Is Attack Power preferred over Strength?
My DK is Blod Spec'd Lvl 65 and Im having trouble deciding on Gems.
1 Str = 2 AP.
Str also increases parry chance, But does AP also increase your damage with Icy Touch and Plague Strike; or does strength also have same effect on them?
Finally, where do Crit and Hit rating fit in the order of preference?
From what it seems Str > AP > Crit >Hit rating > Agil
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VespinaSecura wrote:
Is Attack Power preferred over Strength?
My DK is Blod Spec'd Lvl 65 and Im having trouble deciding on Gems.
1 Str = 2 AP.
Str also increases parry chance, But does AP also increase your damage with Icy Touch and Plague Strike; or does strength also have same effect on them?
Finally, where do Crit and Hit rating fit in the order of preference?
From what it seems Str > AP > Crit >Hit rating > Agil
My DK is Blod Spec'd Lvl 65 and Im having trouble deciding on Gems.
1 Str = 2 AP.
Str also increases parry chance, But does AP also increase your damage with Icy Touch and Plague Strike; or does strength also have same effect on them?
Finally, where do Crit and Hit rating fit in the order of preference?
From what it seems Str > AP > Crit >Hit rating > Agil
Did you seriously write that, then reason the whole thing out about AP affecting IT/PS, and just completely not use your brain while you were writing the entire post?
Let's see, 1 Str = 2 AP. If AP affects my diseases, and the Str:AP conversion holds true, I wonder if Str has an affect on my disease damage?
I'm seriously hitting my head on my desk right now.
The future of the world is looking terrible if people can't reason something so simple out.
Theo I'd really stop acting like you recently discovered intellectualism; browsing EJ for a few hours might make you feel superior to the non-theorycrafting Plebian class, scurrying 'neath your lofty gaze, but I've yet to see you personally contribute to the mathematical edifice.
With regards to the question (easier answered than disparaged) yes, Strength increases the damage of ALL your damaging abilities including Diseases and Icy Touch. Strength is preferable to AP yes because it also increases with certain talent multipliers like Veteran of the Third War and Ravenous Dead, as well as Blessing of Kings. However, in your head just equate 1STR to about 2.3AP as a good rule of thumb; the reality is different for different specs, but thats a good guide to follow.
In terms of stat weights for levelling I'd go
Str->AP->Crit->Hit->Haste->Expertise, because you wont be seeing many Misses in solo PvE.
For raids later down the line, this changes to
Hit->Str->AP->Expertise->Crit->Haste
If you want to know where Agi fits in, it increases your crit% at a disgracefully slow rate; dont consider Agi unlesss there's loads of it on an item, 60+.
With regards to the question (easier answered than disparaged) yes, Strength increases the damage of ALL your damaging abilities including Diseases and Icy Touch. Strength is preferable to AP yes because it also increases with certain talent multipliers like Veteran of the Third War and Ravenous Dead, as well as Blessing of Kings. However, in your head just equate 1STR to about 2.3AP as a good rule of thumb; the reality is different for different specs, but thats a good guide to follow.
In terms of stat weights for levelling I'd go
Str->AP->Crit->Hit->Haste->Expertise, because you wont be seeing many Misses in solo PvE.
For raids later down the line, this changes to
Hit->Str->AP->Expertise->Crit->Haste
If you want to know where Agi fits in, it increases your crit% at a disgracefully slow rate; dont consider Agi unlesss there's loads of it on an item, 60+.
As a Blood DK, You may want to consider This talent when deciding whether or not to go for Str or AP gems.
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Posted: Jan 11 2009 at 6:55 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Thanks for your input. That clarifies things better.
VespinaSecura wrote:
Thanks for your input. That clarifies things better.
As for the idiot (Theo) who replied above who thinks he is the math/dev genious.. the only reason why I EVEN asked about SRT vs. AP is because BY DEFINITION STR says in increases you Melee AP WITH A WEAPON. says nothing about other type of melee damage.
Anyways, thanks for your answer.
As for the idiot (Theo) who replied above who thinks he is the math/dev genious.. the only reason why I EVEN asked about SRT vs. AP is because BY DEFINITION STR says in increases you Melee AP WITH A WEAPON. says nothing about other type of melee damage.
Anyways, thanks for your answer.
No, by Definition, Str increases your Melee AP ... done, dusted, nothing more to it.
Stack strength when at all possible (ie. gems) mainly because if you're DPS you'll more than likely be running fallen crusader rune which gives you additional percentage of your strength. That coupled with the many talents in the blood and unholy tree that increase your strength by a percentage, go with it whenever you can. At the same time, if you find, say, a weapon with higher weapon damage and attack power but no strength, it still would be overall better to go with the upgrade in attack power over another weapon just because it has strength. Ex. Betrayer of Humanity > Death's Bite
VespinaSecura wrote:
Thanks for your input. That clarifies things better.
As for the idiot (Theo) who replied above who thinks he is the math/dev genious.. the only reason why I EVEN asked about SRT vs. AP is because BY DEFINITION STR says in increases you Melee AP WITH A WEAPON. says nothing about other type of melee damage.
Anyways, thanks for your answer.
As for the idiot (Theo) who replied above who thinks he is the math/dev genious.. the only reason why I EVEN asked about SRT vs. AP is because BY DEFINITION STR says in increases you Melee AP WITH A WEAPON. says nothing about other type of melee damage.
Anyways, thanks for your answer.
Have you ever looked at the tooltips for Blood Plague/Frost Fever? You know that part that says "bonus from attack power"?
And by the way, nothing in any Str tooltip says "increases AP with a melee weapon". The AP tooltip says "increases damage with melee weapons by xxx.x damage per second", but that's not even relevant to the discussion, because the Str tooltip says "increases Attack Power by xxxx".
So yes, you are an idiot.
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