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Forum: Death Knights Yesterday, 10:40 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
Haste breakpoints for Gary: Full write-up and a...

Haste breakpoints for Gary:
Full write-up and a look into how the numbers were made can be found here (http://destinysoftworks.blogspot.com/).



Default Haste Breakpoints:
13: 0-0
14: 0-0
15:...
Forum: Death Knights 05/21/13, 6:38 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
Tricks change just means you don't get tricks...

Tricks change just means you don't get tricks boost. UM nerf is not prejudiced, it does the EXACT same thing to unholy and festerblight, and does not effect either more than the other. Therefore, it...
Forum: Death Knights 05/19/13, 8:21 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
Blood tap returns death runes, RE returns normal...

Blood tap returns death runes, RE returns normal runes, so when you are using RE, you want to keep 1 unholy charged, and one recharging, so RE never procs for unholy runes, only frost/death. Don't...
Forum: Death Knights 05/18/13, 2:09 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 6,907
Posted By mendenbarr
5.3 Q&A After the success of the first #Acherus...

5.3 Q&A
After the success of the first #Acherus roundtable discussion, we’re pleased to announce our second major event: A Q&A session with #Acherus members on our Twitch Livestream, answering the...
Forum: Death Knights 05/15/13, 5:52 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
When in doubt, sim it. With 535 gear, the unholy...

When in doubt, sim it.
With 535 gear, the unholy trinket list (http://elitistjerks.com/f72/t131138-advanced_death_knight_tactics_festerblight/#Trinkets_and_you:_Part_2) puts normal spark about 300...
Forum: Death Knights 05/14/13, 5:31 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
I want to talk about how awesome this change is....

I want to talk about how awesome this change is.

Blizzard gets a TON of data, and that data drew them to the conclusion that festerblight was too strong, or "getting close to being mandatory" as a...
Forum: Death Knights 05/13/13, 4:39 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
Simcraft has been very recently updated with a...

Simcraft has been very recently updated with a lot of blood support. Not sure if the survival part is finished, but I believe the dps scaling and most abilities have been updated for MoP, and it's...
Forum: Death Knights 05/11/13, 2:20 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
So! Unholy has received a few changes which...

So! Unholy has received a few changes which directly interact with festerblight, and as such we need to reevaluate the benefit of the spec. Update for the UM revert.
Changes:

Festering Strike now...
Forum: Death Knights 05/08/13, 6:40 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
For unholy, Animus head, Lei shen legs, and Qon...

For unholy, Animus head, Lei shen legs, and Qon hands (the best options) sim about equal to the 4 set for ST, and about 2% ahead for AE.
In general, the 4-set will give better results ST and offset...
Forum: Death Knights 05/08/13, 1:29 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
Firstly, festerblight will be fine for the next...

Firstly, festerblight will be fine for the next week or two, while we remain in 5.2
When 5.3 hits, festerblight will be weakened considerably, but will still maintain a potential 3.8% gain in perfect...
Forum: Death Knights 05/07/13, 10:31 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
The numbers use BT, as it sims the highest for...

The numbers use BT, as it sims the highest for both unholy and festerblight. If RC refers to rune of the fallen crusader, the sim follows the general unholy rotation and applies diseases with feather...
Forum: Death Knights 05/07/13, 5:51 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
So! Unholy has received a few changes which...

So! Unholy has received a few changes which directly interact with festerblight, and as such we need to reevaluate the benefit of the spec.
Changes:

Festering Strike now deals 175% weapon damage,...
Forum: Death Knights 05/02/13, 6:37 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
Working on some math on this, in the mean time,...

Working on some math on this, in the mean time, it's only a PTR change, and may be changed again pretty quickly, so give it some time to settle down.
In the mean-time, Schizoide of mmoc has this to...
Forum: Death Knights 05/01/13, 1:35 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
Sadly, pestilence/roiling blood of tortos go 10...

Sadly, pestilence/roiling blood of tortos go 10 (15 if glyphed) yards away from the center of his hitbox, and not the edge. We've found the best spot to literally under the bosse's head. It is...
Forum: Death Knights 04/27/13, 11:55 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
Simcraft gets the best result with regular...

Simcraft gets the best result with regular disease gaming by reapplying diseases whenever they do 10% or more damage than the current one. Festerblight's primary damage boost comes from the feather...
Forum: Druids 04/23/13, 5:02 AM
Replies: 608
Views: 415,293
Posted By mendenbarr
"Also, for clarification, we are explicitly not...

"Also, for clarification, we are explicitly not using legendary meta gems as a form of balance tuning knob. We’re balancing specs without the legendary meta gems, and we’re also balancing the...
Forum: Death Knights 04/21/13, 6:12 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 6,907
Posted By mendenbarr
#Acherus Theorycrafting Events

We've received a lot of positive feedback on the roundtable discussion, and we had a lot of fun putting it together, so we're planning more events. I'll be keeping both this post and the post on...
Forum: Death Knights 04/16/13, 8:11 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
No AE attacks (dnd/pest/HB onto the boss/adds)...

No AE attacks (dnd/pest/HB onto the boss/adds) work. It has to be a direct attack on the crystal to proc the buff. I'm not sure if outbreak works.
I suggest using chains of ice in a macro, as it has...
Forum: Death Knights 04/16/13, 3:45 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
At a certain gear level, yes, unholy seems to be...

At a certain gear level, yes, unholy seems to be gemming and reforging towards crit over mastery. However, in the stat weights I linked, you will notice that at the 522 ilevel, haste beats crit in...
Forum: Death Knights 04/12/13, 6:25 PM
Replies: 186
Views: 538,651
Posted By mendenbarr
The three points here being discussed are...

The three points here being discussed are overlapping gear-sets for those tanks who consistently swap specs mid-raid, the value of dps stats versus tanking stats for tanking, and the value of haste...
Forum: Death Knights 04/10/13, 3:31 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
As near as I can tell, expertise on the mainhand...

As near as I can tell, expertise on the mainhand weapon effects mainhand auto attacks, and all special attacks, while expertise on the offhand effects only offhand melees. Therefore, expertise after...
Forum: Death Knights 04/06/13, 6:25 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
I'm assuming you are talking about 2-hand frost,...

I'm assuming you are talking about 2-hand frost, and DW doesn't have to worry about rime procs for FF. I'm also guessing you are referring to the indeed rare case where you outbreak to apply...
Forum: Death Knights 04/01/13, 8:13 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
Simmed work of TF non-tier versus tier, for all...

Simmed work of TF non-tier versus tier, for all specs, tier came out ahead by between 1% and 2% single target, and TF won out by 1% for frost and 0.25% for unholy on a full length fight with 8...
Forum: Death Knights 04/01/13, 3:05 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
Firstly, a "hastefrost" priority for DW was never...

Firstly, a "hastefrost" priority for DW was never out of the question, you can play it right now if you want to, but it's about 2-4% behind masterfrost.

Secondly, I honestly cannot think of why you...
Forum: Death Knights 03/31/13, 5:59 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 295,925
Posted By mendenbarr
Some stat values: Unholy T15H is 535 ilevel, with...

Some stat values:
Unholy T15H is 535 ilevel, with 4 set t15, and legendary meta
Unholy T15N is 522 ilevel, with 4 set t15, and a normal meta
Unholy patchwerk (Single target, no lag, no movement, no...
Forum: Death Knights 03/31/13, 2:40 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
Timmy and Zandy? and army are 100% physical, Gary...

Timmy and Zandy? and army are 100% physical, Gary is 100% shadowstorm.
Forum: Death Knights 03/31/13, 1:18 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
In the case of unholy, due to not having KM, a 1%...

In the case of unholy, due to not having KM, a 1% crit chance is a 1% damage increase over 0% crit chance. In the case of mastery, a 1% mastery is a 1% increase for whatever % of your damage benefits...
Forum: Death Knights 03/31/13, 1:32 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 295,925
Posted By mendenbarr
Personally, I've been seeing the highest dps with...

Personally, I've been seeing the highest dps with this...
Forum: Death Knights 03/30/13, 4:10 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
About 5%, or 10% if you get a tricks, if the sims...

About 5%, or 10% if you get a tricks, if the sims can be believed.




I don't believe I've got it anywhere in the advanced guide, but yes, pestilence counts as a fresh application for diseases, and...
Forum: Death Knights 03/27/13, 3:03 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
Unholy Frenzy increases melee haste, and gary...

Unholy Frenzy increases melee haste, and gary scales with spell haste, so unholy frenzy does not change gary's cast speed or number of hits.

The on-going discussion on gary's haste breakpoints can...
Forum: Death Knights 03/27/13, 1:58 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
All pets should dynamically scale with their...

All pets should dynamically scale with their master's stats now, but recent testing is showing that it is not instantaneous. It looks like they take about half a second to "update".






AMZ does...
Forum: Death Knights 03/26/13, 1:27 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 295,925
Posted By mendenbarr
Unholy Gargoyle mechanics: 30 second duration, 3...

Unholy Gargoyle mechanics:

30 second duration, 3 minute cooldown, casts gargoyle strike with a base cast time of 2.000 seconds. This scales with the players spell haste linearly, eg. if you have 20%...
Forum: Death Knights 03/24/13, 3:26 PM
Replies: 186
Views: 538,651
Posted By mendenbarr
For 25 heroic empress, add tanking constantly...

For 25 heroic empress, add tanking constantly brought me to 700k vengeance.
Forum: Death Knights 03/20/13, 1:33 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
Buffs, most notably the conductive water and the...

Buffs, most notably the conductive water and the primal nutrients on the dual Jin fights, snapshot for diseases.
Debuffs, such as horridons and tortos, scale dynamically. Diseases do not need to be...
Forum: Death Knights 03/20/13, 4:41 AM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
Unholy double trinket...

Unholy double trinket profile:


default_actions=1



#!./simc

deathknight="Death_Knight_Unholy_T15H"
Forum: Death Knights 03/19/13, 2:47 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 178,679
Posted By mendenbarr
My results: Simc: RotFC on mainhand sims 400 dps...

My results:
Simc:
RotFC on mainhand sims 400 dps higher.
RotFC being applied by soul reaper leads to a noticeable increase in uptime, from 74.34% to 76.48%.
Razor ice hits for the same amount on...
Forum: Death Knights 03/17/13, 7:54 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
That's a really solid idea, I'm looking into it....

That's a really solid idea, I'm looking into it. Also considering using a 2hander with CG, then swapping to FC on the pull, but I'm not sure how to wep swap with simC.

My current FB sim has 25k dps...
Forum: Death Knights 03/16/13, 6:19 PM
Replies: 186
Views: 538,651
Posted By mendenbarr
Remember that AMZ, while having a very small...

Remember that AMZ, while having a very small break limit, absorbs the entire 75% of the hit that breaks it. So, for example, if you're taking a magic hit for 2 million damage, AMZ will absorb 1.5...
Forum: Death Knights 03/16/13, 5:59 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 178,679
Posted By mendenbarr
They are in the suggested ranking and full...

They are in the suggested ranking and full results table, Relic = Relic of Xuen, HLSFO2 = Heroic Lei Shen's Final Orders 2/2, and HDMV2 = Heroic Dark Mist Vortex 2/2. In the OP.
Forum: Death Knights 03/16/13, 4:02 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 178,679
Posted By mendenbarr
Profile used for trinkets: Please let me know if...

Profile used for trinkets:
Please let me know if you find any mistakes, or can write a program to do this automatically, because it took me way too long to write this.


DW...
Forum: Death Knights 03/15/13, 7:01 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 178,679
Posted By mendenbarr
Unholy rppm scales with unholy pres and unholy...

Unholy rppm scales with unholy pres and unholy frenzy, but frost rppm does not scale with icy talons, so unholy uptime will always be higher.

First run at rppm new system modeling is live on simc,...
Forum: Death Knights 03/13/13, 7:13 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 178,679
Posted By mendenbarr
Thanks to the many of you that sent me logs...

Thanks to the many of you that sent me logs containing the new trinkets, it has really helped me find out as much out about how they work as possible, but with the changes mentioned in the post...
Forum: Death Knights 03/13/13, 3:11 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
New proc rates: Strength DPS - Brutal Talisman...

New proc rates:

Strength DPS
- Brutal Talisman of the Shado-Pan Assault - 15% chance on landing harmful abilities and spells, and melee/ranged abilities and swings. 75 sec ICD.
- Fabled Feather of...
Forum: Death Knights 03/08/13, 10:25 AM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
Update about loot in ToT: Some of the items...

Update about loot in ToT:
Some of the items previously thought to be trash drops are in fact shared boss loot. This means they will have a heroic version (Hopefully)!

Confirmed shared boss...
Forum: Death Knights 03/07/13, 1:00 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 178,679
Posted By mendenbarr
Spark of Zandalar is not as bad as it seems....

Spark of Zandalar is not as bad as it seems. Simcraft reports the following up-times at various haste levels:
These sims are done fully raid buffed, in normal presences, with lust, and in the case of...
Forum: Death Knights 03/06/13, 7:58 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 178,679
Posted By mendenbarr
I'm also finding that spark normal mode is worse...

I'm also finding that spark normal mode is worse than relic, which is sad considering how massive the ilevel jump is. I'm working on a full trinket writeup, should be done in a few days.

Edit:...
Forum: Death Knights 03/02/13, 5:25 PM
Replies: 101
Views: 214,233
Posted By mendenbarr
How much haste would you need for UP to be better...

How much haste would you need for UP to be better than FP?
(2-hand math)
Assuming RE for math
UP = 10% rune regen and attack speed
FP = 20% runic and FS cost 20 instead of 35

1 cycle is the time it...
Forum: Death Knights 03/01/13, 3:51 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 178,679
Posted By mendenbarr
The reason PL devalues haste from what you're...

The reason PL devalues haste from what you're seeing with UB is because it adds a GCD into our rotation, which is close to the GCD gap as is. Haste makes it even tighter, more abilities to spend in a...
Forum: Death Knights 02/28/13, 5:29 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 98,562
Posted By mendenbarr
I'm current seeing, as of 5.1 sim in 509 gear...

I'm current seeing, as of 5.1 sim in 509 gear with no set bonus, SS hitting for 67250 damage (including shadow portion). Multiply this by 1.033, and you'll get what it should hit for in 5.2, 69267.5...
Forum: Death Knights 02/26/13, 12:25 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 178,679
Posted By mendenbarr
As Jessamy pointed out, it's a small gain, but a...

As Jessamy pointed out, it's a small gain, but a gain nonetheless. I'm going to leave this guide alone in that regard, as it's more aimed at a simpler playstyle, but I'll add a note into my advanced...
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