#subtlety

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upper narwhal
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4x grapple Outlaw is now probably the most mobile spec

vale pine
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nobody will complain that one spec got more mobility

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its a nice change, but it does actively remove uniqueness

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and this happened to multiple things

strange chasm
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Giving sub only shadow dance was a huge W

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for spec identity

vale pine
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yes

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but vanish is technically

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just shadow dance

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with subterfuge skilled

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it is functional identical

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subtlety stands out becuase it has danse macabre, dark brew, 2 charges of shadow dance

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cross the 2 charges of shadow dance, because you can have 2 charges of vanish

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what shadow dance in the general tree did was overall a net positive for subtlety

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because the spec got changed to have almost everything away from stealth and working with symbols/dance

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it is why subtlety is after the dust removal the only rogue spec which has vanish as a more or less utility spell

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or flip site

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DF is the reason so much more stealth inetractions got added to outlaw/assassiantion

lucid jackal
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Yeah exactly lol

vale pine
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and now why sin/outlaw do benefit from re-stealths a lot more than sub

lucid jackal
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Like I said it's kinda "This spec is overtuned, what OP utility can we leverage while playing them" because every spec usually has something

fallow nimbus
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You mean tanks worst nightmare kekw

hazy breach
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Im 1000% sure people would say sub was OP in grim batol if it did good damage there

scarlet heath
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me no chain pull?

hazy breach
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Because speed shroud saves a lot of time there as theres a lot of running

fallow nimbus
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Let's pull that 5% hp mob into the next group

vale pine
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speed shroud is a fairly niche option

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i think speed shroud is a healthier niche

hazy breach
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Not because of the actual shroud, but the speed

vale pine
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than scent of blood or iron wire

pliant topaz
lucid jackal
vale pine
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because scent/iron wire are always useful, while speedshroud needs a lot more specific scenatios

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indoor dungeons usually

lucid jackal
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"Wow outlaw is so OP in these dungeons, float is just required to be tanky enough to push keys"

vale pine
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outlaw still has outstanding defensives

lucid jackal
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It's always something

vale pine
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i also think thats fine as a niche

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its not always strictly better

lucid jackal
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It's just funny that sin has had iron wire since BFA

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and this is like, the 2nd season its been considered "the best rogue spec"

cinder axle
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is bubbling wax better then ironclaw?

lucid jackal
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and both times its been good its been because of the fact it's overtuned

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But now it's "Well iron wire is just required"

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Totally ignoring EVERY OTHER SEASON Where rogue had iron wire, and it wasn't the best spec to play

vale pine
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well

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assassination had no iron wire

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auto spread on multiple targets

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before df

lucid jackal
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Yeah and it was bad all in DF lol

upper narwhal
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there are keys where Iron Wire isn't even played, Assa just does big damage

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IW is the cherry on top

vale pine
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just to pour some gas into the fire

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iron wire durating was massively buffed to make it even better

upper narwhal
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when was the 15% DR added?

vale pine
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also scent of blood is as mentioned earlier free funnel

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with no trade off

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and funnel with trade offs was already considered so op

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it needed immidiate removal

vale pine
lucid jackal
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I mean idk It's just sin is a strong spec

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It was strong and then got like 5 buffs in a row

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Idk if removing funnel and all that needs to go lol

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They just gotta nerf it a bit, if they even care to

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Make caustic a bit worse

vale pine
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yes, and you answered your question why it wasn't relevant before

lucid jackal
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smthing like that

vale pine
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because you don't consider a spec part of your toolkit

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if it does not do good damage

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given how assassination whiped the floor with everyone on beta already

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we quickly got it into the part of the considered specs

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and as such, people started to realize other parts that are benefitial/good about it

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attention is what gets you nerfed or changed

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it is why scent of blood is less likely to be just purged

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like shuriken combo is

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the aoe the spec deals is too high, so you probably won't reach similar absurdity on a boss fight

lucid jackal
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scent of blood is nothing like combo lol

pliant topaz
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true! its better

lucid jackal
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I mean in the context of carnage existing it might be too good but combo was broken everywhere

vale pine
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yes, you are right

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thats what i am saying

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you don't need to sacrafice aoe to do higher prio

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the reason combo was op

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was that you could keep stuff alife

lucid jackal
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the reason combo was OP was because it literally meant you did 2x the damage of people if you could spam storm > Evis

pliant topaz
vale pine
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because sub aoe was terrible

pliant topaz
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idk

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not hard to see the similrity

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and how ones a lot better

lucid jackal
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It's similar only in the literal sense

pliant topaz
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the outcome is also the same

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so if the inputs similar

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outputs similar

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like...

vale pine
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its just not as obviouse

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because modern fights are not designed with a lot of long living adds to funnel off

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we probably won't see another zul

lucid jackal
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Uh

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Did we just forget broodtwister was a fight

vale pine
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you don't have constant funnel on the fight

pliant topaz
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eh, u have alot

vale pine
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but sure, you see funnel damage here

pliant topaz
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but broodtwister ads need to die

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the way sub with combo worked u woulda done 0 damage to those ads

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and u cant really havve that

lucid jackal
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The spec doesn't have combo anymore lol so yeah Not surprised it loses funnel damage to sin/otl

pliant topaz
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atleast in early prog

lucid jackal
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It's not about leaving the adds up the entire fight

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If combo existed, you would have played sub on that fight and done infinite damage most of the time

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Esp with trickster

pliant topaz
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i legit dont think u guys even know what funnel woulda done right now for sub

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25% amp to 25% of your damage

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is 5% damage

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HOLY SHIT

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HUGE

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I GOT 5% FUNNEL

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PLS NERF MAN

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like combo woulda been considered weak as fuck with its 5% per target tuning

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literally weaker than supercharger

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by a lot

wooden kernel
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Are the outlaw/sun that much better than sub to where it’s not viable in raid?

pliant topaz
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no

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all are fine in raid

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discussions about tools specs have in different nichies and damage profiles

lucid jackal
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sub is best spec on queen

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Fine on the rest

wooden kernel
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Ohhh I see, ty! @pliant topaz

vale pine
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lets quick discuss how bad scent is

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a baseline sim for single target for scent is 1.26M dps

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if you add more targets and look at prio damage

pliant topaz
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acent has drawbacks

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clear drawbacks

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like situations where u cant realistically maintain ruptures

vale pine
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your prio damage on 10 targets is 2.2M dps

pliant topaz
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but iits also extremly strong when u can

vale pine
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so a 74% increase over the single target output

cinder axle
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Hey do you know if Flawless form also buffs secret Technique?

pliant topaz
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yes

vale pine
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i think thats close enough to the "2x damage" statement guy made

cinder axle
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so i want to hold coup for dance and symbole to get 5 stacks of form to use on Secret techniq if pissible?

wooden kernel
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Scent harder to apply out of stealth ig, like if ur chain pulling etc is only drawback I can see. Sorta “wasted” cps to get those ruptures up while other classes can just go right off the rip?

pliant topaz
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scent is fixed 20%

vale pine
pliant topaz
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a lot of that is the extra cps/energy

vale pine
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well yes

pliant topaz
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cps matter for sin/outlaw

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they dont matter for sub

wooden kernel
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But the agi buff is nuts same w iron wire feels damn near mandatory for keys. And feels to troll playing the other specs idk

pliant topaz
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because shadowcraft and blades automatically saturate your cps. your damage is tune around having max cps all the time during cds

lucid jackal
pliant topaz
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so the extra cps fom aoe dont do anybthing

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laugh guy

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if u have ja comment say it

vale pine
pliant topaz
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if not, laugh bud

lucid jackal
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I'm responding to the person talking about ironwire being manditory in key

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Which is the entire thing that started this convo

vale pine
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iron wire is a nice bonus

pliant topaz
wooden kernel
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I didn’t read all the way back

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Ik some people don’t run it

lucid jackal
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ur good lol

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It's just funny how the convo circled all the way back on itself

pliant topaz
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yea

wooden kernel
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I hate assa, and the stipulation against other specs trying to put keys

vale pine
# wooden kernel I didn’t read all the way back

basically, we discuss how good scent of blood/iron wire are on top of the very good tuning assassination saw this patch, which lead to the dominant position in raids and mythic+ where nobody dares to play the other specs.

wooden kernel
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It’s kinda gross but is what it is lol

lucid jackal
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I think all 3 specs are good in keys

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It's just sin is a bit better especially on the high end

vale pine
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and guy and me have a diffrence in opinions about how good funnel damage is on assassiantion

lucid jackal
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I don't push keys so I'm not gonna pretend it matters what spec I play

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Sub is fun and strong in keys for vault so Imma play it and have fun

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

wooden kernel
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Ahh gotcha, yea trying for 12+ pugging is like 45-1hr wait as outlaw lmao

vale pine
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because subtlety had a talent called shuriken combo

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which enabled funnel

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but was completely ripped off the game

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because of one encounter it could be exploited on

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assassinations funnel is in power level very comparable

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but has none of the trade offs shuriken combo has

lucid jackal
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well combo had 0 tradeoffs

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It was a passive, it had 0 opportunity cost

vale pine
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bp vs. evi

lucid jackal
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Scent is a passive, that requires targets to live long, and realistically speaking, is only playable when you have carnage

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BP didn't exist when combo existed

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BP was added in SL

vale pine
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fair

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but it would have this trade off in modern wow

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the funnel was to make up for the lack of cleave/aoe

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which is also a trade off

pliant topaz
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it also woulda been weak in modern wow. idk man, its litearll 25% damage to 25% of your damage. htats like 6% funnel. maybe 10% dor DS. regardless it woulda been a meme talent

vale pine
vale pine
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but yes

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to make matters worse, shuriken storm energy costs are too high to have a high finisher frequency

lucid jackal
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Combo also just leads to stupid design where if the tuning is ever high enough it becomes "NOBODY DO ANY AOE DAMAGE"

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Even with something like scent, Rupture does a lot of damage, stuff is dying, it has to die thats the point

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Combo either does nothing and is just a damage talent, or it does stupid things like with M+ that one season, or with obviously zuul

pliant topaz
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eh, rupture doesnt really kill things specially if they have more than like 10m health

left ledge
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I think combo should just replace nado

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And should buff bp

pliant topaz
left ledge
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If you want to avoid zul problem

vale pine
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there is a simple way to avoid it

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make the aoe of sub rly good

left ledge
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But then it’ll be shit with trickster

vale pine
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it has a high trade off

left ledge
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BP is just such a shit button

lucid jackal
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Good!

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Trickster is based

left ledge
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Always was and probably always will be unless you can helicopter spam it

vale pine
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even spamming it

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damage is too much focused around cooldowns

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the only diffrence lower storm costs would make

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is to have higher find weakness uptime on multiple targets

left ledge
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Yeah idk

vale pine
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the reason sin is allowed to do this high damage

left ledge
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Maybe if they wanna be super careful with it

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Just bake combo into nado

vale pine
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is that st/aoe is seperated in cooldowns/design

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so you can increase aoe without making st absurd

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something you can't do on outlaw

left ledge
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Honestly

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Sin ST in m+ is kinda ass though

vale pine
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yes

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well depends

left ledge
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That spec is basically aoe

vale pine
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sin has like 8 talent builds

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you can switch between

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but having so good aoe

lucid jackal
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The build ppl play does 0 ST

vale pine
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nobody trades of st

left ledge
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Yeah

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I mean you can funnel bosses sure

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But when you have to do pure ST

vale pine
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you can pmuch play st

left ledge
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Holy shit it’s ass

vale pine
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and just select spatter

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its like

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2% st loss

lucid jackal
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But nobody does that in keys

vale pine
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thats nothing

lucid jackal
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Ppl play "aoe build" with carnage, scent etc

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and it tanks their ST

left ledge
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That loses a lot of overall no?

vale pine
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yes

lucid jackal
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It does

left ledge
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Yeah just isn’t worth

lucid jackal
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Its nice for raid but for dungeons its bad

left ledge
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Spec does minimum 4m dps just for spreading dots

vale pine
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yes, the numbers are rly high

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also you do "insane" st

left ledge
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And then this new 12 sec garrote

vale pine
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if you can keep targets alife

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because the st trade off

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is only there if you play with low targets

left ledge
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Yeah just funnel everything

vale pine
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it leads to the same situation sub had

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where you try to pull stuff to bosses

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to make funnel higher

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just to re-iterate

lucid jackal
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are ppl actually doing this tho lol

left ledge
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I mean you can’t a lot of the times

vale pine
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i think this is exactly what guy mentioned

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indirectly

left ledge
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So many bosses are locked in some way

vale pine
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when he did say sub was played in keys for funnel

lucid jackal
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Well it was in 1 season

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Because the game in BFA was very different than the game rn

vale pine
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its the same scenario but more difficult to do

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because the aoe damage of sin is higher

pliant topaz
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like NW first boss

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GB 2nd boss

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on high enough keys its really nice and is a time saver since u do less packs

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by doing them with bosses

vale pine
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what is fine and not is always a decision of perception

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sub aoe was worse than sins is rn

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and people did say sub needed to be heavily nerfed during s1/2 df

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because it does too much aoe

lucid jackal
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I think most ppl who aren't delusional would say sin is too good and could probably get nerfed

vale pine
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possible, but less likely

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nerfs become less likely later in a season

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and a new season typically comes with many factors which can indirectly nerf specs

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e.g. bad tier sets

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or bad trinket selections

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or just raid/dungeon design which does not work well with the niches of the spec

left ledge
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Chances we keep transmitter for next season?

vale pine
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i might make a analysis for it

left ledge
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We just need a good 1:30

vale pine
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i actually wonder how likely high stat trinkets on 90 sec timers are for agi

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for now, i don't want to focus on potential s2 problems

left ledge
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Ye true

vale pine
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because we are currently good

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and i think discussing problems is something that people don't want if you are tuned well

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is why certain specs (not nessecery rogue)

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are mentioned as whiny

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also i do think

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outlaw is at least currently in a slightly worse position

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11.0.7 also does not look super interessting

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the onlyx annulet 2.0 seems fairly meh

cinder axle
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can somone explain to me how high the dps increse is if i activly delay my coup de grace for like 5-10 sec with black powder to use it in my shadowdance window before secret technique? or is it better to just pump ur spells out and dont worry about it? xD

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I know kinde deepdive but if I want to compete in high keys with dps i need to play better...

alpine wraith
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you only hold coup if you are about to dance or with cds

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and in st

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in aoe you dont hold at all to get more cdr

cinder axle
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I mean i get cdr with black powder too

alpine wraith
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but you dont get progress to next coup proccing unseen

cinder axle
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Ok true

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I just checked the loggs of highes ranked sub rogue and he uses black powder with trickster and i thougt maybe its because of the mentioned question

alpine wraith
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u can use bp on bigger pulls

cinder axle
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y in keys like nectotic or arakare i get that but somtimes he got logs with BP on like 1% overall dps

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and then i think he uses it to hold coup for dance window

alpine wraith
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yea you hold as i said before

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if you are about to dance or about to pop cds

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but you do it for like 3 or 4 secs at most in aoe and in st it does not happen often and you only do it if next dance is with flag

cinder axle
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Ok so i hold if its outside of cd windows but never in the cd window itself

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because its better to just pump in the windows

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if i can start with coupe = great but in cds just pump as much as u can

alpine wraith
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yea

cinder axle
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bp on 10+ targets right?

tawny badge
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Ive read both guides and cant find an answer, if im at 6/7 CP do I Envenom or do I multilate

hazy breach
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Finish at 5+

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Unless you have darkest night, then you mutilate up to 7

tawny badge
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other than the marked buff

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k

wind canopy
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Damn, sub gained envenom and mutilate?

uneven scarab
cinder axle
tawny badge
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lmao sorry

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i just realized its the sub spec

wild hornet
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if i get a sectec after the opener (with / without cb on cooldown) should I send it or wait for shadow dance

alpine wraith
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there are some rules for sec tech we follow on most guides

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you do skip some dances and even SoD

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but sec tech generally gets used unless other cds come up soon

void hound
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whats the Spell ID on shadow dance

round latch
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236279

void hound
lucid lily
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It’s 185313

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You can always find that here

void hound
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ah its up there

lucid lily
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Yeah, lots of good shit hidden in that links button

wispy frigate
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!wa

wicked joltBOT
warm wagon
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''

mighty delta
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what are some of the dungeons where we get like 12 target count for BP? im thinking NW first pull usually, but i cant think of too many others

lilac stag
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Not really. Basically just blast with eviscerate and take down a prio

jolly pasture
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
unreal breach
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Hi , i'm returning to the game , is sub viable or not really?

unreal breach
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MM+ also? 😄

vale pine
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both m+ and raid

unreal breach
unreal breach
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DS or Tckr?

vale pine
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trickster

tame terrace
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its kinda funny how each spec is pretty much just playing the hero talents that match the base spec

vale pine
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deathstalker works fine

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its just not fun

tame terrace
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arent there still issues with it for sub

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i guess in general

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bugwise

alpine wraith
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yes some bugs are there still

unreal breach
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if i'm not wrong , the Tckr spec is the one were you have to BP in ST?

tame terrace
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to force hold coup for ur next dance

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but idk if that changed

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yea looks like its still the same according to wowhead guide

lucid jackal
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U don't do that anymore

tame terrace
# grave abyss huh

sub - primarily trickster
sin - primarily deathstalker
outlaw - primarily fatebound

the hero talents are more closely aligned with those specs than the shared spec

jaunty heath
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What are the minimum % required for critique and haste please ?

lucid jackal
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There isn't

jaunty heath
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I've compared my parses with best players

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They burst higher

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Because they crit. more

wind canopy
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Wut

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That's not how it works.

vale pine
lucid jackal
jaunty heath
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Why do they crit more then ?

lucid jackal
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Because they have more crit

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Probably

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Could just be luck

jaunty heath
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Yes so I need more crit

lucid jackal
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No

lucid jackal
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Okay

topaz raptor
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don't blame crit buddy

jaunty heath
topaz raptor
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it is quite unbecoming

jaunty heath
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I try to see what to blame

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Because it seems that I play rotation like them

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When I compare with wow logs

mint plank
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
mint plank
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!wa

wicked joltBOT
wind canopy
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How much crit are you expecting to be in some of the top logs? 10k?

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Because I’m looking at them right for a fight like M Sikran, and the amount of crit they have…

pastel rampart
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this guys darkest night always crits hes so lucky wtf

hardy falcon
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So now that I've a correct rio, I've been getting removed from several group today because I play sub and not assa xd

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And I'm only tagging in chill +10 keys for weekly vault

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jesus

lilac stag
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Welcome to mdi / meta specs

hallow comet
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hey all, im using a symbols/shadow dance macro but they keep just geting out of sync

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so sometimes ill pop it and it will only use either dance or symbols and not the other

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how is a macro like this viable ?

plush roost
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its not

lilac stag
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We’re basically macroless in 11.0.5.

hallow comet
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dang 😦

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without macros i think it will fuck my brain too much to paly

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play

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the saving grace for me was being told i could macro things together

edgy zenith
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you can have a macro for all CDs if you don't really care that much

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SB, SoD, and dance

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you can slam that before blasting off in opener

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not going to lose you THAT much damage

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but don't macro SoD and dance together, that's bad

young path
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Man, we are so close to being phenomenal in keys, just need a little more aoe

I mean even a 10ish % buff to nimble would do it I bet

hidden spade
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Would be nice if nimble wasnt target capped, like the way SP psychic link isnt

thick temple
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Is there any qol addon or script that will not let me use SoD until there is < 3seconds of it currently active? Sometimes I accidentally fat finger my SoD key while it's already active and I waste the charge

glossy turtle
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can you just do these macros? dance+symbols, flag+blades and then CB+ST

wicked joltBOT
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Macro to prevent accidental uses of extra charges: #showtooltip Symbols of Death /castsequence reset=2 Symbols of Death,null /cqs

lucid jackal
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10% to flurry is an insane buff

dusk tusk
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i have couple questions
what we gonna do at 5cp? plain evis or bs/ss for overcapped full cp to use SecretTech
do we use Rupture refresh with Shadowdance or not?
thanks.

lethal gale
pliant topaz
idle aurora
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is it stupid to craft a neck if i have the spark 😮

edgy zenith
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or is that only for sectech global?

dusk tusk
cinder axle
pliant topaz
pliant topaz
edgy zenith
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what is this 5+ propaganda then?

pliant topaz
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then u dance

pliant topaz
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+5 in dance, +6 outside. now its always +6

edgy zenith
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huh, good to know I guess

pliant topaz
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but again, its a small minmax, so +5 in dance is fine.

cinder axle
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In dance i am at full combo points most of the time so dont stress too much about it

young path
lucid jackal
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Its a tier list man

pliant topaz
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to be fair these tier lists are pure meme

lucid jackal
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Its not the real video game

cinder axle
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Dont give a F about Tierlists

young path
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U would think after the last, I don’t know, 4 seasons

A day in the light would be nice

pliant topaz
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sub was great season 1 df

cinder axle
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You can play every spec in the game in M+ till your at Keys on lvl 14-15 and above

pliant topaz
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in fact it was meta

young path
pliant topaz
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sub was also great before 10.1.5

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it was meta again

lucid jackal
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Nobody uses these tierlists to invite to groups

pliant topaz
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10.2 it wanst meta, but many here got title on it

young path
cinder axle
cinder axle
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I am stuck here too but i get some invites at least xD

young path
young path
pliant topaz
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sure, but that doesnt really have much to do with your spec

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the key brick cycle is a part of the pugging not spec specific

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you play Na im pretty sure, and i dont think ive seen more than 10 +15s posted since like week 3

cinder axle
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You can always do the good old que as Assa and swap ur talents last sec xD

pliant topaz
#

so youre stuck pugging 13/14s im assuming

young path
pliant topaz
#

and realistiaclly, even if you were sin, u wouldnt be getting into 14s because if i put my 14 in rn, ill get 315-3200 people applying

#

so again, not a spec thing

young path
pliant topaz
#

you have to just make friernds, play with them. then ur spec doesnt matter

wanton bronze
#

the majority of players are in the same boat if that makes you feel any better

pliant topaz
#

^ if youre meta and apply for a key

cinder axle
pliant topaz
#

youre compared against 37 other people that are playing your spec

#

applying to the same key

young path
pliant topaz
#

its not a healthy/viable option specially in this season, where the gap from people who dont know what their characters buttons do, to the litearl rank 1 world keys is 4 key levels

wanton bronze
#

ive seen people in 10s that should be stuck in 4s

#

it is what it is

pliant topaz
cinder axle
young path
#

I don’t think it’s healthy when certain specs bring vastly more damage (ie enhance)… etc

That’s all

pliant topaz
#

peeposhrug role based LGF just isnt viable on a game mode like m+

#

its not a hard concept

#

every key needs a tank

#

theres 10 tanks

#

100 dps

young path
pliant topaz
#

so 40% of dps will never be able to play the game

#

that ez

paper iron
#

From someone pushing for a while now, being an off spec dont get you invited in higher keys. But also being a super meta spec wont make you get invited to higher keys

#

when outlaw was meta and i was tagging the same key than others, ramfam in consideration, why would u take censi the 3k outlaw when ramfam the legendary outlaw streamer rank 1 3k3 tag your key for warmup?

#

I played a bit of SP late in DF, there was 200 sp in everyqueue and i was here pushing while some others were already having the key and tagging for fun / reroll keys / warmp etc

cinder axle
#

The hardest part on Rogue in generell is we dont bring anythin to the tabel regarding key utility like lust or cr, we got a shroud and some cripple poison xD

#

We are like a slightly better warrior regarding util

paper iron
#

yea rogue is missing stuff BUT rogue brings hella heck of dmg. Be glad we have assa rn pumping

#

we had way darker times

#

hello exodia 😔

cinder axle
#

if u got ret or shami who deals as much dmg as we do but got lust and cr why take rogue

paper iron
#

it s hard for everyone, i needed like 3 entire seasons to understand that

paper iron
#

gladly we have aoe blind now kekdog

cinder axle
#

the thing i like on sub ist our ST burst in keys. And in Keys like wake and mists we can kill the bosses super quick

young path
cinder axle
young path
cinder axle
#

tbh i dont like to play the class that is op in dmg and ur top dps all the time. doesnt feel rewarding to play for me personaly

paper iron
#

i havent play any sub in keys but some cursed sheningan like switching during NW so i cant really tell how s sub is i ve no exp this season, havent even push i did all my 12's early and dropped off

#

but

#

rogue is missing utilities if u ask me

young path
#

Smoke bomb, maybe a party wide vial, I dunno… anything

paper iron
#

shroud is cool, mindsoothe is 20s cd

young path
#

“Drinks on us” talent lol

cinder axle
#

They could give us a new poison that does somethin for the group or so

paper iron
#

shiv is cool, disenrage is not as big of a deal usually and others can bring it

#

no lust no cr, poisons are cool tho, but they re far from being a motw raidbuff

cinder axle
#

like if the party members hit the poisoned target they get heald for amount X or do more dmg or somethin

#

that would help i think^^

paper iron
#

i always asked for a crit dmg or a crit rate raidbuff, seems to fit rogue in some ways

#

but also, they did great adding some raidbuff to everyclass so we dont see super stacking anymore in raid. And in keys the reality is that the highest team will always bring what does more dmg and then work arround their utility, then, plebs aka us will copy what we see on frontpage of raiderio

#

and it s truer and truer the more the time goes by

young path
#

Man… complaining over… touché blizzard

paper iron
#

lemme check how looks the meta right now, i would bet it s probably fair rn

young path
#

That looks sick!

paper iron
#

ew, it s ok but i thought it would look better

#

it s not s2 DF bullshit

#

but it s not S1 Df as well, just in the middle

young path
# paper iron ew, it s ok but i thought it would look better

That’s what I don’t get…

Like, look at the chart… do slight buffs to classes under-represented

Vast majority of dps brought for their overall damage output rather than utility (which is a very close second)

It’s really not a hard concept, I don’t get why blizzard can’t balance things

#

1.5-2% aura buffs week to week as they fine tune it

paper iron
#

they want some spec to be shinier sometimes, and also they dont want to balance things before HOF closed or before the end of mdi. Also awc. Also they most likely look more at raid stats than m+ stats

young path
#

I dunno, I’m probably over simplifying

paper iron
#

lot of things

#

i truely think they should add a different aura to m+, like pvp already has. So they would be able to balance between pvp / m+ / raid and not just pvp / pve

young path
paper iron
#

i think too, and i m sure it will be at some point

#

when i look at every SP balance patch i laugh xD

#

psychic link is balanced every fucking single patch

young path
#

An absolute SEA of white in the DF comps

paper iron
#

nerf then buff and it keep going

#

blade flurry is the same

lucid jackal
#

Well Blade flurry has also been redesigned a lot

paper iron
#

i mean, a spell that aoe /cleave from ST dmg rotation, which is now the norm every class does that, bf, nimble, caustic just to talk about rogue, is so hard to balance

#

yea there are lot of redesign on these , not only x% buff/nerfs

#

target capped at 2 back in the days, was even a 5mn CDs in classic / bc

azure mauve
#

how do you see in wclogs if you are wasting cps

#

theres a filter yuou can put right

paper iron
#

select yourself > ressources > combo points

azure mauve
#

ty

paper iron
#

i took a random pull wtf i wasted so much monkaW

lucid jackal
#

Cuz the spec just does

wind canopy
#

Did you have RS?

paper iron
#

wait it s my first raidnight as sub, what s rs

#

the new thingy thing

wind canopy
#

Replicating Shadows. The one that gives an additional rupture on a target and makes it do more damage

paper iron
#

i do

#

idk why i do but i do

#

that s queen prog so only p1 there

#

begining of p2

wind canopy
#

Yeah, bugged so there’s a delay on the CP return with shadowcraft Smile

paper iron
#

fun

wind canopy
#

So partly why you might get some wasted CP there

paper iron
#

i gotta pay more attention to shadowcraft, i lost the habit

#

fyrakk is so far back

lucid jackal
#

I feel like it doesnt really matter that much

#

Just be more AFK between backstabs

timid reef
#

Why do we wanna maintain rupture as sub? What does it Give us, ”expect we get more dmg overall” but we dont get energy for it?

hazy breach
#

It does damage, thats why

#

It just does more damage than an eviscerate does outside of dance shrugeg

timid reef
#

Aha, Alright. Just suffer hard with energy outside burst Window, normaly i main assa, where we get energy from rupture

hazy breach
#

Well your energy outside burst doesnt matter

#

Because youre not doing any damage anyway

timid reef
#

Well true

short radish
tribal blade
#

so you burst harder, and your damage outside of cds is better too

young path
short radish
young path
short radish
hazy breach
#

Its alphabetical

short radish
#

i'm glad people still fall for it

#

best thing fuu ever made

#

who cares about his spreadsheets

young path
#

Wow, you sure got me

#

short radish
#

absolutely fooled

young path
short radish
#

boy do you have pie on your face right now

young path
short radish
#

but yeah

#

tier lists are a meme

#

and are low quality content

#

that content creators create to milk views

tribal blade
#

THE PRINCESS IS DEAD

short radish
#

gzgzgzgz

#

now onto court where you'll be praying to be back on princess

#

did you get transmitter?

tribal blade
#

like 2 crossbows and bracers

short radish
#

F

#

i lost the roll to the DK that had it on heroic

#

while i had it on nm

delicate cave
#

just got my rogue geared tonight, does Coup de Grace have an animation? or am i buggin?

short radish
#

yeah

#

you are animation locked

#

gl try not tofuck up mechanics with it (you will)

round latch
edgy zenith
#

what is optimal stats for ovi'nax trinket?

#

a lot of specs like 20/10

#

is Sub just full 30 primary? or?

spark tusk
#

feels really flat imo

azure mauve
#

!wa

wicked joltBOT
pliant topaz
#

@tepid trellis i got so bored today i played leauge

#

zed blasts

#

we're so back

#

now

#

bedge

tribal blade
#

ok no fucking wonder, i tried looking up top logs to see how sin rogues are doing insane damage on ovinax

#

and it's literally all the big aoe specs they have die

#

and do 0 damage

#

so getting a good parse on that boss is literally whether your raid team doesn't pad hard enough

edgy zenith
#

this xephui WA is such a dopmine increase, holy moly

short radish
#

but if you remove add damage from logs, noone will do damage to adds and fuck up your raid KEKW

native zodiac
#

Dogshit boss for logs

lucid jackal
#

This is why i've stopped caring about parsing

#

It's just so silly

#

You are in such an advantage on any add fight being in a guild that doesn't do damage lol

tribal blade
#

so guess there's no parsing to be had haha

vale pine
#

and very important, the class tier list

vale pine
vale pine
alpine wraith
#

they still do

#

but that is also because you need good parses to boost there

raven sluice
#

is ther any target count we swap to black powder?

alpine wraith
#

around 12

vale pine
young path
#

13 GB... 🙂

alpine wraith
random hare
#

solothinking i’d like to dps race them in m+

proven plover
#

While dk is at the top

#

Classic

vale pine
#

petition to rename the class!

daring raptor
tepid trellis
#

Aogue

daring raptor
#

Subouge

scarlet heath
#

Bogue

daring raptor
#

Dogue

vale pine
#

criminal

#

fraudster

#

stealing is an art

#

so artist

random hare
#

-3 yards

vale pine
#

bandit probably not too bad

haughty mural
#

still in transmitter waiting room

tough knot
#

Or crook

sacred yarrow
#

knowing blizz it would be something like Racketeer or Pilferer

tough knot
#

But then we would still be down on the tier list

real pike
#

!up

keen dome
vale pine
#

also good one

glossy turtle
#

How well does sub perform in m+?

tepid trellis
#

fine

glossy turtle
#

Gonna stick with assa was just curious. Is it just underperforming in aoe but blasting in st to make up for it?

uncut bloom
glossy turtle
#

Are you energy starved for aoe?

#

although still doing good dmg, being energy starved suuucks

alpine wraith
#

out of cds yes

uncut bloom
#

Yeah there’s downtime outside of dance/sod but I find it so much more fun and engaging over sin.

glossy turtle
#

Fair enough i would enjoy sin more i think, but sin st feel soo horrible

vale pine
#

you can talent into more single target

#

by trading off aoe

plush roost
#

Alas

#

We wipe at %6 to a missed kick

haughty mural
#

wednessday is the day i might be able to start parsing myself

tribal blade
heady quartz
#

new to rogues and sub in general, does one never use black powder in aoe ?

wanton karma
heady quartz
#

well near 630, nothing to do OMEGAKEKW

#

deciding between outlaw (procs galore) or sub

mint swift
#

True true

#

Why not Assa?

heady quartz
#

because its the mainsteam thing, i dont like mainstream 🤣

jokes aside, never really like ass gameplay as well with the dot spreading

sly shore
#

dot spreading is free now with IC

#

so not to worry about that too much

scarlet heath
#

!macro

wicked joltBOT
#

Subtlety Macros:
It is not recommended to macro most cooldowns.
The following macros are an exception:yaml /cast Cold Blood /cast Secret Technique

/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Thistle Tea```
When using diffrent macros, make sure to keep the cooldowns on a seperate key.
mint swift
#

I mean you okay play I should have guessed

#

X)

heady quartz
#

Like sub looks kinda rad with secret tech

#

used to be just sigils >shadowstrike

mint swift
#

Yea

#

I went from sub to Assa

#

Just started liking Assa more

heady quartz
#

for me it was worse carpal tunnel (outlaw) or the meta (ass)

#

nothing to do on main outside of crest farm (ew), might as well

glossy turtle
#

Would sub be the best spec for raid? Some bosses like ovinax i assume arent that great on sub, depending on team

delicate cave
#

Is sub supposed to be this energy starved? Outside of CDs and the subsequent few seconds that follow it, I feel really energy starved. I’m doing good dps, it just feels ..bad? Am I supposed to be pooling energy between cds or just send abilities as soon as the energy is available?

#

Nvm, I just scrolled up and someone asked the same thing lol

fierce minnow
#

what do you need the energy for anyway?

#

you basically heal the boss outside of dance

#

for what its worth you can just look at the architecture and just auto attack, no one will notice.

vale pine
#

!design

wicked joltBOT
#

Subtlety is designed to be a spec with highs and lows. During your cooldowns you do immense burst and have plenty of buttons to spam but conversely outside of symbols and dance you do not do any damage whatsoever. This means that having some periods of "afk" downtime where you do not press a button because you're out of energy is the intended way the spec plays. As long as its not happening inside your cooldowns (flag/blades/dance/symbols) its not a problem at all, and especially nothing that having more haste would "fix".

fierce minnow
#

perfection

#

did anyone say dmg amp?

#

if only you could deal 25 million dmg with the press of ONE button

delicate cave
#

Any trinkets to look out for from the anniversary raid?

violet timber
#

!wa

wicked joltBOT
stone robin
#

is it possible to use different weakauras for different specs?

vale pine
#

yes

timid reef
#

Overclocked Gear-a-Rang Launcher why is this top 1 on bloodmallet but no1 is using it? Or is it a bug?

vale pine
#

the profile used for the sims uses wrong talents

gaunt finch
#

Hey! Is the Queen Ring just kinda mid for us?

#

Just curious

sly shore
#

It's good

#

if you can get better statted 639 then can get better

alpine wraith
#

it is a bit better than a regular 639 but nothing crazt

#

unlikely we get it unless no one else needs it

vale pine
cedar rock
#

why does mandate sim so high for sub

alpine wraith
gaunt finch
#

Sorry for the questions but is elemental focusing lens better than ascension? I am seeing like a split between the two of them does it matter?

alpine wraith
#

both are kinda close

#

ascension is a bit better when more than 2 targets are around

#

best overall is duskthread with good uptime but tbh the diff is never big

tribal blade
gaunt finch
#

For sure I was just curious looking around I am really enjoying it not a lot of sub players it seems though

alpine wraith
#

yea we are specially cool

tribal blade
#

how much vers does duskthread actually give? never looked

#

sounds like it would be worth to craft for my M+ sub set at some point

hazy breach
#

750

#

So its effectively nothing, just like the other embellishments

keen dome
#

sad

hazy breach
#

Slightly higher than half of what a 525 blue silken lining gave

keen dome
#

I like Ascendance 'cos it just keeps on trucking for so long

alpine wraith
#

i like ascendance because it can give mastery

#

BIG D

keen dome
#

Getting everything to proc. "Hell yeah, blasting time" and then Ascendance rolls haste

idle aurora
#

On pure single target do we go death stalker?

cedar rock
#

doesanyone know the order of upgrading items again? i know its weapon>strong/bis trinks>chest,legs,head>jewelery>etc

#

but does that prio apply to off hand weap?

coarse nexus
#

offhand is basically just a stat stick

alpine wraith
#

weapon>ebellish>jewelry if you cange from bad stats to good stats>ilvl

hazy breach
hazy breach
tribal blade
hazy breach
#

Boggles my mind how they didnt fix embellishments before the game went live

#

But it is what it is

#

Felt like them being as strong as they were in amirdrassil (non-awakened) and not scaling with ilvl isnt intended, but guess it is

vale pine
tidal python
#

Do we have numbers on the void elf changes?

lilac stag
#

No. The racial isn’t working on the ptr

idle aurora
#

Fuu love your guide btw

#

Has helped me go from someone so confused I almost quit class to passable barely

#

It’s been open on my phone and computer and referenced non stop for two and a half weeks

vale pine
swift merlin
#

!fuu

wicked joltBOT
swift merlin
#

Question regarding the spreadsheet sims vs BiS lists -- why are the items used different?

hazy breach
#

No idea which lists youre referring to, but if its not trinkets the differences are probably irrelevant

#

The only real "BiS" item that exists for sub is transmitter

#

Everything else has multiple items thats about as good

swift merlin
#

I guess like, why are BiS listed as Transmitter/Mad Queen's but the actual sim is Transmitter/Void Reaper's Contract

#

And the weapons are different also

hazy breach
#

Bis lists are a meme

delicate cave
#

Why is blood mallet saying LF is highest dps? That nuke can’t be worth that much dps

hazy breach
#

Bloodmallet is bugged for sub rn

#

Its simming without any talents

swift merlin
#

I mean I agree they're a meme but aren't they created by the same person(s) 😅

lilac stag
#

they likely didn’t get updated as .5 dropped

#

Cause no one gives a shit about them if they can actually get that gear.

#

sim your gear, run droptimizer. Smile and be happy.

swift merlin
#

Yea yea I know all that, was just a side q

#

It's important to still know what the best "in theory" may be in case you're deciding on who gets what in a guild raid setting

hazy breach
#

Egg, contract and mandate are all pretty similar

swift merlin
#

Even if it's "just" a +0.4%

vale pine
#

the 2nd item is as eleem mentioned secondary, the delve trinket rital knive is a other good option

lucid lily
swift merlin
lilac stag
#

We give it to who will put it to better use. Loot council ain’t that difficult mate.

swift merlin
#

"better use" based on what?

uneven scarab
#

Based on how much value they gain surely

vale pine
#

people can always just sim for upgrades if it comes down to numbers

#

but items are more times than not close in value for people

uneven scarab
#

I auto passed on queen ring bc i knew it would be huge for our fdk

vale pine
#

going for "this person gets 0.1% more" is in my opinion not a good way to go about things

uneven scarab
#

Crit is like better than str for them

vale pine
#

queen ring is rly good for sub too

#

just not insane

uneven scarab
#

It didnt sim super well for me

vale pine
#

fair

swift merlin
uneven scarab
#

Ill get it when i get it but its def huge for others that like crit

vale pine
#

there are a few items that differ

#

e.g. transmitter is absolutely a item i would give to my sub rogue in the guild over others

#

but thats rly the exception, most items don't fall into it

lilac stag
#

I can tell you who will maximize a trinket out of our raid group vs who won’t. Some players are just flat out better at the game and will be in for all of prog, vs giving it to the 3rd mage who struggle with mechanics.

vale pine
#

by doing what you mention scath

#

you basically start to funnel loot to only the people precived as better

lilac stag
#

nope

vale pine
#

and will widen the gap in output even more

lilac stag
#

We monitor who has what

#

It’s quite simple.

uneven scarab
#

Our guild does the same

#

tbh

lilac stag
#

Who puts in effort to upgrade

#

Who is coasting

vale pine
#

i am just saying

swift merlin
#

I mean that's fine and all but that's not even the scenario. I feel like you're straw manning a scenario nobody even brought up

lilac stag
#

Dieing every kill isn’t going to get saved by a trinket.

lilac stag
#

GTFO

vale pine
#

i saw and experienced bias and results of strategies of funneling few people

swift merlin
#

Ok yeah and I said basically two people who are performing equally and it's a minor upgrade to both, NOW WHAT

vale pine
#

e.g. our guild had a high rate of people

#

who got gear fed

swift merlin
#

And you're just like, "vibes and it's not that hard" and telling me to GTFO

vale pine
#

then they did noticable better damage than others who didn't get as much loot

#

and left for a better guild

#

because

#

"you all suck ass"

#

when in practice, they just had better gear

lilac stag
#

nope. Our retention is good. We actually have too many

vale pine
#

especially early on with tier set

#

can have gigantic swings

lilac stag
#

Mechanics matter more than just topping details

keen dome
#

We're all riding in the same car, after all.

#

So we're all doing the mechanics.

lilac stag
#

if only. Haha

keen dome
#

I'm working up phrases to annoy people in my heroic pugs who say only DPS matters. that's my latest one. dracthyr_kek

lilac stag
#

You want me to interrupt something? What?!!

#

Idc if worm about to go off. Need to pump

vale pine
#

i just think putting values on players has always lead to a bad enviroment

keen dome
#

But I think in high-end progression raiding, having some kind of council system that like, looks at more than just damage or attendance but the whole picture is sensible. But it's a real big balance acting

paper iron
#

learning back sub the 2 last days there is something i dont get i m not sure about. do we really dance + sod 3 times in the opener? Even if it means refreshing sod before it hits pandemic?

#

Just for the supercharged thing and extra cdr?

keen dome
#

balancing act even

vale pine
#

and then more you enforce that only the best or the ones that put in the most time outside of raid are ONLY worth your time

#

then worse the situation gets

lilac stag
#

we run 27 roster. We’re adults. Zero issues. We only lose people to real life events.

#

we get people in as often as possible and distribute as evenly as possible.

vale pine
#

i am sure your guild isn't then only prioritizing individuals

#

and giving out whats left to the rest

lilac stag
#

We prio the raid

paper iron
#

i mean like thisit s not as 3rd in a row like before, but each of these sod is right after a dance. And so the 3rd sod is way before pandemic

vale pine
#

i think a good gear distribution is fair, and gives everyone a chance of loot not only your top 3 performers

#

in the end its about clearing the content and getting everyone better is more benefitial

#

but thats my 2c, if your guild works well with only prioritizing the best players, i am happy it works out for it

keen dome
#

Loot drama is rarely fun or interesting, too. Def gonna vary group by group. Sometimes a council works. Sometimes you trust people to just know stuff and handle it themselves, etc.

vale pine
#

having a fair distribution also leads to less drama

keen dome
#

Yep

wind canopy
keen dome
#

Pug loot drama is always really funny though

vale pine
#

you can play perfect

#

and get a 50%tile

#

if your gear is shit

#

heroic also has kill times as a important factor

lilac stag
vale pine
#

i mean, every guild will have a hand full of people who stand out

#

its typically 1-5

#

i don't put a number, just making a point of disagreeing with a performance based loot distribution as a benefitial thing

keen dome
#

They should give me all the loot because I parse 100 on every fight (it's the self-healing parse, I'm standing in fire in a corner)

vale pine
#

because, and i repeat myself here. You just make the gaps higher, and reduce reason to bring others

lilac stag
#

and honestly the only items that have any discussion are trinkets or special items.

Tier each get 2 pieces Distributed, 1 from aotc/m+ and one from catalyst.

vale pine
#

it is polarizing

keen dome
#

Trinkets seem the biggest point of contentiont ypically, yeah

#

Or the super rare special drops

vale pine
#

the lucky thing is

#

a lot of loot is not from raid anymore so you are not as fucked if you don't get loot in raid

#

means the most likely items you want from raid are trinkets or special effect items

keen dome
#

Ye

sly shore
wind canopy
#

Free $3k gold right there

sly shore
#

actually an upgrade over a 639 tier head

keen dome
spark tusk
sly shore
#

roughly equal really, but still

keen dome
spark tusk
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I don't actually wish for it because the impact of this to the economy becomes overall negative

swift tinsel
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coudn't you do that with the old D3 RMAH

spark tusk
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but I do wish for it

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yes

swift tinsel
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I vaguely remember selling gems and making actual money

keen dome
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I have a buuddy who made a couple thousand in D3. Extremely funny

wind canopy
spark tusk
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I know besad

idle aurora
gilded ferry
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was flurry fixed?

uneven scarab
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It was only bugged on target dummies

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It works fine

vale pine
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only thing its buggy with is not benefiting from fazed

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and target dummies

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(only the ones in the new zones)

bleak wind
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is there a bug with secret technique not hitting the small adds on ansurek or what is happening

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in p3

dry belfry
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!wa

wicked joltBOT
keen trellis
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Hello, does anyone know whether you can cloak Sticky Web at Ovinax without rooting your teammates? Or does it act like a regular dispel?

hazy breach
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Its a regular dispel

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If you precloak it will not be immuned either, it will just choose somebody else

keen trellis
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Thanks!

left ledge
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Because her hitbox is abysmally small

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Flurry is from you whereas I believe sectec is from the target, so it’s pretty shit if she isn’t positioned close enough, at least from my experience

bleak wind
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yea I have to target them a bit annoying

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but it shouldn't be the boss hitbox

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since it hits the 3 adds in the middle

left ledge
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Those things have giant hitboxes

bleak wind
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I think its probably something to do with them being on the little ledge or something

left ledge
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Like fucking huge

azure mauve
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and actually target the adds

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otherwise you''ll do z dam

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to the adds

bleak wind
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ye figured as much, just seems even when the boss is as close to them as you can it still doesn't hit

tropic pier
#

Does cloak work to immune Queen ansurak essences as you pick them up?

mystic ether
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!trinket

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What's up with the bloodmallet sub trinket chart on bloodmallet? Is it correct?

still trellis
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the sub sim on bloodmallet doesnt have gear/talents on it

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so ignore that

mystic ether
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
narrow gazelle
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
queen fog
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Hi sub’ section, what guide can I take most value of? Wowhead? Icy? Another?

Thanks!

alpine wraith
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all are fine

idle aurora
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I personally like wowheads that’s just personal opinion. As a brand new sub rogue it helped me a lot

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I’m sure all are good though sub rogue community seems small helpful and tight

mighty citrus
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wait, doesnt vanish reduce our cooldowns anymore? 😄

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wasnt here for a while though

hazy breach
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Correct

mighty citrus
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so whats the use now? for cp reg on low cp?

hazy breach
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Ye for premed

mighty citrus
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nothing more? 😄

hazy breach
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Nop

mighty citrus
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okidoki

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tyty

short radish
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it's also a heal @mighty citrus

hazy breach
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Icy veins sub guide should be getting a decent overhaul soonish tm

half comet
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ik sub is perceived as slighty better on ansurek than sin but if i have mythic sacbrood and mythic skardyns should I just play sin 🧍

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and sub has hero transmitter hero mandate

pliant topaz
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these fights at this point in the tier arent generally about oh sin does 1.5% more damage. its more like, what does sin do for your team? and generally the answer to that for ansurek is just it blasts boss damage Surebud But sub has a great profile to help blow up the tombs if you need help, or carry first platform etc so it has a unqiue thing it does

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thats why people say play sub. u cna play whatever u want at this point though tbh

short radish
pliant topaz
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sure

tribal blade
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@pliant topaz can you tell people to stop inting every 15 i try

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have yet to time a single 15 because somebody else screws up the entire key for everyone

wind canopy
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I’ll do it

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Lemme at them

tribal blade
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IM TIRED

hazy breach
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Ive timed 2 keys today Comfy