Originally Posted by Rads
Hi, I have a couple questions:
1. I read earlier in this thread that Lethality sucks. How much damage does it add for a combat mace build against high resilience targets? I may consider getting 5/5 Imp Poisons instead of 5/5 Lethality.
2. I think I read somewhere else that the [Abacus of Violent Odds] is better than [Bloodlust Brooch] for raid DPS. Since I am already using PvE skills/talents like SnD and Murder, would it also be superior for PvP DPS? Even if it's close, it may be a good idea to open with the Abacus for the use effect, then switch to the Brooch and use that 30 seconds later. |
1. Lethality doesn't suck, no talent that increases your damage as a damage dealing class really sucks per-se. There are other talents that increase your dps more a rogue, particularly as sword/mace/claw combat, more per talent point than Lethality, but it is more about what you have to invest where to get access to those Talents. You can skimp on Lethality by going 3/5 4/5, or some Hemo builds put 0 in Assassination altogether, but I'm hard pressed to value them over a full Lethality build and heavy combat. So long story short, Lethality is still a damage increase and add's to burst, be it dagger or sinister strike.
2. For one, the next patch is eliminating gear swapping while in the arena, so swapping trinkets will not work. I'd guess most rogues, like myself, have both the Abacus on Bloodlust Brooch, however we use the Brooch for PvP and Abacus for PvE. The haste increase is down right nasty when you're Blade FLurring targets, or when you can keep them in melee. However you're constantly finding yourself fighting for melee range in arena, I'm hard pressed to value 10s of haste over 20s of about a 20% increase in attack power, particularly with the haste rating nerf incoming. Getting that powerful Sinister Strike in right before you're frost nova'd I think is a bit more valuable.