Best raid dps spec for inquisitor

[stefe]

Havent seen any recent posts about the top dps spec for inquisitor.

Im in t2 gear, with maybe 4-5 pieces of t3, and I am topping out at 1400 dps single target.

Im running 46 inquisitor/10sent/10 cab. Any better, or higher dps specs out there for inq? Was wondering if maybe 51 inq/10 sent/5 warden would be higher

[Ahov]

Havent seen any recent posts about the top dps spec for inquisitor.

Im in t2 gear, with maybe 4-5 pieces of t3, and I am topping out at 1400 dps single target.

Im running 46 inquisitor/10sent/10 cab. Any better, or higher dps specs out there for inq? Was wondering if maybe 51 inq/10 sent/5 warden would be higher

51/10 sent/5 warden outperforms it for me. I've been beating out similarly geared shamans/druids for single target as well with this spec.

[Fuinir]

I seem to get better results with 40/10/10 over 51/10/5

[stefe]

Update, I ran my 46 inq/10sent/10cab in ros tonight, did 1480 on plutonis with cipher filtered out, and topped at 1725 on herald. I was focusing herald, soul draining adds, so alot of aoe in those numbers. But hey, its a fight that uses aoe so this seems to be a great spec for this fight with very high single target dps and good aoe.

[Bluelightt]

Must need a lot more spell power than I currently have then to make Inq useful in raids. It's atleast 200 DPS lower for me on multiple events in HK than shaman.

[stefe]

I have to say i was actually quite surprised by the numbers i ran last night as inquisitor. My best dps as shaman is right around 1400-1425 on plutonis. In my opinion, although plutonis is somewhat of a tank and spank as far as dps, casters do lose a little bit of uptime on the boss compared to melee. Im not complaining, just surprised that i came out ahead as inquisitor.

My crit may be too low to make shaman really shine. Either that or inquisitor is just better than people think? Again, im not 100% sure of the "best" spec, as i have never raided as inq before, but i would be surprised if any other spec came out ahead in dps.

Other options than what i run would be 51 in inquisitor for the extra spell power bonus to sh and vex(although thats five points spent to only boost what i think, off the top of my head, is only 30-40% of my damage done). This would lose the 5% spell damage on all spells from the cabalist tree. The qeustion now becomes, since we added alot of spell power bonus to sanction heretic and vex, and keeping 1o pts in sentinel, would we be better off keeping 5% in cab, or going 5 in warden for 10% dmg to instants(55ish% of my damage)

Hmm. Maybe i will grab an archon and a bard and go bang on a dummy for a while trying a few specs:

-46inq/10sent/10cab(my gut tells me this may be the best)

-51inq/10sent/5warden(gut says good for movement heavy fights with a boost to instants.

-Ive heard talk of the 46inq/10sent/10druid, but i feel as though 5 points are mostly wasted in druid to get to the 20% crit damage. Perhaps if ones crit chance were high enoug than the 5 wasted points would balance. I would think crit chance would have to be over 50% in order for this to be in the running.(assuming a 20% damage increase on 50% of our hits for a 10% boost from the 10 points spent).

-Wtb some of radaks spread sheets on tanking, but for inquisitors lol.

[Spyrit]

http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-gene...or-v1-4-a.html

Sok's got the info laid out.

[Querthose]

I'm not sure how anyone is pulling 1400DPS on single targets=P

I'm basically T2'd out (no real T3 to speak of) pulling about 1300-1350SP and 800SC (raid buffs +power stone + brightsurge) and can barely hit 1k if I'm lucky. If the boss moves around a lot- it's really closer to 750.

How the heck are people pulling 1400? I'm running 51 inquis/10 cab/4sent (I think- need to check that last again- I changed it recently).

What rotation are folks using?

I'm using:
Fanatacism
SH
Vex
Obliterate
Curse of D.
The channeled stunning spell (at work, can't remember)
then spamming Bolt of Judgement until BoD procs and/or CDs on the others go down.

Am I royally screwing this up?

[stefe]

I'm not sure how anyone is pulling 1400DPS on single targets=P

I'm basically T2'd out (no real T3 to speak of) pulling about 1300-1350SP and 800SC (raid buffs +power stone + brightsurge) and can barely hit 1k if I'm lucky. If the boss moves around a lot- it's really closer to 750.

How the heck are people pulling 1400? I'm running 51 inquis/10 cab/4sent (I think- need to check that last again- I changed it recently).

What rotation are folks using?

I'm using:
Fanatacism
SH
Vex
Obliterate
Curse of D.
The channeled stunning spell (at work, can't remember)
then spamming Bolt of Judgement until BoD procs and/or CDs on the others go down.

Am I royally screwing this up?

First of all, I run 46inq/10sent/10cab for my spec.

As far as rotation, i use:

Bolt of Depravity(when it procs)
Sanction Heretic
Vex
Bolt of Judgement
I always try to use fanaticism with bolt of depravity, unless there will be a long delay I will sometimes use it with Sanction Heretic.

I Have an instant cast macro that I use any time I have to reposition with Sanction Heretic, Life's Vengeance, and Banish.

However, if I have to move or reposition, I try to do so while the global cd is cycling in between instant cast procs.

As far as numbers go, Im over 1k on boss dummy self buffed only(powerstone, spellpower food, brightsurge).

Fully raid buffed on fights where i can stand and cast i do 14-1500.

Aoe fights are higher, such as Herald where i sould drain the adds on cd and stay on the boss otherwise. On this fight i am around 17-1800 dps.

[Sokanon]

To OP:

The 51pt spec will pull ahead... way ahead, especially if you factor in movement fights.

Also, Fanaticism + SH will beat out Fanaticism + BoD by about ~100 damage. It's ~126 damage with my current spellpower which is around 1400-1500.

To Querthose:

If you're running 51pt spec, don't run 10 cab. Run 10 sent, 5 warden. As Spyrit linked, I've got the math (or if I don't someone else does in the thread) laid out in my guides. I have posts to my original (at the top of the current) which show 5pt Warden > 5 pt Cab by about 3.6%.

There is nothing new to test, so if you want max DPS just follow what's already been done (cliche I know, but I've done countless hours of testing so the rest of the community didn't have to).

[Santent]

I've done every raid encounter cept the last 5 bosses in HK as inquisitor or cabalist ( i hate melee cleric specs, so mind numbingly boring). Inquisitor has the easiest to use / learn rotation of any spec ive used on any toon. On the pull I open up with vex just to make sure I dont pull aggro from a SH crit --. Now, for fanatacism, i use it on either Bolt of Dep or SH-- whichever is up first. This maximizes the use of Fanatacism (the dps loss of using it on Depravitiy instead of SH is quite minimal, like 4 dps or something). IF you are the only inquisitor, you will need to keep the soul drain debuff on your target. Depending on the length of the fight i might not even use aggresive renewal. If its a long fight, AR at about 75% mana. A typical rotation for pulling a boss would be something as follows.

Vex > Fanatacism + SH > Soul Drain > Nyrsyr's Rebuke > BOJ spam :

Use BOD as soon as it procs. I use to not use Nyrsyrs Rebuke, but it seems to be scaling quite well with the higher end of gear. Im sitting at about 1980 SP and 48% crit Raid Buffed with a stone and flask.

TIP: If you are having to move and you dont need to renew vex or SH-- Use Waterjet. It is your friend.

I was pulling ~2200 on Sicaron attempts last night. Full T3 gear with 5 HK pieces.

Oh-- 51 inq / 10 sent / 5 warden -- Def the best inq spec out there. 14 justi / 42 inq / 10 sent best "icar" spec as well, only like a 2-300 dps loss or so with amazing heals.

[Andivory]

I've done every raid encounter cept the last 5 bosses in HK as inquisitor or cabalist ( i hate melee cleric specs, so mind numbingly boring). .... IF you are the only inquisitor, you will need to keep the soul drain debuff on your target.

I always find this confusing...I hate melee as well...but you need to be in melee range to use soul drain. Kinda counter-productive. If you are one of seven people that needs to stand at range for Murdantix fight, for example...you really can't use soul drain...so you lost a lot of dps.

Just annoying.

[Sokanon]

I always find this confusing...I hate melee as well...but you need to be in melee range to use soul drain. Kinda counter-productive. If you are one of seven people that needs to stand at range for Murdantix fight, for example...you really can't use soul drain...so you lost a lot of dps.

Just annoying.

Have someone else keep SD up, or have someone else range.

Typical range group:
2 Cleric healers
1 Chloro
1 Bard

That's 4. You could use last 3 as mage slots, (ranger if rogue's still run that???), or as you are,a ranged cleric. I'd be surprised if you only have 1 mage in your raids.

[Sarrom]

I've done every raid encounter cept the last 5 bosses in HK as inquisitor or cabalist ( i hate melee cleric specs, so mind numbingly boring). Inquisitor has the easiest to use / learn rotation of any spec ive used on any toon. On the pull I open up with vex just to make sure I dont pull aggro from a SH crit --. Now, for fanatacism, i use it on either Bolt of Dep or SH-- whichever is up first. This maximizes the use of Fanatacism (the dps loss of using it on Depravitiy instead of SH is quite minimal, like 4 dps or something). IF you are the only inquisitor, you will need to keep the soul drain debuff on your target. Depending on the length of the fight i might not even use aggresive renewal. If its a long fight, AR at about 75% mana. A typical rotation for pulling a boss would be something as follows.

Vex > Fanatacism + SH > Soul Drain > Nyrsyr's Rebuke > BOJ spam :

Use BOD as soon as it procs. I use to not use Nyrsyrs Rebuke, but it seems to be scaling quite well with the higher end of gear. Im sitting at about 1980 SP and 48% crit Raid Buffed with a stone and flask.

TIP: If you are having to move and you dont need to renew vex or SH-- Use Waterjet. It is your friend.

I was pulling ~2200 on Sicaron attempts last night. Full T3 gear with 5 HK pieces.

Oh-- 51 inq / 10 sent / 5 warden -- Def the best inq spec out there. 14 justi / 42 inq / 10 sent best "icar" spec as well, only like a 2-300 dps loss or so with amazing heals.

I know it virtually makes no difference but life's vengeance is slightly more dmg(also its a life spell for CP on top of that) if you want to use that when its up on the move over water jet, then water jet as 2nd spell if you need to keep moving and dots are still rolling.

[Valavus]

Don't forget Banish...it's instant, and gives you a Conviction to boot.