#assassination

1 messages · Page 3844 of 1

marble hemlock
#

didnt even have to stack it

fleet whale
#

most azerite traits

steep badger
#

wit?

fleet whale
#

are bandaids

marble hemlock
#

it just solved all the issues outlaw had in m+ with one trait

steep badger
#

yeah, where does sin get those bandaids, i'll take 2

marble hemlock
#

and then you can pla the game for 1-2 years and pretend that your class isnt misaligned and badly designed at its core until teh next expac comes around and you are confronted with the same lack of vision on how youre supposed to translate from a st spec to an aoe spec

#

so they just made bf essentially 100% uptime. nice.

#

great "fix"

steep badger
#

lazy

marble hemlock
#

yep

#

and before legendaries got nerfed, assa was in the same spot

#

we were back to spamming fok with dashing

#

for dps

#

atleast that had a higher maintenance than in bfa since you needed to maintain envenom on aoe

steep badger
#

wonder why they never explored making ct baseline, or what the findings were if so

marble hemlock
#

i mean it was back in mop/wod 🙂

#

ive complained about this a lot already, but not having aoe builders+finishers baseline is just dumb as fuck

#

and unbelievable that its still like this 3 expansions in

#

imagine if they made divine storm a talent instead of being baseline

steep badger
#

yeah, and toss in a more meaningful talent there to spice something up? instead of just beating us up in the tunings because our sub brothers were melting everything. One streamer compared it to the younger siblings getting the beating because the older brother was misbehaving. I think its deeper though, they just can't figure out how to fix it

marble hemlock
#

or if warlocks had to talent rain of fire

steep badger
#

oh god

#

they'd all reroll

marble hemlock
#

or eleshaman needing to talent earthquake, boomy starfall etc.

#

its just asinine that the spec that has its core mechanic be a combopoint>finisher mechanic, is the one with the least options in that regard. but its always been like this

#

member when we still had target-specific combopoints in mop, but paladins got holypower in wrath

#

took them 3 expansions to give us combo points on the rogue, not the target, when other classes had it for years

steep badger
#

lmao, the neglect feels were real

marble hemlock
#

and its the same now

steep badger
#

still are just different places

marble hemlock
#

just frustrating that youre a builder>finisher class and you dont have an aoe builder as outlaw, or aoe finisher that you dont have to talent as, well, sub outlaw and assa. atleast sub has one now, and lo and behold the spec feels interesting to play in aoe again

#

what a surprise

steep badger
#

amazing how that works right?

marble hemlock
#

meanwhile every other class in the game has aoe builders and aoe finishers

#

or rather, low and high dmg aoe abilities

steep badger
#

but pb!

marble hemlock
#

anyway, enough ranting

steep badger
#

(slightly sarcasm laced)

marble hemlock
#

lets just hope theres some ranged dps nerfs

#

so melee can atleast be considered viable

#

cause in the current state, theres no reason to bring melee for anything but interrupts or utility

#

certainly not on aoe, and not even on st

#

¯_(ツ)_/¯

grim jay
#

seli

#

what covenant will you pick?

marble hemlock
#

necro

grim jay
#

just curious

marble hemlock
#

for starters

#

might switch to fae at 34 for first strike if it hasnt been nerfed by then

steep badger
#

feels like it will be

#

its the only outlier

grim jay
#

any specific reason for going necro?

marble hemlock
#

lead by example

steep badger
#

I feel like necro's a strong pick only because they're all so close and in my eyes the easiest to maintain

#

least the ability

#

my opinion ofc

marble hemlock
#

its the most interactive covenant, it has group benefit, and its undersimming quite hard imo

main warren
#

spike is a fun button to press

marble hemlock
#

and will stay strong as it scales with prim stat and better gear

grim jay
#

I kinda find it hard to balance for me personally. I'm doing pvp at around 2.6k usually, I do PvP and raid semi-progress. this time it seems really fucked up to pick something for all of it. not a fan of having a second rogue

marble hemlock
#

the 350haste from grove invo will always stay 350 haste. good now, not as good later on probably

#

meanwhile 13% agi will always be good

loud basin
#

People are writing off everything but Kyrian but I think necro has a pretty high skill cap potential with the CC immune ability. And the defensives are gonna be big. But it seems everyone is fiending for anything bursty rn and calling it the best

marble hemlock
#

and SBS cooldown lines up very well with shiv/symbols cooldown

steep badger
#

Would love if they'd entertain adding serrated bonespike to the doomblade bleed buff

#

but god forbid they do some math

marble hemlock
#

you dont want that

steep badger
#

math?

marble hemlock
#

no

#

you dont want legendary powers being balanced around having a specific covenant

steep badger
#

ahhh gotcha

#

even so minor?

marble hemlock
#

like MA used to be for nightfae

#

with the sepsis vanish

steep badger
#

ahh solid example

marble hemlock
#

its much better to remove those synergies to be able to balance properly. its also more boring

#

but that way it can atleast be an alternative for all the covenants that arent the one that scales with it

#

if sbs worked with doomblade, youd have to balance it around that, and any non-necro would never look towards doomblade

steep badger
#

would just add to the balancing nightmare

fleet whale
#

so i just discovered this interesting feature of assassination:

#

mutilate currently deals less damage

grim jay
#

@marble hemlock based on current sims and stuff, wouldnt it make more sense for you to go kyrian and swap to nf later?

marble hemlock
#

no

fleet whale
#

than a backstab... when facing the target in front!

#

our 50 energy builder

steep badger
#

combo pts

marble hemlock
#

first of all, i dont like kyrian. echoing reprimand is an awful covenant ability

#

second, i dont think kyrian is as good as everybody thinks

steep badger
#

could only imagine ER once sub players are geared.

fleet whale
#

mut generating more cps does not justify its pathetic damage

marble hemlock
#

third, i like the interactivity of SBS+lead by example with the current rogue specs

#

setting up a spike for 13% before every shiv or dance

#

just makes for much more fun and min-maxing gameplay

fleet whale
#

i don't think there is really a huge amount of min maxing with any covenant

marble hemlock
#

the sim currently just uses SBS on cd pmuch, which is why i believe it to be undersimming

fleet whale
#

they all seem really close

marble hemlock
#

and thats not counting the 2% prim stat for 4 people in your grp/raid

#

emeni sim also only uses 2 allies (the one that fuu did, anyway)

#

so its only 9% agi, not 13%

steep badger
#

does haste effect sbs tick times?

marble hemlock
#

oh, he added 4ally sim now

#

and lo and behold

#

its the strongest t1 soulbind

#

without even counting proper lineup or the ally benefit

steep badger
#

where are you seeing this?

marble hemlock
steep badger
#

oh damn

marble hemlock
#

and that is without lining up sbs before CDs like shiv/symbols+dance

#

just random use. sometimes it lines up, sometimes it doesnt. and thats not counting the benefit to the grp/raid

polar cape
#

yo im digging that whole necro thing now

marble hemlock
#

sbs also becomes better on cleave

steep badger
#

looks like its doing wonders for sub

marble hemlock
#

and if you have adds and get resets in so you dont just have SBS every 30sec, but a bit more often

#

then it justb ecomes even better

grim jay
#

cant remember where I heard it, but somewhere I've heard that burrs conduit only applies the damage if the target is slowable, is that true?

#

not sure if someone tested

marble hemlock
#

they fixed that

#

last night

polar cape
#

yeah but burr just gonna be avaible in weeks

marble hemlock
#

burrs is hilariously broken atm

#

since its a second potency and one of the highest dps soulbinds

fleet whale
#

SBS honestly isn't my cup of tea

#

in fact when playing beta, it was my least favorite of the abilities

marble hemlock
#

i dont particularly like sbs

#

but i love lead by example

#

it gives so much room to play around

jovial haven
#

solvent is pretty cool too

#

whether its strong or not...cool concept

fleet whale
#

i'm prolly just gonna roll sub

#

and roll venth cause they look the coolest to me

marble hemlock
#

venth+sub is a nice prio-dmg niche for sure

#

and nadjia is good for st/prio

grim jay
#

I might end up playing kyrian because its pretty good everywhere and its the only covenant ability I can see being useful in pvp aswell

#

since everything else is prolly cleanseable

marble hemlock
#

they need to make sepsis undispellable for sure

#

seems so dumb that you can just remove a covenant ability

grim jay
#

I think its the same with venthyr

#

not sure tho

marble hemlock
#

anyway

#

need to do some more work sadge

steep badger
#

Thanks for the insight m8, was a pleasure

strange python
#

i think with sepsis its going to turn into baiting the cleanse, forcing the healers to work in overtime and have to sometimes decide between heals/defensives/cleanse

#

also I think it could open up a new meta, just nuking the healer first with it, keeping them locked up and blowing all your cds on them

#

seems like even good healers have trouble keeping up with it already with normal bleeds

#

also if you smoke and lock them up, the healer is going to have to decide between a life saving heal or cleanse on your target

woeful hearth
#

As someone who played Classic over BFA and preferred Sin over Sub in Legion, how sad am I if I want to be reasonably competitive?

balmy condor
#

Pretty sad

#

If you don’t like outlaw or sub in current iteration

#

It’s not a good time

fleet whale
#

so sad that i've just switched colors

balmy condor
#

Traitor

strange python
#

i think the coolest thing for sin rn with the squish is our dots really actually add up when everyone only has like 18-20k ish healthpools

#

seems like enchants hit different now too, suddenly that 8 haste is hype

strange python
#

so now a full rupture is like 1/4 of their life instead of like 1/15th

#

i think 5k ish dmg is baseline too, that's before your haste/mastery bonuses

balmy condor
strange python
#

ah i didn't know this was pve only, just reads spec discussion

#

Assassination Rogue discussion, Shadowlands information is in the pins. !guide, !help, !sims, !fuu

#

so is this pve only then?

balmy condor
#

Usually yeah

strange python
#

that's dumb haha

balmy condor
#

¯_(ツ)_/¯

strange python
#

or did you just kind of picture it that way

#

seems like it would read pve at top

balmy condor
#

Won’t get a lot of pvp nerds in here

strange python
#

like how most discords functions

balmy condor
#

I’m just saying that you’ll find pvp discussions more fruitful in pvp

strange python
#

makes sense

balmy condor
#

Because usually this isn’t a pvp channel

#

There’s the odd convo bout it here or there

#

But pvp usually stays in pvp

strange python
#

i like having a litle assassin hangout to discuss pvp stuff

#

away from those subs

#

(:

#

heckin subs

dry atlas
#

You're the only one and it's only in this channel that cares whispyr lol

balmy condor
#

Bruh I’m just trying to help the guy find a discussion on what he was talking about

strange python
#

jk just seems more organized keeping it in here that's all

balmy condor
#

I don’t move masses from one channel to the other

strange python
#

well keeping some of it in here

#

and using pvp to kind of talk shop with other specs about it

balmy condor
#

I’m literally just pointing out that it’ll be more successful over there

strange python
#

ya haha i know

#

i just drank some fucking gfuel to finish my work faster i'm wired haha sorry

#

and that 2 days till shadowlands hypetrain is in full effect choo choo

nimble tartan
#

woo!

onyx patrol
#

i am in need of some helping finding out what the best legendaries will be as of now for assassination rogue? can anyone put me in the right direction?

balmy condor
#

Zoldyck

#

But also in the pins

#

And you can see comparisons here

#

!Fuu

prisma monolithBOT
steel elbow
#

i mean, like everyone else (almost everyone else anyway) I too will be swapping to sub this xpac, but the sub channel is basically cancer with aids on a daily basis.

#

so I will hide in here with my fellow soon to be artists formerly known as assassination rogues

balmy condor
#

:) welcome to the swamp

halcyon oak
#

I'ma just play sin anyways cuz it's fun

balmy condor
#

I’m gonna flex sin and sub I think

strange python
#

It will be more fun to fight the meters as sin

#

And show everyone u can still top it

balmy condor
#

And if you don’t, join a worse guild until you do kekw

fleet whale
#

well there is another benefit to playing sin

#

less people overall, easier to get orange parses

warm peak
#

here is another benefit, the channel is not cancer

balmy condor
#

Channel wasn’t cancer during 8.3 either

#

Real comfy

#

Slow, consistent, comfy, unchanging

#

And that’s why we call it the swamp

ember mural
#

can we call you shrek then feelsloveman

balmy condor
#

If it makes you happy kekw

unborn otter
#

Whispyr is love; Whispyr is life.

balmy condor
jagged axle
#

last minute changes i have faith haha

fleet whale
#

they will likely do some spec tuning around mythic release

#

who knows if it will be enough though

grizzled jay
#

Varo swapped to Sub kekw

fleet whale
#

i'm both

fleet whale
#

it prio's sub though

grizzled jay
#

that channel is legit cursed

balmy condor
#

Ye little bit

grizzled jay
#

i dont care if sub is the best spec period im not going near that channel lmao

fleet whale
#

after what i went through in havoc discord

#

sub is nothing compared to that lol

grizzled jay
#

but Varo

#

Havoc DHs are just Sub rerollers

fleet whale
#

i just asked what the st talents would be for havoc at level 60

grizzled jay
#

they are the same thing

fleet whale
#

and the legit answer i got was "sim yourself"

grizzled jay
#

No other Discord TCS other than maybe Mage and Balance Druid is as aggressive with simming as Rogue TCs are

#

Hunter TCs didnt even do beta sims lmao

#

so no wonder their entire class feels clunky and broken

jagged axle
#

havoc not doing too hot as well right?

fleet whale
#

i think Koji helps with havoc sims

#

not nearly as bad as they make it out to be, no

#

they are like middle of the pack, and decent in M+

balmy condor
#

Koji helps with havoc yeah

grizzled jay
#

Koji proving why Rogue Disc is actually the only good Class disc

fleet whale
#

havoc being bottom tier is just a false narrative bad take

#

that somehow has become "truth"

grizzled jay
#

remember when Balance Druids were claiming they did tank dps

balmy condor
#

It’s aight

#

But it’s not great

cursive dagger
#

havoc players consider bottom tier when they aren't top 3

#

lol

fleet whale
#

yeah, but it ain't bottom tier

jagged axle
#

wonder what spec that spot truly belongs to

cursive dagger
#

thats how they classify themselves

grizzled jay
#

@jagged axle Right now, BM Hunters

fleet whale
#

prolly assasin sadly

jagged axle
#

BM hunters bad? thats new wtf

fleet whale
#

well minus BFA

#

BM hasn't had many tiers of top end dps

jagged axle
#

weren't they slapping in Legion?

cursive dagger
#

not rly. MM was pretty good tho

jagged axle
#

wonder how survival's doing lol

#

they didn't get many changes i dont think

cursive dagger
jovial haven
#

they will be bottom until they increase range to 60ft...

cursive dagger
#

thats how survival is doing

grizzled jay
#

Survival will be as it always is. On the cusp but never excelling at any one thing.

vital haven
#

im pink now

#

sub sucks now

balmy condor
#

Nairda slightly less traitor

drifting cloud
balmy condor
#

@drifting cloud when are you going pink monkaScheme

drifting cloud
#

I cant change now when it went full circle

#

gotta wait for sub to be shit again

balmy condor
#

Fair fair

fleet anchor
#

btw on the topic of Havoc, I hate you all

#

This Slice and Dice rabbit hole Seli and Whispyr sent me down.. it's only actually worth 0.2% DPS. Stupid pointless openers. 😛

#

Will go back to my ol' standby

Turns out you can really just mash buttons randomly as Assassination 10% of the time and it really doesn't matter 😛

#

(Also Havoc is not bottom tier, people are just whiners.)

balmy condor
#

ITS STILL 0.2

#

I was right seli was wrong angery

#

That’s 0.2% closer to sub man don’t take this from me I need it

fleet anchor
#

What were you right about?

steel wagon
#

is sin really that far behind on the sims? that sheet is awful telling

#

id imagine we have to get a buff before mythic week lol

fleet anchor
#

@balmy condor wrt "before" vs. "after" I'll note that "before" seems to actually only be notably better when using Echoing Reprimand and I think that might just be RNG 😛

balmy condor
fleet anchor
#

But it's really close anyway

balmy condor
#

Seli was rup first

#

I was snd first

#

@steel wagon yes it’s that far behind

steel wagon
#

jesus christ

#

its like 1k dps in some situations lol

fleet anchor
#

Trying to add some animacharged CP expressions here too

#

See if I can isolate

steel wagon
#

like 1/3rd less dps

drowsy hollow
#

oh cool, I'm glad Venthyr isn't bad. For some reason I thought it was

fleet anchor
#

Night Fae

rare blaze
#

Hey beautiful people, sin loyalist here, but new to the Discord. I've been lurking around, and i think I've found out everything I need to know going into Shadowlands, but I just want to clarify the soulbinds situation. We going whatever until 30+, and making the switch to Necro, or am I reading the pins wrong?

fleet anchor
#

Kyrian

strange python
#

i think were on nightfae/vamps rn

#

shits going fast

#

and kyrian

#

haha

steel wagon
#

who knows what changes they are going to make the first couple weeks though

strange python
#

ya

#

i like that the flavorful covenants are doing well

#

kryian just seems so boring

balmy condor
#

@rare blaze kyrian is better early from what it seems atm

rare blaze
#

Ahh, right on. What about at 30+, we making the switch elsewhere?

strange python
#

so you can switch covenents now?

balmy condor
#

you always could

strange python
#

oh sweeet

balmy condor
#

its a 2 week quest chain

strange python
#

ohhh

#

ehh better than regearing for a new char

drowsy hollow
#

You can swtich to a new covenant whenever

balmy condor
#

at 30+ you're going to night fae

drowsy hollow
#

It's going back to one you've abandoned that takes a reset

balmy condor
#

well yeah

#

you can get to each one once

#

and then you gotta do quests

rare blaze
#

Bet. Thanks. I guess I was reading that image wrong..

balmy condor
#

!fuu

prisma monolithBOT
balmy condor
#

is your bet

#

for sims and such

#

pins are a tldr

rare blaze
#

That soulbinds image. I think I'm reading it wrong.

balmy condor
#

this one?

rare blaze
#

Yeah, isn't that purple arrow pointing at a Necrolord after 30?

balmy condor
#

that's the better soulbind for necrolord players at 30

#

so if you're going necrolord specifically, heirmir will be better at 30

rare blaze
#

Ahhh!

#

Makes sense now, haha. Preciate you!

balmy condor
#

left to right is soulbinds in each covenant, top to bottom is kyrian, night fae, necro, venthyr

#

:)

#

no problem

rare blaze
#

So we're going Kyrian early on and Night Fae later on. This is pending any changes.

balmy condor
#

yes

#

but they're all so close

#

that it really doesn't matter

#

if you want to do venthyr because you like the aesthetic

#

more power to you

#

go do that

#

I don't believe so, you keep the renown of that covenant if you swap back

#

but each covenant has its own renown

rare blaze
#

I've read that they're all super close. I might have to do some more homework, and see if anything appeals to me.

#

If I'm going to settle for mediocrity, might as well get jiggy w/ it.

balmy condor
#

yeah if you're playing sin, you're already fucked kekw

#

might as well play what you enjoy

errant delta
#

So what would be the all round rogue if you say started sin find out its realy sub par and then whent sub and cried in the corner trying to learn it and then wiped away the tears as you show ppl pritty numbers?

balmy condor
#

you can play sub or outlaw right now

#

sin only if you're okay being laughed at

fleet whale
#

or if you really like being the underdog

#

it's like playing roy in smash bros melee

balmy condor
#

I like being the updog

drowsy hollow
#

As a tank I wouldn't turn my nose up at assassination

#

faster application of numbing poison is a niche

rare blaze
#

So, if I'm reading this correctly, Sepsis should scale w/ Shiv?

balmy condor
#

yes

rare blaze
#

Neat.

drowsy hollow
#

I do kinda wish rogue had a legendary like Cat's Eye Curio to speed up assassination

vocal dock
#

is sin really "being laughed at" ? looking at the sims fuu posted we are just majorly behind in dungeon slice, and a couple hundred dps behind sub in patchwerk

fleet anchor
#

@balmy condor I'm gonna give you a moral victory by putting it before, if only because I don't have enough time to figure out if there's anything better for ER and it's about the same for the others.. but probably the real answer is that it largely doesn't matter. And I think I'll find something marginally better for ER someday.

balmy condor
#

"a couple hundred"

#

is like

#

15%

#

@fleet anchor its hard to find gains for sin when none of the buttons I hit matter man cut me some slack kekw

jovial haven
#

18.8% on the early chart

vocal dock
#

i mean unless you are pushing Mythic raiding content is that really going to matter?

balmy condor
#

kinda, yeah

#

sin atm is behind sub and outlaw as much as sub was behind basically all of bfa

#

sub got laughed at

#

a considerable amount

jovial haven
#

i think sub was closer in bfa...

balmy condor
#

its possible yeah

#

I'm being conservative about it

jovial haven
#

but yeah, when you get to 10%+ dif, its not great

balmy condor
#

I think sub was closer to 10%

#

but yeah

#

sin is like

#

worse.

tall nimbus
#

F

balmy condor
#

at least the sub guys still had like "look at my evisc crit" or "watch me funnel 6cp foks into this boss"

#

but we legit just have nothing atm

low girder
#

The only situation it competes (with sub, not outlaw because outlaw blows it out of the water here) is 2 target cleave

#

And even then it's not winning by a lot

balmy condor
#

well

#

kinda

#

but that's shaky too, cause that's just the legendary comparison

tall nimbus
#

Someday Blizzard will do something with bleed build like makes exantanguish works in aoe and make it right

fleet whale
#

someday i hope

low girder
#

!fuu

prisma monolithBOT
fleet whale
#

blizz just axes the whole bleed thing

tall nimbus
#

I don’t know how to spell it in English sorry x)

fleet whale
#

and center sin around poisons again

jovial haven
#

yeah... before legion wasnt sub the bleed spec?

low girder
#

Man mobile google sheets sucks

#

LOL

fleet whale
#

yes sub had a ton of bleed talents

#

before legion

low girder
#

Ah yeah it is just leggo comparison

balmy condor
#

I'm simming the full thing

#

for 2 target

#

hold on

low girder
#

Kk

balmy condor
#

oh baby

#

necro sin 4217
venthyr sub 4191

#

WE GOT EM BOYS

#

VIABLE

#

on sustain 2 target

low girder
#

Huge gains

balmy condor
#

and nothing else

wide ridge
#

PauseChamp

fleet whale
#

Sadly there are a lot of youtube vids with titles such as "melee specs ranked in SL"

balmy condor
#

BUT WE TAKE THOSE

fleet whale
#

and most of them rank Sin either in the middle or sometimes even high

low girder
#

Compare outlaw lol

balmy condor
#

k

low girder
#

Also 4200 2 target seems mega sad

#

Is that preraid gear

balmy condor
#

yes

primal zinc
#

gm to the hoel assassin community

low girder
#

Ah ok

fleet whale
#

remember when we were gonna have a "TB" like talent in SL?

primal zinc
#

hole

balmy condor
#

its no enchant no potion no food none of that though

#

@low girder

wide ridge
#

is there any sustained 2 target fight in castle nathria?

low girder
#

Ye prolly closer to 4400 with all that

fleet whale
#

even if there was

low girder
#

No, afaik

fleet whale
#

you would likely just go sub if they're spread

#

or outlaw if clumped

low girder
#

Iirc outlaw destroys us in 2 target cleave

#

We'll know in a min

wide ridge
#

how is outlaw's patchwerk dmg

low girder
#

Better lol

fleet whale
#

quite decent

wide ridge
#

uh oh

balmy condor
#

higher than sin

jovial haven
#

i think default outlaw sim also doesnt reroll, so can be higher than in fuu's sheet

fleet whale
#

sin is like massively undertuned

balmy condor
#

by a good margin

fleet whale
#

tanks may even sim higher than it

wide ridge
#

Sadge

low girder
#

It's roughly between us and sub

jovial haven
#

unless thats been fixed in the apls

low girder
#

In ST

balmy condor
#

I can check the apl for you

#

in a second

primal zinc
#

2 target cleave is also good for assassins....we can use EP and subterfuge with the doomblade legendary we can EASILY sustain dps on 2 even 3 targets bleeds

fleet whale
#

except as of now

balmy condor
fleet whale
#

it isn't really

balmy condor
#

well

#

that's pretty clear

low girder
#

3 target sub overtakes us again

balmy condor
#

@low girder 4912

low girder
#

Lmfao

jovial haven
#

yeah, should be actions+=""/variable,name=rtb_reroll,value=buff.buried_treasure.up&rtb_buffs<2|buff.grand_melee.up&rtb_buffs<2"

low girder
#

Yeah that's what I figured

jovial haven
#

unless you have sleight

primal zinc
#

well im not talking about dmg done im talking about viable playstyle

jovial haven
#

which shoudl reroll any rtb_buffs<2

fleet whale
#

maybe blizz will do a soft revamp like what shadow got in 8.1

#

that helped pump shadow up a bit

wide ridge
#

spriests and warlocks seem busted for this first raid tier

low girder
#

I think more likely we'll get an updated talent or two

fleet whale
#

i mean i would even take that

low girder
#

And another aura buff

fleet whale
#

i don't really want an aura buff

#

would rather certain abilities targetted for buffs

low girder
#

I think they're kinda done with reworks during xpacs

wide ridge
fleet whale
#

aura buffs are the biggest kinds of bandaids

low girder
#

Yeah

fleet whale
#

shadowlands may be here

#

but blizz did give ele and shadow soft revamps in 8.1

#

so they do sometimes change specs during expansions

wide ridge
#

half assed ones, you mean

proper sage
#

and enhance as well

#

enh is very different now

fleet whale
#

also don't forget legion sub

balmy condor
#

@jovial haven yeah idk, that line simmed equal to me, but I have no idea what I'm looking at cause outlaw PepePuke

#

I'll let the outlaw nerds handle that one

fleet whale
#

that got changed a bit in the middle of the expansion too

jovial haven
#

its fine

primal zinc
#

do we have sims for best potency options?

jovial haven
#

it simmed higher than sin which is what was being looked at

balmy condor
#

wps > lethal poison @primal zinc

#

ye

primal zinc
#

for those soulbinds that have 1 potency and not 2

fleet whale
#

doesn't help that most of the assassin feedback for sl

#

said that sin was fine

balmy condor
#

well if you have 1 potency

#

then wps > lethal poison

#

so you just take wps

primal zinc
#

wps=well plated steel

#

?

jovial haven
#

sin plays mostly fine, it just doesnt do damage when you hit buttons

balmy condor
#

yes

low girder
#

In st it's fine

wide ridge
balmy condor
#

yes

primal zinc
#

yes

low girder
#

In aoe I don't think it's fine

balmy condor
#

increased nature damage from shiv

wide ridge
#

hm

primal zinc
#

shiv at lvl 58 will become the old toxic blade

balmy condor
#

-10%

primal zinc
#

that got replaced by 10% haste alac

drowsy hollow
#

Sin feels slow to me compared to the flow of say, Sub right now

primal zinc
#

haste main stat

#

and its fast

#

xD

balmy condor
#

old tb is 30%, shiv is 20%, then wps gets you back 10% at rank 1, 24% at rank 15

#

so eventually shiv will do 44%

wide ridge
#

do you guys think we'll eventually wear more than 1 legendary like we did in legion

drowsy hollow
#

then take the legendary. 😄

balmy condor
#

tiny toxic blades is shit

drowsy hollow
#

Yes, they've heavily implied in interviews that we'll have more than one legendary eventually

balmy condor
#

even if it works

#

which it hasn't

low girder
#

Possible, but not likely for a while. I think they would've talked about it more.

#

If it was soon

balmy condor
#

yeah

wide ridge
#

true

balmy condor
#

probably like 3rd raid or something

drowsy hollow
#

nah, we don't know anything about 9.1 yet besides flying

balmy condor
#

in a year

primal zinc
#

even tho we could ear 2 leges the best for ST will be doombalde and zoldyck

wide ridge
balmy condor
primal zinc
#

both mid-fight till 30% and execute >30%

balmy condor
#

I think scoundrel would probably look good at that point

fleet whale
#

we would prolly combine zoldyck and dashing scoundrel

balmy condor
#

over doomblade

fleet whale
#

more poisons crits

balmy condor
#

but kinda feely

#

yeah

fleet whale
#

the bleed isn't the main part about doomblade

#

the envenom part is the main thing on it

low girder
#

Dashing and dustwalkers might also be a thing with the extra energy

#

On ST

balmy condor
#

don't think it would win

fleet whale
#

that might just fuck up our vendetta syncing though

balmy condor
#

but its possible

low girder
#

Might push it down to 1m

#

It was close last whispyr tried it

balmy condor
#

I can force some haste and see if I can get it down

fleet whale
#

it's not like scoundrel drastically increases how many abilities we'll cast

strange python
#

i think sin has just been fast lately and now its back to normal

#

you have to be able to see a few secs into the future for sub

#

reflex wise

fleet whale
#

idk, i've been playing sub a lot

#

i don't find it that proactive

low girder
#

I forget what kind of gear you forced to get it to -48s

primal zinc
#

since we scale haste and since haste buffs both tick rate and energy regen mean we can sustain 15% extra dmg on envenom...also rank 2 snd gives 10% energy regen same as vigour 10% so with haste main stat and 20% energy regen i believe is kinda too much for dashing...so i would prefer dmg

balmy condor
#

dw bout it

primal zinc
#

🙂

balmy condor
#

I'll crank the haste to like 900%

strange python
#

ya i'm starting to kinda get a grasp for it, still need more time on sin to build a better foundation

balmy condor
#

and go from there

low girder
#

Lmao

strange python
#

i think the burst combo is like 17 keys rn for sub

#

then you sometimes wanna situationally switch stuff up

primal zinc
#

also dont forget that crit=versa=mastery as secondary stat

#

so mutilate bleed scales with mastery and versa and crit

#

envenom 15% dmg scales with versa and crit

#

😄

strange python
#

ahh i wish i knew how to sim, i wanna see what an assassin crit build is like

primal zinc
#

so imo its a win-win over scroundel with all that haste main stat and 20% enrgy regen and passive ( and 7energy per rapute garrote tick)

balmy condor
#

wdym "is like"

strange python
#

if its viable again with the talent tree changes

balmy condor
#

master assassin is our go-to talent in single target

strange python
#

ik was just curious about other builds too

#

and if anyone tested out the crit stuff yet

balmy condor
#

what crit stuff

primal zinc
#

w8

#

pure st MA is better than sbtf?

balmy condor
#

yes

#

in shadowlands at least

wide ridge
balmy condor
#

early, yes

wide ridge
#

hm

strange python
balmy condor
#

venom rush is shit compared to alacrity

wide ridge
#

isn't venom rush garbage

balmy condor
#

but the rest of the tree is just our single target talents

strange python
#

i know i was thinking crit+mastery+ this

#

and just going real fast

balmy condor
#

oh

#

no

#

haste is main stat forever

strange python
#

haha

balmy condor
#

no getting round that

strange python
#

i love haste now that it scales with bleed

#

curious tho that sort of build use to be really badass with rogue

balmy condor
#

and without haste, mastery kinda gets worse

#

not by a lot

#

but its already at the bottom of the totem pole

strange python
#

i have a feeling at some point this build will be viable again

#

why else would the put the talents in

#

with slice and dice

#

oof that would be sweet

balmy condor
#

I don't think that's how that works

primal zinc
#

is it viable on dps check bosses to use exsa instead of alac?

strange python
#

haha

balmy condor
#

no

strange python
#

tru but I don't see how game design would work if they built it around 1 build

balmy condor
#

exsang is about 6.5% down

primal zinc
#

O.o

#

rly?

balmy condor
#

yes

strange python
#

the idea is to actually get a few builds but it always shakes down to one it seems like

balmy condor
#

its the worst talent in that row

#

by a decent margin

#

venom rush is better

strange python
#

vigor + venom rush tho

#

and crits

#

that sounds fun

#

i want that

primal zinc
#

how come tho in PURE ST ma is better than sbtf?

#

we got any sims?

primal zinc
#

vanish to 80% garrote isnt better than vanish to 50% crit fro 5 sec?

balmy condor
#

this is from the bis list I made earlier today

primal zinc
#

3 sec

balmy condor
#

you can compare talents there if you want

rare blaze
#

I'd assume w/o Shrouded Suffocation, SBTF doesn't shine on ST anymore.

balmy condor
#

50% crit for 3 seconds is kinda giga

#

especially when you get it into a shiv window

#

and you have wps

#

and you'd be correct

#

subt wins on 2+, handedly

#

but on single target without garrote getting buffed somewhere else

#

not really happening

#

they're still very close

#

0.5%

#

but ma does edge it out

#

@low girder even with 126% haste from gear and a blistering 62apm, we're looking at 69 nice seconds on vendetta

#

without blindside peophammer, it goes to 65 seconds

#

so uh

#

close enough I guess

#

just hit 62apm

low girder
#

Damn.

#

Just get corruption back, ez

unkempt nacelle
#

Decided to main assa rogue for sl my dudes :^)

#

I know it’s not in a fantastic spot but I have the most fun on it so yolo

balmy condor
#

adding 900 haste and going to ~50apm without blindside takes us to 72seconds

#

it syncs with every other vanish as intended

#

but 2% behind zoldyck

unkempt nacelle
#

Do we have a command or page on here for current best subject to change covenant and legendaries for assa?

balmy condor
#

pins have most of that info

#

!fuu

prisma monolithBOT
balmy condor
#

has a lot of the gritty numbers

unkempt nacelle
#

Thanks 🙂

strange python
#

i understand some of these words

#

looks like a sword and sorcery stat sheet haha

primal zinc
#

atm im doing sims myself on raidbots

#

whispyr 1 question

#

about MA

balmy condor
#

yeah

primal zinc
#

does 1st strike on boss fight garrote getting buffed by ma?

balmy condor
#

garrote doesn't do instant damage

#

but it does buff the crit of the ticks, yes

low girder
primal zinc
#

so opener will be garrote>shiv>soulbind? all that 3 in MA?

balmy condor
low girder
#

Ye

balmy condor
#

opener with ma would be mut snd mut rup most likely @primal zinc

primal zinc
#

w8

#

no garrote?

low girder
#

No reason to do immediately without subterfuge

balmy condor
#

yeah

#

not worth

primal zinc
#

bleed tick energy reg

#

???

balmy condor
#

yeah but you don't need it in the first 5 seconds

#

first 3 seconds you got full energy, just get the most out of ma

#

then you can put up the garrote

#

mut snd mut rup gar

#

ez

primal zinc
#

oh ok

#

and what should aim for vanish?

low girder
#

Yeah making sure you get the most out of the big CP gen from muts is important

primal zinc
#

i mean time together

balmy condor
#

shiv into vanish envenom mut envenom

primal zinc
#

umm

#

where do i see the stats?

balmy condor
#

wdym

primal zinc
#

like how much haste% versa crit you have

balmy condor
#

oh

#

in the html report

fleet whale
#

i still ran the legion the opener when i ran MA in BFA lol

balmy condor
#

its not really important info

#

so raidbots doesn't show it

#

gotta open the full report and dig it out if you're interested

primal zinc
#

ty

#

lol

#

this gear is only 21% haste?

#

O.O

fleet whale
#

i did gar mut rupture mut vend tb vanish envenom mut envenom

balmy condor
#

21% haste from gear

#

yes

primal zinc
#

tb?

#

os you mean shiv ye

#

oh

balmy condor
#

@fleet whale that's before snd right

#

you wouldn't open with gar mut rup in ma nowadays like that

#

seems kinda troll

primal zinc
#

well its ok

#

gar mut rup mut snd vend shiv vanish env mut env

#

mut in between

#

snd

#

i mean after snd

balmy condor
#

mut snd mut rup gar cov/vendetta shiv vanish env mut env

#

gar mut rup with ma

#

is not gud

atomic gate
#

So we're expecting blanket adjustments across multiple specs launch day right?

balmy condor
#

yes

#

well

#

heroic week

#

but yes

glad mist
#

!stats

prisma monolithBOT
#

Pre patch: Versatility > Critical Strike > Mastery > Haste
**Shadowlands: ** Haste > Versatility => Critical Strike => Mastery

sick scarab
#

from your sim i see deeper statagem more or less same as blindside..

#

mm

balmy condor
#

same as vigor

#

ds and blindside aren't on the same row

sick scarab
#

i am blind lol

#

y y i am lol

#

and there is a "combo" DS and kirian ability ?

balmy condor
#

hm?

sick scarab
#

wiht no ds

balmy condor
#

I don't understand the question

sick scarab
#

my english 🙂 mm let me put it down in a decent way 🙂

#

kirian abiity can give us 7 point combo finisher

#

wiht DS it is always 7 or go up to 8 ?

balmy condor
#

7

sick scarab
#

ah then vigor is better

#

also in concept

#

k k

balmy condor
#

not necessarily

#

ds still gives 5% increased finisher damage, and that affects the kyrian 7cp finisher

sick scarab
#

well wiht vigor we gain more energy and more power from abiity covenant

#

5 cp go to 7

#

instead 6 to 7

#

but less energy

#

i am mad ?

balmy condor
#

okay but that doesn't change how much damage you're getting from it

sick scarab
#

y y

balmy condor
#

its 7 cp finishers either way, and with DS its doing 5% more

#

you're getting less finishers, because less energy

sick scarab
#

but more damage of

balmy condor
#

but that doesn't change the power of the kyrian ability

sick scarab
#

ofc

primal zinc
#

whishpyr whats the total haste of all gear and buffs?

#

cant find it

balmy condor
#

I think DS actually synergizes more kyrian than vigor, because not only does it increase finisher damage, kyrian ability lets you finish on like 3cp

#

which means you don't have to build as many cp

#

obviously its not "oh my god insane DS is crazy!"

sick scarab
#

ah true

#

i get it

balmy condor
#

but at least to me it makes the whole 'fantasy' or whatever fit better than vigor would

sick scarab
#

i get the point

balmy condor
#

@primal zinc no idea

sick scarab
#

and it is correct

balmy condor
#

you can see the gear haste, so its just that + all the other haste stuff

sick scarab
#

alsmo more easy to hit the correctp 7 combo finisher

balmy condor
#

which will change throughout the fight

#

so it's a bit difficult to give a straight answer on that

sick scarab
#

and elaborate planning is waay behind blindside ?

balmy condor
#

its behind, but not by much

#

as we get more haste, it'll be better

sick scarab
#

i will try 2 3 2 2 1 2 1

#

and see ow it go

#

or you can give it a fast sim ? 🙂

primal zinc
#

wahts the best endurance and utility for raiding in venthyr atm im kinda ok with recuperator ssstep and prepared for all

#

talking about raidwise and raidhelp both for me and grp

balmy condor
#

recup and whatever

slender berry
#

imo recuperator isnt really worth for raiding id rather go nimble fingers

balmy condor
#

recup the only one that's really "important"

gray fjord
#

Recup is pretty spicy in my opinion, there is a lot of dots in the raid

balmy condor
#

the healing is kinda nutty

#

everything else is meh

primal zinc
#

sstep?

#

take the dot out of the stacked grp and then come back to boss from WAY dowtown

#

i mean quick descisions

slender berry
#

yea quick decisions is the only useful one kinda

balmy condor
#

doesn't really matter all that much imo

sick scarab
#

tnx Whispyr for the sim , it is interesting mm

balmy condor
#

you're not shadow stepping THAT much

primal zinc
#

well lets just assume that i have to take a debuff out of the stacked grp to the edges...its still better to gain some extra yards to get faster to boss

slender berry
#

i just cant see 28% over 36 seconds ever saving your life

primal zinc
#

whats that?

slender berry
#

recup

balmy condor
#

its more of a healer mana thing

#

and just reduction to the damage incoming

gray fjord
#

If you're going venthyr Nadjia, you'll end up with 2 finesse and one endurance, and Recup is the only really decent endurance one

balmy condor
#

more than "this tick is gonna save me"

slender berry
#

idk in a progress setting that doesnt really exist

#

especially as a rogue

primal zinc
#

its still even 0,1% better that anything else

#

im talking about min-max in raid

#

imo recup is the ebst

#

as about utility i would go sstep and prepare

slender berry
#

reduced energy cost on feint and vial is defensive and dps gain

primal zinc
#

prepare for all i mean interupts reduce cd of cloak

#

cloak is better defence and also at cloak you do 100% dmg

#

😄

#

whispyr what if we wanna use both wps and letal poison?

#

what is the best pick?

balmy condor
#

uh, if you specifically want both wps and lethal poison, that rules out all of venthyr, heirmir from necro, niya from night fae, and kleia from kyrian

#

so.... probably best bet is pelagos

slender berry
#

some of those choices will probably still be better by just choosing the suboptimal route no ?

balmy condor
#

correct

#

they don't take wps and lethal

#

they take wps and a passive that's good

shy radish
#

why in wowhead guide best covenant is night fae for all?

balmy condor
#

most well rounded across everything

shy radish
#

okay, why in the pins Kyrian is best for all? 😮

balmy condor
#

cause early on, kyrian is better

sterile jackal
#

last two weeks here is like 90% "what cov is better" jeez

slender berry
#

Almost like people will have to pick their covenants soon

sterile jackal
#

just take what you like, skill in playing class is far more important than ~4% power difference

grizzled jay
#

@sterile jackal Oh just wait for Monday my dude

#

It's gonna be incessant

#

I hope @vestal wren has something in place to make people read the Shadowlands guide before they can post a single sentence kekw

sterile jackal
#

on monday i will be busy grinding the shit out of my rogue

shy radish
#

why not divide into pre-raid and raid? or write like: all covenants is close, just stfu and take what u like

#

in the pins and guides

grizzled jay
#

cause fuu does this for free lol

shy radish
#

it's his choice

balmy condor
#

because saying stfu and take what you like

low girder
#

If you write the second people ask anyway

balmy condor
#

isn't accurate to the numbers

#

and then people go

#

OKAY BUT WHATS BETTER

#

he's fucked if he does

#

fucked if he doesn't

#

if he shows the numbers, people get butthurt cause they're so close and some are better in certain situations than others and depending on renown etc etc

vestal wren
#

whats the question?

balmy condor
#

if he doesn't show the numbers and just says "good enough", no one would be happy with it

shy radish
#

and then people say that Russians are toxic

#

lol

balmy condor
#

the question originally was "why does wowhead say night fae but the pins say kyrian"

shy radish
#

im just askng

low girder
#

He's explaining

balmy condor
#

and it morphed into "if they're so close, why give a tier list"

low girder
#

Don't take it personally

sterile jackal
#

btw did some1 simmed zoldyck on sub/outlaw?

clever mist
#

But i want to be a fairypepehands

sterile jackal
#

i dont want to be schmetterling rogue

#

well, NF have flower gardens, where you can make gold, its pretty good tbh

clever mist
sterile jackal
#

ardenweald marijuana is pricy

clever mist
#

Nah i want to be poor like every expansionSucksMan

vestal wren
#

the diffrence between WoWhead probably comes from 30+ renown sims

#

also ovenants are quite close

sterile jackal
#

all 3 are good

#

one should be left in darkness

royal halo
#

Where is that general guide for Shadowlands?

#

The one for leveling and stuff to do the first week?

edgy ginkgo
#

what do you think ios the best covenant for multispeccing? is it still venthyr or nightfae?

spice swan
#

Pins say top covenant is Kyrian for every spec right now. This should answer it, I guess. peepostudy

edgy ginkgo
#

wowhead says that nightfae is best for all speccs, updated 21.11. 11pm... thats why i'm confused :>

shrewd garnet
#

after pelegos got nerfed

lavish isle
#

When in doubt, trust the mighty fine theorycrafters of class discords, they make sure to be on point with classes/specs, no halfed ass things here. Wowhead might be a good site for wow in general but class discords will have the top people working on delivering you the best results.

unborn barn
#

Confused sheep, lovely

lavish isle
#

no need for that

#

we all need help sometimes

unborn barn
#

That's true, very true. But what goes on in this discord is not that. In my own flawed opinion

#

People just come for easy already digested answers, and they want it on a platter.

lavish isle
#

Are you a theorycrafter or have contributed/worked with the theorycrafters of this discord to provide detailed/correct information for the public? If not then you as everyone else that is not, we search for answers here, ask around, look at pins and take it from there.

unborn barn
#

People can and will do as they please

pulsar flare
#

is CT aoe capped?

verbal mantle
#

yes, 8 targets

signal summit
#

how does assa look right now compared to other classes and speccs? for pve or pvp

shut garnet
#

cross class comparison atm is pointless

#

cross spec, its looking pretty fkin weak

vestal wren
#

you can make cross class comparisons

#

but only if you know what you do

#

and this just means jumping through a lot of hoops to create relevant data

muted ridge
#

btw do we have sims/anything on potions and enchants for Patchwerk ?

radiant dove
#

hello all!!! so night fae best covenant? kyrian is vial also?

slender berry
lethal heart
#

🔮

vestal wren
#

kyrian might be better

#

but it comes down to how you define "best"

hollow escarp
#

!fuu

prisma monolithBOT
shrewd mica
vestal wren
#

they got a sick transmog

frigid kestrel
#

Wait, every class except Rogue has a Covenant AOE ability?

#

Also, sorry thats a question for general

rain plinth
#

!wa

prisma monolithBOT
vestal wren
#

necrolord is probably the closest to aoe

pliant apex
#

so is no one going sin for raids?

shrewd mica
#

and Kyrian empowered Black Powder

dawn merlin
#

outlaw and sub are pretty much better than sin at everything atm

#

could be there's a balancing pass before hc opens tho

vale marten
#

if there is balancing it will be when mythic opens, when bliz sees whatneeds buffs and nerfs in hc week

uneven summit
#

Anyone who actually has a sin rogue atm 😛 Armory link for proof

frigid kestrel
#

Imma stay sin for the first 2 - 3 weeks of release... if nothing changes ill have to .....go ... to..... s

#

I cant type it

uneven summit
#

i feel the very very same

vestal wren
#

i don't think there is a reason to pick assassination atm

#

its just to far behind

frigid kestrel
#

Does anyone know of a weapon swap macro to the legendary daggers with the wings? Like swap to them and use them as gliders or something?

grim jay
#

@balmy condor knock knock, you at home?

strange python
#

hey so now all specs have to go night fae? I didnt like them...

royal lantern
#

the difference

#

is litearlly less then 20dps

#

not 20%, 20

#

people need too learn how you read spreadsheats lol

real bay
#

aka pick what you want

strange python
#

sorry I just see the wowhead article

royal lantern
#

dont use wowhead for serious stuff

#

trust me

#

good for informations about news, thats it

#

they just pump out any and all informations too have stuff,doesnt amtter if it is good or bad information

strange python
#

perfect then, so we are the more balanced class for covenants seems xd, every covenant is very similar each other in all spec...

rotund mauve
#

yeh sin just didnt get any changes, and people equated that to bad class

halcyon oak
#

Yeah wowhead has always been good for like database things, walkthroughs and comments, not so much for guides imo

grim tree
#

Hi

#

I'm new around here I'm going to play rogue this expansion that you recommend to me for pve raid an m + I've always played murder but how do they say it's wrong that you recommend me? thank you very much greetings

gritty heron
#

anybody know stats for m+, crit+vers/mast?

dry atlas
#

Pins

grim jay
#
  • sim what you get
gritty heron
dry atlas
#

Why

gritty heron
#

other posts are out of date so, mostly checking first 3

dry atlas
#

Nothing is out of date they get edited

#

Just use raidbots

grizzled mesa
#

This chat is dead

dense cedar
#

All the Sin rogues are just in stealth

balmy condor
#

It’s true

dense cedar
#

waiting for the opportune moment to attack

#

Like true assassins

balmy condor
#

Waiting for the tank to pull 3 targets for subterfuge

dense cedar
#

At least unlike some other dead specs

#

Sin is actually fun

#

:)

balmy condor
#

:) true

#

Thanks for coming and giving me company, it gets lonely around here

fading wigeon
#

Ok fine I will bite. What's the best covenant for assassination guys?????????

dense cedar
#

I mained sin for two expansion tho

#

so it will be nice to take a break since the spec hasn't changed much

fading wigeon
#

A former DH who wants to play assassination. Help me

dense cedar
#

uhm

#

lemme check

#

also

#

What do you want out of your covenant?

balmy condor
#

Probably kyrian early

#

And then night fae later

fading wigeon
#

I was just teasing

#

Because you guys said channel was dead

dense cedar
#

Whispyr hitting them straight faxe machines

balmy condor
fading wigeon
#

Lol

dense cedar
#

🗞️ @fading wigeon

fading wigeon
#

Haha

dense cedar
#

I still think people would just like sin more if kingsbane was talent

#

or even baseline

balmy condor
#

Or if we did damage

fading wigeon
#

Lol

#

More damage would help

dense cedar
#

@balmy condor People would still call the spec boring and ignore it if it wasn't waayyy ahead

balmy condor
#

All my homies gone

fading wigeon
#

If all specs were in line I would pick sin

balmy condor
fading wigeon
#

But no reason to gimp myself and then be benched to prove a point lol

dense cedar
#

tbh Legion assassination was my fav version of it

#

so fun