Wellsdaddy is very correct. It probably could use more stress - only if the set bonus is sufficient. Also, it can depend on reforging. If the best you can come is 5-10 points over Hit cap, then that Str/Hit gem to gain a bonus probably didn't pass break even, much less provide a gain.

Bottom line, no Electral, the statement is not uniformly true. Hybrids gems are situationally worthwhile.

I was wondering about how and when Inquisition is best refreshed. Most sources suggest using 3hp Inq when there are 5 seconds or so left, but that doesn't cover most scenarios.
First, is it best to wait for 3 hp on the initial pull, or would it be better to use inq after the first TV (unless DP procs from judgement)? That also applies to times when something goes wrong and Inq drops while you still don't have 3hp.
Second, I assume using Inq (rather, being forced to do so) during Zealotry/AW is a loss of DPS, but how serious is that? Is it better to renew it and delay CDs, or just pop them asap and use Inq during the CD's?

In particular, on Majordomo(H) I've been popping AW/Z with my first 3HP, which allowed me to get a couple of TVs/HoW before the first cleave (plus, they would benefit from the pre-pot). Then I would have all CDs up about when I hit 100 concentration in cat phase. I was wondering if anyone had better approaches to using CDs on this boss.

In real-life practice? You're not going to be able to see a 1-2% difference from combat logs. Consider that the simulations we do in simc take thousands of iterations to get the standard deviation down to acceptable levels. How many weeks of raiding is that?

In the T12 heroic profile the difference between TV > HoW > Exo and HoW > Exo > TV is less than 200 dps, which is well under 1%, though iirc the difference is larger at lower gear levels. When we hit the next raid tier I'll revise the action list again.

And of course, you're able to edit the action list for yourself, it's not that tricky.

You'll pretty much automatically have enough haste to get the CS cooldown down to 3s under bloodlust which means that under zealotry you can do CS-X-CS-X-... as long as X is a non-spell (i.e. fixed at 1.5s cooldown) but you're not going to be able to get enough haste to push CS down to CS-Y-CS-Y-... when Y is a spell. So no, haste doesn't really affect your rotation.


But on the other hand if you have DP up, an Exo could waste you a DP proc, and that's more likely than a melee swing wasting your Exo proc.

I have tried action lists where TV is prioritized during zealotry and HoW/Exo otherwise, but the difference compared to always prioritizing TV is well below the margin of error so I've opted for the simpler action list. The other prioritization may come into play in T13.

Since the question of "How to open" has been posed multiple times, I will post here what I do when pulling Heroic Ragnaros. We do an 8 second countdown on the pull, because a number of our raiders do "certain things" before the pull.

@ t-8 countdown begins
@ t-2 I press a macro which swaps on 4pc t11 prot and casts GoaK
@ t-1 I press a macro which swaps my regular gear on, and drinks a golemblood potion.
@ 3hp I inquistion for the first time and Zealotry
@ 20s remaining on Zealotry, or 5 stacks of Titanic Power (Whichever comes first) cast AW and follow TV>HoW priority

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I open with CS, and do not cast inquisition until I have 3 hp/DP proc. I cast Zealotry at the same time. It is a DPS gain to get Inquisition up sooner but not worth delaying Zealotry (you want the whole 35 seconds under GoaK if possible). Definitely use a DP if it procs early.

I follow HoW>Exo>TV until I have either 5 stacks of titanic power (the AoK trinket buff), or until there are 20 seconds left on GoAK/Zealotry, and then use AW. If I don't have 5 AoK stacks when using AW, I can delay the trinkets use by 5 seconds more (so that the 15 second buff is still within the last 15 seconds of Z, AW, GoaK). You can use Hammer of Wrath for a likely crit to get an extra stack, to have as many stacks as possible before 15 seconds remain on your CDs. It is not worth delaying further, so if you have to use it even with only 1 stack, go for it, because you need it to keep lining up with your cooldowns and you'll have 5 stacks every other time.

While the +2800 mastery is active, I change my priority to TV>HoW. When it expires, I resume the normal priority. The reason for this, is that I reach about 5000 mastery with the buff, that makes a non-crit TV+HoL hit for more than a crit HoW in my gear -- Hand of Light deals around 107% of TV's damage. With heroism, that means your rotation is CS->TV for 15 seconds straight. Bonus points if you can time all this together with the shattering throws from your DPS warriors as well.