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I just wanted to be sure. It wants me to have 2 but i thought it only benefitted 1x each so having a 2nd would be a wasted trait
Trust what the sim says
optimal way to use razor coral + ink pod at ashvane fight ?
no @arctic walrus
@shut socket most vague question ever
so melding and stealthing is another vanish which is good for sin keys. melding is also very buggy when you're in melee range so it doesn't always drop combat.
i know for a fact there's a good macro for it, a friend who plays sin in high keys told me about it
but he's not here atm so i can't get it off him
so i thought i'd try the rogue discord
dunnno why you think it's vague though @lusty narwhal if i write it out any simpler i'd be patronizing you
tbh it's more annoying if you dont provide the information needed to answer the question
should i take my question somewhere else?
i dont care either way tbh, just pointing out that obscure questions get boilerplate answers

You can take your question to your friend who knows this god send of a macro 
don't let the door bang you on the ass
What a shit show

I found meld stealth "good" but only in the odd case you didn't need it to cheese a mechanic, fwiw
hi@all
fight fight fight
meld doesnt turn off auto attacks when pressed?
wouldve thought it does, unless that guy is mashing buttons after meld>stealth and its turn his autos on
im strugglin a bit whit my rog dmg in myth progress, if theres someone who can halp me that would be great ๐
do you have any logs to link?
if you post it here, more people can chip in and help, but it's up to you, really. whatever you feel more comfortable with
im cool whit that, 1sec pls
here is one of my logs from yesterday
is benthic gear a must have or can it be compared to 430+?
benthic gear is pretty massive, not even 445 pieces can beat it most of the time
your opener is wrong
even if you are saving cds for bubble burst you should continue with regular opener just no cds on it
i just tried yesterday SS+sub
hehe
you still wanna change your opener slightly, you do garrote -> garrote -> rupture, you should do garrote -> rupture -> garrote instead
anyway u should g > r > g when playing subterfuge ss
you used toxic blade then clf vendetta
okay for the add 1 sec?
u want to clf > vendetta > toxic blade
okay i understand, but the opener i did wasnt that bad in dmg, the question is why is my dmg so low
u got 3x DD traits its not worth it to fok adds iirc
u can do rupture on bubble for energy refresh
okay rapture on 1-2 bubbles for energy refresh
at one point it looked like you might've withdrawn coral first and then using font, you want to do it the other way around
but I'm also not great at reading logs, so I could be mistaken
I usually just see the glaring issues
yeah u are right @worldly iron was about to write that
you want to use font about ~15sec iirc before ur cds so u have font and coral in cds
buddy can you explain that to me in a more easy way? im not that good in english ๐
you mean the aszhara trinket
yeah
yes
also a lot of your toxic blades are 1 envenom, you want to prepare upfront for toxic blade cd coming back up
so im stacking coral to 12 and use aszahra trinket 15 sec before ueseing the coral?
you dont look at how many stacks coral has
after first cds on opener, when 2nd are coming back up
so in my opener im wainting whit vendetta and vanish till coral is rdy to use?
you font then pop cds 15 sec later and get coral crit inside those cds
no
for opener you just do normal
k
5-6sec prepull font and coral somewhere inside cds
2nd vendetta im useing aszahara 15 sec bevor coral and use then vendetta. toxic blade, vanish
rigth
yes
got it
im going for haste and 3x DD but somehow it doesnt feal that great
whit master assasin
you dont go for haste u sim top gear
well i tried DD whit all crit and now whit all haste
dont feels like a big change
sin rogue isnt that much button mash unless you get insane lucid procs
well our stats are reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally close in stat weights for most people i think
thats why i hate when gm is like "is this x stat even good for rogues, what stat u want"
you want a /simc so you can see ma azerite i got?
sure u can pastebin it
yeah I'd like to see too
you've got the boots and hands already, at least
yeah i get the boots yesterday
@strange python https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/42Ygqz2bDUfJwjjjJPGX62
id go with this top gear suggested
for ashvane progress you should make tank that is suiciding get Loyal to the end trait as a must
big gain for raid
we play since 2 days whit the 2 tank strat, so there is no dead tank anymore
its still big trait even without it
also use benthic ye, forgot to sim it here but its big
I forgot to log in to raidbots so I'm waiting for the short queue
too lazy to redo it 
hehe
but yeah was Mtvcribs sent looks p good
there are no bentic gear eq
i got the hands and the boots now
should i use them?
it's a good start
420 and 415 ilvl
i forgot to set it to sim benthic too but ye
this is so frustrating to me xD
really, really can't wait for benthic to be gone
i thinc benthic was the most stupid the could do
i just waisted so many pearls just to get the right item whit slot, dont understand why they had to make this
eh its kinda boring design but at least its something you can work towards
use alts to send tokens
and save on main to upgrade
yeah i did ^^
collecting on 3 alts
but i cant put that much time in it im father whit famaly and 2 children ๐
so i should go for crit on gems but stay whit hast enchant on rings?
benthic is the biggest bullshit blizz has made this addon ...
im gambling for so long for bracers now, and still need hands :/
i got boots and hands now, whats the next peace i should aim for? bracers?
@sullen pagoda and @worldly iron thx so much for ure time and help ๐
no problem
one of lowest chances to get bad item
thats a good idea, but does belt have that much impact like the bracers?
im changing 445 items for 420... thx blizzard xD
https://i.imgur.com/pB94Eq0.png @strange python my sivara kill this week
belt did more than wrists and hands together lmao
thanks ๐
3min 23 sec wtf xD u guys got dmg from hell :p
it was sivara, not ashvane
ah okay ^^
ye sivara
my bad xD
on ashvane i had only 48.5k 
I did another sim with haste for the heck of it, and it shows how close crit and haste really is for assassination
5 dps difference
thx for that buddy ๐
of course there are some slight differences in enchants etc, but the point still stands
sould i stay haste if i want to play m+ as assa?
u dont want haste for m+
k il go then for the first sim whit crit
whats the best azerite gear i should aim for? 3x nothing personal?
using droptimizer and simming yourself with top gear will probably always be the best option
do i have to be premium for that?
I think you can only run one gear slot at a time without premium, but it should still be viable
im trying right now
for me, currently, I'd want gorak tul's for shoulder and hood of the slithering loa since they sim like upgrades for me
at least the last time I ran droptimizer
seems like it dont shows you azerite gear if ure not premium
no it seems to work fine, you go to Droptimizer -> enter character realm and name -> Press Azerite Vendor -> Pick a category
you can only do all 3 categories at once if you're premium, one category at a time works for free
okay thx, ill try it now
now its working but i cant see the items from raid
i just wanted to know if there are azerit items on hc i sould im for
you already have them
ah, right. you just choose Eternal Palace instead
on Heroic
also yes, you do have them, doubt there's anything else you'd want
okay thx ๐
u just tried now to use aszahara tinket and wait for coral
works pretty good ๐ thx boys
nut just sure about the opener now whit master assasin
Assassination Guide: http://www.ravenholdt.net/assassination-guide/
with MA you just go garrote -> mutilate to 4cp-> rupture, that's the standard one
okay im opening still whit garrote okay
nah u do this one with MA now https://i.imgur.com/HW9N9CB.png
ah, thanks for clearing that up
sorry, was unaware it was officially changed
I read this one and automatically thought "well, it says no SS so of course it's MA"
big oops
wait what we dont garrote from stealth ๐ฎ
the damage diff is so low tho
Yeah, so?
hi guys, theoretical undulating tides seems to be quite good, but as i progress in mythic i ve seen that it is only 1.5% max of my dps as some times the damage in unavoidable, so sims will go for UT ofc but i wanna know if u guys are using it, atm to me the other option is scent of blood so i dont really know 
It's bad.
look up the uptime in logs nad in raidbots u can sim with specific uptime
You can check the debuff uptime in your logs and sim accordingly
Just don't use it 
i'm getting old, i didnt even know raidbots had such a thing, ty guys for the fast answer
Hey guys, does anyone know the APL difference between wowprogress and raidbots? I seem to sim +5k dps on wowprogress with the same parameters, can't figure out why.
that's a #wow-general question, not related to spec
I am specifically talking about assa's APL though
dont ever look at wowprogress "sims" its hot pile of garbage
sure, but it's still a question of how two websites handle things. it's a fine line, really, so I guess it's 
i think by default wowprog sim is 500 seconds compared to 300 sec default raidbots sim. another thing you can do is hover your mouse over the wowprog sim dps to see which version of the apl it is using as it may be using an out-dated one.
cough #wow-general cough
quick question is the bug still in where if u apply 4 garrots with subterfuge all of them lose the out of stealth dmg buff?
bug? the last garrote will be after subterfuge ends so it will overlap with a non-empowered one
seems working as intended
no on 4 different tragets
it was fixed very long ago
and idk why people think that bugs that are 1year old now are still relevant lol
i just didnt know if it was fixed
But should you do a fourth garrote or rupture?
rupture

you only ever really do 3 emp garrotes and then ruptures
If you're above 2 target, you only apply empowered garrotes.
he was talking 4 targets
I realised it was a stupid question the moment I typed it

But thatโs new to me though, when Iโm fighting a pack of mobs in a dungeon I only do 3 garrottes and then ruptures, no garrotes when itโs off cd? Is it because itโs a wasted global?
I mean that itโs better to use eb?
yeah, it's a wasted global
I think you want 5-6 bleeds running for the energy regeneration. the less haste you have, the more bleeds you'll need
@rigid mango tell em
If you have 11%+ or above haste, you need 4 bleeds, if you have below, you need 5
You generally go g g g > rup > build > rup > fok spam/prio damage or whatever
You then reapply bleeds as ruptures when they start to fall off
This place is a goldmine. Thanks a lot guys ๐
i'm blushing
You're as always, of such help
one mans waste is another mans treasure
Was literally just going to ask about this. I assume you still use Envenom's in AOE once Garrote/Rupture are down on targets? Is there a set amount of mobs where FOK spam just does more damage than Envenom even when capped on CP?
I assume it's not as simple math as 5CP Envenom = 16%*5 AP = 80% vs FOK doing 20.5% per target thus 4 (82%) targets = FOK spam > using CP on Envenom?
you basically just put bleeds to sustain energy
build with fok and envenom into mobs that need to die quickly
if you want more overall you use less envenom
So only envenom if there is a priority target? If not, just spam FOK?
if you want to kill a hard mob fast you use more envenom
Ok sounds good
there was some sheet around in this discord where u could fill in your stuff and it would tell u when fok >> envenom but i cant remember who posted it
Ah no worries. I'm new to rogue, haven't played it in a few expans so just getting to grips with everything again.
it usually wont make too much of a super big diff and it has really good value to kill the shitty mobs fast
In general (I know simming will give most accurate results) is haste or crit the priority for Assassination? I've seen a couple of difference sources say each.
st or m+?
Both I guess, does it vary for raid vs mythic+?
m+ you aim for as much crit as possible while sacrificing as much haste for it
st is all over the place depending on what the sim says
but haste is up there
Ah ok, will keep that in mind then. Is multilate build (triple double dose essence) generally seen as the optimal build for Assassination?
somebody used weakaure2?
Triple DD is really strong
3dd isn't a necessity but it is really good
The traits you use can vary fight to fight, and if you're going in to m+
combinations of 2dd+ ttk+ np are good too
twist the knife
Ah, the list i was looking at didn't have it in for some reason
The stacking of NP, does that give 80 energy over 20 seconds instead of 40 then?
Or does it double the duration to 80E over 40s?
stacking NP only increases the damage component of the trait
Ah that sucks
for raid it comes down to your azerite
in a perfect world 3x dd will be highest simming yeah
According to WOW TTK buff extension, SS combo point don't stack either so are good 1 point wonders I'd assume
but theres several very decent options like behemoth chest orgozoa shoulders
if u cant happen to get cephalohide/gorak
@robust river what do good the weakaura?
ss and ttk are good stack traits
So for a starting gear set I was 1 NP, 1 SS then as many DD or TTK I can find with decent secondaries?
due to the dmg increase
(for m+ that is)
in raid you really just use your highest simming pieces it comes down to what you have access to
yeah, what aus said, 3dd might be the best but the thing is, the inner traits are really relevant, and that's why behemoth chest, which doesn't have dd, sims the best
because of loyal and overwhelming power
except for undulating tides trait, its a simbait ๐
@full pond I use Luxthos WA2 pack. Best things are Garrote/Rupture highlight the refresh time rather than just showing when they expire. Doesn't have timers on everything though which I dislike and need to add.
Wait, pieces of gear has set traits? In my head I had it down as random asin you can could roll each piece of gear with different traits (i haven't played much BFA)
I was thinking we'd gone very Diablo
@robust river Thanks I needed that
No worries
@robust river Bro, where can dowload the Lucthos WA2 in app Twich ?
!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)
Do Afenars pack have the garrote/rupture pandemic timer in built does anyone know?
And the enhanced marker for rupture/garrote?
They glow when in pandemic range yes
How about highlighting when it's an enhanced one so shouldn't be refreshed early? Thanks
If you like the afenar pack more just copy the condition for the highlight from the other pack and add it to it
If it doesnt have it
or display whatever it is
Pretty sure @civic palm can help you hes weak aura master
It doesn't show empowered garrote
Ah perfect. I'll have a play if I get on tonight.
445 mydas, it's still the awful, right?
Yes.
yes
What?
Sorry i just gotta ask this but is assassin rogue supposed to be useing Force Manipulater for there wepion enchants im seeing some people usieng Quick and deadly nav
Check sim for enchants
@sterile ocean checking random people wont help you, you should do a sim and check which is the best
is mut still good for pushing keys? Or should I play outlaw?
Asking bc of outlaw blade flurry nerf
Dunno, look at RiO? It's probably very obvious.
@versed mica both are good, outlaw slightly better but sin works just as well
Sin is good but you'll be terrible if you just smash buttons
What do you mean by that?
Sin takes more thinking
of when to do what
It has more stages where you want to be doing different things, and it differs dependant on pulls/traits/objective/level
etc.
@versed mica pushing keys like 111111111211111212222111112? thats outlaw
Don't forget pushing bladeflurry
outlaw has a bunch of buttons these days.
snake eyes dagger build died out noobe
Rip in peace
I miss snake eyes tbh

Does anoyone know a good sin M+ guide I could read up on?
Mythic or heroic
depends on strat.
How accurate is raidbots' mythic+ sim setting?
hello all, what should i focus to upgrade here? iv seen rogues with lower ilvls doing better dps :/
not enough benthic gear honestly
do benthic make a huge difference?
better get to rolling xD and yea it can if you roll the right ones
get a socket on them too makes it better should be a list on wowhead as well for the best ones
guess ill be on najtar for a long time now hahah
@versed mica not very for sin, atleast.
Okay, so I've looked everywhere for an answer and I'm stuck. It seems like a silly question, but is there a talent or trait that takes Garrote off cd? I've watched aoe guides and they are just spamming garrote on three targets before the fight and then proceeding with their aoe rotation. Please note I've been playing rogue for a whole 72 hours so I'm a scrub lol
Damn, I must've read over the no cooldown line. I feel dumb. Thanks Zine


After choosing the upgrades recommended by raidbots end up with uneven stats that are either too low or too high. Is there a way to balance stats out cause all raidbots does is give values. or am i doing something wrong?
What do you mean balance stats out?
There's nothing as "uneven" or "even" stats
Some stats are better, some worse. Different specs have different baseline of those stats. Sin per example has very high baseline mastery
like 1st run of raidbots gives me stats which makes certain values go higher and when i run sim again it tells me i need to lower those values which were meant to be higher in 1st sim run...hope that makes sense
am getting stats weights and putting them in pawn to give me gear suggestions...
Yeah, don't.
Use top gear.
Stat weights don't take into account the weights after you've changed a piece accordingly
Top gear does
So when you sim with top gear, it'll tell you best possible combination of your current pieces
It's worth using. I was like "Ughhh I have to download a thing that's so haaaard" but eventually when I finally did it was like a whole new world
ah okay. i will give it a try. tyanks ๐
now most of my parses are 85+ which considering they were green two weeks ago, I'm pretty happy about that
The stat weights are going to change every time you equip a new piece too - you will be chasing your tail if all you do is check stat weights
Stat weights are only really used to try to figure out logic behind choices and how they impact your gear
so should i just delete pawn?
Can do.
I got rid of pawn, and I frequently use top gear instead
pawn is very useful when you're gearing a char on low ilvl
the basic weights of stats can be used for a while there since there's too many things negativly impacting your gear to care about that
But when you're having to do proper choices of proper pieces, top gear is far superior.
@latent fog Your shoulders aren't the best either.
yeah that shoulder sucks, im using just for the ilvl
They're not atrocious ๐คท
actually I think 65 heart is your next biggest upgrade lol
hard to beat flat 2k dmg ish
yea. That along with some benthic gear could bring him to the high 40k area
the guy is simming 44k he has everything to upgrade basically ๐คท๐ฟ
yeahh, what is the best way to farm azerite? there its one ? lol
we're just discussing what his biggest upgrades are.
thats sad hahah no luck with drops so far
got a garbage cloak from my cache
I got some gloves today from mine, but I rolled socketed poen's the other day lol
I only have them upgraded to 415 so far and they already sim higher
It took me almost a thousand pearls to get all socketed benthic for each slot ;/
With some upgrading of the other slots inbetween
!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)
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/crSQy6gMBGgCKZFdAgv7MX What can I do to improve my gear other than getting benthic boots and getting 65 neck?
Get lucid r3
Font, zaqul helm, full 425 benthic, lucid 3, Mecha rings
Font if you can manage it would probably be about 1k
Been rolling for weeks and that stupid boss and cant get it to drop
Been trying on zaq helm too
Yeah I mean you aren't at a bad spot, once you get Rank 3 lucid, 2nd passive slot, and gear out your benthic you will probably be close to 50k. I hear that question a lot but I think people underestimate how big of an impact it has
like 42-45 isn't bad at all if you don't have font of 65
Would heroic zaq helm be better than the 445 np ttk helm?
I cheat and use Engi helm, it's pretty good
i simmed it for me it is, but you should sim it for yourself to be sure
I cant raid mythic cause my guild is some straight garbage mongos, been looking for a better guild but cant cause I can really only play on weekends

Anyone here use AskMrRobot. How does it compare to RaidBots?
nobody can really know how it compares considering it's a black box basically
people use simc because it's community supported and you can see what is happening with it, why and make changes if you would like
Ah OK. I paid for AskMrRobot before I knew about simcraft and stuff. Will keep using AMR and check it against SIMCraft every so often
Already paid for the year haha, was like ยฃ12.
Yikes, so got 445 tentacle laced Spaulders today and 435 goraks still simming higher
OP is OP
Would the tentacle be technically โmore consistentโ since I wouldnโt be dealing with BBI procs
more consistent yes
Or nah just listen to sims
well, BBI is also more versatile
200 isnt that little
thats almost a socket, would you rather have an item without a socket? ๐
i mean assuming a 45k sim (which i'm sure you sim higher), it's just below a 0.5% dps increase. It's up to you though if you want the higher ilvl or more damage. You could always switch around on bosses that are on farm
Kinda where Iโm leaning tbh, maybe give it a go on prog. What Iโm leaning towards is trying to get Blackwater chest now to have tentacle be my source of NP and get that Loyal mastery
Iโve got the reverent adoration chest so could be improved
once u got blackwater tentacle will mostly sim higher
Im using same setup and tentacle 445 >> 435 gorak for me as only source of np
Weโve got at least 2 maybe 3 people taking Not loyal on that ring because there isnโt a consensus to use it or not
So if I get chest Iโm going to start bribing
I have crap m+ traits this week ... wish I could somehow get a set of 445 with 3x ss or ttk really. Can only ever peice together 3x eb endlessly
Oh wait would do 3x ss, 2x eb, 1x ttk but that sounds awful
question about focusing iris minor. if I fan of knives and hit things other than main target will it drop stacks or am i ok?
It's okay
thank you ๐
I haven't stepped inside of a raid in 3 weeks man 
not even molten core ? smh
I've spent the last hour dead cuz horde are in the area 
But at least I'm working on myself/uni stuff in the meantime
What are some good trinkets to shoot for that are good for M+?
Not sure if coral+font is all that great for aoe
spyglass, dice
Can someone give me an opener with font/coral double dose, master ass build please, so many mixed opinions I can't get it exact
Mut rup mut garrote CLF vend TB vanish enven?
Or do we hold vend until coral
font at 18 secs
on pull timer
then do normal opener and apply coral when it's avail
then you can font when it comes up and rip coral after your vanish during vend
18 seconds?
oh wait that's the fire mage timer i guess you can do a lil later for rouge :p
doesn't that give you a good bit of your 2nd vend without bonus crit tho?
Thereโs information on font + coral usage in TC updates
hello guys i dont know if this is the place for my question or not . in zaqul fight i assigned to be in Delirium Realm the question is should i save my cos and preuse and take dmg to get out without Shattered Psyche or use it inside to reset Hysteria to stay as long as i can .
You reset your stacks and stay longer
you still have to take the stun if you intentionally leave via a tentacle smash don't you
yes
@arctic walrus ty for reply
When you don't have spyglass+dice yet, is any passive trinket okay?
hi, please how we do our opener with MA talent?

Personally I do my opener by opening the spellbook and clicking which abilities I want to use
haha hihi hehe comedian
@deft nymph u dont care about coral in first vendetta
For 2nd and further u align it to have font and coral inside it
u dont care about coral in first vendetta
Cast ASAP to get it ticking though.
You won't get the crit buff during first vendetta is what he means
this week is just meh for M+ ...
I don't even know what to run really
think a 1x eb, 3x ss, 2x ttk or 1x eb, 2x ss, 3x ttk build is better this week?
i think 3ttk builds are pretty bad outside super niche situations to be honest
what're the affixes
tyrannical raging necrotic i think
I can do 3x ss, 1x eb and 2x ttk which might be ok
or I guess I should have stuff to just do 2/2/2 which is prolly pretty solid this week as well
Maybe the 222 to get extra value out of eb
helps clear packs faster for the tank idfk
right, I got a Cowl for my 445 this week, so stuck with the SS/EB on it for now
Depending on the dungeon pulls, either go with 222 for bigger aoe, and 321 for more cleave
I will try 3x ss, 2x eb, 1x ttk cause its all 445s, just to see how it feels on some smaller keys maybe
depends on crit rating as well
usually in the 36-40 range
not much. i would go for 3x ss
I am for now cause its all 445, think the 2/2/2 would be one 430 and the others 445s
ilvl doesn't mean much on gear for m+
ilvl means equally in all situations
yeah I know ilvl isn't too much of a deal in m+, actually 2/2/2 would be a 420 and 445s
I think I ran that last week, so will just try the 3/2/1 for something different and prolly end up back at the 2/2/2 before its over with cause that is just a solid build
I was hoping for the dang Flashpowder on my roll today, no luck
Im going 3 ss for sure
Hey guys, I started playing rogue for raiding a while ago, but my parses suck af, I have logs for today's mythic fights, I used wowanalyzer but it doesn't seem to say much, can anyone read my logs and tell me (at least a few tips) to improve my performance?
I have to say I don't have coral and also don't have font
Question: Progging Azshara and the hulk is breaking KS like..instantly roughly 30% of the time. Looking at logs there isn't really anything lining up with the time stamp of the break that seems like it should be doing anything to it. Wondering if anybody has an answer
Your warrior charging it?
Logs say nope
@lapis shale link them
Are you the first kidney? on hulk
must be someone using an ability that breaks it but they dont know it does?
!az
!azerite
Assassination Azerite overview: https://bit.ly/2U86I7o
;p
thank god i got my cephalo today
only coral and 2 benthics to go as most important items
how do u guys sim for assa m+?
u cant sim for m+ like for st
you just can sim for different situations and then adapt for a overall m+ gear
so how do u guys pick out upgrades / best setups for m+ in general?
always depening on what your aim is for m+
in most cases i prefer crit/mastery and crit/versa gear over anything with haste
cause haste has on trash no real value
as you get energy via bleeds
so haste only because important on bosses. but with essences you get enough haste to ignore it on your gear
im playing with bote major and lucid + iris minor
so if i wanna know if something is an upgrade, i sim for multi target fights with 6-10 targets
also best setup always depends on dungeon and affixes
what benthic pieces should I be aiming to get besides the boots for my mythic progression?
Wrists seem to do good damage
good for assa m+ right?
I also got this chest https://wowhead.com/item=159314/cephalohide-jacket&bonus=4817:1512

@shut pasture I can't read the cirylic, so really can't say.
@shut pasture I think that crit is better for M+.
I'm no sure if that's right, but I just spam FoK + finishers in M+ if I have >2 targets (keep in mind I have 2xTTK, 2xSS, 2xEB). After applying garrotes with Subterfuge of course.
@shut pasture depends on how many EB traits you have and if you have ttk, and if there is a prio target or not
@bronze kelp Elaborate please?
here's my character
You fok spam and ignore cp at 5+ targets
I'd switch up fok for 1 more ttk but i dont have other 445 piece
SS and TTK are very good for beguiling
3 SS for kr and tos
3 ttk is quite good for bolst weeks
Does swapping traits constantly not cost you a bomb in gold? Or do you try and keep a second set of gear for mythics?
so, did anyone actually prove that ttk is good or is it still used bc. of popular public opinion?
is this sarcastic
the majority does not switch traits, often also bc they dont have enough spare parts
is this sarcastic
if that was targeted at my question the answer is no.
@robust river yes and no, it doesn't really cost a lot if you can play around it
@vestal wren i've not seen anything, believe seems to be popular opinion still.
I've experimented with it a lot yesterday due to having sub optimal azerite gear atm, and im not massive fan of it
Didn't know you'd experimented with it fuu
Please do tell your findings from playing sin with ttk in m+ fuu.
you are totally right
given i have less experience then other top players those should have an interesst in the math i guess
so, you try to put responsibilities on the wrong person
I suppose we should all ignore top players and listen to a sub onetrick who plays no m+?
arguments dont get better or worse by the lvl of the person that says it plays at
theres top players that use 3ss 3 eb straight
so
just saying something cuz player x says so doesn't make it correct
I have found in some dungeons priority single target is much better than overall damage, siege being one, unfortunately I realise outlaw does priority damage better, Iโm thinking Iโm going to take 3ss, 3eb into every dungeon I can and dungeons where thatโs a terrible idea I will go outlaw
@shut pasture itis, i time atal 18 ez with everoyne doing 38~40k so you're good
Try to aim for 40k
last week I played 3 ss 2-3 eb exclusively and had pretty good results with it
i think the point where you try to attack my reliability to win an argument
is the one you admid you cant win the argument
Same, itโs great being able to pad like crazy
its not only good for overall
vanish ss on prio does insane prio dmg as well
with 3 ss traits
SS EB works very well if you min max for mastery and crit also
with 3 ss+ exsang u'll have more prio than 3 ttk build but less overall so im not sure if its worth it
Iโve not touched exsang much, maybe I should try and learn it
i dont think exsang is as compatitive
ss provides good prio, and as pulls are scripted you can easily get value from restelths
Exsang only does marginally less than tb overall though
i played 2/2/2 and even 3 ttk 1 eb for a while, because of limited azerite, atm im using 1 ttk 3 ss 2 eb or 3ss 3eb depending on dungeon/affix and the results are good so personally I came to the conclusion that ttk is not the answer to everything and it heavily depends on group comp and dungeon to decide what trait combination you pick
Team comp is important as well though, I run with a boomie a lot and they offer all the single target my group could ever need, thereโs really no reason not to just do as much as possible overall in most keys
anyway, everyone should try out himself and use what he feels/gets the best results with, blindly following top tier players is a bad thing, as 99% of ppl talking here don't play the dungeons close to what these players play
so yeah for seli it wont matter to have good prio dmg when hes still doing 50k overall with 2 other 50k blasters
for random rogue xy where ppl just do 35k overall it might be a good thing to increase overall to time the dungeon
Ttk does feel excellent to play though, itโs nice having your envenoms really punch
it is, and it has its use and does a good job at it, but its not the solution to save mankind as it is praised most of the time
you should try subtlety, evi "punches" a lot more
If sub was good I would probably main it haha
I like the gameplay but my opinion right now is that outlaw does it the best
if u like sub and depending on ur key height just play it
u cant compete with sin or outlaw but if you just like the gameplay and can time the keys you play with it just go for it
Siege and WM, sub is still really viable tbh
its a game after all so if you can do what you like with a spec you enjoy theres nothing holding you back
Figuring out the best builds is as fun as playing them imo
What should be 3rd essence for sin in raid?
Sure, thanks!
usually iris
unless u need to target swap a lot
or to phrase it better, where u drop the stacks often/or where other essences are just better/competitive
orgozoa/zaqul for example
or queen azshara as well
Yeah, ill see how ill be with iris on some bosses
got a swirling sands that sims better than my 435 zaq helm but i'm losing my NP 
do i pool before vendetta? lol
fixed it lmao
huh
thing is i never played without NP, it looks like i starve a bit now
but maybe its in my mind
wdym
24% haste tho
i energy starve during np towards the end, but maybe realistically i'm only losing maybe 1 mutilate/ envenom
feelycraft whatever
wdym bruv
I think i read yesterday that using a normal garrote at 2+ targets is a waste. Do you simply skip garrote completely and keep up only rup?
where did you read that
Further up in this chat
that's m+ you read, and it was about garrotes outside subterfuge
Yes, exactly
and yeah, it was true, besides the 3 garrotes on the opener you don't garrote anymore
So if you are facing three targets for example .You do your 3x garrotes and then only refresh rups?
Even if it makes you fall below the x bleeds threshold?
that's exactly right
Bbi sims slightly higher than NP (17 dps to be exact). Should I get NP for single target to get rid of the bbi RNG ? Unsure as fuck
you don't fall below x bleeds treshhold
in m+ u use 3 empored garrotes and 2 ruptures mostly
and when the garrotes fall off
you do 5 ruptures
@obtuse cedar i would, yes
But if there are only 3 targets @tropic ocean
17 dps is nothing @obtuse cedar
Indeed it is, thanks big boys 
if there are only 3 targets you will keep up 5 dots regardless to sustain your energy
so 2 garrote 3 rupture
or depending on your haste
1x garrote 3x rupture
as much as you need to sustain energy
11% is the break roughly right?
Yeah i think i have read 11%. Above that is 4 bleeds
would 440 inkpod be better than either 430 socketted font or 430coral for the ashvane fight
given 2 on use is slightly clunky to use etc
coral font is giga
none of my sims favor my 430 socketed inkpod over 430 font+coral
jeez okay
idk i thought maybe inkpod coral might be rly good especially since you can stack until like 33% then just pop coral
and get big crit with inkpod
I really liked inkpod on ashvane prog before I got my font
am I the only one that actually thinks font + coral makes assa rotation smoother
I'm always using font+coral now because it's just really, really good
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wdym by smoother @wet ruin
I don't know, granted it delays vendetta a bit, but it just feels better
i mean you channel the trinket while you are pooling which makes the time feel worth more
exactly
do you normally make it so you channel it on cd?
or do you channel it with 14s on vendetta so you get 10s of vendetta with font and the other 10 with coral crit
I find that my third font (or second in fight if you get to that point) is a bit delayed
but its either delaying tb, or using font during tb, so I choose to delay font
@shut garnet channel when vendetta is <20s cd
^
Hello all, on the rotation "One or more Shrouded Suffocation powers for Toxic Blade" where do i use the Guardian ? Juste before the Vendetta no ?
lemme help you
Condensed Life-Force:
In the opener, after MA/Subt window, before vendetta and then on cooldown as it's not buffed by any of your other Rogue abilities. Minor gain in some situations holding for 3rd Vendetta (Providing you don't miss a cast) due to the haste procs.
okok sorry, thx
Do you adjust your stats to tyrannical vs fortified weeks? I mean, is it worth switching an item or two for more haste so that you donโt struggle for energy on boss fights during tyrannical weeks?
im playing in a keyrange from 14 to 18 mostly and i dont
Not really

3 ss 1 eb 2 ttk blasts
rest with full on m+ stats and traits unless high ToS
big time
I need goraks 
Ok thanks!
You lack Np on other pieces or is your crit high already?
!essence
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idk actually havent played in a week and a half
!traits
Waddaya need pascal
I play with 3x DS, 2x Poison, 1x Loyal to the end....so my qustion is...is NP that much useful?
or do i need NP?
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/k38vb2pURjSwd8sikPdc8f
unpacked Cephalohide. Fits pretty good 
@manic cairn unsure what DS and Poison are ๐
double dose
probably ttk
yep xD
Ah, right
NP is useful, yeah, it's good as a 1st trait, but it's not "needed"
You should be able to sim gear with similar traits on just an NP instead of a TTK or whatnot
and see the potential diff
I mean, what could you be using instead?
the shoulders frome the 3rd boss in eternal palace with loyal to the end
I'd probably use them? but I can't actually check what you'd sim with it since you've done a sim from armory and not bags
i send you later my bag ๐ im actually in the train ๐
Anyone available to have a look at my gear and logs and give some advice, struggling to make the best of what I have.
I've done the raidbots thing to a 12 mil interation
know thats on point
more need someone to look at my shit and figure out why i suck
used to parse 85-90 percentile
now i struggle to break 60
Whats best 2nd minor for raiding ?
have 450 bracers that are simming higher than bracers
@winter gale iris
Ty m8
die u sim benthic bracer 425 witch socket?
no dont have bracer with socket as of yet
100% they will be better than 450
ok will work on that
From firsr boss its just gear killtime
I can't imagine that is a huge dps difference though
Dot uptime and pandemic little bit off
Opener suboptimal
azerite + benthic + neck 65 will up ur dps to 43/44k approx
what changes should I make to azerite traits?
Idk what youโre simming but theres no major flaw in gameplay on first boss
simmed 44th percentile
lacking third essence probably hamstrings me alot
I didn't come back to game till 3 weeks after EP launched after 18 month layoff
so ive been grinding my balls off trying to level neck, get essences, achieves for essences, etc
u have 2x 430 azerite as well
yea haven't had any luck getting better peices with the right traits
Getting them 450 (behemoth chest/ first boss or gambe helm) will up ur dps a lot too
u can try to do top gear/gear compare to see how much dps benthic neck and azerite will give
running 3 double dose 2 nothing personal 1 overwhleming power atm
Just from gearing u are very off like obviously your parse will be lower this late in tier
As geared rogues log 50k dps + on that boss
Sim ur char 4min patchwerk and see
How far ur sivara is actually off
running
4 min patchwerk sim comes back at 44816
so about 6k off
yep
trying to improve my dot reapplications to maximze
can i really be losing that much dps from that?
try to refresh pandemic somewhat better and keep garrote up better
No its a mix of many small things
That add up
Also be sure u have 100% uptime during vendetta/tb so only move if u really have too
Cloak/pot/vial is ur friend
Ye thats correct
what do you mean by vial im not familiar with that or im having a brainfart
Crimson vial your heal cd
oh yea
Using cds to ignore movement or mechanics is good for dps
ok so try to cheese more stuff with feint / vial / cloak

@low junco you simmed with 445 shoulders lol

what did you have equipped anyways to have that +30k dps lol
outlaw gear
I know the dungeonslice on raidbots isn't great for simmin sin.....whats the best way to sim for M+
You can't really
ok so for M+ if i have 445 inkpod and arcane tempest with a 430 spyglass what would be the best 2 for M+
spyglass inkpod?
Which are the three azerite pieces that I want to get?
zaqul/pvp head, gorak tul's mantle and blackwater behemoth chest
or cephalohide/pvp chest
you want blackwater behemost chest even without double dose?
Is 2 Loyal to the end overkill? I currently have shoulders and chest with it
w8 is Ashvane an Aberration boss ?
@atomic willow spyglass for sure
inkpod doesnt seem very good on m+ would rather use dice ashvane or whatever
even if running master assassin or only if running subterfuge?
twist the knife and shrouded?
No, loyal.
ok
Just make sure at least 4 others in raid are using it as well (can also adjust that number when simming)
you can check with a WA how many people are using it
Requires Exorsus Raid Tools addon to function. Provides a count of how many Loyal To the End traits are currently used
cephalohide ๐
though, i already had 445 blackwater chest, do sims undervalue loyal to the end?
ye
Slightly
blackwater and cepha are near same value with 4 loyals
Also allows you to gear less into mastery
but ofc, any death -> it better
So you may sim a bit lower w/loyal if you already have a lot of mastery
Mastery isn't bad tho
belf
its 11 dps worse for me as belf now

without deaths
Mastery isn't bad but most of the time it ends up worse than Crit/haste w/loyal
I mean, it's mainly CLF that makes crit vers and haste so valuable
CLF and benthics
all of them scale with vers/crit/haste iirc
Honestly makes more sense, but I remember seeing it swing a bit with loyal as well
presumably no deaths loyal: https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/9yM2gwTuW6xXmtVVKwtcUo
oh and 0 loyal allies, lets set that to 4 and run agin
hmm, guess i use cepha on farm and blackwater on prog then
Right, but if you're comparing to cephalo anyways you'll have a ttk either way
@turbid osprey I'd just stick with Blackwater tbh
could drop NP on my za'qul head for loyal instead though
16 DPS isn't significant even if no one dies
to keep 3 DDs
yeah, true
and people do like dying
guess cepha goes in the outlaw set ๐
Its also good for M+
loyal is bis on progress anyways
cus u have to focus on mechanics
so mastery will be better than double dose
more passive dmg
yeah, fair point
less dps loss from not doing dmg
ooh and it means i can get rid of undulating in my outlaw set too
everythings coming up milhouse
undulating 
is this right?
seems like a 440 should be better than 430?
but i guess not
found my error
enchants was wrong
anyone using inkpod in m+?
quite like it for outlaw but wondering if it makes sense to use it as assa
why do some people play with raid essence over blood of the enemy for mythic azshara any ideas ?
seems like FoK would stack the inkpod great in M+
why does EB do so much more dmg with exsang on herodamage?
@scenic saffron clf gives more damage on Azshara and 2nd add. Blood provides more damage for the 1st and 3rd adds. It's preference on what you deem your raid needs more damage on
@elder gulch ?
thats a very vague statement
@scenic saffron maybe they dont have blood or need more dmg at other points of time in the encounter
Isnt the MA opener on Ravenholdt wrong ? Feels like overcapping a ton of CB, dunno if im just stupid
they say Mutilate till 4+ combo points
Rupture
Mutilate if still in master assassin window
Garrote
Vendetta
Toxic Blade
Mutilate till 4+ combo points
Vanish
Envenom
Mutilate till 4+ combo points
Envenom
Does anything rogue interact with inkpod? Vendetta, vanish, etc?
@slow mortar nope
master assassin crit bonus/vendetta dmg bonus is for rogue abilitys only
@tropic ocean on Herodamage if you go Boss w/adds or dungeon slice EB with exsang does more dmg than EB with TB
a lot more damage
i guess its assuming 3 ss?
@vernal fern where are you overcapping there?
actually sorry ignore dungeon slice, just Bossw/adds
wait it's also using MA as a talent
in short fights with ss traits exsang will do superior dmg over tb
Overcap if i do mut after rupture
????

Avec rupture, I go mut which puts me at 4 cb, then garrote with puts me at 5, and then it says use TB and mutilate to 4 cb
after*
Yeah, muti to 4
...........what are you doing
ok
Bote > tb > vanish
If I play with Coral + Inkpod do i still use coral conversation on both Ahsvane shield drops ?
Or Just at the 31% ?
Anyone ?
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@winter gale no
use with vendetta and with coral again
inkpodi mean
this is just personal opinion but I never let it reach super high stacks as of diminishing return value of crit
if that makes sense to you
yeah you can sorta math out your crit chance and figure out how many stacks you need to make inkpod crit 100%
p sure on most fights you won't need to build stacks from the pull to 31% to force a crit
Just curious does Inkpod interact with BoTE?
now whether it's actually worth forcing a crit and not using it for vendettas is another story
Yes varolyn
It isn't, it's worth using coral with vend
atleast according to the current APL, but font + coral shit could've fucked with APL priorities
i wonder if like, fury warriors or other more gcd-capped specs
are getting more inkpod stacks than us



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