Originally Posted by
Won7on
That... what? That makes absolutely no sense. AP was a flat multiplier on everything, so in a vacuum nothing would change. In reality, we add DP to our damage, so our DoT damage goes up. Then we start replacing Mastery gear cause it's not as good without AP and our DoT damage goes up again since Mast buffs Envenom (ok it also buffs DP and KB, but Garrote/Rupture are unaffected, so reducing Mastery = DoTs become a bigger portion of our damage). If we switch to Boots + Bracers as some people have been speculating, our DoT damage goes up again.
Or, if you need proof, just go compare early EN logs to current logs. Rupture used to be waaaaaaaaay higher than Envenom, while it's the opposite now.