On Live my new permanent Death Runes are actually permanent. They're not depleting at all. In other words, infinite runes. Obviously this will be hotfixed, but in the meantime be aware and don't plan on getting any real data until it's fixed.

nice guide there. was a bit puzzled on the BiS trinket choices. why exactly is DMC:H no longer BiS? is it because the hit > haste reforging on License to Slay overtakes the DMC:H procs? would like the clarification here.

also, nice to hear Frost is better than Unholy in theory. i like Frost way more ^^

What should we aim for as a hit cap? I know the hit cap is 27/24%, but that seems a little unreal to hit. I also know expertise is very crucial.... So, at what percentage would be best to balance both?

Not that I'm doubting the change in presence for DW frost, but what is the main idea behind it becoming the new presence?

If Frost gains a gcd on top of not really being GCD capped anyhow, wouldn't 15% more dmg be better than a few KM procs and melee hits?


That is, unless the haste we're now reforging (which wasn't explained all that much either in the OP, but oh well!) into is causing us to become restricted when in Frost Presence -- though I thought it would take quite a bit of haste for that to be the case.

you will still be aiming for 8% hit in order to hit the spell-cap (17%, we gain 9% spell hit through our runic empowerment). after that you will aim for 26 expertise. do this and you will never miss (provided you are not standing in front of the boss).

Nice update for Frost finally.
For your Lines about Simularcum.
There are some nice possibilitys to use it, when there is something like Mind Control involved.
Just Debuff a Shadowpriest and tell him to cast Devouring Plague (Devouring Plague - Spell - World of Warcraft).
24 Seconds with an additonal Disease is worth those 20 RP.

so I've done some testing with the old spec, in frost pres/ and unholy, I I guess it's because of me having 71.72% haste unbuffed, in unholy pres, that I am finding myself sitting idle for a period of time, where as in frost I don't. the numbers are better in frost pres also seeing myself doing about 1-2k more dps there as appose to say 15kish in unholy. Anyone have some thoughts, this is with the 4/31/6 spec ( new spec unholy pres is indeed better! ) was doing way more sustained dps, but sad thing is we are still really RNG based and spike alot, but this spec does help reduce it quiet a decent amount, ( procs are everything =(

Target dummy tests (no, not very accurate I know) last night have led me to wonder as to if our current priority system is still accurate. I am running a 2h frost build and had a benchmark of at least 10 million damage done for my tests, with cooldowns ignored (since they would affect either test equally) and performed on the boss dummy in Acherus to eliminate aoe damage.
What I was testing was if I should use those two death runes for an extra obliterate or for a pair of howling blasts. My results, once recount was working again, were that my dps was higher (by about 500) if I ignored blood plague (except for Outbreak) and only used Obliterate if I had an unholy rune free, otherwise frost/death runes would be used for Howling Blast, even if it meant using KM for frost strike.

Now I ask, aside from using the dummy, is there anything that I might be missing with this test? Also, would raid buffs push the Obliterate priority back up, likely due to sunder? Or would it remain similar due to the +Spell Dmg debuff?

"Engineering is the top profession given its stackable 480 strength bonus to gloves for 10 seconds every minute (80 strength average passive). Jewelcrafting follows as a second pick with its Bold Chimera gems replacing Bold Inferno Rubies netting 81 additonal strength. Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Inscription are on par bringing up the rear."

im confused about why engineering is said to be the top proffession given that it is listed here as an 80 strength passive, when JC gives plus 81 STR permanantly. i know +1 STR from JC is nothing massive, but were all here to min-max arent we, and surely JC is better, and engineering on par with BS etc with a +80 STR bonus

Regarding professions, remember engineering brings other things to the table as well, such as bombs which can be very handy for bursting down adds - really prevalent in this raid tier too - or just on cooldown. It should probably be clarified though.

The reason engineering would be favored is because it cooldown exactly aligns with PoF, so every time you use it, it is worth an extra 96 strength. So instead of 480 str, consider it being worth 576 every minute for 10 seconds. Effectively an average of 96 strength (I know, a terrible way to look at it but that isn't the point). Whereas JC benefits from PoF for only 20 seconds every minute which makes it average out to merely 86.4 str.