#subtlety

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sly shore
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not bird fight

violet palm
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Any value in manually applying snd if opener with lust?

sly shore
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it applies with evis anyway

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so no

grizzled hornet
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aight, i guess i am just overreacting and dooming to the sub state right now

azure thicket
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pashli cyka

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i mean uh

obtuse raft
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good question. when i switch specs between bosses the CDM dissapeared...

tribal blade
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yeah you need to set it up between specs

azure thicket
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i think if you're getting pulled off boss to do mechanics it's hard to get everything lined up for a parse right now

tribal blade
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unless you had and it just bugged out or something

violet palm
tribal blade
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the diff is negligible

azure thicket
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it's more important to have snd on say outlaw

tribal blade
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some people do strike>snd>vanish>strike>cds right now, but it's not required

azure thicket
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so you open evis then bte for example

tribal blade
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or sorry strike>evis

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it won't be possible to do that on reset when playing no premed

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unless everyone just decides to play premed anyways because vibes are better with it

violet palm
tribal blade
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it doesn't like

azure thicket
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also the bottom line i think is shadowblades casts

tribal blade
azure thicket
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so if you're delaying that for a few globals the sim probably starts hissing

tribal blade
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this is amazing

tribal blade
azure thicket
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blades affects all damage by 20% right? so white damage everything etc

tribal blade
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because of tier set

meager creek
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Drum of Renewed Bonds how troll is this trinket ? I’ve got it on heroic, but is the the Crucible of Erratic Energies better? The sims tells me Drums.. but I’m not sure it’s correct.

azure thicket
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yeah for me personally i hold vanish to guarantee a full cp evis between dances during blades

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so you're not asking backstab rng to setup 2nd dance etc

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fuck these things by the way

azure thicket
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crucible is really really good until you get 6/6 solarflare prism

tribal blade
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i was just about to type something refuting that hhaa

azure thicket
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yeah my bad just spaced out

tribal blade
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no worries i do it all the time

meager creek
azure thicket
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ye 135 crit with a high proc rate is stonks

tribal blade
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the uptime on that trink with all upgrades is very high

meager creek
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Oh yeah you’ll need all the upgrades ?

tribal blade
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for it to be at full power yes

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you can sim it with/without what you're currently upgraded with

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from that thingy in the voidstorm

cosmic owl
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Hi, regarding AA, what is **supercharged **non-Secret Technique Finisher? Does it mean AA should be activated for all non-ST finishers when in dance? Does it matter outside of dance?

azure thicket
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super charged combo points only

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!aa

wicked joltBOT
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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).
azure thicket
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you ever see kabru try and shmurder falin in dungeon meshi? in 3 or less target count shadowstrike an extra time with 5cp etc

cosmic owl
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Ah, I might've been doing things wrong then 😅 . I just focused on getting AA up for all finishers but ST in dance, not paying attention to other things..

azure thicket
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yeah it happens i was doing it with backstab like it was last season before talking about it

fiery fog
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its basicly just the finisher after your sectec (or if you have 4 supercharged CP the next 3 after sectec)

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you dont force an AA proc for the sectec

steel zinc
upper narwhal
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i love my gear rn cuz all i need to do is drink a haste flask to swap from assa to sub next reset

cosmic owl
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I usually get max cp, dance, ST, builder to proc AA, use finisher, builders to get AA up agian, finsher etc.

azure thicket
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man the haste tax on deathstalker makes me just wanna play assassin

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that's basically not happening til rare neck drops

fiery fog
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just play trickster

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next patch it gets a nice ~5-6% buff

azure thicket
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yeah i saw that looks diabolical with cloud cover

grizzled hornet
azure thicket
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i have to resim for sure i've been playing 620 haste puzzy cause thats what the sim is telling me

fiery fog
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ds wa only an option for liike a week now because of the new found breakpoint

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but even then you dont want to play ds because of mark bugs

azure thicket
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i mean the only fight you pull it on is vorasius/salhadaar

fiery fog
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if your mark just decides to disappear you can basicly just stop doing dmg at all

azure thicket
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ye reapplying it

fiery fog
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not happening

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that is the fun part

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gets fixed next reset though with marked for death or whatever its called

azure thicket
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it's weird that mistweaver monk has a similar bug

mortal snow
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So Premed bug, correct me if I'm wrong, happens because it gives us a full 7cp when we enter vanish or shadow dance and use our next CP generator (Shadow Strike).
By using Premed to fill all CPs, no "stored" combo points are consumed and makes no shadow clones pop to do another shadow strike for us.

That sounds like it's working as attended and not a bug?

azure thicket
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they have to avoid a ability cause it'll randomly stop working in dungeons too

cosmic owl
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Wait, if I don't have supercharged points, I should not "force" AA for my finishers?

fiery fog
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we have had that since the release of DS i think?

azure thicket
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nah just with supercharged combos

cosmic owl
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🤦‍♂️

azure thicket
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backstab

azure thicket
cosmic owl
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So if I have supercharged points, I should get AA for finishers - except for ST. ST doesn't need AA.

fiery fog
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!aa

wicked joltBOT
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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).
meager creek
azure thicket
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it's under pins

fiery fog
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pins

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and both

meager creek
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ty

azure thicket
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its a lot of crit and overall

grave girder
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Trickster bufs basically make DS worse again?

fiery fog
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yeppers

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thank god

grave girder
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My short time learning it for my casual guilds egg damage was worth it Kapp

azure thicket
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i liked it on vorsarius cause we were all in mechanics jail anyway

fiery fog
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what mechanics on vorasius

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what mechanics at all

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tbh

azure thicket
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we only have 1 kill

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lol but for the record we were all on bugs at max distance jail

fiery fog
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besides alleria i cant think of any boss where i had to play mechanics

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and alleria forces you to play them

azure thicket
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yeah we're just getting to figuring out how to ethically pad on chimarus

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i got a kill last week in a pug but ye

fiery fog
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im pretty sure as sub you just press storm instead of backstab

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thats all you can really do

azure thicket
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yeah i had a 77 parse on last pull of the night on 2nd downphase

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just be near add spawn in upphase with sec tec dance up

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like uh the big add isn't in range for cleave before it gets stunned by consume type stuff

fiery fog
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oh youre talking chimaerus

azure thicket
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dead but no baller plays are being made

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yeah

fiery fog
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just send on cd

azure thicket
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im not scared but

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scary

fiery fog
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and sectec when theyre grouped (should be happening fast with grips tbh)

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but generally i wouldnt hold sectec for more than 5 seconds

azure thicket
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yeah this week was slow due to lack of gameplan

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we did heroic midnight falls for an hour and a half got it to start of phase 2 then recleared heroic

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last week we got two myth bosses down

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i too would like to send on cd this reset

uncut monolith
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Im reading 12.0.5 Cloud Cover buff.. realizing i dont know how works the spell now before patch.. can u tell pls?

fiery fog
keen dome
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we never used it

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because it's bad

azure thicket
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i think we macro it to blades?

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yeah if you use distract in keys it's not too clunky

uncut monolith
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Wasnt it passiv from Shadow blades?

azure thicket
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oh true skimmed it

lime wigeon
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The benefit comes from the change making it stack fazed to 3. That's the insane part.
That it's passive when you use SB is just a big QoL bonus

azure thicket
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it's funny cause yoda just put sub in b tier beind assa

uncut monolith
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So now if i use shadow blades and then run 15 yards i lose dps from it? Ant it is exaxtly the thing they are fixing?

olive canyon
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for high keys i think thats fair

fiery fog
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assa is crazy for high keys

olive canyon
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I play sub when im messing around on lower keys

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assa on high

fiery fog
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because your maintarget doesnt just drop dead 5 seconds in

lime wigeon
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In fairness, keys are a bit skewed towards ST currently

fiery fog
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huh

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you just pull bigg

azure thicket
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im starting to see people funnel adds into bosses again

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we probably go even if people are doing stuff good

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but ye assa does have good st

lime wigeon
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There's a lot of mismatched HPs for portions that prevents you to progress the keys

azure thicket
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but also im sure yoda is seeing sub rogues get boss funnel etc etc

keen dome
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!aa

wicked joltBOT
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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).
azure thicket
tribal blade
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and a good amount of haste too

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sin is crazy bottlenecked by energy now

azure thicket
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ye im 35-36% crit 20% haste 40% mastery i think?

tribal blade
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your sim will want more crit for sure

azure thicket
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i feel like implacable mechanic really likes the crit

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yeah

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it's fallen off a few times cause im begging for mut to crit

tribal blade
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the sin apex is weird

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2nd part is passive who cares

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1st part is horrible, absolutely hate playing around it

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3rd part is AMAZING, so cool

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i've been looking at the forums more than usual recently and by far the biggest complaint is energy issues on rogue in general

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specifically on sin and sometimes outlaw

azure thicket
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i did an outlaw key with a blood dk

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the guy was 200k all key

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8 target only pit of saron 14 or 15

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it was good too

tribal blade
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bdk is like that sometimes yeah, very high dam

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but bdk is always the issue of them flopping

grave shore
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!sheet

wicked joltBOT
tribal blade
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because nobody can save them except themselves

azure thicket
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yeah but with 8 targets how often can that happen

tribal blade
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well you go higher in key level

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you have to pull bigger/more aggressive

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and stuff hits way harder

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their health is a like a yoyo

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and then 1 wrong gcd boom dead

azure thicket
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yeah if you see bdk with any kind of priest consider not applying

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they're really good with mistweaver and druid afaiu

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h pal is 50/50

tribal blade
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i'm just not super keen on inviting bdk in general lol

glacial eagle
tribal blade
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playing that spec really is a high wire act in high keys

azure thicket
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ye pug no coms bdk is just whoops i fell over

glacial eagle
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sub is very smooth in comparison because it has inf energy when it matters and only really pools a little bit before CDs which is very minor

tribal blade
tribal blade
glacial eagle
# tribal blade i'm just not super keen on inviting bdk in general lol

bdk is a weird case where blizz loves UDK to hell and FDK is rarely really neglected, usually just kinda undertuned if anything, but still plays ok
meanwhile BDK is kept in the basement and fed worms because it can't ever be allowed to be good again in any environment but boss tanking

tribal blade
azure thicket
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was frost dk a tank at one point or am i forgetting

tribal blade
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never happens

copper ravine
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after the changes do you guys think that crit will win over mastery in m+ as well?

tribal blade
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changed to blood at some point, can't remember when exactly

azure thicket
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yoda said they're(bdk) good enough to be a key level behind meta

tribal blade
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mastery is still really good in aoe because of PP

azure thicket
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but again best possible circumstances

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i could see it

copper ravine
glacial eagle
glacial eagle
red flame
# tribal blade i'm just not super keen on inviting bdk in general lol

Fr tho, did a +12 AA yesterday with a Blood DK tank ; bro died twice back to back on the 1st pull (everything around tree boss) & caused group wipes while blaming the group for doing “way too low dps” & “I can reach over 900k on this pull on my mage” like yea ok sure bud garf_sit

fossil forge
tribal blade
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but yeah

fossil forge
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A 260 ilvl hpal healed a 16 magister no problems

glacial eagle
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like it's legit not a pull you can facetank on higher keys

plush roost
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Let the debuff apply

tribal blade
red flame
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It was really funny tbh

tribal blade
red flame
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Also it didn’t help I immediately died & completely missed lust

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I had tricks on bro the entire time & got full aggro from 1st ss

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Feelsbad

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Actually imagine

tribal blade
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because it's an instant hit

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or w/e

red flame
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That’s wild

still quartz
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!wa

wicked joltBOT
uneven rampart
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Hello all, question about Sub rogue as I have heard different things about it, or maybe I misinterpretted it.
During shadowblades, I have always held my second shadow dance until secret technique was available, which was for the last 1-2 seconds of shadowblades.
Should I be popping shadow dance as soon as its ready? Or am I doing it correct

tribal blade
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if you tricks>strike into a pack before the tank has established enough threat or he just pulled it, you can get 1 shot

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if you're afraid that might happen it's usually safer to open on the pack with storm

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or wait until you see him cast a few gcds before striking in

fiery fog
tribal blade
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it's very dangerous to strike in when the tank just got to the pack

red flame
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Also speaking of ss I found something funny in NPX

tribal blade
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dw

azure thicket
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cause i didn't have enough damage with aug udk in a 17 yesterday

tribal blade
red flame
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if you ss from stealth (where it tp’s you) while on the bridge going to Lothraxion

red flame
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Ur gonna have a bad time

azure thicket
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strats

red flame
tribal blade
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i was thinking about this the other day

azure thicket
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it's the bleed afaiu tho they just need to out run it

tribal blade
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numbing might be the move in AA

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when the most danger of wiping is in 1st pull

red flame
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Lowkey numbing & crippling prob go crazy 1st pull ye

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That’s smart

tribal blade
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you have to choose between 1 or the other

azure thicket
tribal blade
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and running crippling can be very troll

red flame
olive canyon
torn tide
olive canyon
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at present i just switch gfuidon for box for raid

tribal blade
olive canyon
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I will recraft all my pieces to crit haste on wednesday

tribal blade
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might just be a "get good" for your tank

olive canyon
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although im wondering if keeping mast is better given the cleave in this raid tier

red flame
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But ye I was in a 10 NPX & used ss from stealth on the light image (while he was in the middle of the bridge, not near a side) & it just tp’d me directly under the bridge & I obv fell & died

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Was p funny ngl

cinder jasper
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Is there anyone here that understands parses and logs and could help me understand a few things? 🙏

tribal blade
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boss dmg is what really matters

olive canyon
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agreed for the most part

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but it seems like my recrafts net me about 3% crit orsomething

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maybe 4

tribal blade
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don't forget crit flask

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easy 165 crit

red flame
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I can’t wait til the day I can use a non-haste flask prayge

proud burrow
uneven rampart
fiery fog
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no

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you use it when blades has 8 seconds left

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sectec should be ready with like 2-3 seconds left

cinder jasper
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So I was wondering if I could dm anyone that understand these things the parses so they could maybe explain to me how it works

fossil forge
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What boss

azure thicket
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time to kill when damage is being applied etc

small vortex
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If theres adds it could be pad difference

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And kill time ye

fossil forge
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Also timer matters

olive canyon
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!ui

wicked joltBOT
drifting ether
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Just in time for turbo

alpine wraith
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big

fossil forge
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I wish i had beloren dagger

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I kinda feel bad upgrading a vers dagger but it is What it is

alpine wraith
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it is not that much better dont worry

fossil forge
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its just stats

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Ilvl king

autumn flame
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Wait if you uppgrade crafted dagger is it the same ilvl as a regular mythic dagger?

thorny ridge
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
tribal blade
alpine wraith
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no it is still some ilvls behind

tribal blade
alpine wraith
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same as before

tribal blade
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or something like that

small vortex
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wthelly 400 ilvl weapon

alpine wraith
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crafted goes to 294 normal mythic 298

fossil forge
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Prophet is a expansion ahead

tribal blade
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omfg number starts with 2 not 3

fossil forge
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HAHA

autumn flame
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Better get one in vault then

tribal blade
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i dunno why i keep doing 3

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for some reason

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still not used to the stat squish

alpine wraith
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dont worry i had a funny situation the other day in some titles

fossil forge
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i miss big number

alpine wraith
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titled the video 10.0.5

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instead of 12 XD

fossil forge
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Xd

tribal blade
small vortex
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ive had some close keys man

next pulsar
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
fossil forge
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Took like 5 tries

tribal blade
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the best ones i've had are timing title range keys by seconds

small vortex
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aa is a rough key

tribal blade
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those are serious nail biters

fossil forge
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We had a insane healer

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From echo

small vortex
fossil forge
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Playing the last 2 spinning mobs into boss is so crazy too

vocal pulsar
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guess you want guidon more than ever with this change, or?

tribal blade
vocal pulsar
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q.q

alpine wraith
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funnily enough in m+ box becomes quite decent

tribal blade
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makes sense yeah

alpine wraith
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although double passive sims more

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you kinda crack it open with it

tribal blade
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issue there is you have to go +100 haste

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which eats into other stats

tribal blade
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might be a vibe

alpine wraith
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it is not bad but it will feel worse on some dungeons

vale pine
alpine wraith
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mainly because time to die is skewed towards popping cds

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and getting lots of dps

vale pine
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but trinkets don't change

alpine wraith
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then pulls falters on

tribal blade
alpine wraith
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DONT BLINK

vocal pulsar
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well with my 278 ilvl, guidon on lfr track still sims better than anything i have. no gaze no guidon yet 😢

tribal blade
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those are the ones where you have no idea if you actually timed the key until the hting pops up saying you did

small vortex
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i think this was an early season nokhud

tribal blade
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omg screw nokhud lol

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i hated that place

small vortex
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i tend to push fast early then just chill and that was like our worst dungeon that season

tribal blade
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my favorite thing about nokhud were the warspears

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that targeted ranged

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god forbid

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ranged has 1 singular mechanic to do

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you never hear the end of it

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"KILL THE WARSPEAR OMFG KILL THE WARSPEAR"

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calm down boomy

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press starfall

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go bear

small vortex
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oh god this was a week with sanguine explosive too

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holy fuck what a bad week to do nokhud

tribal blade
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LOL that's illegal yeah

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bolstering was also really bad in there iirc

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you couldn't drag in mobs into other packs

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which was the usual play in there

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esp in 1st area

dry zodiac
small vortex
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yeah it was horrible

tribal blade
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perma chaining

small vortex
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first area and the ghost area i think

tribal blade
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you want 800 haste as trickster

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or else blades windows becomes a bit scuffed

oblique spade
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Can I sim for wednesday's version of trickster on raidbots droptimiser at the moment?

vale pine
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you can put ptr=1 in expert mode to sim

oblique spade
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im assuming I might need more crit

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ah ok ty

vale pine
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or wait for the patch to get live tomorrow^^

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make sure to use latest simc version

oblique spade
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About to run some keys so wanna know if any crit ones are worth keeping if they drop 🙂

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Could have used it last night before raid to be honest

hazy breach
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But yes you want an on-use trinket

lilac stag
oblique spade
oblique spade
stoic anchor
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for all of us the gigachads that play orc male hunched over not vertical position ofc

vale pine
stoic anchor
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ty

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it says here increase attack power by 168. is that 168 agility ?

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i never knew how to interpret attack power - agility ratio. what is this tbc we're gemming ap over agi xd?

vocal pulsar
# hazy breach But yes you want an on-use trinket

true, but since puzzle and the windrunner trinket are used as 3min cds and our burst windows get even better, i think a 1,5min cd trinket will be even more better with the change 😄
sure puzzle has a good niche in m+ but generally i feel guidon will be a must :/

tribal blade
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double crafted passive

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what a g

light hull
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
hazy breach
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Insanely based actually

tribal blade
# hazy breach

does that racial give mainstat when you use the dispel?

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ah yeah

hazy breach
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Yesnt

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Its tuned around not dispelling anything

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For very short burst windows it is better than orc/maghar for sure

tribal blade
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gotcha

hazy breach
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Fwiw it does not seem like the sim has the "augmented" effect

hallow mortar
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isnt pit of saron isanne coin value next week? assuming you dont have ring neck myth track

hazy breach
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But its like 2% behind gaze/plume so even if its a huge buff its still kinda meh

alpine wraith
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actually do we apexxmaxx again with strike being stronger

hazy breach
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Nop

alpine wraith
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or we just follow normal things

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yea figured

hazy breach
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I think people have gone a bit overboard on the "I MUST GET ALL CRIT NOW AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH"

hallow mortar
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yeah i was thionking pit or nexus or magister

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im victim of it

hazy breach
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When all i did was change the flask to crit instead of mastery for the simc profile

dry flame
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Yesterday I droptimsetd all m+ loot vault track and nothing was more than a 0.9% upgrade I think, I'll have to double check

random mason
hallow mortar
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i did full crit cos i was on paldins and went brrrr as assa

random mason
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and farm more crit gear

hallow mortar
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rank 14 cosindering im not assas otp 😄

dry flame
hallow mortar
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i have crafted dagger belt and ring

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i have only one item from raid and thats dagger

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which is nice

stoic anchor
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so what's going to be our stats in 2 days? crit- mastery - haste - versa?

dry flame
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Dagger/boots/neck for me, but I'm also solo pug player, so less drops to rely on

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Usually try to pug 3/9M and that's it

dry flame
stoic anchor
dry flame
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Mastery always good and specifically aoe

fallow ingot
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Do we already know if we want heavy crit piece like bel'oren ring etc for .5 ?

stoic anchor
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warning signs or planned execution for m+?

sharp ravine
sharp ravine
stoic anchor
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peepoStare peepoStare peepoStare peepoStare peepoStare peepoStare peepoStare peepoStare tempted to go full crit for dopamine on screen peepoStare peepoStare peepoStare peepoStare peepoStare

fallow ingot
worldly root
lime wigeon
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Also keep in mind that stats DR after 30%, staggered each 10% from there and on

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(From rating, not total)

random mason
# small vortex

not title range by any means but i don't think I'll ever get closer than this

small vortex
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holy

fallow ingot
#

will see when .5 hit servers

worldly root
#

i mean we already got "bis" setup anyway

dry flame
alpine wraith
#

theater was a tough one

#

not 1 boss was easy at high keys

dry flame
#

Yepp

#

1 fuck up and gg

alpine wraith
#

at least the JUMP was nerfed

dry flame
#

And tyrannical weeks

alpine wraith
#

that one used to break necks+

tribal blade
#

actually every SL dungeon wasn't simple

dry flame
#

Not HoA, the other Ravendreth one was crazy

#

I ran it so much, I became my guilds main guide for it at thr time

tribal blade
#

back during SL

#

hoa wasn't very fun

dry flame
#

Literally calling out every single kick on every single pack, nocmenr etc

dry flame
tribal blade
#

but yeah sanguine depths was bananas

dry flame
#

The other one was... Oof yeah

small vortex
#

sanguine 3rd boss...

tribal blade
#

every boss in SD

fleet acorn
#

The only must play sub Boss in raid is egg Boss ?

tribal blade
#

was hard

dry flame
#

It caught so many nerfs and it was still absolute butt clench

tribal blade
#

i was venth too because playing sub

#

so i had to be in charge of the cannisters

#

i hated it

dry flame
tribal blade
#

trying to open those things without getting 1 shot

small vortex
#

i was playing surv hunter and man was that boss rough

dry flame
#

When we did terrible overall, but we were full funneling

tribal blade
dry flame
#

Ah, the only season I didn't play and didn't get the red mount

tribal blade
#

also sub could do great overall if you pressed BP

#

but we were living in bfa combo propoganda

fallow ingot
#

is raidbots bugged for a top gear loaded from armory ?

dry flame
tribal blade
#

i still wish i could redo that season just pressing BP always in aoe

#

i would top every single key

tribal blade
#

i actually really liked the S2 affix

#

the tormented thing

#

was really fun

dry flame
fallow ingot
#

like he didn't see the new 2rings

#

w/e

dry flame
#

But it was nightmare with pugs

tribal blade
#

once you got to high enough key levels

#

prideful was so strong

#

those mini bosses were so scary

dry flame
#

I was a route-sweat back then, so I ran a very tight ship

#

But yeah, prideful was too much

#

But back then they were obsessed with kiss/curse (specifically the curse)

#

And they tried recreate the bwamsandi season

#

Which people really liked

tribal blade
#

it was pretty fun when they did that right

#

it made meaningful routing choices

#

the S2 lieutenants were fun because you could choose to kill them or not

#

and they gave really good powers you could have choice with

cinder jasper
#

!log

stoic anchor
#

yooo cloak and evasion on modifiers and vanish too I got some bad neeews for u friend<3 xd

keen dome
#

Yeah?

stoic anchor
#

if I understood correctly on wednesday it will be :
haste breakpoint ~700> Crit in single target >= mastery > haste > versatility ?
and in aoe I presume: haste breakpoint 700>mastery>=crit> haste > versatility ? mythic gideon

thorny ridge
#

!fuu

wicked joltBOT
stoic anchor
#

i read it twice. did i understood correctly?

#

did i understand*

fathom adder
#

is the spreadsheet already updated for the new stuff or was sub always simming that high in st?

grim wasp
#

stats and sims confuse me

fallow ingot
#

why do we do double backstab on opener with .5 build ?

hazy breach
#

You dont want to secret technique on 2 combo points

fleet acorn
#

Cause we don’t get Full with shadowstrike

fallow ingot
#

wait a minute

timid rose
#

because we don't take premed due to it's other interactions 🙂

fallow ingot
#

oh because we drop premed

#

make sense ty

grim wasp
#

quick noob question i was not using the double finisher and instead trying to proc apex every time. I should instead finish twice if i have the combo points right ?

sharp ravine
sharp ravine
#

!aa

wicked joltBOT
#

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).
sleek musk
#

is it ok to use Shadow Blades After Dance/Sec Tech if i trigger it prior to the clones hitting?

#

or does shadowblades need to be active prior to pressing sec tech

grim wasp
hazy breach
sly cove
#

Amazing read up and update so well written. Thanks for the updates and efforts as always boys @hazy breach @vale pine

chilly dagger
sly cove
#

to the pin*

empty bobcat
#

why does my tricks tooltip say lasts 1 hour btw?

hazy breach
#

So Tricky

#

In trickster

empty bobcat
#

bugged?

hazy breach
#

No

empty bobcat
#

oh?

hazy breach
#

Thats what the talent So Tricky does

empty bobcat
#

ah! I never noticed this thanks

#

so I apply it before first pull and never worry about it again right

timid rose
#

as a new rogue I worry about it constantly... "did I actually remember to put that up?" last night in skyreach I definitely forgot and felt the repercussions on the first pull

empty bobcat
#

I have a macro for my tank I apply it before every pull xD

hazy breach
#

!tricks

wicked joltBOT
empty bobcat
#

so I guess I wont need to do this anymore

timid rose
#

I don't need the macro as much as I need a weak aura "hey dumbrave, press the button" 🙂

crystal bone
#

im mostly pumped for the purple mog coming with void assaults tomorrow

leaden prairie
#

@warm marlin no premed right, i hadnt simmed it yet but it seems better

teal monolith
#

!log

azure thicket
#

pit of saron 17 with me tilting because dying and then dying 3 more times because ree

#

also didn't use shadowblades at a great time

#

at the start that offset everything else

empty bobcat
#

is there any addon that screams at your face like WA ? I had a big fkn horn for my CDs back in DF

sharp sapphire
#

so apparently Cloud Cover is quite strong. And brings us on par with Ret and Ferals. Should we expect a nerf until Friday?

warm marlin
#

was already a gain for beloren egg

leaden prairie
#

i see

#

why is that

warm marlin
#

you have infinite prestacked sht and in lust you gain giga sht

#

prevents the bug and you get to spend more of them on strike

#

i didnt check it on second burn ig

#

but we play for first anyway

leaden prairie
#

i tried simming the distract talent btw

#

but it seems bad !

warm marlin
#

the old one?

leaden prairie
#

it looks implemented at first look but maybe its not

#

ye

#

i had to add a press distract in apl tho

warm marlin
#

new cloud cover was like +40k for my egg sim

leaden prairie
#

but ye

warm marlin
#

the old one sucks

leaden prairie
#

no ye i do mean old one

#

its a cd tho !

warm marlin
#

but all it does is apply fazed

#

u already have it perma

#

u press gcd for what

leaden prairie
#

ye true i guess it doesnt do anytghing

#

old one

warm marlin
#

its giga useless

#

u coach me on trickster law later this week yes?

#

i ask you question if we get to lura

leaden prairie
#

sure lil bro

#

you gonna play it on lura?

warm marlin
#

probably ye

leaden prairie
#

huge !

#

outlaw meta !

warm marlin
#

i will noob it up a bit but its ok

fossil forge
#

its zac szn

limpid fox
#

!ui

wicked joltBOT
sick epoch
#

will we have some change on the bises? I guess

flat beacon
#

hey, I am fairly new to gearing and I just started with simming and the sims I did showed me that dagger in off hand is like 2,5-3% dps gain vs my current off hand (fist weapon) with equal ilvl. I don't really get why this is? what makes dagger so much better in off hand?

warm marlin
#

!oh

wicked joltBOT
#

Shadow Techniques is not normalized and this makes a slow weapon (axe/sword/mace/fist) in offhand significantly weaker and almost never worth equiping.

daring pike
#

does the trickster change in the patch notes buff us in any way?

empty bobcat
#

yes

fair phoenix
leaden prairie
#

just for beloren

fair phoenix
hard trellis
#

otulaw buffed zac szn glorpingspree

timid rose
empty bobcat
#

I have it on my DH and hate it

#

I always tend to forget pressing it because its so ass

light hull
#

!fuu

wicked joltBOT
empty bobcat
#

now got it on rogue too T_T

stoic anchor
#

stats for wednesday: 935 crit, 602 haste , 631 mastery

#

unbuffed at all-

#

i need more haste, right?

wanton vigil
#

Are there any (very rough) numbers for the cloud cover changes to sub burst specifically? Just thinking of beloren egg damage where I'm currently playing assa

olive canyon
#

Go sub

timid rose
olive canyon
#

25% more burst in our burst window - 6% overall ST buff, its good stuff

keen dome
#

You don't have to use it

timid rose
#

oh, i said for me it is 🙂

sick epoch
#

Some gearing changes? Especially on trinkets?

hazy breach
#

No

olive canyon
#

all stays the same apart from opener

#

which is just backstab until 7 then send

sick epoch
#

Oki, thanku

keen dome
olive canyon
#

Mate i made the mistake of playing classic stuff

#

PURE nostalgia

keen dome
olive canyon
#

fair enough to those that like it but holy moly is it boring

keen dome
#

Yeah, it is

#

Hell yeah

olive canyon
#

SND>Evis. Even current sub has some nuance but is simple. It has sort of grown on me

keen dome
#

I like current Sub a lot. It just needs one more button and interaction.

stoic anchor
#

lust on pull just send it monkey brain activated

olive canyon
#

Dont do that

empty bobcat
#

current sub feels good, but death from above sub wins for me - it was the best

olive canyon
#

damn near 30s of 24% more dmg is gonna be quite nice

hazy breach
#

You already have 1 stack of it

olive canyon
#

I also cant wait to hit real hard with SS

hazy breach
#

So its not not 24% more

stoic anchor
#

how is it 30s? xd

olive canyon
#

fine 16%

#

but it is still closer to 20-25% in burst due to our build changes right? as SS hitting harder

stoic anchor
#

isn't cloud cover 10s?

hazy breach
#

No

stoic anchor
#

how long does cloud cover last?

olive canyon
#

Fazed stacks last 10s

olive canyon
#

cloud buff really lasts 20s

#

so the final application should let you extend it to around 30s

timid rose
#

cloud lasts 10, we get 10 seconds after leaving cloud, and the fazed stacks last an additional 10

stoic anchor
sharp ravine
#

More haste and sim yourself

olive canyon
#

You need 100 more haste

#

unless you are a machine

hazy breach
olive canyon
#

ooooo

stoic anchor
#

i dont think i can get 100 more haste unless i flask it , but then i can change ring enchants from haste to crit and gems

olive canyon
#

damn any thing we can do to game that

stoic anchor
#

and i think that's the play cause i cannot get 100 more haste

olive canyon
#

i guess not really

hazy breach
#

nop

stiff stirrup
#

The only reason we not taking premed in 12.0.5 is because of a bug right?

hazy breach
#

Its working as intended

olive canyon
#

ICD on unseen is 15s?

stiff stirrup
#

Fk

hazy breach
#

Because it resets

olive canyon
#

Right just thinking about how likely it is that it can proc at that 20-25s mark

#

i suppose it doesnt matter

#

as rotations remains the same

stoic anchor
#

eleem sir. question. if i can't get 100 more haste through gear- is it fair to flask haste and regem/reenchant and that way i can get 700 haste ?

hazy breach
#

You want 700 hastte

reef walrus
#

but that seems like a counterproductive move for your damage

stoic anchor
#

ty

olive canyon
#

right

#

its all purely academic in nature

timid rose
#

so more realistically 20 seconds in the window which aligns to the SB duration, with maybe some bonus time?

olive canyon
#

not practical

warm marlin
#

we do have builders that generate cp without proccing unseen blade garf

olive canyon
#

no its a min of 20s

gleaming plank
#

!fuu

wicked joltBOT
olive canyon
#

which is our burst window

fair phoenix
stoic anchor
#

ofc

hazy breach
olive canyon
#

haste is a thing - nothing changes

hazy breach
#

Besides opener with premed

warm marlin
west arch
#

I have a question: I have 3 items crafted with haste mastery, should I put critical haste on them?

hazy breach
#

No

stoic anchor
#

only thing is , for me specifically, idk what gear u guys have, if i also wanna get 700 haste, most of my crit and haste pieces are massive crit and i cannot get 700

olive canyon
#

has anyone simmed themselves on the new ptr changes to see a rough estimate of how crit is waited for trickster vs mastery?

#

Not sure how to do the ptr thing tbh

hazy breach
#

Just pop a crit flask instead of mastery

#

Boom thats it

stoic anchor
#

is there a soft line between stacking crit and still having some mastery? that's why we don't recraft<3?

hazy breach
#

Done

stoic anchor
#

but isn't crit bette than mastery? that's what i'm asking

west arch
#

Y have 22% crit 20 haste 85 mastery

hazy breach
#

Get you haste breakpoint then fill in the rest with crit+mastery

#

Same as before

west arch
keen dome
#

Just get the Haste cap and then do whatever

stoic anchor
#

but question what would be better? i'm talking unbuffed for refferance. 32% crit 53% mastery OR 24% crit 68% mastery

keen dome
#

Is your haste = 700 (684 pre-oils) or greater? Just stack Crit+mastery. Donezo

reef walrus
#

I think you're putting way too much thought into secondaries

steep raven
#

How big is the cloud created by SB?

stoic anchor
#

in which case, if it's that close monkey brain likes crit on screen monkey do crit

sharp ravine
stoic anchor
swift tinsel
#

this big

keen dome
#

I saw a screenshot of it earlier, lemme find it

reef walrus
#

you beat me to it 🙁

swift tinsel
#

pretty effin huge

haughty mural
#

holy

keen dome
#

Your post is better, Guy's example is more useful

haughty mural
#

thats huge

gleaming plank
#

Now blizzard is gonna add a bunch of gray mechanics to fuck with us

swift tinsel
#

like Ashen Hollow diameter

astral axle
#

Other people can see it right

swift tinsel
#

ye

keen dome
#

I hope so

astral axle
#

LMAO

swift tinsel
#

it'll likely be muted like other folks' spell effects are

keen dome
#

look man it's about time we got a cool visual to annoy people with

swift tinsel
#

or less visually obtrusive hopefully

haughty mural
#

i hope it will be exactly like that for other people

stoic anchor
#

I'm sick IRL and i cannot cook and i ordered and mf it's been 1h 15 mins and no tacos in sight peepoCry

swift tinsel
#

I need to coach our tanks come tuesday that its a good thing to stand in

haughty mural
#

nodders
teach 'em

keen dome
#

What's the most annoying mechanic to pop it over. I need to know for malicious reasons.

haughty mural
#

vorasius tank hit ?

keen dome
#

oh, oh. Orb circles on Dwagons.

keen dome
swift tinsel
reef walrus
keen dome
#

Hahaha

#

Voraius and Dwagons are my current top two. Voraius is probably less annoying because you grow big and it glows red

#

But dwagon orb spawn circles. I bet I can kill people there.

haughty mural
#

hell yeah

lyric patrol
#

So will crit be better than mastery even in m+ now

eternal abyss
#

!ui

wicked joltBOT
swift tinsel
#

think I might recraft my dagger at least to haste/crit instead of mastery since I'm quite mastery heavy atm

keen dome
#

I'll probably swap my gems once I've gotten myth nexus rings.

swift tinsel
#

as I have quite literally twice as much mastery as crit

thin sinew
#

i'd wait until reset before doing anything so you know 100% sims are correct

#

i'm resisting upgrading or changing anything with myth crests just in case

swift tinsel
#

ye I'm not making any moves til I see how it goes live

keen dome
#

Ye there's no rush. We also need to see how the bonus rolls work and if they work as intended.

swift tinsel
#

^^

olive canyon
#

I couldnt search for it but once you select expert mode for simming- where and what do you paste to sim the PTR build pls?

hollow spear
#

I'll stack vers to hedge against inflationary prepatch sims!

keen dome
swift tinsel
#

mine will likely be pit and npx rings

keen dome
#

Gaze into Guidon into Nexus

stoic anchor
#

I'm affraid my guild will make me spec out of smokebomb cause they complain about shit like this. " i couldn't see " etc. i know it's skill issue but xd

keen dome
#

Come back in 7 weeks and see how lucky i've been.

stoic anchor
#

it is a really big smoke bomb xd

swift tinsel
#

I think we're starting with myth chim thurs since our RL was pugging for reps on it

#

so if we down it it'll be a gaze angle then too

lyric patrol
#

It actually messes with view? Thats pretty lame if true

keen dome
#

RL just slamming pugs to learn the fight?

swift tinsel
#

probs not using a vcore on myth guidon

swift tinsel
keen dome
#

That's a cool RL, honestly.

swift tinsel
#

real trooper

keen dome
#

Putting the time into actual practice goes so hard

swift tinsel
#

yeah he's easily the most prep-enthusiastic RL I've encountered

haughty mural
#

i used every influence i had to get our first myth guidon to our sub

gleaming plank
#

This patch makes solar flare prism a lot better right?

swift tinsel
#

can get a bit fixated on trying to force a single strat but he's gotten a lot better about being flexible and experimenting this season

#

which I appreciate

timid rose
#

meanwhile my RL is just over here vibeleading

lilac stag
keen dome
#

I think pugging does put you in a mind of how a fight SHOULD be solved. I'm very guilty of it, 'cos pug strats tend to be a thing for a reason, and in organized groups you can actually do sutff differently.

haughty mural
olive canyon
#

why does the sim backstab after dance (ptr sim)

lilac stag
#

Because you don’t have premed

#

So it’s likely trying to danse shit again

#

rerun it and see if it does it again

olive canyon
#

oh snap

#

ok will do

lilac stag
#

I only got it to do it once but maybe fuu or eleem has a better answer

hazy breach
#

Doesnt matter much for the results, but should be fixed soontm

thin sinew
olive canyon
#

it didnt do it this time

#

Maybe because the dance was followed by evis and not a builder

stoic anchor
#

yooo backstabing to 7cp is so cursed i can't even wrap my head around it... It's like that toxic ex which all of your friends told u she's bad for you but you were stuborn

fleet acorn
olive canyon
stoic anchor
olive canyon
#

thats how long the opener before you pop it all is

shrewd lantern
#

that's like, 2s longer than it is rn

#

such a difference

timid rose
#

that's like twice as long!

olive canyon
timid rose
#

100% more time! 🙂

olive canyon
#

Not that bad really

warm marlin
stoic anchor
#

I can't bro I just can't

olive canyon
#

itll feel poop but we will live

stoic anchor
#

I can't do it

olive canyon
#

and yes this is with full raid buffs with lust

#

without lust...

stoic anchor
#

it is like 1% difference?

shrewd lantern
#

2 backstabs in the opener is end of the world

stoic anchor
#

it is bro, it is.

astral axle
#

the backstab soup in the opener is just the apéritif

warm marlin
#

if you dont have lust and you happen to be in a key without a shaman

#

i will not speak

stoic anchor
#

what about the other times? when we're not in all cds and u want that full cp generation?

warm marlin
#

bad times ahead

shrewd lantern
#

i mean in keys just storm open on trash?

#

idk

warm marlin
#

hm

#

ye saved i guess

stoic anchor
#

hooooly saved

shrewd lantern
#

i mean that's how it always was no?

#

since storm is more cp

stoic anchor
#

ephemeral bond goes hard: then you can tell your healers LOOK. I EVEN THOOK 8% HEALING INCREASE and u didn't heal me xd

olive canyon
#

no lust -

warm marlin
#

the main thing is you can lowroll

shrewd lantern
#

at least in raid you'll always have a shaman

#

:)

stoic anchor
#

yooo it's been 1h 45 min for that taco order my stomach is growling

warm marlin
#

im just speaking from experience here of playing no premed no lust on pull for beloren a bit

#

there are times it can be real bad

shrewd lantern
#

bro lives in the boonies

olive canyon
#

so a sim with war/monk/shaman buffs is almost 2k dps better than swapping shaman with hunter

#

ouch

stoic anchor
shrewd lantern
#

I wouldnt trust a taco made in europe

#

alas

chrome palm
olive canyon
#

PTR stat weights for me right now - ST build patchwork 5 min-

shrewd lantern
#

using stat weights instead of topgear

olive canyon
#

let me try that instead

lilac stag
fair phoenix
shrewd lantern
#

they intentionally put stat weights in a back corner so people dont use it

#

and people still do

#

son 😭

warm marlin
#

idk what the command is anymore

#

dont think its !guidon

lilac stag
hollow spear
#

Idk, I'm sometimes still looking at stat weights to understand why top gear makes certain decisions

shrewd lantern
#

thats above my paygrade

warm marlin
#

stat weights sometimes tells me how to set up my very important gem sims so I dont go over the 16M limit of iterations

shrewd lantern
#

I just pick 2 gems

hollow spear
#

This man speaks truth

fair phoenix
#

Fuck blizzard

#

😡

gilded ferry
#

hmm, i cant import yet the new AoE talent on pins, is a new spell being introduced tomorrow? I thought cloud cover was getting remaked only

hollow spear
#

Forofnis catching up slower than deepening shadows

lilac stag
alpine wraith
#

you are likely trying to import a 12.0.5 tree

#

into live

lilac stag
#

Cloud cover is new. Due to it talent choices are possibly changing.

alpine wraith
#

as you expect it wont work

#

cloud cover is not new but getting reworked kinda

shrewd lantern
#

just change them manually

#

its not alot

gilded ferry
#

the ST one worked, I was just trying to let it be ready

alpine wraith
#

yea

fair phoenix
#

I love sub

#

😭

shrewd lantern
#

the guidon thing has existed for weeks now

alpine wraith
#

some basic tree talents also changed

sleek musk
hazy breach
fair phoenix
#

I dont have guidon só is good to knoe

shrewd lantern
#

i feel the opener on sub

#

changes every season

sleek musk
shrewd lantern
#

the season before that you pressed blades before st landed

#

i.e lou

fair phoenix
gilded ferry
stoic anchor
#

you got a really big heart and you're handsome

shrewd lantern
#

rogue bad

#

sit in city like npc

fair phoenix
#

I like

#

Secret tecnich on Israel plus shadow blades

#

Big dam

alpine wraith
#

second rogue living the mastery dream trust in the process

#

just crit every finisher

stoic anchor
#

yes but can we talk about max renown EZ Clappers xd voidlight marl enjoyer

fair phoenix
#

Not so much but

alpine wraith
#

my man has like 1900 or so dont recommend but it is funny

fair phoenix
#

Thats pdiddys values

#

Maybe If i switch rings and neck lol

alpine wraith
#

it is not good for dps dont do it

dry flame
#

Only silvermoon one max

fair phoenix
swift tinsel
#

ye I've done zero rep shit besides soiree bc its easy coffer shards

west arch
#

!fuu

wicked joltBOT
tulip viper
#

can we launch puzzle box into the sun in favour of a crit trinket now then

olive canyon
#

damn approx gain of 2.3% if i swap all gems to crit/mast, recraft items to crit/haste and change enchant to janalais over arcane mastery

timid rose
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in ST or Dslice?

olive canyon
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ST

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running dslice now to see how bad it is vs mast/crit or mast/haste

serene notch
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Anyone have tips for getting the 2nd sectec in the blades window without guidon. I struggle with even 890 haste. (Need to flask to get over 800) By time I cast sec tec the CD remaining on it is almost always the same time as the remaining uptime on blades….

warm marlin
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are you using a blades/dance/sectec macro

fleet acorn
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U don’t try it just go for normal dance as 2nd and 3rd is sectech again After blades

serene notch
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I use the dance/tec macro but that’s not helpful in the opening?

warm marlin
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you should have a separate one that includes blades

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if you have any gap between blades and sectec itll be harder to fit the second one in

serene notch
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I see

olive canyon
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sectecs clones hit 1.2s after initial hit?

serene notch
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!macro

wicked joltBOT
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Subtlety Macros:
Here is a macro to make it easier to fit all of your globals into your Shadow Dances:

/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Secret Technique

Deathstalker likes to use this macro instead:

/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Shuriken Storm

This can be combines with trinkes and other cooldown use.

/cast Shadow Blades
/use 13
/use 14
/use Light's Potential
/cast Ancestral Call

Trickster Rogues can combine Coup de Grace and Black Powder in one button:

/cast Coup de Grace
/cast Black Powder

You can find more macros and details in Guides like wowhead WoWhead or IV Icy Veins.

warm marlin
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i could sometimes get both my clones in at 814 haste on laggy dummies in silvermoon yesterday

serene notch
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No call out for blades/tec

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I thought we shouldn’t do that?

warm marlin
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you don't want to macro guidon with dance

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blades with dance is fine as long as its a separate button

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you might want to dance without blades

edgy imp
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THERES A delay so idt you should macro trinket like that

olive canyon
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what is the delay between hitting sectec and the clones hitting?

warm marlin
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0.6s and 1.2s

olive canyon
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ty

serene notch
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1.2

short aurora
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imagine they would fix deepening shadows on reset

serene notch
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It’s that animation that kills me

warm marlin
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i have a bind for guidon alone, blades/dance/racial/sectec, dance/sectec, and then the array of stupid dance/x macros for the second dance of blades

edgy imp
warm marlin
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idk its a fine trinket

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not sure on the proc rate of that delve thing

lilac stag
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Gaze/Plume >> just about everything else. Use your best option, even if it’s just champ crucible.

stoic anchor
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I'm worried about people bitching and moaning about how they couldn't see x on the ground cause of smoke bomb xd :))

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Especially as an escuse if they don't wanna admit xd skill issue xd kekW

vague oar
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Is the fazed stacking to 3x thing only during smoke bomb, or will fazed still stack outside of it?

stoic anchor
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During cloud cover

tepid trellis
vague oar
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Oki ty ty

lucid jackal
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They've done it for many other skills in the past

vague oar
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Are we still gonna wanna hold our second dance for second sectec, or send second dance immediately for more dance time in the smokebomb?