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• Aldriana · 01/28/09, 4:18 AM

Post: Death Knight FAQ. Read this before posting!
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Original Post:

As long as we are beating the Runeforging dead horse i'd like to bounce my views off someone, let me know if i'm way off base:

I looked at it like this (SG=25def/2%stam, SS=4%parry):

SG nets 3% 'avoidance' and somewhere around 40 stam unbuffed and 50 stam raid buffed
SS nets 4% 'avoidance'

Basically when I was doing the math on paper I split off 1% avoidance from SS and lets call it 'X' or an unknown amount of stats to equal a vague 2% stamina

well 2% stamina from my calculations on current gear turns out to be 40-50 depending on buffs and gear

now, if I want to remove 1% avoidance from my gear and replace it with an equivalent stamina value I would need to look for 41 defense rating, 39.35 dodge rating, or 49.19 parry rating. lets say we had some leftover defense gems, 41 defense rating is worth 41/16=2.5625 gemslots

lets take our ~2.5gemslots theory and change them to stam (those come in 24's), 24*2.5625=61.5 stamina. this means if I remove 1% avoidance from my gear via defense gems I could probably gain 61.5 stamina.

going back to my first point, the 2% stamina that I get from SG (by sacrificing 1% avoid) only gives me about 40-50 stamina.

at this point, im thinking SG is slightly inferior or almost a wash (personal preference) but I want to see how DR factors in and check live 'character sheet' stats. I remove about 60 defense rating and 27 str from my armor and lose 1.2% 'avoidance'. this makes me think at my current item levels 1% avoidance is closer to 50 or 60 instead of my calculated napkin math '41' value.

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In conclusion, I believe if you want more stamina/versatility and you can afford to switch old gems while staying capped (JC gems, high endgame gear, etc) you will have more benefit by keeping Swordshattering and matching it's equivalent benefit with gems or trinkets
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Notes:

I'm assuming you are able to be defense capped without Runeforging therefore negating the benefit of crit avoidance
I'm assuming you are able to regem your gear without much trouble
My DR assumptions and calculations at the bottom part are very rough