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Old 07/01/08, 9:14 AM   #21 (permalink)
Gromag
Glass Joe
 
Orc Shaman
 
Argent Dawn (EU)
Everyone seems to assume that you would dual wield 2x 2H using Titan grip... Personally I'm thinking that a 2H mainhand + fast 1H offhand would work well combined with Sword Spec.

Sadly the talent are far apart enough that you could only get 1 point in Titan Grip to take 5 points in Sword Spec.


However to compair;

Assuming 2x 2H (5/5 Titans Grip) with a 3.5s weapon;

1/(3.5/0.8) = 0.228 swing/sec



Assuming 2H (MH) 3.5s with 1H (OH) with 1.4 s, and 1/5 Titans Grip, 5/5 Sword Spec;

The OH will swing at swing/sec... at a 5% proc rate this is 1 proc every 28sec (or 0.036 extra swings a second)

The MH will therefore have = (1/(3.5/0.72))+0.036 = 0.241 swings/sec

This will give the main hand a 5.6% improved MH swing speed.


Note: The above takes no account of Sword Spec proccing from WW or the MH so is conservative... a quick check also shows that the 5.6% difference in swing speed remains constant with haste.


Whether this will give better overall DPS is not clear to me as many other factors are beyond my theorycrafting skills, such as the effect of having more even rage generation and slightly more spikey DPS... and I haven't checked to see if this improved swing speed will outwiegh the loses incured on WW.
 
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