Intrinsc's DW Guide(38/22/6)

[Leetina]

f*** edit timer.
I meant Intrinsc.

[intrinsc]

Thanks, leet. In raids I'm having more success running the rotation at the top of this thread than the Reaping Harvest one. It only gets better with more PA for your 1hers. Cheers! Tested the rotation and dps compared to my other builds extensively during Ituziel.

[DemonRage]

parse

gear

i notice alot of people are getting icy burst near the top of their parse, but mine always shows at the bottom. i use the sli icyburst fiery burst and frenzied strike macro, but still comes out to lower damage....

[Cammyle]

tested on dummy with ghetto HK epics+4pc crystals. self buffed with focus of body, no oilstone/powersurge/cakes/PA powers/prismatic glory/whatever
using king of the fight to minimize rng and I don't have a good trinket anyway

The build in this thread with dual flame sickle 1247AP/880crit
Time: 05:20 Raid DPS:2452
Time: 05:19 Raid DPS:2473

51 champ 9 para 6 rb because I don't have any ISS left for BM crystal with estrodesword 1218AP/928 crit
Time: 04:40 Raid DPS:2560
Time: 05:26 Raid DPS:2544

Am I something wrong here? Had a few 2pt bursts because of late weapon master procs but everything else was perfect.

[DemonRage]

you beat me out, so far best parse is 2269 for 5:10. made i need to be closer to crit cap?

[Cammyle]

you beat me out, so far best parse is 2269 for 5:10. made i need to be closer to crit cap?

You have 50 more crit than me so IDK. Using fire resist on my chest and shoulders because of whathisface. Still using regular DPS machine.

[Zughalala]

With all the changes to PA and AP vs Wep Dmg....is it worth still using whetstones for this build (2hands too) or using Storm Glyph, which gives 60 more STR for having on both weapons?

[Duillory]

Thanks for keeping it simple so many (especially mages) tend to overcomplicate writeups to make their spec look more difficult than it is.

Concise and easy to read thanks again!

Here's the macros I use wont work for everyone:

#show Thread The Trees
suppressmacrofailures
cast bull rush
cast thread the trees
cast fleet of foot
cast path of the wind
cast motivational roar
cast break free

#show dual strike
suppressmacrofailures
cast dual strike
cast path of the hurricane
cast path of the raptor
cast path of the wind

#show strike like iron
suppressmacrofailures
cast strike like iron
cast fiery burst
cast frenzied strike
cast shifting blades

#show icy burst
suppressmacrofailures
cast icy burst
cast frenzied strike

[intrinsc]

With all the changes to PA and AP vs Wep Dmg....is it worth still using whetstones for this build (2hands too) or using Storm Glyph, which gives 60 more STR for having on both weapons?

Yes, still use whetstones.

[Zughalala]

is there any point where the extra AP will become better?

[Zughalala]

Also, is using RB crystal better then Para crystal? since we arent using DW finishers, would the bonus from w/e the 4p is for RB be better?

[intrinsc]

is there any point where the extra AP will become better?

I don't know the answer to that, yet.

Also, is using RB crystal better then Para crystal? since we arent using DW finishers, would the bonus from w/e the 4p is for RB be better?

No, because the benefit to Dual Strike is still quite significant.

[Zughalala]

oh yea, bc WotW and DG....my bad

[mattya802]

eh?

pretty sure thats wrong, FS applies FB for me all the time.
i think you are remembering wrong... Perhaps you were remembering the...
?

i put FB above IB, since FB is on a CD now, it allows almost 2 IB rotations before FB gets used again.
small delays will just get to one IB though.

LOL, yup that's exactly what I was thinking of. My bad.

Won't putting FB above IB eff up the rotation? You'd go SLI - FB - IB - ? .... IB would still be on CD and you'd have no other finisher to use.

[mattya802]

parse

gear

i notice alot of people are getting icy burst near the top of their parse, but mine always shows at the bottom. i use the sli icyburst fiery burst and frenzied strike macro, but still comes out to lower damage....

First thing I notice is you're missing Storm Blade. Also, why isn't auto-attack damage on there? I'm guessing it's just not listed cause you have 167 DPS coming from somewhere not listed.

The other difference is definitely IB. Are you getting in 2 per SLI? You have IB before FB in the macro right? Are you being sure to wait for the WM proc to make sure you get 3pt finishers?

An ACT breakdown would help a lot more.