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analog granite
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I'll enjoy the small optimizations once the spec clicks for me

hazy breach
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Weve had too much fun it seems

upbeat garden
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From 0 is really hard

analog granite
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I did play sub during aberrus but I think that version of sub is a meme for how easy it was

upbeat garden
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Took me 20 keys to do the rotation right

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And another 20 to actually do damage

analog granite
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Reading the SoD segment on wowhead hurts my brain

upbeat garden
hazy breach
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Use it when sectech has 10 or less left of its cd

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And flag isnt coming up soon (in like 25-30 seconds)

analog granite
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Okay that seems a lot easier to remember

stable rain
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hey guys, did a fractilus kill last night that pretty much mirrors cast for cast one of the top logs, however lags behind in coup de grace damage by a large margin. cant really get why that is. could someone more knowledgeable than i take a look?

analog granite
hazy breach
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You need 2 for every flag&blades

alpine wraith
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dont try to compare to the top dog he got god rng

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and yea his coups are insane for some reason

stable rain
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so it is really rng dependant? thats what i thought

upbeat garden
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People cheating

stable rain
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kinda sucks

upbeat garden
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haha

alpine wraith
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sub is not super rng until you get the 4 coups in 1 dance kind of rng

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with other procs

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then you go ah

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so this can happen

stable rain
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like our cast numbers are almost one for one with all other abilities and the kill time is seconds different

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and he had 1.5 mil on coup

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and i had like 850k

glad raven
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we will solve it together šŸ˜‰

topaz egret
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Sub is one of the more rng specs in the game currently

glad raven
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daddy kush

topaz egret
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Not as bad as dark ranger but pretty high variance still

void ocean
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M'Lord

alpine wraith
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sub has no super high variance if you do 100000 pulls

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but we dont so not getting those extra coups on cds

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is brutal

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even more if kill time gets lower and lower

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  • there is a difference in using sec tech with 12 flawless or 27
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and all the other bs that can happen

alpine wraith
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like coup crits are also quite gamba

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if you crit in the end part vs the first 2 hits

fringe island
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is CB a thing in aoe now?

raven sail
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!coup

wicked joltBOT
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Coup de Grace Optimizations:

  • **Number 1: ** You can hold coup up to ~20 secounds and stop using finishers ~10 seconds before your Flagellation comes up on Single Target. The later is used to build up Shadow Techniques for your cooldowns.
  • Number 2: ONLY with the 4 set of the new tier! -- During Shadow Blades or with 4+ targets, if you have the 4 set buff active and need to build combo points you can use Shuriken Storm to not proc Unseen Blade before using your 2nd Coup.
  • Explanation: The Tier Set buff does not allow new applications of the Unseen Blades stacks, so any Unseen Blades procs between the 2 Coup casts would be wasted, this small adjustment prevents that from happening.
solemn lance
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I noticed a couple of times on Sould Hunter prog coup would not proc at all in the first shadow dance and would be stuck at 3 stacks, is that just unlucky RNG? Only happened a few times but it hurt when it did

hazy breach
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Yeah that can happen

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if you dont get a reset on your regular unseen blade or proc any of your 2p

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!prepull however if you do this second thing it wont happen

wicked joltBOT
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Pre Pull Cheeses:
Recommended - Supercharge - Using Symbols of Death before pull gives you 2 supercharger charges, this is easy to perform and can be done without any loss given the infinite timer on supercharger.

  • Explanation: Only the first 2 stacks of Supercharger don't reset on a boss pull, and you can easily press symbols early enough to have full charges on pull.
    NOT Recommended - Disoriented Strikes - Using Secret Technique gives you disoriented strikes, you can start bosses with the benefits when using Secret before a wipe or on Trash carefully.
  • Explanation: Disoriented does not reset on boss pull, but this trick requires a lot of attention and can't be done consistently, so is not recommended.
    Damage Impact: Both Cheeses lead to a bit more than 1% damage gain in a 5 minute Patchwerk simulation.
analog granite
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and only use it on sec tech if flag&blades are not close to coming off cdf

glad rampart
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!coupe

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!coup

wicked joltBOT
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Coup de Grace Optimizations:

  • **Number 1: ** You can hold coup up to ~20 secounds and stop using finishers ~10 seconds before your Flagellation comes up on Single Target. The later is used to build up Shadow Techniques for your cooldowns.
  • Number 2: ONLY with the 4 set of the new tier! -- During Shadow Blades or with 4+ targets, if you have the 4 set buff active and need to build combo points you can use Shuriken Storm to not proc Unseen Blade before using your 2nd Coup.
  • Explanation: The Tier Set buff does not allow new applications of the Unseen Blades stacks, so any Unseen Blades procs between the 2 Coup casts would be wasted, this small adjustment prevents that from happening.
glad raven
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By "it's cooldown" does that refer to the 20s cd on unseen blade?

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Trying to wrap my head where damage come from with trickster

glad raven
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So when youre talking about sub being RNG. What's Rgn about it currently?

analog granite
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!macros

wicked joltBOT
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Subtlety Macros:
We do not recommend macroing your cooldowns together because most of them result in performance losses compared to using them manually.
The following macros are an exception:

/cast Shadow Dance
/castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, null```
```yaml
/cast Shadow Blades
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Ancestral Call
/use Araz's Ritual Forge
/use Unyielding Netherprism
/use Lily of the Eternal Weave

When using diffrent macros, make sure to keep the cooldowns on a seperate key as well.

vale pine
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and 2p

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which decide just how well coup de grace lines up with your cooldowns

glad raven
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Ahh i get it

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thanks

analog granite
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is dungeon slice supported for sub?

glad raven
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One more dumb question, are escalating blade stacks, the unseen blade proc stacks?

hazy breach
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yes

glad raven
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Thanks Eleem PichuAww

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!coup

wicked joltBOT
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Coup de Grace Optimizations:

  • **Number 1: ** You can hold coup up to ~20 secounds and stop using finishers ~10 seconds before your Flagellation comes up on Single Target. The later is used to build up Shadow Techniques for your cooldowns.
  • Number 2: ONLY with the 4 set of the new tier! -- During Shadow Blades or with 4+ targets, if you have the 4 set buff active and need to build combo points you can use Shuriken Storm to not proc Unseen Blade before using your 2nd Coup.
  • Explanation: The Tier Set buff does not allow new applications of the Unseen Blades stacks, so any Unseen Blades procs between the 2 Coup casts would be wasted, this small adjustment prevents that from happening.
analog granite
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I think rogue might be the only class with supported dungeon slice

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not complaining tho garf_sit

tepid trellis
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made by rogues for rogues

glad raven
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!wa

lilac stag
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@tepid trellis we're on soul hunters. range dps aint great so we're hitting like 2% at enrage. Think I'm better off sending partial blades before the 3rd intermission instead of holding til after since they're both shortened windows

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the timings there are cursed

tepid trellis
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i just send on cd (just not in intermissions)

lilac stag
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we hit the enrage a couple times and was going to try that on next attempt

tepid trellis
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Ryldd had some nice timings that works well if you just about get last intermission iirc

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but if you hit enrage, you loose a cast i think

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if you do his

lilac stag
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yeah I was trying to look over the timings. we're just low dps in general. range struggling with soaks and dps

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unironically I think outlaw would be better for where we are

tepid trellis
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had a 0.2% wipe on a reclear last reset

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where i was doing over 10

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just rng roll it xD

lilac stag
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i had a couple 24m openers and was like wtf

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we of course wipe in p1 dracthyr_kek

wild hornet
mental kettle
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does anyone use a "special" keybind for the CD lineups - i.e potion + blades + prism

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getting tired of perssing every key manually

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only for when your prism is up, you have flag etc etc and never pressed outside this

tepid trellis
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i press everything manually

tepid trellis
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just proc

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git gud

fleet wharf
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is it sending sec tech but not landing any more autos or what?

dry zodiac
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As you’re wiping, you cast a secret technique. Then don’t press bs/shadowstrike again

autumn condor
vale pine
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^ just secret when whipe is called

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and die after

mental kettle
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including CB

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just in general presing 5 different buff keys before is start playing is getting omega tiring

fleet wharf
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Some binds are ok though right? I can't think of a reason why blades+trinket would be bad (not counting prism exceptions)

autumn condor
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Ye ofc

karmic harbor
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!macro

wicked joltBOT
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Subtlety Macros:
We do not recommend macroing your cooldowns together because most of them result in performance losses compared to using them manually.
The following macros are an exception:

/cast Shadow Dance
/castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, null```
```yaml
/cast Shadow Blades
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Ancestral Call
/use Araz's Ritual Forge
/use Unyielding Netherprism
/use Lily of the Eternal Weave

When using diffrent macros, make sure to keep the cooldowns on a seperate key as well.

fleet wharf
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like I have a separate button for sec tech, and another one with sec tech+CB

autumn condor
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I mean its one of those as long as you are doing your rotation correctly, the buttons you are pressing to do it doesn't really matter that much

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Just don't bind sstrike to 1 and evisc to 9 unless you want to play keyboard ddr

karmic harbor
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or have a cool keyboard layout

autumn condor
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Also an option

lethal thorn
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wheres the new toy i got question mark instead šŸ™

tepid trellis
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come back in a month

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maybe they got to us then

lethal thorn
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i mean outlaw and sin got the bottom one ... šŸ™

tepid trellis
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yes and they also arent sub rogue

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we are the redheaded stepchild

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thats locked in the basement

mental kettle
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does anyone wanna play assa in specific keys?

karmic harbor
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is warcraftlogs down

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yee it is

short radish
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Glad we could help

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It was down earlier today as well

vale pine
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was earlier already

karmic harbor
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its back up already

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went down for a few mins i guess

vale pine
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okay, thats not too bad

half knoll
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Ive kept forgetting to ask, should my top dam dealer for logs be sectec?

tepid trellis
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on single target it should be Coup then sectech

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this is from my rank 1 loomithar

half knoll
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Ok ok i can do that, i was looking at another sub one time while learning (still am) and saw his sectec was top, i thought i was doing it wrong

half knoll
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Another thing cus i cant check cus work, wtf is black powder supposed to do

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It spreads find weakness doesnt it? Does it spread anything else like bleeds?

tepid trellis
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blackpowder doesent spread anything

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its just an AoE finisher

ornate heron
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is it possible to sim the boe rings?

lilac stag
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Top gear. Add item and ilevel at top of it

karmic harbor
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Damn

tepid trellis
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slowpoke

ornate heron
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with 0 secondaries

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and if i start typing the specific name of the ring (entropy of the peerless) or whatever it says item not found

karmic harbor
tepid trellis
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on you for playing m+

warm marlin
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It’ll still just be called entropy in top gear

ornate heron
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thank you

twilit gorge
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does using tricks on a tank during raid do much? is there any specific raid tuning that makes it pointless? my tanks have been having aggro swap issues on some parts of the m saladbar fight, was wondering if a tricks during a specific time would help

latent finch
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Tricks does not help with aggro issues on tank these days. Its pretty good at helping yourself not get aggro but thats kinda it. They will need to figure it out themself. Also keep in mind that while dance we have nearly no aggro generation anyway and outside we have no dmg so we cannt give any meaningful aggro to begin with

twilit gorge
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ah okay thank you much

solemn lance
radiant swift
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how can i see all ! commands?

vale pine
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should include the important ones

rain stratus
solemn lance
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my guess is its not hittign coup first in SD if its up

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so im missing out on the whole thing being amped

tepid trellis
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prio is just sectech over coup

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thats about it

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then get lucky at the timings of your coup procs

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and its a done deal

random cedar
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!macro

wicked joltBOT
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Subtlety Macros:
We do not recommend macroing your cooldowns together because most of them result in performance losses compared to using them manually.
The following macros are an exception:

/cast Shadow Dance
/castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, null```
```yaml
/cast Shadow Blades
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Ancestral Call
/use Araz's Ritual Forge
/use Unyielding Netherprism
/use Lily of the Eternal Weave

When using diffrent macros, make sure to keep the cooldowns on a seperate key as well.

urban egret
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so in m+ when shadow blades is down say after the burst how often should i be sending symbols+dance+sectec

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like i dont think its an exact science ofc but should i be holding like a charge of each or so?

tepid trellis
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as many times as you can, but still having enough to do 2x of each thing in your next blades

urban egret
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right ok

lime edge
urban egret
halcyon pendant
urban egret
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like symbols doesnt have cdr obv but dance and sectec do. do i ever send a dance sec tec by itself?

tepid trellis
urban egret
halcyon pendant
lime edge
urban egret
halcyon pendant
# lime edge What do i set it to then?

Dungeon Slice will get you there! For pure aoe because of the the 90sec CD window, consider simming 2min or 4min. Something outside your cds, where multiple trinket use are available

lime edge
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Will try those now!

halcyon pendant
analog granite
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do you need to enter something in the custom APL or something?

halcyon pendant
tepid trellis
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dslice is 6min dont think you can change that, but ive never tried since i dont do dslice sims ever

analog granite
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why not? don't do a lot of m+ or do you just sim ST always?

tepid trellis
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i just dont sim for dungeons

analog granite
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idk how much it matters

tepid trellis
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when i still did high key pushing i just tested different setups

limpid sage
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(I know I could easily test myself but I’m not on the computer)

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Because if it’s fixed 6 min, it’d make sense that forge sims so shit on dslice

analog granite
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I'm pretty sure it's fixed 6min

tepid trellis
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it has variance

analog granite
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wait I think I misunderstood, what do you mean by fight length variance?

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since the fight length is fixed at 6m

alpine wraith
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has variance on pulls time to die

tepid trellis
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sims have a 20% variance

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in time as well

alpine wraith
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and general lenght

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so it sims lots of chunks from 4 mins to 6 mins in the case of a 5 min sim

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like if you do 100000 iterations it does like 10k of each increment of times etc.

analog granite
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and it takes the average of those or how does it work

tepid trellis
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so in the case of a dslice which is baseline 6min some of them will be 5min and some will be 7

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it will show you the median

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or rather one of the medians

analog granite
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so if you would do the exact same sim 5 times

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it will give a slightly different output?

tepid trellis
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very very minor dif

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like marginal difference

analog granite
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so it would not affect the way a trinket performs

tepid trellis
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cuz it does 60k iterations

analog granite
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I guess that makes sense if the variance can only be 20% since trinket won't be off cd

tepid trellis
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or in this case here 40k of them

analog granite
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interesting

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never really thought about how sims work tbh

sullen yarrow
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
sweet turret
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!spreadsheet

wicked joltBOT
limpid sage
limpid sage
tepid trellis
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seems like a pretty normal sim for you gear

limpid sage
hazy breach
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Yeah and its significantly worse if the fight is 8 mins or longer

wheat elk
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havent been lucky with the boots yet but antenna instead iof pacemaker wont be that much of a diff

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and ive seen people do 5.2 5.3 on sims

limpid sage
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Because in both edge cases of variance being maxed out, you miss a cast of forge or forge has 30 sec cd left

hazy breach
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And if the fight is 2:30 forge+passive is way better

tepid trellis
limpid sage
hazy breach
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A lot

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Unless its specifically 2:30 or 4:30, then forge+passive is good

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Oh wait you meant forge+prism

limpid sage
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Ya

hazy breach
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But yeah the longer the fight the worse double on-use is

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Because a lot of the benefit is from being able to have a trinket on pull

queen rain
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Is everyone else’s wow characters deleted

limpid sage
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Since you actually gain something from tfd

analog granite
glacial lintel
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!mistakes

wicked joltBOT
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Here are some common mistakes and how to spot them in your logs:

  • Go into your log, press Timelines and Casts to the right like this
  • Every single Flagellation & Blades window should look like the opener in this picture. Coup, shadowstrikes and eviscerates can move around a bit depending on procs, but all the other spells should be used exactly like this.
  • Make sure you always get 8 globals off during your shadow dances. You can hover over your shadow dances to see the exact times they start, and then see if your 8th spell is within 8 seconds of that.
  • If your shadow dance and/or symbols wasnt ready in time to be used like in the picture above you used too many in between your burst.
analog granite
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No I think I asked what variance was I just meant the length thing idk

last gate
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!symb

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!macro

wicked joltBOT
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Subtlety Macros:
We do not recommend macroing your cooldowns together because most of them result in performance losses compared to using them manually.
The following macros are an exception:

/cast Shadow Dance
/castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, null```
```yaml
/cast Shadow Blades
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Ancestral Call
/use Araz's Ritual Forge
/use Unyielding Netherprism
/use Lily of the Eternal Weave

When using diffrent macros, make sure to keep the cooldowns on a seperate key as well.

last gate
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!tea

wicked joltBOT
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Thistle tea use:
It is recommended to macro Thistle Tea with Shadow Dance like this:

/cast Shadow Dance
/castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, null```
limpid sage
lost dirge
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!macro

wicked joltBOT
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Subtlety Macros:
We do not recommend macroing your cooldowns together because most of them result in performance losses compared to using them manually.
The following macros are an exception:

/cast Shadow Dance
/castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, null```
```yaml
/cast Shadow Blades
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Ancestral Call
/use Araz's Ritual Forge
/use Unyielding Netherprism
/use Lily of the Eternal Weave

When using diffrent macros, make sure to keep the cooldowns on a seperate key as well.

last gate
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this one

last gate
fossil forge
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any fixes with the saladbar plaform thing

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im losing my mind

left ledge
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What’s wrong with it

fossil forge
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i get like delayed sht sounds

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x500

left ledge
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What the helly

fossil forge
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typeshit twin

left ledge
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I cleared didn’t notice that

torn shell
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If I want to do high add damage on M araz do I just cleave off boss with ST rotation or should I be pressing black powder instead of non coup evis?

tepid trellis
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id just evis

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difference in dmg at that target count is so miniscule

orchid rampart
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in AoE situations i feel like blasting evis works wonders over BP am i wrong?

pastel geyser
shrewd lantern
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normal to mythic soulhunter boots for me was 66k on sim

winter harbor
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Doing like 6 shadowstrikes in a row without a coup stack is infuriating when you are sitting on 3 stacks already

kind thorn
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Question do we have to stick with the target we use flagellation or can we just tab target to spread the rupture ? Ty in advance.

rough sigil
winter harbor
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idk its happened to me so much where i dont even get my coup until after my second ST even with first dance and do like no damage. ThumbsUp

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with lust and thousand cuts it just seems so impossible

hazy breach
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Can happen if you dont get any 2p procs or thousand cut resets ye

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!prepull #2 here prevents it, but its a bit oof

wicked joltBOT
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Pre Pull Cheeses:
Recommended - Supercharge - Using Symbols of Death before pull gives you 2 supercharger charges, this is easy to perform and can be done without any loss given the infinite timer on supercharger.

  • Explanation: Only the first 2 stacks of Supercharger don't reset on a boss pull, and you can easily press symbols early enough to have full charges on pull.
    NOT Recommended - Disoriented Strikes - Using Secret Technique gives you disoriented strikes, you can start bosses with the benefits when using Secret before a wipe or on Trash carefully.
  • Explanation: Disoriented does not reset on boss pull, but this trick requires a lot of attention and can't be done consistently, so is not recommended.
    Damage Impact: Both Cheeses lead to a bit more than 1% damage gain in a 5 minute Patchwerk simulation.
winter harbor
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i do the supercharge but not the other

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maybe ill try to work that in but yeah seems hard af to have ST off CD when you are wiping since we use it so rotational

orchid rampart
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so secret tech should be followed up with what finisher mostly? or does it fully matter which one

hazy breach
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Whatever you would be using

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So coup if its up, or eviscerate/bp if its not

orchid rampart
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!WA

robust igloo
winter harbor
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adjusting for fight length (5:30) why did this guy do 1.5 million more dps than I did on loom? I had a pull with no threads and thought I would do well but my damage was dogshit.

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i had 76 unseen blade procs to his 97

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am i fucking up or something

warm marlin
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he did proc better than you yes

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also had an extra cast of sectec

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you dropped a gcd in tfd and also held your 2nd sectec for super long

winter harbor
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i sent it on the second global after my backstab

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of the 2nd dance

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there has to be something im doing way wrong for 1.5 mill dps

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thats wild

kind bluff
winter harbor
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oh that makes more sense

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i honestly forgot it had a damage amp

kind bluff
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There were still issues but you have to take factors like that into account

winter harbor
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what are the other issues aside from the 1 global in that dance

weak horizon
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you guys think 710 heroic soul hunters reshii wraps boots would be more worth over 720 crafted boots (no embellishment)?

vagrant sinew
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yes

weak horizon
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yeah the 710 reshii boos simmed about 17k higher

kind thorn
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Is there a weak aura to track specificly when to hold shadow dance for the next Shadow Blades?

cold kernel
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probs a ton, i made a trigger to make my sd be red when blades is under 35s

weak horizon
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A good sub rogue who manages their CDs/rotation well, and with the right trinkets can easily be at the top of the damage meters in raid, yes?

I've always know sub to be THE funnel/ST spec, especially in raid, especially traditionally.

Someone tried telling me that sub basically sucks because they showed me a 95th percentile of manaforge omega dps specs and sub rogue is at the bottom.

The funny thing is, I've always seen sub rogues at the top of the damage meters during mythic prog, while these same raid charts will have shown them in the middle or towards the bottom

fleet wharf
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We don't have funnel, our ST is pretty bad. Just look at fract for that

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We should peak when we send our cds, but we basically do no damage outside of that very specific window. This raid just has a lot of windows where we can leverage that well

warm marlin
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you can leverage your strengths (cd flexibility, st burst, burst cleave) to be near the top or top of soulbinder, araz, nexus, dimensius

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and your sustained st is very bad yes

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thankfully sub is very good at abusing burst add spawns and damage amps so you can still do well despite that

weak horizon
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Well I'm getting my rogue geared up for sub rogue atm, I remember the rotation and managing CDs because I played it before. Should I expect to be disappointed or mid-dps, or 2-3 spots above tank damage?

fleet wharf
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depends on the fight, Ryldd covered where we can be good and where we won't be so hot

warm marlin
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you probably wont be very happy on fractillus in particular where sub is the worst spec in the game but you can def have some big pop offs on some of the good bosses i mentioned above

weak horizon
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Surely Blizz will see a traditionally top performing raid spec all the way at the bottom, and perhaps give them a little buff

fleet wharf
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I think it's a good season for sub all things considered because on the harder fights we do well in

warm marlin
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yep can't really complain

fleet wharf
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We'll prolly not get significant changes. ST buff in exchange for nerfed aoe would be ideal but I doubt we'll get such tuning

weak horizon
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The damage amp phase just confuse me a bit. Araz for example, when you switch to attack towers, is it ever worth to send flag + sb during that time? Or hold it for damage amp phase, and only use symbols dance sectec?

fleet wharf
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I just held for damage amps. Let ranged deal with intermission

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not even symbols or dance tbh because you want everything up for the amps

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unless you're gonna overcap significantly

weak horizon
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What you doing during those long intermissions then? Send a dance symbols combo if about to cap?

fleet wharf
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backstab soup

weak horizon
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Auto attack backstab simulator

fleet wharf
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but yes, send dance symbols and sec tech if you'll overcap

weak horizon
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The one thing I always found appealing about sub is that it creeps up out of no where, and people are usually impressed by a sub rogue

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One minute you're like #6-8 in dps, 1 minute later you flew to the top of the meter

fleet wharf
#

for sure, I also really like that about sub and this season has many moments where you can do that

echo nebula
#

why exactly is "The Rotten" a m+ talent? what makes it better than grabbing 6% crit during symbols?

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i just wonder bc we swap 2 talent points from raid build to m+ build, double rupture makes sense, but the swap from symbols crit to rotten doesn't. i must be missing something crucial

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is it because it just does a little bit more with nimble flurry active?

weak horizon
#

Is having two active trinkets more acceptably meta now? For example if you have prism and araz

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Basically giving you a huge on-use for each big CDs window

tepid trellis
#

Yes

shrewd lantern
#

bfa s1 was 7 years ago

strange chasm
#

!fuu

wicked joltBOT
tribal blade
#

but sub was the original funnel spec

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which is why it's weird we haven't gotten it back but a bunch of other specs have

shrewd lantern
#

Yeah i was there

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when they shot it in the head

hazy lichen
#

!sheet

wicked joltBOT
shadow lance
echo nebula
shadow lance
#

With a lot of crit, I pref play with finality

signal lotus
#

!log

viscid mantle
#

I think I might have misunderstood the guides but when my 2nd set of cds come back up and I have rupture on enemies in aoe where exactly do I send flagellation there ? Just before the symbols + shadow dance ?

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Primarily confused because of these parts

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Or would I go symbols + shadow dance into generator into flag into shadow blades

shadow lance
#

Flag before danc/sod

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It' legit what the guide say

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"Use symbol with flag" is a way to say, when you pressed flag, you need to sod>sectech during it

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Just be at full CP, Flag > dance/sod > Sectech > ShadowBlades

viscid mantle
#

Gotcha, thanks. Got a little mixed up since it says to use flag with enough CP to finish right after and dance asking to have low CP

shadow lance
#

Or, if you want, Flag > BP > Dance/sod / bs > Sectech > Shadowblades

#

Dance with low cp? where it is?

shy scarab
# signal lotus !log

ur name brooo, outlaw is for the youngster.. my wrist hurts after 5min gamepplay

viscid mantle
last gate
shadow lance
#

Cuz you can dance > Finisher > bs OR dance > bs > finisher

#

Doesn't matter

viscid mantle
#

oh

shadow lance
#

Just don't use at 2 3 4 5 cp

viscid mantle
#

makes way more sense now

shadow lance
#

You just want to benefit from premed

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So you dance at low cp or at 6-7 if you finisher instant

shy scarab
#

fucking dead bro hahaha

signal lotus
#

most difficult gameplay yet the lowest damage

#

garbage game man

shy scarab
#

its not difficult, its just spammy

frank trellis
#

!coup

wicked joltBOT
#

Coup de Grace Optimizations:

  • **Number 1: ** You can hold coup up to ~20 secounds and stop using finishers ~10 seconds before your Flagellation comes up on Single Target. The later is used to build up Shadow Techniques for your cooldowns.
  • Number 2: ONLY with the 4 set of the new tier! -- During Shadow Blades or with 4+ targets, if you have the 4 set buff active and need to build combo points you can use Shuriken Storm to not proc Unseen Blade before using your 2nd Coup.
  • Explanation: The Tier Set buff does not allow new applications of the Unseen Blades stacks, so any Unseen Blades procs between the 2 Coup casts would be wasted, this small adjustment prevents that from happening.
cobalt palm
#

!wa

hot ibex
#

Does sub suffer from target swapping duing CDs?

lyric violet
#

Hi ppl, if i interrupt coup during cast between slices, for example using vanish, it will result in a dps lost?

lyric violet
meager coyote
#

the symbols of death macro I got from here preventsme from pressing symbols at all if I spam the button, any helpers?

#

!sod

wicked joltBOT
#

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

meager coyote
#

I didn't misstype it

lyric violet
meager coyote
#

it's in english obviously

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it activates the ability once, and then it doesn't let me press it again

woeful barn
#

Did you copy, paste? Or type it out

meager coyote
#

tpye it out, I'm looking at it again it's correctly written

lyric violet
meager coyote
#

wat

lyric violet
#

The 10 secs of burst

woeful barn
#

So you’re saying symbols isn’t working at all

meager coyote
#

no I'm saying I press it, it activates once and I can't press it again for a while

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and by a while I mean longer than the 2 seconds

woeful barn
#

Oh well don’t use it then lol

meager coyote
#

like if I just stand in dornogal and keep pressing it it prevents me from ever regaining the buff

glacial kraken
#

longer than the duration?

woeful barn
#

Yeah it’s the cqs

meager coyote
#

does it just re-cycle to null if I keep slamming it and that's why it keeps extending past the 2 seconds?

#

ahh yeah I see

meager coyote
#

I found myself trying to squeeze one last "unoptimized" symbols in a bossfight and it didn't let me I was so confused, if I just stopped pressing it and clicked it after the 2 sec it'd be fine

meager coyote
# lyric violet No one know?

can't say I do but I doubt it, only maybe leaving melee? but even then I doubt it "animation canceling" like that isn't rly common in wow

fallow nimbus
lyric violet
#

Idk if the dmg is during all animation and need bodies touch or I can just insta-cast and cancel animation

meager coyote
meager coyote
fallow nimbus
#

Test it at a dummy, hit coup and vanish, look at details if you have all the hits

#

Coup should even immediately cancel vanish I think

shadow lance
#

It just waits 2 sec after each press to reset the macro

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If you spam it, you'll never press SoD a second time, if you wait >2 sec after pressing once, you'll be able to use

lyric violet
#

Have to wait since effect end

shadow lance
#

You sure you speaking about SoD and not dance?

lyric violet
#

Y

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I did differents tried and I got that I can recast in 10 secs, the time to end my first part of rotation

shadow lance
#

And about your coup question, vanish is instant canceled by coup but coup isn't cancelled

#

I just tested now

lyric violet
#

Thanks

#

You tested if you got out of range during coupe?

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I'll try in case of not

shadow lance
#

Lemme check

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Doesn't cancel

#

Proof it works fine

hot ibex
# meager coyote

I macro dance, sod and bs in one macro, for QoL But will castsequence in below apply to the macro or just to backstab?
#showtooltip Symbols of death
/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Symbols of Death
/castsequence reset=2 Backstab, null

lyric violet
lyric violet
wicked joltBOT
#

Subtlety Macros:
We do not recommend macroing your cooldowns together because most of them result in performance losses compared to using them manually.
The following macros are an exception:

/cast Shadow Dance
/castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, null```
```yaml
/cast Shadow Blades
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Ancestral Call
/use Araz's Ritual Forge
/use Unyielding Netherprism
/use Lily of the Eternal Weave

When using diffrent macros, make sure to keep the cooldowns on a seperate key as well.

shadow lance
#

Don't macro sod and dance

hot ibex
shadow lance
#

A bit dumb in my opinion but ok

#

A more keybind for weird reason

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But everyone play like he want

hot ibex
#

Pressing one key is easier and faster than pressing three imho šŸ™‚
However, my question was about castseq

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If I spam this - will Dance still activets twice? Or does reset=5 apply to the whole macro?
/cast Shadow Dance
/castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, null

dry zodiac
#

I’m not sure but should be pretty easy to test?

#

Dance will not

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Because dance cannot ever activate again while active

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But symbols might in your previous macro. Easy to check tho in game.

raven sail
#

!macros

wicked joltBOT
#

Subtlety Macros:
We do not recommend macroing your cooldowns together because most of them result in performance losses compared to using them manually.
The following macros are an exception:

/cast Shadow Dance
/castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, null```
```yaml
/cast Shadow Blades
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Ancestral Call
/use Araz's Ritual Forge
/use Unyielding Netherprism
/use Lily of the Eternal Weave

When using diffrent macros, make sure to keep the cooldowns on a seperate key as well.

raven sail
#

We also spend coup de grace eviscerate with 5-6 cp right?

fleet wharf
#

cdg scales linearly so you don't need to follow the same rules.

lost dirge
#

how can i aoe rotation ?

fleet wharf
#

technically sending it with more cp is good because it's more energy efficient, but whatever

lost dirge
#

single okey but i cant aoe dmg

fleet wharf
#

cdg as top prio, you can black powder at 4 targets or more

vale pine
wicked joltBOT
#

General Gist of the Aoe rotation

  • At ALL target counts cast Coup de Grace when it is ready.
  • At ALL target counts cast Shadowstrike during Shadow Dance, not Shuriken Storm. (unless coup is ready, !coup)
  • Cast Black powder instead of regular Eviscerate at 4 or more targets (there is no other secret rule).
lost dirge
#

!coup

wicked joltBOT
#

Coup de Grace Optimizations:

  • **Number 1: ** You can hold coup up to ~20 secounds and stop using finishers ~10 seconds before your Flagellation comes up on Single Target. The later is used to build up Shadow Techniques for your cooldowns.
  • Number 2: ONLY with the 4 set of the new tier! -- During Shadow Blades or with 4+ targets, if you have the 4 set buff active and need to build combo points you can use Shuriken Storm to not proc Unseen Blade before using your 2nd Coup.
  • Explanation: The Tier Set buff does not allow new applications of the Unseen Blades stacks, so any Unseen Blades procs between the 2 Coup casts would be wasted, this small adjustment prevents that from happening.
unborn vault
#

!wa

raven sail
sudden laurel
#

Quick question is it possible to start a m+ dungeon with 18 stacks of prism?

unborn vault
#

that shadowcraft wa doesnt work for me :<

vale pine
solid hatch
#

!wa

wispy crystal
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!secret

#

!symbols

wicked joltBOT
#

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

glossy turtle
#

is double active trinket the best for m+ as sub? (rital + prism)

daring marlin
#

guess so

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I wonder if champ forge would perform better instead of hero antenna

glossy turtle
#

I have the oppertunity to take ritual forge myth track, and I have prism on hero track

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But I only really play m+, so if its not better in m+ i probably wont take it šŸ™‚

vale pine
#

yes

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take it

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forge + prism is rly good in m+

glossy turtle
#

great

#

what should my macro look like then?

vale pine
#

well

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you ideally don't macro them

#

!prism

wicked joltBOT
#

Unyielding Netherprism
Use the trinket at the same time as Shadow Blades. What stacks you should use it on depends on your trinket combination:

  • If its your only on-use trinket: Using it on 9 or 18 stacks is the same on a target dummy but in practice thing like big pulls, damage amps or timings often end up favoring the big 18 stack.
  • If youre using Prism+Forge: Rotate between them each Shadow Blades regardless of stacks (so forge on pull, prism on 1:30, forge on 3:00)
  • If youre using Prism+Lily: Use Lily with Blades until you have 16+ stacks of Prism, then use prism and hold Lily for next Blades.
glossy turtle
#

damn, I just have soo few keybinds left haha

vale pine
#

don't worry, will get better in Midnight

glossy turtle
#

are the changes good for sub? I quite like the outlaw ones, but havent checked out sub yet

short radish
#

no

vale pine
#

i would just say it seems incomplete

lethal gale
#

I’m usually not a doomer but the changes seem bad all around but we’ll see

vale pine
#

the changes done so far don't fulfill one of the pullet points highlighted in their flavor text

lethal gale
#

Just disappointing cause I’d say this iteration of sub is one of if not the best I’ve played in the past 5 years

vale pine
#

legion and the current one

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yes

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the problem with the current iteration is just the knowlage required to play it correct

iron plover
#

I liked shadowlands sub :<

vale pine
#

season 3 was especially boring

topaz agate
#

what can i macro tea to

vale pine
#

shadow dance

vale pine
#

snake eyes

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tho it wasn't backstab

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outlaw has a diffrent builder

raven sail
#

Can we macro SD and backstab so we can skip 1 button?

vale pine
#

!bs

wicked joltBOT
#

Backstab/Shadow Dance/Tea Macro:yaml #showtooltip Shadow Dance /cast [bonusbar:1] Backstab; Shadow Dance /castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, nullThis will cast Shadow Dance and Tea(if talented) on first key press and Backstab on second key press.

muted kindle
#

anyone had issues with having cb macroed to ST? it keeps saying spell not learned

karmic harbor
#

!cbbug

wicked joltBOT
#

Cold Blood bug:
A common issue when switching between Assassination Fatebound and Subtlety is that Cold Blood stops working, this problem is solvable with the following step:

karmic harbor
#

stop playing assassination

raven sail
#

!wa

glad rampart
#

Stealthi's Coup de Grace bar whats this wa for

native zodiac
#

coups a 1.2 sec gcd with the last hit hitting at 1sec

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which can refund your combo points bc of sht

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so you wont to kinda not queue a gcd if there could be a refund coming (7 sht stacks) until 1sec after coup kinda

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that bar tells you that

last gate
#

I TIMED MY FIRST EVER 15 ATLAST!

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IM HAPPY

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AND SCARED

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16 key in my bag is scary

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WTF it took me 40 min to made a gp for 15 and now 16 is like a unicorn lol

amber sedge
#

if we do a bigpull, we do BP or Evis?

tepid trellis
#

!aoe

wicked joltBOT
#

General Gist of the Aoe rotation

  • At ALL target counts cast Coup de Grace when it is ready.
  • At ALL target counts cast Shadowstrike during Shadow Dance, not Shuriken Storm. (unless coup is ready, !coup)
  • Cast Black powder instead of regular Eviscerate at 4 or more targets (there is no other secret rule).
amber sedge
#

i got blamed in my last key, becaus i use BP instead of Evis on the packs

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big pulls before last boss ara kara

round latch
#

open a guide for your key

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que

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build a team

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play the game and have fun

iron plover
#

Pulls with the swarm guards for example you’d want to single target

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There’s a patrol with one of those down the middle right before the last boss

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But haven’t really seen any groups go down the middle in a while

amber sedge
#

it was the pack on the left

iron plover
#

I think it’s better to single target down the casters so you can keep pulling

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imo the small guys don’t really matter, how fast you can get through it depends on how fast those casters die

amber sedge
#

yeah, but they blame me for that. i got a whisper, i should do Evis instead of BP on Big Pulls

iron plover
#

Well that as a blanket statement is just wrong

#

they’re probably just looking for someone to blame

hidden jetty
hazy breach
#

Its a very small difference either way

amber sedge
#

it came from BM hunter :D

#

9M over all dps

#

his damage was insane, but he was toxic as hell

solid hatch
#

I dont get the rotation. How am I supposed to build stacks of unseen blade in AoE Rotation?

hazy breach
#

Shadowstrike

solid hatch
#

But dont I use Shuriken Storm for aoe?

hazy breach
#

Not during dance no

#

!aoe

wicked joltBOT
#

General Gist of the Aoe rotation

  • At ALL target counts cast Coup de Grace when it is ready.
  • At ALL target counts cast Shadowstrike during Shadow Dance, not Shuriken Storm. (unless coup is ready, !coup)
  • Cast Black powder instead of regular Eviscerate at 4 or more targets (there is no other secret rule).
solid hatch
#

ty

#

And outside I use storm + powder?

#

!coup

wicked joltBOT
#

Coup de Grace Optimizations:

  • **Number 1: ** You can hold coup up to ~20 secounds and stop using finishers ~10 seconds before your Flagellation comes up on Single Target. The later is used to build up Shadow Techniques for your cooldowns.
  • Number 2: ONLY with the 4 set of the new tier! -- During Shadow Blades or with 4+ targets, if you have the 4 set buff active and need to build combo points you can use Shuriken Storm to not proc Unseen Blade before using your 2nd Coup.
  • Explanation: The Tier Set buff does not allow new applications of the Unseen Blades stacks, so any Unseen Blades procs between the 2 Coup casts would be wasted, this small adjustment prevents that from happening.
topaz agate
#

how much mastery is too much in m+

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can i legit just keep stacking

last gate
topaz agate
#

i have 27k mastery

last gate
topaz agate
#

im not simming m+ you crazy person

last gate
#

im 28k mastery

last gate
#

sim is the smartest person in this room

last gate
topaz agate
#

lmao

#

thanks for that

hidden jetty
#

is 14500 crit "too much" for playing sub in an optimal way?

naive cedar
#

!coup

wicked joltBOT
#

Coup de Grace Optimizations:

  • **Number 1: ** You can hold coup up to ~20 secounds and stop using finishers ~10 seconds before your Flagellation comes up on Single Target. The later is used to build up Shadow Techniques for your cooldowns.
  • Number 2: ONLY with the 4 set of the new tier! -- During Shadow Blades or with 4+ targets, if you have the 4 set buff active and need to build combo points you can use Shuriken Storm to not proc Unseen Blade before using your 2nd Coup.
  • Explanation: The Tier Set buff does not allow new applications of the Unseen Blades stacks, so any Unseen Blades procs between the 2 Coup casts would be wasted, this small adjustment prevents that from happening.
hoary tendon
analog granite
#

So thistle tea can be macro'd to dance but should you try not to fall below 30 energy so it doesn't auto proc or is that not an optimization

weary tree
hoary tendon
weary tree
#

Feel might be different than actual numbers

#

!aoe

wicked joltBOT
#

General Gist of the Aoe rotation

  • At ALL target counts cast Coup de Grace when it is ready.
  • At ALL target counts cast Shadowstrike during Shadow Dance, not Shuriken Storm. (unless coup is ready, !coup)
  • Cast Black powder instead of regular Eviscerate at 4 or more targets (there is no other secret rule).
hoary tendon
#

OK so either coup de grace when up then BP

shrewd lantern
hoary tendon
#

thanks guys, will try

weary tree
#

at 4+ targets yes

analog granite
left ledge
#

At 4+ you bp

#

Unless coup is up

shrewd lantern
#

Yeah but the difference is not that massive

#

but bp is a gain

analog granite
#

But at 4 targets it could be worth to evis if there is a prio target I presume

left ledge
#

You’re already shadow striking it and using sectec on it

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But sure if you absolutely want to kill that one target

#

You can evis

analog granite
#

Okay so then nimble flurry doesn't really affect your rotation? Apart from causing you to use SS instead of shuriken storm on multiple targets

plush roost
hoary lotus
#

If overall is less important than a priority target dying, losing aoe is probably worse for damage numbers but better for the group or dungeon timer. Example is priory if you have 0 funnel specs.

vale pine
#

subtleties funnel is not that big

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so you don't trade of numbers that make noticable diffrences

hoary lotus
#

I mean surely it's worth something over nothing

vale pine
#

we talk about like 5-10% diffrences

hoary lotus
#

Thats pretty big

vale pine
#

the majority of our priority damage is in coup and secret

hoary lotus
#

10% more st damage if you have literally no other funnel spec on the big target is big.

vale pine
fleet acorn
#

Do I need to spam shuriken Storm to Apply find weakness to mobs around me ?

vale pine
#

so yes, its more than nothing

left ledge
#

Just press it while grouping or outside of dance

#

Don’t press it in dance

#

You don’t have to aim to apply FW to everything

fleet acorn
#

So always Strike in Dance and evic <= 4 mobs and >=5 bp

left ledge
#

Sure, you can bp at 4

#

Or evis

#

Bp is just more damage but at 4 it’s not a big deal

fleet acorn
#

Ty

vale pine
#

!aoe

wicked joltBOT
#

General Gist of the Aoe rotation

  • At ALL target counts cast Coup de Grace when it is ready.
  • At ALL target counts cast Shadowstrike during Shadow Dance, not Shuriken Storm. (unless coup is ready, !coup)
  • Cast Black powder instead of regular Eviscerate at 4 or more targets (there is no other secret rule).
fleet acorn
#

How big is the difference on mh and offhand crafted Max or only mh and using a heroic offhand

left ledge
#

Offhand is low value for us

#

Main hand is big value

fleet acorn
#

Lucky me Grinding the mh then Tomorrow

#

Used a hc one until now

left ledge
#

Yeah your #1 prio should be main hand wep

vale pine
#

offhand item level is rly minor

#

mainhand is strong

fleet acorn
#

Do I Go Vers/mastery on mh sub or mastery/crit which is more versatile for raid and m+

vale pine
#

offhand is one of the worse slots you can upgrade usually

#

you just go vers mastery usually

solid hatch
#

I have 815 haste - 1%. Is this too low?

vale pine
#

we kinda ignore haste

#

so low haste values are perfectly fine

solid hatch
#

ty

last gate
#

what rating we get title?

vale pine
#

crit/mastery might be good

#

if you want to play sin too

last gate
#

is it top 0.1% or 1%?

shadow lance
last gate
shadow lance
last gate
#

3600...

shadow lance
#

3650 in EU

solid hatch
shrewd lantern
#

unemployment buffer /joke

vale pine
#

looks fine

#

mastery, vers and crit is fine

#

njust no haste

solid hatch
#

Thanks

last gate
#

does touching the IO gives title?

#

or i should be 0.1% for the entire season

shrewd lantern
#

no

last gate
#

FK

shadow lance
#

Only in the end

last gate
#

its even harder now lol

shrewd lantern
#

if someone sweats last hr before reset

#

and pushes you out of 0.1

#

you wont get

#

same as pvp

shadow lance
#

You must be in the 0.1% at the end of the season, no?

shrewd lantern
#

Yeah

last gate
#

well

shrewd lantern
#

you have to be as the season ends

last gate
#

the title isnt worth it tbh

#

who cares about my title anyway

#

šŸ˜„

shadow lance
#

M+ nerds

shrewd lantern
#

Even worse than rbg mains

solid hatch
#

Any macros/bindings which are suggested?

shadow lance
#

!macro

wicked joltBOT
#

Subtlety Macros:
We do not recommend macroing your cooldowns together because most of them result in performance losses compared to using them manually.
The following macros are an exception:

/cast Shadow Dance
/castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, null```
```yaml
/cast Shadow Blades
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Ancestral Call
/use Araz's Ritual Forge
/use Unyielding Netherprism
/use Lily of the Eternal Weave

When using diffrent macros, make sure to keep the cooldowns on a seperate key as well.

last gate
#

dude i tried 16

#

and i felt like mobs arent taking dmg from me

#

lol

shrewd lantern
#

have you tried doing more damage

#

I suggest cocaine pre key

alpine wraith
#

get some gummy bears

#

but specially the purple ones

#

trust me

shy flare
#

Hello fellow rogues, I haven’t played sub since legion and looking to sink my teeth in. I just wanted to ask if the wowhead guide is up to date? I saw in the pins it was updated a few weeks ago so I assume it is. And if there was a you tube guide most would recommend as I usually learn better from that than just reading off the site.

alpine wraith
#

yea wowhead guide is up to date

#

patch has been up for a while

#

any of these or my videos kinda work

#

!guide

wicked joltBOT
chilly sage
#

Hachadino where do i see your videos :)?

alpine wraith
#

on the sheet in my profile they are kinda indexed or yt

chilly sage
#

sweet! thanks man

shy flare
valid vault
#

!fuu

wicked joltBOT
torn shell
#

!wa

onyx mulch
#

!aoe

wicked joltBOT
#

General Gist of the Aoe rotation

  • At ALL target counts cast Coup de Grace when it is ready.
  • At ALL target counts cast Shadowstrike during Shadow Dance, not Shuriken Storm. (unless coup is ready, !coup)
  • Cast Black powder instead of regular Eviscerate at 4 or more targets (there is no other secret rule).
onyx mulch
#

!shadowblades

#

!st

#

!rotation

vale pine
#

!guides

wicked joltBOT
vale pine
#

any of them is perfect

onyx mulch
#

thx fuu

visual widget
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if youre in a spot like outside of symbols/shadow dance where you're only getting a few combo points per backstab cast as opposed to like maxing out your combo point bar immediately, is there generally a threshold of combo points where its more worth it to cast a finisher as opposed to backstabbing more to get up to a full combo point bar? or is maxing out combo points before a finisher always preferred?

vale pine
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you finish on 6+

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you can finish lower with coup de grace up

visual widget
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thanks

burnt ridge
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assa player trying to play sub

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is there a simplified guide for how to dps

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cant understand shit following wowhead guide

torn shell
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on first boss gambit, i always get purged by fire when i start my cds. What do you guys do on this boss? hold until after that mechanic or just cloak and greed?

alpine wraith
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you just cloak yes

lilac stag
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!guide

wicked joltBOT
lilac stag
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What specifically do you not understand?

iron plover
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You don’t really need it for anything else that fight

orchid rampart
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is 30% vers 81% Mast aW/ 24% crit pretty low in one i see some rogues 100% mast but sims keep telling me to keep all my gear the same

hollow snow
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!log

orchid rampart
shrewd lantern
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You dont have identical setups to people you look at

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racials trinkets etc

orchid rampart
void ocean
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yea, jokes aside, sims are the way to go, ignore stat weights in general

shrewd lantern
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sub aint much better

void ocean
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i mean i dont know what keys u r doing but i have no troubles getting into keys up until +14

orchid rampart
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need FG for resil 15's and 1 15's than 16's

shrewd lantern
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yeah make friends if you’re gonna play offmeta

upbeat parcel
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hey guys in m+ how many ruptures i wanna have applied

short radish
shrewd lantern
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goat sticker

short radish
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But you apply rupture when not in dance and they live the duration

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You also apply when tank is pulling

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But dont really wait to send cooldowna

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Its not worth

void ocean
kind dust
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Can I vanish streets 1st boss Interrogation?

lilac stag
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Yes and no

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You’ll fuck over someone else

short radish
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So yes

feral knot
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You can cloak it

bleak night
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vanish is much more fun

plain zephyr
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Are the "Entropy" rings from raid unique if you have different stats? IE. Harmonious vs. Peeless?

merry forge
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!aoe

wicked joltBOT
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General Gist of the Aoe rotation

  • At ALL target counts cast Coup de Grace when it is ready.
  • At ALL target counts cast Shadowstrike during Shadow Dance, not Shuriken Storm. (unless coup is ready, !coup)
  • Cast Black powder instead of regular Eviscerate at 4 or more targets (there is no other secret rule).
hexed sluice
hexed sluice
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thats wild

plain zephyr
radiant schooner
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!macro

wicked joltBOT
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Subtlety Macros:
We do not recommend macroing your cooldowns together because most of them result in performance losses compared to using them manually.
The following macros are an exception:

/cast Shadow Dance
/castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, null```
```yaml
/cast Shadow Blades
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Ancestral Call
/use Araz's Ritual Forge
/use Unyielding Netherprism
/use Lily of the Eternal Weave

When using diffrent macros, make sure to keep the cooldowns on a seperate key as well.

flat marsh
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What does the shuriken storm before before second coup do?

lilac stag
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!coup

wicked joltBOT
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Coup de Grace Optimizations:

  • **Number 1: ** You can hold coup up to ~20 secounds and stop using finishers ~10 seconds before your Flagellation comes up on Single Target. The later is used to build up Shadow Techniques for your cooldowns.
  • Number 2: ONLY with the 4 set of the new tier! -- During Shadow Blades or with 4+ targets, if you have the 4 set buff active and need to build combo points you can use Shuriken Storm to not proc Unseen Blade before using your 2nd Coup.
  • Explanation: The Tier Set buff does not allow new applications of the Unseen Blades stacks, so any Unseen Blades procs between the 2 Coup casts would be wasted, this small adjustment prevents that from happening.
limber folio
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!bs

wicked joltBOT
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Backstab/Shadow Dance/Tea Macro:yaml #showtooltip Shadow Dance /cast [bonusbar:1] Backstab; Shadow Dance /castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, nullThis will cast Shadow Dance and Tea(if talented) on first key press and Backstab on second key press.

fallow nimbus
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Like big versa and low mastery

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I read the question wrong garf_sit

alpine wraith
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i was going to buy 2 full mastery ones for scientific reasons

ripe flame
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!def

wicked joltBOT
shy flare
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!macro

wicked joltBOT
#

Subtlety Macros:
We do not recommend macroing your cooldowns together because most of them result in performance losses compared to using them manually.
The following macros are an exception:

/cast Shadow Dance
/castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, null```
```yaml
/cast Shadow Blades
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Ancestral Call
/use Araz's Ritual Forge
/use Unyielding Netherprism
/use Lily of the Eternal Weave

When using diffrent macros, make sure to keep the cooldowns on a seperate key as well.

daring jasper
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!coup

wicked joltBOT
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Coup de Grace Optimizations:

  • **Number 1: ** You can hold coup up to ~20 secounds and stop using finishers ~10 seconds before your Flagellation comes up on Single Target. The later is used to build up Shadow Techniques for your cooldowns.
  • Number 2: ONLY with the 4 set of the new tier! -- During Shadow Blades or with 4+ targets, if you have the 4 set buff active and need to build combo points you can use Shuriken Storm to not proc Unseen Blade before using your 2nd Coup.
  • Explanation: The Tier Set buff does not allow new applications of the Unseen Blades stacks, so any Unseen Blades procs between the 2 Coup casts would be wasted, this small adjustment prevents that from happening.
shy flare
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!wa

lusty solar
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
round latch
plain zephyr
wispy crystal
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Hey guys going to be progressing on Mythic Araz tonight. Anyone have tips on how to do unethical DPS so my raid leader thinks I'm a god amongst men?

tidal beacon
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!ui

wicked joltBOT
icy pasture
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!coup

wicked joltBOT
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Coup de Grace Optimizations:

  • **Number 1: ** You can hold coup up to ~20 secounds and stop using finishers ~10 seconds before your Flagellation comes up on Single Target. The later is used to build up Shadow Techniques for your cooldowns.
  • Number 2: ONLY with the 4 set of the new tier! -- During Shadow Blades or with 4+ targets, if you have the 4 set buff active and need to build combo points you can use Shuriken Storm to not proc Unseen Blade before using your 2nd Coup.
  • Explanation: The Tier Set buff does not allow new applications of the Unseen Blades stacks, so any Unseen Blades procs between the 2 Coup casts would be wasted, this small adjustment prevents that from happening.
fickle jacinth
wispy crystal
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Any weakaura to track Darkest Night proc?

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!wa

ivory vigil
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I'm starting to enjoy sub even if I do somewhat less damage than assa at the moment. Can someone please explain this sentence from the guide? "During Shadow Blades we want to cast Shuriken Storm in-between your two Coup de Graces, as it minimizes the risk of losing out on a stack for your upcoming Coup de Grace"

plain zephyr
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It's because of this @ivory vigil

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!coup

wicked joltBOT
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Coup de Grace Optimizations:

  • **Number 1: ** You can hold coup up to ~20 secounds and stop using finishers ~10 seconds before your Flagellation comes up on Single Target. The later is used to build up Shadow Techniques for your cooldowns.
  • Number 2: ONLY with the 4 set of the new tier! -- During Shadow Blades or with 4+ targets, if you have the 4 set buff active and need to build combo points you can use Shuriken Storm to not proc Unseen Blade before using your 2nd Coup.
  • Explanation: The Tier Set buff does not allow new applications of the Unseen Blades stacks, so any Unseen Blades procs between the 2 Coup casts would be wasted, this small adjustment prevents that from happening.
ivory vigil
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I see, thanks

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So many behind the scenes passive things happening during gameplay it's hard to keep them all in mind

plain zephyr
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Almost all of them are a super small increase in output. It's more of a lose to screw up big time trying to make these small optimizations.

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Don't overthink it too much

ivory vigil
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Yeah some of them I can't be bothered, I macrod cold blood with ST even if it is a loss

hollow snow
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šŸ™ƒ

valid ledge
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does anyone know if the runes that drop off of soul hunters are warbound or soulbound?

echo nebula
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anyone know if find weakness affects nimble flurry? nimble flurry does damage as phys so if you do the rotten -> shuriken storm to fw everything then cleave with nimble flurry does it get amped?

radiant patio
#

how does alpha sub feel to play

split stirrup
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
radiant patio
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thanks

limber nest
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i got the mythic chest boe with heavy mastery/low vers. Use or sell?

vale osprey
hollow spear
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But you usually dance and flag around adds/amp

tall sky
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!mistakes

wicked joltBOT
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Here are some common mistakes and how to spot them in your logs:

  • Go into your log, press Timelines and Casts to the right like this
  • Every single Flagellation & Blades window should look like the opener in this picture. Coup, shadowstrikes and eviscerates can move around a bit depending on procs, but all the other spells should be used exactly like this.
  • Make sure you always get 8 globals off during your shadow dances. You can hover over your shadow dances to see the exact times they start, and then see if your 8th spell is within 8 seconds of that.
  • If your shadow dance and/or symbols wasnt ready in time to be used like in the picture above you used too many in between your burst.
limber nest
valid vault
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how many seconds does flag get reduced by with blessing of autumn?

limber nest
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also, does symbols have a macro that stops double presses?

woeful barn
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!symbols

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

shy flare
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On say a +14 gambit first pull, how many ruptures should I put out before going into cds?

valid vault
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spread them until the tank is finished grouping and then send

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can be a bit rough if your group sends their cds straight away and kills smallies but no point sending cds unless you are hitting everything

shy flare
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Ok. Is there ever a target count where we stop spreading ruptures outside of cds?

worn blade
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!macro

wicked joltBOT
#

Subtlety Macros:
We do not recommend macroing your cooldowns together because most of them result in performance losses compared to using them manually.
The following macros are an exception:

/cast Shadow Dance
/castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, null```
```yaml
/cast Shadow Blades
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Ancestral Call
/use Araz's Ritual Forge
/use Unyielding Netherprism
/use Lily of the Eternal Weave

When using diffrent macros, make sure to keep the cooldowns on a seperate key as well.

worn blade
#

!guides

wicked joltBOT
shadow lance
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If they live more than +/- 12 sec

ivory vigil
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Is there a guide that says on which bosses should you hold CDs and when?

mystic bough
last gate
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how to do high end keys

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mobs in 16 WONT DIE 😭

signal lotus
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when do we press backstab in dance rotation?

last gate
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your first generator after dance and before blades

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so you consume [Premeditation] + 1 stack of DM

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!aoe

wicked joltBOT
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General Gist of the Aoe rotation

  • At ALL target counts cast Coup de Grace when it is ready.
  • At ALL target counts cast Shadowstrike during Shadow Dance, not Shuriken Storm. (unless coup is ready, !coup)
  • Cast Black powder instead of regular Eviscerate at 4 or more targets (there is no other secret rule).
topaz agate
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!coup

wicked joltBOT
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Coup de Grace Optimizations:

  • **Number 1: ** You can hold coup up to ~20 secounds and stop using finishers ~10 seconds before your Flagellation comes up on Single Target. The later is used to build up Shadow Techniques for your cooldowns.
  • Number 2: ONLY with the 4 set of the new tier! -- During Shadow Blades or with 4+ targets, if you have the 4 set buff active and need to build combo points you can use Shuriken Storm to not proc Unseen Blade before using your 2nd Coup.
  • Explanation: The Tier Set buff does not allow new applications of the Unseen Blades stacks, so any Unseen Blades procs between the 2 Coup casts would be wasted, this small adjustment prevents that from happening.
short radish
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its kinda an experience thing

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where you start to get a feel how long a pack will die

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and whether if you send a flag on it will be worth or not

velvet hawk
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!sim

ivory vigil
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I have no idea what number 1 means in the !coup, what do you do if you hold finishers for 10 seconds, or even 20?

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Just autoattack.

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?

fleet wharf
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just backstab and don't use a finisher so you keep your sht stacks

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having those up going into flag will result in higher peak for your next flag window

ivory vigil
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That's why sometimes I can use multiple finishers in a row? I have no idea where the combo points come from

fleet wharf
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!wa

fleet wharf
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the shdowcraft refund sound trigger should help you keep track of it better, but yea, it's this talent. if your shadow technique builds up to 7 and you use a finisher, it'll automatically give you 7 up so you can use a second finisher right away

ivory vigil
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I see, there's so much bloat on my screen and in the background since I last played. and everything needing weakauras doesn't help

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Thanks for the explanation

raw flicker
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Worth to use only symbols+dance if your flag is up but lets say that Tank bring just a small pack (like 3 mobs)?

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I found myself in this situation sometimes while playing sub

woeful barn
woeful barn
# last gate mobs in 16 WONT DIE 😭

Timed a 16 HoA today with a 12s freeze on Echelon after using 18 stack prism with pot. Barely timed the damn key I was sweating. But in general just send your cds on cd unless the pack is about to die most tanks seem to chain anyway so just don’t sit on them ever

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Aggressive usage of cloak during cds when shit is all over helps also

last gate
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allways top dps

raw flicker
last gate
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still mobs not dying

chrome palm
raw flicker
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Explain that please

last gate
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THEY WONT DIE ACTUALY

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like

scenic plover
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lets go

last gate
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its so much difference between

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15

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and 16

last gate
scenic plover
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had a 3% try in the first week of the season as outlaw

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took like 8mins

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and now 4:30 as sub

last gate
scenic plover
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nexus

last gate
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nice ty

summer peak
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!sim

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!logs

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Anyone have a dance counter or does that even exist šŸ˜†

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Wa

last gate
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im using whispyr weakaura it have danse counter built in

scenic plover
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why do i save on crests here? my rogue has 723/720 weapons

fallow nimbus
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Another char got a max 2hand weapon?

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Or just the 720 av

scenic plover
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my rogue has the 720 average but why would that allow me to do 723 cheaper? i thought i had to have a 723 for that

last gate
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as i know

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if you idk have a frost dk with 6/6 myth weapon

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it will discount all of your alts

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DUDE I NEED THESE RAID FEETS SO BADLY

scenic plover
unborn vault
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!wa

last gate
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does speed have cap?

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its not getting more than 130% unstealthed

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i have 15% speed items stacked

void ocean
last gate
hazy breach
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Didnt you say you moved at 130%

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Is that not 15% more than 115%

last gate
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wihtout invis or any speed item you run at 123%

hazy breach
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Its 15% from talents

lilac stag
paper iron
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3427% i would assume

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that s a really meme thing tho, i think i ve seen the highest being 230% but that s on dh and with stacking multiple speed things. Idk about the gear speed% only cap

lilac stag
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you had dumb levels of zoom in remix

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assuming legion remix will as well

quaint lodge
#

When do you want to get blessing of summer during dimensius

dense geode
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i believe on the last platform

signal lotus
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is there a scenario where we press symbols without dance?

vale pine
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usually not

signal lotus
lilac stag
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No

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You’re still pressing it with dance. Just not at the same time

short radish
limpid sage
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You want to send sectec with symbols

vale pine
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you can , but its not ideal

vale pine
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because especially your 2nd dance in cooldowns, you often want to use it delayed

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for simplicity, can macro it but you trade of a bit of dps

tulip portal
#

723 mythic lily over 710 hc forge? is it worth to use lily over hc forge? from sims it seems pretty equal but idk lily feels like its worse imo

shadow snow
#

I need some help with araz. I every other add spawn i dont have cds and i dont do much dps. I always send all cds on pull. Should i be keeping my cds at start and send them at the first add spawn ?

solid hatch
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!mistakes

wicked joltBOT
#

Here are some common mistakes and how to spot them in your logs:

  • Go into your log, press Timelines and Casts to the right like this
  • Every single Flagellation & Blades window should look like the opener in this picture. Coup, shadowstrikes and eviscerates can move around a bit depending on procs, but all the other spells should be used exactly like this.
  • Make sure you always get 8 globals off during your shadow dances. You can hover over your shadow dances to see the exact times they start, and then see if your 8th spell is within 8 seconds of that.
  • If your shadow dance and/or symbols wasnt ready in time to be used like in the picture above you used too many in between your burst.
dense geode
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you could prob do the same

solid hatch
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!prepull

wicked joltBOT
#

Pre Pull Cheeses:
Recommended - Supercharge - Using Symbols of Death before pull gives you 2 supercharger charges, this is easy to perform and can be done without any loss given the infinite timer on supercharger.

  • Explanation: Only the first 2 stacks of Supercharger don't reset on a boss pull, and you can easily press symbols early enough to have full charges on pull.
    NOT Recommended - Disoriented Strikes - Using Secret Technique gives you disoriented strikes, you can start bosses with the benefits when using Secret before a wipe or on Trash carefully.
  • Explanation: Disoriented does not reset on boss pull, but this trick requires a lot of attention and can't be done consistently, so is not recommended.
    Damage Impact: Both Cheeses lead to a bit more than 1% damage gain in a 5 minute Patchwerk simulation.
solid hatch
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!bs

wicked joltBOT
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Backstab/Shadow Dance/Tea Macro:yaml #showtooltip Shadow Dance /cast [bonusbar:1] Backstab; Shadow Dance /castsequence reset=5 Thistle Tea, nullThis will cast Shadow Dance and Tea(if talented) on first key press and Backstab on second key press.

solid hatch
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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

solid hatch
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!design

wicked joltBOT
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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".

solid hatch
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!atro

wicked joltBOT
solid hatch
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Why I'm doing more dmg with eviscerate than black powder on the 5 target dummys?

shrewd lantern
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Getting PI as a terrible spec for it

burnt ridge
#

!wa

daring loom
#

Hello guys, i just approched the rogue recently and jumped into sub, there is one thing in particular that tilt me, it's about that everyguide wowhead/icyveins says that you want to cast another SD after the first one ends during the 1.30 CD window, but to wait to cast Symbol untill Shadow Teq reaches 10 sec or less, but i ends up everytime on having the second shadow teq ready before the first SD even fall off and this ends up me pressing simultaniously SoD and SD and right after shadow teq it is me doing something wrong or has to be like this? so realistically i can't physically refresh first SD and wait on the shadow because everything overlap badly

night rampart
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!sheet

wicked joltBOT
tiny sierra
fossil forge
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antennaglorp finally got hpal

tiny sierra
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but you should wait to use the 2nd to use the sec tec cuz if you throw it at the end of the 1st you might no get the full SD damage buff for all sectec hits

fossil forge
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autumn

wispy crystal
tulip portal
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!wa

wispy crystal
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btw can we just play sub for all bosses in manaforge omega. switching to assas feels really tiring

wispy crystal
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i just wanna use the same set of gear and switch to pure ST or cleave with rupture at most.

tiny sierra
wispy crystal
tiny sierra
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maybe switch for fract

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but being really honest i haven't been switching for a while now

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guild will start extending on nexus king now

bleak night
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fract you can swap from literally bottom to being bottom 5

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huge stonks

tiny sierra
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is just sad