP
TC is simming well because you never go below 50% tho
Stop taking avoidable damage.
Is the simming correct for SS (without Exsanguinate), sims really low
Yes, just make sure you're using subterfuge
Being below 50% for any substantial amount of time is very rare
If you're constantly under 50%, you're taking avoidable damage. lmao
I get that the fire looks nice and comfy, but don't
G'huun is probably the worst fight imaginable for that trait and even then most of my guild would've had 75-80% uptime on it in the last phase
Except for Jaina. Then the fire is your friend
Until it isn't lul
You dont really drop below 50% from the fires in p1 though, they only do like 30k per second
Btw. Isn't 3xDD, 2xTC, 1xNP best? Not 3xTC, 2xDD, 1xNP??
TC sims higher
Tc sims higher, but its like 25-40 simdps
So do whatever you want
Okey nice
TC gives aoe value as well since its your overall stats
? its just Agility
Well no kidding. Its your primary stat. Haste has more of an effect on those though
and Mastery as well
not sure what you're saying here
my point is that TC gives aoe and st value
dd is st only
Wait yeah wtf am I saying? This is about the trait lmao
Holy shit I'm like drunk or something
You're correct but the DD crits during vendetta+tb are definitely juicy
22k with only 2 traits atm ๐
That's mega
hey, what is more important: envenom on 3cp to maintain EP or on 5 and loose few sec of EP?
5
ty
so thoughts on seductive power. I heard its kinda bugged where it hardly procs? im testing sims out on my gear and one of my traits is SP but im using SoB just because i heard its kind of bad but sims are showing SP better?
Unless its just normal that it like never procs
can we stack Nothing personal ?
With every trait in the entire game, the damage/healing/stats always stack while all the other effects dont
should i use exs even i have better traits for TB in dungeons ?
in raids ik tb is better but just wondering is there some reason that exs is always in used in dungeons
significantly higher amount of garroting means exsang does more in dungeons
Also since you're envenoming much less, less TB value
I'm struggling a bit with understanding the rotation when there are 2 adds, 3 adds, and 4+ adds. I think the 2-add rotation is basically just the ST rotation and trying to maintain rupture + garrote on both targets. What about for 3 adds?
fan of knives to build CP?
fok instead of muti
And that's assuming subterfuge?
yeah
My sim is better for Master Assassin given my current traits (lack of SS). So that wouldn't be possible for me I don't think
Any1 know yet if raid trinket can compete with dungeon trinkets
8.0 you always wanted dice and plumage or dooms
unless raid trinket is 415 and dungeon one is 385
Dont know how is it now
how do i check my overall bleeds up on wcl ?
Go into your damage breakdown, and look to the right
In the same row as your dots damage bar there wil be a "uptime" column
@buoyant coyote
Can't check journal myself atm but does anyone know if any of the raid azerites have SS and EB on separate rings? If so which ones?
Jaina shoulders
Okay cool. Anymore?
Is wowanalyzer even updated for assa? I know it wasnt supported throughout uldir
So we're reliant on either using 370 m0 pieces or getting lucky in the cache to have 3x SS and 3x EB right?
Looks to still be fairly barebones
Idk if you dont want to rely on luck buy specific
But buying random is in most scenarios just better because they're so much cheaper
Yeah ofc. Would have like 5/6 chances at getting a good one for same price of buying the specific
Can't remember exact amounts
Its 4 1/6 chances, 5 if you scrap all the first 4
what do people tend to gem and enchant for for m+?
!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.
aye, but what do you actually do
If you want to do aoe damage you get crit
hello! anyone know how to use Invocation of Yu'lon? on CD?
fine, thanks
jaina shoulders does not give ss/eb combo, it gives SS SOB, or EB SOB
its the conclave chest that gives SS/EB combo, the other 2 slots youll have to fill via random azerite purchases
oh mb
you should also purchase the shoulder slot first if you care to optimize for m+,
there are 2 out of 6 shoulder pieces that give ss/eb, so its double the chances of other slots of getting those traits
What's the chance of getting the combo from a chest? I was gonna buy chest at reset cause I currently still have a mythic uldir chest which is baaad
You can have a look at all of the chests in the document in the pins
i dont understand why people are taking opal over the emerald
if you shadowstep properly you can maintain high stacks, get into opulence and get to 30 stacks
maintaining that single target on the boss and doting the adds closest to you seems optimal
Tbh, most of us went opal because emerald was bugged and wasnt an option. Tbd which is actually better
Because it's bugged and only stacks to 5
Yea. They hotfixed it
ok so emerald is defs the way to go then no?
But after a lot of us already cleared
No
Its likely opal is better on mythic if the fight lasts long
so you get multiple sets of adds
On a short kill, prob. Opal still likely better on longer kill times
But for hc prob emerald
U get liquid gold once and ur fked
ok then in that case do you think it would be worth to vanish triple garrote then fok continously ?
if i have only 1 SS i have to use Subterfuge or Master assasing?
Sub
!simyoself
How the fuck did they down heroic opulence in 2 minutes?
Depends on what your group needs. If you are tunnelling st into boss you fok once per add spawn. If youre aoeing, aoe
If u have any SS it's always sub
2 minutes and 18 seconds. Did anyone see that?!
i feel like even if you get liquid gold if you have shadow step up you can maintain your stacks
Prob just a log error
It's a bug u can reset the boss and keep ur gem stacks
You have 1 step, you have to run once
who are you gonna shadowstep to if you get liquid gold?
Their logs start when they hit the boss, not when they start the corridor
so yes, its a bugged log
thats still losing stacks tho
that way you lose half the stacks you normally would
yeah but definately not as much
you can recover and get back to 30
And then you get gold a second time
how much dmg increase is 30 stacks?
thats less than 2 waves of adds lol
your st flies
Opal is the safer choice unless it's a fast kill
If ur guild can kill the boss and only have him spawn adds once emerald may have merit
Simple as that
yea maybe on farm
on mythic, the adds will live longer and be more spread out, and youll get a 3rd wave or even 4th
x)
Why is my sim coming back so low?
Do u have double ring azerite armor?
Yeah. Two of them
Linking the sim would be better
is dagger in the back really better than twist the knife?
I used the simcraft bot, just used mobile browser and got higher but still low for 392.. Saw an outlaw simming 1k higher at 389 https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/3rpMn6ssHvhF1f25rzYV5G
I feel like I should be higher.. I have done top gear and simmed multiple gems and enchants
is the raidbots tool reliable to compare dps output across specs?. (haven't played since MoP, and back then shadowcraft was good intra-spec, not so much across)
You're missing a lot of dps traits in your gear, and scent of blood is fairly bad for ST
you dont have the neck ilvl for the 3rd dps rings
which is 200-400 dps each depending on trait
Hey guys, once more: anyone knows how to get to Exodar nowadays, as Horde?
ship from rutheraan as always
Okay I'll try for more azerite. I didn't get any azerite for like 2 months while on last 3 bosses for cutting edge. Just got on to raid..
Thanks
Where or what is Rutheraan?
a village at the bottom of old teldrasil
I'll resim the 2nd ring traits too
can i fly over there when i set Darkshore to the "past"?
yup. There's a few seconds of fatigue though
seems fine, thanks a lot @sinful cypress
@wild stone You can either go to bloodmallet.com to find bis trinkets and traits. or run Raidbots Droptimizer, just type your characters name and it'll find it in the wow armory for you
@wild stone what i do is ill email my self the current /simc on my rogue then copy that from my phone then you can top gear while your at work.
Shit yeah I'll have to do that. I can kill like 2 hours simming Haha
I look at bloodmallet and hero dmg all the time but I can't sim that
I'll try droptimizer
word, its like 3$ a month
I spend more on McDonald's nuggies in a week than that lol
Hey Gents, so in my most recent sim -> https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/3NuLvNk3EYDcRo1S9NtzVC - Master Ass Sims highest
i havent used master ass in awhile though...
I just open. have full garrote & rupture, hold 5 combo points, Vanish -> Vendetta -> envenom -> mutilate x2 -> envenom?
Openers are in the guide. Would spell it out better for you
That's def not correct because no tb
ye thats what i thought, mistyped mb
Also i noticed my haste went from 2.6 in uldir, to 2.1 in BoD, and my mastery jumped up to almost 3
do you hold on to your 2nd vendetta till vanish is back up? (20 sec ish)
@mighty elm you would 100%
miss to much burst w/o it, but it should be close. within like 5 seconds of eachother
Yes, hold second vendetta for second vanish. After that they line up
Tb on cd
dont you line it up with vanish vendetta ?
it's only a 25s CD. You can hold vendetta and vanish for tb
hmm i see
Chances are you'll never have to for more than a few seconds though
I would only reccomend the MA build for fights that require very little movement. So far thats pretty much just Grong. I sim higher for ST with MA but real world has me doing a lot more dps with SS+subt
!azerite
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how the hell did u get 2 400 azerite pieces from darkshore stuff?
@ember forum
@gusty kestrel shouldnt you tb before you vanish? so you can tb->vanish-> envenom->multi-> envenom to get 2 envenom crits within the 3 sec MA window?
i knew alliance gets 1 400 piece, didnt know it was 2
Where can I find more information on running Crimson Tempest for high keys?
!ct
There is no specific week or affix that makes one or the other more viable.
CT vs PB is mainly down to your group, the dungeon itself and your pull sizes, with PB naturally having an edge in boss fights.
It's mainly the combination of affixes and dungeons that favour one or the other. High Tyr KR/Temple favour PB in general, due to low pulls and harder bosses.
In terms of Exsang vs TB; Exsang wins since it works well with SS traits and it's only 1 global on your priority target for some burst damage and extra energy.
TB usually locks you to that target to gain the most out of it.
@primal gazelle I been playing with pb and it feels so nice
poison bomb?
CT is still good, but with triple eb spending less energy on CT and more energy on foks feels right
But looking at people and just using the two feels correct
@round harbor lets duke it out one day when we both get bis traits ๐
Best name plates !?!?
It sounds really good synergy
i dont like scent very much tbh
it actually sucks for reaping because they just die before you can get 4-5+ off
what i do is actually only rupture the risen souls (lowest hp ones)
spam fok until 50 or less energy, 5 cp rupture a dying risen soul for full energy bar back
and just keep spamming fok without putting up ruptures unless under 50 energy
i only have maybe 2-3 up at a time this way and just spam fok
Also gotta consider I'll probly be running outlaw in everything besides kr and temple
So or and temple might benefit from scent and a little less aoe
Or*
Kr
I'm just azerite starved ATM so I can't run both specs optimally
same lol these azerite reforges are mounting up
have to reforge for m+, then raid, and pvp, on the same 3 pieces lol
Can you pre-cloak to stop the iceblock on jaina? Like, theres those few sec before you get blocked after hitting 20. If you cloak then, can you avoid being blocked? I cannot test again until next week
Yes for 5 seconds
cloak doesnt clear your stacks, so even if you stop the iceblock, itll still freeze u right after it fades
Ah ok. So the stacks remain, it would just extend the time before actually being blocked by 5 sec
Wtf blizz, why even play rogue? ๐
I was hoping it would interact like "hit 20, cloak, immunes the block, stacks reset as if blocked, profit"
Breaking news: Cloak clears stacks. Method uses 5 rogues to defeat Mythic Jaina for WF
Zulul II: Electric Boogaloo
Nah nah, clearing stacks, thats fine, that makes sense. But im pretty sure if you bubble pre-block, you dont get blocked
So stack pallies i guess
๐
but youll get blocked after your bubble is down
LOL
Yea. Its all just delay
Its almost like they thought about this ahead of time
And then free action pots happened...
Just play mage
free action pots work on jaina?
And block/blink out of every block
theres no you can blink a block what
cloak doesnt clear stacks
You can
is that a meme
Bro, playing mage without shimmer?! Blasphemy! ๐
If you dont play shimmer
and they will remove the free action pot thing
Nah I wasnโt serious about Cloaking stacks Tryan
It was all for the meme potential
I wasnt asking about stacks but about the block itself. Either way, mystery solved
If a fire mage combustions right before getting blocked...... #classfantasy
๐
anyone else feel bad when theres like 6-8+ iceblocks to pad on jaina, as a rogue you do like maybe 20-30k dps to them, but dhs and ret pallys blast fhem for 60-80k ๐ฆ
wath do you expect as assassination? we have a ramp up
Just look at dmg done to jaina and youll instantly feel better
and imagine playing paladin
Paladunk
jaina is so awk for cds sub could prolly beat it
jaina has too much time off boss for sub to be better
all those kilometers
Every morning when I wake up I think about kilometers
Anyone know why my Kimbul's Razor Claw seems to sim so high? on heroic blockades it did 2.5% of my damage. It just seems low
2.5% plus the agi it provides is good
!guide
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Hi! I am a bit newbie when it comes to rogues and how to play them, so I kinda would like to some one more experienced to maybe help me out. I checked the guide and pinned messages but didnt find an answer. So the thing I wanted to ask is that should I go with Shrouded suffocation over Double dose when they are both same Ilvl gear when playing Toxic Blade. Other thing that I am wondering is that how much I should pool energy when going to cast toxic blade to make as much out from it as possible ?
Both traits are good. Simming yourself would tell you what is better. SS will probably pull ahead on fights where you can vanish garrote multiple targets.
try to pool for TB but i'm pretty sure you just want to mash it if you're arent 5 cp
to get the most casts out of it rather than the most efficient one
Ty for answers. So Gerts do you mean that I should cast envenom after every mutilate ?
during toxic blade ^^
Okay, thank you!
anyone tried testing out MA with 3 DD? and changing your vanish opener to mut envenom mut?
ideally your DD can crit too which "might" be a dps increase" but who knows
Feels like im doing low dmg on cleave
what gem is ideal for rogues on Op?
opal i think for the stacks
thought it was !gem lol
Being told not to multi bleed on burst during rastkhan cuz others die to quick <.<
Richard, I think people just want the command to post the gif
Need to find a compromise on CD because otherwise youll end up with 1 person asking and everyone jumping to the command to post it
And then we'll have fucking 10 opals in the chat 
so hows it looking spec-wise for the new raid? still mostly assa?
Anyone else have a tricks bug? I cannot use it anymore ๐ฆ
If u have neural silencer on ur self as well u can't tricks either
Wow rip. Thanks
I gotta ask, I'm struggling a bit with rogue for example in Freehold. I just can't stay out of some kind of aoe everywhere. Am I being a tard or something?
yes
stun the duelist charge, banana barrage, dodge traps, interrupt frost blast
avoid the slam from the crusher
And if you still fail, go outlaw for the extra melee range, it removes a bunch of those XD
Yeah I found m+ a lot easier on outlaw in general... but... assassin is more fun :p Other than that whole dying part
whats the best proffesions for a sin rogue?
the enforcers are always the hardest ones to dodge because i can never see where theyre facing lmfao
i wish theres like a WA that shows an arrow on top of your target and which direction its facing
Proffs allow you to craft gear. Lw and jc would be considered the best for rogue this tier. W makes 2 pieces and jc makes a guaranteed socketed ring
me? no
damn i wished you were LOL
ok i got LW and was thinking bout ditching skinniong for something so jc looks promising
The good, old AVR addon would be awesome
She's dainty
and the entire damn background is BLUE
and shes casting an icy ray thats also blue
cant see shit
Just mark her with square ๐ค
yeha, they should make jaina somewhat better too see
(Square is also blue and cant be seen with that fight room)
joke went over my head
Let's say I'm at 75% energy on mekka, and tb comes up while I'm at max cp and bleeds have sufficient time. Currently I cast tb and overcap cp to get another env out. Over the course of a fight, I get 3 or so more envs out during tb but lose an env overall. Worth or nah
Its fine
Think of it this way
1 combo point is worth roughly 20% of an envenom (slightly less because of energy)
And TB increases envenom damage by 30%
30%>20%
I am sure trait stacking has been discussed at length, but can anyone confirm if I have our BIS azerite gear correct please? Cowl of Righteous Resolve (DD + TC), Ma'ra's Boneblade Mantle (DD + TC), and Mekkatorque's Bomber Jacket (NP + TC)
That's true. Tb crits like almost half the time for me though, so that'd be 40%>30%. Ehhhh
so a 3 point TB envenom < 5 point non-tb envenom?
Never 3 cp env
I don't, but it seems like a worthwhile question
also, you might 3 cp env if the thing is about to die before 2 globals ๐
so never say never ๐

Ok so on that, let's say mekka is about to fly away but this is the last chance to use vanish before wasting a ton of time. If we have ss, would it be garrote env garrote or garrote garrote env?
That was a bad example lmao
Rasta before going into bwomamdi's area. That'd be a solid 15s off target
mut --> 2 combo, vanish -> g finisher G to avoid wasting cp points if possible
Theres like barely any downtime b4 u go down
If you're too low energy going into those last 3s you just won't have the energy to get those off tho
I guess you can sacrifice something else to pool tho
Just dont leave early he has a cast time for his phase so just watch for it
is there a weak aura for gigavolt osciallator?
Yeah but my raid is biscuits lmaooo I gotta get there earlier than I should
beast
BIS azerite gear: Cowl of Righteous Resolve (DD + TC), Ma'ra's Boneblade Mantle (DD + TC), and Mekkatorque's Bomber Jacket (NP + TC). Thoughts?
if not bis very close to it, nothing better from raid I guess
those pieces are from raid..
yes
the shoulder piece is called Mestrah's Singing Spaulders
My analysis includes dungeon gear tho
which piece is dungeon
name is different ally/horde
oh
kinda dumb
From what I see, ideally we would want 3 x DD and 3 x TC
but there is no chest piece in the game that has DD and TC
so we are left with what i posted
Btw guys what is top best performing spec for m+ and what is for raid?
is the answer
Heard that outlaw does way more dps in m+ with new affix than assa , sry i was not playing for some time.
You'll get a lot of different answers on this addikt as it is a matter of opinion. But I'd say outlaw for m+ and sin for raids.
i saw noxxic site looks like sub is performing better with 385-415ilvl on 1 target not moving
NOXXIC
Noxxic is awful.
haha did i trigger someone ๐
KEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEK
outlaw and sin are top 5 specs for m+, its just gonna be down to player prefence
delete that website from your browsing history. also how many fights are you aware of where there's 1 target and no movement?
you proably want EB not DD for like half the fights in BODA
what? lol
i know but its just testing how classes perform ๐
@strange python Sin and Outlaw are perfectly viable choices. The wowhead guides are probably the best written atm. Use sims, WCL and other resources here to determine things.
Remove Noxxic from your mind
but the test is being performed by a chimpanzee with a crayon
aha okay , btw some paladin was outdpsing me in raid , are paladins now rly good or something?
noxxic literally always has different power and ranking systems for all the classes and specs than ALL OTHER MAJOR SIMS
ye i understand
im sorry im just very passionate about how terrible that site is
right?
but are paladins now good dps in raid or this one was insane that i saw in raid?
there's millions of factors man
theyre not bad
he might have had 6 traits
you can get outdps'd by a resto druid. That doesn't mean resto druids are insane dpsers
Unless youve got alog of the kill, we cant tell you what it was that pulled them ahead ๐
right now we are in some wierd state where someone can get lucky, get 6 traits and pubstomp literally everyone
aha , i didnt log im casual trash atm kinda dissapointed with 8.1 and whole raid
#unsubscribed
Fair enough
rly? surprising! this is the first raid thats been surprisingly well recieved
yea i like it 10x better than Uldir
dno i liked Uldir more tbh it felt like a real raid
okay now thats too far
this feel so cheap dude
LOL
I really think it is leaps and bounds ahead of Uldir
you can have an opinion BUT NOT THAT ONE
that first boss with that small ass boat when i was there with 30ppl i got cancer my dude xD
Can have what ever opinion you like lol
not first boss*
but u know what i mean like 3rd boss or something
Not based off normal/hc lol
So im the only one that dislikes the new raid? ๐ฎ
yeah no im jk i just hated uldir like the sheep i am
First raid tier is always a bit lack luster imo
no im sure theres people who dont enjoy it. its a very ranged friendly raid as usual so im sur emelee may not like it
I havnt had an instance wherr i have hated being melee in BoD except akunda on conclave
I do like the look etc a lot more than uldir
dno just have a feeling that they didnt put enough time into making this raid , all the bugs , fps problems , bugged quests gives me picture that something is rly bad happening with blizzard atm
bosses as well, will see about mythic
theres a ton of top level blizz employees that had left the company within the past 12 months
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what gem should i take in opulence?
Opal
really opal? i took ruby D:
ok thx
1 person each side takes ruby yes
Rest will take opal
Unluck if you're on ruby duty
and outlaws opal too? for a friend who plays outlaw
Yes
cool thx
wait only one person can take ruby?
w.....why?
For adds
Only need 1
And they dont stack
Total dps waste to have more when they could be on opal
ooooohhh
Rip your log ๐
ohmygod i just read ruby
so ruby applies for literally everyone
holy fuck im blind
i feel so bad now
i think opulence would have gone down alot sooner if i hadnt told most of the melee to go ruby LMFAO
Have a flick through this if you get 5 mins spare
Its decent
guide is decent but know that limit has nothing to do with it lol
title is clickbait
Hello everyone, what's the optimal way to use the Gigavolt trinket from Mekatork? Do you wait until it hit 6 stacks (then wait 6 seconds) AND THEN hit the on use effect to get another 6 seconds at max stacks? Or am I understanding it wrong?
why does the guide say limit, just to add credence to it? meh
Just got the mekkatorque chest azerite
Should i go double dose or treacherous?
Rest of my azerite is all pre 8.1
Prob dd, becuase they sim roughly the same
And even though the drawbacks of tc are rare, dd doesnt have drawbacks
for the bursting affix does DH darkness do anyhting?
Yes
is blockades normal overtuned on normal with low players ?
It was easier in hm than in nm i swear lol
or whatever the boss before jaina is called
Just to pick up on that opulence question re gems, I took opal on my first run. On my second run I decided to take emerald (do more damage if you stand still capping at 30% increased damage). I did not move a single time in phase 2 and I absolutely crushed the meters.
@dapper bough it definitely seems harder on NM for whatever reason. Low number of players also means harder soaks since a bigger portion of your raid will need to move
yeah... the adds have way too much hp it seems on normal ... and they teleport
Fast kill favors emerald, many add waves favor opal
Anyone know if its still possible to cloak stacks of the iceblock before it resets <5 seconds on Jaina, or did they fix it? I tried to do it all last night on our heroic kill but never seemed to get to < 8 seconds before it passively reset.
Cloak does not remove stacks of the iceblock thing on jaina no
I know it doesnt remove them, but before yesterday rogues were timing cloak to avoid the buff resetting passively when it was about to time out.
So when the debuff was at < 5 seconds, you could cloak and not get reapplication, the debuff would wear off
Not sure if they fixed it since though
has anyone had issues with their ruby user dying on p2? i can't see why there's a need for a second ruby, except to help the adds die at the same time. or you could just make your melee group heavier than ranged group, knowing that ranged will catch up in final room when there's a ruby on the construct
because if you have only one ruby guy and he needs to move because of the gold thingy... you're fucked, I guess
rogues can at least shadowstep back, though if you get multiple pools in a row then its rough
so i got the mekka trinket yesterday, and it appears to sim well for me. Do you try to delay certain cds to get the most benefit on the highest stack, or do you just use everything on cd regardless?
its pretty hard too do plans with that trinket cus it builds and drops stacks even outside of combat
sucks when you pull and its at 2 going down
i just hope the trinket is as good as my sims says, my 375 dice and mekk trink sim the highest for me
right now i just use it at max stacks or when its dropping and a cd window just came up at 5 too hold it longer
As long as you use the on use properly it should be
probably not the best way, but idk
i think the ideal way would be to activate at the last second you have 6 stacks
i'm gonna miss lion's guile though
does that matter? i thought the timer just stops
wich means you still have the full timer of the current buff
i thought it might reset
like i said, not sure about it cus the trinket is a bit weird
and i would prefer that it doesnt build and drop all the time
it's sort of like incanter's flow
and who knows, maybe some one will make a quick guide on how to use it, but it's probably just as simple as using it on 6 stacks when you can :/
well, incanters flow is only in combqat if im right(?) and always gives you a bonus, and like i said, its annyoing when you start a pulltimer and the stacks are at 3-4 dropping, cus then you pull at 1-2 stacks and have no trinket at all after a few sec
do you guys pool your energy till something comes up like tb (obv not capping on energy) or do you try to keep refreshing EP as soon as it drops
From my understanding you dont really track EP and more so bother with maintaining envenom until it falls off and you cant immediately hit it again. Then you pool until around 150 energy and envenom > mut til 4/5 cp > envenom > repeat until energy starved
Assuming things like TB dont come up or you dont need to refresh rupture
Do we need a 10 key this week, or does it cap at 6?
Rewards from end of dungeon cap at 6 but weekly is still 10
10 for weekly rewards
!opal
Awww not in yet, but if you're on normal or a good geared hc then emerald
Otherwise opal
Do the gems spawn in random spots or same every time? Only had a couple pulls on heroic cause I've been sick all week.
Ok. I need to unfortunately pug a kill tonight I supposed. Try to get them sweet daggers.
Need a stupid shoulder as well. Got head from first boss and really nice 400 chest from world pvp reward. Jadefire gave up nothing for me though.
first boss head is really good for aoe and ST right?
i havent really looked into anyhting other than m+ traits lmfao
ho boy time to pug
(or 3rd if you play the wrong faction)
uh whats the wrong faction
does horde get the pvp 400 piece next week?
game is rigged
and there need too be more alliance then horde in WM for that anyway
wich is impossible in world of hordecraft at this point
Horde isnt gonna get the piece
naww
Why is Fathoms STILL so op.... a 30ilvl upgrade is still under simming
the +30 beats in on aoe sims
Can you log a fight against a dummy? I just started and ended a log on fighting a dummy but it doesn't seem to upload
@rustic ether I have Construct overcharger and fathoms. Just got a 385 tortollan trinket that has more agil and gives crit
whoops, wrong one
Is my sim wrong or am I stuck with fathoms forever? lol
Fathoms beats most trinkets outside of a few at a high levels, especially in St. That's close enough that the tooth would probably be better in aoe at least
get 385 trinkets and that shouldnt be an issue unless theyre bottom tier
Are there m+ trinkets that beat it?
Dice, spyglass, GCB, plume can
at 400 almost every m+ trinket will beat it
Sick... I'll start farming
!help
crown dropped, i had the TC head, so i gave it away. the guy who won the roll, replaced it with the WQ head. fml i'll just keep it next time if you're going to roll on a garbage item just for 10 levels
TC will be somewhere under SS/SUB/EX
DitB if you're a savant will compete with Ancients' Bulwark
Same as CoA.
@primal gazelle were we expecting nerfs?
Not really, but it wouldnt be unreasonable
Always expect nerfs
The First Dance haste reduced by 40%.
goodbye sub
^
its comical at this point
to nerf the most underplayed spec over and over again
every other month
lmao
Everywhere
Its underplayred everywhere lol
and you cant compare it to any class with a tank or heal offspec
YEs TFD needed nerfed, should have had other buffs though
if you look at the # of logs by sub rogues, its literally the least played spec in the game
Who fucking cares if it's underplayed, the trait is broken.
Not anymore they made sure of that :3
Not rogue related but my god this this Blur of Talons effectiveness reduced by 33%. take way too long
Cya survival
or for most if not all of Normal and Heroic, honestly.
uRdpsHitBoss
and yeah BoT was dumb > _>
what does that talent do
Makes their 2 min cd last 1:30 and give a massive agility bonus
Still very good it looks like.
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Just more in line with everything else.

im just glad they didnt nerf any sin rogue traits
like 2nd vendetta trait in legion.
i thought none of the enh stuff was any good.
Get this non rogue stuff outta here
Welcome back sub boiz
I just like the blue name
can I stay with you guys until they fix my spec?
no demon hunter nerfs surprises me
Or spriest
anyway. "least played class" still bugging me. Not a heal offspec, not a tank offspec, not ranged. Grats = rogue. so yeah would make sense to be least played class. there are other roles to fill. and then Ranged.
Ill take my responses offline. thx.
I guess spriests deserve a chance at being strong
Their aoe trait got nerfed by 35%
Ah. Perfect
guys, on pull, its a big dps loss, start with gar-gar-rup-vend-exs-etc instead of gar-rup-gar-vend-m-rup-exs-etc ?
you want 2nd one for max rupture and garrote duration with exsang
Don't know about big, but you sure lose out on exsang rupture time.
Yeah thats a fair loss, big or not theres no point to do it
If anything it's actively doing something worse.
grg v m r exs is ezpz. just do it properly. If you are snitching on our guild rogue that swears by ggr. just nod and remember that he is wrong.
wait, exs is good?
!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.


