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Yeah ok there was a shiv cast, but no buff so I guess it's a parry or something. RIP
Raidbosses still parry etc?
oh yeah
yes..
How to attack a boss like the eye?
alot
bosses that yo ucan't get behind usually are set to not parry frontal attacks
Ok
so it doesn't apply to the eye
Thx :), wasnt aware of that, perhaps That also explains sometimes a dps drop
I thought they had completely removed evasion/parry
From mobs/bosses
I wish
Since hit doesnt exist anymore as a stat
Also, Eye is an eye
funny thing is, when i checked my logs in bfa dungeon bosses and mobs dont parry frontals (this may have changed since)
No arms, cant parry 😂
dungeon mobs dont parry
i used to worry about that in dungeons too and then realized it doesn't apply to dungeon bosses in m+
only raid bosses
Ok
You know what’s horrible?
but its like 20% in raid if youre in front
A boss deflecting ur opener sbs
Ah not do bad anymore as it used to be
That shit hurts your soul
worst thing is when your tanks stand on opposite sides of each other or are completely oblivious to frontal parry mechanics and just tank bosses whichever direction feel like at that given moment
Front evasionnstill 50% and side 25%?
it makes you wanna cry as melee dps
XD
You say that but druids parry with their face
I thought parry was only from the front. Idk about the sides
when shiv gets parried 😫
jesus, this is so annoying, especially on nine
or they tank it just outside of poison bomb aoe ;_;
maybe im just too old now, but most basic element of tanking in any mmo was turn the boss and try to make sure it doesn't move during tank swaps unless mechanic dictated it
like to me ...turning the boss for the raid dps was like the first thing i'd do as a tank and it's been ingrained in me since everquest 2 days lol
or they just move for some reason
druids cant parry....
who is ready for their dagger from the vault!
5 yards shouldn't be game breaking also.
in an hour 
or like when they have to move the boss, instead of moving nicely as a slow paced, they just leap and have the boss sprint to them, they doont realize how much raidwide dps they cost the raid doing that,
it's not game breaking, it's just annoying
10-15 I can get but 5 as a sin rogue that is dot heavy spec is minimal loss. I do agree with you however overall though.
because you go to hit your finisher and suddenly bosses is out of range
If it bothers u have u tried talking to ur tanks?
Ya I understand it is annoying. I guess since I've mostly been a tank in wow but play rogue as a main for a few years now I see it from both perspectives.
if they did that shit Id bring it up
yeap good point
then find better ppl to play with
I can critisize everyone in my raid without anyone acting like a baby
i have found it over the years it's easier not to say anything in most walks of life, rl job, mmos etc
A solid team should be like that
just do your thing and hope things work out
Then why say anything here
Delivery matters.
so is sin competitive against outlaw in M+?
It seems to be with longer living packs
In my experiences only can I attest to that.
yea, understand that
I play EP Vigor or MfD and crimson tempest as my base talents
yeah but we can't solve your problem
ep vig crimson talent
MfD on some dungeons pulls ahead for me
i will try it
but good god mfd feels like shit 
depending on the level and how many packs they are pulling together
oh it can for sure be crappy
Vigor is my default
That's two hours of extension now.
they're fixing necro bugs for sure 
dps wise yes and no, it depends on a lot of factors however dps alone is not why outlaw is better for M+. Outlaw gets extra range which is super handy in M+, gouge on high keys can save wipes. No matter how important single target burst is, keys are still about strong consistent AOE burst. Also target swapping is an issue unless you have mouse over macros and are exceptionally good at getting your interrupts on your assigned target when you are combining 3-4 packs etc while some of these are not as relevant in SL as they used to be in BFA these are some of the reasons outlaw is the better option overall for M+. However can get the job done too.
An blizz wonders why they have a dwindling community.
in BFA there were a lot of interrupts and if you missed yours in a 23 key it was a wipe
so swapping targets or using mouse over macros in a dungeon setting just wasn't ideal ..which is sin's playstyle in m+
I thought Outlaw is king of aoe in M+ but i feel like shit compared to BfA. What they changed?
it isn't tho? decent ui and your problems are solved
and you have 6 different one shot ground effects happening at the same time in a 22+ key lol
it kinda was
in sots big pulls it was hard unless you had dozens of tries to practice
the risk of you missing it in a huge key with huge pulls where yo uare also expected to burst dps to burn it because tank can only survive for so long, i don't care how godly you think you are or how good your UI is, the risk factor is too great
there is a reason why right now in 20+ timed keys you barely see sins, it's all outlaw and a smal l% of sub rogues. and SL doesn't even have as many deadly interrupts as BFA dungeons had
i'd be doing 20s if i had friends to play with 😦 3 tiers of pugging and now cba
yeah for 20+ you need a pre-made team you get used to playing with each other
and have to plan your pulls etc before hand
plenty of people pugging 20s
Guyz, as a Venthyr I'm using Doomblade lego. Do i use flageltion on CD or im waiting on vendetta?
if unsure about fight timings or phasing based on your raid dps, use on cool down until near the end of the fight and you know you wont get another flag then line it up with your last vendetta
if you know the fights, you can go through fight timeline and plan them according to your raid dps and phase timings
do you expect big changes with logs in regards of 262 lego?
i am sitting on cinders for craft but that Dashing looks so gimmick. If they make another tunning towards the sets ppl will have death 262 lego
sbs bug get fixed yet or nah?
idk, realms are still down no?
not the best place for this but out on the edge quest, bugged or jsut me?
Bf targetcapped to 5 seems like enough of a nerf to me
Your shiv usage is low on both the nine and Eye fights I looked at. You also missed one use of CDs at the very end of both fights which isn’t huge. Outside of that rupture uptime is a little low. Really gotta use shiv on CD tho
Especially if you have WPS conduit
@spice spire

double on use is also not ideal. you only used IQD once on the EOTJ log I looked at. and same as quake said, full send shiv on cd
@gusty mirage :3
@gusty mirage 

Good luck on vault buddy
Does any one know a resource that shows you the health of certain mobs etc in wow? For instance I’m trying to find how much health sylvanas has on heroic
Dagger incoming, I can feel it
good luck mane
getting ready to get stabbed in the back by RNGesus?
Thank you sir, you as well! I only have m+ options today unfortunately
Long raid week?
Guild ded 
Come Alliance
cringe vault
I left my dead guild last week... Now I just wander aimlessly
252 iqd F
I might 
yeah I feel that
😂
Why did they even give you 9 choices? Shoulda just stopped with the Edge.
lucky fucca
@amber mountain thank you! I am in mobile so not sure if I am looking at the same thing. Can you tell me much health the eye has so I can see if im on the right thing please?
Gratz
Well.. I got Salvaged Fusion Amp in my chest.That's the only thing even remotely good 😕
isn't that one of the best trinkets for sin? at least according to bloodmallet sims?
JK, I got a 226 dom socket helm. Going that I guess.
Rip
yep
i got my frost set complete with kt shoulders
grats all
now i can do all 3 sets
Oh, I know it is
im just waiting for sims to go up ❤️
Don't take fusion amp if it's 226
It's a 239
take the fusion
the 226 will only be good for a gem and you can try a lfr one unti lyou get the herioc dom socket
I got this today from DoS, it’s pretty BiS from my understanding?
Decanters bad right?
yep, very good, my plan was to put mine 246 today but got from the chest
Isn’t bad
For raid or m+ scenario?
252 decanter vs 246 phial and 246 shadowgrasp?
Gotta be a downgrade almost always no?
Sim it
Dungeon decanter not raid
anyone else starting to hate the vault for another season already?
How do I sim Nadja with the final row before I have it unlocked?
Just click it
Weird
Derp
I didn't unlock all of them
Unlock alls you to select whatever you want, okay that makes sense.
God damn raidbots is slow ATM
2 hour delay on everyone opening their vault just packed all those people together 🙂
Very nice, picking up 100 DPS tonight when I unlock Nadja
Not bad for a free gain
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/soFhzY8wVhcyu8uCAybvpY (After I unlock Nadja and before frost buffs get added)
god.... everyone posting pure juice loot. i bet there is dual 259 edge of night rogues lurking here,....
how good is a 233 edge of night compare to 239 daggers in ST?
Someone last week got Heroic Edge of night to drop and then got another in the vault
So they got two within like 3 days
I know we're all checking vaults, can someone see if they fixed bone spike yet? 
They are what I refer to as, assholes and that's purely out of jealousy
at least i got totem out of the vault, but I already had one upgraded with valor
i am using phail, for my 2nd trink, should i go with decanter or ooze?
still rocking 220 weapons tho sadge
nothing on SBS, fuck i love this game
I personally would take the decanter because you can't farm it.
i am rocking a 187 dagger
?
ewww
go do korthia for 10 minutes
Why are you rocking a 187 dagger?
bcz i have been farming for the mist dagger with no luck at all
theres basically no excuse to have less than 220 weapons with korthia
one of my dagger is already from korthia
So I have 2 233 Syl daggers on and my vault had a 252 dagger that’s simming less than those two. Does that seem right? I thought the 252 main hand would beat the 2nd Syl dagger
I mean, that sounds right..The proc is really strong.
you would expect 252 mainhand with sylv offhand but id go with the sims if they say otherwise
also fuck you for having 2 daggers already
lol
Link the sim
Right?
Is that as sub?
Oh shit, Cev is here
He'll tell you if something is wrong with the sim
He's smarter than most of us
yea sub will def make the daggers stronger than for sin
252 as sin is definitely the play.
shadow damage too op for sub
@limber lion any idea if the sack changes are reflected in sims or not, been afk since i was on my 7 12s this last week
when are the frost sims coming out
I hate you and I hope you stub your toe
but I cant get myslf to give up my rogue
is everyone already panicking getting ready to swap outlaw?
There's no fucking way that a 252 decanter of anima charged winds is better than 246 phial and shadowgrasp wtf
This sim has to be wrong
did you do patchwerk?
Yes
Link it
I'm on mobile
So?
It's saying is a +5 DPS upgrade
Click the top, select the URL, then hit cut
then who cares
So I ran sim on computer and disc on my phone
5 dps is like margin of error shit with a sim
I just thought decanter of anima charged winds was trash
our hunters are getting legendary bows faster than i can even get the dagger from remnant let alone sylv
You're right, I'm sorry. I got emotional ..
nah decanter aint bad as just a passive damage proc trinket
It also probably helps if you have high crit
42%
My crit is only in 32%, so IQD is actually simming really high for me
i assume thats buffed crit?
yeah
No
cause i have 900 crit rating and im only at 36%
My bad, I thought you meant you assumed IQD was giving me crit
can someone help me understand this top gear? how can a 26 ilvl upgrade to off hand lose to this chest upgrade https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/4bG32WCvSP7BBJQrwudN7c
it doesnt? the top sim has the chest piece
I’d assume Nadjia will be better once Frost fix is added
Frost set still simming quite a solid chunk under unholy .
yeah its not huge but stilll a bit higher for me
yea 20% crit after euphoria seems pretty good with frost set
The frost changes are in raidbots yet
It's because you guys are going ep vig
should assa rogue still focus on gathering unholy set?
aren't?
Correct, aren't. My bad
you cant focus on gathering any set
Hopefully in a day or two
but most likely frost will be bis for ST and unholy for cleave fights
If it's like anything else in life, just complain about it and it'll magically be fixed
Triple potency with maim is better than nadjia if you are running ep/vig doomblade
big true
Okay, so I need normal Eye and KT for 1% upgrades ... Stupid Dom sockets.
ooooooh okay i figured it out, it seems DS/BS sims higher with nadjia final row
and obedience
thats what iceblades said yea
It's almost like what I just said was right o.O
sure, but are you playing ds/bs?
maim outsims steel on double potency nadjia too for doomblade
sorry just saw the messages was running some sims @slow marsh
Lol all good
almost never it feels so clunky
but i might have to try it
cause i have a 262 obedience for sub i made
I dont like having to have another keybind for ambush
and i end up having to do mechanics enough that vigor helps you lose less with downtime
Sin has like 5 keybinds lmao
Is phial absolute BiS for rogues?
Warcraft logs has basically every rogue running it
but phial is usually number 2
I see
Shadowgrasp is verrryyyy close too
Got SG today
i got another one out of my vault after upgrading one with valor
it's a lot easier to get a phial higher than 239 than it is a fusion amplifier
btw does it matter if celestial/sinful are on MH/OH?
Not really
No
On Nadjia Soulbind, on the bottom of the tree, do you guys prefer the 50% shield on pot/HS with the finese trait, or the movement with the endurance trait, Would likely be the condensed anima sphere(4% heal every 10s) to compement recuperator
kk
i think i win the WORST vault chest of any rogue this week award. https://i.gyazo.com/098d3344c73123bf53487bfe94c54f03.jpg
FYI i already have those gloves lol
Calm
that is horrible lol
oof thats bad
damn*
The shield on pot / health stone cuz you should use them
yo, i heard you liked belts
i wasn't even joking when i said it ..it's literally as bad as a vault can get
yea i prefer the shield since its on demand survivability when you need it
guys for a ST nadija is better than theotar?
sim


god damn it, i dont know which one to pick, decanter cant be farm, but ooze gives more dps upgrade
Ooze
I had all 3 of my raid row items today. And all my M+ were in dom or legendary slots.
yea, you will replace it anyway most likely so just take the one thats better now
They are both low ilevel so it doesn't really matter
So I’m taking coins
Oh shit Koji is up
Koji - scoundrel frost time?
GV is a good system 😄
gv+dom sockets are my favorite loot systems
We are pulling hotfixes for SimC now
i mean if you think that old system was better idk what to say lol
yours couldn't have possibly be worse than mine lmao ...how bad was yours?
GV isnt bad but anyone defending dom sockets as a loot system is screwed up in the head
Literally nothing usable at all because they were all duplicates. 🙂
It's way better than a 1 item chest previously
Yes the chest is better
It would be diff if we could make any gear into Dom socket
But you are ignoring that they removed bonus rolls
I need the sims to confirm that I actually have to make dashing scoundrel
honestly ...you should not get duplicate slots in a single GV
And bonus rolls were 20x more useful than this garbage
like you have CHOICES! all belts ...
yea, being able to target a boss you need was always nice
I do miss the 100gold or whatever it was on failed rolls :d
thanks for the choice bliz
will the final conduit change the viability of the venthyr legendary?
If I had bonus rolls maybe I would have a dagger of some sort by now
for real
? How would it
obe with DS/BS and nadijia final row sims highest for me right now
are you on that korthia weapon train too?
yeah bonus rolls at the very least increased your chances of targeting loot you needed
bonus rolls were nice yea
Instead of getting the same boots from the same boss every week because of Personal Loot bad luck protection offsets
bring back master loot
It’s pretty cool
still rocking mythic sire 233 daggers
or at least give guilds the option of using it if they want
i liked trying to game the bad luck protection on bonus rolls... I really need loot of boss 7, but my last bonus roll worked. I probably won't get two bonus rolls in a row, so i'm going to bonus roll boss 6 just to try and fail to get better luck for boss 7
i got them korthia crit haste 220s right now
I’m not joking that I’ve gotten the Soulrender boots 4 times in raid and twice in vault. It’s actually a joke lol
Sorry what does obe mean
obedience
Just go mastery build
More about the dupes than the item 😛
interesting
i got herioc sylv daggers last night ..so the game had to even it out for me today with my GV
Frost still needs testing though before we can recommend
im really tempted to just make dashing already to try it out in heroic farm tonight
I really want scoundrel frost to be good, playing sub without the sylv dagger feels so sad
It will be no worries
it seems like frost outlaw is gunna be crazy too
Outlaw almost always sims higher than it performs in reality tbh. But yeah outlaw looks good
I hope it reduces the CD enough to pair flag with vendetta
weee somehow belt with +10 ilvls and a socket is simming less than lower belt with same stats but reversed..... 
that would really make the rotation feel nice
it doesn't really for sin
Dashing frost was already bis in sims before buffs, but had to take down pins due to confusion
its cause its hard to play JPC was right
aw
you usually get like 20-25 stacks
maybe at least enough to make it worth pairing it??
There's a lot of optimization in the rotation that isn't always in your control, but they definitely made outlaw harder this xpac
general you can vendetta every other flag*, but its most important that you dont lose a cast over the course of the fight by delaying
ah
I just really don't feel like playing killing spree
I basically havent played outlaw since legion cause i fucking hate rtb
u have to hold vendetta like 10-15 seconds sometimes
to line it up with flag
but as long as u dont lose a cast i think its still good
its just easier to just play doomblade though
pretty much just send all the cd's whenever they come up
no holding
Na you still sync flag with vendetta
yea, short fights i usually end up holding second vendetta for third flag even with doomblade
you only hold if you dont lose a cast
What do you mean? Outlaw is like…identical to play compared to BfA?
I hate the change to rtb tbh
That just made it easier though. Less rerolling.
You mean knowing when to reroll and when not to ?
It's not bad once you understand it
having to reroll buffs was the worst feeling ever
and the rare ultra buff wasn't cool enough to offset it for me
ya on ST bosses it was so bad
I don’t think Outlaw sims any higher relative to reality than any of the other Rogue specs. There is always variance.
everyone else is blasting and im just... sitting there... rerolling
the sims account for variance tho?
Yes
It’s fine to say you don’t want to play it but we’re data-driven here. Don’t just make up fake reasons not to play. Just say you don’t want to. 😛
It has the highest top end of all specs to prove it
I'm relatively sure outlaw has a higher variance now than bfa but I will check
But it averages out about the same as the kthers
low variance is why sin rogue is ranked so high for dps anyway
Also ghostly strike being temporarily the pick isn't relative to spec changes but is more of a pain to use
I used GS for the last year or so. It’s fine. Outlaw variance is higher but it’s only like 1%. Nothing anyone would notice in practice.
RNG across all specs is much higher
Variance for even Assassination is 12% across standard deviations
is it a big loss to just macro totem into a spell so it gets used on CD
I always forget about the CDR you get and end up not using it on cD
Not really but also it's good to track when you're using your shit
Using totem on CD is probably fine but it does scale with haste so you’ll want to sync with lust.
Like, if you need to hold dps
Also, if you don't know that you're using it, you can lose the cdr
true, but I dont even know if ill use totem for anything other than keys
It is still good yeah
I have phial and the guardian trinket as well
What ilvl guardian
what ability do people macro it toÉ
239
And what ilvl totem?
252
Will only really get better the more stats you get since it scales with Haste and Crit and Vers while most other trinkets only Crit and Vers
Totem should be better on st then
totem and amplifier sims highest in ST right now so ill probably have to switch to that
But you probably just should make a WA or something that shows your on use CD availability
yea i have the sltrinkets WA
i just forget that its up as often as it is
didnt want to macro it to a spell if it was going to cause issues i can just get used to using it
cause I assume I will still want to use amplifier on pull during lust
Macroing trinket to vendetta is probably fine
trinket has reduced CD compared to vendetta though
wdym
Only if you kill adds
oh i guess we are talking pure ST
they both are on a 2 mins cd no?
kills while totem is active reduce the CD
ah yeah on multi targets
but yea I actually have ran out of keybinds now with double on-use
just bind it to mutilate yolo
he said with the double on use trinkeets
Still
You can unbind poisons if those are bound
why would you bind poison lol
Idk, I have no idea how you'd hit keybinds limitations without it though
As long as you put the trinket you want to use first as first in your macro there isn’t much harm in using a single button for both on uses
Sin has legit like 15 buttons max
Is Raidbots weird w/ domination gems? I've selected my dom gem options, but the sim results if i'm reading them correctly is saying to go 3 dps gems rather than either of the set bonuses (have UH head and Frost Shoulders).
For trinkets
i mean even not counting utility we have like 11 keybinds just for damage spells
I was only able to get shard sims to work by unsocketing my gear before running it
it wasnt replacing my shards during the sim
ohhhh ok i think i remember reading someone in here saying that awhile back
you need to have replace sockets ticked
that makes sense
even with that it wasn't working for me. but I havent done a shard sim in a while since i was waiting for the buffs and stuff to come out
@fleet anchor any idea if the changes to sack are reflected in sims? been afk for a week for work
or were the sims not including the bugged interaction to begin with
I dont think the sim had the extra damage from others using the trinket that got hotfixed if thats what you are talking about
cause it was outperforming sims by a decent amount from what I was seeing
dashing with r1 frost didnt beat my uh on patchwerk im confuse
are the sims even updated yet? and what rank is your UH?
caus r2 set is literally twice as strong as r1 set
Bugged interaction was only when other players in the raid had it. So this was never reflected in sims.
Value has been correct for single usage for a while.
if i make all my frost shards in the sim r4 then they beat my uh r4
yea each upgrade basically adds another r1 set of effectiveness
that did the trick ty
frost rank 4 > uh r4 for me
by A LOT
hmm only high rank frost shards start winning it seems
whats a lot? i got like 150 dps
I'm rerunning sims just to make sure I didnt fuck up
frost set still simming lower for me at r4 😦
I assume you still need a decent amount of crit for it to be worth it
but everyone should have a lot of crit with how our stats work
just be patient and the actual smart people will figure it out and let us know
yea im the same way, I only saved embers from last week for frost
for majority of bosses uh still gona beat frost just watch
yea dashing and frost really only works ST
Same, but I've only got like 70
yea ive got enough for r3 frost right now
going to wait until the last minute before raid tonight to do anything though
I think we're gonna clear heroic -> upgrade shit -> back to mythic
makes sense, but those heroic clear parses
I can parse next week 😛
get that early r1 with frost scoundrel?
Care to link the uh sim? Cose that includes a gv upgrade ite.
How far behind is UH doom blade?
hi all, what legendary would you guys craft if you had just hit max lvl now?
obedience is solid all around if you are venth
no gv items
oh wait you need 48 renown so not exactly a right at max level thing
weird my sim is now showing frost with doomblade over scoundrel
If I need to craft a legendary should I craft obedience or doomblade or wait for more testing on the frost shards and craft dashing scoundrels?
do you have maim potency on? that could buff the value of doomblade
i don't
will be Dashing solid if they made changes to frost set in future?
Seems weird to me. How much crit u have?
i am necro which may be why
Is r4 uh too?
ya
yea I think bone shards counts for doomblade damage buff
whoops wrong reply
not a lot, 32%
Ya really weird then..
you might be right here
@bleak sky you have sims for blood aswell?
are you using weekly or nightly sim?
So doomblade may still be the move for necro
cause weekly for sure wouldnt be updated right?
nightly
When doing top gear sims, if you have gear equipped with the Dom sockets in will it account for that or do you have to add them to the sim on the selection option
the move for necro is to swap covenants cause blizz aint ever fixing that shit at this rate
I swapped back to venth coz of this
like 2 weeks of the covenant ability being completely broken now right?
im so confused now lol
feels like longer than that
Kolo what covenant are you
Should I be popping Fusion Amplifier on opener or wait for Flag haste buff?
I'm not sure what you're asking
does blood link count as damage done?
im venthyr
To add shards, to see the increase in damage, does top gear account for them if they’re in the gear you already have equipped and summing?
I usually just use it with 5 seconds left before flag buff but its a super minor thing that may not even be optimal
Because there is an option to select shards in top gear
Selecting shards is to see what's best, that's all
if you can wait until you hit 48 renown i would get obedience since it works in all content
we goin back to nadjia this week or is theotar still the move


Is so'leash trinket (secret technique) worth using it ? Cause it seems a lil of failure in m+
its okay as just a passive buff trinket
what sim do you guys use?
raidbots.com top gear
raidbots.com top gear nightly build; patchwerk 5 min all buffs
raidbots is up to date, so you can sim yourself
also funny how sin/sub are now very close on st if sin uses frost + dashing
Yeah before I was sweating to pick sin or sub now it's easy choice full sin OTP
frost seems like the gems themselves will be better for prog too with the extra survivability
well :
If you had two chests, one without Dom socket and one dom socket with shard, would raidbots sim it correctly with the added buff from whatever shard you have in?
yea lol
How much crit is high crit for the frost set?
i assume outlaw will end up getting nerfed though if that number is reflected at all in real play
sim it 😛
will take a bit for outlaw to get to that point
cause that puts outlaw at like literal bis ST class period right?
Is that with sylv daggers, I'm guessing? Stands to reason sin is way more competitive if you don't have them then.
7% is a whole lot of damage
(compared to sub I mean)
was this outlaw venthyr?
those sims are full bis gear so I bet the sin sim also has sylv daggers
do we even want two of them or just one
depends on your other option
yes. venthyr with night elf race and celerity
literally any 252 dagger lmao
252 mainhand with 233 sylv offhand beats 2 233 sylv daggers usually
what is the average dps sim?
average of what?
the average sim is somewhere between 7k and 11k
rly depends on who posts
@vestal wren outlaw was already the same relative dps ahead of sin frost buffs didn't change it
Both got buffed by 5% right
So if I ever played sin before outlaw this week my decision wouldnt change based on shard buffs
thats basically the frost buff
so when using doomblade + double potency conduits its better to use maim over well placed steel>
?
sim yourself
Yeah so the only difference this week in power between rogue specs is
Sub got 2% worse
no
sim yourself but thats how my sims work
Sin/outlaw are the same
sin used to use unholy set
Yes but what I mean is the frost set buffs affected sin and outlaw equally
Your sim shows it
+5%
but the frost buff is another 5% on top
frost is the best set now?
the sim is 5%

because you compare frost to frost
Why is sim showing frost and scoundrel as 900 DPS downgrade I'm very confused. I have huge crit and last week it simmed higher
frost with dashing looks to be best for ST right now for sin but trust the sims
link it
so its a combination of frost being fixed so using it is strong and a buff to frost that makes it quite insane (ofc if you have the right gear)
Do we have confirmation frost is fixed?
So what was outlaw t28 profile using before, unholy?
Other than patch notes
i am not na, so i can't test
let me swap and go to maw and i can see if the numbers are updated
but bluepost did point it out so it would be weird if it wasn't
I think it's more relevant to show the diff between outlaw/sin unholy -> outlaw/sin frost (post fix pre buff) -> outlaw/sin buff
Because how it's pinned it shows no difference between sin/outlaw due to frost buffs, only sub getting worse
@vestal wren does cov affect this? I assume it’s for venth?
This sim is so fucking weird. When it puts frost shards in it's suggesting I replace my blood damage share instead of the speed unholy
you can go to the sim and compare all of them
frsot was the big buff hence it makes sense to show how much dps its worth
Do you have a link to the sim
yes
Why is this insistent on obe and unholy at huge crit
And how is it such a big drop
And why does it want me to replace the damage blood shard
hmm
the buff in game still has me storing the same amount per crit as before reset
trying to think how i can test if the tooltip is wrong and the buff actually is working
Raidbots updated to reflect changes today? Assuming this has been answered somewhere already
yes
wdym?
It's trying to replace the damage blood shard to get frost set instead of the speed unholy
Thx Fuu
do we know when frost sims will be out?
subt pins
can someone smarter than me think of a way that I can test if the frost buff is actually working?
i assume blizz is just lazy and didnt update the tooltips for anything?
also if you sim such a big amount of combination, raidbots hides similar combinations
is there a way to sim multi specs
you can just make a top gear sim for each spec
for me frost set is simming slightly lower. should i go ahead and craft my rank 6 doomblade
ya thats what i've been doing i just wonder how u guys do all at once
you could try if dashing changes that
Is raidbots broken like wtf is this sim
not sure how you set it up but it looks like none of the options have 3 frost gems actually slotted in
and override gems
when I pick "run sim again" it only shows you having selected 2 of the frost gems
tel is not picked
obe+frost is simming higher than dashing+frost for me
The fuck? It's picked on my screen. I'll re run
on the -900 sim it seems to be using 2/0/0 
you literally only have 2 frost shards selected in your gems
you are not being DECEIVED
btw has anyone seen Whispyr?
And tel is in boots in game, it's seemingly unequipping it
He’s taking a break king
All praise our king/queen whispyr
May them rest for as long as they need
Just wondering if its gonna be worth o run frost set with a dashing ilvl 235 instead of frost set with 260 doom
Deserved 
it wont
sim it
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/dfBRmDj1o5xxRwT8yLhgnc not that much diff for me
I am eu, will be simming tomorrow
262 dashing + r4 frost is 50dps higher than 262 obedience + r4 frost (for me)
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/kzbc88pBNUTCHhTBChBSKt +0.8% comparing rank 3 frost vs unholy

10k here I go? maybe?
do i go frost or unholy for shard set
like its hard to test but i feel like the frost set is still doing the same damage as before reset on live
sim
It is not - I did a run yesterday and today
Difference is quite a bit
Unholy still simming best for me rn.
@vestal wren im just looking over the sims you linked, only thing im noticing is that the assasination unholy sim doesn't have haste stack as high as it should be for that build. With Obe legendary, is there a haste break point around 23.4% ish?
i ask because right now with unholy set and doomblade build haste is simming much higher for me
you can play around and see if you manage to get it higher with gear changes
haste cap 😛 (i am joking, pls no hate)

i know there are diminishing returns and soft caps, i just wasn't sure what those soft caps are this expansion
link the sim
i still havent gotten all my shards 😦
real question is, Dashing Scoundrel, yes or no
is that the buff that is accounted for in sims?
what the fuck are those numbers
idk bro my cleave add numbers are huge too
Maybe Im messing up a sim
Has anyone tested if frost is bugged or working?
He's running 3min sims
How so. Are sims accurate and we build dashing? Or nah
not sure if its details or rounding errors but if i ignore my crits from trink and the unholy siphon essence
Ah knew I was messing up somewhere haha
then winds did like 10 less damage than i would expect it to after the 45% buff
Sim's are telling me to replace all my haste gems with Crit. I dont even have frost 3 set. Why could this be?
so it seems to be working on live its just the tooltip is not updated cause blizzard are lazy
Nadjia final row?
If vers and crit are close it might want to ensure the crit
my sim still says unholy
Are you venthyr?
yah
r1 frost set wont beat unholy if youve already upgraded it
Crit has been better for venthyr since last patch
isimmed rank3 frost vs rank3 unholy and unholy was +3 dps higher
with dashing?
that was with doomblade but with dashing it was like 100dps lower than unholy
sounds like you need more crit then maybe
Are you simming with EP/vig
yea im 27crit 24haste and im using EP/Vigor
That's why
is there any special rule for plying blindside?
do u just send it whenever it procs
(except overcapping CPs)
kk
Yes and don't muti again until you spend it
As it should
sounds liek for a lot of us, it's a stick to doomblade for a few more weeks until we have the crit gear and frost at rank 5.
with DS/BS?
my crit is 34% base and haste at 22% and unholy is simming slightly higher with doomblade over dashing/frost (yes with correct talents BS/DS)
I mean play either I guess. 30 dps isn't going to kill a boss where you wouldn't
yes
did u check obedience with unholy as well @uneven summit
i did
still lower than dashing frost?
yes
Dashing frost is bis idk why people are still questioning it, I've been saying it for over a week xD
I'm skeptical of bugfixes. Blizzard doesn't have the best track record
i think it's going to be that way for many people, frost is not an option for sin rogues until you can have the crit you need and frost at rank 5.
Not true at all
Frost rank 3 is better for me.
Like actually straight cap
i'll sim more later tonight, but im just going with what my sims are telling me.
Is bonesmith still the best for necro with the new trait
Well don't use your isolated sims as a blanket statement for all sin rogues lol
Yeah Frost R3 sims huge for me
Also people are still simming with only ep/vig, which is going to yield weird results
i simmed with BS/DS
For me (Rank 3 Frost) DS and Obedience are pretty close in terms of damage.
alright so I still couldnt figure out what was causing the discrepency in the frost damage but after looking over a log I can confirm it is doing more damage than before reset
This sounds right
I think it was within like 20 DPS
Obedience should be closer to dashing than doomblade
I literally added up all of the crits I got in the 20 seconds between frost procs and did the math to make sure
Does DS take off as Frost set goes up in rank? Or is it always a marginal upgrade?
i just can´t figure out if i should make 262 doomblade or Dashing straight up now
So I should have no problem going obedience since I would like to sin/sub swap
Yes and as you increase in ilvl+crit
Like the graph for crit stonks is nutty, but not at the sacrifice of agi
Obedience: https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/b5zH2LoftaocoyHzm6EwRL
DS: https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/29PGe2rdM185mjWYQx8Gys
For me in my current gear, it's within 12 DPS. I'm only r3 Frost, though.
Rank 4 frost is a big benchmark as well
I guess dashing frost kicks in later on
I'm at least another week from making it anyway
When we were simming before buffs, rank 3 was competitive and then rank 4 frost was where it started taking off
I don't have the Unholy helm, so it was a no-brainer for me to boost up Frost
They are on par at Rank4 leggo and low rank shards right? I don’t wanna tank my dps if I start switching to Dashing frost now
Don't swap until it's a worthwhile swap
If you're only gaining 20 DPS, it's not worth it
UH is better at lower item level because it's flat stats
Thing is I have none leggo at rank 4 right now, only doomblade at rank3
Yea I am banking then right now
20 embers away from rank 4 :( time to pug normal
embers?
even with dashing, frost and crit - haste is still 2nd stat, no?
Yes haste 2nd
i wish they made frost set look cool
you literally just shoot a tiny icicle every 20 seconds
feels nice to have swirly purple stuff around your character
I mean true but I personally could care less lol. Imo less distractions is better
everyone knows looking cool is the best way to increase your dps
For tmog yes
look good play good
im not gunna be using any cinders on dashing for a bit since its kinda booty outside ST
so as im not simming higher with frost. shall i just craft rank 6 doom and wait till i get that sweet crit spot
do you have r6 obe cause id probably craft that instead
nope not got any r6 yet
frost is a simbait, how many bosses you're gona be doing pure st?
i did a sim for myself with all the talent + leggo choices and unholy/frost both at rank 4
im gonna wait to see how many people actually run it
did you miss some weeks or something to not have a r6 yet?
unholy is - 260 for me
with the way things look doomblade will get replaced for ST where as obe is always going to be useful
50dps diff for me both r3..
ya dashing frost is lookin thicc
even missing a week you should have enough for a r6 now
u guys need r4 and close to 40 % crit then ur numbers will change
almost as high as my sub sim
dashing frost is 4 dps for me at rank 4
That’s midmaxing king
he does not have ds/bs no
it was like 300 dps higher than unholy combos with DS/BS and nadija final row for me
lookin pretty fat
had enough to craft this week. but heard about the changes so been holding
only been doing torg tbh
252 M+ and 233 edge is +200 dps than 2x 233 edge...is there a DR or something?
never actually looked at how much we get a week
about 360 a week i think
510 total
360 from torgy, 100 from assaults, 50 from tormentor
and then you can get like 50~ from missions
bro u have no crit
we keep saying what u need and ppl ignore it
you need crit
what is the crit spot
im at 36 % and frost sims alot higher for me
should rerun a couple times to make sure
im having issues running sims. i have a 3rd dom slot piece in my gv, but top gear is telling me it cant run a combo with that piece. the dom shard section is saying it cant fill sockets
im re running alot man
i think its not attempting to change the shards
re running with all sorts of gear, so jsut doing shards now
it wont run if i just select the boots and the 3 shards
does the frost effect cleave?
yea idk what the problem yo uguys r running into is
figured out why fgs. what piece do i need for the frost set?
@vestal wren https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/gogp8fHWhJLTfkUzo5VVS5 BS/Deeper is viable with dashing i think no ?
frost will pool dmg from cleave/aoe
garbage for outlaw tho
fuck outlaw
shoulders
every sim I did just now said to me go doom over dashing , mostly using ep+vigor, realistically I would only go for ds+blind on guardian m
in actual setting
link sim
I don't want to switch to a different shard set, I just got UH 3-pc and don't even having Dashing crafted

then dont lol
that will be why!
people took a long time to swap to venthyr because they didn't want to
i insta swapped i wanted venthyr to be good since this xpac was announced
I am just gonna craft dashing straight up since I don’t have any leggo at rank4 and just work my way from with frost shards, good think I started playing rogue late
hopefully get shoulders tomorrow. and can sim it! or can i add piece in sims and shards?
well i have 1 frost gem at r3 i can probs get other 2 to rank 3 this week
sim was rigged lol
guys, shadowgrasp totem is legit good right?
yes
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/9HeDdz5SXXhiHFEax291Po frost set (assuming no dashing) is simming best for me, anyone else? also note i've removed windfury from here cuz our raid doesnt have one lol
does mastery increase envenom damage?
shards were off lmao
unless keys
I got rank 4 unholy gems with tier bonus. Which is more worth. Going for rank 5 or pumping frost gems to switch?
Mastery is actually simming as my second best stat
@obtuse robin is it possible to sim with the shoulders i dont have plus changing the sockets?
you can sim it
what im doing rn
based on current sims it looks like it's better to just start upgrading frost, though remember you need shoulders to activate frost
yea in gear compare
going r5 unholy is gonna take a while too
I'm not asking if it's better.
then take that sim and put in top gear
ty
2x 252 weapons
phial
guardian trinket
absolutely disgusting
i mean asking which is more worth is the same as asking which is better?
better do lottery man
It takes resource to switch. Hence my question.
not exactly, he is wondering if at this point it's better for hi mto finish upgrading his unholy set or start on frost, it's a legit question.
yes, possible
Thanks. Someone finally gets it.
i mean upgrading to rank 4 wont take that long rank 5 is what like 150 embers?
15 45 90 150
since going from rank 4 to rank 5 will take a long time, i would suggest start saving embers, wait 2-3 days, there will be more sims, more logs etc, once you have a clearer idea (which honestly looks like frost is winning by a large margin) just start upgrading frost now

