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Wait for the aug-like Alchemist support spec
when i was playing mage this season i started doing portals to old silvermoon
Hahaha
yeah true
Hopefully dalaran is back in the last titan
So we can have some tried and true crater gaming
dalaran could use a break from cataclysmic events
where is it now
over there
didnt it get shot out the sky
start of tww
And in the sea.
It's kinda exploded.
Also a good portion of it was in the Dimensius fight
I imagine they're gonna do a NEW Dalaran at some point
And hopefully it's tied to an in-game event and players help build it
haha
what if
we went back to grizzly hills
i need my good vibe soundtrack back
I'm a Dalaran stan. I love it.
But Silvermoon is extremely fucking good as a hub city and the redeisng is chefs kiss
Super excited to see them do this to stormwind / orgrimmar.
Buff lady
ngl i still dont get
why we were on good terms with zandalari in bfa
after beating them up
Back in MoP?
yes
If I recall, it was an unsanctioned poaching thing rather than the actual Empire?
Or something handwaved as "yeah we don't like those guys either"
in the council fight
give me gurubashi
of the 4 tribes
They were all Zul's followers
think no more of it.
But yes we did lmao
Battle of Dazar'lor did not have a lot of thuoght going into it long-term...
The alliance also killed their king and we've just swept that under the rug
the alliance did some serious warcrimes in Dazar'lor lmao
They're wild gods, they don't seem to give a big fuck since they exist regardless of worship or care.
And I assume with that comes massively variable power since they're 'natural' parts of the.. ecosystem?
I love the Capy loa though
he's my friend
also Dundun is my friend too
Yeah, they all seem very minor in their power
bwom iirc his lore is he used to be muzalas priest
Yep
Bwom is probably the most powerful since he's the loa of death, but he also seems to gain his pwoer through deals rather than direct fighting.
idk always thought rezan seemed weak asf
dundun has invaded my mind with prosperity and abundance
for "loa of kings"
did you know that he's voiced by the same actor as Emperor Calus in Destiny
WHAT
Darin de Paul owns
And he's doing the Calus tone and voice for Dundun and it's really funny
the leviathan was and still is one of my favorite destiny raids ever
arent loa the entire reasoning behind troll druids
i had that place memorized
and paladins ig
Yeah
Not paladins though
I think they're like Sunwalkers, they draw their power from something else
But Loa are basically just wild gods iirc
So the same basic area as Cenarius et al
I wonder if there is a lore dif between like, Ursoc and a Loa
Because surely they fulfill the same basic concept
And are from the same race root belief
i still feel tauren paladin came out to appease horde pally wanters
that hate elves
Look you destroy the empire this one time
also let in a cross world demon army
Hi rogues 😁 I've seen good players use SD+shadowstrike quite often during a boss fight, when we're supposed to enter SD with a finisher as Trickster. I'm wondering, is it a good way to fill cp when vanish is on CD and no stacks of cp are available ? I don't see any other explanation. Please someone help me with that 
as trickster always enter dance with high CP. You can definitely use vanish to up your cp before, but normally you have more than enough time to prep cp for all your dances
that's what I thought. But top parses say otherwise 🧐
example?
like within 10 dances, 2 are entered at 0 cp
Any tips for Lura progress from someone who is a few days into this boss already?
probably just a situation of people full sending gcds
Murtagh - blackrock >> on salhadar he does a lot of that
salhadaar parses being high means he got to hit a lot of orbs 
mybad he does it once but I've seen other rogues do it more
doesn't mean he played perfectly
There might be some scenario's like when you're gonna cap on dance charges
orbs take augmented damage ? oO
But that's fight dependant
oh I didn't think about that
You shouldnt really be in a spot where youre gonna cap on dance charges ever
esp on saladbar your 2nd set of cds are slightly offset so you either cap on charges or do something about it
yep
thanks for enlightment
I binded a danse+strike just in case I need it but I won't try to use it
Keep in mind that that macro won't work and you will have to press the button twice anyways due to the sligh delay from dance
That's why on deathstalker you go dance + storm instead of dance + strike
Yes I remember, ty
that's whyyyyyyyyyyy
I see rogues use that on singletarget I was like "wtf is he doing" LMAO
thanks again !
will ds still pull ahead ST after the cloud cover changes? or is it just perma trickster in .5 patch
ds is ahead on st
Roughly the same as before when DS was ahead by like 1% is what it looks like right now
not by much then
Ok so turns out cloud cover is way better than expected and my deathstalker pin was probably just a bait

Who fell for the larp
I mean it is good, but only for this week 
Am I getting baited, or is Puzzle Box just not good for me?
https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/report/jEnscgiZX2CR5Xne1eazQA
!stats
The following is a general recommendation, but you will always get more accurate results through simming your gear through Top Gear.
Single Target / Mythic+: Mastery >= `Haste(~18%, roughly 650-700)` > `Critical Strike` > Versatility
we are officially back boys
does sec tec has cooldown reduction by finishers?
so my sec tec CD is 18s, can I manage to fit 3 sec tec casts into a singl shadow blades?
If you have 150% haste ye
so this cloud cover means we can't move after pressing blades

crisis averted
but hey we have 1 week of DS krangle for the people that like it
time to change title of the video
i wasn't going to play ds this week until we got the ability to change mark target
but i did take a haste belt yesterday that it turns out i might not need 😄
will have to see how much the movement restriction ends up mattering
It does matter quite a bit actually
i guess we can dip in and out if needed, but full movement across the room won't work
Its really really bad if you have to move out and end up losing it before your second sectech
that's the thing i'm most worried about with cloud cover
would be far better if it was a cloud that was on your character
What did i miss 😮
i don't think a smoke bomb locked on your character makes much sense
Its in the pins too
well that's the same thing with DS
mark being on your character wouldn't make sense, but it would make the playstyle infinitely better
not a fan of things being jank because of theme or other stuff
yeah but it making no thematic sense is why they won't do it
would need a full redesign
maybe nobody in this discord cares but we are the minority
how it plays is the most important thing
most people play the game for vibes
marking a target for death is cool
running around as a cloud is not so cool
why not
but bombing the ground feeds into the class fantasy
you are the cloud
i haven't got to l'ura yet but there's a lot of movement in p1 with the beams
if it delays a usage we might still be better off with 1100 haste ds
fuc didnt think about that
Not only do you miss the damage on sectech, the 3 stack resets down to 1 guaranteed
Is it better to get a crafted item now or wait for possible upgrades upcoming week? Didn't get good vault item and first raid this lockout is tonight
I've got both crafted items from bis list
Wait until after your raid, maybe? But crafting to fill a weak slot isn't bad.
But it is worth considering the slot, and what could potentially go there.
Yes
so if you dont have it you are keeping it without acsting
i mena if you dont have shadow dance
You shouldnt really be casting shadow dance without sectech
yeah was honestly pretty chill
haven't timed a single 16 yet, just leap frogged into 17
He’ll be running assa by next week. Wait for the inevitable crash out due to lfg.
Won't be next week cuz sub is getting buffed 
Is a +600 dps increase worth for crafting?
That's a decison you have to make for yourself
okay thanks for response
Crafting is op
If Ur out of gear to spend crests on
A craft is almost always a good idea
So I had the feeling that the thing about haste is more about getting a 2nd Secret Technique into Shadowblades; And I felt quite confident now seeing it on Discord etc. :p There are still two things that I wonder about, but maybe I should ask in the Sim Discord.
- You could just get enough Haste for Secret Technique being rdy again at the end of Shadowblades; So 6-7 Seconds before Blades end you cast Shadow Dance and use SecTec as the last (non-supercharged) finisher in Blades.
- You can get enough Haste for the first Shadow Dance to last long enough, so you only wait 1-2 seconds during Blades before Casting the 2nd Dance, and then you use SecTec as the 2nd Supercharged Finisher
- You can go with Option one, but hold the 2nd Shadow Dance until the 2nd SecTeq would be supercharged, but that would mean a lot less Shadow Dance Uptime during Blades
Has anyone Information / opinion on that? Supercharged 2ndSecTeq vs Non-Charged 2nd SecTeq vs. Shadow Dance uptime in blades?
Yea? Okay might be best then
I'm comparing with droptimisers and +600 ain't even that bad
haha nah no crashing out
not going for title
so it's just gonna be vibe keying
All my homies getting the 3,5 mount and we out this bih

!remindme 1 month
LOL
idk Whats equivalent to priory but prophet is gonna be talking in a month About 1 key for sure
my guess is mc!
!guidon
Trickster Shadow Blades Optimization:
During Shadow Blades, line up your second Shadow Dance with the last 8 seconds of Shadow Blades instead of using them back-to-back. This allows you to fit another Secret Technique into Shadow Blades+Shadow Dance. It will not be supercharged but thats ok in this scenario.
wow sorry i was scrolling and checking all the pins but didnt see
Yea nice, that was my feeling as well
i am tempted to actually implement a reminder function ^^
No need to be sorry. It’s a command for a reason.
My guess is AA
We need more dungeons like pit
We tend to pop the macro command / paste 'cos it's quicker to get people accurate info and also the TC's have written it out so well
hell yeah
4000mobs every pack absolute astroblast
so sub gets around a 4% buff with cloud cover
if target is fully in it right?
vs current setup
when can we have a tbc M+ dungeon
first time i entered triumvirate after years and last key i did was a 28 or 30 of it
Ye, we have too many tank players anyway, we 100 % need Shattered Halls in m+
oh bois imagine the healers and casters
getting the rogue treatment in halls
would be so silly
ALL HALLS
Ehm, and how is it about Apex-Talent Charging the Supercharged finishers?
Is the information still correct you only force it during bloodlust?
I feel like on coupe de grace if could still be worth it outside of lust
Apex talent optimization:
- Is shadow dance up? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
- Do you have 5 or more stacks of shadow techniques? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
- Do you have Darkest Night up OR A supercharged combo point? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
- Is ancient arts up? - :x: No
Use Shadowstrike (even if on full cp).
Here's the checklist for when to force it to proc
So pretty much always Apex Talent on Super Charged Finishers, EXCEPT when the finisher is Sec Teq?
With 5 or more stacks of SHT, yep
Or okay, IF you can force the apex in one strike cast, i guess
What If i dance and i get apex
Stech up evis up
TECH the evis send tech second ?
I dont rly think bout it but is it a loss
I have no idea, I don't think about it either
Im just sending out stech on cd permadance go brrr
Good question, I'm a bit torn on that as well :p You keep it off cooldown for longer if you use SecTeq as 2nd Supercharged, and use Eviscarate first cos apex is up
But other than that Sec Teq doesnt care about being 2nd or first supercharged point
I wanted to check it out today, but I think you dont lose out on the combopoints, and if u just send sec tec first the ShadowTechnique Stacks will still be there and instant proc Apex on the 2nd finisher
no, no, you can't change your mind now
actually HOI with the last changes is ok
but HOV can die in a fire
actually this looks neat, i'm down for it
tune in next to see if i yo-yo one more time
The priority is ST first cast with dance as trickster. You want it back on cd asap
ye, usually, but Teekoh asked about what if apex talents is up; if it is worth it to use the apex proc on evis first -> refund -> 2nd supercharged on SecTeq
You ignored it and Sectech
You delay your next SecTeq for one global, but you dont let apex "go to waste"
Then strike to get it back
I guess that's a good point about why you'd sectec first regardless, 'cos it'll fuck the cd coming back up consistently otherwise
the haste breaks are meant to keep stuff aligned.
Is it a major dps loss to delay a sec tech by lets say 2 seconds? I try to just chill is its comming it lets say i have 5 cp, sec/dance will be up in 5 sec. We should just pool right?
You would build to 6+
Ment full cp
and send if dance and Sectech are ready
You wrote 5. So you get the answer to what was asked.
last time outlaw was op
But lets say you are full cp, 5 sec left on tech/dance
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
you watch something while those 5 seconds pass
PLEASE MAN I JUST WANT TO STOP RAIDING HEROIC ON THIS ROGUE
because 2 dks+ me need it
i'm still using normal guidon lol
i'm with you dude
R
I
P
next week
Is there a rule to follow like blades 10 sec thing?
im gonna get it week 3 of mythic
We had 2 gazes drop last night!
Both warbound to people who don’t play alts and play casters
Also 0 myth daggers over 4 kills now
depends a lot on your sht economy
if you have 11 sht and 5 secs left
hey, there's a helm, that's rogue loot
you can finish and stab again
if you have like 2 sht and energy is below 60
you sit
because you would need to stab 3 times in those 5 secs after finisher
and then you wont have enough energy for sec tech
and losing 1 or 2 secs every time you would sec tech
may lose casts
Ill just keep doing it like i do then, just wanted to check if its dumb to pool that long
the loot rng this season sucks so bad.
Not mentioned there
Orly?
basically, you stop using finishers shortly before secret comes off cd
like 3 sec or so
by doing so, you avoid delaying the dance/secret cast
I should really start doing that
and also generate some stacks of sht
Hachadino have a nice answer
guys what 3rd item would be good to craft ? and if i got like the pvp neck and ring, should i be in hurry to craft them ?
craft ring and neck slot*?
do you have mythic items to spend crests on?
iam 275, and crafted 1 dagger and 1 waist, and got like 100 m crests
Your lowest slot or most benefical slot once you've exhausted all other Myth loot chances for the week.
sounds greattt
You could probably do wrists
crafting after 2nd is optional, and if you don't have mythic gear pieces, crafting the worse slot for you might be ideal
what if i have a shitty off hand ? like 263 stuck with it till now
i would not craft neck
Cloak is a good option
there is the special effetc neck
OH is super minimal and doesn't contribute much if any damage. It's a stat stick.
Your OH doesn’t matter
I can also recommend crafting a ring, even if you get a mythic ring from vault you use two, and having flexibility on secondaries is great too
offhand slot is one of the worse
Cloak, bracers, rings, neck, belt, legs
so upgrading it is not super good/relevant
Do you raid Mythic and have you raided this week?
nah i dont raid
Slam that craft
The way I look at it is I want to exhaust all potential Mythic item chances in the week after Vault. If I get nothing new, and had nothing from vault, and still have 80 crests and 2 sparks? It's craft time.
kinda simillar mindset
Yeee
Simming 2 agi enchs on both daggers is worth? It sims the highest for me
we’ve actually not seen a single ring drop from paladins
Awful
just actually non sense drops on that boss over and over
i did this sim, and it choose mastery on OH
for me as well
You uptime on enchants does not change, but the value
So i guess its worth
So you get double primary stat; but will it be up when you do damage?
Yea rng
At the end its more or less the same tho with off hand mastery
just proc 
I mean, it is not entirely RNG, it has a set rhytm, you can go to your logs
And check for the buff uptime
But will you really play around that or even delay stuff? If you lose overall cast amount for it, its likely not worth it
pretty much yea
Ty m8
I just run 2x agi 'cos agi can't hit DR
(tho mastery is cheaper, haha)
good point
How much bait were the Sims for Berserkers Rage?
I only realized that this second btw, I ran 2x agi 'cos I was lazy.
Cos it simmed excellent for me, but Id bet it assumed that it always procs during shadow blades
I guess an argument could be that no matter what is with shadow blades; Berserkers Rage Enchant will ALWAYS lead to more Sec Teq casts, while the Mastery Buff during downtime goes to waste
I’m at the point of now looking do I send engineering craft for haste or fill out one of the mythic tier slot upgrades (will re-evaluate Tuesday). content you’re doing matters and so many I think just miss this by holding crests way too long.
Yeah, I think that's very true.
if you get beserker's rage proc during downtime it goes to waste too
My routine is vault -> pug rekills. If I get something good in vault? Sending it to cap. Then in rekills it's like, do I win helm or cloak or guidon or gaze or chest? sending it to cap. nothing? well, probably a craft week
wouldn't overthink it
Because you always want to be upgrading something each week, and with crafting you can realistically achieve that
as it stands right now, haste breakpoints are meant to align CDs. Altering that is not a win. Trying to sort out haste ppm enchants in a sim for sub is not going to end well
but it would shorten the Sec Teq cooldown. Say u sit on a shadow dance charge and wait for sec teq, BOOM u get haste proc and can cast it few seconds earlier
so it will always shorten downtime, while mastery buff can truly go to waste? but maybe i am indeed overthinking it 😄
you’re not sitting on charges. They naturally line up with breakpoints from gear.
variable ppm just fuck that up
please rewind sub to no haste so this madness can stop
you don't always send sectec on cd, depends on specific fight timers
It would be more obnoxious to play for sure, but it would not fuck your Cooldown windows
why are you wanting Sectech up 2 seconds earlier when you can’t send it because of dance and later screwing up the timing for the blades window?

would just be better to put your mind to things you can control vs things you can't 😉
even if mastery procs outside of dance, you’re more than likely to still have time with it up during dance.
interesting 1 acuity 1 mastery is neutral to x2 acuity for me in ST, but a 0.3% gain in dslice
might put mast on my OH
The dslice sim just values mastery a loooooot
Guess its just your call if you wanna have more ST or AoE
any aoe sub will value mast a lot yeah
Because it’s cracked with PP
What does assa need? 
LOL you know i was gonna do that next
a rework
i'll sim in x3 patchwerk for paladins
they reworked it in df 2 times
I mean, we arrived at the state of Mists of Pandaria now
Figure it was first sim 
would be bad if assassiantion needs another rework
Soon they will have the idea of attaching it to the player
nahhh sub is my baby
until you abandon it in a dumpster
Where it belongs
i'm betting it wants crit
1 acuity 1 crit is neutral to 2 acuity on 3 target sim
probably because i'm talented into scent
so more mainstat very good
i'm guessing with a ST sim 1 crit will be slightly better
you know i was thinking about using sin for certain keys
Its certain keys at start
because it's prio is cracked
Then its every key
Yeah like 7 weeks ago
thing is sub is such a vibe in keys
i swapped to sin as soon as it got buffed
i'm pretty sure most people title pushing swapped to sin
i mean its a nobrainer assa is X times better
He’s gonna roll assa. Realize cloud cover is cracked and come back in 2 weeks wonder how to play sub in m+
I am a weekly key enjoyer
yeah the dmg profile is very good
and stuff dies halfway through my blades
do no prio damage and mediocre aoe or do insane prio and good aoe
so assa would be atrocious
LOL nah i'll never forget
how dare you
sin is unplayable in weekly keys
unless you're playing with people who do 0 dps
stuff deadge before you got 20 kb stacks haha
yeah that and it's a lot of ramp
are there any other
with CT
I wonder if cloud cover will change aoe prio rotation
on sub I play with people who do 0 dps
because I steal all the shitter damage
:^)
probably not
Strike->BP 
it'll just be "make sure your tank is not gonna start moving before you blades"
Wait is the cloud thingy gonna be like dk decay
I have a groundbreaking thought: what if they made nimble flurry cleave strike damage?
it does yeah
Like u place it down and u have to stay in it
Ah
they call me Apple cause iPad
Fooey
Bars
but storm dmg is not incredible
Ya
it's better than it used to be, but the bread and butter is BP
Its so over
demise? i was thinking about that
Yeah sudden demise sorry
Someone was spamming assa channel with a copy pasta
don't think that will make up for the damage that you lose from your dm/kb disappearing halfway through
prob not no
My only logged runs are carrying alts and I forgot to stop logging by accident, but it does well with mains too
Most pulls have a mob big enough to at least get decent cd value and bleeds do great dmg
But this is sub channel oops
Tbh assa dmg is better in high keys
there will be a day
in 100 years
when they change CT to spread to like 5 targets at least
like jessus fckin christ would we break the game that much with it
Yes
im playing unh dk and press one button to APPLY AND SPREAD dots to everyone ffs
why ppl want to spread dots in sub chanel
imagine if we had one button applying and spreadong both bleeds
Which bleed ?

🫵 

Nooo i have to manually press 2 buttons and spam 1 for a bit

i dont mind applying bleeds separately ofc but in large pulls spamming ct forever feels horrible
Sounds a lot like sub when i read it in my head no cap
Excuse me, UH is not a dot spec. It’s a ranged plague spec. The entire point of Assa is to play around your dots and not spam envenom. 
You do spam it 5 times tho😁
guess bliz needs to reduce CT target spread
spread 1 random bleed to 1 more target
every 3rd time removes one bleed from one random target
replicating tempest?
san'layn heals like mad
isnt san'layn for rly high keys
I played it when it was pretty broken
idk how it functions now
First pull in cinder was peak on unholy
Quickie question, with Light company guidon, do we still go for the 18% haste?
Yes, you want around 700 haste with guidon
yea remember to look for the rating
as some races get some free haste but it does not affect deepening shadows
!fuu
Rogue Spreadsheet - Light Version / Dark Version
i'm still mad nelf doesn't get more deepening
damn
Panda s+ racial + Z tier feint animation
Hello, got a quick question in the sims, im playing ST Deasthstalker, I get I need 1100 haste breakpoint, but sims want me to get rid of haste and going versa/mast, am I doing something wrong ?
in droptimizer
droptimizer only compares 1 item at a time, haste items will be bad unless they actually get you over the breakpoint
so I should aim to get the haste breakpoint without sims, then optimize secondaries with dropti ?
Top gear it
Alright thanks for the input, i'll make myself better now 😄
Do we know if group 1 soak or 2 soak is better parse wise for chimerus?
Like what alignment of CDs is better for us to parse
The Boss cds in grp 1 or the add cds in Grp2
group 1 sending on adds will be better parse but way less boss dam
So I prob send 1 dance into Intermission and then Pop cds
Pull - 1 Dance - knock and cds for adds
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I tried going lorgs for the dance/blades pops but importing ingame to mrt personal I don’t get any reminder in the bossfight at all
Group 1: 1 sec tec on boss and opene4
Go down
Second set on adds
Padpadpad
Intermission
Group 1
Pad pad pad
When tank goes down solo, jump in last second with cloak
Tricks solo tanm
Pad pad pad pad
Thats the unethical parse tech
!up
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Ty!
just got my rogue up as an alt crafted one weapon should i craft another because its veteran and wait till vault to choose another or
any help would help thanks
no offhand is the lowest dps slot
okay thank u
very likely pants will be your best 2nd craft
boots and neck seem to sim around 2% for my dps then others should i craft them ?
hard to say without knowing your setup but won't go wrong crafting those
What a name
guys my vault was so bad that I took socket, put it on my hero helm and then on raid night I got myth helm
am I cooked?
thank u thank u
you don't have 4pc yet so crafting legs wouldn't be advisable right now
ye im not gonna
but idk if i should craft boots and ring or even neck
ig neck could be a shout
might be a wait and see angle
!faq
I’m going to craft engi boots so I can hopefully use mastery flask
sub might be op rn
Also isn’t 4 piece guaranteed this week ?
whyxd
also how is your name like this
no idea tbh lol
must be yeagh
easy spec
lol hell no
low parse take
If you have 2k m+ rating, 1.6k pvp rating or have killed lura ye
3 from charges and one from 2k I think
holy shit sin has shot up
you can thank Zerocool
brother that list is like 10 players
huh
sin is good in keys but if youre not pushing title sub is fine
sin sucks. sub for life. wish we had a 3rd spec.
the sample size is just too low early this early in
sub still fine to push title with
likely
for now yeah
theres more sub rogues than assa above 3.4 for example
need more AOE imo but what evs
i think sin has more prio target super good for high keys
thats because of PTR pre season
If you look at the past, which specs were able to get title
Isnt pretty much every spec in the game capable of doing that?
Just depends on the player and the team
yeah there's more, but that's because everyone started pushing as sub
If a pack is dying in m+ and you guys are trying to save some dance charges for the next pull does it make sense to stop using finishers and just backstab to try and pool shadow tech stacks for next pull to burst harder or is that just an overall damage loss u think?
guys actually u supercharge ur second secret technique with blades or nah
by strict defintion yes, but every seasons theres alot of specs that have like less than 5 people on it get title
!guidon
Trickster Shadow Blades Optimization:
During Shadow Blades, line up your second Shadow Dance with the last 8 seconds of Shadow Blades instead of using them back-to-back. This allows you to fit another Secret Technique into Shadow Blades+Shadow Dance. It will not be supercharged but thats ok in this scenario.
and you know those people play in a full premade most of the time
well yeah its looking cooked for highest keys with current balance
Wox is playing sin in their group too
Generally now its just better to send and not really hold
But then it just means; If you have to ask if a spec is able to achieve Title-Level Keys, the thing holding your back is likely your skill & team, and not the spec
Which IMO is a good response to anyone asking that :p
I mean you are literally debuffing your team
he is yeah, i saw him swap the other day
its just not enough to matter for 1 key level
What is this effect guys? I saw this in a video. I have never gotten this effect on my rogue. I am lvl 88 currently tho
Last I checked it was he and Zero holding up the rating on archon lol
also if you have opacity turned down jyou wont see it
Are we running cloud cover on Tuesday?
Current balance is changing though 
Do I need to prep yelling at tanks to leave them in the cloud
Anything to yell at tanks
+2% bp dmg, -2% evisc dmg
Otherwise you have to blame yourself and you just can't
Cloud cover good
Assa doesnt get cloud cover
there's more sin rogues over cutoff than sub currently
yeah Im just saying its very volatile atm lol
Just play outlaw
you say casual but bro hasnt done a key in a week hes too busy raiding
Ez
i said people have been jumping on the sin train from watching him play keys
calm your tits
I’d rather eat paint chips
Im just saying linking aggregate data that has a sample size of 10 players on each spec isnt everything week4 of the season
if rogue had 5 zacs it would be showing outlaw as the best spec
on archon
instead bro has 150 io more than r2
i was just pointing out
the last time i looked sin was like bottom of the charts
and now it's on top
which coincides will everything i'm seeing in game
and anecdotal data
I mean yeah I agree assa is probably better than sub above like 18 right now
but I have no idea how big the margin is because I dont push
but if you wanna be nitpicky the highest io rogue atm is still zac and nobody will be saying outlaw is meta
and outlaw currently has the least title range players in it
likely why
but i don't care about all that, i just care that sin stats have dramatically improved very quickly
I mean it makes sense
people do alot of keys > they were lets say 17,18 resil a week or two ago > assa gets small buffs > they try assa in keys and also get more gear, now they have timed same keys or 1 higher on assa
Guys my guild's rogue just sent me this, how accurate is it?
Thought so
brand new to rogue, if i don't have cheat death up, do i ask my tank to hold pulls in M+ until it's back?
This almost sounds like a troll question, but if it’s genuine then: 😁
You can hover over the talent and it says exactly what it does.
It’s a 6 minute cooldown and it procs when an ability might kill you otherwise.
Once it’s on cooldown, every next ability that might kill you, will 100% kill you.
So no, you cant tell your tank to wait 6 minutes for a next pull😁
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sorry yes i'm new to rogue, but was just trying to go with the bit 🙂
do you guys know when parses lock in
Yeah no worries, ask whatever you like.
Learning a new class can sometimes be overwhelming.
it used to be earlier I feel
it used to be like noon cet
really digging how sub feels, long time monk main that just wasn't vibing with current WW, tried out enh for a bit but i'm too old to keep up with it. The sub rotation feels wonderful to play.
Still trying to figure out how to best gear this though, guides say hitting 18% haste breakpoint, but sims keep wanting more and more
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Fairly certain it did
That opener posted above can't be right
It’s missing “blame ranged for prepulling”
Look I go when the boss moves if the tank hasn’t taunted it that’s someone else’s fault
I will not take responsibility for my mistakes or be held accountable
That’s what Cheat is for
Right now in our group it's been the Demolock's apex pets just going and tagging whatever they want to in the room
this season we've had the joy of people pulling on "3" for some reason
probably 1/4 or so of our pulls are quite early
coincidentally, we have a new boomkin
A classique
I actually managed to get auto’d by beloren on pull
A feat of some quality as the boss doesn’t auto on pull
It should insta cast
On Vora our Paladin puzzle box’d in shroud, getting me auto’d and proc’ng cheat since tank was still walking up. 
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i love the cheat death ^^
its soo true
The number of times I've nearly gotten clapped in m+ from shadow striking onto a boss and it autoing me before tricks redirects it to the tank is approximately equal to the number of bosses in m+
Guaranteed I'd be -1000 io without cheat
i like to storm when close to mobs, if the tank isn't there
My favorite new thing I've started is using storm to redirect the skeleton packs in Maisara when everyone else is still catching up then cloak + belf racial to take their shields
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The following is a general recommendation, but you will always get more accurate results through simming your gear through Top Gear.
Single Target / Mythic+: Mastery >= `Haste(~18%, roughly 650-700)` > `Critical Strike` > Versatility
On Ezzorak and Vaegor is there any benefit to be hitting specific boss from atrophic poison point of view as to reduce more dmg?
On mythic you should be hitting both regularly enough to not have to think about it
On HC hit Ezzorak (I think he casts gloom)
Whichever one the soak comes out of
If you want to help with atrophic
But it’s not really that big a deal for HC I think
Thank you kind sir
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regarding the most recent posted pin and haste breakdowns, do we ever want to aim for the 1k haste mentioned for Deathstalker or that's just a rough reference and we should still aim for 700ish as most bosses are done as trickster?
If you want to play deathstalker, aim for that breakpoint
If not, then dont
But also turns out the new trickster talent in .5 is way stronger than expected
So DS probably aint it anyway
Which talent
Cloud cover, its mentioned in the pins if you scroll down a bit
I really don't want to 😂 Hate ds and mark management, but proging both vora and saladar and those are pure ST
if this is true u made me really happy 😂
I responded a few times in your log thread just now.
You don't think the DS changes will be enough tho?
DS aint getting anything besides QoL
ok I'll keep Trickester breakpoints then, ty @hazy breach
The extra fazed stacks from cloud cover seems strong no?
What makes it stronger than expected?
Surprising strikes stacks up to 3 times too
that plus rotten sounds kinda nutty
Now if they could make it so when in cloud cover the rogue is immune to damage 😮
does that make crit a stronger stat
Yes
oh boi, wll it outweight mastery? or will be assa angle and all secundaries will be good?
might be a burst vs overall type deal
and currently all non-vers secondaries are good
nice, so crit will give us less burst but more falt profile and mastery will give us big spikes of burst
and even vers isn't bad
Its still not working correctly in aoe in sims well see
But yes burst is WAY up
and crit stonks is also WAY up
ty for the info guys 🙂
I welcome the return of the burst
very warmly
anything to make blades feel like a cd again
worse cloud cover
-10% finisher crit chance*
10% crit chance on finsihers
but losing 10% crit chance on finishers
ouch
just get crit 4head
wait does cloud cover also work with smoke then
I will high roll
-15% dmg?
good thing I stashed my solarflare prism to still not use it
I don’t care
Surely thats better than cloud cover.

if it's a net gain or buff i'll take it for raid
we'll be the go-to raid spec then
+100 crit damage on builders too
Cant wait to use blades and see the tank kite mobs out of the cloud
isnt it on you
yeah, at least it lingers for 10 sec
Wait is Surprising strikes stacking also going to fuck with Apex optimization since ShS gonna be stonger now as well
could be worse
Unfortunately its really really really bad to have it be shorter than ~18 seconds
The second sectech really wants to be in that window
Because when the buff ends (so after 20 seconds) the 3 stacks of fazed remain on the mobs
Until you proc a new unseen blade and try to refresh it
is the cloud itself dropped under you
So if you leave the smoke early your sectech will not only miss out on the +16% dmg, but it will also reset it down to 1 stack
Yes
is there any toy we can use to root tanks
i would assume its similar range to smokebomb
Yeah its fairly big
Yeah it is pretty much
Its only gonna be an issue if you need to move across the room
tanks moving out of cloud will be the new tanks not letting me stealth for IC
surely we get their QoL where it follows
or it has a Twisting Blades-like visual that surround you
Cloud Aura like Pigpen from Charlie Brown
lol that was my first thought
that will be pain
i can already think of some raid bosses that have me moving across room when blades is rdy
actually I wonder if its a gain to use toss to preserve the 3 stack as long as possible vs opportunity cost of losing UB hits
since you're also losing coup over time probs
Well youre not really gonna be doing much damage anyway at that point
Its more for aoe
ye
Since unseen blade is a ST proc the 3x stacks will last the entire duration in aoe
(unless you sectech to remove them)
storm triggers blade too. can't really avoid it though
On your maintarget yes
ohh shit right
Yeah that's 30s of 3x fazed in aoe
focus target shitter mob and focus storm it
sounds pretty fucken good
its 10s
fazed is 10 ff is 12
Thats flawless form
I cant see this buff making rogue do competitive dmg anyway
it'll be better in raid slightly for damage profile
Just be like BM theory crafters and keep the cloud cover build hidden for another couple weeks till tuning is done
best case scenario we become mid
cloud cover gonna go crazy when we kill beloren next week 👿
Where
just go outlaw guys they're gonna be simming 200k on tuesday
nice try
blizz remembering outlaw exists->mission impossible
they keep giving combat rogues buffs instead
That's the joke
I have Plume, Guidon, and Puzzle Box. The ol' sims are saying Plume and Box...but the dps is underwhelming when stacked up next to Plume and Guidon in m+? Unless I'm really not understanding how to use box?
i honestly think puzzle box is a bit more of a sim trap than people let on. yeah it's great if you get optimal utilization of it, but so many things can make it go wrong too
I really appreciate some of you guys, just wanted to say
Use it with assa.
run guidon as sub
Copy that
dont play 2 on use
Based Guy
nice meme
confirmed blizzard employee
Nice face

lmao
so wait when do we get the SMOKE!
im reallly just excited to tell people "You dont want this smoke"
shadow dust smoke 
i'm just going to macro in when it goes down to whisper my tank not to move until it's gone
its like the ole fire mage circles in M+. Tank almost always kites them out of it
I already have practice with death and decay 
worst case scenario you run back to your smoke before it expires to refresh your buff
just grapple to the smoke and then grapple back
"grapple" excuse me sir
wait, am i missing something from my bars?
I'm just gonna ping limit the middle of the cloud as soon as it drops
set up a macro to place ground charms around the edge of the whole thing to let the tank know it's limits
Some morning questions: If I cast sexytec inside blades , but blades drops off before the animation finishes does it count?
you need blades to still be active when the clones hit 0.6s and 1.2s after casting
I find myself in an awkward position a lot where dance is about to come up 2 secs after blades ends but I can maybe cram in the 2nd sectec before blades ends. What’s better hold the sectec for dance super charge or cram inside a danceless blades?
hold dance for last 8s of blades so that that sectec hits in dance and blades, if you can't hit it get a bit more haste
The timing seems hard for me to hit, maybe I really need the use the macro for blades+tec
macro is very good
I understand this is the best answer but let’s say you in the situation that I wrote. Are you holding for a supercharged sectec or you jamming it into a no dance blades.
holding
I was at 830 hast and no trinket and still struggling to get the 2nd cast in with confidence. Guess I need more practice
Ya I'm at 800 and that sec tech is really tight, I think I need a bit more haste
I’m going to see if the macro helps, I always feel about 1 sec off, I can get the cast inside blades but feel like the animation never completes before blades falls off
is that new trickster talent good for real or is it a meme making it potentially shake up the strenght of the specs?
its good
all this yap about casting 2nd dance at 8 seconds of blades and using sectech without supercharger is only if u don't have guidon right, with guidon nothing changed??
yo gamers - is there any value getting past 700 haste? does mast/crit outweigh any dmg you can get with longer dances and shorter sectecs?
i dont know why but my sim as trickster like 1k haste
Idk if its correct though
Does this matter if the sectec is supercharged?
like does 707 haste/ 1222 mastery do more for me in the course of a fight, versus the 831 haste / 1065 mastery?
Every other blades it won’t be
!guidon
It’s still good
Trickster Shadow Blades Optimization:
During Shadow Blades, line up your second Shadow Dance with the last 8 seconds of Shadow Blades instead of using them back-to-back. This allows you to fit another Secret Technique into Shadow Blades+Shadow Dance. It will not be supercharged but thats ok in this scenario.
sims seem to be all wonky - so wondering if anyone has insight with their own stats versus what sims tell them
You should be doing this with guidon already
so that fucking changed to being what I said it would be rather than what I was told it was last time I talked about it HMMM
What is wonky?
when did this change
weeks ago
Sometime between now and when you last looked weeks ago?
sims wanting me to be under 600 haste buffed and go into heavy crit
Fairly certain since you get 4 set it’s been the case you should aim to do this
yep
You just need more haste to do it without guidon
If you have guidon you could do it from the start
lawl
Just saying random thing and stats doesn’t help. You can post a sim and I’m sure someone would be willing to give you feedback instead of randomly guessing what your gear, including trinkets looks like.
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The sim will aim slightly lower than actually optimal because it is a robot with 0 latency or reaction time easy trick is to turn off oils to force it to give you an appropriate amount of haste
Why so angry….😐



