Originally Posted by Tiiki
Jesus. People really really don't understand, do they?
There are no concievable situations where Axe Spec is better than Sword Spec in Arenas, really, apart maybe from the aforementioned Execute situation. 5% crit is 100% worse than 5% chance of an extra attack, for burst, for sustained, hell, probably for rage generation too, since sword procs give rage.
If you want to stay axe, fine, but be aware it IS wholly inferior.
But then both are 100 miles behind mace spec, in all arena brackets, so I'm not sure sword vs. axe is even a worthwhile argument, even in the answer is completely clear cut.
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Assuming Sword spec procs can be dodged/parried, then on targets with more than 15% dodge/parry/miss combined, Axe spec actually comes out top. Why? Because if you don't hit the target you can't get an extra swing. And even if you hit the target and get an extra swing it can still be dodged/parried/miss. Whereas the extra crit % will successfully convert a hit into more dmg irrespective of miss/dodge/parry (unless you are attacking a target with extreme avoidance - i.e rogue with evasion).
* NOTE: I've not been Sword spec since the most recent changes so I'm not actually sure if if Sword spec procs can actually be dodged etc - someone who is sword spec now would need to confirm that for me.
See
www.ryanhannah.plus.com/temp.xls for calculations. Edit - the sheet was put together really quickly, so please feel free to point out if i've made any miscalculations.