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Kaubel · 07/10/09, 11:39 AM

Post: Unholy Gains Shadow of Death (Unholy DPS Discussion now with more 3.2!)
User: Chrislol
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This may be a little off-topic with 3.2 approaching but I noticed a while back that Blood Tap would occasionally reset both Blood Runes if used after a Blood Strike procced a Death Rune giving 2 immediate Death Runes. This mean that we can remove one Blood Strike from our rotations and get in an extra SS. Spec/Glyphs I ran some testing on the Heroic Dummy and here are my results:

No deviations from standard rotation: (SS1) -> BS -> BS -> SS2 -> SS3 -> SS4 -> SS5 -> Dump

Totals: 1048691 Damage :: 2437 DPS

Player: 940573 Damage :: 2186 DPS
Pet: 108018 Damage :: 252 DPS

[% of total][Source][Total Number of Attacks]

40.2% Scourge Strike.........98
18.9% Melee.....................139
15.5% Death Coil...............67
06.4% Frost Fever..............128
06.3% Blood Plague...........126
06.0% Blood Strike.............42
03.5% Blood Caked Strike...50
01.6% Plague Strike...........14
01.4% Icy Touch................13
00.1% Wandering Plague....72
00.1% Necrosis..................135

Standard Rotation + Ghoul Frenzy

Totals: 1151129 Damage :: 2364 DPS

Player: 1021484 :: 2098 DPS
Pet: 129645 :: 266.9 DPS

40.3% Scource Strike...........104
18.4% Melee......................153
15.8% Death Coil................76
06.6% Blood Plague............145
06.5% Frost Fever...............145
04.8% Blood Strike.............41
03.9% Blood Caked Strike...62
01.9% Plague Strike...........15
01.5% Icy Touch................16
00.2% Wandering Plague....92
00.1% Necrosis..................151

Blood Tapped Scourge Strike Rotation

Totals: 1047357 Damage :: 2436 DPS

Player: 939486 Damage :: 2185 DPS
Pet: 107871 Damage :: 251.4

39.9% Scourge Strike......99
18.5% Melee..................135
16.3% Death Coil............70
06.6% Blood Plague........130
06.5% Frost Fever...........128
05.9% Blood Strike..........42
03.2% Blood Caked Strike...48
01.6% Plague Strike...........12
01.3% Icy Touch................13
00.1% Wandering Plague....78
00.0% Necrosis..................130

While weaving in an extra SS may not gain any real DPS in the long run, it can be useful for trash pulls etc. The interesting part I found was that weaving Ghoul Frenzy ends in a loss of DPS. I was curious to find out if anyone else was finding this to be true as well.