Need some adviseFollow

Hi I'm having a bit of trouble in Heroics atm. Up till 80 I just blindly levelled in some sort of hybrid Combat / Assasination spec and I did OK by it. Upon hitting 80 I thought I would check out what the best specs to adopt were.

2 specs that appear the ones to go for are Mutilation and Combat. I have set up both of these specs and am curently experimenting with them on target dummies and in the few instances I have been in.

With both specs I can get around 1700ish DPS on the target dummies with no party buffs using only trinkets and CD's.

However when it comes to putting it into practice then.. well basically I suck. But only on the mutilate spec. Target dummies don't move. My targets dont want to stand still for some reason running here there and everywhere and I find that I have trouble co-ordinating my rotations with energy levels and range on the boss.

I think my gear is OK, I have enchanted all I can with the cheaper enchants and gems, saving the more expensive ones for when I am more rounded out gearwise. I am currently working on the shoulder and head enchants and will soon look to levelling some DPS supporting professions.

I know the rotations. I practice like mad on the dummies.But I just cant get mutilate to work in real fights. I keep dropping back to combat which is easier to manage but I can't help but feel that it is not the optimum DPS spec (from what Ive read).

SO any tips or advise that you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Armoury link
http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Turalyon&n=Twinblades

I'm just assuming that the paper cutters are used with your Mutilate build and not combat. Since combat works better with Slow/Fast weapons. Also, I'd advise to regem your gloves. Strength is okay, but agility would be better as it not only provides AP, but crit as well (or as some have mentioned in previous posts, straight AP).

Feyras gave some good tips. Also don't forget to get the helm and shoulder enchants when your rep is up there with SoH and Ebon Blade (I think they're the ones with the helm enchant... I don't remember ).

I've always been combat at heart so mutilate just isn't for me. I'm sure if I ever run across some really nice daggers, then sure, I may switch back but for now, I'm still combat.

Attempt to get some of the crafted LW Trollwoven stuff. That'll help as well.

Edited, Sep 24th 2009 8:12am by xNocturnalSunx

Thanks for the advise so far :D

In my post I think i said the issue with Mutilate was that I just couldnt get to grips with it. Not that it wasnt any good. My DPS on trash is shockingly low becasue I cant get the rotation going quick enough before the trash is dead. FoK doesnt seem to add much either. Now I know trash DPS is not always the main issue but it doesnt look good when in a HC i'm sitting at around 800dps before the boss. I must be doing somethign really and I mean really wrong.

Boss fights is not so bad but I lose track of whether I have enough energy, how many ticks are on the boss and sometimes just swing at mid air when, for whatever reason the boss has been pulled out of range. All this confusion and hesitancy leads to lost DPS.

Of all the toons I have levelleld to max level over the years this is definately the hardest so far for me to get good DPS out of in instances once at the level max. Maybe its not for me but I will go down fighting and not give up until I have exhausted every avenue.

So any tip, tricks, addons, UI mods, macros etc you have will be greatly appreciated.

I'm assuming that you meant "advice," OP?

I don't really ***** much anymore. I point out obvious mistakes that people make.

Because they're dumb.

I don't have the energy to *****, tbh. Too much time spent on classes, sports, working out, etc.

Fapping doesn't count as "working out", Theo.

Hey, just because I don't lift cars or aircraft carriers or whatever you do, doesn't mean I don't work out.

My point still stands. I lift to tone muscle and stay in shape. All the sports I play are running and finesse sports, so getting huge wouldn't help me.

Not that there's anything wrong with working out to get ripped, it's just not my thing. I'm strong enough to throw a lacrosse ball over 95 mph and shoot a hockey puck 90 mph, and that's fine for me.

I ran half of a mile in 5 minutes... on a treadmill... do I win?



Man, I'm so out of shape ever since I stopped karate. I fail.

I think I'm going to sig myself, just to be different.

Edit: Test for self-quote.





Edited, Sep 25th 2009 10:32am by Feyras

Mental, it's a special non-stick spray that you have to spritz on yourself in certain places to get it to slide on graciously.

You quit WoW, so you have to have around 3 extra hours a day, 3+ days a week.

You're right, though. It takes A LOT of dedication to be big, and fast.

Healthy is all you need, really. You can be healthy, and large, from my experience. I've seen guys that weigh over 275lbs outrun guys that aren't even 200lbs. It's all about your training.