Seal Twisting: What is it and how effective is it?

[pallyzzpower]

I am hearing a lot about this "seal twisting" method doing top dps for ret pallies. I have no idea what it is please enlighten me =].

[harky]

You can keep up a stack of Corruption/Vengeance while DPSing with Blood/Martyr. You lose more DPS by consuming 2 GCDs than you gain by keeping the stack active.

[pallyzzpower]

You can keep up a stack of Corruption/Vengeance while DPSing with Blood/Martyr. You lose more DPS by consuming 2 GCDs than you gain by keeping the stack active.

Thank you very much for not putting down a bunch of numbers.So basically:
SoV>Jo?[most likeley wise]>SoM? and then a bunch of other stuff

[Gomexus]

Aye, basically it's just keeping a stack up of the dot and switching to a higher dps on hit until the stack timer gets low then refresh stack and back to high dps.

It's pretty mana intensive but it's the best dps...and adds a little excitement to the mix instead of smashing Judgement, CS, and DS every CD.

[pallyzzpower]

ahhh cool, cool thx for the help. yea the mana shouldnt be that much of a problem with all our new tools

[Val3rim]

well in WoTLK its wont be as viable anymore with the haste rating
and with haste rating SoB/SoM dps is higher than when you try to seal twist
but for pvp its fun to do:

Bringing down a clothie into hammer range in one hit (white, SoC, SoB,SoB)
but its requires nerves of steel as timing needs to be exact.
so when you are playing like: OMG DIE JUST DIIIIEEEEEE! it wont work ^^

and you need to be lucky that your SoC triggers thats the only thing wich you dont control

[Moruk]

well in WoTLK its wont be as viable anymore with the haste rating
and with haste rating SoB/SoM dps is higher than when you try to seal twist

Uh, tests have shown that SoV/C does a good 200 more DPS than SoB in starter 80 gear. Haste will bring SoB/M closer to SoV's damage, but it's still not going to do "more" DPS than a 5 stack of Vengeance/Corruption AND SoB/M running inbetween.