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hey folks, i want to try assa for raid only, which legendary should I craft first, Doomblade or Zoldyck?
Doomblade for farm
Doom
If you are trying it out you are probably doing that on farm ig
on shoulders i suppose?
i dont think ill get there
Then it probably wont matter that much
cool, ty
Legs do have more agi though
Ye, just craft whichever gives you a better upgrade.
can you immune chains on sludge as a rogue?
Is there a macro to use ambush if available (blind side or invi) and if not mutilate?
!bs
Macroing Ambush to Mutilate only works with the use of a addon.
It comes with the downside that it often requires multiple key presss.
Suggested addon to use(Gnome Sequencer):http://tiny.cc/mxb6tz
Showcase Video: #assassination message
ty
do u guys use ambush in the opener? im new to rogue, but looked at guides and they didnt use ambush, which i find weird
!mut
Ambush is currently only used from blindside/sepsis proc, not from stealth.
The reasoning is a little complicated, but the most important of them is the difference in combo points on crit (up to 4 vs 3).
Some other factors to consider are increased poison applications, blindside, and doomblade. This is true for all talent combinations and legendaries.
what soulbind do you guys use for m+?
do i SBS on 2 cp or only on 3 cp in single target?
so when i play with Subterfuge, i just garrote and then go straight to mutilate
It replaces a mut
Yes
thanks
when should I use Flagellation in the opener? together with vendetta?
!guide
Does fan of knives apply the phial proc as aoe?
Yes
does it also work that way with other trinkets like hateful chain
!stats
**Shadowlands: ** Haste > Versatility => Critical Strike => Mastery
we need more versa than crit ?
i think versa and crit are about same
i think if you wanna pvp too then you should aim for a bit more versa than crit
In my sims crit is quite a bit more valuable than vers
same
I'm venthyr though
all guides say crit is better than versa, in ST and MT I think
It was already the case for me when I was night fae
I was wondering, if my vendetta dmg increase on a dot work for the full dot duration, or only until vendetta ends ? Same question for haste buffs 😄
guys noob rogue question, do we use finisher at 4 cp to not overcap or just go for the 5 cp anyway?
Use at 4 cp
thank you
Or 5 if talented in deeper stratagème
i can only upgrade to a max 213 ilvl 😦
Is there anything I should keep in mind when using Flagellation? Or just on cd, when i have 4/5 CPs available?
Yeh that's pretty much it
nadija double potency
when the flagellation debuff is one global from expiring and you have like 3 cp, is it worth to just envenom for the stacks or no?
Theotar with wasteland propriety
Wasteland sims really bad for me on dungeon slice
It basically want's me running dauntless tbh
That's normal
I should always flagleattion before my first rupture right?
@stoic needle mate, playing sin in torghast rn with subterfuge
and it took me fking 15min too understand why garrote out of stealth with subt only gives me a 1cp
jesus
shrouded is a curse
is it coincidental or is venthyr about a 10% dps increase?
comparing sin rogues on warcraftlogs, for each fight, venthyr comes out about 10% ahead of nf and necrolord
!opener
it isnt 10%
its better for pure st, wich is why you see it high in pure st logs
necrolord is more versatile
No, that's only because most of the performance oriented players chose Venthyr and are performing better because of it
can you kidney the attendent on council mythic?
it shouldnt be 10%
no
should be like 3%
max
in most cases comes down to preference when it comes to necro vs venthyr
I don't know whether I should be glad or sad that I never experienced shrouded suffocation lmao
garrote->garrote->garrote->afk cus that will be 80% of your aoe dmg was PEAKGAMEPLAY
Should I hold Flagellation to pair it with Vendetta?
No
So I just use it on CD no matter what?
Except on sludgefist
You can try to sync it with the last vendetta of the fight if you won't get another, but it's not really worth the risk
Unless you're hardcore parse chasing and know your kill timers nearly exactly
alright ty
consider yourself blessed, unshrouded garrote makes you feel sad
3x garrote = full CP rupture 
If playing MA legendary in M+ I assume we don't use subterfuge since we mutilate from stealth. So do we use nightstalker? Or do we fan of knives instead followed by CT?
With subter you don't mutilate from stealth
You can use subterfuge
But you can also use NS and MFD and MFD > CT from stealth and then fok rup fok rup
It's personal preference
Both talents are viable with MA
Ty
so what is Subt rotation with MA legendary, just the usual Garrotex3 > FoK?
Subterfuge**
when i use MA legendary Garrotex3 and temp it hits harder in Fok.. but its just me
Yeah just gar gar gar gar ct or gar gar gar rup mfd ct
thanks
my haste is really low, and my energy regen is horrible and takes me a seriuolsly long time to to get my to my burst window
and by the time i get there im having to refresh bleeds, any advice? other than farming haste gear lol
what’s your haste? it’s more likely you’re overspending than being energy blocked by haste. also go vigor if it’s truly bad.
Does assasination have a slower pace than Outlaw? How difficult is it to learn?
it’s pretty straightforward imo you just keep bleeds up and spend the rest of your CPs on Envenom which refreshes SnD
But maybe those who play it at a high level will have different insight for you
I won't be playing it at a high level since it is an alt. I'm just focusing on not being bad.
thank you for the help
Assassination is not very hard to learn. Sin does have a lot slower pace when compared to Outlaw, they are night and day in terms of APM.
thank god
There are no stat breakpoints or necessary haste requirements you need to play the spec better. I'm guessing your opener is just flawed because normally you get to do the main part of your opener without having to refresh during it.
I was too busy trying to keep track of cooldowns and combo points that I didn't have time to pay attention to the dungeon. I was essentially facerolling my keyboard.
Open world was easy because the damage was so high and I could choose the pulls. in a dungeon, whole different story
Assassin is a lot slower in terms of keeping track of cooldowns and whatnot, but as a thing to make it harder, you will have to track bleeds/poisons on several monsters at the same time.
It's a lot simpler in raid single target situations or boss situations in M+
But it can get pretty hectic in packs where you have to make sure you have 4-5 bleeds up at all times
And making sure you don't apply to long of a bleed on a mob that's just about to die.
But all of that comes with practice.
my main is a priest so I'm somewhat used to that since I have to keep my DoTs up. getting used to it while in melee will be a trick though.
Yep for sure. Just gotta play a bunch and you'll get used to the flow.
is it worth it so swap from night fae to venthyr for m+ mainly or is the difference not very big?
might be an obvious answer to this question, does the doomblade legendary get benefit from crimson tempest and the internal bleeding talent? if so is it even worthwhile to keep those up at all times or would it be best when flagelation/thrill seeker proc or using vendetta?
Not big enough to justify the swap, you can check pins for some basic simm results
do you macro flag to anything?
I have mine macros to vendetta, but I keep both bound so I can use vendetta when the cds dont line up
in the opener you should do flag > rup > vendetta so I don't bind them together
I believe that when specced into crimson tempest we use it on ST outside of shiv. Not sure about internal bleeding and doom blade tho
so most Assassin Rogues are running doomblade legendary?
11% im having to pool to to rupture
then pool enough to shiv and get a double envenom
definitely need to play it better, but i feel im forever pooling to hit my shiv windows
thanks. just didnt seem like there was enough time with the gcd to fully take advantage of internal bleeding and tempest for the extra damage
perhaps this build isnt for me even thought it sims the highest
Could be. I think I started with your haste and was able to manage everything reasonably well but sim is a slower, more methodical experience, which maybe isn’t your thing. I practiced a lot on the target dummy though before I ever used it in practice.
anybody think it would be worth it to swap from night elf to human for raiding dps purposes? will to survive also a nice bonus to have in certain fights
any bleed currently on the target at the time of envenom will increase its damage by 5%. this includes tempest, and internal bleeding. it will also include serrated bonespike if you're necrolord
I tend to like having 1% extra haste during my raid nights as a nelf tbh.
isn't human a 2% increase to all secondary stats though?
2% to all sources.
So instead of getting 100 haste from something, you'll get 102.
Better at the end of the expac when stats are inflated, early on it's kinda meh tho.
ah
With Venthyr being so strong, can you still be competitive with Night Fae?
yeah, we’re not fire mages where it’s 1 covenant or bust
Hey fellas, in mythic+, on how many adds should I cast crimson tempest?
u use it on ST afaik
Really?
yeah im practicing on the dummy, but even the opener its so slow for me to get going
how did you over come the low haste? just pool slightly after every cast?
Thanks for the tip!
with the shiv window should i be mutilating twice? or just the once ( full points before shiv for the whole envenom sdtraight away )
most of the time getting two 6 point envenoms with shiv is better than trying to get a 3rd one
as the chances are really low
What legendary is adviced to craft first for a fresh rogue? Asuming I do equal amount of raiding and m+
from my understanding, theres only one leggo for ST
which will normally be raiding
most solid for assa is zoldyck in general then doomblade for heavy ST
St sims for covenants are pinned
o tru, the real question then is how much worse is necro with not-gemstones xd
nightfae is easy, outlaw gets korayn, muti gets niya
guess i could just stay nf, but people need venth classes like crazy in high keys
Is dashing scoundrel not a good option for both st and aoe (m+)?
Doomblade and zoldyck are simply better options
Zoldycks is just as good on ST due to execute for progress.
it was a really strong tier overall in argus
Okay I will craft zoldrycks first then 🙂 thank you
!guide
hi! on SLG should i vendetta and shiv on cd or should i save for anytime particular?
On mythic or heroic?
heroic
You want to use Vendetta on the bosses out of intermission phases.
If your group is really slow, you can use it on the Goliath in Intermission, but usually you get Vendetta back after the Goliath is dead
At that point you just hold it until Grashaal comes down
And then use it on him
Good luck! 
is elaborate planning better on sludgefist mythic than blindsight i see some people run it
Almost certainly. It's hard to say though.
If your group is struggling with the last 35% of the boss, then Blindside might be better. But for overall damage EP is probably better.
With deeper stratatem do you still envenom at 4-5 combopoints so you can get 3 in during a shiv or do you aim for 5-6 combo points where you are most likely just going to only get 2 envenoms unless ultra lucky on blindside procs?
5-6
The guide states your goal is to get 3 envenoms during a shiv but I can only get two with deeper stratagem
which is why im asking
You finish at 5 or more
Which guide?
Icy
It doesn't really matter honestly. Normally you get 2 envenom's in a Shiv window.
In the opener you should get 3.
And during your big cooldowns.
Under the "important notes" section of IV guide: "Try to refresh Rupture Icon Rupture and Slice and Dice Icon Slice and Dice before using Shiv Icon Shiv. The goal is to get three, 4-5 Combo Point Envenom Icon Envenoms inside the 9-second duration of Shiv Icon Shiv."
But ill just stick with 2 with DS
also just a bit outdated as you shouldnt need to refressh SnD
Yep which is why I'm asking, hard to find current info.
You can only get 3 with significant haste and/or the extra energy from Vendetta
So if you get it during the opener CD popping stage it's doable
With bloodlust
Yeah I can squeeze them in with blust
You get the most up to date info here in the RH discord.
try simming your character and see the abilities it casts in the example, will have multiple shiv windows and you can see how many it gets
But like said, you don't need to worry about getting 3 envenom's in a Shiv window outside of your big cooldowns/lust.
Just slam 2 envenoms without overlapping their pandemic timer
And you're gucci
I had never thought about overlapping pandemic
More important to not overcap energy as well, so don't wait too long if you were lucky with crits/blindside
🎲
otl is so bleh
Which soul bind is best, venthyr for sin?
For ST generally Nadija Dauntless
Ah so like outlaw
For me double potency sims better in Nadija for OL
thats what im doing. double postency lashing/cto for outlaw for keys, then for raid lashing+ dauntless sin
makes it easy to switch between cause i just need a tome
instead of flying over to sinfall everytime
You using Theo ?
nadjia for both
Oh damn
!wa
Assassination WA's:
https://wago.io/E1EB91OtM (Lokkek's Group)
https://wago.io/SyLUNGD4X (Sovv's Group)
https://wago.io/SJLQKGjMM (Afenar's Group)
https://wago.io/ByzCxPq-m (Devlin's Group)
I felt like Theo was good for multis
altimor?
yeah
Nah you can't
Damn have I been using the wrong tree this whole time lol
This is probably just a "personal choice" question but I've been raiding/M+ as assn .. numbers are okay in m+ like 4.2-4.5k overall for being 202.. I was wondering if it would be better for me to go outlaw for M+? (I do want to push higher keys eventually)
okay, ty that's what i was thinking too
when im in stealth can they see my pet
like a companion pet? I don’t think so
i got bananans out while leveling
!opener
@limber lion ty for your guidance we managed to kill it Poggies .. now back to outlaw prison :(
Hell yeah! 
Hey fellas, poison bomb sims higher for M+ but when I tried it, it did like 200k overall
Should I trust that sim?
Use CT in all M+ dungeons.
Regardless of affixes
I think you did something wrong in your sim.
You can use PB if you use the Dashing Scoundrel legendary
is there a bis list for assa?
No. Use Droptimizer and Top Gear in Raidbots.com to find upgrades for you.
whats the main reason for using PB with dashing in m+?
it increases crit chance of PB? do those crits also generate an energy?
yes it increases crits and it also gives energy
is zoldyck better on sludge?
no
Hey, what "non-lashing" for venthyr means?
For m+ is theotar better then nadja?
playing wps instead of lashing scars
conduit
Thx mate

what do you guys think, doomblade leggo on hands or shoulders?
Imo yes but nadjia can be good for tyrannical weeks
All of the above but also just lets you spend more CP on Envenom and have higher Envenom buff uptime + more damage in general
@turbid geyser check the pins
is zoldycks even worth on sire
like how much of a dps increase is it over just doomblade
For p3 it’s a good 2-3%
It’s worse on sludge
Zold is worth running on Sire if your guild is still struggling to get through P3. For follow-up kills if you want to just push the boss in general faster, Doomblade is fine
But you can still be top damage in P3 with Doomblade so it probably won't make too much difference unless your margins are really tight
Can anyone tell me what I could be looking for in logs? Like what are the most common things that affect dps
Whats the filter command to check Mythic Sire p3 dmg?
slice/rup/garrote uptime, shiv casts, energy/cp waste, ruptures during shiv
no sire kill this reclear either, tilt level 📈
at which number of targets do you spam CT instead of using Envenom?
infinite
that's undefined
yeh
so it's non deterministic?
you shouldn't just hard spam CT
alright
for some reason i just thought about CT not being target capped, misconception of me
Poison Bomb is not, but CT is yeah
@limber lion thanks for the tips on sludgefist, helped me get my overall dmg from 5.9k to 6.4k today on all pulls, and we managed to kill it too. Funnily enough the pull that we killed it on I played like trash, ill put that on the last pull of the night 😛
Zoldyck or Doomblade for sire prog?
zold
Good stuff man! Glad to hear it 
Actually killing the boss is #1 but a bigger number in the scoreboard is always nice and definitely helps. Good luck on further progression!
What's like... Soft target we wanna hit for haste/critical/Acc/vers for maximizing DPS in raid before any DR?
Didn't see this defined in Pins or anywhere. Just curious if anyone has seen major dps gains at different milestones
really?
you didn't see the big bold letters
in all caps
Poor whispyr is slowly dying inside
I don't make pins, people don't know
I make pins, people don't check them
People check them, but can't read


how bad is assassin on council mythic prog?
great boss damage
Agreed on that and your attitude is so pleasant aswell , keep it up whispyr
do you have problems getting in melee range tho?
i feel that the hitbox on this one is particularly shitty
no, you just sit on the boss
I flame people a little too hard sometimes but thank you :)
sin is one of the best council bosses if ur raid kill attendants for you
well still is
Since white damage is one of biggest portions of dmg, am I right in assuming that the higher the ilvl weap you have is going to make significant difference to dmg?
yes, but its important without white hits as well
main hand dps is used in damage calculations
Yeah cool, ty!

yep i know the feeling
at least @faint harness's guild had fun on my stream watching the clown fiesta 
If I run zold should I not run master assassin talents then
do i keep bleeds on all three at council?
on additional or on total?
they love misery of others
one additional
If it makes you feel any better, earlier on our first kill night, we had someone disconnect on the final pie slice and was disconnected for 30 seconds and we had a 200k wipe 😄
Low% wipes are part of the Sire experience
Guess that explains why the execute damage is so needed
well its the second or third week we didnt get sire for reclear
and we had 9 new characters compared to actual kill
when they obviously dont know how to play them properly
yep same theres a running meme of "cribs fault we didnt kill didnt log dk"
every night with no kill is cuz of crib dk not being there
yea assa is so bad for sire 
That's why I'm still on bench
Top dk and top shadow quit after kill
You don't want to see the dmg discrepancy from the shadow to 2nd place
Is it not ok to do flag - vendetta - rup?
Ohhh ok ok
you can move 2-3 things around
its more of a consistent dmg spec than bursty one
and it won't make a difference
Im coming from ww monk so im kinda still getting used to not bursty class
Opener orders matter for monk because of the mastery, but they really don't for rogue. There is an optimal opener but it's a small increase overall
!guide
Hey guys, i'll probably start sire tomorrow, if i'll decide to go assa over outlaw, should i go for zoldyck leggo?
yes indeed
I'm probably just gonna play with Doomblade myself
what leggo for sin pvp?
!stats
**Shadowlands: ** Haste > Versatility => Critical Strike => Mastery
tbh the opener is so fucking slow
its not a huge deal
just get your bleeds and snd up and gogogoogogog
it got buffed
Weird question- Does human racial buff flag haste?
Would you say Dslice in sims is accurate for sin? I know it's good for outlaw and i dont see why it wouldnt be for sin as well but wanted another opinion from someone maybe sure about it
yeah dslice is accurate for sin
Hey, are you syncing your covenet ability with Vendeta? Pins says no, but wowhead says yes i think xD I get the logic on not syncing on ST in raids where fight is longer then 6 mins but what about m+?
where are u getting 6 min from
@balmy condor idk why you're flaming me, are there #s associated? Because all i see are words. It is obvious haste should be first. Stat Suggestions:
"Haste > Crit > Versatility > Mastery
Secondary stat priority can vary wildly from one character to another, this is only a rough guideline."
Did you read my question ? 😦
I haven't played in a long ass time, so if there are #s most people already know of and you're assuming i magically know them, i don't. I know you generally are just trying to be helpful, but it is not clear. Should i be aiming for 50% haste, or is 15% enough. Should I be balancing crit and verse, or is 0% vers/mastery fine? This is what i mean
you aim for what sims highest
because there are no breakpoints
and there are no magic numbers
there is no DR on stats anymore?
there is DR
but hitting the DR is very difficult
you'd need to be like 225+ ilvl to even have a chance of hitting it
literally just don't worry about it
and keep simming
okay, so essentially, correct me if i am wrong (outside of pvp of course), but mastery and vers are useless. Potentially I would want to get ONLY haste/crit on all my gear
no
well i am 225 i lvl LOL
asdfklj;sdj
you literally quoted the part that said "secondary stat priority can vary wildly"
you probably dont remember, i talked to you a couple days ago here. I came from Sub pvp. I never played assassin except back in WotLK
which is why i am an idiot
but trying to roll assassin to help my guild in raid to help them progress
haste and crit are good
vers is also good
mastery is good in aoe
so the idea is
there is good
and having more
is good
doomblade is best raid lego right? and i imagine scales better with the more haste you get because additional bleed dmg?
we don't use that cursed ass word
doomblade is good because more damage is good
yep
lmao
okay, thank. Wasn't trying to come across dickish, im just overwhelmed coming back and talking it out helps me tremendously. So appreciate it
pvp is easy
number 1 thing
don't overcomplicate it
they die
there's so many people that try to overcomplicate it
and just go down a rabbit hole
of feelcraft nonsense
well i get that, i guess for context, the reason i ask is so i can target specific M+ gear to boost up to 220 outside of vault or haste/vers pvp gear
use droptimizer
there's droptimizer for that
im very new to using the simcraft tool.. droptimizer does what? lets me search any item or something?
you import your simc into it
tells you what you can focus on getting that will be an upgrade
for different types of content
and then tell it (in this case), to check all dungeon drops at 220 ilvl
and it'll go through and basically run a top gear sim, checking the value of each item
and then spit out a list of what items are the biggest upgrades at that ilvl
ohhhh wow
okay i did not know it could do that. awesome
would it make more sense to droptimze versus gear to target or weekly chest items to find BIS out of raid items?
nvm, i will just play around with it. thx
Like you sim what you get in the weekly chest but there's really no point in doing the droptimizer for 226 weekly because you can't really influence the items you will get. If you have a suspicion that there is nothing 226 that can come from dungeons, then I think doing a droptimizer 226 is worth it. Otherwise I'd say Top Gear when you've checked your vault and Droptimizer 220 for upgrading gear through valor (and droptimizer for a raid you're about to enter etc).
right right, i just meant so if something drops i already know its BIS, but i do know how to sim vault stuff with the window open
yeh, you can top gear your vault drops, if you have your vault open and /simc, it'll auto-add the items into the string
so
you do that
and then droptimizer 220 stuff
and that's basically good to go
you can also droptimizer raid stuff for like heroic
if you're looking to fill a slot
or see if there's sidegrades
that's good too
and also, is BIS conduits for raid for venth, Nadjia w/ flagellation and well placed steel?
kk kill do that
nadjia lashing scars and duelist
errr lashing scars lol yea
duelist ok
so double finesse
with quick decisions or something?
is the 3% siming higher overall versus +% damage when using shiv?
yes
intersting okay cool
Poisoned Katar does sim higher for constant multi-target but it's kind of misleading since there's not many points where that is happening
Well the important damage you do is to the shade anyway so it's not worth it there
and for m+ it's worthless when there's less than 4 mobs, which is a lot of the time
thanks for all the input guys you kick ass
and i figured out the droptemizer thing ❤️
time to start farming PF again for the trinket T.T

Been there, done that, GL mate
he's learning

is nadjia best for M+ as well? just swapping out finesse raid spec for double potency with Lethal poisons?
double potency nadjia and double potency theotar, as well as wasteland theotar, all fine
katar is good too
what, you guys farming PF for Phial? I thought everyone has it as 226. got it twice so far
/s (just in case)

nah rogue is my 4th character atm, so didnt spend all expansion farming it 😛
and this is first week im even doing pve shit on him outside of farming for rep in maw lol
This is on RavenH site, is it still accurate and where does flagg fit (also with skulker?) Vendetta
Shiv
Vanish
Mutilate till 4+ combo points
Envenom
after setting up all dots/snd vendetta > shiv > vanish > mut > env
where does flagellation and skulker wing fit into that?
With MA (talent) opener is:
Muti > SND > Muti > Garrote > Flag > Rupture > Vendetta > Muti until Cap or cap-1 CP (4+ without DS and 5+ with DS) > Shiv > Vanish > Env > Muti until 4+/+ Env
swap muti for ambush if blindside procs
except during MA window
with the rupture and SND before the first vendetta do we cast them no matter what ignoring proper finisher rules
The way I learned it yes. But it should be a 5cp rupture unless bad luck. Snd literally doesn’t matter as long as it lives until the first envenom. A lower CP rupture is not as energy efficient as a higher CP one but does the same dps and it’s basically a race to pop CDs in the opener so makes sense to me as well.
Quick question, if I want to use the Zoldyck legendary for mythics what is better for stats crit/mastery or crit/haste?
do we use CT instead of bomb in raid environment?
no
both are fine
ok, even in like a larger aoe or multi target scenario?
it was telling me to do it in sim i think
kk ty
and as venthr im supposed to take strategem over vigor?
because of venth haste?
yes
does cloak work for huntsman soak?
does feint mitigate SS?
not enough for you to soak it
oki thx
What’s the spell prio when running ct
maintain it like every other dot unless shiv is up
any general tips for getting better at playing DS? I tried it over vigor and performed way worse in my keys but I wanna learn it
(even tho DS simmed higher)
Did you try simming mfd as well? Strange that DS is top there as I've always found Vigor/MFD to come out on top, though the more geared I get, the more sims are pushing towards mfd.
Yeah I’ll try MFD - and whispyr I’m still new 😦 I’ve been timing all my 15s and loving the spec but as someone who’s never played rogue there’s just a lot of ‘do this at x haste’ ‘don’t do this’ ‘sim it’ w/o explanation, so I didn’t realize ds is supposed to be worse in keys. At least I feel better abt vigor performing better for me in practice?
I’ve been interested in mfd for flagellate burst so I’ll see what that’s like
I didn’t mean for that to come off as whining lol, I’ve just found a lot of resources to be low on context for certain talents so it’s been hard for me to grasp when/why
why is it that sometimes when people get crystalize on SLG that the meteor comes down way faster than it should? I've seen it happen 2 times in about 5-6 pulls.
I need proof
that's just not true though
we take vigor/mfd in keys, deeper in raids nowadays, and that's really all there is to it
sin is an INCREDIBLY easy spec
the biggest problem is actually people trying to overcomplicate it
and not actually people not understanding the complexity
you press your cooldowns as they come up, you pool on envenom in single target, take the talents that sim highest for your character, which will usually be the same ones that are in the pins, or on logs, or suggested in guides
and then just maintain a bunch of uptimes
be that garrote, rupture, slice, ct, envenom, elaborate planning, shiv
has anyone seen this opener where people are pressing vendetta after their first cast of slice and dice


is that a meme I'm supposed to understand
it removes the dead pooling space before garrote. doesn’t seem to really alter anything down the road.
like it’s been said. not too much you can do that’s going to drastically alter your life as assa
Maybe that's me 
its more than one person
that's fine
ye i dont think it matters that much
studying up on sin after playing sub until now (need so much more haste gear lol) and the spec seems like....way easier than sub? or am I overlooking something
just as far as rotation
lol there we go
like literally just refresh dots during pandemic and figure out a solid opener and otherwise just dump cps into envenom
thats pretty much the gist right? any optimal shiv timings or anything like that?
I think I can get to about 20% haste with my current gear. Is that okay for raid / m+ or would you prioritize more crit for m+
You hold shiv for up to 12 seconds to fit it into a vendetta, otherwise on cooldown
You sync sepsis/flag with vendetta if you won’t lose a cast because of it
You pool on envenom to about 30 from max
And aside from that
Nothing really
Sin in single target is brain dead easy
It gets a little more complicated in aoe and m+ with multi-dotting
But even then it’s just more dots
what do you mean by this
You pool energy before casting envenom
Pooling: allow your energy to build (so stop casting energy spenders)
Or cps*
oh yeah, "on envenom" instead of "for envenom" made me think i was missing something
Speaking of which, are you muting to 5 in DS, then shiv to enter the window at max or if you have 1 cp and shiv comes off cd is it not worth it to delay the shiv window while you mut to 5
I’m assuming there isn’t a massive difference between a 4cp envenom vs 5/6 and it’s not worth it to delay the window for a few globals?
You shiv on cooldown regardless of cp
Indeed
so for each envenom i wanna cast i should wait until i have 30 from max energy?
seems like a lot haha
Outside of shiv/vend/flag yeah
Yeah you just pool on it for uptimes
And also getting more envenoms in shiv
And all that shit
This is a hard habit to break tbh. I still find myself punching buttons too quickly and making mistakes when it really doesn't need to be played that fast.
I think when you last simmed pooling vs slamming it was only ~30dps
Have you guys changed from Zoldyck to Doomblade for raiding?
I'm debating myself if it is worth the effort
It is
can anyone take a quick look at this and give some tips? literally my first attempt at sin and just wanna see whats bad/good. (ignore the opener the tank was dragging boss around)
Well
It’s noticable more st damage so yes
Allright. Need to grind more soul ash before my guild starts raiding again. I'll wait near to next raid before building tho, since Bliz is notorious for changing things.
Thanks for the reply :>
General consensus seems to be Zold for prog, DB for parsing.
No
It’s not generally zold for prog
It’s zold for sire
Because execute is very important
Execute is not vastly important on every fight
This tier there is only one fight where execute matters the most
Sludgefist is an overall damage check not an execute phase check
is sin or sub better for council prog?
hmmk thats what i was thinking, attendant is reaching the bosses at like 50% hp still so
might go with sub
thats pretty normal tho
ah thought it was supposed to die or almost die before it hits boss
What kinda numbers does zold do in P3 @balmy condor? Do you know
Top doom is 6.4 though
I was expecting you to say 7k haha
Let me have a wcl google
If you're talking overall then the reason to pick Zoldyck for sire is the damage to boss you can do in p3.
yeah I mean doom still slams
My question literally says P3 :)
well its kinda skewed when you look at logs like that
most of the good players are on farm kills and playing doomblade
most of the zold kills are probably on progress
Yeh that's the kinda numbers I was expecting
i think PB can be compatitive even in dungeon slice
ofc depends on your covenent/gear
You're not hitting remornia in p3 tho or am I missing something
yoo good idea next week im playing vigor ct and try to pad
i got a question, on two target do i CT during vendetta + shiv?
yes
ah so i've been doing that wrong on huntsman
I know how the fight works and no
Then if Sim number are interesting at all my own sims jump about 300dps compared to Doomblade for p3. If you want actual numbers I'd go for wcl logs p3 only.
I am, but I'm not seeing a big diff atm
But kill times make a big diff
So I'm trying to line some up
Also.. If the group has like 4 boomies they all go in and convoke get to execute quicker etc
I don't know why I'm interested, I still have to get weapons and trinket on my monk lol
remornia shares health with denathrius so cleaving her is a good idea, afaik
Likely never get to swap to rogue for m sire farm coz im the only monk
Doesn't change the fact that you literally cannot hit Remornia in P3.
Yes ofc, but that's for p2. Assass's strength with Zoldyck is to do as much damage as possible in p3. Which means going full ST for p3
o crap i thought u were going on about p2 mybad
People mentioning Crimson Tempest didn't help 😄
nothing wrong with ct on farm
You do whatever on farm right? Zold is mainly for progression is the consensus in here
Im assuming that fuu is just comparing CT to PB in a general aoe sense. No one is saying to go CT in P3, it's for the other phases, and I was just saying PB ain't gonna hit remmonia. But yeh not related
But yeh, you can literally sim it yourself in raidbots.
But the numbers for Doomblade vs Zold on p3 is interesting, since first 10% of p3 is not Execute which might make Doomblade sim closer to Zold
Use an execute patchwork of 3 minutes.
Dunno how you can sim 25% outside execute
Yeh I agree. More damage on other phases as well and helps with the adds.
if u want more dmg other phase go ct : )
I think you should play Doomblade until you wipe on last phase to the dps check.
Yeh I agree
If you fail the dps check, then you can think about going Zoldyck. Shouldn't need to though tbh
My other thought is that another dot ticking while you can't dps is more dmg when you can usual dmg vs the execute, brings it closer than we would have thought in practice. P3 is kinda weird and depending on your comp might have to do some funky shit to survive some stages. Mind you rogue probably very straight forward
Yeah you can use advanced sims to simulate very slight movement to imitate dropping orbs and getting knocked whilst in execute. But yeah, the doomblade damage is quite small and I'm pretty sure you'd get more downtime damage from Zoldyck than you would from Doomblade. ~50% of Doomblade's damage does come from the Envenom effect after all.
Yep true true
I kinda would say the opposite tbh
I would use Zoldyck on Sire until you know you don't need it
Most first kills are pretty spicy
Yeah, that's a fair point as well. I do think though that during progression it can be helpful to have extra damage on adds with Doomblade. If you can't get to P3 consistently, you don't really get much value from Zoldyck.
Doomblade really doesn't have all that much value if I'm being honest on Sire. Other than it's better for parsing
But then again the dps timers don't change then if you don't switch it up after a while.
And just stick to Zoldyck.
Realistically the difference shouldn't be huge either way but I think it's good to just do anything to optimize for P3 on a first kill since that's mostly what matters
So many guilds with the sub-1% wipes on that phase for the first one 😄
:p true
Hey yall, recently swapped to venthyr on my assassination rogue alt and i had a question. In m+ as well on single target is it worth it to save flagellation for 30 seconds in order for it to line up with vendetta or is it more dps to use both of thsoe abilities off cd
After a while we realised that we need to optimise some builds for p2 so that we can funnel more CDs into P3. Mine for example, I hold for a short amount so I can double in P3. But to do this we needed to find more dmg in p2. By hunters focusing remmonia and going korayn for example
you're basically guaranteed to lose casts if you sync
I only sync Vendetta and Flagellation on opener, other than that just press Flag on CD before using a finisher
conflicting answers huh
says the same thing
^
🤦♂️
you said sync them in m+
I meant raid opener, can see you meant M+, yeah press Flag on CD
So you dont hold flag for vendetta during the fight?
sync them in raid if u dont miss CASTS
Screenshot
I said the COMPLETE OPPOSITE
I demand screenshots
Which means use every thing on cd and dont let things sync?
correct
Ic, ty
@balmy condor sorry im stupid lmao. I read the "use it if you dont lose casts, so in m+" and thought you meant you sync them in m+, didnt see the 2nd message cuz my eye balls go brrrrrrrbrbrbrbrr
Nah that's something else
It's early in the morning, reading is hard
thank you for the help sorry that i cant read no bully plz 
I didn't read what u said properly either
Doctor time bro
Whispyr (3/28/2021), "Wait until everything syncs."

It's the best
fucking whispyr did not say so
hol up hol up. that image. is... is that a false statement?
Context my boy.
its a meme
i a m c o m p l e t e l e y l o s t
cause scaling is nonsense
we scale with buffs
it's both a meme and also true
or whatever fucking word vomit nonsense people will try and shove down your throat
😋
im sensing a lot of love here
patches balance and add things way to often
for any sort of scaling
to ever matter
also at least you're not currently dealing with deathly shadows nonsense
it's true
If you go to official forums thats all people say. Sin scales well so it will be good in X.3
imagine being outlaw CF
You're sensing months of people having to repeat themselves
oh I'm well aware
Is that still goin?
it always goes
people say that sin is doing well now because it scaled
in one patch
which is fucking what
it's worse and worse every day now that like 60% of the leaderboard is running it
Yep scaled in the same tier
Bro the dude simmed 2 min beastlord to prove DS was best and then left the server
Hahah ikr
hey gamers one more thing while im here, in m+ when running crimson tempest do you apply it to bosses or any other single target scenario for the bleed and further buffing envenom with the doomblade legendary or do you just use rupture and envenom
Yes outside of Shiv windows
I was full blown popcorn 
@limber lion <3 thank you
Never in my life have I seen that level of pepega
Stuff like this is so easy to code into your WA, switch your brain off
Sin fun like that
i missed this part, what the shit
brb
I think part of the reason is because we only have 1 CF in #assassination so it's easy to just say that you said something. It's a lot harder in #outlaw to pinpoint who's saying what when there's 5 CF's. Even though most of the time the answer is Guy 
Seli v guy v solo
yeah maybe idk
Who will reign supreme
Yeah, assa is one of those specs that requires a good set of weakauras imo.
If you're trying to rock Sin without a good weak aura setup, you're pretty much doomed from the start.
although I am the only person, sometimes I wish people just wouldn't help, oddly enough
sometimes it feels like I have to end up doing more work fixing shit other people have said
Dictatorship, we love to see it.
you'd have too much work regardless
Yep
Elaborate
Oh shit.
A bunch very simple "if then" questions can some up a bunch of the decision making this true. Without getting carried away for sin, not goin full koji but just little things like showing empowered garrotes etc
Assa isn’t complex enough to have questions and discussions
I have no clue what you just said here, sorry buddy
Like outlaw
But yeah, I agree that you don't need to have a full sicko-mode weak aura pack to track every single little thing
Hahaha
If that's what you're saying.
but do i shiv before or after flag
Just send it
I think Whispyr said to Shiv when sprint is off cd

The story of assassination
random sin person, may it be streamer man, youtube man, or nobody discord man, answers a question. Answer is wrong, probably because they're overcomplicating, feelcrafting, and then giving it as though it were some hidden tech. Hidden tech then spreads, 34% achieved, we all go home
You have my sympathy
It’s not about this spec not being less complex. All these specs are very bare bones in nature and have very little variance. However, what tends to happen is people who get random clout because they farmed keys in beta and have the ego and match brain cells of crusader they form an echo chamber of their own after seeing al their theories turned down by legitimate work rather than anecdotal evidence
Koji built a full rotation addon, so yeh I just mean not going that extreme. Just small things that most packs don't do, like the CT outside shiv window
macro it together
and idk where it came from
or who said to do it
but it just exists
I mean can you blame them though
I mean outlaw has much more intricity and variance built into it
i wonder who vel could possibly be talking about
That gives rises to the feels like opinions
In a very long time had there come a time where you can actually free ball am ability press rather than holding it an extra 30 to sync
Even I was doing it
it was never a problem with sepsis, although they're the same cooldown, both do damage, give stats depending on soulbind
fae sync? I sleep
venthyr sync? HARD MACRO IT ALL TOGETHER
Well just off reading the tooltip which seems stronger
also while i'm here, rae/vel i can just send the 2nd flag in p1 sire right
it'll be up for p2 add
Yuh
kk
Okay then it’s not

Asking me rogue advice on site
yeah
I thought you said 2nd vendetta
P1 got worse and worse coz just as Im popping CDs, then 5s later is "stop dps" time
Feelsbadman
But hey, it's up for duskhollow
So I guess that's what's important
Sin has same timers for the most part?
Yeh we wasted like 2 nights to that bs
Gave up on theorised strat and made new soak
Seeing if we could just kill time in time
Lol
We wiped because we just froze for like 20 seconds
We’re doing big soaks tomorrow
lmfao
Dk presses epidemic and your computer gets a virus

Best is when it sorta works, next min, soaking lines during blood price in the air 
Earthen wall is band
spell queueing, version 2
Apart from the server lag, m sire is fucking awesome mechanically. I'm a huge fan
yeah i've only seen p1 but it looks good
Fight is great
P2 is disappointing
But still fun
Because of how fast paced it feels
guides on pins updated regarding rotations/priorities?
Yes
Anybody knows if assa rogue is worth bringing on sludge? Watching logs and ret pal is only melee above that. while we are above hunters & shamans. Or does being ranged outweigh the dps difference?
If you have less than 4 melee, it is worth bringing. Any more than that can be a stretch.
yup
ty
havoc + warr so far. So maybe i can make a point being put in there than
Sure. Ideally you'd want a 4th melee with you then if you do go melee.
Not anymor
Sludge can be easily killed
With even 8 melee
Boss is very forgiving now with comp
Eh maybe on reclears. Not sure I'd want to advertise going 8 melee for progression
It's still pretty tough for pool placement and positioning, even with most going ranged.
Why not if they’re your best players?
What tanks
Spreading is not particularly hard
Is Sludge's aoe still bugged?
No
Sick, it was still bugged 3 days ago.
Sometimes it would be big and sometimes the new smaller one.
The slam that is.
Alright good stuff.
that makes me very happy when i get to kill it once sire is dead
We had 8 melee in and it still free
Yeh, can't wait as well.
The extra range on the chain just feels wrong lmao
Makes sense. Well, as long as you have enough people soaking all of the boulders and no one gets dunked by rubble, then why not









