Infraction for Octopi: 2. All opinions should be stated as succinctly as possible.

Kaubel · 05/06/09, 7:54 PM

Post: DW Unholy DPS Discussion
User: Octopi
Infraction: 2. All opinions should be stated as succinctly as possible.
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Originally Posted by Olee

what would the second rotation be?

The second part of a Scourge Strike rotation is up in the air depending on a number of random things, but mainly the Scourge Strike glyph I have been using.

If diseases drop, you obviously want to prioritize Plague Strike and Icey Touch to get them back up, otherwise, you are spamming Scourge Strike till every rune is burned.

The second part of the rotation would be roughly

PS-IT(Only if diseases have dropped) SS- SS- SS- Runic Dump(Keeping up UB if it is close to dropping, otherwise pumping out as many DC's as you can). The third Scourge Strike comes from the Death runes produced in the first part of the rotation with Blood Strike. By the time you get to those, you are usually only waiting a few seconds)if that) for the FU runes to be done cooling down.

I am using Blood Presence for everything atm. 450 Haste feels comfortable(but you may have a hard time getting that number) I run zero Armor pen, though I have access to gear with it, its not worth it with an Unholy build in my opinion. That may change with the Tier set changes on the horizon.

Keep in mind, if you glyph for Scourge Strike, it does you the most benefit to keep pounding it so long as Frost Fever and Blood Plague are on your target. The glyph is amazing in this regard and I don;t think I would want to playa Scourge Strike based build without it.

There is some debate about using Icey Touch glyph over lets say, Dark Death. I prefer Dark Death for the present time because with 4 pc T7.5 you generate a lovely(and functional) amount of RP spamming strictly Scourge Strike. Also, with Unholy builds, you do not go that deep into Frost to really beef up Icey Touch, though again, these choices are my own and players are free to experiment with the glyphs and rotation styles that suit them best.

What works for me, may not work best for others, some experimentation is required.

I like the Scourge Strike spam build because its very easy to adjust to adverse conditions when learning new content, and Scourge Strike hits a lot harder than Icey Touch ever could with these types of builds.