#assassination

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rigid mango
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anywhere

meager nebula
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most of what we saw were the performance of the original essences

rigid mango
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Aye

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I mean atm every essence that seems good, has a drawback one way or the other

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Just the question if it's viable dps wise to take that drawback and maybe play around it?

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or if it's better to take the lower variance ones

sudden brook
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bleh

rigid mango
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Bleh indeed

fleet whale
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Lucid Dream has potential

rigid mango
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Probably is just that tbh

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As boring as it is

warm harbor
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I reckon lucid dream will be fun as

fleet whale
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idk if it's really that boring for assassin

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it looks like it adds some reactive play to the spec

warm harbor
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flooded with energy for almost 100% of your vendetta will be tasty

rigid mango
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Major looks fine

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Minor looks boring

fleet whale
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anything that increases APM for sin is not boring imo

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plus it might let us drop vigor

warm harbor
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yeah agreed, i think both major and minor will be intereting to play around with on ST

rigid mango
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Idk, I'd rather keep sin as the slow, methodical preplanning spec that it is atm

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I'd just like to see more than just

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Keeping on pressing my buttons just a bit faster

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3 NP perfection seems very good too

fleet whale
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i would welcome the change of pace, honestly sitting on so many empty globals can get tiresome, especially for a spec with a 1.0 gcd

warm harbor
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vision will be nuts for 3xNP, only issue is how it will kinda throw off line up with vanish

rigid mango
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Very much so

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3np ss might become better

rustic onyx
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NP doesn't proc full anymore on the proc

rigid mango
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Just screw it all

rustic onyx
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it's only like 6 sec of NP

rigid mango
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It doesn't?

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Rip that then

rustic onyx
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not on ptr atm

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no

rigid mango
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Lucid it is

rustic onyx
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testing some assa/outlaw shit

rigid mango
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Fucking lame

warm harbor
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6 seconds of NP is still nothing to laugh at

rustic onyx
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for me it was 50 k dmg

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with 3 np

rigid mango
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+- tb?

rustic onyx
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i mean the 6 NP proc

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did 50 k dmg

rigid mango
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Yeah

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But was it with or w out tb

warm harbor
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would've been w/o

rigid mango
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Cuz this is the question with this shit

rustic onyx
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Unsure honestly i'm testing outlaw right now

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this was like 1 hour ago

fleet whale
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tb isn't gonna be up all the time when this procs though

rigid mango
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Being if holding tb becomes more worth

rustic onyx
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when i saw 6 sec proc i just swapped to outlaw lul

rigid mango
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Exactly

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I know this

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Just the question of whether it's worthwhile or not, I doubt it though

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And with that build vanish n vend are so scuffed

rustic onyx
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Pty sure the lucid dreaming will be better for assa

rigid mango
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Either you play ss and just fuck the timers up so hard it doesn't matter

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Or you play ma and align them anyways

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And play w/out a minor

fleet whale
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is lucid dreaming on the gcd, cause if it is that opener will feel very clunky

rigid mango
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Lucid dreaming here we come

warm harbor
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I feel you would pop lucid after the influx of energy of vendetta is over, so wouldnt that clunky

rigid mango
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Now it's just a question of with lucid dreaming if DS is better

warm harbor
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but still a lost global during ven

fleet whale
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F the GCD change

rigid mango
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DS is just bad for assa tho

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Feels giga awk to play

fleet whale
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i mean, if we get a healthy amount of energy influx from Dreaming

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it might not feel as awkward

rigid mango
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That's not the issue

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It's how assa is

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It's awk to get to that CP

fleet whale
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idk, you could argue vigor is awkward due to how many wasted cps you get

rigid mango
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I don't really think that's comparable tbh

fleet whale
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and DS increases finisher damage regardless

rigid mango
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Maybe just haste chunking a bit and going both lucid and vigor

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Issue is just that DS is bad to play with

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With vigor and lucid

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  • regular haste stackinf
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I'd guess 3 env tb's are standard now

warm harbor
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if you run the unbound force minor for ST encounters then thatll greatly help your energy regen making DS more viable

rigid mango
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Like I said, less about energy regen

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And more that DS is an awk talent to play w for sin

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5-6 is far worse than 4-5

warm harbor
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why?

fleet whale
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i wouldn't mid using Vigor with Dreaming, just speculating if DS could be used

rigid mango
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Imagine every tb window atleast 2 builders not even with good rng

fleet whale
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and DS worked just fine for Sin in EN

rigid mango
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Sure, but it's still a good spot for sin to be in finisher wise esp with tb

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I think just goinf decent haste w decent energy regen and getting very consistant tb windows

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Might just end up better

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I hate doing feelycraft

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Gimme numbers pls

warm harbor
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mods said sims would be out before the patch

rigid mango
fleet whale
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gonna grind out Lucid Dream when 8.2 hits

rigid mango
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I'm gonna grind sims

warm harbor
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would be amazing if both DS and vigor were viable

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player choice

rigid mango
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I'd prefer more essences too

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Or just essences instead or talents

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But idk

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M+ also just seens giga braindead

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Go blood ez pez there u go

fleet whale
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i doubt dreaming will be taken in M+

rigid mango
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Crit in m+ just seems too good

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Even tho I don't think 3 eb is gonna be the meta

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That crit for even just 2 eb

warm harbor
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I think if EB stays as it is then Blood of the enemy is just too good

rigid mango
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Yep

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Looks kinda fun to play tho

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Ngl

warm harbor
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Lucid's value drops off super quick the second there is more than 2 targets

rigid mango
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I'm more interested in the other traits

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Outside of eb

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1 ss, 1-2 eb

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Minimum

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Just heavy ttk and an np?

warm harbor
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I think the TTK build is gonna continue so that prio dmg is gonna be centre stage again

rigid mango
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Probs

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That's what I'm hoping anyways

fleet whale
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i feel like my 2x SS, 2x EB, and 2x TTK build should still be viable

rigid mango
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Np sounds good if minibosses are hard

warm harbor
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nelfs will want to take 2xSS 2xEB 2xTTK as a cookie cutter i think

rigid mango
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Idk

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I'll just aim for 3ttk probs

warm harbor
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wowhead article mentioned that mini-bosses are currently even with the new enemy counter tuning, not worth going for

rigid mango
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Yeah I meant the beguiling dudes

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If they're aids like

fleet whale
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well, you don't fight the void one

rigid mango
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You have to

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Someplaces

warm harbor
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nah you dont

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oh that im not sure of

rigid mango
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Uhh yes

fleet whale
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Preach said it was really inefficient to kill one

rigid mango
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Like

warm harbor
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but i believe its designed to make it so that you should always think about skipping them

rigid mango
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There's one in the dervishes

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In tos

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Some are there certain weeks

warm harbor
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sheesh thats gonna be aids

rigid mango
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With the intention of being taken

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Ssme like

fleet whale
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idk how that's gonna go with melee heavy comps then

rigid mango
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You know miniboss after 1st boss shrine?

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One there

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Seemingly

warm harbor
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but they have 10x the health of a normal mob yeah?

rigid mango
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So that you can't do the skip

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Uhh

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Dunno about exact numbers ngl

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They just got hard nerfed

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So

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Void hp chunked by 35%, cast time up 1 sec

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It doesn't look as bad as it was when flawless was testing it

warm harbor
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guess will find out soon enough

rigid mango
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We'll have to wait and see ig

warm harbor
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damn thinking of running the minor for unbound force and vision with major of blood of the enemy in m+ and you stack mastery/vers will lead to some stupidly high aoe dmg if you line the major up with when unbounds minor procs

uncut maple
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Which Azerite combo is usually best for Mestrah's shoulders? Double Dose/Treacherous/Gutripper?

celest swan
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hey, whats the PBE expeirence on aszhara bosses for melees

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better then in BoD?

warm harbor
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@uncut maple for ST yes, and if you're lacking crit unstable may perform slightly better than GR

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@celest swan preach said that it isnt too bad for melee this time around expect for one boss

tribal marlin
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fck that shit

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NP bug with Vision still not fixed ....

bronze kelp
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what bug @tribal marlin ?

tribal marlin
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If you slot vision of perfection on the PTR, it will prevent standards vendetta cast to proc NP.

bronze kelp
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lol rip

tribal marlin
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I thought the bug would have been fixed with the hotifx but no

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so I can't test efficiently this essence for now :/

bronze kelp
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just spam them with reports

tribal marlin
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I did but it's a bug that appear few weeks ago and still not fixed

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(it appears when they make so that vision don't proc full NP duration)

bronze kelp
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hm... reminds me of the SS bug, where your 4th garrote eliminated the dmg bonus of the first 3

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also took some time to be fixed :/

tribal marlin
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at least we could (and did) use the trait

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this bug make the essence unusable

bronze kelp
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thats true ^^

uncut maple
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@warm harbor Treacherous seems risky though, that's what most ppl use with the Mestrah Shoulders?

warm harbor
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Yeah you get no Value from EB in raids (most of the time)

tropic ocean
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Treachorous shouldnt be risky at all like theres not really much times where you are sub 60% health

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Just check some logs for uptime

pale dew
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^

tropic ocean
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And for moments where you take some dmg you can just help with vial to get back up fast

uncut maple
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true

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What sim programs do you guys use these days? What's the most accurate? There seems to be tons of em now

strange python
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Afaik most people use simcraft

tribal marlin
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Lucid dream post-buff looks strong

celest swan
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u say but casue of cd chaging+ versa down or ist before the versa nerf?

blazing pumice
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@uncut maple All of them are based on simcraft. Most people use raidbots.com

tribal marlin
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it's post versa nerf with it's cd at 2mn

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I'm using when hitting 0 energy during vendetta

celest swan
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i would be so happy is blood essence wont be our first or second essnece

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cba farming 50k honor -.-

tropic ocean
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Cba farming neck essence everything 🙄

tribal marlin
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For what I tested, there are stronger essence than Blood of the enemy

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it's passiv still is pretty good

tropic ocean
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Just from reading the one that spawns the guardian reads very good for st

tribal marlin
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yes it is

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but it got nerfed recently

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sadly

tropic ocean
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And for m+ i‘d suppose you‘ll use the one use big dps one

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Fire channel 120k dmg or smth

tribal marlin
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I don't know I focused only on ST

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I tested a bit of Vision beside it being bugged

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I don't understand the proc chance but it sucks

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sometime it proc 3 time between 2 regular vendetta

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somtime it just doesn't proc at all for 2mn

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Probably good for cheesing logs but definitly not a variance you want for M prog

lime path
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anyone know the name of the shroud of concealment weakaura that countsdown when it's about to fade

solid nova
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@lime path This?

west cove
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hey guys just returning after being away since February. Looking forward to 8.2 what are the thoughts on Outlaw v Assa for M+ and raiding?

winter moss
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want an objective or an subjective answer?

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either way: sin for raiding will always be good

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outlaw gets some slight change to their aoe trait

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we gotta test how the new affix plays out

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both are viable and healthy picks

bronze kelp
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yes, choose one and master it 😉 or take both and master both XD

west cove
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i used to know my way round assa pretty well 😛

winter moss
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well it hasnt changed much since february

west cove
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I see outlaw is FoTM atm, but getting some aoe nerfs

winter moss
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well, no

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slight adjustment

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but outlaw is fotm because of the affix

lime path
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@solid nova thanks

west cove
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@winter moss cheers

winter moss
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you're welcome

lime path
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what will replace reaping as the season 3 affix

solid nova
lime path
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Ty again, Richard

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yikes

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say what you will about reaping, at least you can mongobongo aoe pad it down

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that one looks like it will require actual effort

winter moss
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random person in rh disc
mongobongo
cry bc new affix
games to hard, you gotta focus 3 diffrent types of mobs

lime path
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I didn't say it would be hard

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I'm not crying lmao

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I just think it will be funny in pugs

cobalt gyro
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Gonna be an annoying affix, for sure, especially with the effects it'll have on pugs

bronze kelp
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first weeks with pugs are maybe terrible

lime path
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It's going to be comedy gold

cobalt gyro
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Considering there's healer that still don't dispel the tank with reaping

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I wouldn't say first weeks only

bronze kelp
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maybe one complete affix cycle ^^

red saddle
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!azerite

prisma monolithBOT
bleak spoke
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Maybe every other seasonal affix is good

winter moss
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pugs always are special things especially in rang from weekly 10 to 15

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noone bats an eye about mechanics

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but complaining about an affix because it actually requires some brain and combined effort to come around is just a plain dense mindset

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but afaik you can play around 2 of 3 mobs easily

cobalt gyro
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It's more that it's not really fun

winter moss
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that one looks like it will require actual effort

lime path
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making an observation = complaining?

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you're making a lot of assumptions bud

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chill out

cobalt gyro
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You can make a thing require effort and make it fun

winter moss
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well fun is very subjective

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isnt it

cobalt gyro
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I checked a few of the dungeons on ptr where i could, and like, some pulls are going to be completely awful to play

lime path
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the knockback one looks funny

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only melee attacks or can you knock it back from range?

cobalt gyro
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Shrine by first boss had an enchanttress, you can assume that will be each of the three some weeks

strange python
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Does one guy just have to be the knockback boi

cobalt gyro
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If it's tides, you can't really play that pull

winter moss
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even with the release candidate on ptr now, still doesnt mean it will come to servers like this, first week will be tuned again so we will phases where the affix burns souls like the fel machine and weeks where the affix is just non existent

lime path
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is it fixed knockback?

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or will a harder hit knock back further

cobalt gyro
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It's a small knockback per hit

lime path
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white dmg too?

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dot ticks/bleeds too? or nah

cobalt gyro
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Didn't try dotting it but i can't imagine it will work if you dot it

lime path
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doesn't seem like it would to me either

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just curious

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did you confirm if white dmg did tho?

bleak spoke
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Nah it doesn’t

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Friend tested a lock

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The dots don’t knock back

cobalt gyro
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Don't see why white damage wouldn't

bleak spoke
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But I think it does keep it in combat so it disappears

strange python
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I'll get relegated to knockback boi peepohappy

bleak spoke
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White damage does

lime path
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looks like my feral will finally have a reason to exist

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1.0s attack speed

cobalt gyro
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Are you ready to have to pull a voidboi right at the top of the stairs before priestess

bleak spoke
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I was flurrying between the knocker and the mobs I was supposed to fight in an underrot but with sin you probs stand in place and fok

lime path
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voidboi the line of sight one?

bleak spoke
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The circle isn’t big enough to need it to be focused directly I don’t think

red saddle
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i think the voidboys are placed carefully, only reason they exist is to change your route

bleak spoke
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Like I was hitting mobs out of the reflect is what I mean

strange python
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Oh, press fok? I have that down

cobalt gyro
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They're definitely not

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Void right at top of atal stairs doesn't change your route

lime path
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what are the chances of them bugging out, ya think?

cobalt gyro
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Cause you have to do that pack anyway

bleak spoke
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It just makes you play a void guy

cobalt gyro
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Yep

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Which wastes 30+ seconds

bleak spoke
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Very high I expect them to fall through floors in Tol ez

cobalt gyro
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We'll get to see how many walls are actually walls

lime path
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I wonder, if two knockbackbois are relatively close to each other in a small place like AD, think it would be viable to do a double pull and have 1 guy keep knocking both back for 30s?

cobalt gyro
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Depends on the pull

red saddle
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there a more than one stair in atal, which one do you mean?

bleak spoke
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You need all the dps to do big pulls usually

lime path
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well if you can FoK spam

bleak spoke
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The one in front of priestess with the fire probs

lime path
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and knock back with FoK

cobalt gyro
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The one in front of priestess

bleak spoke
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That’s the only one you play mobs coming up from

cobalt gyro
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That you have to play

bleak spoke
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With the proximity of the stairs potentially changing the pull at all

red saddle
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mhm ok, that sucks

cobalt gyro
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If there's an emissary there you have to play it first

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No way can you do that pull without being able to kick

lime path
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emissary where the poison hulk bois are seems annoying

tropic ocean
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assa > outlaw confirmed pepeez

candid needle
deft escarp
tropic ocean
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wheres your 170m DMG bruuuu 😛

deft escarp
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gimme sec Ill try to find a 200+ one

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Im sry I dont have one -.- so u're right 😃

tropic ocean
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😄 pepeez

lime path
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anyone do any PTR testing of the new potions?

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trying to see if it's worth stockpiling Winter's Kiss to sell or not

rotund mural
vast forum
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thonk how are 2 outlaws doing less than 30k each?

rotund mural
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it's total damage for the entire dungeon

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but when we pulled reaping they were near 100k, i was above it 😛

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3eb ftw

last zephyr
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i had 250k dps at reaping as assa FeelsGoodMan

tribal marlin
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funny that the total dps is exactly 100.0k

worldly iron
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yeah wulf, that's what he meant, it's surprising that they're so low

lusty gale
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There is no way in the world that assa with even 3ebs wins in overall

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3eb is just pad, I dont understand why u want to have 3eb when u have outlaw rogues in group even two of them

tribal marlin
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No I meant, it's 100.00k total dps xD so that % of dps equal actual dps.

rigid mango
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Wdym @lusty gale

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Assa does more dmg than outlaw

stuck knoll
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Yeah if you chain it really long

lusty gale
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In overall? U kiddin

stuck knoll
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Outlaw just runs out

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No

rigid mango
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No?

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Lol.

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Ronkles and i are flat even

vast forum
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depends on duration of pull tbh

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pulls*

stuck knoll
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You beat me FH and I beat you SoB

rigid mango
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Just about pulla

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Yep

lusty gale
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Just pull boss with reap n don't wait for restealth :)

stuck knoll
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Depends on how things get pulled

visual mesa
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SoB overall xd

rigid mango
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We did spotter shit

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And I couldn't ever restealth

stuck knoll
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Also the healer getting flattened omegalul

rigid mango
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U missed a reap in fh tho

lusty gale
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What was ur overalls in fh

rigid mango
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I beat him

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By 4k

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My dude

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Assa has a higher dps ceiling

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Than outlaw

lusty gale
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What key was it, how big were the pulls

rigid mango
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Dude, just don't even argue about it

stuck knoll
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It would've been closer but I missed a pull and reaping

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But like

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He's not wrong

rigid mango
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It's legit down to pulls

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Assa can do more dmg than outlaw for sure

stuck knoll
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If tank pulls around flurry charges outlaw can go off

lusty gale
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I mean ye of course it's down to pulls

rigid mango
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Yeah

stuck knoll
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But if it's constant

rigid mango
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So don't say

stuck knoll
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You run outta gas

lusty gale
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But the way it's been played rn

rigid mango
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?

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Like

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Dude, assa has unlimited aoe

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Outlaw is limited

lusty gale
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What

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In what way

rigid mango
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To bf stacks?

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Assa has nothing like that

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Just fok

lusty gale
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Ok what kind of health do mobs need to have to actually reach that ceiling

rigid mango
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Let's put it like this

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If you play properly and give assas restealths

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They do more dmg

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Assa is way more reliant on pull timings

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Not chain pulling

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Outlaw doesn't matter for it, it just matters when you can bf or not

lusty gale
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But as mentioned for time efficiency u wanna pull fast and prolly chain pull quite often.

rigid mango
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Or just wait .5 sec for the assa to restealth

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Ur healer to drini

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Drink*

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And then pull again

lusty gale
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3eb is overkill anyhow when u have second outlaw rogue imo

rigid mango
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You mean double outlaw and assa?

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Yeah no shit

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It's not the best for your comp

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But will give you best numbers probs

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The reason outlaw is betyer

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Is thanks to the utility

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At minmaxed gear, assa is really up there dps wise

ripe nimbus
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Has anyone messed around with a lucid dream/venom rush build on PTR seems like it could be good. All Dem muts and envenoms lol

rigid mango
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Doubt that venom rush'll be better tbh

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We have a lack of good assa's that want to TC in NA

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Most are EU

lusty gale
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I just wanna compare the numbers to be convinced

rigid mango
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It's really hard to compare numbers

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Every run is gonna be different in one way or another

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Every person wont play the spec optimally

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You can't sim it

lusty gale
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Of course but there is somewhat avg

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That u hit most of the time

rigid mango
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I'd say i out dps every outlaw I've played with apart from Ronkles

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Him and I are flat even

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That doesn't say much, because pug outlaws

vast forum
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we should do a run sometime, zine

rigid mango
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We shoulD

vast forum
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i could also play assa in one as well

rigid mango
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Could 3 rogue his FH key some time

lusty gale
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Ye I never lost to assa before but then again I don't think we were playing around restealth so

rigid mango
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yeah

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Assa is also wayyy harder to play perfectly

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And when done so, out dps's outlaw

lusty gale
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That's why I wanted to hear what ur overalls

vast forum
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it also depends how you pull tbh

rigid mango
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Very much so

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Like

vast forum
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i did a +15 FH this week with a good prot warr and i did 55k overall even tho we wiped 2 times due to overpulling

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or actually, not overpulling but not waiting for healer to drink

rigid mango
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Every run is going to have some random thing that increased or lowered the damage you did

lusty gale
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It always matters how u pull even for outlaw

vast forum
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what lvl is your FH?

rigid mango
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For sure, but I'd say it matters more for sin

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uhh, think it's an 18?

vast forum
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nice

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big deaths to eudora shots and first boss 😄

rigid mango
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I can't remember, we fucked about and did his key(s) yesterday

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In the end

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Even If I beat an outlaw by a small ish amounmt

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They might've outvalued me through the sheer utility they bring to every dungeon

stuck knoll
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18 yeah

vast forum
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i mean, iron wire is pretty fuckin useful

rigid mango
#

It is

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but pray stun in rotation

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gouge

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vanish without losing dps

vast forum
#

depending on keylvl, it could be more valuable than gouge

rigid mango
#

Yah

vast forum
#

and vanish is only good to drop aggro in some dungeons 😛

rigid mango
#

I'd say in general, outlaw value is considerably higher

vast forum
#

i wouldn't say considerably

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utility-wise, slightly higher

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dps-wise, also slightly higher

rigid mango
#

I'd say it's enough to make them the better spec for an average dungeon

vast forum
#

so overall, somewhat more than slightly higher 😄

rigid mango
#

idd

tribal marlin
#

55k dps xD, I probably pull out around 200T dps on diablo

vast forum
#

xD

lusty gale
#

55k dps overall?

vast forum
#

yea

deft escarp
#

ooof

rigid mango
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In a low key with a good group it's an achievable number

vast forum
#

yea, teeming tyrannical

lusty gale
#

I was so confused, I somehow thought u were talking about war

vast forum
#

no, we had a good war that could pull a lot

rigid mango
#

Both of them did 55k

vast forum
#

nah

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only i did 55k

rigid mango
#

no?

vast forum
#

other outlaw did 48k i think

lusty gale
#

LMAO war will never deal that much

vast forum
#

i just said that to point out that we could pull 3 grps at a time

lusty gale
#

There are limits to clapping

vast forum
#

i mean, if outlaws delete 3 packs in 20 seconds

rigid mango
#

Just like to outlaw

vast forum
#

you don't get to clap enough

rigid mango
#

Would you look at that

lusty gale
#

The highest I've seen war do in dungeon is 33k

rigid mango
vast forum
#

what? we're talking about outlaw dps in assa channel xD

rigid mango
#

And now prot

lusty gale
#

Ty

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What key is that perhaps?

rigid mango
#

FH or ML probs

tropic ocean
#

Think it was underrot iirc

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But with teeming

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Like you can really push it if you focus on padding most keys will end up in the 35-45k range

rigid mango
#

I'd say most keys I see low 40k

tropic ocean
#

🤔

rigid mango
#

in push keys, average dps

tropic ocean
#

Think depends on key lvl

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If you do 24s 25s

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It wont be as hard to do overall 50ks

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Especially with this week affix

sullen pagoda
#

this week is pad heaven

lusty gale
#

Idk I guess my opinion is skewed cuz I haven't really seen good assa rogues

solid nova
#

Haven't seen good sin rogues, wdym

rigid mango
sullen pagoda
#

@lusty gale btw ive seen war do insane dmg in dungeons

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their problem is no utility compared to rogue not damage

rigid mango
#

Was that filter?

lusty gale
#

That prolly means just that dps aren't doing their jobs

#

Filter for canons

sullen pagoda
#

ye looks like r word is too harsh for rh monkaS

rigid mango
#

R word big bad

solid nova
#

Its ToS for partnered servers.

lusty gale
#

Or do u mean link filter

solid nova
#

No, he means discord filter.

lusty gale
#

Oh didn't even notice

rigid mango
#

There's a word filter enforced by Discord ToS from being partnered

sullen pagoda
#

jesus

lusty gale
#

I see

sullen pagoda
#

SJW hits everything

rigid mango
#

Discord is worse than tiwtch GWcmeisterPeepoShrug

solid nova
lusty gale
#

So what's the build then for assa in m+

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Cuz I still don't like how 3eb sounds like

rigid mango
#

3 eb/ttk 2 eb/ttk 1 ss

valid spoke
#

Lately i've been hearing different approaches in regards of the ST opener for assa - what is regarded as the "correct" one, and does anyone know which one is used in the sims? ♿

rigid mango
#

Would say 3 eb is better this week unless you alck ST dmg

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!guide

prisma monolithBOT
rigid mango
#

they're in ther @valid spoke

valid spoke
#

I've read that yeah

rigid mango
#

So then you know

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?

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They're the correct ones.

valid spoke
#

Heard one of the method rogues opening with Mutilate

rigid mango
#

Just use those

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They're the correct ones

valid spoke
#

Hahaha

rigid mango
#

I really don't see the issue GWcmeisterPeepoShrug

lusty gale
#

Isn't it better to tb before vanish

rigid mango
#

It's riskier

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Afaik

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APL uses that one, it's most consistant ones

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that will consistantly give you the best outcome

distant lava
#

Go big or go home zine

rigid mango
#

I'd rather consitantly do well 👌

vestal wren
#

unless you do sth stupid you can vary your skill order in opener quite a bit and have no dps impact

valid spoke
#

If you're at 4 cp when you're about to vanish/tb you do tb before vanish yeah?

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Or in what way do you mean? @vestal wren

vestal wren
#

a lot of ppl promoted diffrent opener in here

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and every time i checked them they where no win over what simc did

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the majority of times it was about equal in output

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so unless you do sth stupid like delaying vendetta you wont see a change in output

sullen pagoda
#

just crit 4Head

valid spoke
#

Alright, cheers

ripe nimbus
#

I open with poison knife master assassin

lusty gale
#

I open up by applying my poisions

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Cuz I never play this spec anymore

hollow stone
#

Gotta wait til your deadly poison hits 5 stacks or you waste env poison procs 👀

strange python
#

Hey guys, question: Ravenholdt-Guide says "Vanish paired up with vendetta" & "Vendetta on cool down" ← after my initial opener rotation, when Vendetta will be the first time off cooldown after use, my vanish will have about 20sec cd left. Should I wait with vendetta to line it up with vanish or should I just smash Vendetta and let my vanish sit about 1 1/2 min until I can pair it up smoothly with my Vendetta again?

stuck knoll
#

Wait with vendetta for vanish unless it would cause you to miss a vendetta in the fight

vast forum
#

or just play MA 😛

strange python
#

I'm still new to rogue and still playing around with talents and stuff, just wanted to clear this in my head first, thank you to both of you 🙂

velvet elm
#

How are essences looking atm? They were nerfing/buffing them constantly so I haven't been keeping a track

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@hollow stone literally nothing in the pins. Asking people what they think about the essences, I don't need a sim

rigid mango
#

It's literally about it though

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We have none

#

When there is, there'll be something

ripe nimbus
#

I have loads of opinions dont speak for me sir!

rigid mango
#

Do share them

#

With numbers

#

that is

ripe nimbus
#

Well in my opinion with the AP neck changes no one's getting 55 for like one or two months so in my opinion sins best trait for the foreseeable future will be lucid dream. At least for ST anyways also in my opinion blizz is dumb for making it take so long to get first minor slot because half the fun is mixin major and minor traits

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But that's just my opinion

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Numbers arnt opinions btw xD

tropic ocean
#

think the very high progress players will just 24/7 island

rigid mango
#

opinions backed up with numbers

quartz dew
#

at no point did they claim it was an informed opinion

rigid mango
#

ty 4 inpuit

tropic ocean
#

don't use opinions too much, feelycraft squad will pop up

rigid mango
#

I'd love opinions

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based on numbers they've gotten

tropic ocean
#

MikihisaToday at 9:07 AM
I don't know I focused only on ST
I tested a bit of Vision beside it being bugged
I don't understand the proc chance but it sucks
sometime it proc 3 time between 2 regular vendetta
somtime it just doesn't proc at all for 2mn
Probably good for cheesing logs but definitly not a variance you want for M prog

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^

ripe nimbus
#

It would still be impossible spamming islands non stop it's something like 200k ap a week to get 55 before mythic release

ripe nimbus
#

Nobody is gonna do 1500 islands lol

tropic ocean
#

we will see about taht

#

that*

thorn edge
#

Hey guys I know it’s end of this season, but it might apply to next... was wondering what our more theory-crafting members think of BBI as an M+ talent vs EB. I know raidbots sims are skewed toward SS for M+... trying to gauge how different say pustoleers is vs gorak assuming I ultimately only run 1 SS.

rigid mango
#

bbi is good

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but ttk eb ss are just better

#

for the most part

#

more so ttk and eb

thorn edge
#

Is it a huge diff?

#

(Also thx Zine)

tropic ocean
#

gorak tuls has no eb

rigid mango
#

Just comes down to waht you want

#

He's comparing pistoleers and goraks

#

^^^

#

Like

#

The crit is nice and all, but the value you get from 1 eb is greated

#

greater*

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and the value you'd get from playing around more ttk's is probably better too

thorn edge
#

What about on Tyr week’s where more ST is the case

rigid mango
#

hm

tropic ocean
#

it doesn't really matter

#

tyran or fortified you still spend most of your time in dungeon killing trash

rigid mango
#

^

tropic ocean
#

Personally I remove 1 eb in tos/kr tyran and use ss/np instead

thorn edge
#

True. Thx Ausgelebt

#

Gotcha

tropic ocean
#

think seli used 3 eb 2 ttk 1 ss in 23 kr

rigid mango
#

3 eb?

tropic ocean
#

and 3 ss 3 eb in tyran

distant lava
#

Iirc in the 24 they did he had 3 ss 1 eb and one ttk

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Nit sure about the ttk

thorn edge
#

Yeah. I have goggles + gorak + vestments... was trying to decide if I should buy pistol or ceph

distant lava
#

And 1bbi&

tropic ocean
#

in 24 he did 3 eb 2 ttk 1 ss

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but it was fortified

thorn edge
#

Yeah fort - def 3eb

tropic ocean
#

in his best timed tyran he used 3 ss 3 eb

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but thats 2 month ago so might be not as accurate

thorn edge
#

Was there a sig change to SS to warrant it no longer viable

rigid mango
#

in the KR that he did the other day

thorn edge
#

(ie running 3)

rigid mango
#

he went 3 ss 1 eb 1 ttk 1 bbi

#

so

tropic ocean
#

in which?

rigid mango
#

Bbi is probably ok for KR/ToS

#

kr

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24

tropic ocean
#

no

rigid mango
#

Yes

tropic ocean
#

u can check it on rio no?

rigid mango
#

I've litearlly got it up on my screen

#

He did it 3 days ago dude

#

I watched it on stream

#

So did dj

distant lava
#

Thx for backing me up zine FeelsLoveMan

tropic ocean
#

so this is incorrect?

rigid mango
#

is incorrect

#

Which one is correct

distant lava
#

Shit mb ill delete

tropic ocean
#

thats pretty sad then

rigid mango
#

The website that's known to be inacurrate or his livestream

tropic ocean
#

if it doesn't save the correct information

rigid mango
#

It's never done

#

It's very iffy

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When it comes to setups

tropic ocean
#

obivously the stream is correct like

#

dont need to argue like a mongo tho

rigid mango
#

uh huh

thorn edge
#

What about KR24 makes 3xSS viable?

#

Or more specifically, ideal

tropic ocean
#

its good for short st fights

rigid mango
#

In any KR 3SS is good tbh

tropic ocean
#

and low target count adds

rigid mango
#

You never have that many adds bar reaping and one room

tropic ocean
#

and since you dont have big packs in kr its probably superior to eb

rigid mango
#

If you're dealing with packs that are ~3 ish per pack

#

then SS is at its peak value

#
  • last boss SS is very good
thorn edge
#

Ahh. But the trash in KR gen has more HP... I thought SS value diminishes with fight time

tropic ocean
#

it does

#

but its still superior on multitarget

#

the only trait that beats it multitarget is eb, but not on 3 or 4 mobs

rigid mango
#

The damage from SS is still NUTS

#

When you consistantly hit 3-4 targets

thorn edge
#

True

rigid mango
#

It's way better than EB

thorn edge
#

Thx... sorry to question - trying to learn more

rigid mango
#

Good questions PES_Happy

#

KR and possibly ToS running 2+ ss is quite good

#

I don't really do so for any other dungeon tbh

hollow stone
#

That breakdown makes me sick

tropic ocean
#

3 ss 2 eb 1 np in tos lets go

lusty gale
#

Is there any dungeon where youd go ma?lol

vast forum
#

no

distant lava
#

in the mdi

#

one chinese rogue went full Pepega with his build

#

it was in shrine iirc (but don't do that it's bad)

lusty gale
#

Can't remember exactly but at the start of 8.1 I think eb was doing insnane shit with ma, right?

strange python
#

which crafting profs are best for 8.2 do you think

#

lw/jc?

#

for raiding

civic palm
#

JC is even more expensive in 8.2

strange python
#

true

#

i guess the only other option is engi

civic palm
#

or alch etc.

#

There are options.

stuck knoll
#

When EB first came out it was insanely overtuned

#

Didn't even make it to eu though

fresh ginkgo
#

Oh yes freshly released EB on zul

strange python
#

do we know what ilvl drops from m+ in season 3?

#

is there a chart

distant lava
#

430

#

for +10s

#

won't be that high until mythic week tho

hollow stone
#

Didnt they lower it to 420?

distant lava
#

Idk from what I could find they didn't, I just assumed tho taht they would do the same as season 1 and 2, which is heroic Ilvl

hollow stone
#

Yea. Im not sure either. I just remember reading something that m+ gear would be 10 below what it has been. Dunno if that was on ptr or if it was datamined or what :/

distant lava
#

the one thing I found is someone saying chest ilvl will be 5 lower but that's not a blue post so idk if I can trust it

vital haven
#

vision of perfection essence with 3 NP

#

that is while vendetta is on cd btw

civic palm
#

Time?

vital haven
#

original post said 2 mins between vendettas

balmy cradle
#

I have a question about the essence of lucid dreams maybe one of you has tested it. If you pull bloodlust, vendetta with np and a haste trinket like galecaller ontop of the essence, is there any way to dump our energy? Or is it like fullcapped all the time then?

#

Assuming you have the essence as major and minor

deft escarp
#

I havent tested it, but I guess its wasted to use everything together

icy ember
#

that is insane cornholi

#

but i guess the bufftimes of everything is going up, AR, NP

tropic ocean
#

3 ss 3 eb is

#

super padddddddd

#

i like

crystal pilot
#

does anyone have an exact answer to how vendetta is affected by vision of perfection when slotted as a major?

rigid mango
#

Seems as on PTR now it's just giving a 6 sec proc of np

#

And a vend proc too, ofc

crystal pilot
#

does it proc on your target? or just give us a fuckton of energy randomly?

rigid mango
#

That, I don't know

#

I doubt it's going to be picked regardless

#

Since they removed giving a full 20 sec NP, I don't see it being competitive with the others GWcmeisterPeepoShrug

crystal pilot
#

i suspect it will be lucid dreams for raid and conflict and strife for m+

#

smoke bomb gonna be op against the emissaries

rigid mango
#

Think blood is gonna be best for m+

#

Crit's just nutty with EB, aslong as you're running 2 I'd assume it's worth while pumping blood dmg

civic palm
#

Smoke Bomb isn't the PVP talent from Strife anymore either.

#

Unless it was changed back.

crystal pilot
#

since when?

civic palm
#

Weeks?

#

2-3

crystal pilot
#

oof, you're right, its manuverability

civic palm
#

Which is still good, but not great.

crystal pilot
#

pretty terrible for m+

rigid mango
#

Idd

crystal pilot
#

only a few places where it could get some real usage, so blood is definitely the pick for m+

rigid mango
#

I honestly just think blood's gonna be go to every time

#

Which is sad

#

But fun

#

But sad

ripe nimbus
#

I bet ur all wrong xD

rigid mango
#

So what do you bet then.

ripe nimbus
#

I just told u my bet

rigid mango
#

I can't remember it GWcmeisterPeepoShrug

#

If it was smth about lucid dream, I can see it on ST but not in m+

civic palm
#

No his bet is that you're wrong > _>"

rigid mango
hollow stone
#

I bet somebody's right...

wooden flax
#

Isn't that the true with WoW these days in general? @rigid mango

#

creates tons, only few are good, so everyone picks them anyways

#

and leaves some dead traits, talents, and now essenses

rigid mango
#

Yeah so?

#

It's lame and I was hoping for better PeepoShrug

ripe nimbus
#

Complaining about something that's not even a fact yet feelscomplainman

rigid mango
#

pepoShrug I just assume that's how it's gonna be

#

I mean there's nearly always one best alternative

#

I'm just a bit sad it's the one that seems to be best for raid

#

And with how many moving pieces assa has for m+, I can only hope that they don't make 1 trait a must in every scenario, and that you have free pickings depending on the situation

#

Maybe another one, one could hope for 3, but who knows.

crystal pilot
#

anyone done any content with Hidden Blades?

#

I'm running 2x EB so I figured i'd give it a try, was just curious about the overall

rigid mango
#

It's not worth it

#

Even with 3eb it's doing less than PB

crystal pilot
#

figured as much, i use eb on any more than two targets so it doesnt seem like it would get a chance to build stacks

rigid mango
#

You should be using at 2 too

ripe nimbus
#

I remember when I told everyone at the start of BFA that HB was crap and the PB was the go to and everyone disagreed with me.. where u fkers at now

rigid mango
#

But not always

ripe nimbus
#

Fight me

rigid mango
#

It's betyer at dealing damage but less effective at building CP

#

So you muti at 0-2 cp, fok at 3 and finish at 4-5

#

HB is crap

#

Even with 3EB the damage isn't as good as PB LUL

#

And PB is more valuable low target dmg and not just braindead pad

distant lava
#

seli explained it well on stream the other day

rigid mango
#

What, hb?

distant lava
#

yeah why PB is better than HB

rigid mango
#

It just deals less dmg in the end

ripe nimbus
#

I explained it at the start of BFA search it up lol

rigid mango
#

He's proven it several times

#

Explained what

#

Like, I couldn't care less about some call from ages ago

crisp hollow
#

what makes CT worse than PB now?

civic palm
#

Less damage and you would rather be pressing FoK.

crisp hollow
#

oh cool

#

i hated the playstyle so im kinda glad

rigid mango
#

Yeah

crisp hollow
#

I shouldn’t feel obligated to use TB as much as possible in M+ right?

#

feels rare that i get one target to pump envenom into

rigid mango
#

Only when you're gonna be using envenoms

#

You should be quite often

#

At 1-4 targets or 5+ if there's a prio target to kill first

crisp hollow
#

but if i’m setting up ruptures for energy gen, doesn’t that keep me off the prio target early?

rigid mango
#

You set them up first yeah

hollow stone
#

All depends on the key level. If mobs are dying by the time youre moving to your prio phase (after 5 bleeds), then youre doing keys that are too easy and youd be right

rigid mango
#

But after that you're fine

hollow stone
#

We use prio loosely too. It could also be interpreted as switching to that high hp mob on bolstering weeks, for example

#

Not always referring to that mob that HAS TO die asap

crisp hollow
#

ahh that makes more sense

deft escarp
#

maintaining rupture on 3 targets was right?

hollow stone
#

5 bleeds = energy neutral

#

Rupts or garrs

deft escarp
#

ok thanks

crisp hollow
#

should I be garrotting on CD outside of the SS opener

hollow stone
#

Typically its advised not to but i do sometimes, probably poor play thi

#

Tho*

crisp hollow
#

is that due to the energy cost?

hollow stone
#

Yea

#

Energy cost per dmg done and cp generated is bad on garr

#

*in m+ setting

deft escarp
#

so when ss garrote fell of in m+ u wont apply it during this fight?

hollow stone
#

Typically, no

deft escarp
#

ok

rigid mango
#

You do rups instead

pearl pagoda
#

!wa

prisma monolithBOT
wooden flax
#

might be a stupid question, is there faster way to update weakaura? Or do I have to delete old, and import new every time?

civic palm
#

IIRC they have their own manager program but I do not know how functional it is.

pearl pagoda
#

i logged on today and all of my weak auras and my mouse profile was gone, and i was getting tutorial messages in game like i was a new character feelsbadman

wooden flax
#

basically just check weakaura every once in a while, like ElvUi

#

it's not too bad, just wondering is there is automated way 😄

civic palm
#

Their manager thing might automate it like other addon managers, don't know 100%.

ripe nimbus
#

The weak aura compainon is great it updates all ur weak auras

civic palm
#

Just make your own and they're always updated. :3

nimble tartan
#

They buffed trinkies bro..

bleak spoke
#

Weren’t you using kimbuls on assa already omr

glacial jasper
#

Think single target will gain some ground in the new season?

rigid mango
#

In what sense?

shy dust
#

!wa

prisma monolithBOT
noble wing
#

For reaping so I just fan of knives? Do you use finishers orbeat combonpoints?

#

Or eat**

rigid mango
#

Fok for damage yeah

#

if you ahve EB's

noble wing
#

Do you use garrote or envenom?

placid dew
#

you mean rupture? 😃 I think env for reaping

vast forum
#

you snipe low hp mobs with rupture for energy

#

and just spam fok

noble wing
#

Yah rup aorry

stable plinth
#

Anyone played on PTR recently? Is BoTE still really good?

rigid mango
#

No

#

Not for ST anyways

#

M+ it still looks pretty good since it's just crit

stable plinth
#

What's looking good now for ST?

#

Updating PTR rn

rigid mango
#

Lucid

stable plinth
#

oh I think I already played around with that

rigid mango
#

Vision got nerfed

#

Looking like lucid with just a pretty smooth rotation

#

QoL but nothing special to play around looks like

#

@bleak spoke have you checked anything on PTR for assa?

stable plinth
#

Lucid is just the energy regen right

#

2 min CD

rigid mango
#

Aye

stable plinth
#

Wonder what other major CD we have that is 2 minutes ...

#

And is limited by energy towards the end

bleak spoke
#

haven't played ptr in like a month

rigid mango
#

😦

#

I need anyone that's good at the game

#

to check essences

#

Everyone's either outlaw or EU

bleak spoke
#

what the eu boys are giga

rigid mango
#

Yeah

#

but 150 ping?

#

testing numbers?

bleak spoke
#

bro like

stable plinth
#

What do you need tested

bleak spoke
#

i have a friend who's a frost mage who plays from hong kong

rigid mango
#

idk

bleak spoke
#

and he's actually the best mage in NA

#

LOL

rigid mango
stable plinth
#

Are you talking about henry

rigid mango
#

I'd just like for someone who I know is giga at the game

bleak spoke
#

nah, facts

#

henry's a warrior now :^)

rigid mango
#

to just do TC stuff for assa

stable plinth
#

Yeah Henry big boi prot

bleak spoke
#

i only got to play with him once but the way he moves through a dungeon is so fkn efficient

rigid mango
#

I look in outlaw and I see the amount of chit chat going on

bleak spoke
#

it's so pleasant

rigid mango
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I want that too besad

stable plinth
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Well outlaw has higher APM

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And assassination has one of the lowest of any class

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APM correlates to how much people talk

rigid mango
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I mean

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Having 2 giga active and nutty CF's

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and 3 shadowblades woh are all active

stable plinth
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Look at Skyhold Fury channel, they cant shut up about how bad their class is

rigid mango
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Is the way that they get shit done

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They have a bunch of giga players that are active

bleak spoke
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i think the issue here is that outlaw is giga in dungeons and there's a lot of feelys involved in the gameplay compared to assa where if you sat there you can rpobably work out exactly what is the correct decision

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just in raid it's simple and in dungeons it's very very very hard to execute at a high level

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so there's not exactly a lot to talk about

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other than to say man i wish i could play assa like seli does

stable plinth
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Seli is a beast

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31 too

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Dad gamer coming thru

rigid mango
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Everyone wishes that

crisp hollow
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idek how to word this question properly but like what is seli doing with that spec to make it perform like he does?

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i’m at the point where I don’t understand enough about sin to grasp how good he is

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just that my numbers don’t look anywhere close to his

rigid mango
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He knows to do anyhting and everything

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at the right time

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He knows how to put assa to the ABSOLUTE LIMIT

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And it makes it arguably the most potent dps spec in the game atm

crisp hollow
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i have so much fun running sin keys but even if I’m doing alright (compared to the rest of the group) it feels like I’m sandbagging compared to my outlaw performance

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might just spam sin during offseason to get used to it

rigid mango
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Yeah, the difference is in the skill floors of the specs

crisp hollow
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also my setup is not great for M+ statswise

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super high haste and crit not much mast or versa

rigid mango
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He also yeah

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has nearly the best gear u can get

crisp hollow
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really hope keys with new affix are still fun, excited to actually be mythic geared for a push for longer than 3 weeks

rigid mango
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Yeah

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I hope so too

crisp hollow
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instead of looking longingly at seli’s 40% crit

rigid mango
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I'd just want a lurkers man

crisp hollow
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any raid trinkets looking interesting thus far in Palace?

rigid mango
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Yeah

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There's one that looks insane for ST

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And 1/2 that look interesting for m+ afaik

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go there and scroll down to trinkets

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Scratch that, wrong one

glacial jasper
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Does the vision proc, proc the azerite trait nothing personal

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On the trinkets, several of them are looking solid and fun

jaunty comet
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Is there any way to make a macro where you automatically target the tank and cast Tricks? New to rogue and this is one thing I am trying to do better on as I push myself.

meager nebula
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it procs NP but its only for the time vendetta is up

rigid mango
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Yeah, they changed it so you only get 6 sec of NP iirc

civic palm
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aka ~7 seconds

rigid mango
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Yeah @jaunty comet there's set focus macros or party1 aka leader macros

jaunty comet
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nice, tried to search but wasn't sure what all to look for specifically.

rigid mango
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There're a bunch if you just google it :

glacial jasper
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@meager nebula ic so the regen and the dot for 6-7 seconds,k

meager nebula
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correct

final gazelle
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everyone seems to be uncompromisingly convinced that Outlaw is so much better than Assasination for Mythic+

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while i get that Outlaw is tops for AOE

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I feel like if you stack Echoing Blades you can do pretty awesome AOE

rigid mango
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Assa has a higher dps ceiling than outlaw

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It can and does deal more damage than outlaw if played correctly

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The diff is the skill ceiling is higher too

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And playing it perfectly is very hard

final gazelle
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interesting

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i actually find outlaw much harder

rigid mango
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The value from outlaw however isn't just the raw dmg output, it's also the utility they bring

final gazelle
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i see

rigid mango
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Stun in rotation that applies prey, vanish on lower cd without losing dps, gouge

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That value is considerable.

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One could argue iron wire has higher value in certain situations

civic palm
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AND I WILL ARGUE IT!!

rigid mango
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But mastering assa is much harder than people give it, and the diff between being "ok" at both specs is substantial

final gazelle
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well thanks for the info

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that makes me feel a bit better

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while i really like the theme of outlaw

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and i find it fun

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i just feels like it takes a lot of brain cycles and attention paying attention to the roll results and not being energy starved

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and making sure blade fury is up at the right time

rigid mango
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It's far harder to master assa.

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I only know of one guy that is actually capable of playing assa on the insane level it can be on and that's seli

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Albeit he's one of if not soon the best rogue in m+

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Score wise

final gazelle
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flawless?

rigid mango
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No, seliathan

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Don't look at flawless enough to know tbh GWcmeisterPeepoShrug

civic palm
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Weird typo.

rigid mango
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Seli is just an absolutely insane player, and he can utilise assa to its full potential

final gazelle
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does selithan have a stream?

rigid mango
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Aye