Sorry I haven't checked this thread in a couple days, but yes I admit I made some types and bad math. It would be 0.07% more crit, which added to the 25% comes out to 25.07% and 87.2436 shadowbolt crits.
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Also, in case you haven't noticed, Blizzard doesn't round stats, they drop decimals. Thus the benefit from getting +6 stats is NOT compounded by BoK. 10% of 6 is .6 and that is going to be dropped, not added on, making the entire BoK argument fallacious.
Yes, the +6stats alone may seem like it is getting dropped, but it is added to what you ALREADY have, which means it can make you get the extra stat. Also, you ARE getting int to your bracer, your weapon, generally every piece of gear you have. Just because it isn't enchanted with +int does not mean you aren't getting the int. So yes, it is stacked with other +int.
The one extra shadowbolt also requires the extra 2.5 seconds to cast, whereas the one lifetap (as well as the other lifetaps you do) get you more mana (at the cost of more health) because you have the more spellpower. It is minimal, but it is still an increase. I honestly don't feel like doing the math, and I know that it won't add up to 417, but the chances of getting low enough for just one shadowbolt at the very end of the fight is EXTREMELY small. Personally I lifetap or dark pact every time I get to 3k mana or below, because there is always the chance of something affecting your spellpower that you will want to burn it (i.e. bloodlust) without wasting time lifetapping or dark pacting, or that you need to burn the boss as it is low on health and the tank dies, so it is up to the dps to burn the last percent or two of the boss. Waiting that long to dark pact or lifetap when that happens means you are wasting precious time which could be spent killing the boss.
One thing I have noticed is the focus on the extra shadowbolt. Yes, it is free, but it also requires an extra 2.5 seconds to cast it, where the extra damage does not require the extra seconds to gain the damage, except it MIGHT need the extra 1.5 seconds for the lifetap, which will gain you more than one shadowbolt with the extra mana.