Hey guys,
I guess I'm looking for the opinions of players that consistently rank in the 85 percentile to what they think would be the best spec to play if they had to play 1 spec for all of the fights in this current tier and why?
Secondly, if you switched between 2 specs, say Unholy/2 Hand Frost, I assume because of stat weights being the same, why would you choose Frost over Unholy? Unholy for single target? Frost for cleave? Would Unholy's single target be even worth bothering if it was within 1-3%?
Specific Questions (Unholy)
In reading Festerblight, the concept seems a lot like Warlock's snapshotting big dots (BoDoom) for example to do the most dmg. I get the concept, now do you use every set of Death Runes from FS on FS to keep the dots rolling or is it every other set or? If, say you start the fight and your big boy dots fall off, is it worth it to do Festerblight again with a lesser set of AP buffs or?
How much dmg does say BB do vs HBs and or the passive diseases of Unholy. Is it worth constantly Pest over for Unholy no matter what. Frost Dots aren't that much, I'm wondering if in playing Unholy its like playing an AFF lock, those bad boys matter....
Does the Ghouls Passive Cleave come anywhere close to Frost's Howling Blast? And at what point does BB became worth it over SS? 3 Targets?
Lastly, does anyone have a Weak Aura for when your pet isn't attacking? I have an icon for Frost that pops up when my Ghoul is OFF CD, letting me know to summon him. I'd like to have the same icon in red saying my Pet isn't attacking if Unholy to let me know to get him attacking...can't find a good option in there for this?
Learning How To Fish Questions:
How might I go about answering these questions for myself in the future? I'm thinking if I ran an Unholy Sim from Export AskMrRobot and a Frost it should tell me how much each ability does per and that might give me an idea to the power of these things vs the encounter?
^Also regards to the above how to understand just where a specs dmg really comes from might help in knowing how its going to match up from the encounter...
My personal situation is this, I've been DW Frost for awhile, Loved Unholy back in the day, but it seems the ease at which DW Frost can switch targets and get going is so hard to pass up I'm having a hard time justifying doing anything else, especially since it's a pain the ass Weapon Wise/Stat Wise to play around with the other 2. Would be more feasible if I was 2hand to play with Unholy....
The Sims are saying we're far behind (DW) single target, so wondering if its time to play it regardless....Yet in raid...I'm beating people that sim 145k (2h Frost DK) and others while I sim around (122k), even on single target Fights (1st Boss, Durumu)....that sample is making it hard for me to say hmmn DW sucks or not...seems to be rocking it out, but then I'm also like give me a 2hander would I be blowing it up just that much more.
^I feel like I'll just go with whatever weapon drops first my way, but now just trying to get a big picture of what I should focus my energies towards.