#assassination
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Anybody that has swapped covenants before know whether those 2 renown weeklies are character locked or cov locked? I.e., if you did them Tuesday on cov 1 and then swapped, do you get them again on cov 2 or have to wait a week?
How viable is necrolord assassination looking with the necrolord 9.0.5 buffs?
in pve
or just in general
overall
well there will still be alot of other stuff thats better
(single target)
what is the most basic aoe key rotation
but if youre talking "viable" sure itll be viable
I havent played rogue in shadowlands yet I was just considering trying necro assassin
thats for mythic
I like the idea of like a sorta grim reaper themed assassin
Can u share link? Pls
Check pins
time to hit ptr and practice assa for tuesday!
Witch changes assa is better than outlaw for m+?
wait even with doomblade venthyr simms more that necro? on st
yea but aoe necro wins
Having said that. Assa might be the play on tyrannical weeks
sustain aoe necro wins. but in dslice.. it doesnt
so m+ necro doesnt win
yeah im surprised venthyr wins on dungeon slice
I can see this sims for all Rogue specs?
It's only cov locked. I handed in the anima quest for NF last night before switching and picked up anima quest for Venth straight away.
anyways catching up is really fast
a significant portion of dslice is single target, thats why venthyr wins. its good on st and not terrible in aoe. necro is really good in aoe but lacking in st
im just wondering if assa clearly wins St damage over outlaw to sacrfice aoe on outlaw and go venthyr
and it seems like it does beat outlaw
idk enough about high key pushing to make a recommendation about that tbh
i think they're both viable now
im just aiming to play assa on raids
there's an argument that if you have a fire mage and boomie blasting every pack you don't need to do absolute maximum aoe dmg as outlaw
but idk if that logic actually holds up in 20+ keys
and sbs will need more min maxing with resets.
you either like that play or your don’t typically
so for Castle Nathira, is it optimal to go Venthyr or Necro assass
u can do 19-20 with sub par comp.. did one as outlaw with a fury warrior/ret pally
i allready have that playstyle with mfd
so pretty sure ur not hindering anything
if people dont like MFD they shouldn't be rolling necro 
dangerous part of high key are pride/boss
assassination absolutely blasts bosses and pride
well assa just looses in dungeons period so what matters more for m+ is if your team has a necro / venthyr in the grp for dungeon buffs
i mean it doesn't just lose in dungeons period
it does less aoe but does more ST
which is valid
especially if your group has big aoe pumpers already
you can vendetta every single pride and boss and lose absolutely nothing in terms of aoe damage because your CDS dont matter for aoe besides vanish
are those sims in the pins updated necro?
yes
ty!
Glad Venthyr become op for assassination rogue. I'm leveling mine and was kinda sad to see that they were sot so op/fun to play
Anyone can share link from sims?
in the pins
Btw, is it worth to by a r4 now or there will be a massive change on legendary with the 9.1?
Everything will change when 9.1 drops, so feel free to invest now.
No one knows and 9.1 is still months away
All soul ash prices, legendaries, item levels and everything changes
depends what you already have in your arsenal. if you can buy a couple r3s and be more versatile, you could do that. however, 9.1 won't hit for months yet so you'll be dripping in soul ash by then
So what ceverion said
Ok, thank you :)
On my server r4 still pretty extensive (around 50k but I just start there to play with friends), I'll see with r3 so.
switched covs and am up to 14 already
someone show him the pin button
damn it.. ptr offline x-x
So are the buff to assassination enough to bring us to the top? I put my rogue on the shelf early SL because I didnt want to play another spec than Assassination and we were doing poorly. From the pins I can see we are now doing a lot more dps than we used to.
it feels like the buff are now enough to make us relevant, any idea where in the pack we'll end up?
St at the top of melee
RIP my ash...I just upgrade Zoldycks to rank 4 last week for the memes on heroic runs. Now im going Sin full time and I have to wait for ash for a R4 doom :(
O o f
Zoldyck is not a meme investment imo
I was under the impression it was good in 9.0.2
Yeah, Zoldyck is still probably going to be #1 on Sire for Phase 3
lol
Yeah it's getting a huge buff this next patch
glad I could provide a public service
zoldyck also bis for any kind of cleave or aoe fight
Check the pins
Yeah I'll still take Zoldyck in Stone Legion or Huntsman
But for shit like Sludgefist it's gonna be DB 100%
Not a bad idea, I don't like Sub but I can respect it's burst
I like being able to play all 3 specs depending on boss in raid
I guess outlaw will still be best on SLG?
probably
yeah
I can agree with that tbh, like I enjoy Outlaw, but idk Sub just never clicked with me sadly
which slot is it better to get Zoldyck Insignia for?
legs
Leggies
cool thanks
pantaloons
I have a question. Say youre spec'd into blindside, do you cast ambush during Shiv if you get procs?
knickers
jwhat is best for Doomblade, Shoulders I would assume?
I think someone said hands actually
you would cast ambush on free procs
or hands?
Why wouldn't you? You'd be getting 2 combo points for free to build towards another Envenom
@balmy condor ty
yes to replace a mutilate so you have enough energy for another env
whichever your worst slot is. they have the same stats
Cool thanks
I'm gonna be honest, I'm mostly excited for CttC, 1 less timer to keep track of constantly
with my current gear (and doomblade) venthyr with lashing scars sims 70 dps more then niya night fae
dont rly think its worth the swap because of patchwork sims / real boss uptime
None's forcing you to swap. that gap will grow slightly over time but you aren't inting if you stay night fae
i think everyone is happy that venthyr isn't a totally garbage covenant now
I originally wanted to go vampy bois but the original incarnation of the ability was too awkward
So yeah, good change
I'm NF but hella glad that another covenant is now viable
Hey I keep reading your convos about covenant changes and i'm wondering how big of a difference there is between 9.0.5 venthyr & necrolord
Diversity is G o o d
have you tried the pins
I don't have anywhere to hang all my pins

was the trick with leaving a covenant a day before reset in regard for rejoining or catching up renown?
very sorry to be asking the same question I did check the pin but I was more wondering about its aoe comparison
:d
I got you Whispyr

BTW whisp did the NF Sims change to DS too from vigor?
yes
Icic
Whats the code to change fight type in advanced sims on raidbots?
yeah i know. i actually wanted to swap beforehand because the venthyr dungeon bonuses are pretty strong and only a few dps are venthyr + flag burst looks good for prides.
Ah
like adding more cleave targets
yeah after swapping from venth to NF the first time i definitely missed those dungeon buffs
Wait I am dumb ignore me sorry
it'll be nice to get ez invite to all halls and sd from now on
Brainstorming a little bit, so would love some inputs or ideas; Currently nightfae Sub ST/Outlaw Cleave&M+. I want to switch to Assa ST/Outlaw Cleave&M+.
Should I go Venthyr and focus on huge Assa ST dps for Sludge Mythic, or go Necro for max cleave dps for SGL/Sire and M+ on Outlaw?
Obviously Outlaw being used more often, however the difference in Outlaw covenants dps seems smaller than that of Assa ST dps...
yeah maybe i would have gotten some invites if i was venthyr in those sd 19/20 keys today 😦 but i actually played more dungeon finder then real wow today
And ofc in the end either option is good, just curious about some opinions
remember that HoA gargoiles gonna be nerf
They're still gonna be amazing though
Looks like Im going venthyr sin
Tbh this is a question that only you can answer. We can't tell you whether you care more about aoe dps or single target dps
@stoic needle @balmy condor all keys done with assa 
Hella pog
I don't recommend going DS as NF. It's a marginal gain (like 10dps) in pure patchwerk and a straight loss as soon as you move a bit
Congrats man!
the mount is ugly though 
WUT
D:
@tribal marlin I'm not NF anymore anyways, was just curious cuz I saw the pins were slightly different from this morning 
nice score
You can't run another M+, score is perfect
yep
Nice io
I fell asleep 😡
I turned the stream on just to time NW19
It ain't shit but I'm still proud overall 
We failed Mists 19 (i forgot to change talents) and also failed HoA 20
Imagine
We have any good Sin streamers in here?
My server is a little flaky, not desolate but not really cooperative either
Seliathan
no

lol
Come play on illidan where the biggest community is Chinese baby


When will our lost prince return to us 
He played with Naguura today, I was like : "Oh i know this one"
"He betrayed us"
Trying to determine if I switch covenents now or not lol
The red tint of the leather legendary set is what I want for my venth rogue
then I will be more motivated to play it
I know, I've seen your Shriekwing HC parse 
I thought I got a good pull
2k less dps 
his guild desc clearly states "we like do go and do speed parses"
If only my guild hadn't exploded

I miss my PI simps
Which is real stonks
hi

it's cosy here
Hi @wise gull
farewell sub
Can't wait to play Venthyr Doomy boy in raids
prob not gonna swap yet
I have more keys to run
I simmed 6.2k as NF
and even now it's not bad to be venthyr
oofers
Lost 400 dps but gaining 1k in a few days
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/iMrkgZ22xLdp7wNkzQXA37
ptr sim looking good 
Sounds like a good trade-off 
something something cttc is a 50 dps increase
you can sim ptr now?
howhowhow
well technically you did not exactly "lose" 400dps
Advanced sim.
it's simc which was oversimming you 😄
was
because of Envenom Pandemicing
that's why you "loosed 400dps"
well 400dps seems a bit lot tho
oh or maybe I miss understood what you were saying
I think he lost 400 dps cause of cov change
haha
from NF to venthyr without any renown
Yes, I changed to Venthyr.
9.0.5 is already there
9.0.5 is already in our hearts
9.0.5 i dream with
And soon we will use 9.0.5 to stab boss hearts
i`ll be a fairy forever
Was simming 38 renown NF vs 15 renown Venthyr with current sim values. Sim'd the 1k dps increase with lv30 venthyr and ptr values.
whats opener w deeper? still mut snd mut garrote rupt?
how long does the renown catch up take :0
oh yeah ok
Depends on how much you like spamming heroic dungeons
With changes on tuesday, will SBS scale off Zoldycks? Or does it already?
is it capped from skirmishes and casual bgs?
and doesn't campaign also give renown?
also, how would sin parse on council
how did u ptr sim
ptr=1 at the top of an advanced sim
four from threads while leveling, daily callings usually give you some, campaign gives you one from each chapter like normal
TY!
otherwise final boss of dungeon has a chance to drop
and raid bosses have a chance to drop
then all pvp queues
at the end

shiet, will take 2-4 days then
If you're looking to power through renown just don't complete 8/9 from what i've seen or reports that you don't gain the benefits
of the catch up mechanics
if you compelete 9/9 campaign
ah yeah, heard it bugs out
yea
You mean you don't have do to campaign to keep gaining renown? Did I do all these quests basically for no reason? q.q
But think of the lore!
how do you sim ptr builds?
ptr=1 at the top of an advanced sim
so wont work like top gear where i can change things?
correct
what changed in the pin?
You can using copy="xxx" it will copy the imported profile and apply the change below.
So if you do
profile
...
...
talents=3310021
copy = "talent_change"
talents=3320021
will simm both combination
too big brain for me
What are you guys bet till they nerf Venthyr?
compared to what
what diff did it make?
night fae gained about 50 dps from the sim before
lame i dont wanna have too swap cus im lazy
yeh it didn't really change much
Is the new fleshcraft influencing anyone towards necrolords?
Hey guys,is anyone here ahead of the curve when it comes to 9.0.5 assasination? Like what conduits will we run or what will the opener be and stuff.
the sarcasms strong with this one

i think some people knew but just forgot
read the pins homeboy. We don't have any apl changes yet
opener and sbs stuff is on my to-do list
see if there's anything there
but I kinda doubt it
oh okay,im switching from sub next reset but i actually have no clue on assasination stuff,thats why i asked
sin is the easiest of the specs so ur chilling
what cov are you guys gonna play in 9.05 for arenas
venthyr because huge burst
vent looks like it could be good, but I can't imagine not having soulshape
plus the utility from sepsis gonna suck to lose
I can’t imagine myself going through the campaign again 
5th time for me 
Yo silly question, swapping to Necro to finish off SLG prog and gonna go it with Sin on Denath. Is the target cap of SBS still 3 total targets?
Jezz! Hell no.
Is the same as BFA... I was about to kill myself when doing the turtle quests
“A turtle made to the water”
Fuk me
bfa world quests were 50000x worse than the covenant campaign lol
Same same but different
how does the aoe rota change when ure playing doomblade ?
as of right now, it doesn't
i wouldn't
so we basically just dont use the legy in aoe but for cleave
no, for pure single target
ma and zold are both better for cleave
doomblade just sims well in dslice because of the single target portion of dslice
so zoldyck still first craft and then doomblade?
Does the burst and changes coming to Venthyr makes it a better choice for pvp as well for Assa?
yep
Alrite
remains to be seen if the burst from flag is worth giving up the mobility from soulshape
if only i didn't make the swap this morning
im torn between venthyr fae and necro XD
i like maldraxus most and ability is pretty fun to use but venthyr sounds fun aswell
Also necro has the best dog to pet
Thank you, I am also curious in regards to the damage difference vs Sepsis+Shiv modifier
So after all the changes are said and done for ass rogue, what sort of dps increases are we looking at? Right now I sim for just over 6k before the changes, I'm swapping from kyrian to venthyr and I'll be crafting doomblade, what can I expect things to be going up to?
yer as if door has a cast time right
sim for yourself in an advanced sim with ptr=1 at the top
anyone tested necro SBS damage on ptr? can tell me some numbers on initial damage, and on DOT after it stacks with our mastery?
no too mastery
whats sbs?
necro ability
serrated bone spike necro ability
oh okay
i am torn between venthyr or necro, since necro seems so troll in pvp now, want to try it, but i think i would miss big dam venthyr then
anyone think they should make Smokebomb baseline and bring it out of pvp and into pve?
make shadowduel baseline. Ill 1v1 denathrius
err what raidwide utility would be better that would make rogues something that almost needs to be brought
Smokebomb would at least be a start 😄
i doubt rogue will have enough utility to be a must have anytime soon
Trix dps increase, Smokebomb, Mind Numbing poison on boss, etc
mind numbing already works.
No I mean things they would have to buff/tweak/add, or in cases like trix and smokebomb bring back
Some things never change 
you are all talking about pvp and covenants, but what are your thoughts in pve?
Only Sub has !bis list, not outlaw or assa? 😦
ok
bis list is kill
It was removed due to it spreading misinformation; likely wasnt removed from sub because LUL sub
so hard to find a guild FeelsBadMan
So wanted to ask everyone. With all the changes coming to rogues next week, will we be viable in raids now. As far as assassination goes?
limit max says their melee are starting to reroll rogues in anticipation of them be strong next tier
Hmmmm. interesting the opinions here are more positive then in the forums
i watched it 3 hours ago so not sure
i mean you dont need a clip if you know whats currently happening
905 assa si really strong
and if it doesnt get nerfed in 9.1 it will remain strong
With the changes to the covenants is venthyr going to be bis in raids for assa?
I guess I will just have to see next week. I never had a chance to log onto PTR
pin
where to put
shoulders/hands are identical
i thought shoulders is always bad due to stone legion?
are you killing mythic stone legion?
wow didn’t know things got updated already
progging atm
Thanks for the info
then put it on hands
Forums are full of idiots tbh
for ST
Yes but its better than sub 😦
Really struggling with covenant choice 😦
This is true. LOTS and LOTS of whining and the sky is falling. As of right now I can't seem to make assassination work. Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy tooooooo energy starved. So trying to see if the fixes will help with this area next week
You won't have any energy problems if you have good uptime on your dots. Make sure you're getting 95%+ of both garotte and rupture
Anything beyond that is just the way the spec is paced
ok
If you wanna go fast you can play venthyr nadjia with dashing and vigor
But it's not particularly bis
Pick whichever one you think looks and plays the coolest
Forget about the numbers
Pick the one that does the most damage
I really like venthyr and necro so its difficult lol i wish the numbers would make it easier tbh
is the flag change coming out this next reset?
ty
ya im glad the patch is coming sooner rather than later
i thought it might be mid-late march
They managed to fix almost all of the important bugs
Ikr. As kyrian outlaw wanting to dabble in sin for ST necro looks like the best all round bet. But venthyr is really quite substantially ahead for sin ST.
proceeds to say ENVENOM PANDEMIC
Does Doomblade change our priorities at all in AoE situations? (With the buff to it)
Somewhat
It means it's generally not worth putting a Rupture up on a target that won't survive at least 10 seconds or so
(Not the primary target, just secondary)
Dashing is more like 13 seconds
I kinda like the idea of running doomblade for ToP
Maybe SD if you aren't double pulling
In the idea should pass Venthyr and Craft Doomblade for 9.0.5 ?
!GUIDE
check the wowhead one
doom is just st i assume
so what covonant to go
whichever one you think looks coolest
sub + assa = venthyr but outlaw is necro?
ST venthyr AOE sustained necro
im just glad venthyr is good now because the mog is good
there is no hard bis
well venthyr is best for st for all 3 specs. Necro is bis for outlaw aoe only
it's bis for aoe for sub and sin as well
necro outlaw i think
I'm trying to research whether the Main, Mangle conduit will be good with doomblade. 😄
What about for mut?
any suggestions?
it's good for non-venthyr as a 2nd potency conduit
Which lego is best for sire?
zoldyck
Ty
so what to go, necro or venthyr?
whatever you want
Oh and even with the necro change, venthyr should still be better for phase 3? I'm trying to optimize for p3.
yes
it really comes down to whether you want to deal more aoe damage and have a cheap CP generator and deal with sniping low hp mobs for resets like you do with MFD, or if you want to have more haste, more ST damage and the best transmog in the game
not that i'm biased or anything

Lol can't beat that logic
there's so many variables that can affect your choice. If you do M+, whats your group comp like? do you need to do more AOE damage, or are you with a boomkin and fire mage that obliterate every trash pack so you can lean into rogue's ST damage for tyrannical, prides, and other dangerous mobs? are you trying to do big cleave and aoe damage in raids or do you wanna tunnel and pump bosses? do you want more defensives for prog? there's also potential for stacking LBE if you have several necrolord DPS.
Next week, how close do you guys think a Venth Assa will be to a Sub in PvP? Viable? Close to equal in 2s?
so just did a hoa 17
whats your guys average dps in there?
was at 5.6k myself and idk if thats low or ok
i mean overall depends on so many things. a lot comes down to how big ur tank can pull. if u do huge pulls ur overall gonna be way higher, especially somewhere like HoA. i been in groups where there's a frost mage who slwos everything u can kite all day, pull huge and get dumb high overalls
seems reasonable for an avg tho
demo lock is pog
i hope the resto shaman was using ankh totem to buff the locks dmg 
not a clue lol
its just a meme .. even tho its sadly true
i see in the pins that NF = necrolord but after the buffs coming could necrolord out shine it? or at least keep up?
BIG DAM
the pin is with the buffs
all sims in the pins are post necro buff
does bm trinket even help the dmg ?
dont you need to buff your minions hp or do they scale off your hp?
ah makes sense
@balmy condor does it work with the class in general or is it just a bad button to hit
what soulbind for assa?
check pins big guy
I don't understand the question
well i did. but are they up to date?
yes they are all set
you can check the post times, literally less than 24 hours ago dude
exactly, 24 hours ago. that shit outdated
Covenants:
Venthyr > Night Fae = Necrolord > Kyrian
More details: http://tiny.cc/uxr1tz
@balmy condor Not on soulbinds?
thats 1 whole day ago u know
wut cov do u wanna know? pretty sure for venthyr its umbrella dude for aoe and nadija st
aight ty
I still don't get the question
But Sepsis still doesn't interact with Zoldyck nor Mastery, and Envenom doesn't interact with Zoldyck
Actually I think Envenom + Zoldyck is intended but should synergyze. It probably won't make Zoldyck better than Doomblade (or at best equal) but it would further empower our execute niche..... which is at the end only raid valuable thing we have
@balmy condor The spec seems to destroy the sub in ST, so for raid, the idea would be to start a Venthyr swap?
sure
@balmy condor I don't have the legendary Zoldyck, the priority would be to craft gloomblade in 235? 
i know i will be flamed for asking this but... is assa going to be "competitive" after 9.0.5?
can you link me your r.io prof pls
u using assa for all?
pvp-raid-m+?
depends entirely on what you do
there's legendary priorities in the pins
im far from pro
but here you go
lol
another one of the thousands of people hardstuck on council
hey im 6/10M as well

we jsut had our first night on council, saw phase 3 5 times in 31 pulls, not too bad imo
did u see dance?
just go to subcreation.net if you need to see “viability”
how is assassin compared to sub?
im terrible at mechanic names. which part is dance
legit every spec has done a 20
the dance macabre where u dance 6 times lol u madman
oh rofl
i mean p3 dance
seeing p3 5 times by 30 pulls is really good, but seeing p3 dance woulda been nutty good
shit goes to hell real fast in P3 lmao
truth
what covenant is looking good for next patch?
VENY BOIZ
hell ya
let the grind begin
truu
sorry, i like outlaw but i feel like im not doing any dmg on mythic raiding
i wouldnt raid as sub personally
i do sub ST, outlaw more than one. but im really jus waiting on the assass dream
i was raiding as outlaw xd
is sub really that difficult? cuz I've played a decent amount of melee specs and i dont think ass is as easy as lot of ppl say in this chat
ass and sub have a pretty similar fairly easy play style i found. and this is my first time trying sub
ass is just refresh ur bleeds. and then mut envenom
sub is punishing if you're pulled off your target by a mechanic though
sub is press symbolds and dance. and then shadwostrike evisc
not much to them
also question. i have about 8K anima saved on nightfae. any way to transfer to venthyr when i swap?
no
same
depends on the content. assa skill floor can go up a lot in m+
it stays in NF fforever
how is assassin compared to sub?
no jank buying and selling back items with anima?
ya ass takes a lot of big brain low cp finishers n micro decisions
i think at least. im ass at ass
When did you start your Venthyr swap?@balmy condor
I don’t know which covenant to take
We've seen the sims already
So reading all the changes we can assume that assa will be the best spec ST yes or nay ?
My rogue is lvl 58 right now
I think I’m gunna go ass and get doom blade legendary
Hey all, re-rolling rogue, is venthyr the way to go now?
yes
venthyr is good for sub and venthyr when patch goes live on tuesday
for sub and ass lol
ye it is
does shiv buff sepsis?
lack of mobility?
Yea u only get 1 shadow step as ass
we talkin about the same class?
also question. i have about 8K anima saved on nightfae. any way to transfer to venthyr when i swap?
@plain jewel
I think you can buy nf items, switch cov and return it to the vendor. Not sure though.
ye ill try it out. cuz not gonna use the anima anyways
huge
it's been known since december and blizz hasn't bothered to fix yet
i saved 7.5k renown today
i have to wait till tueday cuz ive already been vethyr and gotta do the quests. so hopefully no surprise hotfixes lol
i thought it used to work and they nerfed it but i guess not
!bis
3-4 days ago
not public anymore
bis donest work cuz whispyr hates us
Fuck it I'm staying bony boi's. That sound SBS spike makes is just too good to give up. Plus the buff makes it competitive in single target and outlaw aoe.
not really, its just ooga booga fok tab rupture garotte
you dont do low cp ruptures thats a meme
Might not be the outright best but it's versatile
wat about like 4 cp envenoms and low cp snd idk lol
Weird question, but how do I know when I’ve helped the Venthyr completely for my switch-back quest. I don’t see a progress bar
Plus the original Flag put me off for life
untrack some quests. it should appear on the right side
Oh that’s probably it, thanks!
@balmy condor I see you are renown 23 or 24 after this u start full campaign? or before ?
go make a focus rupture macro and feel fancy using it its pog
I'm 3/9 atm
and like focus garrote and stuff
i fORGOT u have to do 9 chapters
my brain
fuck why is there so much questing in the game man
venthyr felt quicker than nf to me but idk
cause it's an mmo
who cares just get into the endgame
games have tried that and ppl don't like it as much
4cp envenom is the same as outlaw and sub, max -1. You don't really low cp snd either
Keeping track of the timers is something but still not that hard
ya its not that hard, but its harder than most melee specs lol
Sounds like you don't enjoy MMOs
so many melee specs are braindead
do u enjoy questing for 4 diff covenants just to get to play with theyr stuff
you get the abilities very early in
Yeah it's not that bad at all
i mean yes but u need the soulbinds tho
Takes like 1 day if you really grind it
for what
wdym for what for playing with it
You have to work to be optimal, yea
well yeah but do the soulbinds make a gameplay impact?
youd be surprised how many ppl play for the quests and story. thats just how mmo's be. WoW get a lot of critisism for having a weak story tbh
Wows story is kinda weak lol
ye lol
So it's sure that if I swap Venthyr Assa + bis leg for next week, my sub spec will be behind 😦
@balmy condor
u should be able to get a vouch in ur new cov and no questing
good chance of it, yes
are you guys going venthyr then?
well yeah
@balmy condor Well i trust u MATE ! its time to swap after my last dena mm kill sunday 😦
venthyr is the way to go?
I'm a lil torn as it's likely not worth playing sin over outlaw in ST unless I switch to venthyr, but venthyr is not great for outlaw aoe
u can go necro
its behind on st for assa form venthyr but its still stronger st than outlaw
Yeah I'm staying necro for the versatility
Which souldbind has been taken on the pinned sims?
Nadjia?
And which one of necrolord
heirmir
seems that way
Nadjia is the best one for pure ST?
Hey guys, Chadlaw here checking in. How are things looking in poison land? flexes pistol
I heard your boss damage looking real THICC now.
yep
yep
Yeah I'll need to sim it. I don't think necro + sin is far enough ahead of outlaw to be worth the effort
so considering dungeon slice, venthyr should be the best for m+?
on pure St its like ahead by 300 if u compare pin sims
in pins I only see assassination. do we also have outlaw detailed comparison?
im going from kyrian sub to venthur assa. which leg do i craft and on what slot?
bah my bad thanks!
Which potency conduit is the best for necro? Sudden fractures?
ST, with heirmir
Trying to speed up my sims
isnt sudden fractures dogshit
which all conduits selected is just too much combinations
yup
Think it's still Well placed steel
No idea
it's WPS for all single target, LP for all aoe, except venthyr where it's lashing scars for both cause it's crazy
Oh okay thanks 🙂
Quickest way to get renown capped after campaign is complete?
is lashing scars also crazy for the other specs?
Heroic pvp m+ spam i guess
So I can keep my soulbinds for each spec if I swap?

I want you to think about that question
VERY carefully
xD
am I.... am I stupid?
oh
outlaw sub
unfortunately Count the Odd is too strong to pass 😄
They're not using the same profiles
I feared as much
ik whisper used bis profile and guy used his own
but also guy has good gear so u might be able to compare them abit
why did i type whisper
REEEEEEEEEEE
w/e man "whispyr"
so venth foir all 3 specs next week right
I guess ST pinned sims are done with talents 3-3-2-x-x-2-1 right?
it only says the first three tiers
yeah alacrity and pb is default
yeh
yes
kyrian too
they're all close enough that you can pick what you want
you want to be ugly leather rogue?
you want to be angel boy?
you want tea parties with big tiddy goth gfs?
pick what you want
Venthyr is significantly ahead (with higher gear at least)
Not til 9.1 at least
Not really, you mostly need as much haste as possible
uh, boys?
there is no "breakpoint" especially for Haste and Crit in Assa. These 2 stats keep being top stat even if you hard commit on one. You could have 27% haste that haste would still be top stat.
breakpoints and haste levels and stuff is mostly bullshit, ilvl is way more important

you venthyr with doomblade on ptr?
linking the sim would be a great starting point 🙂
nice eris but roxy is still #1

we safe to craft doomblade then?
yes
who you repin', @stoic needle ? what clique you claim?
Sin or outlaw for raid with these changes?
If by this you mean are we the first class with equally suck covs then yes
depending on the fight,assasination for single target like shriek sludge or xymox
I mean sure but I don't super care being locked into night fae if it means I get convoke and get to be a top 3 class because of my borrowed power. Yes, it's nice to actually get to choose. But it still doesn't fix that we are a mediocre class at the end of the day
That being said, i'll take what I can get and am happy about the changes
This raid in my opinion has been all about bringing the player.
The thing is assa venthyr is really good in ST but outlaw necrolord is really good at +2 targets
the later happens in half of CN bosses
So its being a really hard decision which covenant to choose
Venthyr is better in m+ and is less buttons
Is not, Necro is way better.
Its not actually
dont forget that outlaw is an rng spec tho,assa might do better than an outlaw with shitty rolls
on 2 targets at least
Outlaw necro >> Outlaw venthyr for m+
i wouldnt say "all about" surely you want one or two AMZs or getting a link/barrier/AM
doomblade on hands or shoulders ?
Idk about venthyr assa in m+
do you still just use venthyr ability on cd for assa?
Yes all about is a bit extreme
Well this is the sin channel so
Whispyr said hands is safe bet iirc
if youre not killing mythic generals it doesnt matter where you craft it
i have a 226 hands, and a 220 shoulders
id put it on shoulders then
I mean it depends on your hands I guess. If you think you'll ever clear mythic SLG hands is the way to go
They are both the same stats so literally the only difference is the shoulder ilvl
we are 5/10 mythic but long way to go for SLG
Then I suppose shoulders is the play for prog and then when you finally get shoulders you can just recraft hands
ye true
Probably gonna go all-in on venthyr since big ST dmg is the main reason to play over outlaw. The gain over necro is about the same as the loss for outlaw m+, so I guess the venthyr transmog is the tipping factor lol
yeah finally we can look like rogues instead of fairies
Tbh. The amount of dmg lost on AOE to necro isent that much. So im going venthyr
Its 350 dps for me in dungeon slice sims
And if u play outlaw. Venthyr will do fine
Well 350 isent that much in aoe dmg. Tho 350 dmg in ST id alot
im probly just going to stay NF
I prefer St but there are fights which arent pure ST in CN
is the venemous wounds buff similar to the SnD rank 2 we are losing?
they completely balance each other out in single target
if you play the vendetta legendary on sludge do u vendetta on pull?? will it be back on time for 1st pillar
No it's a bait unfortunately
I don't think so
it gives Vendetta 70sec CD most likely
zoldyck still better?
probably should play MA or doomblade
Doomblade is bug and I believe the Amp from Sludge is applied twice
once on Mutilate and once on the dot
so yeah maybe Doomblade until they fix (I already reported the bug)
Ma with nightstalker i assume?
Nightstalker and MFD yeah
Which cov is best in a raiding environment necro or venth?

Well venthyr is best for ST. Necro for 2 or more targets
But if u think about 2+ targets. U go outlaw
And sub is just....
before swapping to venth is there anything i should do with anima?
buying mounts cosmetics
but your anima we'll stored (I believe) and you'll get it back if you ever go back to your original covenant
Sub has a very very very high burst damage windows with Flagellation
We might see some crazy interaction with "empowered" conduits coming in 9.1 and deeper dagger for example
buy cosmetic armor and then resell it to get your anima back
if, idk, deeper dagger value in increase by 800% for 10sec when activating Flagellation, or wierd stuff like this, Subt's burst damage might even compete with Convoke actually
@stoic needle that still works?
I know it sounds kinda over the top, but we did some testes with friends with PvP talents (ToT and Skyfury) with 12sec of MA (Vansih > Shadowmeld) I was pulling out over 350k damage in 12sec it's almost 30k dps burst damage 😄

Well Subt damage amplificators like SoD and SD just make Flag deal insane amount of damage
I had skyfury wich was straight 20% additionnal magic damage (but no Chaos brand tho)
You get a couple of WM procs and damage start being crazy basically
VENTH RIGHT WHISPY?
yes
What exactly do you mean?
any time rogues get some interactions like that they nerf em in a hurry
Not sure why Deeper would have any strange interaction here
i think he was just being hypothetical
Yeah I just don't follow the hypothetical lol
like there might be something out there, not that particular example
It's just a simple damage taken mod
its a daydream hypothetical
i think you're overthinking koji 🙂
i'm doing my first raid as assassination today
There are working on some "Empowered conduit slots"
for 9.1
i haven't even hit a training dummy
and i'm beating my sub parses because i'm more engaged haha
That seems far-fetched lol
It can be anything, can be just more powerfull conduits, OR it can be like you "choose" a conduit slot to empower and it gets some additionnal effects
it's full speculation I know
but because of the synergy there is between Deeper Dagger and Flagellation, we could see some interesting things
I mean, at that point we can also expect that the the Convoke Conduit also gets buffed by 800% 🤣
wait, I thought we're in the business of day dreaming
simulations aren't real, that's why they're simulations
:D
arent most class changes done during x.x.5 patches?
so there probably wont be many class changes coming in 9.1
You'll remember this talk when you'll see "Empowered Deeper Dagger : +800% effectiveness after activating Shadowblade" !
in 9.1 ptr
9.1 brings new systems along with raid/dungeon stuff usually so the interesting part will be looking at how the new stuff interacts with the old stuff
yeah thats how i remember it all
Using Shiv with Vendetta up puts a bleed that causes all your poisons to explode in a cloud of poisony blood dealing 300% AP damage to all nearby enemies for 12 seconds
ez
Gotta make up something appropriately hard to understand the tooltip
you sync the venthyr ability with vendetta unless it makes you lose a cast right?
same as before with sepsis?
yes
Yes
deeper stratagem instead of vigor 
Probably syncing always would be better than always on CD but I honestly would need to check
It means you want to study some logs before starting a fight to estimate the fight lenght and then plan ahead. On <4:00 fight you might just want to delay Flag to sync with Vendetta, but on 5mn fight you might want to rather delay Vendetta insteed.
I'd say that as a rule of dumb you can apply this :
- If fight is <4:30 just Sync everything with Vendetta on CD.
- If fight is >4:30 just pop all on CD and sync your last use (delay vendetta)
I've started progging Denathrius in M this week and up to now I was NF and always syncing Sepsis with Vendetta, but I should probly change this bad habit
For Sire specificly you should sync yes
if you desync during P2 it will fuckd up sync timer for phase3 and you want theim to be sync for phase 3
so always vendetta on cd and hold sepsis/flag for it in that particular fight?
basically if you use Sepsis on CD in phase 2, you will have Sepsis up at start of phase 3, but not Vendetta and you will just delay Sepsis for like 45sec, at the end you don't win a cast de-syncing so better full sync.
Yeah but don't re-use vendetta in phase 1
Pop all at the begining of phase 2, and then vendetta on CD.
Let me guess, it’s also neither a poison, nor a bleed, and doesn’t work with zoldyck, and does arcane damage, and scales off of strength
Oh okay, I was using it twice p1 and my following cast was on second big add
finally my +15 strength enchant will matter
I knew my Str enchant on glove would matter one day !
@tribal marlin GET OUT OF MY HEAD
hahaha
assa better on 2-3 targets than outlaw now?
No
@tribal marlin at the begining of p2 I'm not on Denathrius tho, and we're already melting the first add
for now I've been using twice on p1, then the second add and then on cd on Denathrius
ok i'm just better at assassination than sub
yeah he is, I guess I could just tunnel Denathrius
yes do
assa's more forgiving than sub. If you mess up a dance window your damage is pretty much doo doo
dot the add for some extra energy
I played Subter and vanish triple garrote, rupt add, vendetta Sire
@gusty mirage yeah i was doing better at low ilvl when i was more engaged, lately my guild has been stalling so i went assassination to mix things up this week
I'll try that next week, been using the MA talent myself
I'm thinking of full sending assa tuesday. Just gotta figure out whether I switch back to venthyr or switch necro
I'll still play outlaw in keys, so I think necro might be a good play
I mean I wouldn't just tunnel Denny, no reason not to full DoT Remornia too.
I think MA is better to be honnest i'm considering playing MA as well for our future reclear
i'm still NF right now
doesn't synergize great with assassination but i like the soulbinds
yeah ofc, was just saying instead of going hard on the add I'll put most of the dmg on Daddy D instead
Generally on the 1st platform I tunnel Remornia and just late refresh DoTs on Denny because the tank takes him away sooner while she stays behind until the grip
Subter gives more boss damage in phase 2, but we start having too much dps boss in phase 2 so I will switch MA now.
But usually on that one it is better just to go on the boss because that add dies fast
I use Vendetta on 2nd add
so why is everyone going venth or necro if its a small dps upgrade? just trying to min max? just asking opinions lol
Yeah that's good play as well, Remo stay longer on 1st platform. But we have 3 hunter and 1 warrior so I try to not deal too much on remornia
yeah right now we are LATE AF on dmg, our pulls haven't been great in P2 but the 5ish times we reached P3 boss was at 45%+
she tends to drop <80% faster nowaday
yeah then I strongly suggest you to funnel all your damage to Sire in phase 2.
More interesting, min-maxing, aesthetic, etc, depends on who you ask
i finally conditioned everyone in my guild to soak properly in p3





