destro questions...Follow

I've recently got the right hit for raiding, I'm not a taylor but I got some nice pieces with heroic badges, kara, etc.

I'm actually using two Tier4 pieces, (shoulders+crown), having about 1050 of spelldamage, 20% crit without dev.

The goal at the moment is the head piece of void reaver, I also have those shoulders from trash mobs of the Eye (night elves blah blah), but, this is not the question, I would like you to check my stuff, Dydoe (Gnome from Shen'dralar) if you want to give me some advices.

My questions, as I'm not a taylor, I'm actually using the gladiator robe, and thinking in get the vengeful one the next week, (hydross seems to hate cloth, and if some day the robe drops, it wont be for me for first, and the next one is from vashj, or wait the 2.4, I have my 100 badges for the new robe xD) but, which arena robe should I have to get? the one with +crit or the one with +damage? There's a pair of drops that I actually want, the ruby drape of mysticant from prince and the necklace of moroes, both with hit, but those ones has no crit chance.

I'm hit capped, (using gems and some special stuff with +hit, I want those drops to replace those +hit gems for +damage), I'm asking cause I'm not sure what is the right crit chance for a destro lock, should I stop on 20+devastation? or do I have to get more? The Robe without crit has plus damage and plus stamina, and, as I have read, priority is hit>damage>crit, (hit>haste>damage>crit as on 2.4)

When people like you, Jenova, talks about shadow on raids, do you usually have shadow priests on raid? I always have to use fire instead of shadow, cause is impossible to have shadow priests on our group, in fact, we have about two priests, and the're healers, and we usually have +fire mages, and scorch helps to increase fire dps, I can crit 6 k on trash, and between 4 and 6 on bosses) that's why I don't use shadow on raids, I use it on heroics and is amazing. But, even having scorch from mages, and without shadow priests, is even better try shadows? My cycle is CoE+immolate+incinerate until immolate is ended, then again immolate, etc, never use conflagrate on bosses, just as finisher on trash.

Oh, I'm using the crescent icon as trinkete, and the nexxus horn, but the horn, even having nice crit, has a poor proc, is a good idea to farm the eye of quagmirran? or go straight for the blessings deck? I only need the 8 and 5 to complete it, and, I have farmed the crazy eye of the mob for a whole week and never dropped ¬¬ it seems that I'll complete the deck first xD (I'm not scryer, so...no other nice trinket available)

hope you can help me, feel free to check my stuff :)

Edited, Mar 13th 2008 7:09am by Dydoe

Edited, Mar 13th 2008 7:15am by Dydoe

Chances of not refreshing ISB during its duration:

@15% crit+ 5% dev
40.96%

@20% crit + 5% dev
31.640625 (~9% improvement)

@25% crit + 5% dev
24.01 (~7% improvement)

@30% crit + 5% dev
17.850625% (~6% improvement)

@35% crit + 5% dev
12.96% (~5% improvement)

At around the 25% crit + 5% dev mark, the destruction build keeps ISB up enough for you to focus on damage more. However, at ~20% destro becomes better damage than affliction. So, continue to push well itemized crit rating pieces up to the 25% mark until you get enough spell damage to make pushing crit higher a better choice.

For leg piece as a destro lock the crit+ pants would be the onces you want, however take a look at spellstrike pants as well. They can be a bit expensive, but then again 100 badges is also equal to 6 2/3 of the epic gems, whatever their prices is on your server.