#assassination

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lethal ginkgo
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Yes

fleet whale
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to get back on the target

lethal ginkgo
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I just picked up rogue about 2 months ago and I am fairly comfortable with all three specs

fleet whale
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how many sin rogues do you think there will be on live servers, at level 60?

lethal ginkgo
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I like all the utility the class has to offer and outlaw feels great now that you aren’t wasting combo points on it

fleet whale
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i say 100

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in total

balmy condor
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at least 1

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:)

fleet whale
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Seli is gonna try to make sin work

balmy condor
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I'm gonna try and make sin work

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I lowkey think seli already jumped ship to sub

lethal ginkgo
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Haha

fleet whale
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sub is just too annoying with keybinds, that's my main issue with it lol

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esp if i have to like take Secret tech for aoe

strange python
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oo

balmy condor
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I think he's jumped ship

lethal ginkgo
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Which spec is the go to pvp spec now

fleet whale
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sub

balmy condor
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yeah, sub is looking to be the fav

fleet whale
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you know what's ironic

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i lowkey feel that the shiv/tb baseline thing actually made sin WORSE

lethal ginkgo
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Alright

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What specs are you all leveling in my plan is subs

balmy condor
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sub for me

halcyon oak
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I'm leveling as sin but might try out sub along the way

sand otter
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dont forget to buy azerite gear to sell, to make more money, instead of it turning into silver

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use up all that residuim

spiral bough
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Nightfae still in the lead?

balmy condor
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they're all close

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nightfae will be ahead with more renown

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kyrian early

sand otter
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Im going Night

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will let me M+ and raid

balmy condor
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they all will XD

sand otter
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but im not hard core like all of you are

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4 hour a week herioc guild

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could do it with any covenant

balmy condor
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I repeat, none of the covenant choices are bad, even for high end

grizzled jay
sand otter
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hahahah

smoky bluff
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HAHAHAHA

fleet whale
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@balmy condor you say that... but wowmeta is already prepping for their meta covenant choices

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for the meta slaves to give into

sand otter
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im going Night Fae or Kyrian

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unless the story vastly changes

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for my rogues background

grizzled jay
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wowmeta is going to use level 51 Necrotic Wake logs to decide which classes are the best at M+

grizzled jay
sand otter
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well i cant be in the maw covenant with Sylvanas, so

fleet whale
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M+ Necrotic Wake is gonna be a pug killer

sand otter
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i have to choose the next best thing

fleet whale
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guarantee you

sand otter
halcyon oak
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Oooooh

sand otter
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Jinx official too, so its a nice one

grizzled jay
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M+ Necrotic Wake? Nah man, M+ Spires lol

halcyon oak
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Do wwnty

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Want

sand otter
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pfff im sin rogue i never get to M+ no matter what

fleet whale
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i can see noobs screwing up the third boss in Necrotic wake

sand otter
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i could go outlaw and have greens and get invited first

fleet whale
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and the final boss is a damage check

grizzled jay
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what boss is "3rd" to you

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cause you can do 2-4 in any order

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oh wait nvm im thnking of ToP

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lol

fleet whale
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isn't the doctor the third boss in necrotic wake?

grizzled jay
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Necrotic Wake isn't that hard. Amarth can be a bitch if you have a DK tank though.

fleet whale
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it's also very short

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so that's a plus

grizzled jay
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first boss will kill pugs more often than any other

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idiots letting the maggots auto them

light harbor
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Is sin actually going to be that bad?

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Am i going to need to switch if i wanna do damage?

strange python
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guys what covenant are u going to chose for pve assa rogue?

balmy condor
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sin is actually that bad

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yes

light harbor
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;-;

sand otter
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im still playing it

balmy condor
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its 15% in single target and 30% in aoe

grizzled jay
light harbor
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but i want big numbers and sin rogue at the same time ;-;

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I might cry a little

balmy condor
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doesn't exist play sub

sand otter
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ima stick with it, and try my best to come out on top

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im the only rogue in my guild so my only competition is other classes

grizzled jay
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if you want big numbers ask for Double Dose to be a talent

balmy condor
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sin m+ atm is worse than sub was in bfa

strange python
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lol 😦

sand otter
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im still going to be 7-10 on meters, because we are packed with Locks, mages, and fury warrs

balmy condor
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noticeably worse

strange python
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man I just wanted to know please 😦

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what are u goins going to pick

sand otter
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well i can fake outlaw for M+

balmy condor
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you can go whatever you want

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because they're all good

sand otter
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What he is saying is, if you want to be better, you have to play sub

light harbor
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yea

sand otter
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But i refuse

light harbor
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it sjust sad

gleaming geyser
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I'm going night fae so I can pretend I have kingsbane back

light harbor
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just*

bleak glacier
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going venthyr cause mog

sand otter
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i hate the rotation and cannot get my head around it, even after trying for hours

bleak glacier
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its really personal choice

sand otter
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so im sin for raids, and law for IF i get invited to M+

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if its possible to maintain 2 specs

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working 60 hours a week lol

balmy condor
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outlaw is fine too

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you can play outlaw in raids

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and it'll pump

light harbor
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Sub rogue rotation is till fun, but sin is my spec and ill miss it ;-;

sand otter
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yeah i have played it since LK

balmy condor
sand otter
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they are hot fixing hunters and locks right now

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so i think if we just stay true

light harbor
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Yea i feel like theyll make sin better

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theres no way they just leave it as is

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That would be mean

sand otter
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Its not bad right now, its just the other 2 specs are far more pwoerful

grizzled jay
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it'll just be an aura buff

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probably for mythic weak

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im guessing +5%

sand otter
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the rotation feels great, the new baseline spells are fun again

grizzled jay
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they won't buff it too much, but just enough for it to not be a detriment

prisma yoke
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i spent whole prepatch in denial and didnt learn sub rotation/cd alignment

balmy condor
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5% probably not enough

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I'm hoping for 10

heady elm
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yo are the sims pretty accurate for ass being not the best atm?

balmy condor
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10 is good enough

fleet whale
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aura buffs are like my least favorite ways to tune specs

grizzled jay
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5% isn't enough but they will low-ball

balmy condor
grizzled jay
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and then in 9.1 get another buff

heady elm
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😦 rip

fleet whale
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would rather have targetted buffs for mut, envenom, and rupture

light harbor
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I also dont like slice and dice for sin it kinda feels bad

grizzled jay
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Aura buffs are the best way to tune specs if the spec has a good damage profile

bleak glacier
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i heard that snd gives us haste, is that true?

light harbor
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Yea

balmy condor
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no

light harbor
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10% more i think

balmy condor
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it gives energy regen

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not haste

light harbor
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Oh yea

bleak glacier
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hmm ok

light harbor
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Thats what i meant

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Idk if its noticeable though

balmy condor
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its not really noticable

grizzled jay
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it was a dps loss from the old +20% extra AS from Rank 2

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people begged for a dps loss basically

sand otter
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i just hate we are behind, when in pre patch i was at the top of the meters for a while

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worked really hard on getting the rotation down too

balmy condor
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the dps loss was really slight

strange python
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Is kyrian still best option?

balmy condor
strange python
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what u goin whisp

fleet whale
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people wanted SnD to do more for sin gameplay wise than just more AA damage

balmy condor
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I'm personally going kyrian because I like the ability

heady elm
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Coven? I'm probably going Kyrian

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I just came back to wow couple days ago, decided I was gonna main my rogue yesterday, hadn't played since start of BFA so was going sin, but now I'm rethinking

bleak glacier
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is it hard to land echoing reprimand with seal fate?

balmy condor
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no

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garrote gives 1cp, you have 45 seconds, shiv gives 1-2 depending on sf

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you can force it pretty comfortably

fleet whale
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you don't even really need to force it

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just when you get the right cps, use your finisher

balmy condor
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I mean

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ideally a shiv'd envenom

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would be the best bet

fleet whale
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idk, i thought the consensus ended up being that ER is just a fire off on cd thing now

grave egret
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are assassination close to sub rogue? or too far? (for raid=

fleet whale
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and you use your empowered finisher when you can

balmy condor
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the consensus is ER on cd

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but ideally you would spend the animacharge on a shiv'd envenom

strange python
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I think I might go night fae tbh

grave egret
sand otter
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i cant do it lol

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if i had to choose between sub and not raiding

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i would not raid

light harbor
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lol

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The sin rogue dream is real

sand otter
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i just dont enjoy it i gave it my all

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but im not mythic raiding

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So i understand the people wanting that extra push

balmy condor
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god sin feels so comfy

sand otter
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YES

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GIVE IN

balmy condor
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but my damage

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:(

sand otter
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for me if its more comfortable to play i will do more damage in the end, stay alive more, and be more useful to the raid team

strange python
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fk I can't figure out if I want to go night fae or not

chilly cosmos
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There will be nerfs, just go venthyr

gusty pasture
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going necro and the venthyr for my rogue and sp

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necro lord is looking quite good 🙂

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at least fpr ,y cačcs

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for my cacls

surreal solar
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I’m likely to just go to my druid till they do the shifts post heroic/first mythic week

heavy vessel
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so opener with sbtf is gar > ? > gar? It's ok to clip empowered garrote in this way?

balmy condor
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gar mut gar with subt

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well

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not anymore

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you wouldn't double dip without SS

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so in shadowlands, with subt, you would gar ambush slice

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or gar mut slice, depending how you like your damage

heavy vessel
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so just 1 gar then?

balmy condor
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correct

heavy vessel
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ty

silent kettle
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What are the benefits of Mut over Ambush in the opener?

balmy condor
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more cp, makes it smoother

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it's a minor downgrade

shadow tulip
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Let's go boiz

fleet whale
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i'm doing a 400 iq move for leveling guys

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i'm gonna level with war mode off... less people overall

shadow tulip
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Lul

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You sure?

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I was ON the whole expac

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Turned off for leveling

fleet whale
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idk i'm just leveling with war mode off

balmy condor
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leveling warmode off is the comfy experience

olive latch
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hmm

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i think my pins are bugged its showing combat pins in assasination channel

fleet whale
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plus i want to enjoy the storyline

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i'm in no rush to 60

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and it's not like there is a huge benefit to leveling to 60 ASAP lol

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other than bragging rights

real bay
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nobody cares in 2 weeks who was first

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xd

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or 2 days

olive latch
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so sorry to ask but im seeing outlaw pins for assassination for some reason

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is it still night fae = venthyr > kyrian

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for assassin?

balmy condor
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kyrian and night fae are the 2 big ones people are going

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kyrian is technically better early, night fae later

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but they're all close enough for you to pick whatever you want

scenic thunder
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Hi guys, how are you in terms of convenant?I'm between venthyr, necrolord and kyrian

balmy condor
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I'm personally going kyrian

scenic thunder
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Night fae seems pretty good in aoe, but i think they'll nerf it right away, and i didnt like the nerf to not cause the empowered garrotes when you insta vanish using sepsis

fleet whale
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i'm going venth

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vampire life

balmy condor
true stag
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!guide

prisma monolithBOT
scenic thunder
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If I were to choose by pure style, I think I would go venthyr or necrolords, but damage is always good since all skills are pretty nice to use

fleet whale
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however, i do think kyrian has an argument for most useful utility ability in it's potion

balmy condor
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then go venthyr or necro

fleet whale
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for rogues anyway

balmy condor
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if that's what you think is the best

fleet whale
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having another potion is really nice

balmy condor
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I feel like this entire expansion I'm gonna have to beat people until they stop trying to get spoonfed the best this and the best that

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not sure if that's better than 34%

fleet whale
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yeah but whisp, your worst enemy is going to exist all of SL

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and i'm sure WCL is gonna have a covenant section

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to show what covenants people are running

pliant apex
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anyone going to main sin?

balmy condor
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I'm gonna try it in raid and then probably swap off cause its trash

pliant apex
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heh

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you good at sub too whisp?

balmy condor
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I'll have to be

pliant apex
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hmm

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your guild CE kind?

balmy condor
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no

fleet whale
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honestly if a spec is so bad

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it's hard to play it at any level

balmy condor
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but I can't stand being bad at the game

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XD

fleet whale
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there is a case that current SL sin

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is worse than post nerf bfa sub

high ingot
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hmm, leveling with master assassin or subterfuge? 🤔

balmy condor
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I would personally go ma

fleet whale
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i would personally go sub

pliant apex
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but why would we play sin if its so bad

scenic thunder
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I think it's really fun to see several numbers going up per second, i have some sort of a fetish in dots, thats why i love assassination and affliction

balmy condor
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that's why I'm going sub

pliant apex
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shits out now?

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heh everybody stopped typing so guess yes lol

balmy condor
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I mean, it should be, if you can log in

pliant apex
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yea stuck on load screen

tropic ocean
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whyyy kyrian again

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q_Q

jagged axle
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you're sub whispyr?

balmy condor
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I'm going to level sub yes

pliant apex
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yea forget it cant log in, ill try tomorrow

near coyote
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@pliant apex what server

dense rivet
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what is the best covenant?

balmy condor
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they're all close enough

strange python
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rip shrouded suffocation

jagged axle
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switched to sub

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life sucks

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hope i can go back in a patch or 2

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i am a traitor

hollow geyser
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should i stick with assassin or switch to sub

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no idea

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i dont like sub

delicate needle
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you answered your own question

balmy condor
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if you don't like sub, and you don't need the damage gain from playing it

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then stick with sin

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if you need to be competitive damage wise

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don't stick with sin

hollow geyser
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ye but im wondering howbig is the diffrence

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is sub way more big dick than sin or is it just 1-5% better

balmy condor
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15% single target 30% aoe

hollow geyser
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yikes

balmy condor
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if you played bfa

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bfa sub was closer to sin at the time

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than sin is to the other 2 specs right now

hollow geyser
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playing sub rn in bastion and feels very very slow

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hmm

balmy condor
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sin will be much much slower

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XD

hollow geyser
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maybe beacause of azarite being gone

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?

balmy condor
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memory and azerite, yeah

hollow geyser
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hmm

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ill countinue playing as sub

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maybe ill get used to it

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im just so used to sin

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at this point

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preesing the DOT keys when i'm 5 combo is muscle memory for me at this point

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so its hard for me to switch up

balmy condor
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muscle memory takes time

hollow geyser
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yeah its just so annoying to me rn

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ill countinue playing

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maybe ill like it

strange python
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ya this kinda sucks without shrouded suffocation

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energy gain is super slow too

fleet whale
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ER hits hard

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like it chunks for leveling

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and lol improved poisons rank 3 still doesn't work

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remove it blizz or give us a real perk

strange python
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haha ya

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gonna gut my sin build rq and see if i can piece something together

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don't like sub still haha

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just tried it again

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hmm playin sin kinda like a sub does kinda work tho, i was messing with this in pvp

dry atlas
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sub good sin bad

strange python
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subterfuge + ambush X3

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into envenom

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i actually like that better than the sub opener too

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just going straight into 3 ambush

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coming out with 6 cp right into a full venom

dry atlas
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what about rupture and garrote

strange python
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MFD into rupture

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then garrote

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slice and dice

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back into venom

dry atlas
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sounds sketchy af

strange python
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ehh normal pve is ez

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right away it does like 15k dmg

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then you put your bleeds on for the bigger targets

jagged axle
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what levelr u guys

balmy condor
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50 cause I can't log in

sick scarab
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guys anyone using afenar ?

dry atlas
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just use crimson tempest

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yes

jagged axle
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what realm are you guys on?

strange python
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oh ya

jagged axle
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or server even

balmy condor
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a52, cause I can't log in

strange python
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that would be good

fallow otter
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Attacking one mob while leveling kekchamp

dry atlas
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and i know the kyrian CP isnt highlighted in the WA

sick scarab
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ah spirit k

strange python
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gonna check it out now

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with haste and mastery my rupture does about 5x what it reads in the tooltip so tempest might be good

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ambushx3 into venom is enough to kill trash tho so that's good

dry atlas
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yyeah but why are you fighting mobs 1 by 1

fallow otter
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His gear might not be great

dry atlas
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i was ilvl 75 pulling 5 mobs with rank 1 black powder

fallow otter
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I've run out of excuses

strange python
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oh

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i'm not rushing or anything

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not really my playstyle to pull big packs either

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i like getting surgical like the old school rogue playstyle

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still gonna use outlaw for m+ tho

fallow otter
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Ye

winged storm
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what is the best covenant for assassin?

balmy condor
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the one you prefer

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but if you're really really really REALLY into like a 20 dps gain, kyrian early, night fae later on

strange python
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haha

winged storm
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oof that extra 20 dps gain

drifting cosmos
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Or going sub get 10-15% gain?Weirdchamp

balmy condor
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I respect the desire to be optimal even if you're not playing the best spec

sick scarab
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!wa

prisma monolithBOT
fallow otter
balmy condor
fallow otter
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It's like picking a 3 legged horse for a race and then making sure you braid its hair for minimum air resistance

balmy condor
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the game is meant to be fun

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if sub and outlaw are not fun for you

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why not try to make the best out of what's fun for you

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by that logic, fuck sin, we abandon, fuck the sims, no need to optimize anything, delete all the pins, put the channel on read only

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and that mentality to just give up on something that's fun for you is unacceptable

olive egret
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Im with Whisp. Fuck sub 😡

balmy condor
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like stunkei, don't get me wrong man, I feel you, you have to squeeze out the dps for your raid

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I get it

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but if you're someone who just gets like aotc or something, the general populous, if you want, and they enjoy sin

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why not optimize sin

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no one i've talked to wants to half-ass whatever they play

void pecan
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That's why until they buff sin, I'm choosing one of the others

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not a top 100 raider, but 15% less damage

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is

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rough

kindred wind
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Is sin the weakest rogue spec going into this expac?

balmy condor
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very much so

kindred wind
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Damn, I’m so tired of rolling bones

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At least it’s not a finisher now

balmy condor
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sub is good

jagged axle
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u think blizz will just nerf sub and hope for the best for assass lmfao

fleet whale
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i just topped meters in normal necrotic wake

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am i a pro yet?

balmy condor
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well then outlaw will still be 15% ahead

fleet whale
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(as sub, not sin lol)

balmy condor
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and that's not worth anything

fleet whale
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i was just being silly

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and i don't think sub will get nerfed

fallow otter
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Im not saying going sin is a bad idea or you shouldn't do it, I'm just saying picking sin and then worrying about 20dps doesn't make sense

balmy condor
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if you're a garbage collector, be the best garbage collector you can be
if you only raid lfr, be the best lfr player you can be

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I don't think that's a bad mentality

fallow otter
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I know it's a different frame of mind from what I am in

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But the part I don't understand is how you can not care about shitloads of dps over here and then care about a tiny amount of dps over there

balmy condor
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a spec is more than the number attached to it

fallow otter
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I guess it's more about why other specs aren't on the table

balmy condor
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if you like playing survival, and don't like ranged

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then why wouldn't you try to be good at survival

fallow otter
balmy condor
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because that 20dps is in your control

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covenants are a choice you have to make

fallow otter
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So it's your spec

balmy condor
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playing your character to the best of your ability is a mental choice, not one that the game makes you choose

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just like playing sin, which may be a spec you find more fun, is a mental choice

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I could play sub

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but I'm not a giga gamer who needs that damage

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and I enjoy sin more

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so I have playing sin

fallow otter
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Yeah I understand that

balmy condor
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that doesn't mean I'll just play one hand off the keyboard

fallow otter
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Which I can see how that works

balmy condor
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I want to be good at what I play

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and if I play sin

fallow otter
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But why not pick a cov for the same reason then?

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Same reason you pick sin

balmy condor
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because that's a more permanent decision

fallow otter
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Pick cov for same reason

balmy condor
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I am

fallow otter
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Not really

balmy condor
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I'm playing kyrian because its fun to me

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not because its the highest dps

fallow otter
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It's not perm at all

balmy condor
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keyword is more

fallow otter
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It wasn't you picking for 20dps though

balmy condor
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CLF and worldvein were better on some fights, and people still played blood

fallow otter
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So you agree with what I'm saying

balmy condor
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that's much much easier to change than covenants

fallow otter
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Coz you are following the same

balmy condor
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but people still optimized for blood

fallow otter
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Blood damage profile suited better

balmy condor
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oh please

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blood wasn't the best essence for every fight and you know that as well as I do

fallow otter
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Played both

balmy condor
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damage profile be damned

fallow otter
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I did both

balmy condor
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the instant damge it did was negligible anyway

fallow otter
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I gotta bounce bbl bro

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Work shit

balmy condor
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hope it goes well man

jagged axle
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ok wait now that i've played sub in a dungeon it's not as boring as i thought

fallow otter
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Ofc not

glad garden
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So i've been Sin since wrath and have always loved it but my original love was Vanilla to Wrath Sub specs. Does Sin continue to do well dps wise compared to Sub or has it fallen behind this go around by a noticable amount. Im very use to Sin's playstyle now and would be relearning Sub which might take a good bit. But if the dps is much more in sub than Sin im willing to do it and go for it. But if their very close and comparable i think i would prefer to stay sin just based on comfort level.

balmy condor
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its 15% in single target and 30% in aoe

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if you aren't pushing anything, and you aren't in a guild that will care, play what you want to

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it'll be fine for heroic raids and stuff

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but the gap between the two is immense right now

glad garden
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Im in a somewhat high end guild we was pushing 12/12 mythic in bfa top 10 on thrall and top 1000 in world. I plan hopefully to be running with them this go around as long as permits it thats the end game for me. and im guessing you was saying subs dps is immense over sins ?

balmy condor
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yeah if you're top 1000 you're in the wrong channel

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you'll get stomped if you play sin

glad garden
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thats a shame but i understand

balmy condor
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trust me man

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hurts for me too

glad garden
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im not hating on sub though as said it's my favorite all time spec

ionic matrix
#

completely premature to say Whispyr

glad garden
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but thats back in bc and wrath with talent trees and points lol

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Sub is completely different now than then

ionic matrix
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remember when outlaw was hands down the best in legion and they nerfed it to be the worst

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there will be a tuning pass soon

balmy condor
#

sure

glad garden
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i still have yet to play outlaw ever XD

balmy condor
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but neither of us have a crystal ball

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so as it stands right now

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if you're mythic pushing

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sin is unplayable

glad garden
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i even fought illuminati leaders back in the days to refuse to play combat LOL

balmy condor
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could they buff sin by like 20% and all of a sudden its crazy op?

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of course

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but right now

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now

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no chance

ionic matrix
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They probably wont, because sub was so bad last expansion it deserves its time to shine

balmy condor
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I'm the last person you need to tell "wait for buffs" XD

glad garden
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tons of people have harped on sub getting shafted for a long time so i can't blame them for wanting and getting some love

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they deserve it

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same with feral druids who i feel bad for and continue to get shafted

balmy condor
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I would like all the specs to be viable so people can play what they find most fun

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but I think sub should be the better spec

glad garden
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same whisp

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guess i need to find me a quality sub guide then with legit explanation of openers and what to use. im going into this bad boy blind

balmy condor
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this discord is the place to be then :P

glad garden
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yeah it's never failed me over the years

balmy condor
#

fuu and the gang are great theorycrafters

glad garden
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only thing im worried about is my dps going so low on subt compared to sin just based on knowing the rotations so well and not having to think about it

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im sure with practice and repition sub will come to me though

balmy condor
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I'm sure you can do it

glad garden
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any reccomendations on the best guide you've liked so far

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theirs tons out there

balmy condor
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I personally like the layout of wowhead

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its written by mystler, another wonderful tc

glad garden
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i checked wowheads earlier but didn't see a rotation setup i don't think

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maybe i missed it

balmy condor
glad garden
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nvm im dumb i did see it lol

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he even put a dumbed down easy version in there as well i noticed earlier

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now to try and get my action bars set up so it flows well

balmy condor
#

Good luck

glad garden
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thanks i appreciate it and if i don't enjoy it i'll comeback to sin and take the dps loss for now and just enjoy the game itself. enjoying my char. is more important than a bit more dps to me in the end 🙂

balmy condor
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My pleasure, I’ll be here for you if you do come back :P

fallow otter
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Ok I'm back

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I get to start leveling in 4 hours whisp

balmy condor
fallow otter
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Going full degenerate for 5 days

balmy condor
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I'm hosting thanksgiving so I have to clean and shit tomorrow and wednesday

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kinda sadge

fallow otter
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Sadge af

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How many donks do you have coming around?

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And are we talking turkey I hear it's a sin (relevant) to not have turkey but I'm Aussie so I have nfi

balmy condor
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we are talking turkey

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and covid is still a big issue here so just my immediate family that I would've seen anyway

fallow otter
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Yep smart

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Do you carve your turkey with a knife or a dagger

balmy condor
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whats the difference kekw

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2 knives, have to have an offhand

fallow otter
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Big true

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Don't cover them in poison

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The Turkey is already dead

balmy condor
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I always forget my poisons, won't be an issue

amber plinth
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have ppl tested assa? every streamer is Sub.

balmy condor
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that's because sin is horribly undertuned atm

amber plinth
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dumb question but what does sin mean?

fallow otter
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It's when you do something bad according to the bible

amber plinth
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Yes, i saw that one coming

fallow otter
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Or short for assassination

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😋

amber plinth
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ah, thank you for clarifying this.

fallow otter
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You're welcome

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Sorry for the smart ass comment first but I'm stuck at work and it helps pass the time

amber plinth
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Yes, I feel you. stuck here aswell. wish i could be home playing 😋

winter moss
#

Well, so long friends. Hope to see you in 2 years! peeposalute

balmy condor
halcyon oak
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Leveling as sin has been just fine for me so far

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Echoing reprimand is a little trickier to trigger than I expected but it gives you plenty of time to get it right

balmy condor
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yeah I tried sin for a little

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and it was just slower

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but I'm glad its working for you

halcyon oak
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I'm using marked for death and it doesn't feel all that slow but I haven't tried sub yet, I imagine it could very well be faster

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I'm also using the kidney shot bleed talent cuz that's just fun

fringe lily
#

What happened with kyrian now being better than night fae? What did I miss

shadow tulip
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Early

balmy condor
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it is early, yeah

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later on with more renown a couple months down, night fae will be better

fringe lily
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Cant stand the look of kyrian, might still just go night fae

balmy condor
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that's perfectly fine

fringe lily
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Nice, day no longer ruined

grim jay
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maxed and am standing before the table. just going to bed for now and think about cov later again lul

normal plover
#

is there a chart with the dps diff between convenants

balmy condor
#

!fuu

prisma monolithBOT
balmy condor
normal plover
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this makes my convenant decision no easier lol

balmy condor
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pick whatever your heart desires

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they're all good

knotty bear
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why'd sin get no love. Already bored of sub and I am only just in revendreth

balmy condor
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they deserve some time in the spotlight too

normal plover
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cross your fingers for some tuning for them

balmy condor
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we'll be good again eventually

knotty bear
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sub in spotlight doesnt have to mean sin this far behind though :p

balmy condor
#

fair fair

grizzled jay
copper mural
balmy condor
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that's the fok conduit

grizzled jay
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couldn't give me a good conduit for a good spec

ornate lake
#

!stats

prisma monolithBOT
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**Shadowlands: ** Haste > Versatility => Critical Strike => Mastery

pliant apex
#

How’s sin feeling .
?

strange python
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thirsty

amber plinth
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PVP wise, how even are the covenants?

strange python
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pvp wise close but kyrian is winning

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i'm probs going NF or Vamp tho

amber plinth
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no love for Necro? 🙂

balmy condor
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necro is probably the weakest cov atm

strange python
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necro 3rd choice fo rme

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i like flavor haha

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kryian 4th for me flavor wise

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oh and it feels weird cuz we don't have azerite powers anymore

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no more shrouded suffocation setups

amber plinth
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That's gotta feel so wrong

strange python
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ya my dps is wayyy fuckin down now in arena wow

summer marten
balmy condor
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yeah maybe balance wise

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but feel wise no way

summer marten
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just to make it clear

balmy condor
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def you :P

amber plinth
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how does ventyr feel for sin?

balmy condor
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feels fine

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you can play with all the abilities during leveling

amber plinth
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Stuck at work 😦

balmy condor
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ye just saying when you get around to leveling

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you can test for yourself

amber plinth
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Thanks 🙂

strange python
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i don't know how I lost so much haste

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my gear is like the same

balmy condor
#

stats scale during leveling

strange python
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ahh gotchya

balmy condor
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at least I think they do

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not actually sure

strange python
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haha ya i switched out a few pieces too with even more haste

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but i'm still down

willow vine
#

team night fae?

balmy condor
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kyrian personally

willow vine
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came down to the wire for me

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stared at the two for like 10 mins

fast pond
#

idk where else to ask but i cant get echoing reprimand WA's to work, specifically ones that show me the CP

cedar bramble
#

Anyone knwo Nightfae now better as Kyrian cause of thPush ?

balmy condor
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each cp has its own ID

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nightfae is better with more renown

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kyrians better early

fast pond
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oh lol

balmy condor
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idk why that one wouldn't work though

fast pond
#

ok yeah figured it out

strange python
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damn well it was a nice few weeks of prepatch dealing like 200k dmg in arena

balmy condor
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just thought I should mention it

strange python
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now i'm doing like 20k

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i felt liek such a ba

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rip

fast pond
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i unchecked the "spell known" load condition and it works

balmy condor
#

aha

strange python
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oh well still a fuckin gorgeous exp

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sure it will level out once I level

copper mural
#

should i hold my dungeon quests for level 60? so the gear scales?

ember fern
#

!guide

prisma monolithBOT
balmy condor
wind zenith
#

did we get our ninja aura buff yet

balmy condor
#

no

copper mural
#

i got 130 gs from bfa, what gs is the gear from the dungeon quests at level 60

balmy condor
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but I know heroic drops 171, and the quest gear isn't higher than that

copper mural
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so it should be worth to save the quest

balmy condor
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I mean, sure

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if you want the gear upgrade for normal dungeons

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I personally really don't think it matters

copper mural
#

hmm okay, thanks 🙂

solar latch
#

back to playing WOW

night cypress
#

does anyone know if ns snapshots flaggelation?

balmy condor
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I don't believe so

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each lash is its own instance of damage

night cypress
#

hmm cringe

dim yacht
#

is flagellation bugged for anyone else? i cant reactivate to consume stacks

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can only consume if they die with the debuff

balmy condor
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there was a bug like that in beta

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possible it made it into live

dim yacht
#

yeah using it again does nothign

balmy condor
#

sounds like the beta bug

dim yacht
#

well i imagine till be fixed soon enough

balmy condor
#

most likely yeah

uncut schooner
#

Ey whisp

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Hope you're all enjoying shadowlands 🙂

balmy condor
#

I'm a slow leveler, but is aight so far

summer marten
#

They really should have kept at least non damage part of ss... as it feels so clunky and awkward at the start of combat

balmy condor
#

lot of things they should've done tbh

placid dawn
#

so, sin is still 500 dps behind sub right?

balmy condor
#

yup

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600+

placid dawn
#

what a massive difference

outer lodge
#

i've been staring at the covenant choices for like 30 mins now...

proven wasp
#

i have too...

night cypress
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same

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i'm thinking night fae because its fine for ass and sub

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but also kyrian is kinda fun

grim jay
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so

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kyrian is fine aswell

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for everyone

balmy condor
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yup

grim jay
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if its fun to you just go for it

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I cant decide either rn

balmy condor
#

yup

grim jay
#

considering burrs will get nerfed prolly, I dont think you should get too hung up on NF being better in late renown levels

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@night cypress

balmy condor
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we don't know if burrs is getting nerfed

grim jay
#

it still seems rather strong compared to everything else

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and else you can still just swap before you get to that point

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I guess 😄

balmy condor
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its ahead for sure

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but considering how tight the tuning already is

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dunno how much tighter blizz wants to go

grim jay
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my only worry that I head from the beginning till now is actually whats keeping me from picking a covenant till now

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which is stuff just being dispellable in pvp

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😄

normal pagoda
#

I don’t think that’s as big of a deal as people are making it out to be

grim jay
#

ye it might not be

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considering you usually cc stuff before you go for it

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especially in rogue setups

normal pagoda
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Yes

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And claw was dispellable by healers it was still used

elder trench
#

Hey guys, new to sin here. Do you all tab target for spreading dots? Assassin multi target is awkward for me at the moment

balmy condor
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yeah

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sometimes I click on the nameplate if I need a specific mob

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but i'd say 70-80% of the time, tab works fine

wide ridge
#

damn i didn't think i'd miss the shrouded suffocation extra combo points this much

elder trench
#

Thanks

strange python
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Play blindside and Master assassin for leveling, its nice

tropic ocean
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34dps in st and 15 dps in cleave who gives a shit

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gonna rock blaster venthyr mog

elder trench
#

Kyrian ability seems complicated. Do I just use the buff to hit a big fat rupture?

balmy condor
#

big envenom

halcyon oak
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I need to find a good weakaura for it, sometimes I expect to trigger the animacharge but it doesn't hit

balmy condor
#

ye I need to edit mine

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I just have them coloring blue atm

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but I don't like it really

frigid kestrel
#

O Shit its time its time tis time its time

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Ive been saying what covenant i was going to choose, and now that its time to choose..... IDK what to do

halcyon oak
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Lol at least we have that luxury

frigid kestrel
#

LMAO

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One of the few classes that every spec is almost exactly balanced

tropic ocean
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just whatever you want

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difference is very minor

frigid kestrel
#

I ended up assigning every one a Number and did a 1 - 4 random number formula on Excel........ Got NF

tropic ocean
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nice

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after seeing sims I just took baller transmog

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because who cares about 10 dps when u look like a badass

visual token
#

Infinite teleport in rest area OP

frigid kestrel
#

TMOG dont Get better then T7 Tier set or Doomblade NH Set for me. I havnt seen anything that tops that yet

tropic ocean
#

u dont like the venthyr one?

frigid kestrel
#

Nope

tropic ocean
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😮

halcyon oak
#

Nathria leather tho

stray ivy
#

best cuvenenant?

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Also was Sin buffed since last day of beta or is it still a clown in M+

frigid kestrel
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Not buffed

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at all

balmy condor
#

sin is still bad

stray ivy
#

pathetic

nocturne orchid
#

Man kyrian sucks

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"oh you're just one combo point away from the proc? it would be a real shame if you were to crit right now"

frigid kestrel
#

You barely have to ever wprry about that situation tho

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and the buff is up uber long

fringe kraken
#

^

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easier than sub lol

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but even with sub you just need to wait for the aa cp proc

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Kyrian ER is the best cause it's so bursty

cold rampart
#

3 is the left or right

willow oracle
#

right

cold rampart
#

thank you

willow oracle
#

Even if it's just because Crimson Tempest would make no sense as best ST talent :)

fading quiver
#

Night Fae is legit for sin rogue?

shell atlas
#

anyone knows if when i finish the story with 1 char, if i need to do again on another char or i can skip?

lament dove
#

you can choose covenants right away with alts (few intro quest maybe I guess)

dense cedar
#

you wil lget an option to level a different way

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on an alt

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still have to do maw afaik

shell atlas
#

okay thanks guys

misty rock
#

No skips apparently btw

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Havent been able to load in

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@elder trench i use FoK for poisons and use the rest on the focus mob/add that is kos

elder trench
#

I figure fok is important for combo point building in place of mutilate in multi-target?

sonic spindle
#

If you had to describe sin in one sentence this expansion, what would it be?

civic palm
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DoT Management, low APM.

sonic spindle
#

Sounds like normal sin, how’s the dps viability? And without SS is M+ even possible?

civic palm
#

@elder trench Since FoK generates 1CP by default and you need Seal Fate to generate more CP it will depend on how much Crit you have.

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@sonic spindle Super early for that IMO.

real bay
#

make sin great again

sonic spindle
#

I haven’t researched anything cuz I like going into an xpac somewhat blind, but I’m hearing bad things about sin.

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I’ll play sub, but my heart lives with sin if it’s actually that bad.

civic palm
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Not sure how bad it will be in any practical setting.

sonic spindle
#

I need people smarter than me to tell me how worried I should be

civic palm
#

The kit doesn't need anything, nothing has been sabotaged, it's just a numbers/scaling thing.

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It's also a problem with them not really giving us anything new.

sonic spindle
#

I hated SS until it was gone...

summer marten
#

and its much worse than in bfa

sonic spindle
#

I’m just worried about investing time and effort into sin or legendaries or whatever, then it being super garbo and regretting not playing sub earlier.

hollow barn
#

Same.

summer marten
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This is just my opinion though, but ive played and loved sin in bfa, and now as i get closer and closer to 60, more sure i am that im going sub. It feels so incredibly bad, worst since vanilla. With SS it might have been passable, but even getting through opener is so annoying

civic palm
#

Just wait on legendaries IMO.

fleet ginkgo
#

the sub rotation is so difficult for me to get down

tropic ocean
#

@sonic spindle for leveling I switched to sub, will see what it does in raid

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but for leveling sin is just very slow compared to sub which kills mobs stuff in shadowstrike+backstab

weak oak
#

Any guide for sub? Sin feels so bad right now

tropic ocean
weak oak
#

Thank you!!

tropic ocean
#

other commonly asked things are in pinned messages in #subtlety

pliant wing
#

!wa

prisma monolithBOT
civic palm
#

@stuck knoll Can you remove my entry from that list? 👆 They won't be updated for a while.

stuck knoll
#

I will do just cooking atm

civic palm
#

tyvm!

real kettle
#

so should we just go sub and wait for sin to be good again or just play sin coz i like it and hope it will be better?

tropic ocean
#

depends on what your goal is

vestal wren
#

!wa

prisma monolithBOT
tropic ocean
#

and if you value fun more than performing to the maximum possible theory or not

vestal wren
#

@civic palm done

civic palm
#

@vestal wren tyty 🙏

real kettle
#

i was one of top sins back in legion in my server but now i feel like sub is too op to compare with sin and im kinda disappointed

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i still dont know what to chose tbh

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outlaw is an option too i guess but sub is just op

civic palm
#

Considering your prestige, I am sure you will be able to figure it out.

tropic ocean
#

numerically sub is op compared to sin yes

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outlaw and sub are not far from each other and outlaw is more versatile if you want to both m+ and raid

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outlaw is very potent for the fights with aoe/cleave every x

vestal wren
#

i tent to think sin is undertuned

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esp. with sub and outlaw being so close

civic palm
#

Just need some scaling juice.

sonic spindle
#

Is sin way behind in AOE? I can’t imagine it’s doing well wirhout the raw dmg of SS

real kettle
#

if u proc ur top i guess lol

tropic ocean
#

ss was not that good in aoe

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it was mainly burst/cleave

civic palm
#

and nrg.

tropic ocean
#

aoe came from echoing+ct thats y you had insane difference in dmg breakdown when you compared kings rest to freehold for example

civic palm
#

But yeah EB was dumb.

#

We get some of that damage back but it's a percentage of base which doesn't make me happy.

placid dawn
#

Sin should get a big buff after heroic week

lament dove
#

maybe not in pro league, but under 20 SS was 30% of your dmg

placid dawn
#

Unless the downtimes cripple sub and outlul damage

civic palm
#

Katar does at least try to shore up the poor low item level crit rates, so it shouldn't feel AWFUL week 1.

misty rock
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🙂

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🦈

#

Bye

fleet whale
#

I'm gonna try to be the underdog to start sl

#

and be assassin

vestal wren
#

have fun

#

there is still hope that blizz buffs assassination

halcyon oak
#

Yeah I'm just playing it anyways and hoping for the best since I'm not hardcore

lucid ruin
#

I was playing it while leveling but it was pretty ass compared to sub

#

haven't hit max yet though

real kettle
#

me too @lucid ruin

real bay
#

hope they buff it atlest to be decent for m+

sonic spindle
#

My biggest problem is I don’t know if I can play sub well enough to make it worthwhile to switch. Last time I tried sub, I was bootycheeks.

real bay
#

after playing ass fro whole of bfa feelsbadman

sonic spindle
#

🍑

vestal wren
#

you can just go outlaw

#

outlaw seems good in raid too

lucid ruin
#

Pistol shot makes me want to off myself, I don't knoww why but I hate that ability so much'

#

feels so out of place

placid dawn
#

Sub is not so bad, you just need practice

errant delta
#

Maybe its cus i dont know better but sins goin fine for me in bastion

tropic ocean
lucid ruin
#

@errant delta try Sub with soothing darkness and MFD, 2-3 seconds per mob and infinite healing

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Then black powder and secret techniques makes you wonder who designed assa

strange python
#

is there some spreadsheet?

#

I'm gonna chose my assa rogue covenant

balmy condor
#

!fuu

prisma monolithBOT
balmy condor
#

Tldr pick what you want

glass breach
#

so what is king rogue spec these days or are they actually pretty evenly balanced for once

lucid ruin
#

outlaw and sub are both good, sin is ass

#

no pun intended

glass breach
#

i had a feeling sin would be ass

lucid ruin
#

May get tuned, we don't know

glass breach
#

i lowkey wouldnt mind seeing sub be good again for once

#

its been a while

main forge
#

We were so dependent on corruption, and azerite traits its not a surprise.

#

I hope legendaries make up the difference but I doubt it

balmy condor
#

Problem is everyone else gets legendaries too kekchamp

strange python
#

oO

bold ice
#

is necro good for assassination?

tepid fractal
#

is it me or 2nd usage of ventyr class ability doesnt do shit?

atomic gate
#

It doesn't give haste?

tepid fractal
#

character just does weird cast animation and nothing happens

#

like at all

atomic gate
#

Lmao

#

Beta started yesterday so we just gotta give em some time, they'll fix ir

tepid fractal
#

IT JUST RELEASED GUYS

fossil slate
strange python
#

!guide

prisma monolithBOT
jagged axle
#

shiv says for until cancelled?

#

wtf does that mean, fire and forget free 20% nature damage buff?

low girder
#

in-game or wowhead?

#

the wowhead thing is a datamining error

#

it's still 9s

fleet ginkgo
#

what rotation is the easiest out of the 3 specs?

balmy condor
balmy condor
fleet ginkgo
#

thank you

stone pilot
#

!wa

prisma monolithBOT
lucid ruin
#

So Crimson tempest is going to get BTFO by black powder in M+ right?

balmy condor
#

I don't get the quesiton

lucid ruin
#

Sin and Sub AOE

balmy condor
#

sub does much more aoe, yes

lucid ruin
#

crimson tempest being the main source of cleave vs black powder

balmy condor
#

I think looking at crimson tempest vs black powder specifically is a little weird

#

but sins aoe is very weak right now, yes

low girder
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sub doesn't really have other aoe tools, sin does

lucid ruin
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I'm basically comparing them because they are both AOE finishers

low girder
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so yeah, strange comparison

balmy condor
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well yeah

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but they do different things

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and its the only thing for sub

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like mata said

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they don't really serve the same purpose

lucid ruin
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Assuming tuning was equal what tools would sin use to keep up with sub AOE?

civic palm
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Sustain

low girder
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subterfuge garrotes, ruptures

civic palm
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Sustain DURING heavy movement even.

balmy condor
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was a lot of fok damage in bfa

drifting cloud
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it would have better aoe if tuning was equal wouldnt it

civic palm
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They have to be careful with Katar atm.

low girder
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yeah PK would've been real strong

civic palm
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Though it's still an obvious scaler.

balmy condor
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sin aoe to a large part is still subt gar

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removing SS doesn't remove that gameplay

lucid ruin
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I'm honestly just trying to cling to a reason to stay Sin because I don't really care for the other two specs, sub I can stand. Won't play outlaw

balmy condor
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do you want to do damage?

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if yes, don't play sin

fleet ginkgo
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yeah i do

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damn i guess i might try out combat as soon as i get some swords

civic palm
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WE STILL DO SOME DAMAGE

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COME OOOON

balmy condor
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if you don't care for the damage

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then play sin

gritty spoke
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just play sub until they buff sin

lucid ruin
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fk it sub it is I guess

balmy condor
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like

gritty spoke
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so you have daggers already

balmy condor
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30% in aoe

fleet ginkgo
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sub rogues rotation doesnt make any sense to me at all

low girder
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play everything

balmy condor
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is actually insane

low girder
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play every spec Comfy

summer marten
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while talking abotu subt garrote... is sepsis buff supposed to not work with garrote? only ambush seems kinda boring, feels like 1 blindside proc more

balmy condor
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no

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sepsis gives you the ability to cast a stealth ability

low girder
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it's intentional to not work with any stealth mechanic, yeah

balmy condor
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it doesn't give you stealth bonuses

summer marten
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yeap, so just another ambush, boring and useless... and i was kinda excited about possibilites with iron wire and subt

low girder
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they mostly broke it to balance master assassin

civic palm
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Doesn't put you in stealth, no bonus.

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low girder
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didn't want a covenant choice to force a particular leggo

civic palm
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If you have a macro on your stealth bar though, you can press that.

maiden wolf
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!fuu

prisma monolithBOT
summer marten
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i was so sure of going night fae, and now... im sure im not

tropic ocean
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why

frozen raptor
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hmm so night fae is ok for all 3 specs ?

balmy condor
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yes

night cypress
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wait so sub is good for m+ now too? I missed this

balmy condor
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yes

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it is

night cypress
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wack

balmy condor
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aoe finishers are good turns out

night cypress
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🤔

balmy condor
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sin still waiting for one :)

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that isn't a talented bleed

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that you can't really spam

night cypress
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initial damage so sad 😦

balmy condor
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sin aoe just doesn't have an identity

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which is problematic

civic palm
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Sure it does.

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Damage Over Time.

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Just wait for it.

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Waaaaaaait for it.

balmy condor
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I'm waiting for the buffs

night cypress
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!wa

prisma monolithBOT
night cypress
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oh no

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no more mizerok group

balmy condor
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yeah miz is washed

civic palm
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Yeah get my shit outta here angery

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Get that shit in a month maybe.

fossil moat
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i cant get any daggers

night cypress
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😦 I liked yours

civic palm
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Come to Classic I have some there.

night cypress
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🤮