What the heck?Follow

I respecced to 0/10/61, for what's supposed to be a wonderful DPS build, according to EJ. In my old DPS Frost build, I was getting 1300-1400DPS. In the new build, I'm doing 900-950. That's a big hit, especially when I expected being the same or slightly better. My equipment hasn't changed - only the build.

I'm using the EJ-recommended rotation (start with PS/IT then SS and BS until doomsday). Should I be doing something else?

Armory: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Caelestrasz&n=Deathwrench

Edited, *PS, not BS in start of rotation*

Edited, Apr 15th 2009 5:47pm by ohmikeghod

I thought Ghoul Frenzy was supposed to suck?

When did the opinion on this change?

OK, I forgot the pet, but it only added about 100 DPS - still not equal to what I had before. Maybe I just need to practice a bunch with the rotation, since it's so different from my frost rotation.

It was a serious question about Ghoul Frenzy. Thinking about it, 30% Ghoul auto-attack DpS seems like it should be < half a SS, unless I am just predicting seriously wrong numbers (I don't have any actual data on Ghoul DpS).

Can anyone explain this? Is it because, in mobile fights, your pet will hit most of his attacks where you won't always be in range?

In all honesty, I thought I was a moron for not "getting" why so many people are in love with 0/10/61. In my tests it performed Ok-ish but certainly not amazingly better than other builds. Figured I just sucked at something or didn't know the trick with the build. Ended up with better results using a different Unholy build or deep Blood variations. But, again, that could easily be that I'm just too dumb to know how to make the build work better. It's still a bit early to know for sure if it's going to be "the build" for 3.1. Give it a few more days and lets see how the parses work out.

Ghoul Frenzy is really there for the healing. The haste effect isn't a vital DPS addition. But keeping your dead friend around a bit longer is always good. Oh, also be sure that you're glyphed for the ghoul and that you feed him!

Also consider starting with IT/PS when moving into position. I find that there's often a GCD to be gained from using IT while running at the boss. PS/IT gives just a bit more damage when in position usually though, just to be clear.

As a side note: Your DPS will make more sense put into context. Doing 1k DPS in regular HoL is one thing, doing 1k in Ulduar25 is another. When you're putting numbers in your posts try to include the context. That should help us all get a more clear picture of what's up.

Cheers!