Originally Posted by Noktyx

Yesterday I ran a series of PracticeDummy tests. I know 3.1 is just around the corner so this might just be obsolete. . . but i thought i'd share my info anyways.

I performed 3 different rotations, all using the same spec, 51-0-20. All tests were done on the BossTarget in Ebon Hold. Each test lasted 9 minutes, or 3 uses of DRW (2 with Ghoul, 1 without) I had Horn of Winter up the entire duration, no outside buffs. DRW was used only after Reflection of Torment was procced.

My gear is far from the best in game, pretty average imo. Anyways, here are the stats i tested with:

Weapon - Armageddon (Rune of the Fallen Crusader)
4 Piece Tier Bonus ( 3 valorous, 1 heroes)
308 Hit rating
19 Expertise
3790 Attack Power (With HoW)
32.38% Crit (With HoW)
Trinkets - Sphere of Red Dragon's Blood
Trinkets - Mirror of Truth

~~~ Tests were done in Blood Presence. Sadly enough, in all my runs of Naxx25, I still have yet to see Sigil of Awareness Drop, and a long long time ago i vendored my starting Sigil. Yea i know, super fail. So, i pretty much have no use of Sigils in this test, i had Icy Touch equpped for the Disease Rotations. ~~~~

TEST 1: 51-0-20 Standard Rotation with Diseases
OB,PS,IT,HS,HS,DUMP,PS,IT,HS,HS,HS,HS,OB,DUMP etc DC's on open GCD's)
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9 Minutes DPS - 2523.8 (6 Dodges, 2 Misses)
Noktyx Average DPS - 2213.6
DRW Average DPS - 1380.2 (2 with Ghoul, 1 without)
Ghoul Average DPS - 264.2
Average DoT's Applied - 1.6 (80% Dot up time)

____________Damage_______________
1. Heart Strike____138____329,159____30.3%
2. Melee__________152____296,340____27.3%
3. Obliterate_______34____147,678_____13.6%
4. Death Coil_______63____138,940____12.8%
5. Icy Touch________31_____42,482_____3.9%
6. Blood Plague_____90_____35,722_____3.3%
7. Frost Fever______88_____35,208______3.2%
8. B-Cake Strike____45_____34,483______3.2%


TEST 2: 51-0-20 Diseaseless Rotation
Oblit only used to refresh Death Runes. Otherwise, HS. DC's on spare GCD's. Immediately casting Sudden Death procs.
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9 Minutes DPS - 2273.3 (20 Dodges / Parries and 5 Misses) No idea how i was getting parried. . .
Noktyx Average DPS - 1988.4
DRW Average DPS - 1533.1
Ghoul Average DPS - 280.1

____________Damage_______________
1. Heart Strike_____219____429,977____35.7%
2. Melee___________189____358,849____29.8%
3. Obliterate________58____198,052____16.5%
4. Death Coil________83____187,260____15.6%
5. B-Cake Strike_____56_____25,619_____2.1%
6. Necrosis_________179______3,413_____0.3%


TEST 3: 51-0-20 Alternate Diseaseless Rotation
This wasn't a set rotation. I improvised between HS / OB depending on how much runic power I had. If I was high on runic power, i would double Oblit and dump RP. If i was low, i would HS x4. The whole point I was getting after, was to let as little Runic Power wasted as possible. I converted most of it to DC's and let it max out past 100 very few times.
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9 Minutes DPS - 2435.7 (5 Dodges and 3 Misses)
Noktyx Average DPS - 2199.5
DRW Average DPS - 1520.3
Ghoul Average DPS - 246.9

_____________Damage_______________
1. Melee____________211____413,168___27.8%
2. Heart Strike_______204____398,153___26.8%
3. Obliterate__________82____315,022___21.2%
4. Death Coil_________122____313,722___21.1%
5. B-Cake Strike_______69_____45,454____3.1%
6. Necrosis___________209______1,753____0.1%


****In TEST 2 I ended up with 15 Dodges, 5 Parries, and 5 Misses. Significantly more than the other tests. So i redid Test 2 as Test 4***

TEST 4: 51-0-20 Diseaseless Rotation 2nd Try
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9 Minutes DPS - 2221.3 (12 Dodges and 4 misses)
Noktyx Average DPS - 1977.4
DRW Average DPS - 1443.9
Ghoul Average DPS - 237.1

____________Damage______________
1. Heart Strike______207____395,586____33.5%
2. Melee____________185____364,457___30.9%
3. Death Coil_________92____217,924___18.4%
4. Obliterate_________54_____175,729___14.9%
5. B-Cake Strike______62_____24,509_____2.1%
6. Necrosis__________181______3,064_____0.3%

So that sums up my testing on the matter. Obviously if i had Sigil of Awareness it would up the DPS of all the tests. I don't know which test would increase the most, but i'd guess #3. If i get a Sigil of Awareness in Naxx this week, i'll do more tests and check out the differences.

As you can see, both Diseaseless and Standard with Disease rotations are somewhat close in DPS. From reading threads here at EJ, it looks like the Diseaseless Rotation scales a little better as you get more buffs. For example in a raid situation, fully buffed, Diseaseless and Standard Disease rotations could be very comparable in DPS.

I hope someone can put some use to this and it wasn't just worthless. I know 3.1 is coming out soon and what not, so it was a little late to share this, but i thought it was interesting, just wanted to share. Cheers, Noktyx

EDIT: Screenshot uploads are super fail. i'll manually input damage percentages.