#assassination

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deep solstice
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honestly next week I might go back to fonting at 15 on pull timer so font is up for first delirium >.>

rigid mango
deep solstice
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Fire mage opener ftw

polar crater
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why do most logs tb after vanish rather than before so u can get 2 envenoms in the ma window?

rigid mango
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I'd say most logs vanish after TB

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😄

polar crater
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really?

deep solstice
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it's probably just sever lag on the timer. People TB and immediately vanish

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ideally you'd want to TB then vanish just before the GCD cooldown is up,.....but very minor difference

polar crater
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rerolling to rogue and was wonderingt why i cant get above purples, thats a good reason then

rigid mango
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Nah

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It's v minor.

deep solstice
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Well if he is TB after vanish that is actually a massive dps loss

polar crater
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its missing the last envenom in the MA window

deep solstice
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ya

rigid mango
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Nah

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It's not a massive loss

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It's v menial.

deep solstice
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It murders your opener, and vanish CD dps

rigid mango
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It doesn't

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Dude

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stop saying blanket statements that arne't true

deep solstice
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I am starting to think Zine is here literally just to troll

rigid mango
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You have litearlly

ashen solar
rigid mango
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no clue what you're talking about

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And it's painful.

polar crater
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oof

deep solstice
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Tell that to my logs

hidden bay
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show ur logs

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👋

rigid mango
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I don't care about your logs

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You're probably good at the game

quasi pewter
rigid mango
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But you don't know what you're talking about

deep solstice
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Saying fucking up the burst phase our spec is built around is not a big dps loss is hilarous

rigid mango
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But correct

hidden bay
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logs please

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😡

deep solstice
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just look me up, Metzlì-Stormragte

rigid mango
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Like

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You think pooling matters more than it does

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You think that matters moer than it does

quasi pewter
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we used to vanish tb mut env back in BoD and im pretty sure it was actually bbetter back then

deep solstice
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No I was against pooling

rigid mango
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But it really doesn't

quasi pewter
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it cant have changed THAT much

rigid mango
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both are v insignificant

deep solstice
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Well according to you literally nothing in the rotation matters

rigid mango
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No.

quasi pewter
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you said it murders ur opener

rigid mango
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According to me small rotational changes are a minor loss

hidden bay
rigid mango
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that's not noticable

quasi pewter
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how does it murder ur opener

hidden bay
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garrote in vendetta?

rigid mango
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CLF

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after

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tb

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YIKES

shy dust
deep solstice
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ya I have been fucking my opener up for a while . Kinda illustrates zine's point. good logs with a shit opener

quasi pewter
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not even a mistake

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he does it every time

rigid mango
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Exactly.

quasi pewter
rigid mango
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AH(AHAH

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no way

quasi pewter
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but

rigid mango
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are you a living example

quasi pewter
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ur logs arent good tho

rigid mango
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of my point

shy dust
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When something is such a minimal gain or loss it doesnt matter that much

quasi pewter
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pretty avg imo

shy dust
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which is what TB in vanish is

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and constantly messing up the opener when you say "Look at my logs" is ayikes.

rigid mango
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But yes, you're wrong, I'm correct.

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Leave it at that.

deep solstice
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because he is acting like I am a gray parser who is completely lost in the sauce. Not because I am especially great this tier

rigid mango
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No

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I'm acting like you don't understand the TC behind it

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I said you're probs good

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Doesn't mean you understand the logic behind it

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Nor how much of a diff thigns are

deep solstice
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The logic is a Second near guarenteed crit is a lot more damage than a crit TB and 1 envenom

rigid mango
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And the diff is still

shy dust
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and what if you get 3 CP from your MUT?

rigid mango
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Very small.

shy dust
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its not a noticable difference dude

deep solstice
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If you get 3 CP you just dont envenom a second time. It is very noticible on shorter fights. Longer it averages out.

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one of the reasons BB procs are such a massive change in our opener dps. They virtually guarentee 4 CP from the MA mutilate

quasi pewter
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cant you just

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agree that its negligible

deep solstice
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And we have 5 different things that are individually negligible, but add up to a few % dps. Everyone is too sad about the RNG meta to worry about actually optimizing the rotation

quasi pewter
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you literally said it murders his opener

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when you've been murdering ur opener for god knows how long urself consciously

deep solstice
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it removes the possibility for him to have an amazing opener.

civic palm
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rigid mango
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It doens't

deep solstice
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the same way I have been wasting a vendetta GCD for a long time

civic palm
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NOTICABLE DIFFERENCES.

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Either way, math it out otherwise it's just your idea of it being better.

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If you are unwilling to do that then post a synopsis of what you feel is more optimal play in #tc-research and see if someone is willing to do the changes for you.

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So we can see whether or not your ideas hold water over 10k iterations.

ashen solar
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He doesnt know the correct opener as his logs show

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Dont expect him to math it properly

civic palm
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That's why I gave him the option to let someone better at it do it for him.

ashen solar
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b

deep solstice
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I have literally been arguing to use the currently implemented build against people who are saying it doesnt matter if you deviate from it, regardless of errors in my personal play

civic palm
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That's nice but no one here is going to do the math to prove you wrong since you didn't do the math to prove yourself right.

quasi pewter
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noone said it doesnt matter

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we said it matters very little

civic palm
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The TCer's will do the math if they feel there could be a marginal improvement with the trait.

rigid mango
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I'm saying you think it's worth a lot more than it is

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It's not nothing

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It's just a lot less than you think it is.

civic palm
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Do make sure to present your findings in such a way that could actually interest them though otherwise you will continue to spin your wheels.

deep solstice
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I dont think it's a lot. A few tenths of a percent for each thing. But several tenths of a percent add up.

quasi pewter
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yes but thats not what you said at the start

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glad you changed ur mind

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thanks

rigid mango
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The way you worded it seemed a lot diff.

deep solstice
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Top players literally regem/enchant for 30 dps gain if the sim says they should. That's not even a tenth

rigid mango
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What has that got to do with it?

civic palm
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A few tenths isn't worth your time, and gems will push you over 1% differences.

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If they are regemming for less they're also wasting their time.

deep solstice
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Ya, not having gems at all will, but the difference in crit vs haste gems is not that significant

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but no one questions the importance of that

civic palm
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There are substantial differences to be had in regards to whether or not a fight makes better use of long bleeds, or short terms of burst.

subtle kiln
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Not all top players sim

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So let’s not go there

civic palm
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or whether or not a fight has a periods of modified damage.

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and yeah, not all of them SIM and not all of them know what they are doing.

deep solstice
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When I say top I generally mean parsers. I have watched enough streams to know that a lot of players in top guilds are bad rotationally.

subtle kiln
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Yet, they’re in a top guild

deep solstice
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because mechanics and consistancy matter more than orange logs

subtle kiln
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So consistently bad rotationally?

deep solstice
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As in even if they are fucking up they are consistantly at the bar they need to meet for their prog

rigid mango
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I don't know of a lot of top rogues that are really that bad.

arctic walrus
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Tune in next tier for us 2nd prog bad rotation peepoguns

quasi pewter
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what is a top guild here?

rigid mango
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A lot of them like raz/vel/saryero/herp etc

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Are all more than good players

quasi pewter
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i dont know of anyone in top 20 guild thats not playing close to optimally

deep solstice
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this tier you have to basically be afk to make a big enough error to really gib your rotation, as you have been saying zine

quasi pewter
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at least rotationally

rigid mango
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I count u as top saryero peepoGivelove

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No

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What I'm saying is

quasi pewter
civic palm
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Vel clearly poop, hasn't even played Rogue for a decade @arctic walrus

rigid mango
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You're valuing these mistakes way too highly.

subtle kiln
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Do folks just not want to hear that assn is forgiving?

rigid mango
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Repeatidly playing suboptimally in raid will show

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Assa is simple to manage

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And simple to play during prog

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Sure, adds some complexity on multi target

subtle kiln
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not hard to spec swap to outlaw

rigid mango
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But I don't think any of the players I would count as "top players" play anything but as optimal as they can.

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And succeed.

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Because it's not hard not to press CLF within vend and TB.

cobalt pelican
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it is if you're me

subtle kiln
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Me too

rigid mango
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but even doing that, you can log well because of how crit rng and kill timers are a thing.

subtle kiln
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Progression logs are the best logs

tropic ocean
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tl:dr

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it doesn't matter how good or bad you log to come up with correct statements about what is an improvement or not

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and the other way around too

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theres plenty of top tier players not following "logic" and rather play feels you can see it regularly in high keys for example

rigid mango
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Can you not re-ignite this conversation.

quasi pewter
tropic ocean
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did you suddenly become the police officer of sin channel

rigid mango
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Just unnecessary when all the points have been made

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Just move on

ashen solar
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Did any of you test sin on the raid in the recent ptr

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How did it feel

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Havent been active in raiding since mop so want to get back into it OMEGALUL

tropic ocean
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for me it feels good

quasi pewter
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some fights good some it feels like outlaw but idk

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im just clowning around on ptr tests

quartz fox
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how do u use razor coral in st fights? do u just press it in opener then re activate for 2nd vendetta?

rigid mango
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Pins

dark crag
quartz fox
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lol i checked just didnt notice it

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rip

rigid mango
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No problemos

arctic socket
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I believe that’s the most check the pins messages I have seen in a while

strange python
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Upheavel - Shadowstep to racing flag. Can we dodge it?

sand whale
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UR?

strange python
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TD

sand whale
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never worked when I tried before I could just be bad lol see what the pro sin rogues say

strange python
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I was able to successfully execute the Storm elemental skip in shrine so dodging TD boss is my next goal.

mighty crown
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im pretty sure its possible, but it is a SUPER precise timing

tough fable
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you can for sure dodge it

strange python
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I mean if outlaw rogues can dodge that easily, we should be able to dodge as well 🙂

tough fable
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this can make it a bit easier if youre interested

inner sonnet
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Outlaw is easier because GH moves you over a gcd, so there’s a larger window for the boss to upheaval and miss.

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Shadowstep you’d have to time it to the millisecond and risk killing the person you step to on high keys

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Also, storm ele skip in shrine is super easy as long as you kill the mini boss before it to be able to LoS, just run and vanish when it casts storm

gusty kestrel
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u dont have to kill the mini boss and its still easy :p

polar cape
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As long are in the bush thing while you pull

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People*

worldly fable
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!Essence

prisma monolithBOT
wanton bolt
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should i stick to inkpod at azshara (dont have font) or shall i take spyglass (my only other trinket)

fleet slate
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any recommendations on trinkets for Mythic +10 and higher?

tropic ocean
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from m+ solely

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spy glass from boralus

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dice from freehold

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or the trinket from motherlode if it forges/sockets

hasty fiber
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from raids prob font coral or inkpod coral

left peak
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Hey guys feel free to bump this or whatever if not allowed but i was wondering if you guys could look at my https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/cPEHnEQNJbRQsjkTTxisAV ive been getting gear but my dps stays between 20k-25k with most of the damage being the azerite beam i know my rotation is probably why im performing so low but i wanted to see if you guys could pry at my toon be brutual! i can't learn if you give it to me nicely lol thanks

arctic walrus
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Also you need to go and get higher ranks of crucible

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This should be your damage on a dummy, so yes rotationally you could use some work. Quick sim will show you a breakdown of rotation if you need help

left peak
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@arctic walrus thanks for taking a look! i will defintely try out the quick sim to see what it shows and ill see what i need to do to get a higher crucible!

arctic walrus
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Go to that heart chamber in silithus and you should have a quest there

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rank 2 is at 54, rank 3 at 60

left peak
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oh my heart is already at 60 wow thanks for the quick tip!

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hopefully i see improvement

arctic walrus
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Once you get rank 3 flame, put it in your major

left peak
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@arctic walrus oh thanks! did they recently update the quick sim to show that? yeah i didnt know you get 4 combo points if you mutilate out of stealth or vanish yeah i defintely want to hit the target dummy but dang you already gave me a awesome tool !

eager river
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wtb log analysis of my poor sin play, paying in hugs and kisses

arctic walrus
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  1. Didn't pop coral with 2nd set of cds
  2. Slight overcap with mut/gar (aim for 0 you had 2)
  3. Pool slightly higher for TB windows, you go in basically starving
  4. Biggest thing you do is TB->Mut instead of TB->Env
    Depending on luck, this can chance you out of a whole envenom outside of TB window
eager river
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yea the pooling thing is weird to me still, whats a good number to shoot for or how many seconds before its off cd should i pool i guess? and its better to tb with no/low cp then?

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and coral not being popped with cds is just my outlaw brain lining it up for ink still

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also pog fuckin discord didnt delay those messages this time

arctic walrus
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It's minimal but a good habit to get into, maybe like 50-75 as a baseline before each tb

crude cargo
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My understanding is you pool energy unless you're gonna cap it / need to refresh bleeds

arctic walrus
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and no, so for tb you basically hold on to 4/5 cp (without capping) rather than expend your env then tb

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and if you're at 4/5, you can tb just fine

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the cp wasted is fine

eager river
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ahh ok

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here's your payment

arctic walrus
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Ty

steep dome
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my apologies for askiing this but im new to rogue and bad at maths, what are the pandemic times for garrote and rupture when it's safe to refresh?

arctic walrus
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Just get a weak aura that highlights when either are inside their ranges

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It’s 5.4 for garrote, and 7.2 for a 5 cp rupture

steep dome
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any in particular that you would suggest?

fallow otter
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! Wa

prisma monolithBOT
fallow otter
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I personally use afenar slightly edited

steep dome
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tyvm

fallow otter
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Anyone got pink parse for org?

tropic ocean
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as of right now u wont get a pink parse without playing pad build and having roster with lower add dmg

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aka your guild needs to either let you log or just dont have good cleave dps

fallow otter
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Ill settle for purple tho

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You're right though I think it has more to do with most of the raid cleaving

tropic ocean
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having a lower a dps roster helps a lot

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As you can see on yin parse

fallow otter
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Yeh I've got a bunch of padders

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Even the hunters want perfect positioning

tropic ocean
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and if the roster dps is high rest needs to enable you to pad more

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by padding less

fallow otter
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Need to spawn extra summoners on zaq probably

arctic walrus
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zaq parses nowadays are moreso concerned with 1 echo phase, and getting high delirium uptime

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Or u can just pad with pp on adds

fallow otter
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Yeh that's what I do atm

tropic ocean
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Nah

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For zaq 99 u can just go multiple delirium pp minor and do burnstrat

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no need for eb or more summoners

arctic walrus
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wow so what I said das crazy

fallow otter
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Maybe this is the week we don't have carries can do burn

tropic ocean
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with longer kill you have more aoe as well so

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Unless you need to go in both echoes should be fine

wary thicket
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does someone care to check out my parses from my raid tonight and tell me what i can do to improve?

arctic walrus
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Ye

wanton bolt
inner sonnet
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well, for one, the aberration dmg waistband is only really ideal against Orgo & Za'Qul
gonna assume you've simmed better with vers gems.... and that's why you have more vers than haste
also, a simple one is maximise your good casts in you MA window, you only had 2 after your first vanish for example

brisk frost
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you get way more dmg out from bote if you use it on pull, 2nd hulk, devoted adds and ward add. also you're using bote at 6:40 which means it wont be up with detta if you lust when p4 starts

wanton bolt
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I get your first and second hint but whats that about the Vers thing? There was a time i simmed better with vers gems but low im back at 2x crit 2x haste

brisk frost
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you also seems to have quite low uptime/casts at p3, you can keep bleeds on boss, myrmi and ward add

wanton bolt
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I did use bote like you mentioned in all Tries except for 6:40 which is indeed bad

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I did not put casts on anything other Than the naga adds because we barely Manage to get them Down before shield up

inner sonnet
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ah, on the log you have 2 haste gems 3 vers

wanton bolt
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Right i changed it After raid. So your point is i should never take vers when sim tells me its better?

inner sonnet
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nah, wasn't really a point but haste/crit usually outweigh vers, BUT if you've simmed and such, you should probably follow the sims

wanton bolt
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I dont know how to sim azshara anyway. Its not like i can Trust Patchwork 5 min

exotic rose
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Does cloak immune the beam that divides the azshara encounter on mythic?

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Shadowstep is safe I believe?

vapid pawn
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@exotic rose yes and yes

exotic rose
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thanks guys

lethal heart
inner sonnet
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Does anyone know the % chances for DD to proc (with both muti's applying poison) inside/outside the Env window?

lethal heart
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so i guess

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it should be 9% ?

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and double that with envenom?

uneven summit
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Do we have a build/setup guide/tips for Azshara Mythic and Assa play?

rigid mango
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Standard ST with bote > clf, strife > iris.

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Assuming all are r3

uneven summit
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Condensed over Memory?

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dont have strife up unfortunally

rigid mango
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No.

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Lucid never moves

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If you have r3 blood it's better than clf

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If not, stick to standard setup

uneven summit
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aa i thought you were saying blood, condensed, iris equip, which threw me off

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so yeah Blood + Memory + Iris then nothing changes

rigid mango
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Yeah exactly

umbral folio
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@lethal heart not double with envenom, 60% of 60% is 36%)

oblique moon
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It’s 64% within window and 9% outside right?

quiet forge
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Hey guys why is Cephalohide Jacket chest bis (DoubleD and TtK) and not some DD + NP chest for example?

edgy pawn
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overwhelming power

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the 3rd row trait

rigid mango
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It's BiS outside of 4 loyal blackwater chest

brisk frost
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Behemoth chest is bis, cepha is 2nd

rigid mango
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It'll probably be BiS come next tier when people start dropping their loyal pieces

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As a piece from this tier

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Might not be BiS in the end, though.

quiet forge
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I mean if Im not mythic raiding regularly this tier and im not in any mythic guild atm I probably wouldnt want loyal to the end right?

rigid mango
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Then cepha will probs be BiS yeah.

quiet forge
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Alright thank you

unborn rampart
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Why those essence swaps for Azshara?

rigid mango
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Because bote gives the damage when you need it

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And strife since you're changing targets in p3 (aka only actual phase) and you also lose value of haste by multi dotting

unborn rampart
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Got it, thank you!

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Other fights before Azshara are all clf lucid iris?

rigid mango
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Zaq is bote + lucid + vop if you're doing echoes

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Not a sin question

wanton bolt
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another question for azshara i asked yesterday but got no answer to. i assume inkpod is trash tier in this encounter so can spyglass/harlems be better?

rigid mango
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No, inkpod is really good

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last phase is essentially just rushing it down

wanton bolt
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until p3 it really does any dmg compared to the overall dmg of my assa comrade with font

rigid mango
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Inkpod popping there is really good

wanton bolt
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we arent at p4 yet :C

rigid mango
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Still no reason not to play for it

wanton bolt
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shall i apply the same rules for outlaw in like popping coral at 31% with adds?

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or shall i only cast it on azshara until p4

uncut burrow
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Think coral use is in pins

wanton bolt
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but not in conjunction with inkpod i thought i could be different then

rigid mango
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You just use it as per usual

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nothing special w inkpod

wanton bolt
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kk thx for your time

glacial flare
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Hello. Anyone here with xp on Azshara mythic ? We're having some problems on the transition from P2.

rigid mango
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doesn't sound entirely sin related, but sup?

glacial flare
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well, here's the log from one of our tries

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we only have 1 lock and 1 pala

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so the transition is being PIA

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i think we scatter the devoted too much to be effective tbh but

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we seem to come out on par with others

rigid mango
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You should have bote if you have it

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Also does bbi sim better than 1st np for you?

glacial flare
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i do but ive been asked to go more ST and so ive been using CLF+Lucid+Strife

rigid mango
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CAn u link a sim?

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also if you have font it should be better

glacial flare
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ive also tried with font.

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the problem is, we're having issues that i find hard to understand to meet the dps check in order to avoid the indomitable

rigid mango
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Font is for sure better for that

ashen solar
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your fire mage is a bit questionable

glacial flare
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how so @ashen solar , can you elaborate ?

rigid mango
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Fuckall dps

ashen solar
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yeah

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pretty much

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even when you put it to before he died

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he has like

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0 dps for a fire mage

rigid mango
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You should really not just sim 7 min for no reasno

glacial flare
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well, i tried to find what were the better parameters to sim it but couldnt so, 7m patchwerk seemed like a fair enough approximation

rigid mango
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Just sim 5 min

glacial flare
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Ok.

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Is there any particular timer in the transition we need to looking out for so that we dont get the indomitable ?

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we're aiming at 68.5% but it seems you can prevent the indomitable add to spawn a bit before that percentage ?

ornate gazelle
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It can be beneficial to sim different fight lengths based on what you're trying to figure out. If you wanna know if you're hitting your sim dps; sim according to whatever boss you're on. 5 min is just a baseline/average fight length.

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@glacial flare You just want to be careful not to push the boss without Beckons being dealt with first. Or if you have the dps, beat the Beckon altogether.

glacial flare
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Cheers guys, appreciate it 🙂

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@rigid mango ive used bote+lucid+strife before and it did felt better tbh. Will take your recommendation to heart come next raid 🙂

rigid mango
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You shouldn't take strife if it aint r3

glacial flare
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yeah, ive got it this past weds(finally) 🙂

crystal vault
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is there anything special why most top parses on azshara use c&s but not on the earlier bosses? For me it simm worse dont matter what gear etc i use

drifting cloud
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target swapping in p3

vast forum
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vers is also good when your hp pool is low entire fight

strange python
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am i tripping or is wowanalyzer not picking up vanish casts

rigid mango
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WowA sucks

strange python
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best way to see why i suck as assass without wowanalyzer?

rigid mango
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Link your logs here

strange python
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i JUST got rank 3 CLF at the end of that raid, so i will have that for next time

rigid mango
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You overcap CP with mut

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aka you mutilated at 4+ CP

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Which is when you should be finishing.

strange python
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yeah, been watching that, adjusted my weak aura to screech at me if i hit 4 cp or higher

rigid mango
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Your opener is wrong in all kinds of ways

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I'd recommend looking at the opener in the rotations section in

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!guide

prisma monolithBOT
arctic walrus
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subterfuge with no SS traits, spend your energy, you're sitting above 100 so much of the fight

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don't use blood minor, don't use lucid major, sim your shit in top gear

strange python
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all my top gear was simmed

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thats what it spit out at me

arctic walrus
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not even full bleed uptime on a single target

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should be 99%+

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i doubt it, so resim

strange python
#

which fight? i know once or twice i got cucked

arctic walrus
#

or link your top gear here

strange python
#

and i died on fish

arctic walrus
#

sivara

strange python
#

oh that fight was a fucking disaster, people dropping shit everywhere. and we were all drunk

arctic walrus
#

not using toxic blade on cd

ashen solar
#

undulating tides isnt good either

strange python
#

yeah, i changed a piece out of undulating.... around court

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or i got a piece around there, can't quite remember. i have no undulating anymore however

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so opener, toxic blade, bleed uptime

arctic walrus
#

Still, every other flaw pointied out is evident throughtout every fight

strange python
#

toxic blade - use immediately, or should i hold for say 4cp then toxic blade envenom?

#

used to playing boomie, got bored since im overgeared and working this rogue - different than i am used to

ashen solar
#

you just always use it on cd

arctic walrus
#

You look at the cooldown and if it's soon gonna be up you should be sitting at 4/5 cp (it's fine to overcap points)

strange python
#

alright, ill watch my cp around that cd timing. id post my top gear thing but im not home to get to it

#

thanks much! hope to come back in a couple weeks much improved

unborn rampart
#

essences for m-za'qul?

rigid mango
#

Are you doing echoes?

arctic walrus
#

bote, lucid/strife (vision if you're doingdouble echos)

rigid mango
#

If so, bote + lucid + vision

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If not, bote + lucid + iris/strife/pp

unborn rampart
#

ty

crisp hollow
#

regarding TB on cooldown, if I plan incorrectly, do I hold it to refresh bleeds or refresh bleeds during its duration

stark wasp
#

!stats

prisma monolithBOT
#

Assassination Stat weights:
Single target: haste > crit > mastery > vers
Multi target: crit > vers => mastery > haste
Note: Simming will always result in more accurate results.

arctic walrus
#

You're fine to refresh bleeds at (pandemic + 2s) worth of time, before tb is off cd

crisp hollow
#

okay cool!

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a big problem i’m finding is TB expiring with 1/2s left on bleeds and being out of energy

#

usually leads to dropping garrote because I value rupture higher

ashen solar
#

normally if you have to you would refresh bleeds before TB

strange python
#

is it normal to feel so energy starved on ST fights using m+'s stat weights?

rigid mango
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Yes

strange python
#

I like the spec alot but i constantly feel so energy starved that i dont know if im doing something wrong.

rigid mango
#

You generally drop all haste so yeah.

#

Rely on procs such as op/lucid to help you

strange python
#

i guess id probably take too large of a hit if i took a ST stat weight build into M+ wouldnt i.

rigid mango
#

Stat weights in general suck

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You shouldn't rely on them to make your builds.

arctic walrus
#

Your single target damage shouldn't largely be hindered in a m+ boss fight

rigid mango
#

You're more reliant on kill timer to get 2nd vend in there and kill right after

strange python
#

i wouldnt say its hindered i just feel like im pooling alot.

rigid mango
#

You should be

strange python
#

i guess thats weird to me, from other classes ive just gotten so used to having some sort of filler.

rigid mango
#

Sin is rather the opposite.

strange python
#

for m+ the 3x garrote trait is the way to go correct?

rigid mango
#

Shrouded suffocation, yeah.

strange python
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think im something along the lines of 3x garrote, 1 envenom, 1 vendetta, one fan

rigid mango
#

As many EB (fan of knives) traits as you can whilst holding 3 SS is optimal

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Essentially.

strange python
#

ah okay

rigid mango
#

Although in for example KR, I wouldn't run more than 1 EB.

#

You'd rather have 1 NP/TTK's

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or bbi

strange python
#

Do you use crimson tempest on ST if u take it?

rigid mango
#

No

arctic walrus
#

no

strange python
#

night elf racial works with SS, right?

steep dome
#

to my understanding smeld will drop you out of combat allowing you to cast stealth in keys but wont work in raid

rigid mango
#

In a boss fight it'll grant shrouded suff if you meld > garrote

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Even if you never stealth

#

not subterfuge, but just shrouded

strange python
#

too op

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guess bloodmallet template does not use SS

#

cuz troll is above

rigid mango
#

Yeah bec SS is pretty meh for st 😄

steep dome
#

how much energy should one be pooling to before using finishers?

arctic walrus
#

Until you have to

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If bleeds are active, look at your envenom buff uptime, and wait till the end of it before finishing

hollow bridge
#

also longer EP uptime is good too. things to note, during TB window, dont worry about clipping EP, just get as many 4-5 point Envenoms out

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outside of TB window, the more you can spread out your EP/Envenom uptime the better, however you don't want to optimise that at the cost of better TB windows. IE, refreshing rupt and garrote before u go into TB window is better and then maximising Envenom in TB window will provide overall better dps than higher average uptime of EP or Envenom buff.

steep dome
#

thnx for the advice will keep it in mind

crystal vault
#

where can i check Envenom uptime, damage done envenom or debuffs?

arctic walrus
#

buffs

steep dome
#

apologies have another question, when ruptures about to run out do you refresh as soon as its in the pandemic window or is it better to pool energy when you have 5cps and let it run out before reapplying?

#

just so you have more energy during the EP window

vast forum
#

don't let it run out but you can pool during pandemic window

drifting cloud
#

you dont want it to run out

vast forum
#

and refresh at 0.01 if you feel like it 😛

drifting cloud
#

but how early you refresh doesnt matter as long as its in pandemic

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or well I guess it mostly depends where your tb cd is

#

since you want 4-5 cps and as much energy as you can when you press tb

vast forum
#

well yea

#

but the question was more general

#

there's no benefit to reapplying rupture at different points within the pandemic window other than preparing better for your next TB

arctic walrus
drifting cloud
#

you cloak doesnt have a hole

arctic walrus
#

drifting cloud
#

oh I guess its the crit mast zaqul one

arctic walrus
#

wait it does haVE a hole

drifting cloud
#

arctic walrus
#

drifting cloud
arctic walrus
rigid mango
#

Vers 4Weird

arctic walrus
#

It’s either vers or Christmas tree for 12 dps

drifting cloud
#

yeah I have the same

#

sick 30min sims for big gains

worthy moon
#

So

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This is going to sound super duper dumb

#

But assuming your being brought in to trial on M Azshara.... And you don't have BotE... What essence would you major?

polar cape
#

condense

worthy moon
#

Perfect, ty

#

I figured as much but mind as well ask

dark crag
#

It's critmas soon

haughty temple
#

When should I spec for CT (M+)?

fathom wyvern
#

think you normally play it now in any key unless you really need st dmg but i might be misstaken

edgy pawn
#

you can take it everywhere except for kings rest and temple of sethralis

haughty temple
#

Even on Tyrannical weeks?

edgy pawn
#

yes

haughty temple
#

Thanks!

edgy pawn
#

if youre group lacks st damage maybe take pb

#

depends on your comp

haughty temple
#

It feels like PB accounts for such a small % of my overall dmg when I'm running it. Haven't even tried CT yet 😄

rigid mango
#

Add siege onto that list

tall narwhal
#

So i rolled a 450 turban helm

#

I guess its useless right?

edgy pawn
tall narwhal
#

From what i see its pretty bad both for outlaw and assa (m+) wise

honest iris
#

yes turban is garbo

tall narwhal
#

Maybe its any good for sub ? 🤔

edgy pawn
#

the worst sin piece in the game does probably more damage than the best sub gear

tall narwhal
#

well ive had pvp in mind but ye

trail scarab
#

is assa very gear dependant in m+?

tall narwhal
#

well as i understand it you should aim for 3ss and 3 eb traits

#

so i would say yeah it kinda is

#

but then again, which spec isnt ?

#

if you play outlaw in keyes with snake eyes and the other shitty trait

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you won't do well either

trail scarab
#

alright, trying to make a rogue to play with some friends but i just dont understand outlaw for some reason. i feel assa is more comfy spec

edgy pawn
#

assa is way harder to get good azerites than as outlaw

distant lava
#

yep, outlaw you can go with the azerite from the first 3 bosses and do pretty good, mechagon hardmode helm is really good too.
as sin iirc you need 3 items from the vendor

tropic ocean
#

2 or 3 yeah

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or 1 if you go zaqul helm/behe chest

crystal vault
#

Anyone tested ptr? What’s your thoughts, good fights for assa?

crystal notch
#

Guys, how do you manage going into stealth when tank is pull chaining. This is a serious issue if you go full SS

modest tendon
#

The tank should let you restealth

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It’s his problem

#

You can sometimes hang back ye

#

But tank can’t repot by constant chain pulling

azure gate
#

is outlaw just objectively better in m+ than sin? Or are they both very competitive and it comes down to preference and gear?

candid anvil
#

i would say just objectively better

#

if you compare full bis equiped assa and outlaw, outlaw should deal more

#

can I ask, does mastery affect SS dmg?

magic fossil
#

we have any info about sin in 8.3 raid?

warm parcel
#

like what

magic fossil
#

good, bad, i saw we will have a lot of cleave, do u think sin rogue will be ok with that?

crystal notch
#

ranged is always better option for raiding

warm parcel
#

no

#

lol

magic fossil
#

no, heavy friend with melee next raid pal

crystal notch
#

lol

warm parcel
#

First boss is just kill boss nothing else

#

Maut again kill boss nothing else

#

Prophet has some prio targets that need nuking, may like assas burst

#

Inquisitor again just kill boss

#

Hivemind is a meme of the tier, so kill boss

#

Wound poison might be okay

#

Dog yet again kill boss nothing else

#

Drestagath ins an interesting one. maybe well just sit boss

#

Vexiona again kill boss

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Raden is just kill boss and cleave the adds

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Ilgy is nice for assa cds for bursting prio

#

Carapace is up in the air imo and nzoth havent seen really

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And what does assa do best? Kill boss

magic fossil
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thank you mate, that was awesome.

cobalt pelican
#

i love killing the boss

magic fossil
#

yeap, i just don't like playing outlul and some ppl in my guild start trying to put ideas for me that sin would suck for next raid. Thank you so muc

warm parcel
#

Thing is

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Sin will always be #1 for raiding for the simple reason that its sin

rigid mango
#

Insanely consistant spec

cobalt pelican
#

at least in the current iteration of the game yeah, being able to refactor your damage how you choose is like

rigid mango
#

Unless there's a specific fight like orgo I see no reason to change

cobalt pelican
#

big++

warm parcel
#

But there is an argument for possibly using OL for carapace

#

Gotta see how mythic works after their small rework

#

And like if sub didnt just do subpar damage

#

It could see play as theres a lot of small adds that live for a very short period

#

None of which are instawipe deadly territory that need insane optimal nuking dps

cobalt pelican
#

10% damage buff to sub coming on heroic week balance pass frogger

warm parcel
#

And even then you can have DH swap to whatever small that spawns and obliterate it

soft bluff
#

Question: if you’re capped at 5 CP and toxic is up, do you just toxic and envenom or do you hold toxic?

rigid mango
#

You TB

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You TB on cd, ignoring any CP overcap

soft bluff
#

Okay, thank you for clarifying!

rigid mango
heavy haven
#

how much stronger is frost dmg benthic wrist compared to pufferfish?

strange python
rigid mango
#

not very, but a bit

#

This late I wouldn't care about it

nocturne gate
#

my last stim was 64dps difference

#

something u can ignore

rigid mango
#

bigger in game though

nocturne gate
#

idk but i dont think that even ingame the difference is really noticable

strange python
#

it's completely irrelevant difference, no matter what content you play.

rigid mango
#

Myeh it normally does about 150% of puffer but that damage gain isn't a lot.

#

Still significant diff if you're talking % gain.

plush remnant
#

When is it good to run crimson tempest for m+?

rigid mango
#

When you're not in a kr/siege/tos tyr key

uncut burrow
#

I tried running CT for low keys (my group struggles on 13s) but it seemed to underperform. My guess is user error combined with small health pools vs actual power though. How aggressively should I use it?

cobalt pelican
#

you just.. keep it up?

uncut burrow
#

Eh, fair enough. I think I'm trying to overcomplicate it.

cobalt pelican
#

probably

#

in super low keys you won't really get to the point you're maintaining ct for prolonged periods of time but as long as the packs live long enough for it to run its course once the value doesn't change super drasticallly

#

it's just slightly worse as other things take priority in the opener

uncut burrow
#

Ah, gotcha. Makes sense.

iron plover
#

am I supposed to running purification protocol on za'qul ?

#

Raid leader has asked me to prioritize single target and make sure that the echo dies. (I'm not running even running eb)

arctic walrus
#

bote, lucid/strife (replace with vision if you're doing double echos)

iron plover
#

cool thanks

#

where do you slap bote in the burst rotation?

#

is that a bit clunky or is that just me?

arctic walrus
#

are you lusting on pull or doing the wait strat

iron plover
#

the wait strat

#

and I'm only going into delirium once

arctic walrus
#

so are you doing echo 1 or 2

iron plover
#

first one

arctic walrus
#

pull > 2 minute (dmg amp) > echo 1 > on cd/echo 2 (outside)

vernal flume
#

what's everyone using generally for minor essences now for M+? For lets say 17s and higher

tropic ocean
#

lucid/strife

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or lucid/vision depending on affix/key

vernal flume
#

ah ok cool, I assumed lucid strife but not vision

tropic ocean
#

vision is really strong in tyrannical or kings rest tos and stuff that has a lot of prio dmg/hard bosses

#

in kr i ran 3x ss 1x np 1x bbi 1x ttk with vision minor and it was super good

vernal flume
#

makes sense

tropic ocean
#

depending on key height you basically solo voids or zerker

iron plover
#

ah, yes. I was asking with regard to vendetta / vanish. I think maybe I'm too hung up on getting 3 envenoms in the BOTE / TB window

tropic ocean
#

and really strong for room after 1st boss too

bleak spoke
#

i'm still a big fan of exsang in kr

vernal flume
#

thanks!

rose sky
#

For this week would iris be better to run over bote?

rigid mango
#

No

rose sky
#

So bote 3xss 3x eb

rigid mango
#

Bingo

rose sky
#

Ty

zinc zodiac
#

Guys is it good to use razor coral every time it come back up to use?

#

or let it stack until vendeta is up again? with vanish

arctic walrus
#

as stated in the pins, pair with your vendetta

steep dome
#

also time both at 30%with inkpod

arctic walrus
#

no 🙂

steep dome
#

you dont wanna line them up with ink?

#

interesting my mistake

rigid mango
#

Sin is so reliant on vendetta windows that it's straight up better to just use it with vend

#

ofc, if you can, you can try to muck about with aligning CD usage with inkpod proccing but not necessarily worth risking unless you're confident you don't lose anything from doing so,

vast forum
#

yea, lining up at 30% is fine if you don't lose a cast

#

also, most ppl don't use inkpod anyway

deft nymph
#

what's up w/ bote major on azshara

#

seems like everybody runs it

drifting cloud
#

lines up better

odd rampart
#

how much are sockets worth on pieces? like 10 ilvl? I have a 440 socketed parrotfeather cloak and was wondering if it would beat out my 455 Turncoat cape

#

both have the sameish stats i think

arctic walrus
#

sim it

celest mirage
#

!wa

prisma monolithBOT
vast forum
#

@odd rampart usually on cloaks ~20-25 ilvl

iron slate
#

How we do do Orgozoa Mythic? spam FoK while adds are out as we do basic rotation

cobalt pelican
#

depends what your goal is really, if you want to do boss damage and you're playing your normal raid gear with double dose you don't fok no

#

you can fok occasionally to refresh poisons on the ads if you like but in general mutilate will remain your builder and the only change to the rotation is applying a few ruptures to the ads as they come down for energy income

#

if you want to do max overall and you're playing eb/sob yeah you fok

iron slate
#

Thanks. We've been just FoKing as doing rotation as usual. Numbers seem fine still but wasnt sure if there was a better clear cut

arctic socket
#

Is 10 dps worth switching to MA play style?

cobalt pelican
#

unless you're playing a fight where subterfuge can be used more than once, probably yeah

arctic socket
#

10 points just doesn’t seem worth switching to for ever fight but on some fights I would

#

Asking here for opinions from players of each play style

#

(1 ss)

cobalt pelican
#

are you sure switching to ma is 10 dps gained if you're playing ss

#

that doesn't sound right

#

but generally i prefer ma to subterfuge just because it means you don't have to delayed sync vanish with vendetta, though i doubt you'd do it with 0ss subter

azure gate
#

If I only have x3 ss and x1 EB, is it even worth trying sin in m+?

cobalt pelican
#

those are pretty good traits, so probably if you want to yeah

arctic socket
#

currently 3 DD 1 ss 1 ttk

azure gate
#

So x3 EB isn't a requirement?

cobalt pelican
#

no not really, most people don't play 3eb anyway

#

there are certainly benefits to it, and some people will play it sometimes, but it's definitely not required

azure gate
#

Nice. Good to hear. The rng of outlaw is starting to get old. Sin seems far more consistent.

arctic socket
#

If you have 3ss with 1 eb or 2 eb you should be fine

#

While running CT gives some nice deeps

#

I did a sim wrong... Ma 387 dps upgrade MA here i come .-. xD

cobalt pelican
#

replacing the ss with something i assume?

arctic socket
#

mhm

#

45k sims just seem low too me

queen panther
#

watcha sim is watcha get

arctic socket
#

That's true

queen panther
crisp hollow
#

does TTK pull ahead of DD when you're running BOTE (like for Azshara)

quasi pewter
#

no

arctic walrus
#

I mean no not really, you only ever need 1

crisp hollow
#

feels like maximizing those few GCDs after hitting blood seems more important but thats obviously pure feelycraft

arctic walrus
#

why would those 2 things correlate

crisp hollow
#

BIG NUMBERS

exotic rose
#

Hi guys, any clues why most assa rogues run BoTE on Azshara mythic? Guardian usually seems higher for ST

#

Is that padding (or being assigned to) adds?

arctic walrus
#

lines up better, gives you damage when you need it, lets you take strife over iris minor

strange python
#

anyone have a fat sim i can look at

exotic rose
#

Thanks @arctic walrus

crisp hollow
queen panther
#

that's more than enough

#

obviously should still look to get those numbers higher but +50k is not disappointing

crisp hollow
#

kinda nuts that the difference between me and stunkei is 15ilvl on font, OH and coral, didn't think that'd comprise a 3k dps difference

queen panther
#

lowkeycoralisBISforeverymelee

#

verylowkey

crisp hollow
#

I know that lol, just didn't think the jump from H to M was THAT noticeable

#

i doubt my guild ever kills ashvane again tho

#

so lets hope for better luck next tier

queen panther
#

iirc needed like 45k min for Ashvane... either way if you have enough for her you're fine for the rest of the raid as long as you perform well in every other fight

crisp hollow
#

i mean that they’re only extending on azshara to get everyone CE

#

we’re never reclearing again lol

queen panther
#

tbh they're just doing that cuz they've been behind on things most of BFA

#

oh you meant your guild, not Blizzard, i misread, derp

rigid mango
#

If you've been active a majority of the time of this tier you should honestly be looking at 53~ tbh

queen panther
#

always be pumpin' those numbers up

crisp hollow
#

yeah i missed a good 2ish months of this tier due to a nomadic lifestyle from BFA-related guild turmoil lol

#

had three die before I found this one

tall narwhal
#

I dont RAID mythic, only pug heroic and m+

#

I have only benthic boots, and i sim 47k

#

However

#

Its kinda strange because in my outlaw setup i sim exactly the same peperogue

worldly fable
#

Hello, I'm assuming the desired traits for SingleTarget fights would be 3xDouble Dose, 1xTwist the Knife, 1xShrouded Suffocation and 1xNothing Personal? I found the raveholdt.net info slighly lacking in that section

young portal
#

2 x double dose, 1 x NP, 1 x bbi, 1 x ttk and 1 loyal if your raid has a few members running loyal. If they're not or you're pugging or something then 3 x double dose, 1x NP, 1 x bbi, 1 x ttk. Those are about the best setups

worldly fable
#

And here I was thinking that ShroudedSuffocation was a must, I'll need to re-plan my gear then

#

Thanks a lot

vital haven
#

2xDD 2xloyal 1xNP 1xttk sims really good as well

#

ofc you need to have 4 loyals in the raid

worldly fable
#

I cannot commit to a retail guild until TBC release so I'm probably gonna stick to pugs or helping a friend's guild

#

So Loyals are out of the picture

rigid mango
#

If the pugs use loyal too you're fine

#

A lot of classes like it

vital haven
#

ye warrs like it

#

monks like

#

if you have exorsus raid tools @worldly fable yuo can check the azerite traits of the raid you are in

worldly fable
#

Fair enough, I can plan on getting a backup piece with Loyal to the End then

rigid mango
#

Blackwater chest is BiS and still beats a lot of chests even w lower loyal counts

tropic ocean
#

@crisp hollow shouldnt worry too much

#

Didnt even have 40k dps on ashvane and that was before 2 hp nerfs

old urchin
#

@rigid mango does Raidbot and Simulationcraft not take Loyal into account? Been siming my rogue but always en up with Spymaster's Wrap instead of Blackwater

rigid mango
#

You have to change the amount of loyal targets

strange python
#

is dagger in the back trait better than twist the knife?

rigid mango
#

No

old urchin
#

Ahh thanks @rigid mango

rigid mango
pearl pagoda
#

how is sin looking for next tier?

#

ive been hearing warriors and dks are going to be the go to melee D:

rigid mango
#

Cleave looks good but boss always needs to die.

pearl pagoda
#

wonder if the tier is going to spread our class out more

#

id love to see a zul fight for sub again lol

shut garnet
#

as long as the BoD 3ss 3np stuff stays out

rigid mango
#

Wouldn't be abused even nearly as hard but they'd be aight sure.

shut garnet
#

even though every assa raid piece seems to have ss np

pearl pagoda
#

oh rly?

#

i wonder why they chose NP instead of DD

shut garnet
#

you mean instead of ss right?

#

sorry, ss instead of dd*

rigid mango
#

No

shut garnet
#

the current build rn is 3dd 1npb

rigid mango
#

They chose 1 trait

pearl pagoda
#

well triple stacking NP is wierd to stack sometimes

#

DD is just a clean easy trait to stack

rigid mango
#

to be the "bis trait" that's on every piece

shut garnet
#

triple stacking np just seems dumb lul

rigid mango
#

I.e, NP for sin

pearl pagoda
#

NP is kinda a one hit wonder

rigid mango
#

DS for outlaw

#

TFD for sub

#

NP stacking is far from bad.

shut garnet
#

isnt it ace for outlaw?

rigid mango
#

Nope

#

Unless they changed it, which they could've

#

Was DS atleast.

shut garnet
#

everyone plays 3ace + deeper in raid though wut?

#

im guessing what THEY want to be bis vs what ppl end up playing is different

#

but w.e

rigid mango
#

And who plays more than 1 NP or TFD?

shut garnet
#

exactly

rigid mango
#

Thing is, sin and outlaw can't whine

#

Still good traits.

shut garnet
#

so they should acknowledge that and stop clogging gear w stuff no one wants 7 times

rigid mango
#

It's whatever anyways

pearl pagoda
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yeah theyre okay traits

shut garnet
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np is good

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but no one wants 3 of them

pearl pagoda
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but NP doesnt stack as well

rigid mango
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odds are shoulder and chest pieces are locked anyways

shut garnet
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yeaaaah

rigid mango
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And that means slithering loa is probably BiS helm.

pearl pagoda
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oh?

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i thought mauts helm is going to be bis

rigid mango
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If you already have NP, swirl should outvalue the ones coming after

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Like bbi on goraks

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We'll see how scaling goes.

pearl pagoda
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ah yeah if you can get goraks i guess youre right

rigid mango
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no

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You'll be picking the +10 ilvl shoulders anyways

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Since shoulder + chest are +10 ilvl from last 2 bosses

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They're probably BiS regardless of lacking OP.

pearl pagoda
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insinuating im going to get those to drop feelscryman

rigid mango
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There's a ttk np op shoulder iirc

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Odds are that'll be used for the majority of the tier

pearl pagoda
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yeah

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off illgynoth

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oh shit a longstrider trait

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we goin F A S T

rigid mango
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And there's a good chest from vex(?)

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DD something OP iirc

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might be ss and then heart ofc

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we'll see how good heart is

pearl pagoda
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NP/DD dark heart/SS OP for tertiary

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yeah im worried heart sounds weak

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i feel like uldirs reorigination arrays traits were spoiling us

rigid mango
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Just a worse loyal it looks like

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Unless there's some trait scaling that isn't shown

warm parcel
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84 of all stats isnt weak

rigid mango
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at 475

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whilst a 450 loyal gives more overall stats

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It's not horrible I don't think but it doesn't seem amazing either

warm parcel
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450 loyal is 351

pearl pagoda
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maybe with neck level it will be stronger (dont argue with logic it will hurt my feelings)

rigid mango
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aye 475 heart is 328

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wait

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336?

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idk, maths man cba

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less either way

pearl pagoda
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waiting so long for this patch is making me antsy whether i should dump my eggs in a warrior basket

arctic socket
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Could be changin soon

pearl pagoda
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but i love rogue too much T.T

arctic socket
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I may have to go back to rng spec 🤷‍♂️

thorn galleon
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how do you sim mythic azshara?

rigid mango
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Just use your normal stuff but blood major if you have it and strife instead of iris if you have it r3

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That's really just it

inner sonnet
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I think most azerite for Assass next tier will come from Residuum, Gorak's etc still being the nuts

rigid mango
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Gorak's is probs 2nd bis ye

inner sonnet
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tbh I don't think people will want more than 1 raid piece of azerite, new stats trait is trash and NP... does anyone really want more than 1 when you can get DD, BbI, TtK off of different pieces? Unless a fight requires us to be more bursty, like Ashvane this tier... I don't see it happening

rigid mango
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They're +10 ilvls though.

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The chest and shoulders

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There's a chance OP can win out, but 10 ilvls is a lot.

inner sonnet
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That is true, especially with trait scaling

oblique moon
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You think even the chest with np and ttk will be better than dd/ttk/op?

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I guess chest is a loot of stats as well

rigid mango
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np/dd wont be huge diff

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It's essentially OP vs 10 ilvls in both slots

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I've seen it happen before that goraks beats nearly everything because of OP, so we'll have to see

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Can but only wait, really.

arctic walrus
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Give me answers, now angery

oblique moon
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I thought that the new traits were supposed to have some corruption resistance on them as well

rigid mango
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That'd be the essences

inner sonnet
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it also depends which traits scale the best too, if DD pulls ahead of NP due to scaling (like, we're gonna have so much haste energy regen will be a null thing) then gear with DD on will be better, even if marginally

rigid mango
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For sure but esp the shoulder slot you have DD NP ell whirl +10 ilvls vs DD NP/BBI OP

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My guess is you run the two 10 ilvl bumps and slithering loa helm

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instead of goraks

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Since swirl's always been good

inner sonnet
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True, it's a similar effect to BbI, and that helm's got TtK/DD for whatever you need in tier 1

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tbf, Blizz should have taken 'putting each spec's best trait' on all pieces of gear to be OP on all gear for us, not NP... now that would be tasty

rigid mango
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Should just be DD really

slate stone
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Do i refresh bleeds during Toxic Blade windows if needed?

rigid mango
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Yes

vast forum
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fine print: "if needed" = you messed up earlier

exotic rose
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By that you mean it’s better to refresh even outside of pandemic?

slate stone
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okay so do i refresh them earlier if Toxic Blade is about to come up?

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if there's like 8-9 Seconds on Rupture when Toxic Blade comes up is it better to refresh Rupture before Toxic Blade, pooling energy and use Toxic Blade?

rigid mango
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Only if within 2~ seconds of pandemic

arctic walrus
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was garrote worth dropping if inside tb

rigid mango
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Don't think any bleed's ever really worth droppnig

arctic walrus
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so it'll always end up being reapplied during tb

vast forum
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unless the timing is such that you reapply it just before or just after, yea

inner sonnet
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Assass is very much a planning spec, and that's something you have to take into account, it's usually best to refresh early, over it falling off or wasting a TB GCD

strange python
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I'm gonna ask it because I have no idea and I probably will get some dumb answers but:..

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How do you guys deal AoE Damage?
Fan of Knives I know but how do you spend your combo points?

rigid mango
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Rupture to keep 4+ bleeds up or envenom

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4-5 bleeds = enough energy regen to only be capped by GCD

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You fok to build, spend on envenom/reapplying those bleeds when needed/crimson tempest

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And then you can ignore CP when you reach higher target counts with enough EB traitws

strange python
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So I basically play my normal ST rotation on multiple targets while generating with fok?

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Is crimson tempest good in m+ where I have a lot of trash or is a poison bomb stronger (if it proccs)

rigid mango
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CT is better for a majority of dungeons, the exceptions are KR/Siege/Tyr ToS

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Because those are less trash centric dungeons

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Or have smaller pull sizes

strange python
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Do I spam CT then and ignore ruptures at some point or just as said above but THEN I CT?

rigid mango
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CT functions as a bleed

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You don't spam it

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And it doesn't give you energy, rupture and buffed garrotes are your energy sources

strange python
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Ok so I do it once to get the CT bleed on all enemies and then continue with keeping up my ruptures and garrotes

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keeping all bleeds up afterwards ofcourse

rigid mango
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There's a bit of an m+ opener guide in the pins

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You essentially want to spread 3 garrotes, CT, build and then rupture

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At that point you should have full energy reg and you're GCD locked

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You then spam fok if you're in the blood window of extra crit etc, use envenoms, etc etc

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You get used to how the flow of the spec is after you play it for a while

balmy stump
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Why does the father of rng hate me

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I’ve been rolling for a gorak tuls for months

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I need blightborne

strange python
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Ok thank you @rigid mango

rigid mango
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PES_BlankieThumbsUp I'm here for any follow ups you might have

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Or the others that are active around

strange python
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But.. That all sounds to me like we are pretty much like every dot based specc in low m+
useless on trash if they die fast

rigid mango
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Ehh, yeah.

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That's the case.

strange python
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Alright ^^

pallid void
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Why only 3 garrotes in the opener? It's your top damage (outside of bosses) and you can squeeze out more

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i realize you cap CP but to me it seems worth it... what am i missing?

rigid mango
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You can't squeeze out more?

pallid void
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assuming you have subterfuge

rigid mango
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Yes, so 3 of them on pull

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You could add a 4th, non empowered but it's not worth it.

pallid void
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and the 4th to put it on CD

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oh not worth?

rigid mango
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It's not worth it, no

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You only apply empowered garrotes and ruptures

vagrant tapir
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per GCD rupture is more damage and an um empowered garrote

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so its better to start foking to get your rupture up than use that garrote

pallid void
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rgr that, good to know

vagrant tapir
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**un-empowered

pallid void
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should we be taking CT even on tyran and/or non teeming weeks?

rigid mango
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Take CT outside of KR/Siege/tyr ToS

pallid void
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Is there a guide or resource you would recommend for more advanced M+ discussion/strategy, real min/maxing?

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the pin guides dont even mention taking CT for AOE

rigid mango
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Icy Veins is the most recently updated guide

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also done by seliathan

pallid void
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well RIP, icy veins also doesnt mention it

rigid mango
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Or just this channel, his streams are normally quite informative and he'll try to answer your questions

queen panther
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all the class guides are really just a very good in-depth read on teaching you a rough draft way of playing your class, you're expected to do some things on your own

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sim literally everything to min-max stats, big brain plays coming from getting experienced and understanding "what does what best in this current situation"

rigid mango
queen panther
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always be simmin'

pallid void
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100% with you on figuring things out... just surprised in this age of monetizing that sort of information that no one is creating proper guides with the min/max info

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would have expected someone to have a guide or youtube vid or something with that info looking for some clicks and views

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which im happy to give

rigid mango
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Might happen for this guide, might for Icy veins

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Depends a bit on how much people can be arsed

queen panther
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yeah basically lol

pallid void
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ive gotten 90% of the way there and perform well enough, but looking to squeeze that last 10% out looking for the big brain strats

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for ex. today i learned the 4th garrote isn't optimal... theres no amount of "figuring it out myself" that would have led to that conclusion

rigid mango
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A lot of it does come from getting a feel for it though

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Eh, if you're experienced you know how essentially useless it is to apply that garrote

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in terms of value per GCD

pallid void
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im experienced enough to know where to go to ask 🙂

rigid mango
queen panther
pallid void
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As a simpleton I look at my DPS meter, see whats doing the big dam unhealable dam, and notice it's garrote... so obviously more garrote = more better? negative

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i was duped

queen panther
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a different tool for a different need

pallid void
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the 4th garrote is a lie

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this is why i prefer stabbing people in war mode and area... ideally some 4/8 mythic raider with a vantus rune rolling that's GM or Co-GM rank

rigid mango
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The 3 are super high impact

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The 4th one is essentially useless

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From a dps standpoint

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If you think about it, it gains you a very small amount compared to other things you can press

pallid void
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do any of you swap to OL for teeming weeks? or stick assass

rigid mango
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I play what I feel like, it's not really week dependant or anything alike

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Mostly assa though, for every week really

queen panther
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the perk of being an All DPS class

pallid void
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just wait... one day outlaw is going to be a ranged DPS or healing spec

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just throw vials of weird shit at people for heals

arctic walrus
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refreshing to see someone not say sub will be new ranged spec 🙂

queen panther
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Demon Hunter Dual-Crossbow ranged DPS spec when?

pallid void
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if I could have anything for christmas, it'd be Outlaw playing like a bow spec Thief in GW2

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being able to teleport by shooting arrows, having ranged DPS and decent melee

queen panther
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nah foo, guns only, pirates didn't ever use those lame bows

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not the cool ones anyway

rigid mango
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Oof we are not on topic now my sirs

pallid void
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but i dont like the stealth system from gw2 so keep that the same

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oh yea

queen panther
glacial crypt
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How's Crimson Tempest looking in m+ now? Yay or nay?

rigid mango
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Yay outside of kr/tyr tos/siege

jaunty arrow
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Yo i know its superearly but test someone new trinkets?

rigid mango
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Havn't really seen much

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Too much is subject to change

echo parrot
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are raidbots accurate for assa rogues? cause if i sim then "haste" is the best stat.. but is crit not better if i play with "master assasin"?

rigid mango
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Why would crit get better with MA?

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You do realise it increases by a flat 50% crit, not 50% of your crit, right?

jaunty arrow
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@rigid mango thats true, i just look on them and that set ones looks cool

rigid mango
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There'll be news on them as soon as they hit servers etc

echo parrot
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oh ok... no i dont realise that..^^

rigid mango
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So it's as if you had 50% crit and then just added your crit ontop of it

echo parrot
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okay thank you^^

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i thought if have 75% if i have 25% crit after breaking stealth

rigid mango
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It doesn't show on the %

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But it's there

echo parrot
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okay it means that i can trust the sims right? 😄

verbal knot
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yesss

rigid mango
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Yes

echo parrot
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thank u very much !

trail scarab
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is it echo blades or scent of blood you want for m+?