#subtlety

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hazy breach
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10 is ~43% higher than 7

shadow lance
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Yes, make sense

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But on a fight?

lilac stag
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man. more higher education maths. garf_sit

hollow spear
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The math doesn't change in a fight garf_sit

lilac stag
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I too am confused

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By this question

void ocean
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what abou raid fight vs m+ fight

shadow lance
# hollow spear Wdym

What's the difference in % between someone who SC every DN evisc and someone who doesn't

void ocean
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what math do we use there

sly shore
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@vale pine should be "Two-target cleave" and the first potent powder should be black powder.

hazy breach
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Keep in mind that its not even only about supercharging the DN

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You also get 2 DNs off in a dance

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If you start the dance with DN

hollow spear
void ocean
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btw how long is the dance with 1100 haste

hazy breach
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9 gcds

void ocean
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9 globals or seconds

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oh

lilac stag
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8.6 seconds I think. I forgot what the tooltip had

hazy breach
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Every ~500 haste is another gcd

void ocean
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holup arent we having 8 with 700 haste

void ocean
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ooh

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alright

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thats big chunk

hazy breach
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Yes you'd have 8 with 700

shadow lance
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I don"t ask if it's int or not

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I ask if someone knows the % daamages it brings

void ocean
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it would be good if haste was tuned in the way that u can cover the entire blades with 2 dances

hollow spear
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But why does the answer to that question matter

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Imo it doesn't

void ocean
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yea but i need like 2k haste xD

hazy breach
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What

shadow lance
hollow spear
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Leading to what?

shadow lance
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Why playing the game matter?

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Why being a dick on discord matter?

void ocean
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we dont get to 1500 haste even with guidon, no?

hazy breach
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If you have 1100 haste

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Then press guidon, which gives 700

lilac stag
hollow spear
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It's not even that. It's worse garf_sit

lilac stag
hollow spear
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Yeah, I would have replied the same to the other one tho haha

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I could swear I've asked before, but my memory is shot. Do we apex the sc sectec during our dance or no, Eleem?

void ocean
hollow spear
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Feel like I sometimes lose the 2nd apexed dn if I don't get a lucky proc, if I apex the sectec

slate marlin
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Well next season shadowblades will be shorter

earnest crane
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Is TFD gonna be better than Finnality in keys ?

shadow lance
minor osprey
earnest crane
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but it sims more

lilac stag
earnest crane
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oh

lilac stag
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most tanks are incredibly skilled at pulling one single mob at 20% into next pull

minor osprey
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and i played aroud it

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waited in stealth untill it was finished

coarse hound
lilac stag
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You’re getting 10 restealths with TFD in a 20 min run? suskaygeagreegebusiness

hollow spear
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!stats

shadow lance
coarse hound
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I M+ almost exclusively

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just confirming my thoughts

lilac stag
earnest crane
lilac stag
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just run finality and blast

earnest crane
lilac stag
earnest crane
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i already done 4 20s and no one getting me

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and mostly i see they got and outlaw 😄

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thats pain

earnest crane
minor osprey
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i did yeah

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:DDD

hollow spear
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It's probably inconsequential

earnest crane
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i feel a legendry xalatath dagger for rogue :I

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it gonna happen

hollow spear
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Legendary boots (sandals) would be more thematic

lilac stag
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yes. There are some dungeons it’s easier. You’re saying 10-12 yet 2 are 6-8. TFD is fine. Is it worth playing around? Likely not in a pug. If you’re coordinated enough is the real question. Personally just blast with finality and don’t worry about stealth at all. Whatever you enjoy more is the most important part.

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it’s way more trouble than it’s worth in weekly keys

minor osprey
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in weekly keys ofc

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i haven't gotten WS invites where i feel like it would have been best but it is what it is

tepid trellis
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smh

lilac stag
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Then I get moved to DK

earnest crane
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i m 290 without neck

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and even with out 298 weapon

hollow spear
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I missed our alleria kill, so my vault is forever cursed dead

earnest crane
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just craft one man 😄

lilac stag
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heroic neck, two crafted. 289.75 dead

earnest crane
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craft a neck!!!

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😄

lilac stag
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fuck no

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I like my 1100 haste

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sorry 1101

earnest crane
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ply the right talent so u dont need 1100 haste 😄

vale pine
tribal blade
lilac stag
tribal blade
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or does it not because it's technically a different raid

hollow spear
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Good question, no idea. My gut tells me it doesn't unlock Alleria.

earnest crane
tribal blade
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i think so too yeah

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damn

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that's tough

vale pine
hollow spear
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It's 0.7% damage I'm missing from the proc dracthyr_cry

tribal blade
lilac stag
tribal blade
hazy lichen
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any tips for crown on sub

tepid trellis
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no invnite

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invite*

tribal blade
lilac stag
hollow spear
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Pfff

tribal blade
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don't be afraid to drop uptime to make sure you're not getting puddle stacks in P1

hollow spear
tribal blade
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and hitting clones in P2

tribal blade
wheat edge
lilac stag
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wtf would I want to overcap haste

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Idiots

shadow lance
earnest crane
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no i can change one socket for 700 flat haste 😄

lilac stag
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see above message

earnest crane
tepid trellis
hazy lichen
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are we gonna be using deathstalker on lura

lilac stag
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Where we’re going we don’t need embellishments

vale pine
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yes, if you have the haste

wheat edge
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I was about to go use a voidcore on a 2nd dagger to make it like 291.20 but cba garf

tribal blade
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trickster is also good on lura too

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i suspect you can use either and be totally fine

shadow lance
hazy lichen
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alr cool so i can stick with trickster then?

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cause not really sure how im gonna achieve 1100 haste

lilac stag
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Your dps loss

tribal blade
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so it's more than capable

shadow lance
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I think playing DS with Trickster gear is only 1,5% dps loss

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But hero talent deals 6 more

hazy lichen
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
shadow lance
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So you'll be at 4,5 % play ds with Trickster build

lilac stag
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The play is to have everyone swap to DS so they buff trickster

hazy lichen
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do you need eye of midnight + alleria neck for the 1100 haste

shadow lance
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No

lilac stag
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no but they help

tribal blade
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it's pretty hard to get enough haste w/o alleria neck

lilac stag
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just craft

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neck for haste

hazy lichen
shadow lance
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Sim yourself but you can, yes

lilac stag
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they buffed DS when it didn’t need it. sT should be ahead even with less than perfect haste

shadow lance
hazy lichen
tribal blade
shadow lance
tribal blade
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well

shadow lance
upbeat cradle
wheat edge
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@tribal blade have u invested in the dps shoulder enchant yet?

tepid trellis
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just have both the ring + the aleria neck

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skill issue honestly

upbeat cradle
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Engineer items are really good for it, boots gives 121 and bracers 90 iirc

shadow lance
tribal blade
wheat edge
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big dps!!

tribal blade
wheat edge
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I was collecting transmog yesterday and found it on a legacy pvp item vendor in stormwind garf

tribal blade
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damn nice

wheat edge
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after prog I am deffo swapping for that big 3 agi garf

tribal blade
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can't wait for key pushers to randomly get banned for using enchants that aren't meant to be used at this lvl

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and then act surprised it happened

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(it won't happen)

wheat edge
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TBC sharpening stones garf

tribal blade
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lol yeah that too

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they don't action against people doing CE

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it's usually only ever the RWF or title pushers

upbeat cradle
wheat edge
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maybe I have to go see if u can still get these in retail hmm

upbeat cradle
wheat edge
red flame
upbeat cradle
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I have 16 haste i can get rid of so i think I can finally try using these

wheat edge
red flame
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I saw somebody at the start of the xpac w tiger claw/fang

red flame
vale pine
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3 agi haha

fossil forge
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3agi+3stamina+sharpness7

hazy breach
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Theres a cataclysm rep one thats 3 agi 1 mastery as well

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But like, youre giving up so much leech/avoidance that it probably aint worth it most of the time, but you do you garf_sit

wheat edge
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I guess u could also grind tbc rep garf

drifting ether
earnest crane
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i found a bug in game switch to outlaw for insta invite 😄

void ocean
minor osprey
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do i still need to play outlaw after i get invited?

upbeat cradle
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they won't notice the differenec

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it's yellow anyways

earnest crane
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just found out untill getting invite

earnest crane
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to do an 18

keen dome
void ocean
tepid trellis
limpid jacinth
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is there an explanation for why we need to get 1100 haste for the DS build?

drifting ether
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Ya its gonna take awhile but 1 more boss to go

upbeat cradle
hazy breach
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And you can often get 2 dn per dance

upbeat cradle
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not sure if you still send 2 sectec during blades or if you wait to send the second sectec supercharged with a dance after blades ?

hazy breach
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After

upbeat cradle
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oh so you play like pre 4p trickster

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gotcha

hazy breach
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But your next dance should be almost immediately after blades ends anyway

latent remnant
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in lura p1 i felt like sending in blades made it line up a bit nicer with the adds spawning

upbeat cradle
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yeah third dance often is

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i'm treating every fights except chimaerus dragons and paladins as single targets fights anyways

olive canyon
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has anyone tried the cloud cover build for bel eggs? is it worth

fossil forge
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We were debating this yesterday

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Queue is flooded with phys comps

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And its easier to play cuz of smaller pulls

golden totem
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Whats the reason its so important to dance low cp as DS doen't make sense to me rn

upbeat cradle
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you get rid of premed bug and ensure apexed DN evi

jolly sleet
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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.

red flame
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I think I’d rather repeatedly headbutt a brick wall

tribal blade
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my guild started lura today too and this was ours

red flame
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Damn

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Furthest I’ve ever made it during a “current tier” is like halfway thru hc/mythic

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Depending when the xpac was

hazy breach
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I think tindral tops that stat

tribal blade
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you can do it!

tribal blade
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prenerf tindral

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jesus

hazy breach
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We managed 77 wipes during out 3 hour raidtime on our first night of tindral

red flame
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Halfway thru SOO HC/Myth & halfway through NP + LOU

tribal blade
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lol yeah tindral was 20 second wipe factory

red flame
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Didn’t really mythic raid any other xpacs

hazy breach
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And since you spawn on the platform, we had a instant release weakaura garf_sit

tribal blade
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lol that actually shaves off valuable seconds

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to get more wipes in

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huge

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i actually got taken off flying orb duty because i was doing a lot of boss dmg

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which was pretty neat

vale pine
icy pond
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Deathstalker take a 30% dommage Wenesday right ? We will stay in trickster for raid or must be pass in deathstalker ?

tribal blade
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and i suspect people will still stay trickster

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i don't think you're gonna see a mass migration over to DS, but who knows

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judging from history it tends to not happen

icy pond
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ok ok i tk too, if for know if i prepar a stuff with 1100 haste for ^^

tribal blade
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it's still worth to prepare 1100 haste for DS

earnest crane
tribal blade
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i kinda don't want to swap, but i've prepped my gear and i'm gonna practice on the dummies just in case

radiant swift
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is mastery that good in aoe that even being heavyy into dr is stil worth it?

drifting ether
radiant swift
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1322 with just flask and it still wants potion of recklesness

hazy breach
tribal blade
vale pine
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the new raid seems like its aoe heavy

tribal blade
vale pine
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and most of the current content is tuned low enough to cba switching

upbeat cradle
vale pine
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we are just far enough into a patch, for the extra % dps to not matter as much

tribal blade
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before heavy nerfs it was an insane fight

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still post nerfs was hard

drifting ether
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In terms of parsing you’ll probably only play it on crown if you do play ds

upbeat cradle
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what about Vorasius tho

tribal blade
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that fight had everything in it

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sub was really good on it because you could blow up the shields after flying between platforms

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and BP spam to break roots

drifting ether
tribal blade
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took a lot of coordination too

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on my guild's kill i snagged a last seed before the raid blew up

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i think they were seeds

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if i hadn't gotten that we woulda wiped

sly shore
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tindral was the craziest fight I ever done pre-nerf

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and then I did p1 ansurek before any nerfs

tribal blade
tribal blade
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was fucking insanity

sly shore
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all those seeds

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can only hit one

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we got out of p2 twice

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before nerf

tribal blade
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that was tough af

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yeah my guild JUST got to the seeds

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before the nerf

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and we were like "jesus christ this shit is impossible"

sly shore
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it's an entirely different game

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I don't think people realise it spectating

tribal blade
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yeah i don' think you can understand the gravity of it just watching

hazy breach
uneven skiff
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Eh, I knew I wanted no part of it. 😂

tribal blade
sly shore
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yeah I'm talking about before the 2 additional seconds

tribal blade
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(i'm in a shitter guild haha)

sly shore
tribal blade
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LOL

sly shore
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literally the very first nerf

tribal blade
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ahhhh ok

upbeat cradle
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that fight looked disgusting

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glad i skipped DF

upbeat cradle
tribal blade
fossil forge
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was our first prog night too

tribal blade
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you guys got more pulls in

fossil forge
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light 30bands for repairs

tribal blade
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i think we must have progged the addons boss more than you guys haha

fossil forge
tribal blade
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bro the fucking repairs

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holy shit

fossil forge
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we set up the addons after we killed beloren

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and got time off

fossil forge
tribal blade
tribal blade
fossil forge
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warriors be repairing for 50k each raid

tribal blade
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also had to do a swap

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one of our dhs lost power

fossil forge
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our prog will slow down with everyone going on vacation

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hopefully we kill it before

tribal blade
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i also got flamed by my guild for saying havoc is good on lura

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which confused me

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but w/e

fossil forge
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we have 2 havocs

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i am trying to make my uhdk go frost

tribal blade
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hehe yeah prob the move

fossil forge
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actually nvm im capping we have only 1 havoc in raid

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we have 2 augs in setup rn

tribal blade
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i thought maybe i was spreading misinformation

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so i pulled up WCL

fossil forge
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it is not misinformation

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people just forgot purple class has 2 more options to play

tribal blade
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and then i was like ah yeah

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vindication

fossil forge
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they can legit do everything though

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havoc so broken i might have to whip out skibisigmq out the bench

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but blud is still lvl 80

tribal blade
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with how fast gearing is now

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you might be able to do it

fossil forge
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i never finish lvling

tribal blade
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yeah a lot of people hate lvling in wow

void ocean
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lol

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lvling best feel ever

fossil forge
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as a seasoned genshin player i thought questing would be ok

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damn was i wrong

void ocean
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now i understand why vanilla lvling might feel too long but what we have nowadays is bs, lvling should take at least 2-3 weeks

fossil forge
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calm down comedian89

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i dont think many zoomers would lvl for 3 weeks

void ocean
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i know, but without that game becomes bland generic shit

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just ffwd to grinding

vagrant sinew
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quite a take

tribal blade
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i hate to be that guy, but leveling during vanilla was magical

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entire game was magical then

void ocean
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i played vanlla last winter for the first time in my life (i originally started playing from tbc) and i had the experience i tho i will never ever feel playing wow

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the way you get familiar with zones, with quest stories...

tribal blade
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imagine doing that in 2005

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when nobody knew wtf was going on

void ocean
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sure not every quest line is epic but sure at least once per zone u get some quest chain where u just wanna know what happens next

tribal blade
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the entire experience felt epic

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every level felt like an adventure in itself

void ocean
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i did try plaaying it like it was 2005. i didnt use almost any addon

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surely not quest helper, wa and other stuff

tribal blade
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i used 1 addon back then haha

void ocean
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i literally read quest txt and try to figure out where to go

tribal blade
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it was an addon to show energy ticks

void ocean
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like north west, mentiones cave, has to be this way

tribal blade
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we used thotbot

void ocean
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i know

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but i rly wanted to make myself read text because thats when u pick up story

tribal blade
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i honestly can't imagine leveling w/o that

void ocean
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and then travelling to location, on foot till lvl 40 then slow ass mount

fossil forge
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these dudes were lvling while i was learning how to breathe

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i cant

granite hinge
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With ds buffs next reset assuming to not play for padding, in bosses like last 3 of the tier Is te go to?

void ocean
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now u just mount up, see where marker points and SWOOOOSH u r there

tribal blade
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bro the southpark episode came out

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dude leeroy jenkins vid first came out

void ocean
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u dont give a shit how zone looks like, what music is playing just kill whatever quest pointer shows

tribal blade
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and my dormmate burst into my room

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YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS VIDEO

void ocean
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the only thing ppl care now is that number 0/4, 0/10 w/e

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oh its 10/10 now gg quest done mount up go

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i mean im not an idiot i know that game is now more inclined towards the end game content, back then end game content was kinda shite a bit

fossil forge
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ok boomers but can we discuss how bonusrolling has killed boosting

void ocean
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but still just killing lvling entirely isnt a solution

fossil forge
tribal blade
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end game content back then had crazy barrier to entry

void ocean
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go to your corner

tribal blade
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just to get to the end raids

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was quite a lot

void ocean
somber sun
fossil forge
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yes i did

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i was just locked in algetar for 4 hours

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i timed it though

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🕴️

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resil key asylum

void ocean
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and some dungeons i guess if u rly didnt have any gear

lilac stag
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sell mounts. carry io. be real

tribal blade
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you had to do so much shit

fossil forge
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i enjoy boosting raid however i do not enjoy boosting m+

tribal blade
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boosting M+ if they're weekly keys is mega chill

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the worst part is advertising

fossil forge
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i was spamming 10-12s early season for gold

lilac stag
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I can actually gear and alt up quickly and have fun. idgaf about boosting issues

fossil forge
void ocean
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how exaclty did bonus roll kill boosting?

fossil forge
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no clients

hollow spear
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what changed for them

void ocean
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i fail to see the connection

hollow spear
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heroic gear devalued or what

fossil forge
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joes just get dungeon items

void ocean
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but u could do it before as well

hollow spear
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these DN eviscerates are so juicy

fossil forge
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deeznuts

hollow spear
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indeed

fossil forge
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no point in buying a boost on a fresh alt

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when u spawn with 12 bonus rolls

void ocean
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ye but u still need to finish the key

tribal blade
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yeah having full mythic pieces is no longer hard to do

fossil forge
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i mean

tribal blade
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and weekly vault is no longer as valuable

fossil forge
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10s are like

void ocean
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like the amount of keys is not so different comparing to previous seasons, innit

fossil forge
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so easy rn

void ocean
tribal blade
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but with bonus rolling you can legit just bonus roll your way to full 289 gear

hollow spear
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yeah, but Luvchild is right

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you have to finish the dungeon to roll

tribal blade
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and combine that with crafted gear

fossil forge
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u can go 10

tribal blade
fossil forge
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40 deaths

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still time dungeon

hollow spear
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so technically you still want the boost

tribal blade
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but the market is smaller now because you can finish off a toon way faster i suspect

hollow spear
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so it's not the bonus rolls that killed boosting

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it's dungeons being piss easy

somber sun
tribal blade
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before it was a long process for people to gear their toons

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from boosting

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now it's very fast

fossil forge
hollow spear
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cursed

tribal blade
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i think i've done 1 key this week

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i'm not getting 8

hollow spear
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😮

fossil forge
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im playing 2 chars so 12 keys a week is ok

hollow spear
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what have you been doing?

tribal blade
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i have 3 myth raid slots

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so it's cool

tribal blade
fossil forge
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what do u need g

tribal blade
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enjoying key retirement

fossil forge
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im hunting for the alleria neck still

tribal blade
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yeah that's the only thing i truly need

fossil forge
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or vorasius ring for outlaw

tribal blade
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alleria neck

fossil forge
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we are probably not re-clearing voidspire anytime soon

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so i can probably pug that

hollow spear
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I'll probably do first 3 + Chim

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to at least have 2 vault slots

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my first 3 this week disintegrated after a less than clean Vorasius kill

latent remnant
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resi 17 obtained garf

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I feel like i've been really lucky pugging keys I haven't really had the issue of applying for more than 10 minutes to get into anything

fossil forge
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yea ur really lucky

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it gets worse the higher u go because u do not bring a buff OMEGAKEKW

latent remnant
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its only gotten easier the higher i've gone so far funnily enough

fossil forge
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left the queue simulator with the spec change

latent remnant
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i think this key was first time I've had an aug in a while and only now I saw what they really do to everyones damage

vagrant sinew
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yeah it gets alot worse at 19-20

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I was only missing AA and couldnt get into a 19

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keys just explode alot more often but theres also alot of people with 19 resil

tepid trellis
latent remnant
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I'll see how that goes when I get there, I've done 2 19s so far so I know at least in general the keys themselves shouldn't be a problem

vagrant sinew
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yeah theyre not, most 19s are pretty chill but the party finder isnt

lilac stag
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@tribal blade seat farming later. No longer pit enjoyer. HOLY

vale pine
slate fable
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
slim stag
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Does anybody have any tips for me on dragons on mythic I have it pulled the boss yet I might be

vale pine
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the fight is straight forward, so don't think there is that much to say about it

slim stag
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Okay I was just making sure there wasn't any big changes from heroic to mythic

vale pine
#

the intermission is diffrent, but how its played depends on your guilds strategy and your RL probably already shared one

#

the orbs usually survive longer than on heroic, so you can pad a bit easier

somber sun
#

only way you can wipe there

red vortex
#

Hold sectec for adds

somber sun
#

try to pre spread if you can

red vortex
#

U can align them pretty good

vale pine
#

don't rly need to hold much, it aligns quite well naturally

red vortex
#

If u hold a lil for first add set

vale pine
red vortex
#

It aligns really nice

somber sun
old lynx
#

Cant they make sunder armor an easy raid buff for rogues if tuned right? or nah

#

expose weakness**

hazy breach
#

Ofc they could

old lynx
#

"oh shit we need to bring rogues for 3% armor reduction"

hazy breach
#

But monks already do that

old lynx
#

fack

#

shot in the dark

random mason
latent remnant
#

I think only if you're assigned a gloom soak you might be out of bp cleave range right?

shadow lance
latent remnant
#

oh yeah also when you do do gloom soaks you do a small aoe around you so don't stack with people while doing those

alpine wraith
#

you can soak quite close as long as each one is on one side of the ball

latent remnant
#

yee

#

8m radius iirc

sick epoch
#

Starting mythic lura tomorrow, any tip? Besides from good luck

upbeat cradle
#

Don't die

slim stag
#

Thank for the tips I'm still a little new to sub rouge I just start playing it this season

vale pine
#

the reason rogue lost it to monk was that at the time these buffs got created

#

rogue seemed like a critical part of raid groups as it could simplify encounter mechanics with their utility spells

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if we label it as a problem

#

then the problem is, that this wasn't re-evaluated

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becuase rogue is for surely not the spec you think about atm when talking about simplifying a encounter

#

neither would you pack more than one in a raid group too

latent remnant
#

give us a melee hunters mark garf

vale pine
#

it was also very visible in the rwf

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the world first race is seemingly the only competition which can create enough waves to cause a change

#

because rogue, for a long time now relied on tuning to be considered

#

which in many tiers wasn't good

#

luckily, we had top guilds often still bringing it

vale pine
#

well not exactly giving hunters mark

#

but hunter raid buff was initially very meh

latent remnant
#

Is first thing that springs to mind because in utility with cloak I do basically the same thing as our hunters in raid

vale pine
#

and blizz decided to "update" it to be now one of the strongest

latent remnant
#

is it the only raidbuff that can "stack" (like having 3 hunters on vanguard)?

vale pine
#

cloak is a 2 min cooldown

#

meanwhile DK runs around with a similar effect on a 45? sec cooldown

#

also does not require consistent boss uptime

void ocean
#

and protect 2 other ppl

vale pine
#

my point is

#

the initial reason why rogue did lose the physical damage buff is gone entirely

void ocean
#

imagine cloaking 3/5 ppl in a key

vale pine
#

rogue is not allowed to cheese as much as it used to be

#

and encounter design shifted

#

its basically just very difficult

#

to keep track of all moving parts

#

we luckily or sadly don't have one central ressource to compare classes/specs in all apects of the game on a somewhat even base

#

but most things are still sensitive to tuning

#

how good your survival is, only matters, if survival is a problem

#

how good your cleave/AoE damage is, only matters if you have cleave or aoe

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how good your burst is, only matters if encounters benefit from burst damage

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but this is why having as many niches as possible is benefitial, because having niches is a

#

"win more" cheat code

#

it is why i argue that the midnight changes are a net negative for subtlety, as some of our niches got cut or removed

void ocean
#

well especially since it came after tww s3 which is imho one of the best for sub, or rogue in general

vale pine
#

which means we traded off quite a bit for mostly a simplification of the rotation and haste breakpoints

#

we love haste breakpoints

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and having no benefits from certain haste effects like bloodlust

#

(/s if thats not obvious)

vale pine
#

tho, we now move into a interessting space

#

the buffs over time moved us up in the statistic

light hull
#

I am progressing in L'Ura as sub rogue in MM, should I switch to Deathstalker on reset right? As there's only adds in first phase...

vale pine
#

and high ranks in the statistic makes it hard to argue around (design) changes

#

if you can reach roughly 1100 haste

#

worth switching

dense geode
vale pine
#

if you can't, stay trickster

light hull
#

I think I can if I recraft all my crafter gear

#

1100 taking into account flask right?

vale pine
#

you can:

  • Switch to haste flask.
  • Recraft gear if you don't have haste.
  • Craft Engineering gear, as it allows you to have one stat only.
  • Switch gems.
    don't! switch ring enchants tho.
light hull
vale pine
#

also, if you can only reach like 1080 haste, thats fine too just a bit tighter

#

i probably will stay on trickster tho

#

don't have a lot of haste gear

#

the 12.0.7 raid is also quite aoe heavy

#

sooo

light hull
#

thank you so much for your feedback

pulsar hemlock
#

!apex

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
    If all of the above are true, use cast a Shadowstrike / Shuriken Storm (even if on full cp).
fiery fog
warm marlin
fallow nimbus
#

I wonder what's the plan for future patches

amber berry
#

So much to read can i ask quick, are we swapping to deathstalker or?

fallow nimbus
#

If you can reach 1100 haste and want to go full st then you can

amber berry
#

rip

#

1.1k haste is roughly how much haste %? since night elf racial triggers at night

ripe flame
#

You need the 1100 number not %

amber berry
#

huh why

fallow nimbus
#

Sub haste is always number

#

Because not all % haste stuff works for the things we want

ripe flame
#

Iirc deepening shadows only works on the rating number not the percentage

amber berry
#

i see

#

well ty

#

how the hell do u get to 1.1k haste then do u flask haste too?

ripe flame
#

Yep

void ocean
amber berry
#

hm

ripe flame
#

You can just play trickster and its fine

warm marlin
# void ocean how so

doesnt immune it, only reduces duration by 50%. the shield was nerfed so that it is so small it will break to any incidental damage. and last I checked, it can go on random pets instead of players

small sleet
#

If you weren’t playing ds before there’s not really a reason to switch to it now

warm marlin
#

like my ams is 350k or something and the one that goes on allies from the talent is like 10k

sick epoch
small sleet
#

it has been a 5% increase for a long time though

#

what does the extra 1% change lmao

swift tinsel
#

make it 10% and I'll consider meaningfully investing time in learning it lol

#

(jk I will not do that)

sick epoch
#

Then I'm not sure, is it that uncomfortsble to play deathstalker?

small sleet
#

no, its honestly pretty fun to play

sick epoch
#

So?

warm marlin
#

1100 haste is hard to get and ds is bad outside of pure st

#

and people still have trauma from the mark

#

I would play it on vora, fk, alleria, belo, lura prob if i had the haste

#

and if i was on rogue garf

swift tinsel
#

I spent 30-45mins with it the other day and I just don't really enjoy playing with/around mark personally

warm marlin
#

ds can also get parried

#

which isnt gonna be represented in sims

swift tinsel
#

rip

warm marlin
#

when it was 3% ahead in the past, but it was a fight where parry was a reasonable concern

#

it still wasnt a ds angle

swift tinsel
#

its cool that it gives people some variety since it plays a bit differently than trickster, but just not for me

fresh lantern
#

How are we feeling about the Deathstalker buff tomorrow?

keen dome
#

it's a buff, but it's still deathstalker

small sleet
swift tinsel
#

I'm interested to see what 12.1 brings

#

probs more than anything

warm marlin
swift tinsel
#

not necessarily for rogue but in general lol unless it has a real come to Jesus moment I'm not playing it

fresh lantern
#

Is Rogue cleave just ass this season? I'm doing great on ST and AoE heavy fights, but I seem to struggle a bit with cleave fights.

sick epoch
#

Sub has 0, shitlaw and assa are okaysh

fleet acorn
#

!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
    If all of the above are true, use cast a Shadowstrike / Shuriken Storm (even if on full cp).
fleet acorn
#

would u only do it in lust or without lust too?

small sleet
#

lust is irrelevant to how we play

fleet acorn
#

and secret technique ignore AA proc ?

#

like better to use it on no AA proc

hazy breach
#

You want to use sectech on cd

#

Or rather, you dont want to delay it to make sure you dont have AA

fleet acorn
#

yea but on 2nd dance in blades do i try to AA + ST or without

hazy breach
#

Well you cant delay it, because then its outside of blades

#

So you just have to send it

#

!blades

wicked joltBOT
#

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.

lean summit
#

!stats

lilac stag
#

we all suck at cleave

#

Amazing

sullen hare
fresh lantern
sullen hare
#

⬛ <- let me introduce you to the blizzard decision-making machine

fresh lantern
#

Do you think everyone still holds a grudge from Stranglethorn Vale ganks back in Vanilla? They seem to either not care or have it out for us.

lilac stag
#

AI only holds a grudge if you tell it to

meager nymph
#

They took it away to make Dev DH's look more appealing

fresh lantern
#

The busted DPS in Mythic+ wasn't enough I guess

lethal gale
#

keeping the sub dream alive. ~210K in an 18 MC

humble rover
#

how much stats does engi boots give on 285?

sterile mango
upbeat cradle
sick epoch
lilac stag
#

rogue is shit at cleave. Period.

#

dps is always compared across classes

sick epoch
#

Yeah, but sub is much worse than assa and outlaw

lilac stag
#

why do you think rogue, despite having an extremely useful raid buff for paladins. Sits all the time. Cleave is Shit.

graceful portal
#

For paladins we go for a m+ build right ? (don't tell me to respec i'm begging)

brisk raptor
#

Can I trust my single target sim if it tells me to use pot of reck over lights potential? Shows a 500 dps gain for pot of reck

lilac stag
#

I’ll have whatever you’re having if you think any of the 3 specs have ok cleave. OMEGAKEKW

sick epoch
lilac stag
#

it’s not when all three are bottom the difference between the three is insignificant

sick epoch
#

Not insignificant at all between these 3 tbh

lilac stag
#

✌️

lilac stag
sly shore
#

@shy ermine nice way to wipe the raid there boss

lilac stag
#

Then asked to be benched

shy ermine
#

hahaha for fucks sake

graceful portal
sick epoch
#

Egoed 🌚

graceful portal
tall flume
#

!bugs

wicked joltBOT
lilac stag
#

this is going well

#

@swift tinsel

swift tinsel
#

getting some single target buffs tomorrow too

lilac stag
#

still too much slam garf_sit

dry zodiac
#

tank says he beat you on lura damage

#

(the monk/dk are in my guild)

lilac stag
#

Yeah the dk missed the ball

#

So guess what was sent just to kill the boss

dry zodiac
#

the dk is 245 or something. that's like his 5th alt

lilac stag
#

cds

#

He could have done more dmg with one button. garf

#

arms and ST dmg in keys with no shaman. OMEGAKEKW

#

what was the rets excuse?

#

or are they not responsible for that one

dry zodiac
#

yeah i dunno that guy, just a random i think

brave raptor
#

!macro

wicked joltBOT
#

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.

chrome palm
#

I just want to say sub should get a dedicated wowhead complaining article like arcane

vale pine
#

inherently, making the number go up is a good way to remove concerns

#

e.g. season 1 DF

#

subtlety did worse on single target, worse on cleave

#

but good in AoE

#

so when asked, what would you like from the spec

#

the answer was

#

well, it currently is worse than assassiantion, so you wouldn't play it in single target

#

and it is worse in m+ than outlaw which pointed with strong cleave

chrome palm
#

If we had this tuning earlier in the season fuu I think it changes nothing for rogue performance this tier in raid

vale pine
#

so, a good idea would be to have a more level playing field

#

however

#

what happened was not a buff

#

rather a nerf to the other specs

#

so suddenly, numbers went up

#

my point is, the balance enviroment is in change all the time

#

and so, you can have a legitimate concern

#

but due to nerfs/buffs, it does matter less out of the sudden

#

how strong your argument is, depends on how well your spec performs

#

if the #1 dps spec in the game complains, you rather say they are entitled

#

replace it with the worse spec, people start to listen

vale pine
#

see i had a heated argument with some of the assassiantion folks a while back

#

how raid design can be bad for melee dps

chrome palm
#

Part of the problem for rogue is that dk is a required melee spot where on the important fights you wanted minimum 2 of them

vale pine
#

the point was dismissed entirely

chrome palm
#

And dk also outperforms rogues damage in every situation

vale pine
#

because "modern raid design is never rly bad for melee dps, you are only talking about things that happened years ago"

#

and no matzer what i argued, this was a very persistent stance

#

now

radiant swift
#

since belo is killed in 2 egg how does logs handle both egg dmges? does it count both in phase two?

vale pine
#

this tier suddenly people think there is a possibility for bad melee design

vale pine
#

even tho that would never happen

#

because thats a thing of the past

radiant swift
lucid jackal
#

Melee has been op in raid for a long time. Usually melee will be exempt from most mechanics, and also do more damage than a majority of ranged

#

This is the first tier in awhile where melee is kinda shit

vale pine
#

yes

lucid jackal
#

Broadly speaking

chrome palm
#

Undermine was not long ago

vale pine
#

but this is the point

lucid jackal
#

Like melee gets every mechanic on alleria. In most other raid tiers, melee wouldn't get the orb drop mechanic at all

#

Most tiers the paladin boss wouldn't cast divine storm the entire fight causing melee to take more damage

#

Ther also wouldn't be a soak mechanic that needs to be spread out, mostly out of melee range of the boss

vale pine
#

well yes

#

again thats the point

#

the possibility of what you mention was entirely dismissed

#

but if thats the case

warm marlin
#

isnt being exempt from mechanics often a bad thing

vale pine
#

how could it be relevant again this tier

lucid jackal
#

Depends on the fight

#

I mean specifically mechanics that require you to run out, usually melee can't get

#

Like the debuff in oab

#

Melee couldn't get that mechanic

vale pine
#

The scope of melee vs. ranged is in general bigger

#

the problem space is, ranged is inhernetly better than melee dps

#

and it is very hard to make a mechanic thats punishing for ranged, compared to one for melee

#

this is why boss design often allowed melee to not play mechanics

#

or lets say, did give ranged dps more jobs

chrome palm
#

There’s a lot of ways you could make fights favor ranged less

#

The issue is also that melee dps all have horrible damage profiles

#

For this tier, you have fmage and mm doing insane cleave that melee cannot do

lucid jackal
#

Generally the way you make ranged less favor is you make melee not get mechanics, and also make it overtuned. Which has been the case for more than 6 years

lucid jackal
#

One bad melee tier isn't the end of the world

#

If it becomes a pattern it's a problem

fossil forge
#

we are moving up in the pirate world

chrome palm
#

Well it’s also soul hunters, and all of undermine

#

There’s no fight where you bring 2 rdps

#

But now we have fights with 2 or even 1 melee

vale pine
#

But i don't think its good design

#

to force melee dps like this

#

and blizz probably thinks so too

brisk raptor
#

@vale pine is my sim trustworthy if it shows 500 dps gain using pot of reck instead of lights potential?

sly shore
#

@shy ermine grats OMEGACHIEF

vale pine
brisk raptor
#

Oh I didn’t mention, I’m running a 5m single target patchwerk where this is the case

vale pine
brisk raptor
#

Seemed odd that lights potential wouldn’t sim higher

vale pine
#

think opinions always differ hugely whats bad/good

sly shore
#

they are close enough

shy ermine
#

tyty

lilac stag
shy ermine
#

8:38 for first lura kill is pretty crazy

vale pine
#

if we reduce the tier to 1-2 fights, like only the march

#

would this change?

#

what about, only laura?

warm marlin
#

no and yes

#

well

#

depends on your time of prog

#

liquid played 3 melee on belo and 4 on lura

#

if dk wasn't hard required they would have played 2 melee

lilac stag
#

we’re 4 melee on crown and no shout. it’s not a good tier for melee

warm marlin
#

other high ranking guilds played 2-4 melee on lura as well

lilac stag
#

you can argue UH is basically ranged as well

warm marlin
#

fdk is thanos

#

sub is actually quite strong

#

havoc is strong

#

ww

lilac stag
#

Yea

vale pine
#

like, spread between melee and ranged

#

is 60% ranged 40% melee

#

which isn't that bad for a ranged favored fight

#

(current stats)

warm marlin
#

only 40% melee on a fight where most melee are just better now

lucid jackal
#

The issue is when it's an entire tier

lucid jackal
#

Paladins, and alleria were being as little melee as you can

#

Alleria only had melee as a raid buff, and a dk grip

vale pine
#

but thats only 2 fights

lucid jackal
#

Beloren was also not great for melee. It was an immunity and burst fight more than anything and then lura was like, fine for melee

#

You still couldn't stack too many cuz intermission but it was fine

vale pine
#

ah great

#

so laura was fine for melee

#

and the only fight that matters is the last boss of a raid

#

confirms it to be not a bad melee tier

lucid jackal
#

No?

vale pine
#

i am joking

#

but it was a line of argumentation we had in the past

#

so it holds a little trueth

warm marlin
#

I mean really belo and lura were just tuning things

chrome palm
#

being melee is just obviously a liability in this game

warm marlin
#

belo shouldve been a 2x sub rogue

#

fight

vale pine
#

like a cental point in balance discussion was often

#

how certain fights would not matter because they are too easy

warm marlin
#

melee shouldve been quite strong on lura

vale pine
#

or too early in the tier

warm marlin
#

but they took away the melee burst cleave niche from multiple melee specs and gave it to ranged instead

#

very curious

#

fury warrior found dead in the street after killing some adds in nerubar

#

ddh mm do the same and get a slap on the wrist

alpine wraith
#

mm did get beastified

#

but they gave it to surv then

vale pine
#

It is a super interesting area

#

because there is soo much variables, its never one or the other

rain swift
#

eeh, so what rotation do we do on vanguard mythic? same as dragons with shadowstrike -> blackpowder or whats the strat

vale pine
#

kinda same as hero ye

glacial basin
#

can anyone explain the reason of shuricken storming twice in deathstalker dance?

rain swift
#

ah alright, we just managed to kill mythic dragons after around 80 pulls total over like 2-3 seperate days

torn turtle
#

Melee liability? I’ve had way more issues on caster classes so far

vale pine
#

its just deisgn spaces

#

historically, melee dps ended up designed to be better in m+
and ranged dps got designed to be better in raids

#

both changed to a degree, most noticably, ranged often ends up stronger in mythic+ too

hollow spear
#

Not sure if that was their design choice tho

vale pine
#

it was initially

#

simply because of how content ended up designed

bleak night
#

Ironically the way they tend to try and balance ranged in raid (giving them specific mechanics) ensures you need a certain amount of them even on the worst fights so melee dont start getting those mechanics

vale pine
#

mythic+ was about pulls, a lot of movement, interrupts and cleave damage

bleak night
vale pine
#

which is what melees ended up doing better (at the time)

#

but modern raid and class design is more complex, and things are not seperated anymore

lilac stag
vale pine
#

hey, subtlety is best always

void ocean
grim wasp
#

So we staying sub on trickester 🫡 aint got patience for 1100 haste

lilac stag
vale pine
#

i thought you would say paladins

warm marlin
#

its a bit shit timer for fdk

#

and no cloak for orb soak obv

lilac stag
#

The 45s?

supple pawn
#

Isn't sub on the same time as FDK lol

warm marlin
#

sub is a 20/90s spec, fdk/udk are 45/90

#

a 40s burn is not so favourable to a 45s spec

#

and ofc u can pool dance charges

#
  • lust making sectec more like 15s
supple pawn
#

I mean burn is at 2 min no

warm marlin
#

u hold cds so the start timer doesnt matter

supple pawn
#

Fair

warm marlin
#

its just a bit unfortunate for the dks because they dont get a second usage of 45s

supple pawn
#

Idk what 1.5 classes do, I'm a one minute so I just send

#

I'm just a girl u.u

warm marlin
#

1min SUS

supple pawn
#

But everyone pushes the narrative that it is

#

Lwk chat I kinda cooked myself

#

I brought my hunter into this other group on a whim for Belo but we killed it and now I'm on lura

#

But thing is my guild wanted my hunter for beloren because of immune soaks

#

I also can't just give them my dk because my guild will want my DK for L'ura too

lucid jackal
#

Paladins and alleria were prog points

#

Chimerus to dragons was not prog at all for most guilds at the top

vale pine
#

exactly

#

decisions/arguments are based on selective data

#

completely agree with you

supple pawn
#

my guild had to prog salhadaar onwards

#

😔

vale pine
#

saladbar is a fun one

supple pawn
#

i hate trying to parse on that boss

#

literally either padding or trying to get a good boss damage parse, both troll your group so hard

vale pine
#

i do think people put too much preasure and importance into parsing

#

especially this late in a tier

#

if your guild progresses bosses still

#

nobody needs to parse high

supple pawn
#

i just find parsing enjoyable personally

vale pine
#

people compete with guilds which let their players parse by creating favorable setups

#

it is a nice game

supple pawn
#

im also still sort of in the mindset i have to parse well because my main is a survival hunter

#

and i used to pug

vale pine
#

like, if you are competitive, parsing is a nice metric to play for

supple pawn
#

and parses were my ticket to get invited to groups

vale pine
#

but from my experience, parsing is many times ued in not healthy ways

#

and this can be fairly destructive or demotivating for your guilds players

#

and motivation is the main driving factor when you want to clear content

small sleet
#

Imo parsing should be saved for reclear, and if you can’t parse without doing shit that makes reclearing harder, you should practice your spec more

minor osprey
supple pawn
#

back when i started raiding i didn't get to reclear u.u

warm marlin
#

its quite chill

opal basalt
#

this enough for ds sub

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or do i need to swap gem?

supple pawn
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Oh shit DS is a thing now?

small sleet
small sleet
sullen hare
supple pawn
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Tbh

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Literally the only reason I preferred deathstalker was cut the witness and darkest night

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But they removed cut the witness

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😭

sullen hare
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Blowing up your secondaries / having a different set of gear just for ST fights seems so foreign to me

small sleet
supple pawn
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Oh yeah that sounds pain

small sleet
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all it took for me was using some myth track pieces i had sitting in my bags, crafting engi boots, and using haste flask

sullen hare
warm marlin
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or bracers or something

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diffy embellishments and stats

small sleet
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also not being able to autopilot raid fights makes em a lot more fun, at least until i get better at ds

fallow ingot
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Some ppl here are going to play DS on lura ?

alpine wraith
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likely

fallow ingot
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If NF didnt not proc on adds its tilting lmao

fiery fog
small sleet
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THE HEALER

plush roost
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ezz

small sleet
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COLLUDED AND CONSPIRED

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WITH CHARREND

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TO LET ME DIE FIRST BOSS

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????

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CHARREND WIRE TRANSFERRED 30K USD TO SEE ME FALL

fallow ingot
earnest bolt