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Forum: Death Knights 04/05/13, 8:42 AM
Replies: 98
Views: 210,754
Posted By Lamperouqe
It seems that there is a bug on Durumu which...

It seems that there is a bug on Durumu which makes pestilence jump from the boss to the ice walls/wandering eyes and back to the boss, rewriting the strengthened diseases applied at the start of the...
Forum: Death Knights 11/08/12, 3:23 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 623,242
Posted By Lamperouqe
I've been under the impression that goblin haste...

I've been under the impression that goblin haste only affects attack speed and not rune regen.

Also, with the new simc out troll tops orc by 200~ dps again in BiS DW.
Forum: Death Knights 11/01/12, 2:04 PM
Replies: 144
Views: 623,242
Posted By Lamperouqe
I wouldn't say it's significantly easier, if...

I wouldn't say it's significantly easier, if easier at all. Playing DW BT is basically hitting OB whenever you have an unholy rune up and howling blasting otherwise. What you're doing just leads to...
Forum: Death Knights 10/31/12, 11:59 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 623,242
Posted By Lamperouqe
I made a few changes and additions to your...

I made a few changes and additions to your priority. I put raise dead above pillar as xbit pointed out, added death and decay above horn of winter and added plague leech at the very bottom and ended...
Forum: Death Knights 10/26/12, 8:26 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 623,242
Posted By Lamperouqe
There is some problem with the spoiler box adding...

There is some problem with the spoiler box adding those spaces, since they're not there when I edit my post. Be sure to remove those spaces when running the sim. Thanks for pointing it out!

Edit: It...
Forum: Death Knights 10/25/12, 12:51 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 623,242
Posted By Lamperouqe
I found a few mistakes in the simc priorities in...

I found a few mistakes in the simc priorities in Haakkon's and the default priority. The biggest mistake is what is devaluing BT so much on the sim; BT's placement. It's placed below plain frost...
Forum: Death Knights 10/23/12, 5:28 PM
Replies: 144
Views: 623,242
Posted By Lamperouqe
I am getting similiar results. It is simming 1389...

I am getting similiar results. It is simming 1389 dps higher in my current gear with 450 fight length, 20% variation and 50k iterations. The gap is larger in BiS gear because of 2pt14 affecting a...
Forum: Death Knights 04/09/12, 8:18 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 75,662
Posted By Lamperouqe
I've almost always used my UF on the first GCD of...

I've almost always used my UF on the first GCD of the pull to help me proc everything and stack trinkets up for my garg as fast as possible. How I use it later in the fight depends on fight length,...
Forum: Death Knights 03/27/12, 2:37 PM
Replies: 437
Views: 1,124,304
Posted By Lamperouqe
Even if you are resource capped using a global...

Even if you are resource capped using a global and a rune on AMZ you will miss an SS' worth of damage, and saving RP for IBF may cost you a DC while waiting for the cast. It's not a loss if you're...
Forum: Death Knights 03/27/12, 11:10 AM
Replies: 437
Views: 1,124,304
Posted By Lamperouqe
I'd argue that this is a loss since you will have...

I'd argue that this is a loss since you will have to hold your AMS for the Hour casts, AMZ costs an unholy rune and IBF costs RP. Being able to use Heroic Will on every Hour cast allows AMS usage on...
Forum: Death Knights 12/28/11, 12:07 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
The sim seems to be overvaluing HB by not giving...

The sim seems to be overvaluing HB by not giving it crit suppression. Crit increase with 5% crit buff, 5% spell crit debuff and crit suppression should only be 5% in favor of spell crit, then you add...
Forum: Death Knights 12/27/11, 2:43 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
A playstyle, unlike a spec, is not invariable...

A playstyle, unlike a spec, is not invariable during combat. Priorities change depending on the situation. Reforges aren't set in stone either. If you are progressing on yor'sahj and not a boss like...
Forum: Death Knights 12/27/11, 1:01 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
This would also bring HB down to; (25447 + 0.18...

This would also bring HB down to;

(25447 + 0.18 * 26012) * 2 = 60258

Reducing the difference between HB x2 and OB to 2368 damage in favor of HB x2, without factoring KM and the fact that HB isn't a...
Forum: Death Knights 12/27/11, 12:16 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
The sim is already delaying it to use it at the...

The sim is already delaying it to use it at the right moment, but that's true for untalented BT as well. The average BT intervals were something like ~34 sec with IBT and ~64 sec without.

It's a...
Forum: Death Knights 12/26/11, 1:23 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
It's not very common to have 4 runes available in...

It's not very common to have 4 runes available in 2 GCD's, having a KM proc to make you prioritize the second OB directly after the first OB, or having 2 runes of the same rune type up after the...
Forum: Death Knights 12/25/11, 5:08 PM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
No, I am not. Stop interpreting data the way you...

No, I am not. Stop interpreting data the way you want to. HB x2 would marginally beat OB without taking KM into account and overlooking the fact that it's not a melee attack.

Once you add KM to the...
Forum: Death Knights 12/25/11, 6:24 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
This was directed at Cort. He seemed to suggest...

This was directed at Cort. He seemed to suggest using HB on almost all situations excluding KM, talking about overwriting rime and all that, which obviously happens in situations with high resources...
Forum: Death Knights 12/25/11, 2:24 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
The following math is assuming "masterfrost"...

The following math is assuming "masterfrost" pulling the same amount of KM OB's out, overvaluing HB. As you already admitted, it doesn't happen in reality.

OB MH hit 19933 + 0.12 * 38581 = 24562
OB...
Forum: Death Knights 12/24/11, 11:12 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
Main- and off-hand obliterates can crit...

Main- and off-hand obliterates can crit separately, thus giving it two chances to crit. It's not only either a double hit or a double crit. Although this lessens the chances for a double crit without...
Forum: Death Knights 12/24/11, 9:58 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
You are not factoring in partial crits. There is...

You are not factoring in partial crits. There is a 2 * 0.12 = 0.24 chance for at least one portion of OB to crit with your provided numbers. You are also completely leaving rime out of the picture,...
Forum: Death Knights 12/24/11, 5:21 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
Are you implying that you are not sacrificing any...

Are you implying that you are not sacrificing any KM procs on FS compared to the standard priority? OB has a higher chance to crit or partially crit outside of KM than HB as well. You'd need to game...
Forum: Death Knights 12/23/11, 5:19 PM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
You never mentioned you were only speaking of...

You never mentioned you were only speaking of fights including cleaving. Though then again, just reforging for mastery > haste on those fights and changing from the normal priority to "masterfrost"...
Forum: Death Knights 12/23/11, 4:28 PM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
The last patch is irrelevant in this discussion...

The last patch is irrelevant in this discussion considering the 2p t13 bonus, which brings OB damage from OB + 0.45 * HB to OB + 0.72 * HB. I checked the parses on heroic fights, not normal, and...
Forum: Death Knights 12/23/11, 3:13 PM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
In practice this playstyle never had top parses...

In practice this playstyle never had top parses on single target. I can only spot a single german DK doing fairly well with it. The fact that "masterfrost" was somehow simmed marginally higher in...
Forum: Death Knights 12/23/11, 5:42 AM
Replies: 437
Views: 1,124,304
Posted By Lamperouqe
Unholy stat weights are so close to each other...

Unholy stat weights are so close to each other that the values are very fight specific, but I wouldn't drop haste. Especially on ultraxion which is a patchwerk type of fight, thus favoring haste. You...
Forum: Death Knights 12/23/11, 4:23 AM
Replies: 577
Views: 2,072,419
Posted By Lamperouqe
With both 2p bonuses mastery simmed at about...

With both 2p bonuses mastery simmed at about equal with haste from a bit over 1.7k haste rating upwards for me. After dropping 2p t12 for 4p t13 haste took the lead again. At my current ratings (2277...
Forum: Death Knights 12/12/11, 10:58 PM
Replies: 437
Views: 1,124,304
Posted By Lamperouqe
http://i41.tinypic.com/fo18gi.png This is with...

http://i41.tinypic.com/fo18gi.png

This is with my own profile with Gurthalak. Simulated with 50k iterations.
Forum: Death Knights 12/09/11, 1:42 PM
Replies: 437
Views: 1,124,304
Posted By Lamperouqe
I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's a matter of...

I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's a matter of positioning. Stand close enough to the boss and the tentacle will be able to reach him.
Forum: Death Knights 04/29/11, 2:46 AM
Replies: 515
Views: 1,786,081
Posted By Lamperouqe
@optional22 The thing is, when you're flooded...

@optional22

The thing is, when you're flooded with RP and have that many FS's more in total, it's just natural that you have more opportunities to use your KM procs faster and not overwriting the...
Forum: Death Knights 04/28/11, 9:15 AM
Replies: 515
Views: 1,786,081
Posted By Lamperouqe
Adding a thing that came to mind on IBT vs....

Adding a thing that came to mind on IBT vs. Epidemic; there is a higher chance on having a situation where a Rime hasn't procced before your FF is falling off the target without Epidemic, forcing you...
Forum: Death Knights 04/28/11, 4:57 AM
Replies: 515
Views: 1,786,081
Posted By Lamperouqe
This. Especially with the 2H build I rarely find...

This. Especially with the 2H build I rarely find myself having space to use BT the moment it comes off CD due to the spec having very little free globals at my haste levels in my personal experience....
Forum: Death Knights 03/30/11, 5:12 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 849,359
Posted By Lamperouqe
If this FeS nerf goes live, it will pretty much...

If this FeS nerf goes live, it will pretty much guarantee that using FeS on Death Runes in any situation will not be worth it.

E: Should've known not to be so hasty with the amount of tooltip fixes...
Forum: Death Knights 03/28/11, 11:53 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 849,359
Posted By Lamperouqe
Thalastor, while having over 60 RP (assuming 110...

Thalastor, while having over 60 RP (assuming 110 RP cap) you overcap RP hitting those 5 consecutive SS's adding to the RP lost. If you have a Sudden Doom proc you delay your DC increasing the...
Forum: Death Knights 03/24/11, 11:56 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 849,359
Posted By Lamperouqe
I don't see your point. If you have your runes...

I don't see your point. If you have your runes sit active you're obviously losing out on runes, which generate RP. Keeping runes regenerating and not having them sit active means more runes...
Forum: Death Knights 03/23/11, 8:06 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 849,359
Posted By Lamperouqe
Well basically, only hitting SS's you have runes...

Well basically, only hitting SS's you have runes sitting due to the left-to-right Death Rune usage system and less space for DC's which means less chances for RC procs. Runes going on CD slower and...
Forum: Death Knights 03/23/11, 6:32 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 849,359
Posted By Lamperouqe
I'm not sure how to go about this mathematically,...

I'm not sure how to go about this mathematically, but I've had better results using FeS on double Death Runes than letting them sit while SS'ing them one at a time.

Lets say we have a DDUUDD rune...
Forum: Death Knights 02/03/11, 11:44 AM
Replies: 297
Views: 2,022,213
Posted By Lamperouqe
It is fine to run only with a Contagionless build...

It is fine to run only with a Contagionless build if you want to respec for the bosses which require AoE, but I wouldn't recommend anyone to run the whole content with a Contagionless build. The...
Forum: Death Knights 02/01/11, 11:56 AM
Replies: 297
Views: 2,022,213
Posted By Lamperouqe
If you have the luxury to run with 2 DPS builds,...

If you have the luxury to run with 2 DPS builds, then it goes without saying that you would want to have one without Contagion and one with it. Although if you can only run with a single DPS build, I...
Forum: Death Knights 01/31/11, 8:17 AM
Replies: 297
Views: 2,022,213
Posted By Lamperouqe
I have noticed that in many situations my ghoul...

I have noticed that in many situations my ghoul doesn't use its auto Leap and just runs to its target or uses it a long time after reaching Leaping range, losing a bit of its potential meleeing time....
Forum: Death Knights 01/28/11, 8:56 AM
Replies: 297
Views: 2,022,213
Posted By Lamperouqe
It is just something I picked up from Consider's...

It is just something I picked up from Consider's blog (http://considerit1.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/4-0-6-quick-thoughts/) while thinking about how to spec for the upcoming patch.



E: Added a link...
Forum: Death Knights 01/28/11, 5:13 AM
Replies: 297
Views: 2,022,213
Posted By Lamperouqe
Optimal speccing in the next patch

Since going for 3/3 Magic Suppression becomes mandatory, we might as well take AMZ (works well on incoming burst AoE damage, sometimes glitches and absorbs way more than it should because of people...
Forum: Death Knights 01/11/11, 1:39 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 2,022,213
Posted By Lamperouqe
This could be arguable and up to preference, but...

This could be arguable and up to preference, but I would like to note that in 359 gear expertise is only 0.04 DPS better per point than crit on a tank and spank type of fight, making it not worth it...
Forum: Death Knights 12/22/10, 8:46 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 2,022,213
Posted By Lamperouqe
Crushing Weight vs. Heart of Rage

The BiS lists on the OP suggest that Curshing Weight would be superior and BiS compared to Heart of Rage, but I did some simple math using what is written on the trinkets section and the OP stat...
Forum: Death Knights 10/30/10, 7:21 AM
Replies: 294
Views: 1,131,497
Posted By Lamperouqe
My ghoul cleaved around 100k of my damage on...

My ghoul cleaved around 100k of my damage on Saurfang on my log. Frost hardly does any damage to Blood Beasts.
Forum: The Dung Heap 08/19/10, 4:53 AM
Replies: 30,102
Views: 1,882,125
Posted By Lamperouqe
What about Desolation? Sometimes I ignore it and...

What about Desolation? Sometimes I ignore it and spam BB, but I wonder if it's worth it to refresh it while doing AoE on Val'kyrs for example. Usually I try to BS once just before the Val'kyrs come...
Forum: Death Knights 08/02/10, 5:19 AM
Replies: 3,498
Views: 6,212,582
Posted By Lamperouqe
A thing came to my mind about Pestilence on Vile...

A thing came to my mind about Pestilence on Vile Spirits. As Pestilence's range starts from where you are and not from where the target is, would I be able to spread my diseases to more Vile Spirits...
Forum: Death Knights 06/11/10, 8:38 PM
Replies: 3,498
Views: 6,212,582
Posted By Lamperouqe
That works for your ghoul, but Gargoyle doesn't...

That works for your ghoul, but Gargoyle doesn't quite work like that. The only way to control it that I've heard of is to /petfollow and then /petattack.
Forum: Death Knights 06/11/10, 8:52 AM
Replies: 3,498
Views: 6,212,582
Posted By Lamperouqe
Make a macro with: /petfollow /petattack Using...

Make a macro with:

/petfollow
/petattack

Using this makes your Gargoyle start attacking your current target. Though the Gargoyle might instantly swap back to LK because of Pain and Suffering.
Forum: Death Knights 05/28/10, 1:46 AM
Replies: 1,800
Views: 2,520,781
Posted By Lamperouqe
SoA should not be a DPS increase over SoHM on...

SoA should not be a DPS increase over SoHM on tank 'n spank fights, especially with your gear. When at/near the ArP cap SoA may be viable or even better, but according to my sims SoA and SoHM are...
Forum: Death Knights 05/20/10, 8:10 PM
Replies: 1,800
Views: 2,520,781
Posted By Lamperouqe
The diseases of a Frost Death Knight are so weak...

The diseases of a Frost Death Knight are so weak that you shouldn't be able to pull aggro from using Pestilence to refresh your diseases on your main target. Speaking about threat, only using a Rime...
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