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okay
the head of raden is better than the head of maut right? (for ST)
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If I had to guess itβs because you get 2s extra buffed garrote uptime and a 3cp rupture vs 5cp rupture is no difference
hmm okay
Because math
Anyone have a good sim of x3 SS in dungeon slice? Before I spend massive amounts of gold on reforging I want to see if the DMG is there in m+
Dslice is bad for sin. It doesnt account for restealth iirc. Theres an apl in (i think) tc research that you can try
Sim string, w/e
It is in #wow-general pins and still it is not a good sim for dungeons.
Ya just can't sim dungeons.
What do you think, then? Is it comparable to outlaw for dungeons?
Or just be lazy and sim like 4-5 targets 40-50 sec, then a 1 target 2-2.5 min and then use your brain from there
But its not gonna be perfect
Damage wise, yes Sin is comparable to Outlaw. Just harder to gear optimally for Sin.
vita is better if you have expedient corruptions
@subtle tundra can you give an example
ty
@rigid mango if with shit APL subt is simming better, difference might be bigger with actual good usage
at least for me, subt is simming 600dps higher than MA
Ask the TC people π
I tried
I've given up
I wont try again, I have my assumptions.
The apl for non SS Subterfuge is riddled with a lot of illogical things.
like?
re applying vanish garrote during bote/vendetta/tb window
that was a weird one on 3 targets
that seems very specific to blood
thats true, ppl rly like it for some reason
not annoying to use, short cd, applicable in ST, AOE, and cleave, typically sims as 2nd or 3rd best possible patchwerk dps option
I wish i never had a reason to swap away from it
can you link me the st sim?
Hi, what mean ST plz ?
Single Target.
Oh ok thanks π
i assume it should not use vanish during tb?
using the gcd on the vanish garrote during the tb/bote window seems really bad, I doubt using the vanish during just TB is that bad, but probably a loss inside of vendetta
or, just dont use it during bote i guess
I think thats probably the biggest thing
yea, i can see where a lot of the timings are awkward
dont vanish on cd makes the vanish fall out of vendetta I think, dont want to delay TB so just delaying bote until after hte vanish doesn't seem ideal
the problem is probably cooldown overlap
and the potential loss of casts/efficiency from delays
but a simple "dont use during blood" looks quite okay
sim:https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/izWGnKo4cWaMFhmudY99jW
not sure if it fucks up sth else
that much of a gain from just that makes it significantly ahead of MA for sure
The use of vendetta like 13 seconds before vanish is up
Is an issue with the sub no ss apl
looked back behind it and it looks like the default profile and the no vanish during blood profile are using different consumables
i'd assume its responding by delaying the vanish until after the blood window is over, which is also after vendetta is over?
yea, its vanishing at 2:37 now
wonder if delaying vendetta 2 10 seconds til when vanish comes up is the answer
delaying vendetta is playing with fire
that would require delaying TB or delaying vendetta more anyway
yea
some awkward timings in this
it delaying vanish so much drops average vanish casts from 2.9 to 2.6, so a decent number of sims with no vanish during blood aren't even getting a 3rd vanish
that long delay is to not refresh before pandemic, maybe vanishing earlier but refreshing during pandemic is a gain? who knows, those timings are scuffed
it could be that applying/refreshing bleeds during tb or blood is not as big of a deal
What if you vanish > Garrote after the 5 second increased crit damage window of Bote rather than the entire thing? (Bote buff)
Looking at those other sequences, popping bote then managing garrote vanish straight away must be a significant part of the dps loss. Dunno, just chucking out ideas
Maybe I'm confused though
doesent rly seem to make a diffrence
Fair
Breath sims higher for me than bote so I've not really spent much time with it outside of AoE fights or wrathion (with vop)
But I much prefer subterfuge over MA
appreciate the work messing with the apl
WV also sims quite good, but ppl seem to not use it π
Yeah true
no problem, those are very simple changes to the apl ^^
can someone tell me what bis should i go for for my assassin rogue?
WV at 0 allies sims equal to breath for me
No one uses it on my team t.t I always thought people used bote to guarantee crit burst under MA window
wv is probably the most underrated essence, it does not mean you should use it if you dont feel comfortable
So if you're not running MA, maybe you're better off running breath, I dunno. It all comes down to personal pref I guess
guys
jade bis is a very generic term, might be more specific
even not 100% uptime on wv makes it good
ppl assume that movement elliminates the entire benefits of it, what its not doing
Yeah? I have run it, i'm always happy to try again
does haste give more PP and breath proc?
what is the stat priority for ass rogues
raid? sim
M+ Crit > Mast
the stat priority is simming
sim gives you different things all the time tho
Exactly!!
Cause stat prio always changes.
Top gear is your answer. Not stop prios
With a kill time of 6 minutes on Xanesh, should I just run VoP minor
Fucking sucks not getting that last vendetta in π
Iβve been personally running vision minor and breath major. Vision minor makes your vendetta not align with the adds coming, which is great, because itβs a terrible phase to vendeta given you have to kill the ads and they die quickly. Breath major allows for multiple resets on ads, so you get way more damage than clf
Not that logs matter much but I got 3 rank 100 with that build
Ye I was thinking the same
I've just been rolling with vision major and praying
I feel like I have been struggling to sim myself. There are too many variables this expac! Are there any loose rules about subterfuge/MA, and when to switch over and lose the SS traits?
@exotic rose I'm guessing you use the breath major on Xanesh right after last add dies? And just wait for the next set afterwards?
Is it better to stack NP over HoD on nzoth? I feel like my burst is more important than the stat buff from HoD
which one of the two tentacle corruptions is bis for us
fist weapon = no more mut
so TA is the only one available
and it can't randomly corrupt?
nope
so only the one on carapace?
that corruption is tied only to that fist weapon
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/pZtu3QanhHQeYqKqkxYYJW the feels when worldvein sims the best but hard to run efficiently, because of high movement fights
3 SS or 2SS with 1 EB for mythic +s?
3 ss
does visions of perfection proc nothing personal?
y
can someone confirm for me how you obtain rank 1 conflict and strife
i have capped for two weeks in a row now and not received it.
assuming becuse it isnt season 3
Probably because of your lack of rating
you dont need rating for r1
What's more consistent for M hivemind. The stacking fan buff, CT or PB? My numbers suck.
We waste time chasing adds, but I need more consistency
im 1400, seems like the requirement is 1000?
If you've capped, looted your chest and still nto recieved it
This is a question for blizzard, not the wrong channel in a class discord π
lol
already did a ticket
just wanted to confirm i was correct about how to get it
Seems like wowhead or blizzard would be a better source than the opinions of who knows π
@vapid terrace hidden blades is bae

@sullen sphinx not sure man - I would put in a ticket. You should have got rank 1 by now
If only he had
Quick question: Based on askmrrobot rotation, you only rupture at max combo points. is that true?
no
k. 4+ without deeper and 5+ with right?
4+ with or without
kk ty
envenom at 5+ with deeper
@rigid mango @vestal wren @tacit pebble Generally what I would say is saying things like "shit APL" or "illogical" often are not as closely aligned as one might think. Plenty of things that are illogical still perform better. Considering probably around 6-8 hours of dedicated testing was put into the APL for non-SS Subterfuge over the last couple weeks, I'm pretty confident it's generally performing well. Nothing is perfect but it's best not to assume that just because everything doesn't line up perfectly that lining things up better will actually perform better.
Often with many things--not just the APL--people tend to value organization over everything else, and certainly one iteration snapshots don't tell the full story.
Sometimes alignment issues are things that can be resolved, and other times they are just a necessary evil
As the cost of re-alignment is not free
Generally I would say that if you see anything that stands out as odd, it's probably worth bringing up. However its presence alone doesn't always mean there is a problem.
Let's say hypothetically, if I didn't have C&S R3, what would be the replacement if I were using BOTD, MOLD and IRIS
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/bPP3bfbXMxVapLJq1zidnS
can someone tell me why Subterfuge is a 500 dps increase over MA when i only have 30% crit?
is the buffed garrote rly that good
For example in the snapshot linked during the original discussion, you have two options:
- Delay Vendetta/TB/BotE to re-sync with the ~12-14s offset Vanish cooldown from the opener
- Further delay Vanish and move more of your buffed Garrotes are outside of Vendetta/BotE
Both of those are probably a bigger DPS loss missing out on 1-2 FoK during Vendetta as CP builders following a Vanish.
@strange python Yes Subterfuge is pulling ahead for most people right now, it just scales better generally speaking currently. Also I improved the APL for it a few weeks ago a fair bit.
also a question for xanesh mythic
is it worth it to delay the first vanish + buffed garrote to dot the first add + boss or should i just use it in the vendetta window?
well I havent done the boss in like 2 weeks but from what I remember we would always delete that 1st add
like it would die before it finished 3rd cast from memory
@exotic rose I'm guessing you use the breath major on Xanesh right after last add dies? And just wait for the next set afterwards?
@crimson palm exactly
Yeah kinda depends on how long the add lives in your group
Personally I was delaying Vanish for example on Ra-den because you get pretty good value out of triple Garrote and that seemed worth desyncing for. But YMMV
Do you ever implement bugged interactions in the apl
Like the drestagath trinket being flurried
π€
We generally do try to implement bugs
If we know about them and it's easy enough to implement anyway
I'm not super familiar with that trinket behavior though, since I haven't gotten one to drop yet. Feel free to DM me the details and I can check.
there's a spreadsheet floating around but it's in chinese
https://i.imgur.com/qBQkNb4.png pog i got it
now if only my 2set wasnt the healing one
does the healing one proc on self heal with lucid dreams?
Since i can't sim the engi helm due to not having it. is it better comapred to the mythic helm from maut for st?
gear compare option lets you sim stuff you don't have
wait but can you sim for the engi helm?
why wouldn't you be able to
uhh cause i can't find it under the options that are given
gearspun goggles
use gear compare not top gear
top gear only sims combinations of stuff you have
gear compare lets you sim ANYTHING
Hey guys, how do i play assassin rogue in hivemind mitic with 2dd 1 np 2 hod 1 bi
should i dot only boss
or darters too?
build cp with fok or mutilate?
is your guild having difficulty killing the darters
with 4 full time bleeds on the bosses additional dots are going to be very little value for st damage
fok at 5t+ would be the most damage overall but it's pretty meaningless drone cleave for the most part, so if i wasn't playing shrouded or anything i'd just play like patchwerk 2t, bleeds on both and bleeds on ravager when it spawns only if darters are 0 issue for your guild
ok, ty for tips!!
when to pop blood on opener?
Are you running Subterfuge or MA?
ma
General opener is Mut > Rup > Mut > Gar > Vend > TB > Blood > Vanish > Env > etc
Some people use Blood before TB, but I think it's up to personal preference
If your first Mut doesnt give 4 CP, I've seen some people do:
Mut (2-3 CP) > Mut > Rup > Gar > Vend > TB > Blood > Vanish > Mut > Env > normal rotation
Does the tickrate of NP scale with haste?
I'm not sure, it's a set amount of damage over a set amount of time...so I am inclined to say no, but I dont know for sure
it does
I've noticed it going from 1.6s to 1.4s but I'm not sure if it does more or less damage based on that
Because it's, i guess, predetermined by the amount of damage the trait indicates?
it's just a regular hasted dot
more haste = more procs = more dam
the tooltip will be correct based on your current passive haste
Anyone know much about the VoP major + 3x NP traits build? Insane damage coming from NP.
Guess its highly dependent on VoP procs though
can someone pls look over my log and tell me what i can improve on? i seem to fuck up the wrathion fight (im doing 1 of the shards if that changes anything)
Can anybody DM me and tell me wtf I'm doing wrong, I'm simming at 53k DPS and I can't even get close to that
So i just dinge 120 and having troubles deciding on what spec to go, i enjoy assa more, but outlaw is so much easier to gear, Im like only gonna do m+ on my rogue with the occasional hc pug. Is it fine to just go and get m+ pieces for assa or should i start out as outlaw?
unless you absolutely love assa and/or hate outlaw Id suggest outlaw if majority of your play will be m+
It's just that outlaw isnt very interesting or doesnt seems like a challenge to get good at for me, now I might be totally wrong but that's how it feels. Assa feels more complex and rewarding when you get better
just play outlaw until you got azerite/weapons for assa m+
feast or haste food?
almost never feast
agi is pretty terribad compared to most secondary stats for 95% of players
we're at that point in the xpac
Is 3 x SS, 1 x EB, 1 x NP and 1 x HoD a good setup for visions?
think id go 3ss 2np 1dd then
only think dangerous in visions are the bosses
and bosses just fall over with ss+np
Roger that, also is leeching poison taken instead of cheat death? Apologies if these are noob questions been doing them as outlaw till I got the azerite
Spot on, thanks a bunch!
np
is tentacle corruption proc scale with haste or pure rng?
Proc is not hasted
tyvm
hey guys uh, so, I'm ilvl 456 on my rogue assa ST, got every mask, and I need like 2 points in sanity quantity talent and 1 in the haste talent per mob killed.. I can't seem to be able to finish the 5 mask run in solo.. any tip/guide/suggestion?
or should I just keep farming mementos to completely cap the talent tree?
or do I need higher ilvl or assa is just no good for horrific visions?
what azerite are you running?
there are some videos on youtube of sin rogues running 5 masks, you can get some tips there
I mean I am no hardcore, I dont really have any additional gear piece even if I wanted to.. but
I have a 2x muti, 1x shrouded, 1x twist the knife
try and get 3ss
I just exchanged a piece yesterday and I coukd arrange a 2x shrouded instead of a 2c muti but I'd lose an overwhelming power
Β΄do that
assa is piss easy
dont even need 3x np, just switch your azerite to ST gear before boss
tho with exsan and that build they evaporate π
Blood major, Lucid, VoP + Breath minor for visions?
I use PP instead of vop
Sweet, thanks. I'm assuming coral is bad in them too
@crimson palm exsanguinate over toxic blade?
@crimson palm the problem is that I am no hardcore gamer so I dont really have any gear to switch mid-run 
@edgy pawn whats the ideal haste % a ST assa should have?
for AoE openers "G1 G2 G3 CT FoK R1 BotE 5xFoK" the garrots are all on a different target? when i sim for dungeon slice HB sims best (i have 2 echoing blades) is that correct? for standard rotation on a aoe pack (say 3 enemies) do i prioritize keeping garrots and ruptures up on all targets and spending CP's on envenoms where possible (idealy with TB)? sorry for all the questions only just got the gear to play around with Sin.
What traits should I be looking for m+?
there's no ideal amount of anything, you need to sim yourself
some stats sim higher than others though
@pine pilot Firstly you don't sim dungeon slice for sin, its totally feelcraft you have to follow. Garrotes in opener are on different targets yes. I believe Hidden Blades is hardly used, take CT or PB(situational on dungeon/affixes). For your 3 enemy example you keep your empowered garrotes from stealth up and once they fall off you apply ruptures to your targets instead. Never apply standard garrotes for energy upkeep on trash. Combo points are spent on envenoms on prio target yes assuming bleeds have a healthy amount left
thank you, so dont use garrot outside of subterfuge?
Pretty much yeah
only on ST
@prime monolith yes, exsan is better for very short fights
are there any conditions for the ra-den trinket? Got it yesterday and it sims - 700dps π
Naladra using a DD/SS build for Workshop, is this a thing now? I can understand it I guess
if tyranical maybe should be for pure single
adds in workshop isnt a problem without fortified
but...not for sure
@flat wadi 3x shrouded suffocation and at least 1 echoing blades
it seems like 3ss+ttk,np,hod, etc would be better
@flat wadi also you should prioritize crit over haste for aoe
think it too
@crimson palm what talent build do you do for horrific visions?
@edgy pawn Vita ...
what trinkets do you got that it sims that bad?
Γ would sell a kidney for 455 coral π
ikr ... but little bit disappointed with the vita sim. π€
thought i can finally dumb font
@crimson palm as for the traits, I only dispose of these combinations:
β’ 2x shrouded, 3x twist the knife, 1x np
β’ 2x muti, 2x twist the knife, 1xnp, 1x meticulous scheming
which should I use best?
for what? visions?
yes
the 1st one
a'ight
ss is king in visions
Apart from gurak tul shoulders are their any decent M+ azerite for st?
pretty sure its maut head gurak shoulders and vex chest right?
ra-den's head is better
got a ttk/np/op helm from the vendor, forget the name
sims 26dps better that maut helmet
but
circlet
i got mythic maut head, gorak tuls and then only 460 vex chest cause we progging on hivemind atm 4/12
there are still some good vendor options
pretty sure you still just go vex heroic/mythic, maut mythic/goggles or raden heroic and then gorak/extravagant
depending on your level of play and progress
maybe loa is better than maut
seems p likely
uhhhhhh
sure
if you don't have an np already probably
it's likely not that big if you do
Problem is i have heart of darkness chest from vex so i would need heart on headpeice with dd and then a np dd on chest
i dont think ima find it
vex chest does indeed have it
it's probably ideal to get maut helm but like i said it's a list of varying gear for people at different levels
not everyone (somehow) can kill maut mythic or raid at all
ra den helm
is it possible to get 3eb/3dd azerite pieces?
yes, long term it'll obviously be that actual good items
like raden mythic, nzoth mythic, vex mythic
with goraks interchangable
but this is for de n0oblets
i think n'zoth gona be better than goraks
raz said it's pretty close/goraks is still better and he's at the point he could have them so
tbh i dont think there is anything i can get from the vendor that is goign to benefit me
i have Mythic maut head, gorak shoulders, hc vex chest
and i dont think it worth going hc raden head and then finding some vendor chest with np dd
cepalohide is an upgrade over vex
it's pretty easy to check
@crimson palm mbye
but its my only heart of darkness peice
and i would lose a dd if i did heart on headpeice
it would end up being
it sims pretty high tbh
almost cant pass it
only upgrades on azerite for me are for raid and we have to prog there first, so i think the smartest play is prob sit tight and hold resid so if they change anything im set
my sims are still sub optimal, i could sim higher with clf but barely and BotE is performing better because of dmg windows and then my raid doesn't want to run WV, for now I'm basically stuck around the 75k range
well here's cephalohide for me
Could anyone do a solid and see if they can get any higher
460 Vita or the 475 Wrath trinket are probably simming higher for you
i prob didnt have a good setup for it tho
it was a 3k dps decrease for the 475 wrath trinket
wtf π
lol
If anyone can do me a solid and try get higher that would be awesome as fuck https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/SxNyrr2xhpcTPz3Y5otM4
Exclude WV, raid wont run it
i dunno if i did smth wrong
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/x3VZL1qx7NdRtQhe3dBUSa subt is simming better
Dps is lower because i accidentally had vision on from doing something
& APL is broken, so It's most likely a higher dps gain
what is broken?
we were discussing it yesterday
with subt & bote it's doing some stupid stuff during 2nd vendetta window
wasting gcds in bote window instead of delaying for e.g.
the default timings are just really bad for it
i tried playing around with it but i couldn't get anything significantly better
I think you wait before dots expire
like vanishing even before pandemic on the first vanish was a gain because it would make the 2nd vanish be up before the bote combo
Atm It's using vendetta on CD
even though you'd waste a bit of the first empowered garrote, just because timings were better on the later garrotes it was a marginal gain
Then using BoTE after 13s
and i'm sure there's a better solution
Then refreshes rupture & garrote during bote
and tb is like randomly cast without any pooling
huh?
lemme show you
the bleeds during bote isn't even really a loss since they're almost always post-critdam buff
and the default timings for blood with no font is like
the 2:10 tb, 7-8 seconds after vend
the only awkward thing is vanish alignment
i know, i've looked at it a lot
the problem is
moving the vanish back slightly isn't a gain
and moving it forward is impossible without moving the first one forward
which is what i was trying to test initially
shouldn't it be
vanish before vendetta
emp garrote
then vendetta into bote tb window
so you get max benefit out of the tb window, and still empower a garrote during full vendetta duration?
as you get 22s when you reapply
No lol
that'd be a 3-4 second tb cd hold trade for a few seconds of vendetta garrote when the garrote doesn't hit that hard
like all the problems with the sin apl that i notice all end up boiling down to tb alignment
if you don't lose on a tb cast it shouldn't be an issue no?
in the real world, no ofc not
but in the sim it will lose a tb cast on a decent chunk of iterations or at elast part of one
and then you're looking at very little gain if any at all
the way i currently play it is just
if i know vendetta timing will be tight
i vend on cd, but delay vanish to after the crit damage part of blood
if i know i have spare room for vendetta timing
i just hold to the 2:10 tb
playing font in general makes it all shitty but i don't do that shit anymore
in ToS , on the first boss - does the lightning shield reflect garotte ticks?
you can apply it safely in the opener before the first shield is cast without taking damage at all
i usually just open like g r on shield guy and then g on the guy you actually kill
people will always create paterns they play with
does it make sense for the KPI to be amount of envenoms cast during TB windows instead of amount of TB casts?
i discussed this topic in legion a lot where people opted to delay symbols up to 10 secs to line everything up perfectly
@potent raft u can apply bleeds as much as u want to if you have focus macros
doesnt trigger the shield dmg
so, in "reality" people lost multiple casts of symbols just bc. they played what was expected to be perfect for them
the problem with the sim is that you take a raid scenario and compare it to it
e.g. in a raid it could be possible that downtime does allow a good alignement
on pure st its hard to find a reasonable way without making it overall worse
what does not matter a lot on logs i guess
ye
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/qgQbuLwpKtY8ejy8hHpoB8 check this for example
1:19:100
Envenom cast
1:20:442
Tb cast
why is it 2 targets
ah but bro u are trying so hard for nothing
are u a robot
are u gonna do exactly what this sim is gonna do
i just wanna know if there is a bug or not
yeah
idk how it can be buggy
probably wrong phrase
also i think people in here quite regularly overstate the impact of minor points
if the question is: is there room for improvements in <insert specific situation>, the answer is probably yes
if the question is: does it makes the result invalid? The answer is that it most likely does not change
i think a better question would be is subt simming better because of this specific gameplay
like would MA be better if played with all the overlaps we do
it's not a bug
on multitarget the delay condition for energy is completely removed
because your income is so high
and this won't happen on every sample
like, you have to realize when you're envenoming and refreshing rupture varies insanely and the power of the sim is that it can run 100k iterations
What to use in m+ r3 TD or severe r3 and honed mind r3? I feel like td isnt worth 
so even if the sample you get is unluck
seems one more disc for nothing...
it's just whatever
it's possible that's it's straight up not worth refreshing bleeds at low multitarget counts during tb but
that's very different from a 'bug'
it's also not really a target count worth checking tbh there's no 2t anything atm
vex r eally isn't 2t though is it outside of the opener
and you'll be delaying vend anyway
so it'll line up with garrotes on the 1st pack after intermission and vanish anyway
don't know the timings yet, only had 3 pulls
well, there's plenty of wiggle room on vendetta unless you're really slow in the last phase and the only time it's really 2t is the very beginning
aha
and then she takes forever to come down, movement, bleed setup
so you actually do her the way it 'feels right'
not sure what the correct word is lol
generally if you're on reasonable pace on the boss it's
2t opener, second vend after s he comes down with vanish 3x garrotes for the first portal ads, hold 3rd vend for lust in last phase and then the boss is dead
if you're a slower guild then you might have to change it a bit
but just doing that naturally have vanish timed with vend anyway
holding vend only if u actually kill it fast enough
or you'll lose vendetta
besides that I barely touch adds at all in vexiona only big add and enforcer, rest leaving it to the auto padlords
ideally is 4:30 transition to p3 right?
After the 1st set of adds die,you want to transition
So around 430 mb a bit sooner
In my case I used vendetta on cd,cause Iβm getting sacrificed in p2
And I wanted to squeeze in one more before dying
How do you play dresT?
This major breath minor formless build
Does everyone have to be running formless minor?
No, you just have a 100% uptime on the buff because a lot of other ppl are running breath major
gotcha
so
Do you only use breath over 80 and under 20?
like, never let it have the full 45 second CD?
formless minor is pretty pointless
and ya just above 80 and below 20/for execute with some attention paid to tank debuff timing
!stats
Assassination Stat weights:
Single target: haste > crit > mastery > vers
Multi target: crit > vers => mastery > haste
Note: Simming will always result in more accurate results.
why is it pointless?
maybe pointless is a bit strong but if it's not simming better for you there's not really any reason to use it
you gain like 5% uptime in a drest environment to sim
it already sims at 92%~ uptime, there's really not much room for it to go up
it's just not a very good minor
it was fine when breath wasn't at rank 3 but now it has very little place unless you really want mainstat for some reason
how does it have that high of an uptime normally?
does it proc when vop major procs?
it's just the way it's defaulted to sim
usually it's a tanks crucible that would proc it on other fights
in the real world
right
this is the default setting in the sim
and it's a 20 second buff
so you have 2 seconds downtime each cycle
you can PROBABLY get a tiny bit more value out of it on drest since it'll be close to 100% uptime if you have a lot of your raid playing breath but when it's like -500dps or more from the next closest minor in regular sim it's just whatever
Dungeon Slice was inaccurate for assassination simming right?
U basically have no room to play formless
In drest
Breath major lucid set cns set
then its most likely vop
as the only important thing in the fight is add control
@terse orchid Yes.
hey, the guides says to use vanish with vendetta when i have SS and subterfuge but in the opener i am supposed to not use my vanish until the empowered garrote has run out. Do i delay my 2nd vendetta then to wait for vanish?
So what do you use to sim M+?
any vision major sin rogues here? it's now my top sim seen a few logs with it but I'd imagine it's all down to RNG
link logs
good on the same fights infinite stars is good on
man that's like RNG on RNG
very rng based tho obviously, so if you enjoy that shit play style then go for it
lol
@cunning spire yea, delay 2nd vend to resynch w vanish. Then keep then synched. Obv if the boss will die before that, just vend when its up for 2nd vend
alright, thanks π
Hey lads should i just be spamming boe and vandet in mythic plus?
no
Can anyone explain why all the top logs are using Bote now instead of worldvein clf etc. I cant make it sim better for me, and I cant find anything written about it, or is it just because its better with vita coral?
sims better for people with good gear + lower cd
its not that your gear is shit
people use bote because this raid is based around burst windows
has nothing too do with gear
i was gonna say that the faster the boss dies the better boe is
fair enough
it makes sense on fights like ra-den and stuff but i was just confused by it being used on shadhar
but even then it has a use case cause boss moves away from shards a lot
thats where the "lower cd" part came into my answer 
but also clf doesn't sim higher than bote for most people
people just moved away from worldvein gradually when reality wasn't representing sim values
if it's still your best simmed at 1 or 0 allies feel free to use it, above that i wouldn't bother
bote is -300 for me, is good at all fight lengths kinda, has burst aoe if i need it and has all of it's damage centered in a 10 second window which means it's less punished by downtime as long as you can ensure you're hitting the boss during vend (which you should be doing anyway)
so i play it most of the time
yea that's very true
i found early in the tier worldvein was getting most of the value it simmed for because most of my raid was running it
Are those stats any good? Sin rogue for world pvp (and quests) with: 17.09% haste | 22.67% critic | 38.96% mast | 17.22 vers | 8.61% sorver, it's good? or should change those stats?
3x ttk + 2x np + 1x ss (optimal traits from my current gear, anything else is garbage)
ah, but lets say, for 1x1 ?

i just told this boi to ask in here
cos i thought pvp was more for strats against certain situations

horrific vision major essence?
Do you have kidney shot bound?
iris?
Gratz on 2200
Bote or botd @prime monolith
Iris is fine too but you dont really do big pulls as sin
botd?
Breath of the dying
ah right
I just have rank1 for bote
is it ok to go botd?
what about the minors?
Best would be 3ss 3np. You want as many ss as you can get your hands on if able
Bote > all
It lets you destroy pack by pack and shreds bosses
He (or she) only has r1 bote tho
Oh assumed he wrote botd lol
Or i would have recommended the same. Botd is a decent alternative if you dont have r3 bote
i have a stupid question guys but im new to keys as sin, does echoing blade
i mean as echoing blade spec do i spam knives for the proc or does it proc after 5 crit hits or 5 crit bleeds or only crits from kniges
knives*
huh
when you press fan of knives, each mob you hit with fan of knives will echo if it crits
up to 5
so it only procs of knives crits
Yes
Is there an ideal best visions talent/Azerite traits/essence setup list somewhere for sin?
And maybe corruption/trinks?
Standard st talents (can go exsang over tb to burn bosses if you wish, some really like it). 3ss 3np. Bote mj, lucid, botd, other minor (i use pp but c&s is prob better)
Corruption, expedient is really good. TA is good, basically st corruptions that arent IS because IS doesnt stack fast enough
Trinkets, cyclotronic is really good for bosses, then swap it in and out when its on cd for something else like spyglass or torment
Coral is the other trinket
Sweet thanks, been running pretty much what you listed so far. Just havenβt pushed more than a 2 yet(lazy I know). Guess itβs going to be World of Vision-craft farming for the rest of the xpac for sockets bleh
Planning your route and pulls will provide better results than having βthe best set upβ. So make sure you take the time to do that
Speaking of vision... vop is another option for your last minor slot
The guys in here who use vop minor for visions will defend it til their death
what are people simming at these days as assas for ST - PW - 5min
im only getting 78k out of my sim
If youβre like 470ish then 80kish
90k is a high sim. 78k is pretty avg for a mythic raider
around 75k is average i would say
with sensible corruption
no one is simming 90k on assa with <60 corr btw
im 99% sure
Really? I assumed weβd have some lucker dogs in here pushing that 90k sim by now
Man, 78k sim is not a feelsbad
Lol
mate how do i keep up with this
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/oUCu5zuPij3LVwmG98hvYj
lol
Easy, just go dh: https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/vhGceaHrnJrhhThXaKtM9o
Next week heβll be sub 60 corruption w that sim
What are people raiding with though? Are most still sub 40 corruption?
my gm wont let me go higher >.<
does the slow not make u wanna kill urself?
Not really
This^
i only run 38 and i hate it
Same
With how much corruption?
Raz needs to step up n hit that 90k then π
i was simming all my corruption last week and from 28-64 corruption i gained 1k dps
huge
then i got insane upgrades this week and life is good
Cara wonβt drop dags for me, so tilting, both is like a 4K increase for me
90 with stars is surely not that hard
i sim like 83k without
raz was like 87k or some shit last time i saw but it's been a while so idk
84.8 with 38 corruption
So what you guys are telling me is - we cant compete with DH and War ^^
in sim numbers? no not really
it's been that way all expansion
or at least for a very long time
where do you guys find the best performing players in raidbot?
is there like a ranking or?
no
generally the highest simming players are also conveniently the people who share the sims the most
so they just end up circulating class discords
oh
85k with 58 corruption no infinite stars
Yea. That dh sim was from dh disc a day or so ago, for example
hey guys, i know the answer is to always trust sims but i want to check something, I ran a sim and its telling me to use subterfuge over MA even without any SS traits for PW, is this right? sim link for clarity https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/qNcBDUdrTCcH6teyGvcKgv
yup def right
subt scales better
and bote + vanish + coral is wasting some crit value during bote at some crit levels
loses out on some deeps
but mainly subt scales better
alright perfect, so use vanish to reapply garote now as if running an SS trait rather than using it with envenom etc? π
All you really have to do is reapply at any point when vanish comes off cooldown. Ideally during Vendetta and with max Pandemic. However itβs generally better to use aggressively than to hold things. Especially on ST it only eats one global so itβs not such a large timing issue like MA.
Most important thing is obviously not to refresh the buffed Garrote in pandemic like normal.
should you wait for the whole garrote to fall off then or like around .5 seconds kinda thing
kinda specific, but do u know?
i guess optimally it would be after the final tick
Let it fall of I believe
I would play it like when we had SS traits
Generally you can refresh it once the final full tick happens and not worry about the partial tick. But it is not a huge deal either way. Just make sure you donβt have downtime.
thx cutie
this seems very wrong
Here we go again.

Yesterday yeah. lmao
I saw something about this mentioned earlier, but didn't quite understand it. So if you are running MA, BotE, & Coral...is that an excessive amount of crit during your Vend/TB burst window? Is it worth it at all to save either BotE or Coral for your next TB window?
i think there was talk about saving the bote til after the vanish window? or maybe visa versa, but i dont think anything was concrete on that matter yet
third vendetta window with subt
yeah lol
its not even on cd
it did blood right before the vanish
might involve that
oh lmao 
@fleet anchor this a single iteration issue or? Seems like quite the big deal literally not using subt π
@white wyvern u baited me into thinking this was already discussed!
I mean I just quickly grouped it into the issue discussed yesterday, but no G in Vanish seems much worse.
oops
lol
Does seem quite bad yeah
are you actually sure it's a subt sim
yes
can you link it
u can see the buff in the screenshot
i'm curious
going to guess it's something to do with it being the very end of the iteration
standard variance
if you sim at 5 min the default is 20% variance i think above and below
oooh
it's still not correct for sure, and i might be wrong in my assumption
but it seems like the vanish is hard coded to be pressed but there's a ttd constraint on garrote that's not matched or something so it just continues on its merry way
yeah thats gotta be it
prolly best if one of the tc guys looks at it though cause i have a small brain

Aight then all gucci ig
does seem that way
If itβs at the end of the iteration then yeah. DoT sub-APL wonβt refresh Garrote if itβs below N seconds time to die. Could maybe tweak that with Subterfuge. Canβt imagine it would make any substantive difference.
Itβs a 4s threshold I believe
On my phone right now so canβt check
there is a guy who sells these for 200k
https://gyazo.com/18db12869c3ad24e838f9d2bd7f25319
is it worth?
i wouldnt, personal call
I wouldn't either
Big trash
aight ty
Hey guys, how much corruption do you run if you go above 39 not to be in real danger ? in ST / MM+
how much does the add hit for if it ever hits you ?
another quick question : how does corruption stack ? if i have for example 2 x infinite stars, does it increase proc rate or just dmg ?
just dmg
and it depends on how much corruption u have
anything from 150 to 350k
but if you play properly u wont take dmg from it unless there proc 3 or more in a row
@weary marten except for the ra-den weapon, all the corruptions seem to keep the same proc rate but the damage stacks
Thanks for your answers π
I usually try to not be a burden for my healers so i run <39 and go out of my eye but sometimes i would like more dps ^^
mind flay seems to also do proc rate
I have 3 mind flay, and they've all procced at once
no
stacking traits increases dmg nothing else
^^
Is there any point in going assa in m+ over outlaw other than personal preference?
do you reckon 470 GW is worth putting a socket on
nice flex lol
nah, it would be a flex if I said I already put a socket on a 475 vita and this will be my second one π
my rngesus
well its the one good corruption I have since I got the 3 sec cd reduction one and similar shit in my chest for the first few weeks
imagine having one good corruption
for anyone using division + overclocking rings, are there any bosses where you can't keep the buff up?
nope
ty
I use fan of knives when there are 3 or more targets? or 2 or more targets?
which better build for who 3x gushing wound? haste>mastery>criti? or haste>critc>mastery?

how are you guys opening on ra-den? that orb comes out like 5 sec after the opener, so I've been delaying tb/vendetta until after orb, but not sure if thats best
not hitting the orb
just skipping orb entirely?
you have to be running a really wild raid comp to need melee to be hitting the first orb
hmm, ill take the advice back, thx:)
DH can TG it for the 5% magic debuff
what is the best stat prio for assassination rogue?
haste
mast, crit and vers yeah?
sim π
is galecallers boon actually a viable trinket to grind for or is it too gimmicky?
Dungeon slice is telling me race pulse (hast proc) over hone mind (mastery proc) for m+. Is that right o.O?
no because you shouldn't be using dslice for this spec
the mastery would be better than haste
What is the best way to sim for m+?
There's a script in #wow-general that's okay. The best would be to do multiple sims with varying mob sizes for like 20-40 seconds with no lust and some ST for a few minutes and use your brain to analyze it.
There is just not a good way to sim for dungeons because there are so many variables.
Word, thank you
basically you just want 3ss 1 eb and stack mastery/crit
err 1 EB probably not worth.
Is there any benefit in going assa in m+ over outlaw other than personal preference? Like assa but outlaw seems so much easier to gear towards but more stale gameplay
Other than Sin having big prio damage not really.
Sin can optimise for dungeons and be best in a field of choice, outlaw is always in the inbetween. Say you want ridic aoe and focus on mowing down huge packs, 3 eb ss with big stats and big pulls and sin will reach ahead. Come to a boss fight and sin suffers. Vice versa goes for other situations. Dungeons with low mob density, I'll pick KR and WS as examples, favour sin. Angling all your damage into dealing with these low target sized pulls makes sin considerably more potent, and not only that but also optimising boss damage in dungeons with a certain emphasis on the bosses at the same time. Sin is possibly the best spec in the game for these scenarios and is highly looked over.
Other stuff like speeding up the dungeon by optimising comp into people with heavy aoe and then having a sin deal with select targets each pack is also a possible time gain in overall speed and execution of the key, but will not show on the meters.
Hope this answers your question π @flat wadi
anyone know how many points of vers = 1 percent?
85 for dmg/heal, 170 for DR
thanks!
Speaking of some key-cheesing for Sin, if you're doing Workshop (moreso than JY), you can set your hearth to Mechagon and gear swap mid-key. Run ST for the first two bosses, hearth, swap to AoE for the big packs.
big packs? normally just fine/optimal w standard shit
The gauntlet of packs after second boss and then the pack before third boss.
Just found it really easy since once the second boss is dead you spawn at it, so the hearth -> re-entrance takes maybe all of 5 seconds
Gauntlet is better when using standard SS setup though
And so is most packs
Since they consist of high prio targets
And it's also the best setup for bosses, so dunno why you wouldn't just run it perma
π€· I only have a standard raiding set + a FoK / SS setup with no real inbetween
Found it convenient to go from one to the other, swap trinkets, etc
https://i.imgur.com/qDymTLT.png
https://i.imgur.com/c6RZVCP.png
I disgust myself
padding over 9000
Why pb if you wanna pad?
what does best drop mean (vs expected value) in droptimizer raidbots? is it with best corruption or whaT?
guys, is the fact that assa is the only rog spec that can cast mount, hearthstone, gadgets and so on without breaking stealth an intended thing or just a bug Blizz is still unaware of?
@minor garden Expected value means the average upgrade of the items from that slot/boss (depends what you've simmed) with the values of downgrades being set at 0(not negative)
I think
I know haste is kind of low on the prio list for m+, but is there a recommended % ? Can't seem to see it on guides/steams, and even though multi dotting makes up for low haste it doesn't feel right on boss fights.
is it worth losing some uptime on garrote / rupture in order to get 3 envenoms in after using toxic blade? And also is it worth not using toxic on cd in order to refresh dots or wait for approx 100 energy before casting it?=
i mean which one is better
or should i just do toxic and then refresh durations ?
and accept only 2 envenoms
@minor garden Typically you want to be planning ahead and pooling your energy for when you hit Toxic Blade. I typically aim for 80% or so. You always want to use Toxic Blade on CD. Try and factor this into your planning. Sometimes I might refresh rupture/garrote a little earlier to maximise damage in TB windows.
2 envenoms is what your aiming for though.
3 envs is almost guaranteed with planning ahead, i usually refresh bleeds if its less than 15sec and TB is coming up soon then pool. but honestly, its easier to just always pool before using a finisher, less chance to be caught of guard and you also get more value out of Elaborate planning
Btw, is galecallers simbait? i sim 1k more with it than vita of same ilvl
Well it assumes you always have it for full duration
But if a mechanic makes you move out or delay it then you lose dmg
!wa
Assassination WA's for BFA:
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@honest basin but thats true for any trinket tho right
if i have to move when it procs i lose damage
@echo cargo workshop is literally a super good key for sin, I run 3 ss 3 np 0 eb cuz so little trash
but u will delete all of the hard mobs/obelisks/bosses and top meter still
is the opener for raids with subt listed anywhere? saw someone say it was g,m,g,r but sim saying g,m,r
on ravenholdt.net should be
@runic tinsel Not as much as for a trinket that has a positional requirement
okay ty Aus
Say you have a proc of Vita and need to move far, well, at least your dots tick faster
Say you have a vita proc and tanks need to move 10y, you don't waste anything
In both scenarios with Gale you waste it
is 2% dps increase worth puryfing appendage II dagger and squeeze in strikethrough III in my corruption setup?
How much corruption do you have if you have both on
with other pieces will give me 73 active corruption
would prefer to stay below 60


if you have 4 racing pulse pieces on, doest that gives you 4 individual proccs or just one but increased by other pieces?
just one
One but added haste
for the past 3 weeks nothing else drops for me but racing pulse II and III sigh, except 430 infinite stars gloves
feels haste man
racing pulse is not bad
i have boots ring, gloves, wrists and dagger with racing pulls II and III, missing belt and pants and i will be complete
ha ha π
I know I know.. Idk I just wish I will get GW before guild stops raiding and goes on a break
you could plot out your profile and see whats actually best
which weapon enchant is the best for assa rogue?
Sim yourself
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/28n9p8PreEuXTNn7vHMpKe I didn't think those where BiS essense, but raidbots says they are for me.
its almost as if its different from gamer to gamer
Does anyone have a google sheet with all bis gear for assassination rogue ?
Maybe from 3 expansions ago
!azerite is okay if it comes to azerite armor
Assassination Azerite overview: https://bit.ly/2U86I7o
does anyone know how to change your cloak level on raidbots?
as I wanna see what I would sim with a rank 12 cloak
Is rank 12 higher then your current rank?
yeah
my current cloak rank is only 10 atm
I had internet issues last week and wasted majority of my vessels
shame too as I saved them from past weeks
I just add 7 to the max corruption slider in top gear
I have two gears with the tentacles, when it procs does it sums the damage from the two gears or Just from the gear that proc'd it?
adds it
what are the igly shoulders good for again? i actually forgot 
@hard garnet http://prntscr.com/rd3hsi
6285 is the ilvl of cloak, +1 -1 to change rank 6285 is rank 14 π
Refresh dots before (without pandemic) tb or in the tb window (with pandemic) refresh? raidbots does it in the tb window and i wanted to ask if it is correct
it is
I have double tendies + 1 deadly momentum r3
53 corruption, would you cleanse deadly momentum
@marble hemlock ty!
debilitating spit by dog boss cant be cloaked right?
while toxic blade, should i priorize envenom over refresh rupture?
prioritize not having to rupture during tb
roger that
Tb vs exsanguinate with 2-3 shrouded
@quasi pewter did something change? Hasn't the answer to refreshing during TB been its slightly better to just do it before TB
is blood of the enemy the norm in raid now?
Well anything longer than that and itβs falling off after TB anyways
it just ends up being insignificant whatever you do honestly
what pot do you guys use for m+? for aoe situations
Is haste really the go to stat for assa in 2s?

honestly i just use outlaw
