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Wondering which one can max the dps output
Well the thing everyone is certain of is that Frost is the lowest DPS. Unholy and Blood actually swap places depending on situation, Blood is more like a Rogue in that it excels at single-target; Unholy begins to pull ahead in AoE situations. The motto of Blood is currently "Yes, Heart Strike really is
that good" and it's the superior DPS of that Strike which permits Blood so much single-target nuking; if they nerf this ability in the future, Blood is in trouble. No DKs are packing full Heroic T7 yet so we can't see stats from the top of the gear spectrum, but it does appear that Blood scales more directly with AP (Abom. Str/DRW) so will continue to extend its advantage in the future. Blizzard have yet to successfully contain superior melee scaling at high gear levels, so I'd expect to see Rogues and Blood DKs pull ahead on DPS in future parses unless they totally botch the much-needed Enhance Shaman buff.
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Vampiric Blood is useless, I haven't had to use it or found a situation where I needed it while leveling or instancing
That's nuts.
If you're still referring to Dragonblight you havent made it to Heroics yet as a tank; in Heroics, Vampiric Blood is completely amazing. Many bosses have Enrage mechanics and at the current low gear level those Enrages
hurt without a very well-tuned in healer; in those situations being able to buff all your incoming heals by
fifty smegging percent is a lifesaver. The same is true for DPS when it's AoE time in Heroics, that 50% keeps you in the fight on stuff like Keriastrasza HC when she's pooning the tank for 8k, everyone has to keep moving, half the team is on low HP from Chains and the dumbass Rogue just walked through the fire breath. In that case, you will receive only minimal healer support and VB allows your self-heals to take up the slack.
It's good, just not good for soloing or pre-80.
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Rune Tap is a pure--and instant-- 20% heal. Flat out.
When talented. To be honest I predict a nerf to that ability, tank-geared DKs with 20k HP should not have an instant 4k heal (6 with VB) on such a short CD; I dont think its that bad, but Blizzard probably will. Anyone know if it can crit?
Edited, Nov 25th 2008 11:52pm by Sinstralis