Carotidcutter - Page 5

Skel · 01-25-2008, 06:13 AM

Your riposte wouldnt even acount for 1% of your zonewide. Try again

Tojejedno · 01-25-2008, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Mezelline

Of course you could put a 3% riposte adorn on the cartio, but then you couldn't put a mana or vamp proc on it.

3% riposte can be on slashing, not piercing if Im not mistaken.

So far I tested Cardio vs Nathar it seems, that for max DPS (and that means timing autoattacks also) in long fights (x4) can be Nathar better (especially if you got dirge, fury fist and other haste buffage), because 2 CAs will slightly postpone AA and also single AE/turmoil will postpone AA.

For general tanking or CA spaming is Cardio definitelly better DPS wise though.

Mezelline · 01-31-2008, 11:56 AM

Actually yeah you're right, the 3% riposte can't be put on piercing, which narrows the gap between the two significantly imho.

Still, normal riposte is factored into slashing damage, so its not parsed separately. However, the 1% extra riposte from the Yha-lei bracers *is* parsed separately, and I have seen that do 1% of a zonewide. With the 3% adorn plus 8% from STA-D plus 1% from Yha-lei bracers with 50% stronger riposte, that's means that ripostes are going to be at least 6% of your dps. And the cartio ripostes for about half the amount of the Nathsar.

Another reason that I tend to prefer Nathsar because its easier to time your AEs between autoattacks if all your single target CAs are down. And if you get stunned/feared you lose less dps from the nathsar than the cartio because there's a greater chance it'll be cured between autoattacks.

Of course if you're not tanking the cartio is better. But I hate that goofy 4.0 delay, its so difficult to time CAs with it when you have the full int line.

Frogweiser · 01-31-2008, 12:31 PM

Witchdoctor doomblade I can't wait to test mine out tonight. /Drooool

Skel · 01-31-2008, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mezelline

that's means that ripostes are going to be at least 6% of your dps.

You are on crack. Just because you have 3% riposte adorn doesnt mean thats 3% of your total damage. Its really damn easy to see your avoidance report from the ZW and multiply the amount of ripostes with your average auto attack to see they dont add up for shit.