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tropic echo
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did that and I was answered with "tell that insanely nice person that this is progression for us and we're just trying to get as far as we can"

balmy condor
polar cape
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@balmy condor i can see lust first pillar in heroic

balmy condor
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no you can't

polar cape
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but in mythic its just trolling

balmy condor
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you can't see that

polar cape
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well if you get 3pillar

balmy condor
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then what

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2 minute cooldowns on pillar 1/3
3 min on pull 3

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lust pillar 1 is still fucking troll

bleak sky
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some rls have a weird boner for fucking up their players cooldownns

bleak sky
balmy condor
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lusting anything other than last pillar, on any difficulty, is trolling your group

gusty mirage
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this is true

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there's not much else to see on sludge

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if you get to the first pillar you've seen the entire fight

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lol

balmy condor
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but what about the timings man

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the ones that are exactly the same

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for each pillar

gusty mirage
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tru

tropic echo
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well ive somehow convinced him to lust on 3rd

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idk how that happened :l

gusty mirage
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maybe they're playing 4d chess while we're playing checkers

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cuz it makes sense

balmy condor
gusty mirage
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on heroic we lust on pull but thats cuz poor sludge dies by the time he runs into the third

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er first pillar

balmy condor
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oxi.

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I fucking swear to god man

gusty mirage
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I'M SORRY

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we meme in heroic though ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

polar cape
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<.<

balmy condor
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that's your parse that's getting fucked though

mint anvil
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Whispyr

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Hear what he has to say man

gusty mirage
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not unless I fuck it first investipepe

mint anvil
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This convo is worth having

balmy condor
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uh huh

tropic echo
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apparently

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lol

gusty mirage
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I almost gave in and reinstalled path

polar cape
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plot twist his guild was looking at heroic logs for mythic prog

balmy condor
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that would make sense

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idk, lust on sludge is one of those things that makes me really fucking mad

mint anvil
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TBF, most people's mythic logs are fucked at higher progressions I feel like

balmy condor
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cause like there's nothing skill based about it or anyhting

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no one plays differently

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you just have to say "lust"

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at a different pillar

mint anvil
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Cus who does reclears (assuming u arent ce yet)

balmy condor
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that's all you have to do

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and you just troll the lust

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for no reason

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and then you're like "hey you're trolling the lust"

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nO iM nOt

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lOoK lOgS

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mE lUsT oN PiLlAr oNe

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it's not even some weird logic like mut vs ambush from opener that isn't obvious at first glance

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it's just "do I lust with half my cooldowns? Or do I lust with all my cooldowns"

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infuriating

tropic echo
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i wonder if there's ever some sort of weird stat balance where MP or EP is ahead of blindside

balmy condor
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EP vigor is ahead on sludge

tropic echo
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so you literally just take ambush off your bar entirely

balmy condor
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MP is trash though

tropic echo
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oh interesting

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yeah i guess the free ambushes don't get as much value during cds

stoic needle
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Blindside/deeper sims best for most people right now

tropic echo
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specifically for sludge though because of burst windows

balmy condor
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during beta sims there was actually hope for MP beating out EP/BS at the end of this tier with a bit of mastery

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but then they nuked lethal poisons

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so MP went back into the dumpster

tropic echo
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what was the .5 buffs for assa that made it so good?

balmy condor
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cttc was good, venthyr was good

tropic echo
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oh right they brought back cttc

balmy condor
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but we had over 20% of buffs before that from weekly resets

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so

stoic needle
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I think we could use another 5% tbh PepeClown

balmy condor
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I would say 9.0.5 was just the straw that broke the balances back

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from the start of the expac to now, sin has received about 25% worth of buffs

tropic echo
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made a rogue at the start of .5, had to basically stick my head in a guillotine for my gl/rl to let me swap

balmy condor
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"why no fire mage"

tropic echo
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ye no literally that i wanted to swap from fire mage to assa

polar cape
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havoc gonna get buff trust

tropic echo
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partly because the guild already had a mage and i enjoy rogue a lot it's just not had good showing all expac

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until now

brazen gust
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is Assassination the best rouge spec ?

balmy condor
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in raids, yes

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outlaw still wins on some fights

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but it's generally better

tropic echo
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it's the best melee in general rn in nathria i think

brazen gust
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i have a outlaw rouge but i am never near the top dps

balmy condor
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yeah

tropic echo
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idk how the fuck it overtook unholy

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but ye

balmy condor
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I'm not sure about best

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but it's up there

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windwalker is pretty crazy

tropic echo
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according to recent sims it's the highest performing melee

brazen gust
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oh so maybe i should play Assassination rouge

balmy condor
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yeah it sims highest for sure

tropic echo
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i meant raid sims

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not just sims

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or not sims lol

bleak sky
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btw can anyone check my logs real quick? swapped to sin this week and I've been wondering what i'm doing wrong

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here, for example

sure, 90 ilvl parse but how do i get to that sweet 95+?

low girder
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stop ambushing from stealth

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!mut

prisma monolithBOT
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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.

earnest remnant
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better uptime on dots aswell

bleak sky
low girder
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also that flag is mega early

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use it right before a finisher

bleak sky
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so let's say i'm opening from stealth

tropic echo
earnest remnant
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mutilate SnD mutilate

balmy condor
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main things are always "are you using ambush? stop doing that. Are you shivving on cooldown? probably should." Flag before a finisher, vend/vanish together, don't overcap, maintain everything

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do those things

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and you're slamming

low girder
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pretty much

bleak sky
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you'd go mutilate -> slice -> garrote -> mut -> mut -> rupture -> vendetta -> build -> flag -> finishers?

low girder
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no

tropic echo
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i assume you always shiv on cd regardless of cp/energy

low girder
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you're missing a global of MA doing that garrote

tropic echo
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unless it'll overcap

bleak sky
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hmmmm

low girder
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mut snd mut garrote flag rup slam

bleak sky
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alright, alright, sounds good

tropic echo
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you're gonna be empty gcd for like a second after the garrote but it's worth for the MA mut

low girder
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i throw vendetta in there

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when that happens

heavy trail
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i didnt realize how important it is to keep SND up over everything. I started doing that and did a lot better

low girder
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don't have to though, probably lose a miniscule amount of dmg doing that

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yeah no snd is like 7-8% dmg loss

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melee is a very large portion of our dmg

bleak sky
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thanks for the tips everyone โค๏ธ

balmy condor
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should be more than that

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7-8% seems low

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poison applications also go down quite a bit

low girder
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idk i just cut melee % in half

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i did forget about the poisons

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so yeah prolly more like 15%

balmy condor
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we can sim it

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any other guessers?

earnest remnant
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12%

tropic echo
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11%

low girder
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DP procs are ~ 10-12%, melee is around 15%

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DP dot wouldn't change

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don't think it would affect anything else

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some trinkets i guess

balmy condor
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survey says.......

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cmon....

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7.5%

tropic echo
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wow

earnest remnant
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wow

low girder
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interesting

tropic echo
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7-8% was spot on lol

stoic needle
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Poggers

bleak sky
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7.5 is still a lot of damage

low girder
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do DP procs have RPPM

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wtf is going on there

balmy condor
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I would've thought it would've been more

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yeah

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aight autos are 756/322 vs 502/215

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dps wise

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so it is 50% more

low girder
balmy condor
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yeh idk

low girder
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don't see RPPM anywhere, weird

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are the poisons the same?

balmy condor
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yeah poisons are all just chance

low girder
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i meant the dmg

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or are they cut in half

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between snd/no snd

balmy condor
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uhhhh

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708 vs 572

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that's also 50%

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ish

hazy ruin
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Do you guys feel venth is significantly better than necro?

balmy condor
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some of that is obviously mutilate

balmy condor
low girder
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yeah. idk, weird.

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regardless, bad thing to do! put it up once and forget about it unless you find a boss with a minute long intermission

hazy ruin
balmy condor
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Oh wait

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@low girder our math sucks

low girder
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or don't hit envenom before p2 transition on sire kekw

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why

balmy condor
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We cut it in half

low girder
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oh

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wait

balmy condor
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The melee hits

low girder
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yeah we're dumb

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LOl

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ok now it makes sense

balmy condor
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That 15%

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Is actually 7.5

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But bad math

low girder
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but yeah i guess like 4th worst mistake you can make

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#1 is no poisons

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#2 and 3 are not using rup/garr

earnest remnant
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or be like me and desynch vanish and vendetta on sludge cuz i fat fingered and thought i pressed vanish just to notice 5 sec later i did indeed not press it

bleak sky
low girder
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me playing sub in nya in prepatch

shy dust
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Weak auras as your friends

low girder
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because i hadn't changed my WA yet

bleak sky
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yea haven't had a problem after getting auras

earnest remnant
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had 1 night (while having a WA for it) forgetting it anyway cuz i was busy shittalking

bleak sky
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shittalking is important tho

earnest remnant
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yup very fuck hungering anyway

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not as bad as the other rogue in our guild, on Denathrius this week he forgot to swap his weps away from outlaw so like 10 sec into pull he noticed that he had a sword in mainhand

low girder
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i also did that on prepatch when i finally went to try new outlaw, couldn't dispatch and was confused af

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surprise, gearsets were deleted

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prepatches are great memes

earnest remnant
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ye was fun content when people finally see the changes made to their class

gloomy knoll
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garret 1

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garret 2

lyric crater
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hey guys is nerolord going to be the next best covenant for sin?

low girder
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not really the question to ask after 1 ptr build

lyric crater
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fair enough people been posting about this pass week

iron vigil
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Has anyone gotten the mount in Plaguefall?

low girder
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it looks good but there's not gonna be data on anything for a while, at least until it gets close to release. but if it's like live rn it's not gonna be a big difference between them

low girder
iron vigil
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Thanks

kindred imp
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hey guys, in keys, 15+, if you have a pull of 6-7-8 mobs, you can't really maintain dots on all of them so we have to prioritize, after the initial sub garrote and CT applied on the adds, do we prioritize getting ruptures up on 2-3 before we have to refresh gar/CT? Looking at various videos, some people ignore gar. after initial application and just focus on ruptures, some people ignore ruptures and just do CT spam. So.....what do we focus on keeping up in such a pack if the fight lasts for a while.

stoic needle
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Definitely don't ct spam

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Don't ignore gar either

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Get up as many gar and rup as you can

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Fok+gar > rup > tab > repeat

kindred imp
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so let CT fall off you reckon? I mean at 7-8 targets on 40-60 sec fight, hard to keep it all up, near impossible ๐Ÿ˜„

stoic needle
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Necro is so sick because you can sbs > rup x3

kindred imp
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yeah fair

stoic needle
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No you don't let ct fall off, you refresh it in pandemic

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Ct is priority over new ruptures ofc

kindred imp
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and rupture priority over gar?

stoic needle
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Well garotte is a builder

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So not really

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Press garotte on cooldown basically

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You can only get up 3 at a time without vanishing to do more subterfuge ones because of the cd

kindred imp
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yeah k

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not a lot of high keys sin videos out there yet ๐Ÿ˜ฆ all outlaw ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

stoic needle
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Ryfie does some streams

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And Seliathan was playing some sin

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Rip dei sadge

heavy trail
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I found that when you sbs you can get tab rupture nicely with the combo points you get especially in lower health mobs

spice spire
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The boy pepehands

heavy trail
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too bad you cant macro rupture and sbs (wish it was off gcd) lol

stoic needle
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Yeah man, sbs is so fucking nice for m+

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You could do a cast sequence

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It wouldn't be terrible

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Or like a modifier

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But I have sbs and rup on mouseovers, it works well enough

thorny pond
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Sbs macro with other abilities is clunky. Its nice to have the on demand CP for a saves the day KS if someone fucks interrupts up

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Quick rupture for energy. Etc

gusty mirage
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when someone fucks interrupts up*

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it's not an if statement sir

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it's a when

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played with mages that literally won't interrupt

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"its a dps loss"

subtle kiln
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just tricks the mage

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pretty sure using other defensives are a bigger dps loss for them.

low girder
gusty mirage
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that off GCD ability that triggers their leggo is a DPS loss

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HUGE brain

fathom swift
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i mean it is a dps loss

gusty mirage
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so's dying

fathom swift
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sure, if the mage is telling you they can't kick they're trolling

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but if they're asking to not kick early to optimize their legendary then it's a legit reason

heavy trail
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managed to time another dos with 4 seconds left everyone kept on "dpsing down" all the spitefuls lol

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@stoic needle Everyime I set up a cast sequence at some point for whatever reason it gets stuck and becomes unreliable

stoic needle
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you need to add reset=x at the end of the macro, where reset is a few seconds or number of presses etc

heavy trail
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ill give it a shot

final fossil
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Probably a frequently asked question, but what leggo should I craft first?

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zold's?

echo jay
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what do you do mostly? raids? pvp? m+? Master Assasin is a good all around one

gusty mirage
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^

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if you plan on just raiding, doomblade

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zoldyk if you plan on raiding and M+, MA if you plan on doing it all

thorny pond
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bUt WhAt AbOuT dEaThLy ShAdOwS?

gusty mirage
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man I wish I had the copypasta for deathly sitting around

low girder
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i have it but i don't want to spread it around in spec channels

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whispyr has enough to deal with kekw

gusty mirage
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My goal is to finely walk the line of Whispyr wanting to strangle me and still kinda liking having me around

final fossil
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Sorry, stepped away for a bit. I plan on doing both M+ and raiding. Not like crazy high keys, mostly raiding

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So Zoldyck on legs for my first?

gusty mirage
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zold on legs is good for both then

final fossil
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Craft Doomblade afterwards I guess then?

gusty mirage
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yep ๐Ÿ™‚

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zoldyk's really good for sire too

final fossil
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Sick, thanks for the help!

gusty mirage
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so you'll be set on raid leggos aswell

final fossil
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Oh my guild is done on sire prog lmao

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We were stuck on heroic sire for over a month

gusty mirage
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yeah that fight's a bitch

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the timing is everything

final fossil
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I honestly really like p3

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I hate p1 and p2, just so boring

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and long

gusty mirage
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def a great end boss for a tier

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but man is it frustrating progging through p2

final fossil
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yeah

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Does the value of mastery change at all with zoldyck?

balmy condor
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not noticably

final fossil
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Alrighty, so still focus on haste / crit?

stoic needle
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yep

gusty mirage
stoic needle
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@balmy condor i want a soul ash refund, you told me to craft my legendaries with haste/vers and now vers is my worst stat Madge

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dishonest CFs

gusty mirage
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whispyr might stab you

stoic needle
gusty mirage
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and I'm all for it

balmy condor
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you also said that you were going to pvp

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how'd that work out

gusty mirage
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WRECKED

stoic needle
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it worked great

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i got 1600 and then quit omegalul

gusty mirage
stoic needle
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but my zoldyck isnt haste/vers for pvp Madge

gusty mirage
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man what are you going to do without that ~8 dps?

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๐Ÿ˜ฆ

stoic needle
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idk man probably delete my character tbh

gusty mirage
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tbh same

stoic needle
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ok somehow crit haste doomblade gloves are actually worse

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must be undersimming

balmy condor
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whispyr stonks rising

stoic needle
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i don't believe your lies

gusty mirage
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๐Ÿ“ˆ

gusty mirage
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fr

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I still got a 235 runecarver chest sitting in my bags

stoic needle
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you'll be glad you have it when sub gets buffed on tuesday prayge

gusty mirage
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that's how long ago I gave up on sub

stoic needle
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OKKKKKK THIS SIM IS OBVIOUSLY DOCTORED IN SOME WAY

ionic flume
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how did sub get buffed

stoic needle
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whyspr what have you done to raidbots

strange python
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Atleast u don't have both finality and a max rank akaari sitting in ur bags like me Sadge

gusty mirage
balmy condor
gusty mirage
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osh is having a midlife crisis rn

ionic flume
stoic needle
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i don't understand how vers is my lowest weighted stat and yet changing to crit/haste is a dps loss for both of my leggos in ST and dslice

gusty mirage
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cuz stat weights is useless

ionic flume
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no

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it is the sims who are wrong

gusty mirage
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what food buff do you use when simming stat weights?

stoic needle
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but bigger number > smaller number Madge

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agi

gusty mirage
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I think raidbots just hates you

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and likes whispyr more

balmy condor
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stat weights lying?

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what a surprise

fathom swift
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why would you sim stat weights

gusty mirage
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for shiggles

stoic needle
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for fun

fathom swift
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ok but

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you say that

gusty mirage
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Any pawn users in chat? OMEGAKEKW

strange python
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Pawn is omegalul

stoic needle
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nah like i literally just simmed it because i was bored and curious

fathom swift
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then you try to rely on stat weights for legendary stat optimization?

balmy condor
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the only pawn here is oshosi with his manstery

fathom swift
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cmon bro

gusty mirage
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GOT EM

stoic needle
fathom swift
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no u

stoic needle
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clown me all you want, when mastery is bis in 10.0 you all will come crawling at my feet

balmy condor
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start... clowning

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aight got that marked down

gusty mirage
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damn, osh playing 5d intergalactic chess

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the SUPER long game

strange python
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I remember when mastery was bis...but that was back in legion lol

gusty mirage
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feels like forever ago tbh

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then you remember legion was forever ago

grim shuttle
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When PB proccs determined if you where a good player or not

strange python
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Lmao

gusty mirage
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bruh Legion is about to be 3 years ago

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wtf

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where did the time go

stoic needle
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how does this picture make you feel

gusty mirage
# stoic needle how does this picture make you feel

this reminds me of season 3 in BFA when my tank was like "Why don't you run like 70% mastery and master poisoner?" and my response was "Why don't you learn how to not turn your back to the boss and I'll consider your suggestion"

balmy condor
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master poisoner in bfa

gusty mirage
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Imagine not playing EP in bfa

strange python
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Iirc exsang was poggers on mythic fetid. Rip exsang

stoic needle
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if i didn't lose 5 ilvl to get that much mastery i'd run that in M+

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i do this instead

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i want more crit less haste but it's hard

low girder
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master poisoner for stronger numbing poison

stoic needle
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utility poggers

gusty mirage
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maybe that's why he wanted me playing MP, cuz he didn't know the basics of tanking

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300 iq play on his end

stoic needle
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was he really that bad

gusty mirage
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he crumbled on anything above a 15

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lol

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so he wasn't terrible, because a 15 was pretty good in s3

strange python
gusty mirage
strange python
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do you intentionally have that much mastery

gusty mirage
balmy condor
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Mastery isnโ€™t bad in m+

low girder
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osho is a trendsetter

balmy condor
stoic needle
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you're goddamn right i intentionally have that much mastery

gusty mirage
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anyone else running 20%+ vers because most of their gear came from PvP? sadge

stoic needle
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n omegalul

low girder
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i did at first

strange python
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ive replaced most of that gear

stoic needle
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i'm replacing my last piece of pvp gear as soon as the price on boe bracers drops

low girder
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i'm down to like 16% vers now

strange python
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then again i never bothered to get higher than 220 pvp stuff

gusty mirage
strange python
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thank god i dont have to do that next tier prayge

stoic needle
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the vault just keeps giving me good m+ gear

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all crit and mastery

gusty mirage
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vault keeps giving me haste mastery OMEGAKEKW

stoic needle
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i feel like a big dummy for turning down that chest 2x in a row

hazy crater
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233 gear from vault prayge

strange python
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prayge one day

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just one 233 weapon before tier ends at least pls bro

gusty mirage
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low key might just grind out pvp because I'm getting bored of pve try for 2400

stoic needle
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i just want a 226 iqd

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and sire ring

somber hill
undone scroll
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Use Ambush with the proc from Blindside (if talented). Due to Mutilate having two chances to crit and proc poisons, this is usually not worth the energy when not free.

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so does this mean i shouldnt use it during execute phase? just when it procs

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just for clarification

balmy condor
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You never use ambush except if you have a proc

strange python
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I run ma for m+. I got it on ring. Is that bad call? Would it be better in other slot

balmy condor
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The difference in legendary slots is usually quite irrelevant

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Ring/bracers, like the case for ma, is actually one of the most irrelevant

strange python
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Ok thanks. Ive had discussions before about legendary placements but at the same time those I spoke to where just. Idk. Rectums? Yea. Rectums.

balmy condor
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Even in the case of zoldyck, where itโ€™s legs > boots

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Itโ€™s like 0.6-0.7% in the best situation

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Our other legendary of choice, doomblade, is shoulder/hands, and those actually have identical stats

undone scroll
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its typically easier to gett other items other then ring so thats the reason i think to go ring

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espeacially since the Ilvl > secondarys does not apply

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I should always pull energy before envenom on ST then right? Those are the other two things i just wanna be sure I am certain on

hazy crater
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Not always

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If you have a damage buff up you just slam

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vendetta, shiv, sludge pillars etc

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but pool otherwise before envenom

balmy condor
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I have no clue what any of that is supposed to mean

earnest remnant
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translate time

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Harder to get ring with right stats, and no main stat on ring not sure tho im kinda lost aswell

balmy condor
earnest remnant
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xD

balmy condor
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But...

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Nah

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It ainโ€™t worth

vestal wren
#

stats are usually in favor of itemlevel > secondary.
Its different for slots with no main stat

balmy condor
#

I mean even for rings, with how close stats are

#

Ilvl is very good

limber lion
#

Yeah, a 213 ring will most likely not be better than a 226 ring.

#

Even with the Sire ring giving mastery, it's still our best ring because of how high ilvl it is.

heavy trail
#

funny after doing 24 DOS (still no IQD) how you begin to know every single mob's shit pretty well lol. It's also funny watching the random various pugs eat mechanics and die in funny "new" ways ๐Ÿ™‚

earnest remnant
#

Dw there is hope it took me 35 PF runs to get the phial

limber lion
#

Even if it's boring, it's still great practice in case you want to do high keys at some point.

heavy trail
#

Yep so true

#

I guess I can forgive the tanks for the trash packs but some of them pulling bosses with spiteful mobs up and making me either not have an opener or waste a vanish/meld ugh

#

I am also going up reknown too at 27 now since I respeced 2 days ago

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Up to about 5k valor also i think

#

if I do get it might wait to upgrade until after reset though in case i get a high one in my vault lol would be a blizzard classic to do 25 upgrade it using all your valor and then getting one lol

limber lion
#

Good stuff

silent stratus
#

why pooling before evenom (assuming no dmg buff)?

limber lion
#

Because it allows you to spend energy where it's needed more, ie. during Shiv windows.

balmy condor
#

Mutilate applying poisons is generally good

limber lion
#

You don't lose anything from pooling, as long as you don't let your energy cap.

silent stratus
#

But what do you gain? Aside from when shiv is coming up so you want to maximize the dmg window

limber lion
#

You have energy to use for Shiv/Flag/Vendetta windows.

balmy condor
limber lion
#

Yuup

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Let me ask you this instead

silent stratus
limber lion
#

What do you think you gain from starving yourself of energy?

silent stratus
#

If yes, I didn't understand

limber lion
#

Why would you starve yourself of energy?

balmy condor
silent stratus
#

I avoid any risk of overcapping energy

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Yes if they didnt change today

balmy condor
#

Okay

#

And envenom increases poison application rate?

silent stratus
#

by 30%

balmy condor
#

Okay

#

So then mutilating during envenom

#

Is better than not doing that

silent stratus
#

I completely agree

limber lion
#

There you go then.

silent stratus
#

how long is the evenom 30% buff?

limber lion
#

If you use Envenom at 40 energy, how much energy do you have left to Mutilate?

balmy condor
#

1 + cp spent

silent stratus
#

ok, makes much more sense now

#

you save energy so you can maximize the # of mutilate during evenom buff

balmy condor
#

I mean, itโ€™s one of the reasons

limber lion
#

That's one of many reasons.

balmy condor
#

Itโ€™s not close to the main reason, that being pooling into cooldowns

gloomy fern
#

i mean u can get ez 99 without pooling its just some minmax relax

undone scroll
#

okay i guess should you always wait until 80% before envenom even after shiving

limber lion
#

No

balmy condor
#

No

limber lion
#

During Shiv you spam

balmy condor
#

Is it pin time

undone scroll
#

so spam during shiv, pool out of shiv

balmy condor
#

This question comes up way too often

gloomy fern
limber lion
low girder
#

spam during cooldowns, pool outside of cooldowns

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that includes shiv

silent stratus
#

it makes sense to pool into cds

undone scroll
#

I don't see any particular section talking about pooling in pins

#

maybe thats your issue

balmy condor
#

Might be time to add one

limber lion
#

Whispyr will add one

low girder
#

probably

undone scroll
#

I would say so the guides are actually kinda shittly done as far as clarity

balmy condor
#

Since we talk about this 50 dps min max

limber lion
#

There's 3 guides

balmy condor
#

Over and over and over and over and over and over

limber lion
#

And they're all very in-depth

undone scroll
#

badly formatted too

limber lion
#

But they might still be lacking some things.

limber lion
vestal wren
silent stratus
#

well it's a guide

limber lion
#

They have so much information and sections for everything you would ever need

silent stratus
#

I guess the goal is to hand hold

vestal wren
#

all guides try to do some hand holding but require some sort of proactivity

low girder
#

bah

#

ยฏ_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

undone scroll
#

I dont like icy veins i read wowhead

vestal wren
#

we have no guide that is to the point that removes the entire thinking process from the reader

undone scroll
#

ยฏ_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

limber lion
#

But you said

#

"the guides are shitty"

#

Referring to more than just WoWhead

#

Also, the WH is just fine

undone scroll
#

well a lot of youtube videos too

limber lion
vestal wren
#

i mean, for some people finish with 5+ cp is hard to understand

#

and this is no joke

low girder
limber lion
#

Some people also struggle with the concept of NOT finishing with full combo points and instead max-1

undone scroll
#

Honestly fuu did you write that guide

torn atlas
#

People being intentionally obtuse thinking they are hilarious.

undone scroll
#

you seem kinda salty honestly

low girder
#

lol

vestal wren
#

people would rather have sequences to follow, and things split up in every individual part. But also not to complex

#

its why opener discussions are so popular

#

it gives people a very strict thing to follow

undone scroll
#

I would rather understand why something is done

vestal wren
#

but yet a lot of people blindly follow their sequence when the opener is dynamic

vestal wren
#

what is a fair critique

undone scroll
#

My point is people got all butt hurt because I was just trying to ensure I understood something and was not getting it wrong. Feels like LoL in discords lately lol

vestal wren
#

oh, i think most people are fine if you ask back if you understood something right

#

"so, pandemic is 30% of the duration of the buff i apply?"

limber lion
#

You going from "so pool during Shiv?" to "The guides are shitty and so bad" is on you.

vestal wren
#

would likely end up in a "yes" as a answer

limber lion
#

Not on the discord.

balmy condor
undone scroll
#

Why do you care, what my opinions

balmy condor
#

Because Iโ€™m wondering what happened in the two minutes I was gone

undone scroll
#

not you

#

cev

limber lion
#

Huh

balmy condor
#

Mata answered though, and confirmed your question

vestal wren
#

i think people are just curios why do you think so bad about the guides

balmy condor
#

Why are we mad

undone scroll
#

Wowhead one is mostly formatting and maybe not going into a tad more detail on little things.

pliant flare
vestal wren
#

or rather, what do you think could improve them, overall some of us are in contact with the guide writers and could pass on feedback if its reasonable

undone scroll
#

The formatting makes this a nightmare to read. There is practically no formatting, no attempt to make things easier to read. It seems to me the writer was just writing it to get it done because he had to. There are some issues with the icy-vein one but very minor. The icy-vein one is just has a better format to it and seemingly more information. Honestly I stopped reading icy-veins cuz some of the stuff seemingly wasnt up to date early on but seems like thats been addressed.

lofty shell
#

yeah it's a huge wall of text but how would you attempt to format a priority-based list of cooldown abilities? idk if theres anything that would make it easier to digest, atleast, not that i could think of rn

#

it's also diluted alot by covenant and soulbind stuff that doesn't necessarily matter for your char

undone scroll
#

Icy vein did a good job its like a nice layered cake, very simple basic information at the top getting more complex as you go lower.

#

Giving basically the abilities in priorty for single and multiple target with brief notes, good for people who know what the other mechanics are but wanna know the priority.

#

below that it gives deeper information

solar hare
#

Theyre both written by very trusted people so

#

Whatever you think is easier to digest works

undone scroll
#

i mean i trust my friends but I don't think I would let htem operate on me

#

being a trusted person and being able to write a guide is not the same honestly

vestal wren
#

I am not sure if your complain simply comes from the fact that a lot of details are stated

solar hare
#

Your friends arent also licensed surgeons im sure, Seli and wEak are some of the best sin rogues and know what theyre talking about, theyve put in many hours of TCโ€™ing to deduct reasoning, its within the consumer to gauge if they would like to take the advice though

undone scroll
#

honestly don't care if they are good rogues man, its the formatting

solar hare
#

Weak does RH and seli does IV

#

I didnt know if that picture was wowhead or RH tbh

undone scroll
#

wowhead

vestal wren
#

i think your complain is more about details

low girder
#

is there a wowhead guide you think is laid out well

#

or are they all like that

vestal wren
#

e.g. reducing this line like this:

undone scroll
#

Sin rogue

#

is the only one i have seen that bad

#

some could use a little more advanced info

#

but nothing that ever made me cringe

vestal wren
#

but i don't think details are bad

undone scroll
#

Lacking in some areas

#

But if it was formatted better

#

its probably enough

vestal wren
#

i mean if i compare the rotation guide you have a lot less detail on iv

#

but you say wowhead is worse

#

but lacks details

undone scroll
#

Sure considering wowhead is 80% just what abilities do

#

let me list you all the things you can read in game

#

some people need that i get it

#

but

#

probably could be its own page but thats a different argument

ebon thorn
#

Yo im forgetful, if youve done all of torghast on one character, is that account wide?

#

can i do layer 8 insta on fresh char

undone scroll
#

ya

ebon thorn
#

ait tyty

vestal wren
#

i am sorry, i don't understand

#

i don't see " list you all the things you can read in game" on the linked rotation picture

undone scroll
#

Let me put it this way if there was the best book in the world and I removed all the spaces between paragraphs so it was just one big block

vestal wren
#

you would mind evaluating with a example?

undone scroll
#

would you still read that book?

#

readability is important

fathom swift
undone scroll
#

Well i was just saying most of the content is that stuff

#

that stuff is actually well formated

#

lol

vestal wren
# undone scroll

okay, thats fair but the headline of that section does say more or less "look at the basics"

#

so its basically:

  • rotation
  • basics
  • further reading material
#

so your complain is that they didn't split out basics?

fathom swift
#

I agree the rotation section itself is very dense, but the information in it is good

undone scroll
#

Look at icy vein that is well formated mostly, they have the simple stuff, and progress to medium stuff then more advanced stuff

fathom swift
#

but I am biased too

undone scroll
#

like a cake

#

you come in you just wanna know the rotation? its right there, need to know a bit more info? then its right past that with out confusing whatt you need to do to begin with

#

further down is advanced things like pooling energy and why you wanna pool it

#

or pandemic and how it works

fathom swift
#

so your complaint is that it goes adv > easy > med instead of easy > med > adv?

vestal wren
#

i mean iv does not cover covenants and alternative talents

#

at all

#

in the rotation segement

#

so yes, its easier to read

undone scroll
#

No my complaint is it looks like a high schooler wrote it

#

and has bad readability

fathom swift
#

I think that's a bit harsh but I get where you're coming from

vestal wren
#

but its rly just, that iv goes less into details:

undone scroll
#

well its late im tired and i feel like people don't know what readability or formatting is

vestal wren
#

iv says:

  • maintain snd
    wowhead says:
  • maintain snd under this conditions
undone scroll
#

-.-

#

Do i need to link you information about formatting

#

its not the data that is there thats the issue

#

its how easy it is to read and comprhend

earnest remnant
#

im sorry but its a guide to a class in a game and not a court document

vestal wren
#

but both use a list, so the formating is rather similar

undone scroll
#

no oen cares stealthi lol

fathom swift
#

they've already got feedback that that page's readability could be improved so there's not much point in reiterating it

vestal wren
#

one list just looks nicer because it has less information

dense axle
#

You're complaining about how someone wrote a free, in depth guide to play a class in a video game...bruh

undone scroll
#

To be fair

#

i was asked

sacred isle
undone scroll
#

why i thought the guide was bad

fathom swift
#

I think the feedback itself is fine, it's just a bit harshly worded

low girder
#

he was asked

#

can we stop jumping on him ty

fathom swift
#

I don't think formatting makes the info in a guide worthless

vestal wren
#

sea, we just discuss the "why"

dense axle
#

Ah

undone scroll
#

don't wowhead writers get paid

#

always assumed they did

vestal wren
#

also both wowhead and iv authors get directly or indirectly paied

fathom swift
#

yeah I assume free meant the guide is free to read

vestal wren
#

but thats not the discussion

dense axle
#

Yeah free to read

fathom swift
#

you def get paid for that sorta work

undone scroll
#

I would be mad if i was wowhead but to be fair they have people who work in a field that should know how to format

#

so they should of helped with that

#

he gave the info they should of been able to make it more readable most people are not going to understand how to format a webpage

#

So on that aspect its not his fault

#

or her

ebon thorn
#

bolas

sacred isle
#

I just think itโ€™s important to note that โ€œreadabilityโ€ has a lot to do with personal preference and what target group you have.

fathom swift
#

yes

ebon thorn
#

are you lost

fathom swift
#

no

ebon thorn
#

this isnt the ret discord

fathom swift
#

implying i actually main ret

ebon thorn
#

implying anyone mains ret

undone scroll
#

its like i said

#

if you can remove all the spaces from paragraphs in a full book

#

and read it all the way through

#

that will give you an idea how important readability is

#

there are reasons why there are standards for that sorta thing

#

Maybe one standard isnt as good as another for osme people i suppose that could be argued

vestal wren
#

okay, what exactly do you mean with formating

dense axle
#

White space? Or sentence structure

vestal wren
#

as again, it doesen't seem like its the way information is presented

undone scroll
#

formating is a way of arranging text to allow ease of readability

vestal wren
#

because, if you remove information (details) from wowhead it looks very similar to icy vains

#

^ like this

undone scroll
#

that is one way to format

sacred isle
#

But honestly. I think you are putting to high demands on a guide for a game.

undone scroll
#

Why wouldnt you have high expectations from things in lie you only get one life mate.

vestal wren
#

yes, but you do say icy vains does it better

undone scroll
#

always expecting crap is not a good way to be ether

#

but i was asked

vestal wren
#

when it seems to use the same format

#

for the rotation

#

so i am confused

sacred isle
#

You get what you pay for? ๐Ÿ™‚

undone scroll
#

Poor guy

#

anyway

#

Is it the same format

fathom swift
#

they know the formatting could use some work, it'll get worked on eventually, this stuff takes time to work on

undone scroll
#

if its short information

sacred isle
#

I donโ€™t expect the same readability or format from the kids book I get at McDonaldโ€™s as I do from the kids book I buy at the bookstore for 30 $

dense axle
#

Also, can't remember looking at that guide since I got back into WoW back in WoD. At a certain early point you stop looking at it and instead read logs to improve

vestal wren
#

okay, so my initial thought was right that the main issue is how much details are presented

#

what is a fair point

#

but

#

wowhead has the "starter guide" section for that

#

that presents information the way you look for

undone scroll
#

Okay, honestly i gota go to bed i have spent a CRAZY amount of time debating a issue that really didnt need to be debated this long. Guides are nice because good ones can give you insight on why people are doing what they do in logs

#

Knowing you should do something is not the same as knowing why you do it

#

If I know why they arguably you can adapt or change depending upon a situation

dense axle
#

Knowing why is very complex. Not really good info to fit in a guide where people just wanna learn what buttons to push

undone scroll
#

I feel thats super wrong

#

but i don't have time to debate

#

anyway something i found on web to be fair I dunno if it covers what I was refering to

#
Smashing Magazine

Readability is one of the more important aspects of Web design usability. Readable text affects how users process the information in the content. Poor readability scares readers away from the content. On the other hand, done correctly, readability allows users to efficiently read and take in the information in the text. You want users to be ...

#

but maybe let you snow ball into other aspects of formating

zinc frost
#

Canโ€™t wait to see your new and improved sin guide!

verbal mantle
oak arrow
#

That's horribly formatted.

zinc frost
#

โ€œI donโ€™t have time to debateโ€ says person who starts initial debate..

vestal wren
#

its kinda ironic that the readability of the article of readability is not great ^^

earnest remnant
#

yup

lofty shell
#

i should read the morning convo's more often in here

dense axle
#

Seems more like he's critiquing wowheads site, not the guide as much

lofty shell
normal mist
#

From what I understood he just didn't enjoy the way the information was presented to him

low girder
#

i can understand that. only thing is i spent most of that conversation going through other wowhead guides and they all looked very similar in layout

#

so idk

#

i did try

normal mist
#

Maybe some sparkles and shiny stars around the page would help

fathom swift
#

there is a rotation tool that is used on some other guides, it'll prob get added to the rogue ones at some point and help that a bit

vestal wren
#

I mean, there are def. areas wowhead could improve in readability/stucture

low girder
#

of course, he just said specifically the sin rogue one was bad in comparison to the others

vestal wren
#

but the article mentions most very obviouse issues, and i don't see them strike out to me on wowhead to much

low girder
#

and i don't see much difference outside the rotation tool bolas mentioned

fathom swift
#

it's pretty much just that, it reduces some of the clutter from irrelevant talents or covenant abilities

lofty shell
#

ye alot of clutter in every guide tbh thanks to covenants

vestal wren
#

i think thats a consequence of the layout of the guide

#

with the condensed information in the "starter guide"

#

and the more detailed part in the "rotation" section

low girder
#

some of it. that tool, will help a lot though

#

whenever they get around to adding it

vestal wren
#

so, if you skip to the "rotation" immidiatly you are presented with a lot more than you want

low girder
#

this thing

lofty shell
#

oh that would help alot

#

removing all the stuff from other covs

torn atlas
foggy moat
limber lion
balmy condor
#

not maintaining CT enough

#

not multidotting enough

#

not using cooldowns on cooldown

foggy moat
#

yes, thats my point, i do more dmg overall in ST talents, in AOE fights, than with AOE talents

balmy condor
#

that sort of thing

limber lion
#

What talents/gear are you using for your AoE set?

balmy condor
#

that's impossible

limber lion
#

Because that's not a thing

foggy moat
#

i use the wowhead recommended talents, CT, and elaborate

balmy condor
#

then there's no way your aoe would be worse

#

unless you're just not using the abilities you talented into

foggy moat
#

if i go full st and just spam garrotes and ruptures and hope for PBs i usually do alot better than spending points on CT

limber lion
#

In AOE you just put garrote/rupture on everything, keep CT up at all times

#

And that's pretty much it

balmy condor
#

you maintain CT like a dot

limber lion
#

That's not really considered "full st" if you spam garrotes and ruptures on everything.

#

That is how you play in AoE.

foggy moat
#

well, my talent build is ST is what i meant

karmic crystal
#

Does your group have particularly high aoe or something

limber lion
#

You apply 3-4 garrotes in the beginning with Subterfuge, you apply CT to everything, then you just keep applying ruptures/garrotes to everything around you.

foggy moat
#

im usually top overall dps, but not always

limber lion
#

Filling with Envenom when the mobs are dying or when everything has bleeds up

strange python
#

hey guys just before swith to assa dommblade and venthyr for raiding right ?

strange python
#

ty ๐Ÿ˜„

#

MA for M+

limber lion
#

Zoldyck

#

Or MA, doesn't matter that much.

final star
#

MA gang rise up

#

MA NS gang represent

strange python
#

hรฉhรฉ thx mates

lofty shell
#

is EP and CT the play on m huntsman?

limber lion
#

Yes.

lofty shell
#

i tried it last week and did pretty good but idk if thats just me being bad on the other setup

limber lion
#

EP/CT usually sims higher for 2T encounters.

#

Some people are just lazy and just stick to the single target build whilst keeping bleeds up on the doggo.

final star
#

EP/Vigor/CT gud

lofty shell
#

yee i used to do that but seems worth to swap, think i got the idea from reading u comment about it cev ๐Ÿ˜›

spring solar
#

hey should i craft doomblade or zoldyck for m+? I am confused

limber lion
limber lion
spring solar
#

thanks

limber lion
swift dragon
#

doomblade is garbo in anything past 1 target

#

its insane on ST tho

#

very wierd leggo

zinc frost
#

Itโ€™s decent in PF. Usually get similar numbers or even higher than zold.

strange python
#

Nadjia for ventyr right ?

limber lion
limber lion
balmy condor
#

soulbinds are in the pins btw

balmy condor
swift dragon
#

wait what

balmy condor
#

wait what what

swift dragon
#

what

balmy condor
#

what?

swift dragon
#

w

balmy condor
#

doomblade is bis on 2 targets

swift dragon
#

oh

#

me dumb

limber lion
#

Ye

swift dragon
#

confirmed !

strange python
balmy condor
#

with soulbinds

#

you can also very easily simulate this through top gear

strange python
#

just for info i dont have LAshing scar actualy im NF sub

#

where is droping ?

balmy condor
#

if doesn't drop for night fae

#

lashing scars is a venthyr only

#

covenant conduits come from callings/world boss/sire

strange python
#

ok have to swith ass for drop

balmy condor
#

you'll have to change covenants

strange python
#

swith venth*

#

sry

balmy condor
#

yep

strange python
#

thanx drop rate 100%

#

or not ^^

gusty mirage
#

No conduits are not 100% drop rate

strange python
#

okok

somber patrol
#

!wa

prisma monolithBOT
limber lion
gusty mirage
normal mist
#

I was about to click that!

#

#cry

honest karma
#

Haha where did it go?

balmy condor
#

self-promotion is not allowed

honest karma
#

Ahh

mint dawn
#

Where can I share it so ppl can see?

honest karma
#

Twitter

balmy condor
#

you posted it on youtube, so I guess you already did that

honest karma
#

Btw u los those Stealthy bois while standing down in that ditch?

mint dawn
#

You can Vanish them but have to be real quick so Domina doesn't reset

vestal wren
#

if you want to officially promote content you need to ask the depsots.
else we have #rogue-streamers and don't mind if people post their content if its relevant in the discussion they have.
e.g. if you discuss dungeon skips, posting a video about a specific skip you talk about

balmy condor
#

despots in 2021

honest karma
#

Ahh nice, i tried earlier but used vanish purely offensive and no consums just to see how hard it was going to be

balmy condor
#

fuu showing his boomer age

vestal wren
#

i mean

#

if the content is good/relevat its possible to feature it in fans

balmy condor
#

:P

vestal wren
#

ohh, my bad

#

i still call black powder vault :/

balmy condor
#

๐Ÿ‡ซ to IRC

#

:/

vestal wren
#

boomer indeed

gentle rapids
#

when using IQD during execute, should I use a self-targeting macro for the buff or just use it for the execute damage?

balmy condor
#

you should macro for the stats

gentle rapids
#

Okay, ty:)

gloomy fern
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at what % do huntsman take more dmg btw

swift dragon
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i think its once the dogs die

balmy condor
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when the dog dies

swift dragon
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so no fixed %

balmy condor
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well that is fixed

gloomy fern
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well hp pool is shared so

balmy condor
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I think its around 10%

swift dragon
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nvm im dumb

balmy condor
swift dragon
balmy condor
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idk, seems like you're missing something

swift dragon
heavy trail
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Doing pretty well now just sometimes get a bit flustered in large aoe packs and fall behind as I end up guessing wrong in terms of fan of knives vs trying to garr/rup/sbs things too much ๐Ÿ™‚ oh well

strange python
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I seriously struggle to get the most out of assassin right now. I had an easier time with Subtlety. I guess for the most part the things I struggle with are resource and cooldown management. For instance should I always try to pair flag with vendetta if I don't lose any usages? Should I also try to buld up combo points before using shiv for maximum envenom output?

limber lion
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That's where most of your damage comes from.

balmy condor
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if you know you won't lose anything

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you can sync

strange python
balmy condor
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he's got the pins

strange python
limber lion
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@heavy trail There's a few occasions where you don't want to rup/gar stuff:

  1. The mobs are about to die so the debuffs won't last close to the full duration. (This doesn't apply to SBS as you want to get resets by sniping with it)
  2. Everything already has garrotes/ruptures on them and they're not in pandemic range.
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Sometimes you have a choice between Rupture and CT, but most of the time in packs consisting of 3+ mobs, you want to CT.

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This doesn't mean spamming it though, just applying the debuff and then going back to applying bleeds to everything.

balmy condor
swift dragon
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this mf be cappin

spice spire
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Always is

heavy trail
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@limber lion Thanks for that

limber lion
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No probs.

spice spire
timber basalt
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is there ever a reason to run doomblade in m+ or should I always default to MA

limber lion
timber basalt
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don't have it

limber lion
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There are some dungeons with smaller pack sizes where you can run Doomblade, like ToP.

timber basalt
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and probably won't craft for a while

limber lion
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But not much use outside of that.

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Then just run MA.

timber basalt
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but you still spam garrote from stealth with MA, right

balmy condor
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if you have subterfuge, yes

timber basalt
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or do i switch from subterfuge

balmy condor
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you can play nighstalker

limber lion
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With MFD and CT.

timber basalt
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I've been running the build in pins (2233123)

limber lion
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That's fine. You can try the NS build and see how it feels.

timber basalt
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with MA should I go something like 21X3123

limber lion
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2130023

timber basalt
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I'll give it a try next, thanks

wispy leaf
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!oil

prisma monolithBOT
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Using consumables will increase your damage, however the difference between oil/stone/potion combinations are very minor (within 0.5% of each other). You can sim the difference for yourself by pasting this pastebin underneath your /simc input, in the "advanced sim" section of raidbots: https://pastebin.com/Lbxc7afJ

stoic needle
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A 190 zoldyck is only a week's worth of soul ash and would still be solid, legendary ilvl doesn't matter much

wary ice
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if u prioritize garrotes in the opener its going to feel like shit

frigid kestrel
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i do not like how MFD feels in keys, plus i like my 3 silence openers. This diff in MFD is minor, ye?

stoic needle
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Yeah MfD is 100% not neccesary

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I prefer vigor for the consistency

frigid kestrel
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Same

stoic needle
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Sbs is MfD but better

frigid kestrel
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i run 2212223, i don't do anything super high but it gets the job done

heavy trail
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Yeah similar stuff for me too from the advice here i tried a few dungeons MFD but it's not as fun as sub build

frigid kestrel
stoic needle
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I just went necro anyway

wary ice
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8k?

stoic needle
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In the middle of sludge prog

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Kekw

wary ice
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OH DPS

frigid kestrel
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ROFLMAO

wary ice
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im like damn this guys nuts

heavy trail
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8 k oerall dps

frigid kestrel
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^

heavy trail
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I hit 4.5 k but im only 192 ilevel ๐Ÿ™‚

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still using MA trying to get this trinket and make zoldyck as reward for that haha on run 26 now

stoic needle
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I've been doing like 6k average since I swapped to necro even using sbs pretty poorly

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This is during spiteful week

heavy trail
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yeah swapped to necro 2 days ago got to rewnown 30

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spamming DOS

stoic needle
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So non spiteful and with some practice I think it'll be better

frigid kestrel
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Depending on PUG tank and Key i average about 6.5 - 7.5 as Venth

wary ice
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MA is pretty bad this week imo

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hot take i know

heavy trail
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I haven ono other leggo until get this darn trinket ๐Ÿ™‚

stoic needle
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I need to run a bunch of mists

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I've been doing nothing but plaguefall and sd where my overall is shit

frigid kestrel
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SD overalls can be pretty decent tho

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But again, depends on the pulls

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and if people are cheating with Spiders

stoic needle
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Spiders?

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I always die in the gauntlet

heavy trail
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just ganked up my alchemy dont have to spend as much to make pots and flasks lol

stoic needle
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That ducks me over