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He couldn't be asked to change his fucking name one way or the other so now we've this.
What he said
ok, foudn him
again, thanks for the info, this is way better response than what i was expecting
Np, gl ^^
i play both in m+, and the higher the keys get the more i come close in dps with assa
its just fucking riddicolous how much azerite gear you need with the perfect traits for different dungeons
with outlaw i just run the same traits for every dungeons
rupturing a couple of adds and spamming fok with 3 eb on ML 20+ isnt that hard tbh
It's not really that much gear.
i run 3 ss/2ttk 1 eb for KR, 3 EB for ML, 3 ttk for a couple another
and with outlaw i run the same shit for every dungeon
Yep, that's how the specs work
depends on week aswell with assa, but its just alot more gear depend if you ask me
And another reason assa can be stronger
then u prob wrong
I prefer having the choice and flexibility that sin has
the amount of time saved, while nuking a prio target is alot most of the time
Also one of its current core strengths
i like it alot too
i just dont have all the pieces i need :/ started to late with rogue
Happens to be the issue with assa
and why without awesome RNG, outlaw'll most likely still be better early on next season
Maybe assa pulls ahead after reaching optimal gearing, maybe not 
tbh if you not playing on top keys i dont think it makes much of a difference
lets see what new affixes bring to the table, shadow adds seem to be aids anyway 😛
anyone on the PTR sim the new potions yet?
Are there coming any changes to Assass in 8.2?
Not flat out, no
Buuuut :p?
Depends on the class
Some, like assa, look like it's mostly gonna be pretty menial QoL increase
Just a better feel for the spec
Outlaw however, looks like it has a bunch of shit changing up everything
They will change play but doesn't look like more than 1 Legendary would have changed your play really
I mean, I'd say it's more like having an extra talent or two
Any clear choice for best essence for raid yet? Anything I can do this Tuesday to get a boost before raid time?
Starting Jaina progression and hoping to scrape by and get CE
hi
1 qustion about AOE if i use garrote OR rapcure on x1 target this 2 ability share my posion or debuff on all targett ?
not sure what you mean by that
oh no djamax 😦 no you're morally obligated to see this trough!
I think you stepped on a mine
*now
*through
xD
hey man I'm here to help other people so 🤷
Thanks for that, on behalf of everyone
@distant lava i mean rapture or garrote spread poison on all target ?
@loud pine What even makes you think that?
they don't
nothing i just see 1x video and i sens
fan of knives is your way to apply the poisons in aoe
and bleeds you apply manually 1 by 1
can we in asaasin spread rapture buff on alll target or just rapture buff is on x1 target ? i want to know why in aoe rotation we use rapture and garrote
you can use your bleeds on multiple targets
you have to apply each individually
of course you can have multiple active at the same time
dont bother with garrote on trash outside stealth with buffed gs
this is aoe rotation =rapture on x1 target >fan of knives?
and how much need haste asasin spc?
no haste for m+
the wowhead guide is more in detail
also keep in mind things might change with 8.2 essences, so probably wait a bit to see how they turn out
yeah but this person had pretty basic questions, pretty sure the answers won't change in 8.2
So which accessible essence will be our first target at 2 weeks preseason period? (Before mecha and raid openings)
is 3x echo + 3x shroud the best combination this week?
Depends on dungeon and group
@candid jasper I tried 3 ss 3 eb and while its very good for overall
I really feel like I lack dmg to kill down prioritized mobs so I changed back to 1 ss 3 eb 2ttk for most dungeons
and especially with chain pulling the ss traits lose value
Ttk is just too nice
I was messing around with a lucid dream venom rush/master poisoner double dose/TTK build on PTR pure ST it did decent
Did you compare it to regular tb build etc?
Nah I was just messing around
maybe master poisoner will get good some day again 😄
I just doubt that VR will ever out damage TB tbh
With enough mastery it will overtake EB at some point
What ever point that is I donno
I don't even think that's gonna happen tbh
EP*
It's only a 500 DPS loss for me right now
500 DPS is a lot though
That's 2% that's not "alot"
It's enough to make it better for the considerable future atleast
For reference at the start of BFA specing MP over EP was a 7% loss with the amount of mastery we have now it's only 2% I'd imagine by the end of the Xpac we will be using MP
i hope not
passive damage 
EP is just as passive lol
i think you need to reread definition of passive 🤔

Then youre just bad
I don't think that's entirely true either tbh
A lot of the time Ep uptime just comes naturally

Yep I'm bad
Also with a smoother rotation/higher apm play with lucid
EP is probably even better
Your uptime should be a bit higher anyways
man they need to buff up blindside and make it work with double dose
It'd be fun for sure
mop assa 
Another button to press sounds nice
Imagine not having to pool
even though pooling is literally doing nothing if you didn't have to pool the spec would be even more boring than it already is
like fury war, you are just spamming buttons and none of them feel impactful
Giving us kingsbane instead of poison bomb and making blindside baseline would be a nice spice up i guess
Wtf u mean hitting rampage is the best feeling button in the game smh
Until u died
well there were some bugged hitboxes but with proper positioning it didnt matter
so its player thats pepega usually
Yes but every player has killed themselves with it ur a liar if u say u havent :)
ofc i have but it still doesnt change the fact that u just nut when u land big dfas
while as fury during battle cry you have like what 3 rampages and it doesnt really feel like you blasted
I have damage numbers completely off the size of the number has no affect on me
thats a pretty boring way to play the game considering how mind numbing rotations are
I pay attention to other things like the game
not much to pay attention to unless you take some time to intake information
Seeing how big ur Crit was isn't information u need tho
its not but its there to make game not boring af
like i have a stream usually open on 2nd screen anyway during farm
To each there own I don't get excited over numbers personally
I think in the case of dmg numbers there is a lot of difference in feeling between some abilitys. Look at fist of fury and eyebeam. Basically the same thing but eyebeam imo feels so much better because there are so many numbers that come fast. Where as fist of fury doesnt feel fury at all 
Or u could turn numbers off and enjoy the animation 
Sound does make a big difference too. Some abilitys just chunk and are nice to hear and some are just plain boring or annoying
Ofc you can was just an example for dmg numbers
I think the case of dmg number and game enjoyment goes to #wow-general
pve is just too much of playing mechanically, raiding same thing after months of farm is mindlessly easy 🤷
There are no spec specific ones
question for you guys... im currently assassination but with 8.2 ive seen alot of multi pulls questing in the new zones, would it be better for me to switch to outlaw if im primarily going to be focusing on those zones?
im currently like ilvl380, i dont raid other than lfr
Assassination has pretty good cleave too
I run sub + 1x SS, and I can mutil dot 3 mobs with garrotte and just FoK
you gain combo points pretty quick for you to put rupture on mobs and still cast envenom to finish... it's not outlaw level, but it does get the job done
No it's not outlaw level, it's better
I mean, mobs do die faster...
I am 413 assassination/outlaw, and honestly, I only play outlaw in M+
assassination is pretty good for general outdoor content
And does even more damage than outlaw ^_^
The diff is how much harder it is to minmax stats and pieces for sin
i was primarily focused on ease of content for the najatar and efficiency
Outlaw is far easier to gear
didnt want to be in a spot where im focusing on a pack of 2-3 while outlaws are running around gathering a mob and cleaving them down
Get 3 echoing blade, then enable warmode with the fok honor talent and spec hidden blades
Then you'd do way more damage than if you played outlaw
sounds like a good plan, thank you
I usually add MP/MA/LP too to Eleem's setup. Almost best 1 button aoe with no downtime for grouped mob packs.
man they should give us flying daggers for m++ :>
LP ?
It is mostly for LP, 3 fok if any alive rupture for energy back. Legion shoulder style
@vast forum imagine crit of the proc crits will chain
But i played some ptr sub/garrote would be better for starting. After you outleveled content that really shines.
what do you even mean by lp
lmao
And for mp theres no other talent useful at that row
Well yeah, but you still wouldnt use MP just for that
2% leech isnt worth losing like 6-10% dmg
Ya youre right at starting because you know new content's mobs will have more hp
I use that setup for solo boe farm etc
wait to people really swap talents for world content ?
sometimes... not very often
have you considered MfD if you're doing world stuff ?
tbh most things die in a couple hits so i don't switch to MfD in World content. Leeching helps if I'm soloing the bigger elite mobs
and it's just habit for me to use Leeching outside of raid/ M+
Changing talents for 2 seconds. And no subterfuge target swap just 3 fok and way faster easy relaxed wq aoe farm. More comfortable. But especially nazjatar' mob packs not much suitable for this, not too much stacked :)
I would have to switch binds around for MfD, which i'm not gonna do for World content
Can I ask how much dps you guys do overall in assassination compared to when your playing outlaw? I do noticeably more in outlaw but I can’t figure out if it’s that I’m shit with assassination or it’s just the spec (use 3xEB, 2xTTK, 1xSS)
I do +- 40k, sometimes up to 50k in ml/fh/ur with big pulls and padding a lot
with outlaw i was around 30kish +- but i have bad gear and never play it so 😄
depends on what level key youre doing, if its a meme 15 key you can do above 45-60k, but if youre doing a hard key around 20, 35-40k
Do closer to 40k in outlaw and 35-36 in ass, maybe I just play more carefully in assassination
@pearl pagoda ? you will do higher dps in higher keys
in a 15 key you can pull a quarter of the dungeon at a time
Agree with @tropic ocean
the pull sizes dont really vary
by key height
but trash lives significantly longer in higher keys
pve assa makes me wanna roll outlaw..but pvp outlaw makes me wanna roll assa 
not been my experience, my tank pulls a hell of a lot more during meme keys because we dont really die
pvp outlaw is actually painful
i think my only choice is /reroll dk lol
Why? @void bough frost buffs?
naw id still play UH if i went DK..was a joke cuz pve assa is terribly boring but pvp outlaw terrible
cant win 
I like pve assassination, I like the steep learning curve to get good at it
But I’m probably a worse rogue than you 😛
Learning curve?
I'd put sin and outlul near the top of the easiest specs to play
Right up there with BM hunter
well its subjectiv
there are a lot of nuances some can do wrong
some find it "harder", some not
no specc is that complicated anymore
No specc should be complicated at its core
i just wish every class had its "non spec specific" abilities back like gouge
Homogenising everything is boring though
We already a bunch of same utility
Gouge I feel is fine for just outlaw to have.
My raid has 2 bm hunters and the 2nd bm never got close to the 1st bm. In a serious tone he asked if the other hunter has the pet attack ability macroed to all his attacks. Now they both are almost the same
Thats bm hunter for you
Hehe
I thought that would be a given though :x
Is there a general consensus for M+ on stacking shrouded vs echoing blades? I’m assuming at least one of each, but do we know if there’s one that does better for general trash pulls?
only real exceptions to not going 2 or 3eb is tos/kr
you can play 3 eb 3 ss just fine but it loses value in chain pulls and isn't as effective as 2 ttk but overall ur highest output
hi sorry you probably get this q a million times but is it worth to run ct for reaping instead of pb?
thanks boss 😃
if you're looking purely at reaping, HB is best
which essence for primary
🔮

Lucid dream is easy to get and strong enough
Vision of perfectio nis buged so we can't test
Unbound force have no real synergy with the spec but is ok by itself (and easy to get)
if i am doing only m+, is it better to just play outlaw?
None of those are confirmed we'll see what's best when sims come out
@frosty obsidian for the rest of this season or next season? Cause if you're finishing this season, then outlaw for sure. But next season outlaw def will be a little less strong with no reaping. So assass will def become bit more meta.
One of the best rogues in m+ plays sin this season so both are def still good.
thanks, guess ill just stay sin and see what happens after 8.2
just came back since early s1
@frosty obsidian They changed the trait that made outlaw good for reaping. Wits in 8.2 procs per blade furry, where as now it procs per enemy hit
Hence you see in MDI, outlaw just hits blade furry and spam sinister strike like nothing, doing up to 100k dps on big reaping waves
with that change, and new affix, the meta could change 😄
its somewhat naive if you think that reaping alone is the reason why outlaw is strong lol
the aoe is still fking nuts, its just slightly slower now
and gouge, not needing stealth on pull on rogue and vanish as a deff cd etc.....
Also, the wits nerf is less than a 2% nerf
And a substantial buff (~3%) on 2 targets
not saying that it is the only reason.
shroud is, in my opinion, one of the reason the new affix now has true sight
Only the void ones do afaik
watch blizz intentionally put the void one in places people skip the most, ie. bridge in KR
with the count-increase to KR, youre not gonna skip anything anyway
you can only skip a single pck now
so.... i'm hearing different things about haste and mastery... should i be more concerned with getting more haste, or should i be shooting for around 40% mastery?
!wa
Assassination WA's for BFA:
https://wago.io/HJUbINlV7 (Mizerok's Group)
https://wago.io/E1EB91OtM (Lokkek's Group)
https://wago.io/SyLUNGD4X (Sovv's Group)
https://wago.io/SJLQKGjMM (Afenar's Group)
https://wago.io/ByzCxPq-m (Devlin's Group)
haste is good for raids, mastery is good for dungeons
is there any place where we could read the essences effects etc? it's for making wa purposes not "what's the most OP" or w/e ^^
I have issues founding something decent ^^
Wowhead has all the essences plus how to get them. Google is hard.
Being nice aswell I guess. Thanks.
Are there any good sin m+ streamers
seliathan in this discord is streaming quite often
how much crit do i need to do sin aoe
all of it
lol
Tryin to scrape by and get CE. Would I be gimping raid by not going outlaw for jaina?

no? whatever spec you play that does the most ST is going to be best for jaina
Outlaw is better at padding on Jaina just cuz the top logs on Jaina are Outlaw doesn't mean it's better
Like 30-40% of their damage is blade flurry
It used to be closer but with the changes sin is just clearly better
Ok thanks boys wish me luck
Does unstable flames gain value in m+ or is like overwhelming power just better
not so sure about clearly better, but we shall see
does SS reset when u apply it after u do 3x in subterfuge? used to be bugged in s1, is it fixed?
its fixed
yes its been fixed for like 9 months
thanks lol havent played in time
Sorry if this is the wrong channel but I've been gone since 8.0 and was wondering what the best spec to go for mythic+, is Outlaw still top in mythic+
outlaw and assa are both good in mythic+ scenario. Outlaw might be easier to gear than assa tho
outlaw is very much easier to gear for sin
since you eitehr need to be rich as fuck with really good pieces, and reforge for every situation
or have 3-4 sets
have sims for essences been done yet? or are we waiting until changes are 100% done?
whey they are done, you will be able to see charts on herodamage
in tyr keys is it worth grabbing a bit more haste than what is reccommended for pure aoe stat priorities?
Depends on the build / dungeon, generally it's better to gear for 90% of the dungeon(trash) instead of the bosses, unless you're not worried about time and more so worried about living the boss.
I tried switching from 3xeb 2xss 1xttk to 3ss 2eb for tyr, i found it being not worth since you do 2-3k more dps on bosses than the other dps but in aoe you suffer and my total ended up dropping from 30-34k to 28k whichh i found displeasing so sticking with 3eb i guess
I'm really enjoying 3eb 2ttk 1ss in majority of dungeons, it's nice not being tilted when people chain pull when I ran 3ss
so do we have a guid on what essences will be best for on on tuesday?
Even if no real info is posted
Which essence you think i should aim first?
Especially on day/week one?
bote and lucid drems
Hello I have a little question about Aoe, In a nice aoe pack should I use as many rupture as possible or is there a sort of cap when I should start using envenom instead of rupture ?
only as much rupture to sustain energy to spam fok
so 4-5
in opener 3x garrote 2x rupture and u will be fine until garrote runs out
Thanks
also if u playing EB, throw in a rup or env with ttk from time to time before big fok spam
if you do that for the EP window , it's not worth it
idk man not the EP window per se but sometimes the buffed fok after env on prio target hits rly hard
so EP+ttk buff = stronger fok after seems rly nice in some situations
I mean sure if you want to dmg a prio target down ofc you env
it rly depends on pack size etc..
but if they are many targets that you want to spam fok on just keep bleeds up so you're neutral on energy then spam fok like a madman
yeah idk im in more of the add more ruptures camp with EB
EP*
love how it plays out
see it that way
even if you fit
4 foks inEP
you get 40% fok dmg + the dmg of the finisher
from that global
if you just fok instead you get 100% fok dmg
which in the case of big packs (basically when you want to spam fok) , the finisher will not make up for the 60% of fok dmg you lose
i cant support my claim with math tbh but for instance what i do is i rupture the first time after ggg then i spam fok and after 5-6 of EP falling off i add a rup or envm then spam fok
also if u rup a low hp add in addition to the EP u get a full energy bar and etc..
rupturing a target if you need energy is necessary and you should do it
I'm just talking about the weaving in a ttk env in there if you don't want prio dmg
yeah idk man one env on an aadd that has more hp and needs to die faster is always needed in most situations
or lost soul or w/e
yeah that's what I'm saying, if you want prio dmg, you env the target with more hp
but if you want pure aoe dmg (maybe on a pack where mobs all have the same base hp for example) it's not worth to do the envenom
yeah cant disagree to that but idk how to explain the feel of it its always highly situational
Is vision of perfection with 3 traits of NP not looking desirable? Seems proccing a ~70k bleed would be good.
Unless i guess when vendetta procs it doesnt trigger NP.
hi guys does nothing personal double stack give me anything whatsoever?
more damage on the dot
It’s a lot of damage
It does but only for 35% of the duration. Also it's currently bugged on PTR so it's hard to say if it's good or no
How's it bugged?
there is a bug that prevent regular Vendetta cast to trigger NP when using Vision of perfection
so Vision Procs does apply NP for 35% of duration, but regular vendetta no longer apply NP (edit: once Vision proced once, and persist even if you swap th essence. Only way to fix it is to relog)...
Go on ptr and see, at the start Vision was procing NP for it's full duration
then they modify it so it only proc 35% of duration, but since then there is the bug
was still here yesterday but maybe it got hotfixed with today's hotfix
The essence is gated with season3 start and OP:Mechagon so there is still 2 week for theim to fix this
Hopefully it gets fixed. Even at 35% it's still a~20k dot over 7 ish seconds
Tbh I don't like it. Proc rate is lame (sometime it proc 2 time in 5sec so it's almost useless because it doesn't refresh NP dot, sometime it doesn't proc at all for 2mn, sometime it procs when you have 0 energy...)
I would've just assumed they made it so NP is only as long as vend
And it also desynch Ventta and Vanish/2m trinkets
Yeah, that was an issue from the start
Since Lucid dream is now sync with Vendetta CD
it's active ability is now pretty god for assa
Having the minor is sorta like either playing without a minor or losing value
Yeah, it looks pretty aight
Just a bit boring
Not that boring, it reduce pooling and downtime by like ... a lot xD
Idk i still dont think the active of lucid looks very strong, since you're already mostly gcd capped during bl
Just higher apm and smoother spec, which is nice for sure, but it doesn't bring much
Although the minor looks like a given
Obv where you dont have bl it will allow a couple more globals during vendetta
Just more of a QoL thing
Yeah obviously
but ye I get your point
But it's nothing interestinf
If it didn't give dps we wouldn't touch it 
Eleem, when do you think we'll use it during vend
The major
I mean, its 15s so it covers most of it
it's active makes you GCD capped during the whole vendetta + next TB (if using at a wisely moment)
And you dont need it for the first 3 seconds of vendetta when you have the vend regen
So
It's passiv makes you GCD capped during TB most of the time
Idk, is it on gcd?
yes it is
basically you should (unless high rng on passif proc) hitting 0 energy right after the TB
use it at this moment (you don't loose a global)
then you keep being GCD capped without really overcap the energy, and it will remain until the next TB cast.
Idk we will probably end up using it, since most other essences have been gutted and/or align poorly with vanish
ye :/ unfortunately it's the only essence that have 2mn cd ....
What does lucid dream do again? Im holding my kiddo and being lazy lol
Active : Increase all source of energy refund by 100% (including poisonous bleed and following passiv) (15sec, 2mn cd)
Passiv : Chance on hit to refund 50% of the energy spent.
Oh dang. So tons more energy then. Anything to speed the spec up im okay with lol
it will not really speed up the spec tbh
unless dumping energy into envenom is that much of a change for you
You'll still have pooling downtime
you will probably still want too safe energy for the next tb etc.....
Less pooling and more suited TB (no shit timing with dot going to fade etc...) but the core of pooling ressource outside of TB windows will still be here
Tbh looking at it more it doesnt even seem good. Looking through my logs im casting 15 or 16 spells during my vendettas without BL (so 15/16 out of 19 available gcds)
Sure getting another envenom and 2 mutilates extra in every vendetta i dont have bl isnt worthless, its just not very impactful. Although having a full energy bar afterwards is fairly good
That being said with good pooling and a bit of luck you can get three envs in your second Tb to begin with
But i'd wager i would be able to fit 17 or 18 with simply the minor of lucid
So its more like 1 muti+env and a full energy bar afterwards
But like, is getting 1 more envenom and 1 muti buffed by vendetta worth more than having 35% more crit damage and 25% more crit on your tb+vendetta spells? My gut instinct says no
^
The extra crit alone might end up meaning extra envenoms
Man like the more I look at the essence choices the more it seems like we’re actually just playing nightstalker and doing blood major with vop minor and living with a weird 1:40 cd
This is what is does
''they are the same picture meme''
If you look closely you'll se higher sustainer dps on lucid, but higher burst on guardian
(both picture are around same dmg)
I mean like
like in the first one you have 85% of mutis cast in env buff and the second one you have 80%
you really can't compare the two
is there an estimate for what essence would be good on assa?
Tbh Lettuce I don't see you running vision if you're not running the major
Or it'll be the 65 slot
Should I have 100% of muts cast in the env window ?
bro like, your opener is inaccurate
I don't pretend playing perfectly
no but the difference is pretty different
ok no this one is shit
like in a good log on live without essences on a big st fight <82% is a giga parse
Well that also what Lucid dream (mostly passiv effect) do or at least make easier to do (more mut in env buff)
that's the point i was making it's hard to compare
especially since dd procs are the most rng part of assa dam
and even on live it's like top 3 sources of damage on a good log
Also the guardian is strong in a real situation since as you said is hardly doable to have that much uptime on a real mythic boss
better burst windows are usually more suitable with real fights where you have time after a transition to fully do your CD rotation before shit mecahnics come .
the point i'm trying to make is like it's hard to imagine a world where you get more out of lucid major than lucid minor
regardless
Ye I definitly agree with you. Unfortunately I couldn't test Major + Minor combo on PTR so I only tested essence as Major
but at least for the first week if I had to choose one it would probably be this one
Well sims will be out soon hopefully so we won't need to rely on tests to know whats best
Doing tests make me hyped for the patch :3
:3
Man you sound as excited as I’m feeling
To be doing new and exciting questlines
Gaining reputation with new and exciting friends
And exploring new and exciting island expedition destinations
yes
I was really excited when they removed portals so I could travel long forgotten continents again
I can't wait to bring my assa rouge the glory of old days
assa rouge 4 lyfe
yes traveling around the world for 30min is immersive and its fun ask classic players 
I am leveling rogue atm. When I hit 120 should I go for ass or outlaw? for pve
Both are very godo
down to personal pref
Outlaw is easier to gear, assa has more specialization
is assa as hard as they say to gear?
It's a pain to maximise, yeah
The fact that there's more or less 2 sets you need, one for m+ and raid
and even then, you swap pieces depending on encounter and pieces depending on affixes/dungeons
saying a mix of SS/EB/TK for dungeons and DD/NP/TK/SS for raids sounds a lot more accesible
I mean
i like assasination sure outlaw can be fun i just dont like roll the bones
I guess while playing outlaw i will eventually get the gear w/ the right azerite to switch to assassin
cant wait for that SS ruinous bolt chest as my 1st one in new season
i cant escape it
still it is a okayish trait you wouldn`t say no to under the right circumstances
see cephalo
ye man you are right
hoping for gorak a little bit earlier this time
ceph is overwhelming power carrying the chest
if it stays the "go to". Still wondering if the essences will shake up the assa azerit "raid meta"
It's not ttk
It's far from bad
but I wouldn't put it in the top traits with dd/np/ss
- bbi
yes thats why i said under the right circumstances in regards to ceph
all in all gearing assa is pain af
well, you do you man, no problem. Still it is the combination of all - there is still a line how far op can carry the piece
okayish, like I said. Just feels like everyone jumps on the wording without reading it properly just to point out "Thats wrong"
chill my dudes
I'm not jumping on it
You just count ttk in the top traits, which is incorrect
It's on the basis of that another trait carries the piece to the point of BiS
It's not ttk being good enough to warrant BiS status, it's the fact that OP is so good
That's why everytime people ask for BiS tratis
I specify cepha and the reason behind it, so people don't think going around picking TTK is a good overall choice when there're better options
i said it is okayish, counting it in under the right circumstances
people just need to read it

but fine
"saying a mix of SS/EB/TK for dungeons and DD/NP/TK/SS for raids sounds a lot more accesible"
I'm just saying, that's a very blanket statement
If you specify cepha
thats why i wrote more
All gucci gang
Anyone have an idea about what essence we should be aiming for (pve raid/dungeons). I know the are constantly changing numbers but any thoughts?
Lucid it looks like
For raid, that is, for m+ it looks like blood, but could be anything tbh
i like the pvp one.
Cool
pvp one keeps getting nerfed, the raid essence seems to be bis single target for most classes, or lucid/vision
Lucid one seems good for assa.
!wa
Assassination WA's for BFA:
https://wago.io/HJUbINlV7 (Mizerok's Group)
https://wago.io/E1EB91OtM (Lokkek's Group)
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So for lower mythic plus keys should I be rocking tempest or poison bomb?
PB
ROCK HB 3 EB AND PAD YOUR WAY TO VICTORY
what talents do i run if i have 3 TTK, 1 Meticulous Scheming, 1 SS and 1 NP?
ive tried simming, it didnt give me a conclusive reslut
what traits are ppl runnin for high keys, 19+
ty ty
!azerite
Assassination Azerite Season 2 changes: https://bit.ly/2U86I7o
What legendaries are you guys using for timewalking, if you're even bothering with that?
are azerite traits changing for s3?
None
@old quartz I'm runnin 3 EB 2 TTK and 1 SS......luvin it as always
when does one take exsanguinate over toxic blade? Swapping from outlaw 
i roll with TB in everything now M+ and raid @vague eagle
@vague eagle Essentially never atm, possibly with the new essences but its doubtful
thanks for the quick answer 😃
Been outlaw in m+ this whole patch. Whats the ideal traits 3EB.1 TTK and 2 SS? Or some mix like that?
And aoe rotation is same? 3-4 targets just keep ruptures, fok for cps and envenom? Big packs rupture 2 - 3 targets, then fok with EP buff?
More or less, sure
Nope, I'm afraid not
Not that I know of
Maybe the wowhead guide has it there? but I doubt it
dont think so
It's more or less
2 target muti for cp fok for dmg
3-4 fok for build and finish on prio target(s)
5+ fok spam unless you have prio target to pump envenoms into
so for 2 target - go garrote 2 target, muti for cp's into 2 ruptures, then fok?
garrote with SS
Yeah always ss so
uhh sorta like
0-2 cp muti, 3 cp fok, 4-5 finish
Since fok deals more dmg, but muti is way better at gaining cp
right
You garrote 3x -> rup -> build -> rup -> build env
3-4 is just garroting 3 thinsg, rupture on 2, build w fok spend with env on higher prio target(s)
5+ you garrote 3 and rupture 2x
5 bleeds = inf energy
you don't garrote though, unless empowered
So no garrotes after the first 3
You just decide whether to spam fok or just pump env damgae into prio target
don't forget you can rupture snipe stuff to as it's dying for more energy
but u want to envenom for the EP buff tho right?
Not really
even for big foks
The first ones you do as fast as possible though
But when you have inf energy, and garrotes are falling off soon
you start to space your ruptures out
to get ep and keep energy reg up
and like he said, sniping low hp targets with rup ends up with energy influx and you can keep on spamming
Good info, thanks for it
Gl 😃
Is there a situation where we need to apply the unempowered garrotes ? I mean, except for the 2-target cleave. In this season it doesn't really matter, but i struggled with it a lot in s1
on 3-5 targets is it worth it?
No
So since it's likely that we'll have to use the crucible of Flame essence at least for the first raid night, you think it will just be fire on CD?
I've not seen any sims suggesting we wont be taking lucid yet
i meant first raid night when the patch comes out, so BFD
Ah kk
it's kind of weird to use im gonna be honest
at least on opener, cause it costs no energy
yes
it's probably fine to use mid fight
It'd be worthwhile casting if you're pooling
just the opener with all of our resources overflowing
Last time i checked none of the dmg essences were affected by vendetta damage bonus
So you probably use it before and then vendetta
Oh really?
which ability you talking about? the first night of the raid
Wednesday
Flame essence
the first essence you get
As in, this wednesday (or tues if NA) where you wont have access to all the new ones
Since they require rep/new raid kills/lots of pvp etc
interesting
lucid is possible to get before the new raid launches, i doubt you can get it the first day the patch comes out though
what does lucid require?
Quests
bodyguard to level 3
Rep shit
so there really isn't any difficult to get essence
no, some just take more time
i hope the r4s are worth it
If you care about visuals, sure
hell ye 
If we get a good azshara kill I'ma be rocking taht one purely for flex reasons
is there anywhere that shows what the rank 4 cosmetics are for rogues?
they are probably universal for all classes
!guide
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any rogue specific guides up for essence?
Not yet
Maybe just dive into a few bg and get Blood of the enemy ?
Its not "a few bgs" though
It
Its a lot of bgs
well for rank 1 I'm pretty sure you only need to win 1 RBG, 1BG and 1 pvp island
Aye
Well rank one isnt very powerful
Idk im not so sure
i think it's kind of funny that rank one has a 2 min cd yet after that it's a 1.5 min cd. It makes sense but i feel like sin rogues would prefer 2 mins just cause of vendetta lol
I think its win a pvp Island/bg/whatever IN season 3. So no day 1 use anyways
Nah it has nothing to do with seasons
i dont want to grind for Blood of the enemy ):
seems really good in this testing tho
putting essence in BGs is mean
i'd rather have pet battles removed from the game
with an official apology by blizzard
for adding them
should i use 3 SS for raid?
Depends on the encounter
how hard is getting 3 EB
hello
what do u guys think of the new essecnce "vision of perfection"
stack 3 X NP
to me seems one of the best essence
Lucid
Idk man, lucid seems garbage to me, idk why people say it looks amazing
Lucid seems good thanks to the minor less so major
You're already casting 15 of the 19 globals in vendetta
Just get lucky and get all your bis azerite right away @grim canopy
With lucid you get 18 globals in vendetta
It's easy bro
How about one of the dmg ones? 2min cd
The minor probably makes it 16 without the major, so youre essentially getting 1-2 mutilates and/or 0-1 envenoms
And then a full energy bar after vendetta, but that doesnt seem worth it compared to other things
Idk what's gonna be bette rtho
i say "vision of perfection"
Does vision still apply a full NP? or is it like 35% duration?
it should
All of them got nerf hard kayo
It is lil boi NP now
Blood
Blood easily for m+
Tbh i think blood will be the goto for ST too, especially with the new crit pots, unless they hard nerfed those too. Either that or like the focusing iris bullshit
plus dagger from first boss, rejoice. 
tbh, with hero/lust, you can have 20 globals in vendetta, as its gcd gets reduced by haste
Well yeah, but you get that regardless of lucid or not
I been watching sin M+ vids damn bro the aoe is way crazier than i thought
Or if you use it before you waste a fuckload of energy
It is very good with 3eb and big crit
i did sin all of legion in m+ i loved it but it looks crazier now
But like the 16/19 thing is only relevant outside of bl when comparing lucid, since you dont have empty globals during vendetta+bl anyway
@rigid mango Ye focused resolve pot still untouched, 20% crit for 25s is pretty bonkers
Thats like having your blightborne be guaranteed 
It is cancelled if you attack another target though
ye ik
But assa doesnt do that anyway so we gucci
Idk
sorry didn't see it has been said
lucid dreams feels good actually on ST
blood of the enemy burst is insane
your envenom with MA is very large
with no more reaping will 3x eb still be good
Reaping isn't as much as you think it is, I think
It'll come down to how much damage you need for the beguiling adds more than lack of reap
so EB still good on 4 targets ?
@tawny shell yea it’s just that at best you will get one envenom
On the debuff I mean
Any idea on what Essence is BiS or we all still fuckin clueless?
Lucid for ST, blood for m+
Whats the advantage of running sin > outlaw in m+? I know that outlaw is insane cleave, so is it based on team comp? When does sin out perform outlaw in AoE situations (using EB and bleeds)
Is the general consensus atm
sin has a higher dps ceiling
Sin has the function of prio target damage
Triple Echoing can do just as good as Outlaw
So with god tier crit
It's just under outlaw
You have to realise both are insane atm
every other dps spec is far beneth both
I restored 2 items that had echoing blades so i could get triple echoing and I can do like 150k dps with reaping up
do I need trip echo for it to be worth using?
2 is decent but 3 is where its at for insane aoe
I just noticed something on PTR with lucid dream passiv
when having lucid dream minor passiv, pooling is not something you want to do
i run 3 EB, 2 TtK and 1 SS
cool... been pigeon holed as outlaw with friends and need some spice in my life, know what I'm sayin
you have to, at least keeping around 100 energy in order to be able to do 2/4mut in TB but you really don't want to pool more, because the more time you spent pooling, the less time you spend casting and thus the less Lucid dream proc you get
How much crit do we want (inb4 all of it)?
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Im kinda newish to Rogue, Is pooling just auto attacking til you have a lot of energy back?
Really? I'm at 25% Crit 20% Haste and 28% Mastery
basically outside of Vendetta/TB windows, you don't want to spent ressource for nothing
Haste is poopie
pinging someone else
like
as soon as you reach 3 targets you get inf energy nearly instantly
aka 5 bleeds
so you want to use Mutilate only if you have evenom buff. So basically you will go to a certain amount of energy, use an evenom, spent some energy for 1-2mut then start pooling again
For m+ that is @reef peak
Im more worried about raid
It's good for raid
Cause I just have an awful time playing Sin if I have no haste
but gotta kill those beguiling dudes fast
I switched from Pally like a month ago. So im still trying to figure shit out
sin is better for that i thought
Outlaw can have perma 2 buff
or close to, anyways
Regardless, sin look poten
potent
does benethic gear include azerite
yes, buit limited at 415
Random traits?
Unlucky
Am I basically just spamming FoK and rupture on as many targets I can tab target to then maintaining those bleeds and getting an envenom when ever I can?
2t: 0-2 cp muti, 3 cp fok, 4-5 finish
3-4t: spread bleeds, build with fok pump envenoms into prio target(s)
5t+: spread bleeds, mongo fok and ignore finishers unless it's to refresh bleeds with ruptures, if there's an obivous prio target, pump envenoms into said target instead
Rupture snipe often to gain an influx of energy
coo
anyone update on what essence is looking to best for ST right now?
Lucid
@dull osprey you usually want to have 4-5 bleeds running, for constant energy reg in aoe situations
Dang that seems hard keeping garrote and rupt up on those targets
Sup y'all, what it do
Patch 8.2 Changes
There are several changes coming to Engineering along with many other profession in Patch 8.2.
The maximum skill level of Zandalari and Kul Tiran Engineering is increasing to 175 (Old cap was 150).
Most of the new patterns will require you to level up your skill level to this new cap in order to craft the best gear.
New Recipes for Notorious Combatant gear (370 item level).
New Recipes for The Eternal Palace raid-level Azerite Engineering goggles (415/430/445 item level).
Scrapping Eternal Palace raid-level crafted gear refunds slightly less the amount of Expulsom spent to craft it.
The ability to craft raid quality gear is unlocked by completing the Abyssal Focus quests.
Engineering googles do not have a socket, but are 5 item levels higher than most equivalent crafting gear.
just about the goggles not having a socket... implying that other helms do? is that a change?
I don't think there are other crafted helmets besides the engineering ones.
@reef peak you dont keep garrote on all targets. in aoe situation you triple garrote at the start with subterfudge bonus and then only if the enemycount gets 3 or lower
Also probably more a #wow-general question tbf.
@bronze kelp ahhh. That explains why I was constantly swapping targets, not doing anything other than rupt and garrote
Thanks!
I did, but probably missed the flashing neon sign 😂
so whats the best build for sin m+?
any mix of eb/ss/ttk
3x ss?
whats ttk?
Twist the knife
oh really?
Yes
and what about build? has it changed?
You're gonna have to specify from what previous one
master assin > subterfuge?
i used to play many months ago. and the build was 3x ss + subterfuge etc
sang over toxic?
Toxic always
That's what you do now?
and for raid?
Check WCL, copy what people are running
dude i have so many azerite gear sets in my bag this whole system is poop
Doubt it
we are doing the same thing as every night
grinding a virtual currency for progress we will never see or feel for accomplishments that never existed

i hate it to be force to do content I dont like. as it would be if the pvp essence shines on top 😦
thats the sad point :/
well longway to go for 50k honor
do rated BGs give more honor
bah but people want rogues do actually do important stuff in those
i can't just slack off
with the amount of pve guys going to do 5man party for BG it will be a nightmare to farm theese 50k without a party
especially horde side
The best way to get maximum honor is to go for Epic Battleground
oh lord

AV and IC historically gave a hell tons of honor
i guess its easier to afk in those i spose
or anyone
You can't really afk but you can slack bit making people belive your defending useless flag
well this just makes me hate you even more
wowpvp =\
some of us enjoy pvp
maybe if this was tbc or wotlk
people will flag you afk and you'll get kick out the bg, beside also not being as effective as actually killing people (honor wise)
#wow-general my doodats
you aint my mod
conflict and strife is BIS for WW monks, RIP
an basically we are talking about the essence blood of the enemy good for sin or nyeh
so get lost zinead

i mean the extra crit is and haste is huge but will the grind for it make it worth?
Seeing as how
s3 mdi will be boomkin, dh and rogue good old shit
i want it to be assassin tho
aslong wits keeps being wits outlaw is going to compete with sin
Wait for the simulation but in a Single Essence scenario you'll probably output same dps with Lucid dream which is way easier to get
So the actual grind is more grinding to 55 in order to slot lucid minor and use Bo
islands suck
THEY WHAT 
8 yard range is also pretty amazing
marginal
gouge + stun in rotation that applies prey + vanish on lower cd without losing dmg

vs iron wire
slow?
how do you get lucid dream
face tanking isn't a concern anymore theese day
bro i turned my brani off for so long
People really over value the slow
idk anythgin bro





