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@past marten my personal experiment that yielded the best results is like this:
The APL casts Vendetta -> Vanish -> Toxic Blade -> Mutilate -> Envenom -> Blood
I would assume Mystler etc has looked at different places to use Blood and found it best to use after the 2nd envenom
actually nvm that statement.
35% crit damage isnt more damage than vendettas 30% flat dmg 
its not even 35% crit dmg atm either eleem
and it would be crit chance + crit dmg yeah
20% crit chance = 20% more dmg on average
Fichte isnt it after 2nd envenom?
and then you add on the crit dmg
Muti => Rupture => Muti => garrote => Vendetta => Envenom => BotE => Toxic Blade => Vanish
but its 25% chance/25%dmg atm I think?
AdriΓ€n we've been over this before, the APL doesnt use it like that at least
I said it's my personal usage and seems to be the best, at least from what I can see.
It uses BotE to extend the crit window after MA has dropped in the APL
True, its 25% both. But 25% crit damage means your crits do 225% dmg instead of 200%, its not actually 25% more damage
^ what he siad.
fair yeah. thats something I didn't think about
oh its additive
too much PoE or just not htinking I guess
The reason for not using it before your Vanish is to not overcap crit or what?
You want BotE to be up during MA so that you benefit from the Crit DMG
I mean that doesnt change the fact that the current best simmed way of using BotE is after MA
228% with boots 
I liked the idea of having the guaranteed crit with the additional crit dmg during the Vanish window
But if it was changed to that exactly it has to better I guess 
I assume they tried to line it up with vanish and MA cus its a no-brainer
but saw better dps from using it after MA dropped
diminishing returns?
idk
like from 0% crit to 20% crit is a 20% dmg gain. from 80% crit to 100% crit is more like 10% dmg gain
Tbf i havent tried blood 3 if it actually works like that. But thats how crit damage has worked previously in wow
not sure how I feel about this
Bad, since Haste is bad for us now π¦
425 
Lucid devalues HASTE by a fuckton, no?
mine was a drop
Lucid does nothing to crit
I meant haste.
yeah it devalues it
Should wait for ilvl raise before crafting xD
I'm guessing haste wont be as bad when we swap to life-force major
All stats are so close now that it doesnt really matter what stats you have
It barrely mattered before, matters even less now that vers is better too
For AoE crit is still king and haste pretty bad, but for ST its w/e
plus I mean, ilvl on pocketbook
Maybe sims are skewed, but even with the Lucid major haste sims pretty high
Is there ever a situation where we use lucid major on ST
week 1 if you didnt farm blood of the enemy? :p
Lucid major isnt bad, its better than most things
Everyone finding haste is worst stat will be shocked when we no longer run lucid major and haste becomes better again so don't go throwing all ur dice into Crit mastery gear so hastely xD
@faint harness lucid seems better than most things atm... besides blood rank 3 on ST
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yeah so lucid is probs best week 1 until you get raid essence
a lot of lucid dmg comes from the minor though
My guild leader has rank 4 blood and he doesn't even use it lol
lots of people find bgs pretty fun
does he pvp 24/7?
I didn't raid pvp 24/7 and I have Blood 3 as well
bgs are filled to the brim with premades nowadays though
i can imagine they're decently fun as classes that can just do a ton of damage permanently but bgs have gotten like increasingly less fun as a rogue over the years
And I played without premade zerg
He plays the game alot and does everything
i'd play them more as amoonkin or something
Wdym just stand in the middle of their team and spam fok 
Although that requires a healer to keep you alive
I have rank 3 on 2 chars

we did 5-6 hours of bgs every night
winning 90% of them or more
if you enlist as alliance you play against pepega horde that stayed horde for no reason
aka casuals that doesnt know better
I have a feeling they will nerf honor req to get rank 3 it's just brutal like rank 3 should of been like 25-30k tops
@pulsar hazel we barely dropped games too
@arctic walrus ^
Just win 4Head
50k is like 20 hours of BGs
Yeah, but it's rank 3
Okay but u can literally get all the other rank 3s with less effort
Idk, i'd say lucid is pretty close
I don't know... Level 60 Neck for Flame 3 is pretty crazy too
I had that shit like 3 days ago tho
lucid rank 3 takes you 20 days if you dont loot any follower xp items
Yeah and some people had blood on the third day
i had blood 3 quite early
For total time invested im pretty sure they're not that far apart
i think its less grindy than ppl think
how did u get blood so fast?
Blood rank 3 isnt that hard to get tbh
I hvae been farming for days now
they're really not
i pvpd during the weekly event
Winning mercenary BGs
you need lucid rank 3 tho for minor.
just get both rank 3 
NOPE
That's what I do
Blood 3 major is blasting
yes its nice
Lucid (3) major sims higher than Blood (3) major for me
Am I simming it wrong? :^)
Dunno its close for me too
herodamage has lucid 3 higher than blood 3 so looks fine to me
Crit one is bugged in general
Yeah im doing merc mode, but its still slow
You will get there
Dam i didnt push for rank 3 blood
@night vale yea but if you look at the lucid minor you can make the +/- math and see that lucid major is less % of the total dps than blood major.
Quite simple stuff
you have low haste? who knows
I'm doing a sim atm, raidbots is just kinda slow
Its almost as if his gear isnt the exact same as the default profile used on herodamage 
But yeah, lucid major isnt bad at all
I am just not sure if you can get the potential of it ingame
Because however hard I spam, it just feels like I overcap too much 
its a 600 dps loss to use lucid over blood as major for my gear
yea
Wanna buy Worldvein rank3 rn
its gonna take 2 more weeks right
you will have it for mythic
the worldvein does it drop shards you have to run through to get buff
or how does it work
they spawn around u
so basically same as the monk orbs?
And you get the bonus of other group members shards
but as an essence
You dont have to walk through them
its just a circle on the ground
You just need to be in 8/12 yards of them, depending on rank
its on r2 8y and rank3 12
on stormwall i had 70~ uptime
Teamwork 
%
wtb ultraxion style fights where literally entire raid stacks
ππ»
although ultrax trash was cancer
ultraxion 
i played holy paladin on that fight, no fond memories
spine and madness was shit though
black debuff on blob guy was fun for healers eh?

so what benthic piece you guys farming up?
is it worth using vision of perferction minor when it comes out when using a 2min cd trinket ?
What are people simming for on avg now?
anywhere between 35 and 36 is pretty normal
depending on how many pearls you've dumped already
upwards of 37 if you have cyclotronic and have all of your pearls spent
35, not even close
I mean, its also on whatever other gear you have 
I've seen 37k sims 
Like lurker, weapons, overall sockets
Yeah lurk + sockets too
i've fallen behind π¦

give 430 wep and ill sim 37k aswell
I'm close to 37 the other rogue in our guild is like 37.7k
damn

https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/3PCUbRkSGWDmTWZ7JPrkHF lucid below BotE :/
I aint getting r3 on anything 
Whatβs lurk
Yeah it's not weird pepe
Lucid minor is what we want
@vivid hill lurker's, uunat trink
damn 38k with 415 dagger

Oh thanks never got it sad life
Cyclonerf on Tues tho π€
Nah but there will be mark my words
Doubt it
If they wanna nerf it, they'll nerf benthic too
Since the trinkets from the raid will be better anyway
somone mentioned that blizz lowered the socket chance
the raid trinkets look super good
The azshara one looks nutty
outside of that the only expected nerf is to the red card
Hc 2.9 agi for vend
yeah i only got 1 socketed gloves in 35 rolls

Idk i kind of expect the card to remain untouched
Doubt they nerfed it. Just people being unlucky looking for things to blame
gloves simmed the best for me
Turns the otherwise useless trinket into something worth using
probably cuz gloves are my weakest slot atm
its possible, hence they also did that due to this post earlier
The gloves can also proc healing instead of damage
Wat, my friend who just came back sgot the abyssal focus quest
oh
Not doing it though 
agree, probably no chance of a proove of it given there is no data
maybe i should have done bracers
Exactly.
Well the main reason why bracers are better than the gloves
Is because gloves get more stats per ilvl
i am subbeam!
Hi subbeam, I'm dad.
u carried me through a big temple 8D
Lol
Scary as fuck
clip in wow general for you
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/4ojR3oAu41VH57vH9Kecm8 man this is not encouraging
really really really not encouraging
Rank 3 lucid is huge hurry up
Have you got it?
Yes
okay we go nazjatar right meow
That makes sense for 37 and nearly 38 sims

I've missed too much, aint even got r2 yet 
How many of those can you get a week
1
The heck are fins
thought so
I got bark
the trees give you what, 400 follower xp?
people from Finland 
4.1k/6k for rank 3, i think i'll be okay by mythic opening
I am 4fun person now, irl cucking me 
That comment has everything that gives follower xp, also #wow-general 

How are the new raid trinkets? Any of them special enough to focus on ?
yes
the one from Azshara
Lol
Hello guys,im new on this discord,any guide/list of benedict biss items to upgrade ? on assa

i checked the pins so boots waist and wirst?
whats better? frost dmg, pufferfish or physical dmg bracers?
frost
tho i would roll for a diffrent slot if you have socket pufferfish
the boots are haste matery right?
i have the other items already, just doing starting quests on my alts for pearls
@strange python yes
repost from #wow-general
wait can you only get 1 bark a week from the big guys in naz? is that right?
seems right
Yes
the benedic items can upgrade more than 420 after raid comes?
you can sim it, but the gear (esp. with gems and effect active) beats mythic gear
okay,so i should get a385 socket boots wrist and?
feet
is there any amount of targets at which you stop using garrote?
are the frost damage gloves any good for assa?
they heal most of the time but they're still the best effect
They are
they are the only dps hands
lowest priority to fish for
But wrists are better
yeah ok but are they worth using
They are worth using yes
Does any1 have problem withStealth randomly breaking ?
yep xD
any solution by now?
mechagon crafted trinket is a bit weird,i thin lost 431 agi from my 415 KR trinket is a big loss
@open blade no idea
@open blade I had that last night , have no clue what it was
If yoy have creeping venom on
@strange python luckily we have a tool to actually sim things instead of relying on what you think or feel
With blood
It fucks up stealth
Your bodyguard fucks up stealth
Just blood, fucks up stealth
yeah if u vanish or shadowmeld it ,ur follower still fight
its a feature, he makes you do engaging fights
im on boralus ship and stealth is breaking every 10 sec
Is flame major the move in pvp ?
With lucid minor
ask in pvp
Oh thereβs a pvp assasin channel?
ask in wow-general @strange python
The pvp channel is for all three specs
I am most def not a pvpβer but running hundreds of BGβs will do crazy things to a man
Right?
@strange python depending on your cards u gain a lot of haste/mastery/crit tho which is worth way more than agi
and since the active card is busted
good trade off
i guess they were successful
@zine Worldvein Resonance on minor slot breaking stealth
Which combat potion is the apl using?
I kinda like that we were forced to expand our horizons like Iβve found myself actually getting curious about pvp and kinda gettin into it
in making us do all the bgs people started actaully enjoying pvp a bit
@tropic ocean i got 425 yello haste matery
idk ur stat weights but for my master/haste/crit is all >>>>> agi by a lot
so dont know u should worry about losing agi when u can get 2nd stat statstick
Add all of it to the list
π 385 pufferfish socket bracers sim higher than 410 socket bracers, lovely game
@tropic ocean the problem is that is haste matery not haste critic π¦
masteryis good on st tho
And 2t/3t
@tropic ocean i have another 415 haster critic too on bad,should i replace it?
should run ur statweights and see
Sim my famalam
bag*
425 haste mastery probably better than 415 hast crit
think mastery is atm .19 in front of rest for me
haste is bottom for me :((
Sockets mess it up
Man what
Maybe for dungeons
@strange python depends on ur stat weights
O_o?
the dream is whatever combination sims best for ur individual character
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Big true
well more than likely it isn't gonna be haste
depends on ur items?
For st haste is way ahead for me
Haste is still giga
π
If u don't play lucid major
Even at 21% it still wants more
= haste big
you running lucid?
ofc
Yeh
Lucid minor doesn't touch haste as much
but you should be running lucid
In practice I prefer mastery
BotE rank 2 minor pumps
Because it means you donβt have to stick to the target as much
Compared to higher haste
vers = more damage yes yes give
after raid opening when u get new essence and loyal trait
haste will get more value again
Mastery is better than vers in that regard
Assa mastery has better scaling than vers on all counts except echoing blades damage
no vers give full damage is good yes
So does mastery
more vers = more damoooooooooog
Hi can anyone tell me how to get yellow punch card receipt plz?
rng drops
You kill rates in mechagon until your brain melts
Well, I just dont have the haste in my overall gear set so most likely ill be running lucid major even when it's not "the best" in theory
Rares
Yup, that's my point
there's no BIS when it comes to gear unless you somehow have an alternate universe where you have access to every piece of gear at max titanforge levels
So itβs like any rare in machsgone will drop the receipt but is RNG right?
more likely
Yeh
Will we use crit pot even on fights with target swaps as long as we get a certain number of seconds on opener/2nd pot
I c thanks for the info
"kinda"
Itβs a good time to be a rogue because the amount of m+ we can do compared to other classes means we can get sockets a lil easier
im missing 2 sockets.... rip
How is sin in m+ compared to outlaw?
Sin is the second best m+ dps spec in m+
Better than any other spec that isnβt outlaw by a large margin
Both are playable in world first keys
Sin is harder though
But Iβd say it has a higher dps ceiling while outlaw has a higher control ceiling
Yoo so like Cyclotronic Blast... SIMS pretty freaking goood

Do we know if Vendetta enhances its damage?
Man what
It does not
It does not
Memory of lucid dream will be our best essence right?
vendetta doesnt affect cyclone
Ok thank you!
but vers does
@stable totem depends on what other essences/ranks u can get
for st the raid one
Idk man the problem with bm is that youβre not a rogue @tropic ocean
How are other people using the crit pot with master assain talent? Are you prepotting normal and losing some of the talent buff or are you prepotting early restealthing and losing some potion uptime?
prepotting like usually
Not using the crit pot
since with current gear u dont overcap crit
Since it's a buggy shitshow
but crit pot last time I used it was dogshit so idk

we gonna need to activate trinket pre pull the raid one plus pot oh my god
You can restealth really fast if you donβt pot in stealth probably?
?
Just like AR prepull
you don't get unstealthed bypotting
By crit one
yes you do
You do
You do from the crit pot
the crit one
oh wow
Like i said
didnt even notice
lmao
But yeah idk like just pot and stealth
Sims highest for me but I dont know if sims are accounting for it breaking stealth on pull
Its not worth the hassle for 10% or 5%
So it's bad 
Just use unbrid
psst
well you wouldnt use old ones use new agi ones
Exactly
Yeah if you have a nice pull wouldnβt you crit Iβm opener anyway :^)

@spice surge dont do me like that
Hahaha
We cheap life
Iβm still using old pots through hc week
Iβll pot nice pots on prog
Aye, unbrid all the way
Hopefully they fix crit pots though
Just crit naturally 4Head
bridled > agi?
damage
its like the blood potions of uldir i guess
Brindled sims higher than agi yes, like 250-300 higher
So like bursting blood?
y
Alrighty then
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Is anyone else going to try Vision of Perfection / 3 Nothing Personal?
yes
Is there a benthic command ?
Ill use 2 minors instead of 1 myself
nods
It's poop
yeah but the pins have just 3 pieces stated
and how good is the physical bracers and belt for us then ?
so worldvien not great rn ? breaking stealth and all
they arent as good because their dmg is reduced by armor
I wonder if they are gonna nerf the heck out of the benthic pieces
probably
Probably not
our tank simmed them at 425 without sockets, and they beat the 445 raid gear, it's a bit op
since the good pieces with sockets are better than new mythic raid basline gear
Yep
yeah that is why I think they will be nerfed
And why were they made to work in raid
having 425s beat mythic gear is silly

Dungeon gear that was the same lvl as hc was used in the past
So why do people have so much against benthic gear
Which is only 5 ilvls lower

because there is no real work involved vs things like mythic raiding
Neither is dungeons
Well originally the Benthic gear couldnt socket, which made it good for exactly what its supposed to be. alt cach up gear, then for some reason they made them socketable
And yes there is work in farming 280 pearls
Socketed benthic gear is gonna be better than eternal palace stuff?
some of it Sims higher Shozy
Yes
Whats really f****d up right now is because of Ally WM bonus, the best way to get gear on a horde is funnel benthic gera from an ally alt to fish for sockets lol
lol
Socketed pieces at 420/425 are better than baseline mythic stuff
Just like socketed 400 was better than 415
Idk why people are so upset about benthic gear, when mechagon rings are gonna be basicly required

dont whine about ally wm buff cause its the hordes fault its that way right now
And those are 415
the if then rings?
they look pretty nteresting
yeah i like the combos
15k dmg from hitting something from behind 
reminds of writing programs in hs

I mean there are some classes like druids that will basically have their "BIS" setup before raid even comes out
yup. mechagon farming for forged rings will be the new thing
Ilvl is basicly irrelevant on rings anyway
yes and no
do they have internal cd eleem?
cuz "dmg from behind +15k nature proc" would be
opieop
still want the highest ilvl possible on the best rings
I'd assume so
especially as sin
Well no, you want the highest ilvl and socket
They will prob be a rppm
Because a socket on a ring is worth like 40 ilvls
im not sure about rppm
since its not a chance
"if you damage an enemy from behind" "then you xy"
and i guess 15k dmg proc is >>> 293 haste
I mean, it can still be rppm
I think its fair to assume it wont proc of every single melee you do though
every dot tick
ya that would be insane
guys, with mecha trinket, we start normally but after vendetta we use it? like for st, garrote+mutilate+rupture trinket and then open vendetta + lurkers and normal rotation?
or we have a better way to use it?
thanks for any answer
thats what ive heard so far @magic fossil
Does bote essence work with the mecha trinket?
@magic fossil
use it while it is invisible and then continue with your rotation
it can't crit so no
@carmine coyote wdym?
st,trinket+garrote+mutilate+rupture and then open vendetta + lurkers and normal rotation
use the trinket before opening
Well that's wrong, do it like he said, g mut rup trink
So for shrouded subt opener: g g rup plumage mecha normal rotation?
g rup g vendetta macro
So i use vendetta for garrotes and ignore the fact the trinket doesnt benefit?
you can cast during the channel
that's it
that's exactly what I said
Oh lol did not know i could cast while channel thx alot
Easiest way to to know what you should do is run a sim in raidbots, go the the full httml report link for simcraft and look at your APL list for sample sequence
here youre going to get people who dont know what theyre talking about giving bad advise
and contradicting advise
Well i know what you mean but for example im not at home i cant sim anything right now but im still curious and dont want to sim/try all stuff when i get home if people talk about it here anyway :/
Any ideas where i can macro Cyclotronic?
oh, thank u man
Cyclo is a "gem"
right
So I don't see why it wouldn't work tbh
ty bro
Does that work I thought u couldnt attack during the cast u obv can attack during channel tho
You would have to cast Vendetta before using the cyclone in the macro tho because you cant do anything while casting the trinket
Vendetta needs to be before using the card trinket
/use 13
/cast Vendetta
/use 14
Basically
Yes but the trinket doesn't get affected by vendetta so ur just wasting attacks inside vendetta why not just g/mut/rup/mechatrinket/continue opener
you can cast during the channel, and the cast happens during the GCD you used to trigger vendetta
Why not waste 0s tho 
.2s isn't even enough for an extra GCD so
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either way youre doing it we're talking differences of single digit dps
single digits, one is just a lot more convenient
so probably easier to just macro it to CDs and not have another button to push in opener
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so the pvp essence is not bis for sin rogues?
thank fucking god if thats the case
its good if you have nothing better avaible right now
I mean, its bis for me until i get something better
rank3 blood sims highest for st for me right now, but ofc other essences will take that spot later
Its good regardless, just because it isnt the highest simming essence doesnt mean its bad
Its the highest burst essence, and that will be useful in some scenarios
How do you use lucid dream?
Check pins
So happy got my boots at 425 w/ socket
now to pvp to get my blood essence rank 2
^
whats the best ST combo people are thinking of using tomorrow ? Lucid major with another minor or blood major with lucid minor
For me its blood 3 major and lucid 2 minor
yeah i only have lucid 2 and blood at 2 so im just gonna sim and hope for the best
spice
Going 2-3ttk instead 3ss do you loose overall dps?
yes
If I can't get rank 2 blood today, I'll probs use the fire dot one @sullen hearth
Itβs strange how faster keys go even though you do less overall
just gonna raidbots the shit outta everything
I wish I had rank 2 purification protocol. Looks tres fun in keys.
as you can put a lot of prioritized damage into the dangerous mobs while fighting packs
If they dont change protocol its prob gonna be mandatory for keys
Blood of the Enemy?
Becausr of insta kill or 10% dmg?
Lets try to rng instant kill a berserker hell yeaah
so all of this hype for Blood of the enemy for nothing
Blood hasn't been hyped
i mean it kind of was for M+
Does the insta kill work on every mob?
only mobs mother deems so
FeralS
The experienced people weren't hyping blood for m+ because its near pointless on big pulls
its sweet spot is 7-8 targets and that'sjust too situational
no one was talking about purification 2 weeks ago, only talk i heard for M+ was Blood of the Enemy and maybe the iris
2 weeks ago we didn't have sims yet, I wouldn't call that hype
Blood is definitely not bad, and besides instakilling things protocol isnt that good
Blood is just the best immediately obtainable rank3
And i dont know the % chance of the instakill
and will end up being in top 5 when everything's rank3
Wasnβt blood only hyped before all the nerfs it received
@fleet whale blood was hyped until it got nerfed 10000x, then it was more like ''its gonna be good, but probably not bis''
I'm not saying blood is bad, I just haven't seen much hype on it since sims started functioning
yeah, thats my point^
Because others perform better
well i guess hype isn't the right word, but many people were gunning for it when the patch released and even after the nerfs many people thought it would still be used for M+
I'm gunning for it simply bc is the best I can get until others
Why is there a mob cap for blood? Can someone explain that? Isnt more crit always good?
also someone in my guild got rank 3 lucid today
because echoing blades has a limit on procs
@tropic ocean look out. vanish NS DS rupture exangs, headed your way
varolyn how...did they just nonstop farm fins and chests?
i got it yesterday, AMA
You could get it like 3 days ago
When things like Iris and condensed life force exist there isn't much room for blood. There might be situations where it's good but those are prob gonna be few and far between
If you farmed hard
I got rank 3 lucid 3 days ago
probably got lucky with rares and maybe the pet battles
Just get lucky with drops 
What are the 3 food items for your bodyguards btw? I know one drops from rays
Iris 
Are they daily?
That is my unconfirmed assumption
They're atleast not weekly, so either daily or nothing
my understanding was that rank3 is unlocked via follower xp
It is
it is
which has little to do with rep or being human
so, you'd have to farm fins and chests etc
to exceed the daily limits of what is available
I have gained at least 2k xp from other stuff that is not daily
since start of patch
@ripe nimbus Guardian doesnt really do aoe and iris sims nothing like the tooltip suggests it works like
weekly tree, a fin or two every day, a chest item a day if you're lucky-ish, all that accounted for enough follower xp really?
i tried to do the bare minimum on naz, but i do have flying now
I understand that echo only proccs 5 times but still all of your other attacks benefit from crit no?
900 from 2 naga orders, 800 from bark, rest from random drops
Im still convinced blood is the best for actual AoE damage, that isnt the end-all-be-all for m+ though
i cant really immagine purification too stay with the insta kill part for long
yeah Ive gotten 1 bark drop ever and have been hitting rares pretty hard for 2 weeks
Question sin'ers , is it worth using Subroutine: Optimization punchcard ?
What traits do I play in +23 siege help pls ty
depends on the proc chance. DH dps instakilled three trash mobs in one waycrest run, and one was matron morana
so, that's a big deal
ApexMD the bark is confirmed on a weekly lockout
yeah but that just sounds like an rng clusterfuck
if runs will be won or lost cus of pruification rng
so if you have gotten 1 bark this week theres no point to keep farming for them
How does focus iris not sim like the tooltip reads doesn't it just do damage to mobs in a straight line?
there is a difference bettwen ''the frostmage is lucky with procs and does more dmg now'' and ''lel we insta kill important enemys''
The tooltip says r1 does 100k dmg over 4 seconds, in simc it does 140k over 3 seconds
what if you get 3 instakill procs and they are all non elites
Depends on your stats
I mean in mdi, 5 people can run protocol, pull all the trash from boss a to boss b, everyone pops essence, and there is a decentish chance that between the 5 of them, a good chunk of the trash gets thanos'd.
alright nvm
that sounds pretty screwy to me
ok Push ty for that

I mean even at 100k at 4 secs wouldn't that still put the sim over BotE
there are still things like eel filets etc
if it stays like that it will still decide some mdi runs π€·
it's probably gonna get nerfed
tbf the protocol is good for m+ regardless of the instant kill
the minor does quite a bit of dmg
your group was lucky and instant kills zuls shadow? gg too all other groups that dont have that luck
thats wow
i don't think it'l lbe able to proc on something like zul
yeah I like protocol even without the execute. I just think there needs to be consistency on the execution or none at all
aaaanyway, blood instant aoe dmg is not to scoff at
@cobalt gyro was more of an extreme example, sorry
lemme tell you that
what i wonder is why it takes 20 crates to buy rank 2
its nasty
when the unbound force takes like 25 pearls
thats what they should nerf if anything
Because that's not very much scrap at all.
40 crates isn't that much either
the oscillators is worse
i have a ton of oscillators
Ive been lucky with alot from mechanized chests
its what, 20 oscillators for rank 3 
Is purification protocal good as minor for m+?
yaaaaz doood
can it ninja pull at all?
Idk dude , I've seen blizzard have some dodgy ninjapull stuff in m+ before
hmm what azerite do we want from raid?
Are sims taking the rank of the essences into account or is it assuming rank 3βs? Iβm surprised at how much higher Protocol rank 1 is simming as minor on ST and major on AOE over everything else on multiple specs (obviously just bad feely craft I guess lol)
what sims?
Raidbots with the direct simcraft pasted data, not the discord bot
Okay cool, thatβs what I was wondering just to make sure itβs not over valuing my rank 1βs, guess protocol minor is just simming really well with lucid major for ST
At least in my case
thoguhts guys ? worth it to zero out all other secondary stats and get massive boost to lets say master and haste?
alright :(
i was sure this wildcard would be good
I am gonna roll at first boss and the last 2 bosses
well assa needs all stats
and not just haste mastery
@lone junco they making fun of ur trinket
true
if it had better procrate there could be niche uses
@ripe nimbus which one? that stat swap one?
Yes
fine by me. just keep your eyes peeled for funny logs with them
and when that other one gets nerfed to dirt
i dont blame you. I dont like destroying stuff. so that cyclonic looks good
I waited to destroy it
till I dropped the punchcard 2x
since I wanted to put in the metal detector
aswell
Theres another red card from the mechagon dungeon that can rival cyclotronic blast
I just like the idea of the stat juggle, specifically regarding MA. when you can squeeze all your Haste Crit back into high mastery, then vanish to regain 50% crit, seems like it could be strong. just feels.
but you just have to be incredibly lucky to line them up
not gonna happen like you want it
probably true
Previously I though it was a /use. if it is random, its gonna be pretty gross.
but niche stuff is niche, and looks like it has the potential to bang a solid peak.
mage in my guild tried it for memes, said the procrate was terrible
I was looking at essence guide on wowhead ... little confused why it list Lucid as best minor and major since equipping it as maj gives you the minor. Am I missing sonething?
the minor is included in the major, just like ingame
the minor is just.. if you put in the minor slot
Thanks @faint harness, hadn't picked a role. Can I ask if there's any comparison between the aberration and the aoe physical DMG belts for us? I can't imagine that the whole raid is aberrations right?
2 bosses are aberrations
Yeah, the minor section just reads weird. For example the second best minor talks about putting in the third slot.
yea you'll have another minor slot eventually
Best for single target bosses is still lucid right? Or am I misunderstanding?
Right ... but if lucid is best it goes to the middle ... at 55 you equip another essence other than lucid
the major on lucid might be worse than other majors
just because the combination sims the highest doesnt mean the actual use ability sims the best
I say 1 more bg
what do I get
10 russian mofos from the same realm
playing like a RBG
Blah ... we link essence guide and then say guide may be meh
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Assassination Essences overview: https://bit.ly/2XaZOVd

something is wrong with the sim... i upgraded my essence to rank 2 and sim 4k less?
been running the sim over and over but cant seem to find whats different in the setup
Is it set to daily instead of weekly?
You've got
no
lul







