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Deathbringer's Will

I guess the Lich King's servants carry some crazy *** sh*t.

lol, right?

Don't worry. I'm a tank. So, even if by some improbably feat I get into a ICC 25 Hard mode and this drops, no way in hell is it going to me. T.T

This+Shadowmourne is making me resent tanking. I take the blows so those f*ckers can get the shinies! >.<

I'm not sure where you are getting "really crappy" from...

Every one of those stats will be a decent boost unless you are crit or ArPen capped.

1400 AP or 700 Strength--Clearly good.
700 Agility or 700 Crit--decent if you aren't approaching crit cap (which is huge, I believe).
700 ArP or 700 Haste--Both are great boosts (maybe not as good as Strength, but better than most other trinkets).

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It also lasts 30 seconds, with a probably 45 second internal CD. Even if you get one of the lesser buffs, that's still huge. And if you do manage to get the Strength one, it's massive.

Edited, Dec 4th 2009 4:22pm by idiggory

The more I look at it, the more I want it.

As a tank, all of those stats are generally in short supply. So they'd offer so much threat (I wouldn't be even close to the big DRs and soft/hard caps).

But I'll never see it drop, let alone get to roll on it.

It's stupid to call something crappy because it isn't regular. The lowest benefit proc (probably Agility) is still pretty good even for the worst spec for it (probably Frost).

And, like I said, this trinket lasts TWICE as long per proc as the 1K AP one. You are leaving that out in your analysis. That 400 AP is actually 800 (and even more if you get Str boosts). Plus, it's longer duration increases the chances that it will be active when you use Garg or DRW. It will be up a maximum of 67% of the time. The 1K AP one is up only a maximum of 33% of the time.

And, like you said, ArP is getting a buff for Unholy in the next patch. As you pointed out, it would have the lowest return in that spec. The passive buff on the 1K ap one is 288 points (288 AP). The 167 ArP is worth 330.x points. Not a huge buff, no. But it is superior.

And we'll look at the other values for Unholy:

The proc on the 510 Str trinket is worth 1555.5 points.

1400 AP is 1400 points.
700 Agi is 1141
700 Str (the best stat) is 2135.
700 crit is 1617.
700 ArP is 1386.
700 Haste (the worst stat) is 1071.

Two of them are better. One trails just behind (and ArP not quite 200 below) and 2 are only 66-73% as good (we aren't counting the passive bonuses here, which is superior for the various-chance trinket anyway).

Now, remember, the uptime is far superior for the unpredictable trinket. So, when we look at it that way, the Str is worth a max of 513.3 points.

The worst proc for the other trinket (haste) on the other hand, is a max of 717.57. Still superior.

I'm sorry, but math doesn't back up your claim. Yes, you MAY get stuck with a worse benefit during Heroism. But you are more likely to HAVE a benefit in the first place, and it will boost your character far more on its own merit in non-burst situations (you know, all that time NOT spent during heroism). And, with 4pc T9 disappearing, the need for a high-AP proc during Heroism is going to diminish for Blood, since refreshing our diseases (and spreading your sword's) at max AP will have a much lower return.

Unholy would gain from all of those pretty decently with Garg.

I fail to see how this trinket is worse. Is it unpredictable? Yes. But it gives more legroom than the 510 Str one, and all of it's bonuses are superior to that proc anyway, due to duration.