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Forum: Death Knights 02/27/12, 11:14 PM
Replies: 724
Views: 1,145,899
Posted By Ramalama
Just a note that Impale isn't affected by armor....

Just a note that Impale isn't affected by armor. Though it is nice for the pre- and post-impale melee hits.
Forum: Death Knights 02/24/12, 12:09 AM
Replies: 724
Views: 1,145,899
Posted By Ramalama
My philosophy is that with our active mitigation...

My philosophy is that with our active mitigation system and short defensive cooldowns, passive defensive stats (especially avoidance stats) are worth less for us comparatively than they are for tanks...
Forum: Death Knights 02/22/12, 9:09 PM
Replies: 724
Views: 1,145,899
Posted By Ramalama
Keep in mind that damage done by tanks is pretty...

Keep in mind that damage done by tanks is pretty substantial this tier, and hit/exp are huge tank DPS gains (and thus RDPS gains). Depending on your level of progression and your guild you may want...
Forum: Death Knights 12/24/11, 1:06 PM
Replies: 724
Views: 1,145,899
Posted By Ramalama
There are two possibilities that are likely. The...

There are two possibilities that are likely. The first is simply that the tank that was previously tanking still has a large Vengeance stack and pulls back with one or two strong hits. The second is...
Forum: Death Knights 12/09/11, 12:15 AM
Replies: 724
Views: 1,145,899
Posted By Ramalama
Death Strike doesn't stack it, Rune Tap does. I...

Death Strike doesn't stack it, Rune Tap does. I assume LB/DC heals stack it, but I never tried it. DK tanks are insanely good for that fight.
Forum: Death Knights 12/01/11, 12:50 AM
Replies: 724
Views: 1,145,899
Posted By Ramalama
I'm loving the buffs so far. They all seem minor...

I'm loving the buffs so far. They all seem minor on paper but they total up very well. It's especially nice for those of us who were hit/exp softcapping to be able to redistribute our secondary...
Forum: Death Knights 08/24/11, 11:28 PM
Replies: 724
Views: 1,145,899
Posted By Ramalama
You should switch to Fallen Crusader and swap...

You should switch to Fallen Crusader and swap trinkets for hit and exp soft cap. Beyond that, str buffs/gear are minor percentage gains because so much of your AP comes from Vengeance. License to...
Forum: Death Knights 08/12/11, 2:51 PM
Replies: 724
Views: 1,145,899
Posted By Ramalama
The comparison is this. Blocking can be thought...

The comparison is this. Blocking can be thought of as putting up an absorption shield concurrent with a hit and spending that shield on that same hit. Blood Shield is similar except you get the...
Forum: Death Knights 08/12/11, 1:05 PM
Replies: 724
Views: 1,145,899
Posted By Ramalama
Here's a topic of discussion for everyone....

Here's a topic of discussion for everyone. Traditionally at the start of the expansion most Blood players valued mastery as the strongest secondary stat point for point. However, a fixed amount of...
Forum: Death Knights 08/12/11, 12:16 PM
Replies: 724
Views: 1,145,899
Posted By Ramalama
In my mind the T12 2-piece is most useful for...

In my mind the T12 2-piece is most useful for trash and add tanking, and it is quite useful once you get used to the playstyle change. It removes the need to worry about the whether or not to disease...
Forum: Death Knights 07/03/11, 3:32 PM
Replies: 830
Views: 2,314,151
Posted By Ramalama
Based on our parses our warrior tank was doing...

Based on our parses our warrior tank was doing about 15% more damage to the hatchlings than I was, with him doing 70% of the damage to his and me doing 60% of the damage to mine (the rest was from...
Forum: Death Knights 10/27/10, 11:53 AM
Replies: 365
Views: 736,693
Posted By Ramalama
Yes of course, I know the new mechanics. I'm not...

Yes of course, I know the new mechanics. I'm not saying it's a bug, I'm saying it's been causing me trouble so I prefer not to use misdirect effects. In any case, it's just a segue into the meat of...
Forum: Death Knights 10/27/10, 10:58 AM
Replies: 365
Views: 736,693
Posted By Ramalama
Transitioning into 4.0 I've had some trouble with...

Transitioning into 4.0 I've had some trouble with initial misdirect effects wearing off and dumping aggro onto the highest DPS. With or without misdirect effects, threat is certainly tighter than it...
Forum: Death Knights 10/14/10, 7:35 PM
Replies: 365
Views: 736,693
Posted By Ramalama
From just a quick duel (with a warrior partner,...

From just a quick duel (with a warrior partner, so no magical damage) I was able to determine that Blood Shield does not stack. My single Death Strike heals for (a minimum of) 5974 and produces a...
Forum: Death Knights 07/12/10, 9:44 PM
Replies: 3,089
Views: 2,635,296
Posted By Ramalama
Very good information in the past 2 pages,...

Very good information in the past 2 pages, Riggins. I strongly agree with most of what you have to say about HM LK and Halion.

In our guild's experience DK is the best MT for the Lich King and also...
Forum: Death Knights 09/14/09, 7:18 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,901
Posted By Ramalama
Do you mean that the avoidance from the defense...

Do you mean that the avoidance from the defense from Stoneskin is not affected by DR? I was under the impression both that the miss, parry and dodge granted from defense skill are affected by DR and...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/19/09, 2:32 AM
Replies: 288
Views: 124,639
Posted By Ramalama
Concerning hard mode on 25-man, Has anyone...

Concerning hard mode on 25-man,

Has anyone explored the interaction between Dampen Magic and the animus' Profound Darkness ability? It has low base damage but a stacking shadow damage multiplier,...
Forum: Death Knights 03/13/09, 2:42 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,901
Posted By Ramalama
Gorgangio: I think you modeled your spec too...

Gorgangio:

I think you modeled your spec too closely after DPS specs, forgetting that you will be keeping down D&D as often as possible while tanking, even on single targets. As a result, you'll...
Forum: Death Knights 03/13/09, 3:24 AM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,901
Posted By Ramalama
I'm not sure why so many people think that. It's...

I'm not sure why so many people think that. It's well accepted that DW DPS builds do comparable or more damage than 2H builds, and similarly, DW tanking builds can do similar or more threat than 2H...
Forum: Death Knights 02/24/09, 11:53 PM
Replies: 95
Views: 68,276
Posted By Ramalama
I made an attempt at a "no healer" 10-man...

I made an attempt at a "no healer" 10-man Patchwerk tonight to see how far I could push the avoidance envelope. It turned out a bit sloppy but I'm convinced it's possible. The elemental shaman had...
Forum: Death Knights 02/20/09, 8:25 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,901
Posted By Ramalama
Right. You basically want to convert as much of...

Right. You basically want to convert as much of your MH white damage into Rune Strikes as possible (to benefit from the threat multiplier) while also minimizing missed Rune Strike opportunities. So...
Forum: Death Knights 02/20/09, 7:43 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,901
Posted By Ramalama
Last time I checked, BB doesn't hit as hard as BS...

Last time I checked, BB doesn't hit as hard as BS (unless, maybe, you're already spec'd into Outbreak). I could be mistaken about this but it's easy to check. Just whack a training dummy for a bit...
Forum: Death Knights 02/20/09, 5:49 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,901
Posted By Ramalama
Yup! I plugged some more parses and commentary...

Yup! I plugged some more parses and commentary into my earlier post (http://elitistjerks.com/1108535-post239.html).
Forum: Death Knights 02/20/09, 5:43 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,901
Posted By Ramalama
No, sometimes I drop it if I know someone else...

No, sometimes I drop it if I know someone else will be providing the haste buff. But often in 10 mans there won't be a second Shaman or Frost DK. It's a fine idea to put those points into Rime,...
Forum: Death Knights 02/20/09, 5:26 PM
Replies: 95
Views: 68,276
Posted By Ramalama
I think the big problem that we're facing is not...

I think the big problem that we're facing is not that avoidance is necessarily always better to stack, but rather that having a nearly unhittable tank threatens to trivialize certain encounters or...
Forum: Death Knights 02/20/09, 5:07 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,901
Posted By Ramalama
DianeOfTheMoon: Necrosis and BCB are pretty much...

DianeOfTheMoon:

Necrosis and BCB are pretty much dead on equal according to my parses. Something around ~1.5% increased TPS per talent point. I don't see a reason not to max both, though, as...
Forum: Death Knights 02/19/09, 11:01 PM
Replies: 95
Views: 68,276
Posted By Ramalama
Excellent post. I recognized the DK's high...

Excellent post. I recognized the DK's high innate avoidance as well and have been gearing as an avoidance tank. My Patchwerk parses fall in the 75-80% overall avoidance range (example...
Forum: Death Knights 02/19/09, 8:06 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,901
Posted By Ramalama
Slightly off-topic, but I'd like to correct a...

Slightly off-topic, but I'd like to correct a common misconception that expertise is a good stat for a DW tank. It's really just a relic of the early ignorance with regard to DW tanking and...
Forum: Death Knights 02/19/09, 6:23 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,763
Posted By Ramalama
In response to Nightseye: You have a valid point...

In response to Nightseye:

You have a valid point that reaching 540 defense "at all costs" isn't an automatic decision. Whenever we're concerned with making gear choices, we have to consider not...
Forum: Death Knights 02/19/09, 5:21 PM
Replies: 3,071
Views: 1,879,763
Posted By Ramalama
Good question. According to my own parses with...

Good question. According to my own parses with various DW and 2H specs and setups, my threat per second from white damage plus Rune Strike is substantially higher with a slow/fast DW setup. That's...
Forum: Death Knights 02/17/09, 11:35 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,901
Posted By Ramalama
Since there've been a lot of questions about DW...

Since there've been a lot of questions about DW vs. 2H threat, I decided to try out a 2H Frost build today in Naxx to compare. Buffs and elixirs were the same in both cases. As far as I know, I had...
Forum: Death Knights 02/13/09, 7:55 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,901
Posted By Ramalama
Here are two options. The simpler, and probably...

Here are two options. The simpler, and probably better:

[D&D IT PS BS (RP) HB BS (RP)] *repeat*

There's an alternate rotation I've been trying that lets allows an extra HB every third cycle, but...
Forum: Death Knights 02/12/09, 2:26 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 1,226,901
Posted By Ramalama
I've experimented extensively with different DW...

I've experimented extensively with different DW tanking builds since WotLK release. I highly recommend the following spec that I developed recently. It's a Frost/Unholy hybrid spec focused around...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/01/08, 8:06 AM
Replies: 442
Views: 143,622
Posted By Ramalama
Yeah, that's what we do. Melee and offtanks run...

Yeah, that's what we do. Melee and offtanks run one way, current tank runs the opposite. Conflag target (if melee) runs perpendicularly to both, toward the designated conflag zone.

Somewhat...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/01/08, 7:52 AM
Replies: 442
Views: 143,622
Posted By Ramalama
Does anyone have info on the following occurrence...

Does anyone have info on the following occurrence in P2:

"Sacrolash begins casting Conflagration on <random ranged DPS>"*

Several seconds later, that person is shown as having the conflagration...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/31/08, 1:19 AM
Replies: 269
Views: 54,764
Posted By Ramalama
One important thing to consider when discussing...

One important thing to consider when discussing tuning of boss encounters is that there are several different ways a boss can be challenging. I like to conceptualize this by grouping challenges...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/02/07, 4:51 AM
Replies: 840
Views: 295,605
Posted By Ramalama
Here's a big tip for anyone having trouble with...

Here's a big tip for anyone having trouble with tank healing in P2: multiple Resto druids really make a huge difference. The past two weeks we've added a second healing druid to our roster and the...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/15/07, 4:52 AM
Replies: 840
Views: 295,605
Posted By Ramalama
We made a change in our P2 position tonight that...

We made a change in our P2 position tonight that made raid healing much easier. Instead of a loose, random spread across the grid, we stacked into 4 tight piles based on group number, each out of...
Forum: Class Mechanics 10/01/07, 3:37 AM
Replies: 563
Views: 226,532
Posted By Ramalama
If you are spec'd for Circle of Healing, Eye of...

If you are spec'd for Circle of Healing, Eye of Gruul is probably your best available trinket IMO.
Forum: Public Discussion 08/16/07, 3:08 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 10,272
Posted By Ramalama
If you stop after Akama you can do all the...

If you stop after Akama you can do all the Gorefiend/Bloodboil trash with 15-20 people no problem. Seems much faster for farming items than the Supremus trash.
Forum: Class Mechanics 08/16/07, 2:43 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,451
Posted By Ramalama
The patch notes indicated that Binding Heal was...

The patch notes indicated that Binding Heal was always functioning as a low threat spell, but the tooltip didn't say so until now. The actual functionality of the spell was supposedly unchanged with...
Forum: Class Mechanics 08/16/07, 2:34 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 32,864
Posted By Ramalama
One good way to answer whether you should keep...

One good way to answer whether you should keep 2-piece T5 indefinitely is to play normally for a few weeks with WWS or a similar mod running, then go back and look through your combat logs to see how...
Forum: Priests 07/22/07, 4:27 PM
Replies: 282
Views: 189,656
Posted By Ramalama
Relevant Bonuses: 10% - Searing Light 13% -...

Relevant Bonuses:
10% - Searing Light
13% - Sanctity Aura (Improved)
05% - Misery
05% - Force of Will
+190 damage from Judgement of the Crusader

Smite hit...
Forum: Priests 07/22/07, 4:26 PM
Replies: 282
Views: 189,656
Posted By Ramalama
Since there are so few numbers in this thread yet...

Since there are so few numbers in this thread yet and most posters haven't included the presence of a Ret paladin I will post some of my personal notes on Smite DPS. I apologize if it's not...
Forum: Player vs. Player 06/19/07, 4:08 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 22,198
Posted By Ramalama
As much as I am a math guy by nature, I don't...

As much as I am a math guy by nature, I don't think numbers *alone* can answer resilience versus stam questions. There are a few things to think about when judging the worth of additional...
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