Originally Posted by typobox

Using some actual numbers here... you have a Smite that hits for ~2500 @ 2500 spellpower. SW:P that ticks for ~690 - so 230 DPS. Take that 2500 damage Smite and spread it out over the 18 seconds that SW:P ticks for - convert Smite into an equivalent DoT. That's only about 140 DPS. I don't see how to make this any clearer to you that SW:P is a better spell than Smite. You seem to think that instantaneous DPS is more important than average DPS, which couldn't be farther from the case when you're dealing with bosses with tens of millions of HP.

I do see your point about the lack of crits from SW:P, but I have a feeling that SoL isn't going to make up for the rather significant difference between the two spells. Feel free to prove me wrong.