Originally Posted by Kewangeder
(One thing I'm not quite clear on is whether it beats AB/AM arcane if you have two T5s and either fully gemmed spellstrike or VR cowl, but no meta-gem hat better than season 2, or - shudder - Incanter.)
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I gave this a bit of a try shortly after 2.2 was released by re-gemming my pre-Kara blues (including Oblivion head) to meet the meta requirement and swapping Spellstrike, shoulders, and feet for pre-Kara blues and lost 50 spell damage overall. Respecced to 48/13/0 (
link). I don't have a Lightning Capacitor. On our first-ever Void Reaver try (our guild and realm is not very advanced, sorry) I got:
Try 1: 629DPS, 73% DPST, 100% Arc Missiles 0% miss.
Try 2: 681DPS, 66% DPST, 100% AM 4.3% miss.
Try 3: 569DPS, 75% DPST, 100% AM 3.9% miss.
Try 4: 671DPS, 81% DPST, 99% AM 1.1% miss.
I re-specced to 10/48/3 for Gruul on Wednesday (which I would say is a fairly similar fight with a fair amount of running around and all) and put back on my Spellstrike, T4 shoulders and maiden boots (+1016, 163 spell hit) and got:
Try 1: 691DPS, 93% DPST
Try 2 (Kill): 823DPS, 85% DPST
I think with a Lightning Cap AM spec and spam is a viable alternative to 10/48/3 Fire in T4-level and crafted gear, but the short range and lack of mobility is annoying.