#subtlety

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hazy breach
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1 charge + ~40s left on the second one is enough

vale pine
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that too

uneven scarab
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Cant wait till they buff ds again bc no one is playing it still

honest grail
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You mentioned trickster was higher burst than DS?

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I'm on silken court tonight so I figured it might be the play to abuse the weakness windows in the bosses

uneven scarab
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Trickster prob the move there yeah

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You can absolutely crank damage in those amp phases

honest grail
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Is there anything I'm supposed to track as far as trickster goes

swift tinsel
honest grail
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What do I do different when coup is ready

uneven scarab
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try and hold it for dance

honest grail
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So I just stop pressing evis

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🤨

uneven scarab
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Bp time

honest grail
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Aint no way

swift tinsel
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its not a huge deal if you don't but its better esp now that bp got buffed

honest grail
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Is bp that strong that we can just use it on st

uneven scarab
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its more so coup in dance is that strong

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but also bp is like

swift tinsel
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it was like a .2% optimization before but idk where things land after buffs

uneven scarab
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Pretty strong yes

lilac stag
fair stump
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what the fuck

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I'm at 63%

uneven scarab
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Yeah think im around 60% also

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Got like 23% vers tho

fair stump
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I'm at 21% vers

lilac stag
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22 vers 17 crit. 78 mastery

swift tinsel
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I keep getting all crit+X off pieces so mine is like ~50% mastery

lilac stag
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idk crafted gear is your friend.

uneven scarab
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If only fucking transmitter didnt have haste

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why couldnt they give it any other stat

fair stump
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The only thing I'm missing is ara'kara head and dawnbreaker ring, but even with that no way I'm breaking 70% mastery

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What's your ilvl

swift tinsel
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620 babyyy

lilac stag
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the haste is so minimal it doesn’t matter

swift tinsel
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am baby

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just replaced my vet track cloak with the rashanan meh one

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lol

fair stump
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useless cloak lol

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it gives fucking haste

swift tinsel
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I took the 20ilvl upgrade on it lol

uneven scarab
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Im rocking that mist neck

strange chasm
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I wonder if ds is better for queen now though

honest grail
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So I can use sec tec even outside of dance is sod is up

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And I guess I don't really play around dance macabre I just send sectec whenever during dance

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Idk it looks a bit simple I feel like I'm missing something

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I remember in DF you had to do a precise sequence during dance

topaz agate
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yo boys

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in the quick sim

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why is clear the witnesses buff present after first shadow strike?

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is it not after you've cleared all the stacks?

uneven scarab
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is all we really care to do

topaz agate
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or does simply applying the mark give you the buff also

uneven scarab
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I thought it was from applying the mark

jovial jacinth
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is there a big difference between ds and trickster on ST?

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or nothing's changed?

lilac stag
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DS 5% Ahead

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Less burst though

small hemlock
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so subs simming higher than sin now?

fair stump
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What does /cqs do?

rancid lichen
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what could one drop to run TFD in keys

uneven scarab
rancid lichen
small hemlock
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
half comet
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are these coming out or something cuz I dont think my coup proc looks like that

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lol

sage pond
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
swift tinsel
fallow nimbus
thick cedar
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Are the sims on crack? DS M+ build showing 400k increase?

fallow nimbus
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DS plays like shit when you played trickster for almost all of this tier

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it's just not round and these little interruptions in the flow go mental

swift tinsel
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Sometimes feels like you're fighting against the spec vs playing it

lilac stag
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it certainly does not.

keen dome
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Those are really nice animations that just don't exist in the game so I have to assume they're coming right? But..

fallow nimbus
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it's how it was ment to be but isn't

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the mark one is there

lilac stag
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I asked why they’re not in game

keen dome
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Like, the Unseen Blade animation demonstrably does not look like that in-game. Fuu documented it ages ago

lilac stag
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Curious if they will respond

keen dome
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And Coup doesn't even have an animation lmao

fallow nimbus
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also the char looks like using feint to trigger unseen

keen dome
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Yeah

fallow nimbus
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coup does this animation when you charge but only then

keen dome
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It doesn't do that animation even in a charge for me.

lilac stag
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^ this

fallow nimbus
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what race are you (ingame)

keen dome
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Human

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It's a normal eviserate

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There's no 3 part hit and a twirl

fallow nimbus
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my blood elf, that is a gnome since queen progress, did

keen dome
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Weird. It's always been the weird charge animation into a normal evis for me.

lilac stag
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My belf does not

swift tinsel
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Just did it now as the charge animation, gotta see if it does in reg melee range

keen dome
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Returning to my "have our animations just been bugged the entire time" theory

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But the Unseen Blade one is the most curious to me.

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Because Unseeblade looks nothing like that

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It has a very large blade that you can see.

swift tinsel
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My belf's done the hit-twirl combo only as the charge four times now, never when in reg melee range tho

foggy pebble
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can i ask a quick SOD rogue question if yall dont mind... i just joined this disc so first time here and need rogue info

lilac stag
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We don’t sod

keen dome
lilac stag
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Maybe classiv

fallow nimbus
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anybody got a quick lightweight capture tool?

foggy pebble
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what are opening moves? is ambush an "opening move?" if so would cutthroat procs of a free non stealth ambush still count as an opening move in regards to my t2 set bonus that says "opening moves have 100% chance to make your next ability cost no energy?"

swift tinsel
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Lol sometimes it doesn't do any attack animation at all when coup in melee

wise scaffold
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yo do you actually BP in two target fights?

keen dome
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Yeah

fallow nimbus
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ok handy video it is then

keen dome
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Coup having no animation but a 1.2s lock was a nightmare. literally no feedback you did anything

swift tinsel
keen dome
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Ye, very valid. It was very very annoying.

jovial jacinth
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is it worth now bping over evi as trickster?

foggy pebble
fallow nimbus
keen dome
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Huh, damn

fallow nimbus
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I will test it in other zones, not that it is another dornogal bug

keen dome
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haha

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Imagine if we have animations in a specific zone against a specific target

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Their work is so good though. All the animations own extremely hard.

lilac stag
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imagine never seeing an animation because firing it off at range gets you killed

keen dome
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hahaha

glossy turtle
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is sacbrood good for raid if I already have empowering crystal?

lilac stag
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Sim

glossy turtle
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idk I simmed for dungeon

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it was quite terrible.

lilac stag
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There you go

fallow nimbus
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charge+animation works in all zones

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but only with charge

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let's see if another action cancels the animation

bitter trail
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should i play deathstalker now in m+?

vale pine
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if you like: yes
must play: no

uneven scarab
tepid coral
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So - maybe im crazy, but is it correct that shadow dance consumes clear the witness?

fallow nimbus
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the last hit of the 3 hits is overwritten if you spam another ability like bs or strike, moving doesn't cancel the animation but your char doesn't jump and twist their torso in a way no doctor could ever fix you if you walk left

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or right kekw

opal mantle
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dmg wise

vale pine
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trickster is the best one in my opinion

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but both are good

bleak wind
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can we all just not play deathstalker so they see its not the damage, that shit feels horrid

vale pine
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people will gravitate to the strongest option

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also towards the animation update

swift tinsel
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the trick is to get them to only cast BP on single target outside of DN

vale pine
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rogue animtations are rly the opposite of flashy

vague oar
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My guilds starting court next week. Trickster is def still the play for court right?

swift tinsel
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Trickster burst felt way better for vuln phases imo

vale pine
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i think they would need to go back to the drawing board with deathstalker

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but have no time

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same with some other hero talents

frail nexus
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
sour stump
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How's sub now compared to the other rogue specs after the hot fix

uneven scarab
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The same

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its good

fair stump
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Any idea what's the name for the coup animation in the dressing room?

slate marlin
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With dark brew and ds, how bad is it to drop tornado?

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Bc im hating it so much

uneven scarab
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You can drop nado whenever if you dont like

swift tinsel
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Conceptually, I don't 100% hate DS. You mark a target for death etc etc but the implementation of stuff like Clear the Witnesses in ST doesn't fit, Fatal Intent is laughable at best, 7cp requirement for DN and only affecting Evisc

uneven scarab
vale pine
haughty mural
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damn ds sims 6-7% ahead for myself

swift tinsel
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It's just ridiculously worse arms execute talent

uneven scarab
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Yes

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Its literally

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Walmart fatality

swift tinsel
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lmfao

uneven scarab
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Shit is ass

sour stump
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Does stat prio change for ds?

swift tinsel
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If they want to give sub execute just copy/paste contract

uneven scarab
swift tinsel
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OR

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sylv dagger

hazy breach
swift tinsel
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effect

left ledge
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Btw last night I played court as trickster

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And I was paying attention to cp munching with RS

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And GOD DAMN

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Pretty sure I lost out on well over 60 combo points and many gcds in just one pull

left ledge
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There’s just no predicting it

hazy breach
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There is

left ledge
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Sometimes RS will just fill the cp after you strike too

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You strike

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Hit 5 cp

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Strike again and right before the strike

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Or 4 cp whatever it may be

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Non cd dance

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RS will randomly fill the cp

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Only sometimes though ICANT

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The only one you can “outplay” is finishing at 5sht because you can wait a lil to see if you proc 7 and refund

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But even then sometimes I’m at 3sht and I fkin go ham with windfury

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I would love to see a diff log of trickster gameplay with RS that doesn’t lose cps

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I think you are guaranteed to lose at least 5 finishers per pull playing that dogshit on court

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But then death stalker doesn’t do shit on 2T

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Spec makes me wanna reroll off the class

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On work pc without disc but look at this cp waste LMAO

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AHAHAHAHA

hazy breach
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WCL cant process the waste

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If you strike with blades up

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It counts all of your strike as wasted

left ledge
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Seriously?

hazy breach
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Yes

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Weaponmaster too, also shows as wasted

left ledge
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Why does DS have lower waste then

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Is it because I’m supplementing cp gain with storm

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Nvm they’re both bogged as fuck

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Great

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Can’t even go through logs for it

fair stump
left ledge
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Yes because the talent

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Is

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Bugged out the ass

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Has been since s3 df but they refuse to fix it

fair stump
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Fuck me, that explains things...

left ledge
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It’s annoying as fuck

uneven scarab
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Oh you didnt wanna finish at 7cp did you?

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lemme just give you 5cp

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hehehheehe

left ledge
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I just want to play my rotation

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If I press evis and I’m at 5 sht

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I shouldn’t get a refund

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It shouldn’t “help” me fill my cp

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It should just fuck off

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Trickster would be the most fun thing I’ve played in this game if I didn’t have to lose multiple gcds and set up combo points because of stupid bugs like that

cerulean beacon
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!macro

wicked joltBOT
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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.
alpine wraith
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man another disband

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im really the angel of death

hollow patio
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!wa

wicked joltBOT
opal mantle
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is tornado this good in m+ ? with deathstalker

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feels shit tbh

swift tinsel
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not really

vale pine
uneven scarab
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Tornado is nice for spreading rup or getting a bunch of cdr back but essentially the spell is terrible

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can swap out of it if u dont like it

opal mantle
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yeah ty

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had good memories of it from s3 df but damn

uneven scarab
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swap for veiltouched

opal mantle
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that stinks

hazy breach
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Nah tornado was stinky back then too

modest delta
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Do you press black powder at all for aoe pulls?

uneven scarab
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Its been stinky

modest delta
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or just ST evis

uneven scarab
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if ur ds yes

alpine wraith
uneven scarab
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you bp in 2+

alpine wraith
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maybe people find out sub is op this week and it is easier

hazy breach
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Ds at 2 or more
Trickster at 5 or more (make sure you storm once with rotten)

alpine wraith
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what he means is use storm with rotten on second stack

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so it does not krangle

modest delta
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what is ds

uneven scarab
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Deathstalker

modest delta
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im running fated

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for m+

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not the wave?

uneven scarab
swift tinsel
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Huh?

uneven scarab
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Are you playing sub rogue?

modest delta
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i mean trickster

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sorry

uneven scarab
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Trickster is good

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It is the move

modest delta
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word

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so bp targets 5+?

uneven scarab
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As trickster yes

swift tinsel
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that sound so ass

uneven scarab
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Blame blizz

swift tinsel
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oh I do

uneven scarab
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“No one plays deathstalker it must be undertuned!!!”

swift tinsel
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They wanted more BP even though nimble is hard capped at 8

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so having BP take over under that cap is crap

uneven scarab
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Bp is already so close to being as strong as an evisc lmfao

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With this second buff to it

swift tinsel
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Right, it's so stupid

uneven scarab
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Theyre lost bruh

swift tinsel
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It's obvious too. Citing BP being used less as Trickster vs Deathstalker when Nimble Flurry exists is just asinine

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Fucking duh

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"We gave you blade flurry, why are you taking advantage of it?"

topaz raptor
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well buffing the underused spec has been a thing all tier

swift tinsel
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I don't mind that

uneven scarab
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Sure and theres nothing wrong with that but plenty of those underused specs arent underused bc of damage

swift tinsel
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Flat buffing bp for both specs is just a half-cocked choice though

cerulean beacon
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!sod

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

final granite
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is there some prepull SOD shenanigans?

sly shore
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Ye

uneven scarab
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Ya

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Can sod prepull for supercharger stacks

final granite
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surprised it wasnt listed on sim so asking (as prepull cast)

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kewl

spark tusk
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can only stack to 2 but yeh

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when you accept your rez just hit sod immediately

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(Well, it canstack infinitely it seems, just that it resets to 2 on pull)

pliant topaz
alpine wraith
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yea there is a part of pre pull thingies

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thx to some expansions back in mop for ex

clever delta
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sub is back

cerulean beacon
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rotational question - why, in aoe, during shadow dance I still should only use shadowstrike? wouldn't BP deal more dmg overall? won't both of them reset sectec cd?

rugged condor
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isnt it 5+ targets you swap to storm in dance

alpine wraith
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only as trickster

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but you dont storm more than once

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consume second charge of rotten

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to get FW

cerulean beacon
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so as DS you dont storm at all during dance?

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oh nvm you do actually

hazy breach
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As tricks

void hound
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any changes for trickster BP target threshholds elmo?

alpine wraith
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just talked a bit about it

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using second charge of rotten

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to get FW you can use bp after

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on 5+

void hound
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so after two shadowstrikes in dance you can bp?

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with rotten

swift tinsel
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one, otherwise you're consuming both charges

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with strike

wind canopy
void hound
swift tinsel
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there are two rotten charges. using strike twice would consume both so then you aren't able to storm to spread fw as efficiently

hazy breach
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You storm the second rotten

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So you have FW up

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If you dont storm, you dont want to bp

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because no fw = no damage

alpine wraith
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yea i hate shadowed finishers with a passion

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and how fw works now too

swift tinsel
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feels like mark of the crane

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well, slightly-rng mark of the crane outside of rotten

mild vessel
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is darkbrew any good for DS M+ build?

void hound
alpine wraith
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maybe you can play 2 finality but db is costly

gritty knot
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@hazy breach Can u send me a valid m+ DS build pls?

pliant topaz
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its litearlly in the pins...

alpine wraith
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there is one in pins

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there is also a tea vers kinda

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but cb is cooler

gritty knot
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oh, last time I checked wasnt there. thx

mild vessel
glacial hinge
cerulean beacon
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one more question, i'm trying to get back into sub finally but it's still somewhat confusing - in the opener, during the second dance, do we use symbols again? and then are left with just around 8 seconds of dance-less symbols during which we might use another sectec if we're able to?

gritty knot
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damn that will be a rough one switching to press shuriken storm and Black Powder even in shadowdance and not shadowstrike and trickster playstyle...

alpine wraith
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welcome again to freedom of choice i know it has been a while

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you can play trickster DS one way or another

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crazy things i know

vestal escarp
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6M DN evis

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erm

alpine wraith
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dis nutters

vestal escarp
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(almost 6M)

glacial hinge
gritty knot
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anyone got a weakaura with voice telling me when DN is up? that shit goes so fast from 3 to DN proc thats crazy to keep track wtf 😄

alpine wraith
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i like LE pack it has a big fat counter on mark

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i look religiously

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also DN icon glowing

edgy zenith
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we doing DS or Trickster for Silken

gritty knot
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ye i got that, but spamming in AOE situations especially m+ with shit going on everywhere I honestly cant keep track of it 100%

edgy zenith
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DS seems like it would be fine, anytime you swap bosses it lines up with a dance I think

alpine wraith
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you could add some TTS to it

fast surge
edgy zenith
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just ilvl?

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swear I played better

grizzled hornet
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ooof court down boiz

topaz raptor
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eleem's gear is goated

glossy turtle
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at what target count would BP be more worth then just regular evisc?

sly shore
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This week is wank for sub I stg

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the cdr scuffs everything

strange chasm
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In your opener

topaz raptor
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clear the witness

upbeat sorrel
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how much am i supposed to rupture in m+

hazy breach
# topaz raptor

Fwiw that page snapshots whatever stats your alchemical chaos had at the start of the pull

edgy zenith
hazy breach
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Or just whatever stats you have at pull in general

edgy zenith
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(kidding)

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Clear the Witness is why

topaz raptor
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yeah those numbers are usually never accurate to what you have equipped

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the summary page comparison is funny af though

edgy zenith
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he do be versatile

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think I just have shit gear or something idk

topaz raptor
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eleem has some magic trick where he does 15m sectechs

haughty mural
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I just tried me a DS key

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Somehow it felt really horrible

vivid cobalt
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twin fang instruments any good in m+ ?

haughty mural
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Used to trickster so much

edgy zenith
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takes some getting used to

haughty mural
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But I also inted af

edgy zenith
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but putting up some nasty numbers actually

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well, only really liking it because of the numbers

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playstyle feels worse

haughty mural
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I played so bad maybe that’s also a point - but I was not really comfortable and used to it to begin with

edgy zenith
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yeah, unbind evis

haughty mural
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The diff in cdr is also really noticeable

edgy zenith
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definitely

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think you like HAVE to take nado

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to not just send 1600 natty symbols

haughty mural
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Yea probably

hazy breach
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DS is at like 11 when everything is up

edgy zenith
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yeah DS sectech hits for a bad trickster sectech

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makes me sad

haughty mural
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Nado though Pepepains

hazy breach
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Dont get me wrong, 11M for one global is still a good global

edgy zenith
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but after coming from 15M sectechs

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it ain't the same

glossy turtle
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@lilac stag lfr. its a start. hopefully I can get it for hero track

pliant topaz
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sectech is just such an insane global. its own damage + tier + (flawless form stack + 2 UB hits + 2 more ff stacks + fazed - if trickster)

edgy zenith
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rip sectech

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you'll not be forgotten

alpine wraith
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yea second sec tech in cds when you have all the fazed in the world hits like a trucker

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sadly not enought to beat LUL YOU GET DM ON AUTES EHEHE

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and mark hello im a passive that can pop for 1m

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every finisher

vivid cobalt
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wait is DS better in keys now

haughty mural
edgy zenith
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i think probably numerically yes, but i you don't wanna play it you don't have to

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they probably both close

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but you're pressing BP regardless nowadays

vivid cobalt
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oh did they buff it again

edgy zenith
glossy turtle
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!transmitter

wicked joltBOT
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The orb and circle from Treacherous Transmitter always spawn in the same spot. Relative to how your character is facing it spawns northeast/1:30 o'clock/frontright, this means you can know where it will spawn and react accordingly.
https://i.imgur.com/cTPN4Tz.png

glossy turtle
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isnt there a wa for transmitter?

vale pine
haughty mural
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We had nice gameplay for quite some weeks - they decided fun needs to be subtle in this spec

alpine wraith
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yea it only clears ahead if pulls are big

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and into bosses

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but also mostly because of how m+ pulls play out too

edgy zenith
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yeah, it will likely be better in like hard keys, where you're pulling with the timer in mind

alpine wraith
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dungeon dps might be almost the same just your other mates will do less dps as fodder dies faster

edgy zenith
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but if you're in a pug who is pressing W adn stopping at every single pack, you might just wanna play trickster

swift tinsel
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Cozy trickster in my weekly no-leavers

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in my lane, moisturized, thriving

novel plaza
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is heoric void reaper contract better than heroic ritual knife or just same?

fair stump
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Sim it

alpine wraith
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for st contract should be better but for m+ knife is good

uneven fern
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shs i guess?

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what’s the acronym

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u get the idea

novel plaza
edgy zenith
uneven fern
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mess

edgy zenith
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don't quote me on that, haven't played trickster since changes

alpine wraith
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contract is an st trink

alpine wraith
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to get fw

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otherwise you dont bp at all

abstract stratus
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haven't played since DF, i noticed the macro i used to use for shadow dance / shadow strike now still delays shadow strike. Is this intended or do we need a different macro now?

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instead of one hit of macro using dance and SS instantly

alpine wraith
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yea that macro got broken in df

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you have to use them separatedly

candid field
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So reading everything from my understanding on 5+ targets as trickster the rotation is now (sd,sod), ss, st, storm (to apply fw and on 2nd rotten charge), bp ? after that I can keep bp as long as I have fw up? Less than 5 targets im stil evis like before

alpine wraith
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yes

candid field
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thx

uneven fern
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oops

uneven fern
abstract stratus
uneven fern
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so you do still just slam eviscerates

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or

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?

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i will read guides when i’m out of bed

alpine wraith
#

for bp to be worth at 5 targets

#

you need fw

#

to get fw you want to storm

#

and crit

#

to crit you want a rotten charge

#

but you dont want to use storm with 2 because of a bug that consumes both charges

#

so you strike once

#

finish then storm

candid field
#

also Im assuming we only ever storm to apply fw during dance all other times its ss?

alpine wraith
#

as trickster yes

candid field
#

ty

alpine wraith
#

as DS you storm on 3 with witness on 2

uneven fern
glossy turtle
#

I just got transmitter, and now that im using it, idk what to do. Like should I stop every cast, while im looking for the absorb thing. or do i continue with opener. is there a trick to finding the absorb faster?

strange chasm
alpine wraith
#

you can look at some gameplay but basically you open and use transmitter

#

then want to pop it as you use sec tech ideally

alpine wraith
#

some people have it macroed to flag i dont

candid field
#

so for m+ trickster is still recommended? Is Deathstalker better for all bosses in raid?

edgy zenith
#

you're only using SS for the premed, which works with shuriken storm, and you're outside symbols

dry plank
#

does anyone have video rogue pov from red team on court?

half comet
#

is wowhead rotation updated with DS

#

priorities etc

glossy turtle
alpine wraith
#

storm and strike are kinda same dps after vanish

#

with witness up

#

unless witness crits

#

one is like 20k+120k the other 140k

#

or smth liek that

wicked joltBOT
#

The orb and circle from Treacherous Transmitter always spawn in the same spot. Relative to how your character is facing it spawns northeast/1:30 o'clock/frontright, this means you can know where it will spawn and react accordingly.
https://i.imgur.com/cTPN4Tz.png

half comet
#

when do you powder with trickster now

vale pine
#

on 5+ targets

alpine wraith
#

when you can get FW on them

#

it is more simpler than it seems dont worry

half comet
#

also in dance on DS aoe build

#

u storm i assume

hazy breach
#

Yes

glossy turtle
alpine wraith
#

not reallyu

#

you have 3 diff ones

half comet
#

ds aoe build doesnt sound too bad if u get rid of nado tbh

#

just evis'ing during DN

#

and thats about it?

alpine wraith
#

you kinda use tornado now for cdr or to spread ruptures

#

not with cds unless you know what you are doing and stagger symbols to not krangle shadowcraft

wide magnet
#

tornado button sucks

#

tragic reality

glacial tartan
#

Hi everyone! So I recently hit 80 with Sub Rouge and I've been trying to find a a video guide on how to play it a bit better to supplement the build by Icy Veins (Trickster). The issue I'm running into is that it seems like IV, Method, and in general have all different builds. Does anyone have a solid video or reference point I should be going off of?

wide magnet
#

wowhead is king

alpine wraith
#

i also have videos if you like those more but yea the written guides are super complete

glacial tartan
#

I'll try the Wowhead one then and I appreciate it. Just trying to navigate the Rouge talents is a bit confusing when it seems like there are quite a few different ones.

spark tusk
vale pine
#

best way to learn is to ask ^^

#

well and practice

hazy breach
#

The builds are probably different because it literally changed today

#

So some might not have had their updates go through and some have

spark tusk
hazy breach
#

There really arent much difference

#

Theres very little difference between the different setup in terms of numbers, and playing your ST spec on aoe would be completely fine

#

But deathstalker is good now, it wasnt yesterday

spark tusk
glacial tartan
#

Ahh okay. I haven't touched the Deathstalker build yet as Trickster seemed more interesting to me. What was getting me though is some of the Rouge talents took Without A Trace or Thistle Tea over Supercharger and Force Induction.

hazy breach
#

Then youre probably in the assa section

#

And not in the sub section

wide magnet
#

thistle tea thatle tea

glacial tartan
alpine wraith
#

yea might need to update that one

hazy breach
#

Then its probably not updated

alpine wraith
#

we dont really play db anymore cost to get to it is not worth

hazy breach
#

Because thats some pre 0.5 patch stuff

#

Wowhead and IV should be updated though

glacial tartan
#

That makes sense then lol. I'll stick more to thos.

wide magnet
#

if it makes you feel better talent choice is arcane intuition and df talent trees were a mistake

glacial tartan
#

That sounds horrible lol.

#

Either way, thank you all again. I decided to pick up Sub as my first DPS and it's been pretty fun so far.

spark tusk
#

Ngl, quite the choice for your first dps

#

Glad you're here, Sub's fun, just isn't typically people's first pick

wide magnet
#

just remember that the 1s gcd is not as scary as it seems

#

because your global order is pretty much scripted

glacial tartan
#

On paper the rotation seems not too bad, just definitely takes a lot of practice and experience. I started about a month ago playing Prot War so it's quite the jump for sure lol.

wide magnet
#

should b pretty comparable actually

#

in terms of apm

uneven fern
#

apm kinda a fake concept in wow tho

#

difficulty is like

#

decisions per minute

#

ret kinda high apm but wtf r u ever thinking about on that spec

#

(nothing)

wide magnet
#

then by this metric sub is one of the simplest classes in the game

#

and thus one of the easiest

#

but in practice that's not how players tend to feel

glossy turtle
#

is 40k overall a big difference? when it comes to st sims?

glacial tartan
wide magnet
#

:>

#

sub has very high active apm

#

intersparsed w some downtime

#

so brings the median down

glacial tartan
#

I was drawn to it becuase it seems like a busy job is the big thing for me.

wide magnet
#

yea

#

unfortunately the tier set kind of removes some of the cool decisions you can make in m+

#

but it is still busy

spark tusk
#

I mean it's basically hitting every gcd during cooldowns with off gcds thrown in a few places, but that's about it, outside of cds you're not gcd capped

#

with a fixed 1sec gcd

#

so it's not as bad as it could be

wide magnet
#

that's what i said!

glacial tartan
#

x3 So I did have a question. Does Nible Fury remove the use of Shuriken Storm and Black Powder?

wide magnet
#

yea

#

when you have flawless form up

#

which is 90% of the time

spark tusk
#

you still use shuriken to build

wide magnet
#

if not significantly higher

spark tusk
#

you use strike during dance, and you use storm outside of dance if flawless is up

#

if flawless is not up, you use stab

wide magnet
#

true..

spark tusk
#

and apparently you now try to keep FW up with storm in dance?

#

I don't know that sounds like it was a recent developemnt

#

with the changes

wide magnet
#

do you take that talent

#

(silent storm)

fallow nimbus
#

You use 1 100% crit from rotten for storm

thick cedar
#

So with the new DS raid setup should Evis be the highest dmg dealer?

alpine wraith
#

yea just made a video about it just in case you get used to it fast

#

evis was always highest for ST

spark tusk
#

glad I have a rotten tracker

#

honestly was considering getting rid of it

wide magnet
#

so many talents that should just be built in

#

lol

spark tusk
#

so glad I dragged my feet

alpine wraith
#

it was always useful FW affected nimble

#

just not enough to actually change rotation around it

spark tusk
#

there's a lesson kids, always procrastinate it might mean you don't ever have to do the work Surebud

alpine wraith
#

so no need to teach people for almost 0 gain

thick cedar
#

Its like 50% higher than the next spell for me, i fear I maybe missing something.

alpine wraith
#

nah evis trucks

#

big stonks

fallow nimbus
#

It's 2 builders after sod

#

Not that hard to remember

wide magnet
#

ye?

alpine wraith
#

no

fallow nimbus
#

No

alpine wraith
#

you consume rotten withs trike

wide magnet
#

or do you symbols before

alpine wraith
#

finish then use storm

#

rotten has 2 stacks

fallow nimbus
#

Storm munches both stacks

alpine wraith
#

there is a bug where rotten uses both so you dont use it there

wide magnet
#

ah

#

is it never ss storm sectec

#

what's the loss on that

fallen kite
#

is sub starting to pop off now with DS buffs or naw

alpine wraith
#

on st yes

#

for m+ people need to try it more

fallen kite
#

ah okay

oak portal
#

!fuu

wicked joltBOT
wide magnet
alpine wraith
#

why would you use 2 builders

#

if premed strike already caps cps

#

that one would be a big L

wide magnet
#

dm stack and vuln for sectec since it is physical

alpine wraith
#

monumental ayaya tehee moment

#

most of sec tech is shadow

wide magnet
#

on the tooltip it is only physical

alpine wraith
#

imagine trusting blizz toolips

wide magnet
#

every time i ask these questions i just get sad

#

there are only sad answers

glacial tartan
#

:<

wide magnet
#

i guess the tooltip does say they're "shadow" clones :^)

#

so you should expect them to deal shadow damage with the name of a weapon trait from 8 years ago

spark tusk
#

I mean it’s ok how would you know it’s not like you can see them

wide magnet
#

lmfao true

short radish
#

good times

unkempt trench
#

I just simmed this and their all close so should I take Hero mad queen, Myth dead-eye spyglass or Myth random helm (which I will catalyst) from vault?

tulip token
#

I want evi to hit like this all the time pls

thick cedar
tulip token
thick cedar
#

Good lord, did everything stack? What ilvl?

tulip token
#

I am 636 and I sent everything going into the damage amp phase but I saw like an 8mil crit and was like dang and then I saw the 12m and was like wtf...

#

Sec tec had an 8.8mil crit in that same fight

tribal blade
#

but that's a beefy evis gdamn

thick cedar
#

Its certinaly beefy.. 😮

tulip token
#

If my log would post correctly I could look

tribal blade
#

i don't even know what the affix is this week, but i see it down there

tulip token
#

Oh probably, It is the vers/cd one

tribal blade
#

must be that yeah

light imp
#

Radiant power on mh/of is better for M+ i assume

tulip token
#

Ima be honest this log is confusing the crap out of me

tulip token
#

Wtf is this lmfao

topaz raptor
#

Did you die with the buff

tulip token
#

No but I did port out and swap specs after first boss. Maybe that did it?

topaz raptor
#

The log missed recording it fading, could’ve been leaving combat or something too

tulip token
#

Sadly, radiant power and pot were not in that 12m evi. Now I wonder what it could of been lol

small hemlock
#

on the wowhead guide it says in st to use SB After sec tech is that right?

tribal blade
#

so that way the first strike consumes premed to give you full CPs

#

you get very little value from having blades up at the start of dance, so you can delay it for later into flag buff

small hemlock
#

other than that is there anything else really different since before the rework

#

s

#

seems like the same spec

eager locust
#

!fuu

wicked joltBOT
tribal blade
#

there's a few things revolving dancing on sectec's cd now

#

and sending naked symbols/sectec before next cd set

#

@lunar bluff i see you

#

good luck in there

lunar bluff
#

superrrr hard key

tribal blade
half comet
#

trickster still on any cleave in raid?

plush roost
#

For sure

lunar bluff
plush roost
#

Nice!

tribal blade
light imp
#

Poppin off in a +10 mists, the warlock is 633 ilvl, im 621

lunar bluff
tribal blade
lunar bluff
#

or 2nd boss whoops

#

idk he said he pulled mobs with spatial on accident

tribal blade
#

did it cause a wipe?

jaunty umbra
#

spatial doubles the range of fire breath but visual remains the same

#

common aug L

strange chasm
#

ok did a 15 siege

#

ds sub actually NUKES bosses

lunar bluff
wide magnet
#

how terrible is the binding of binding

modest delta
#

how far behind is DS from trickster

left ledge
#

Boring gameplay

strange chasm
#

not sure what the dungeon slice diff is though

#

because the boss damage DS does is cracked

left ledge
#

Dslice isn’t updated is it

#

Like the sheet sims

#

I didn’t check since yday

#

So idk

strange chasm
#

I think it is

left ledge
#

!fuu

wicked joltBOT
left ledge
#

Eh idk

#

But yeah DS is basically just a better version of df s3 sub

#

Only complaint is like others pointed out can be kinda cringe capping out cp for DN sometimes

#

But it doesn’t happen often enough to be annoying and also only happens outside of cds

strange chasm
#

I think trickster is more fun though and based off the aoe sims will blast that still in keys

#

but in raid ds slams

upbeat sorrel
#

do we go DS or tricksta on queen

hazy breach
#

Its updated after the patch but doesnt include the BP change for trickster as it hasnt been pushed yet. I forgor 💀

#

The dslice sim i did with that had trickster roughly 2% ahead

hazy breach
# strange chasm ok did a 15 siege

The first boss classic is overall on the first boss being similar but then you check the breakdown and the others have like 50% on boss and youre like 80%

novel plaza
#

so when do we press BP now? above 5 tar?

strange chasm
short radish
#

or just starting

strange chasm
upbeat sorrel
#

just starting

#

but i am kinda cooked at sub so i need to learn the spec as well

short radish
#

but i tried it for a few pulls and it felt a bit wack so went back to trickster

#

granted i'd done 180 pulls as trickster already

ember hound
#

!fuu

wicked joltBOT
strange chasm
#

are these big sec tech hits

upbeat sorrel
#

is finishing on 6+ combo points what im supposed to do as DS

blazing plover
#

or maybe just those 2 were 😛

clever delta
#

if you really need to speed up your opener as trisckter, would you rather strike flag evis cds or strike flag rupture cds

swift tinsel
#

initial thought would be rupture bc your second finisher in dance is evisc

#

and you're missing a lil bit of snd uptime but you're not realllly missing out on the benefit of thousand cuts or attack speed

alpine valley
#

i played sub in amyrdrassil, tried it last week, bro i don't remember anything

#

😄

upbeat sorrel
#

Is using second finisher as evis better cause of danse macabre?

hazy breach
#

During your flag+blades window you have to use sectech as your first finisher to get a second one inside the burst

#

Outside of that burst it doesnt really matter, you could use sectech as the second one if you want as long as it doesnt make you delay flag (aka if sectech isnt ready when you want to flag)

iron fjord
#

How are the cooldown timings now? Still sending 2 dances and sods on cds yes? Do we send shadow dances alone? Not getting enough sods for all dances tbh, especially in m+

hazy breach
#

2 of each during blades+flag

#

Then you try to squeeze in as many as possible inbetween while making sure you can still 2x during cds

iron fjord
#

well, i guess that's pretty clear x)

hazy breach
#

Also sounds odd that you would have more dances than SoDs

iron fjord
#

really? I was hitting dummies for a while now and it always happened

lilac stag
#

@hazy breach I know DS got the love, did you mess with apl at all to prio BP higher at lower target counts with Tricky?

hazy breach
#

Yes

lilac stag
#

any gains?

hazy breach
#

Use second rotten charge for storm

#

Then bp at 5

lilac stag
#

Storm still eating both? I didn’t check that on reset

hazy breach
#

Yes

#

Thats why you use the second one

#

So strike > sectech > storm > bp

lilac stag
#

Makes sense

#

assuming not in sims yet. APL was still a month old on simc git

hazy breach
#

Not pushed yet no

brisk onyx
lilac stag
#

it’s not a bug it’s a feature. ~Subtlety

iron fjord
#

i hit dummies again, still more dances than sods

#

is that really surprising in an aoe scenario?

fair stump
#

Is that the total amount of the three hits?

hazy breach
#

Are you playing without the extra sod charges or something

fair stump
#

or just the first one

hazy breach
#

Its court i think

#

So its +100%

tribal blade
#

i assume he's running DB build

#

with 1 death perception

fair stump
round latch
hazy breach
fair stump
#

That's why I was asking if it was including the damage from all three hits

hazy breach
#

No

fair stump
#

Because I don't think my details does

hazy breach
#

Its just the highest hit

iron fjord
hazy breach
#

Aka one of the clones

iron fjord
#

did i did an oopsie?

#

oh i did

tribal blade
iron fjord
#

holy smokes lemme change that

tribal blade
#

running x2 symbols and rotten is better i think

#

feels better at least

iron fjord
#

yea it is

#

thanks

strange chasm
#

That was during a key with trick build

hazy breach
#

Presumably its siege/mists/city

#

With damage amps and possibly an aug

strange chasm
#

Eleem is too smart

#

No Aug but mists

iron fjord
#

when dn is up: evis>secteq even in flag burst?

hazy breach
#

Yes

iron fjord
#

thx

topaz agate
#

Does sec tech consume darkest night

hazy breach
#

No

#

You need to use a 7cp evis to use darkest night

jaunty heath
#

Darkest night secret tech would go hard

alpine wraith
#

yea man

hazy breach
#

Would lead to very annoying lineup stuff

jaunty heath
#

True but big number make heart rate go up

pliant topaz
#

i am simply playing trickster and pressing BP

#

and im happy

lilac stag
iron fjord
#

i cannot get ds to work in m+ :(

#

i just perform worse than on trickster

#

way worse actually

pliant topaz
lilac stag
#

hilarious that we basically had no idea that it’s there since we actively avoid the death charge and while spamming abilities it cancels the animation.

alpine wraith
#

yea i explained it a bit

pliant topaz
#

its not there

alpine wraith
#

there is also a new bug where you dont do dmg with coup

#

if snd is not active

green kindle
#

prob better for overall but idk trickster still seems better to me

alpine wraith
#

DS has more prio because of DN

pliant topaz
#

it only procs from ranged melee has no animation

alpine wraith
#

but dmg is a bit diff

green kindle
#

maybe i'm underestimating DN

pliant topaz
#

yes

hazy breach
#

Deathstalker bp does 85% of the damage of eviscerate

lilac stag
#

yes

alpine wraith
#

yea you are kinda understimating it

#

also mark does a fuckton of dmg

#

it can crit for 1 mil

#

every finisher

#

man i hate DS so much passive krangle

hazy breach
#

So as long as you have like 2/3 more targets the damage from singular focus is gonna make BP do more damage than eviscerate wouldve

green kindle
#

ah true i forgot about singular focus

#

fair enough

#

so u just click BP on 2+ targets?

hazy breach
#

Yes

green kindle
#

do u think DS is gonna be better on silken court too now? i wonder

hazy breach
#

Prob not

green kindle
#

on queen it should be probably i assume

hazy breach
#

I dont think its gonna end up being better in m+ either

#

But ye for raid for sure

#

BP just overtuned af

green kindle
#

i'll try it on court i guess

#

i wonder how good clicking BP on court will be xd

#

mark has to be really annoying on court i'll hate my life

alpine wraith
#

not really

#

you just strike

green kindle
#

ah true, i never really tried DS with sub i guess it's far less annoying than assa

alpine wraith
#

you can actually do a little trick dont tell anyone

#

you can strike a scarab about to die

#

and you get DN

#

when it dies

#

and witness

#

after you pop the DN

green kindle
#

yeah i was just thinking about that, DS is prob a lot nicer to play on sub

#

for m+ as well, easy way to get DN

#

i'll cook with it

alpine wraith
#

uh i mean it is not that easy vs trickster

#

that one is just plug and play

half comet
#

do you shuriken storm on 2 target in dance

#

with DS aoe

alpine wraith
#

only if witness is up

half comet
#

nvm

alpine wraith
#

otherwise strike

half comet
#

read the pin lol

#

seems like DS is actually simple

alpine wraith
#

yes it is not super hard

#

just can be annoying sometimes

rugged condor
#

i noticed in logs and sims that with DS we dont want sectech first finisher after smybols anymore? top logs and sims are using sectech as 2nd finisher

half comet
#

paying attention to supercharger for DN prob good

alpine wraith
#

you only dont sec tech first outside of cds

#

so the dances in between

#

otherwise you want to sec tech first because if not you wont get 2 inside transmitter

#

it is super tight

rugged condor
#

oh i see, like the first symbols-sectech in your cds, you'd want to use sectech as your first finisher.

alpine wraith
#

ideally you also enter dance with 1 mark you can sec tech and DN both charged

#

yea transmitter is only 15 secs

#

so to get 2 sec techs because DS does not have super cdr you need to sec tech first

half comet
#

i was reading that we can do shadowstrike sec tec storm powder or seomthing

#

in aoe

#

is that the case

alpine wraith
#

yea you can strike once in dance because of premed

lilac stag
#

and storm eats both rotten

rugged condor
alpine wraith
#

yea

#

but that is also because that evis is a DN one i think

#

i didnt really count the finishers but it seems like

#

but yea as you saw there sec tech if the popped transmitter well just as he did first one

#

had only like 1 sec left after the clones hit on the second one

lilac stag
#

Threading the needle just not enjoyable

alpine wraith
#

the best one is when you get parried

lilac stag
#

Imagine getting parried

alpine wraith
#

we need a coup emote

lilac stag
alpine wraith
#

but cooler

#

like goremaw

lilac stag
#

🥕

alpine wraith
lilac stag
#

I’ll make a uwu one this week

#

or googly eyes

keen dome
#

googly eyes make everything better and funnier

lilac stag
#

Agreed

alpine wraith
#

yea coup with googly eyes seems cool

#

oops killed you again

#

teheee

#

sorreeey

half comet
#

is there anything weird you do in ST with ds

alpine wraith
#

you cant dance as much as trickster

#

so have to be careful

#

may need to delay flag a bit sometimes

#

and not dance at all in between without CB

#

the symbols+secte ch are also fewer

jolly pasture
#

Prolly asked a million times now so sorry but are ppl playing ds in keys now?

alpine wraith
#

not likely some people will try

#

i will do some videos but right now at least in sims they seem almost the same

half comet
alpine wraith
#

if you do big pulls DS may come a bit ahead but who knows

half comet
#

interesting

alpine wraith
#

yea you just dont have enough CDR

#

so you need to send some more naked symbols

iron fjord
lilac stag
sly shore
#

What's st usage of sod

#

As deathstalker

slate basin
#

Ds sims about 4% higher than trickster for me in dslice 🤷‍♂️

lilac stag
#

DS should be closer to 5-6 ahead in ST

#

Trickster should be ahead in dslice once apl gets updated.

sly shore
#

seems there is a sod on it's own at times

#

💀

alpine wraith
#

yea you cant risk sec tech cdr

#

after using the dance with CB in between cds

#

you sometimes can get sec tech+sod

#

but other times you cant

#

from 3 min+ it becomes super rough on that front

sly shore
#

just playing catchup

alpine wraith
#

yes because we are dangerous already on dance cdr

#

using ONE dance in between

#

sometimes have to delay flag 4-5 secs

#

for deathstalker instead of 1 stack+3x secs left may need it to be 1 stack+2x secs left

#

to be able to double dance

lilac stag
#

Maybe tier fixes it

sly shore
#

probably need some actual rules

#

to make it clearer

#

if cd's are x secs off

#

don't dance

#

only sod

alpine wraith
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maybe when i get more data

lilac stag
sly shore
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💀

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in keys it's easier

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st is the problem

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keys can just mindless dance + sod

lilac stag
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New BP rules on trickster should have it ahead

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In keys

sly shore
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how many targets is it now

lilac stag
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5

sly shore
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that's a bit of a reduction from 12

lilac stag
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short convo

sly shore
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yuh

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basically just do st rotation until 5

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then swap evis for bp

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ez clap

lilac stag
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just don’t mess up rotten

sly shore
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yeah