Demonology: Shadow bolt vs Incinerate as filler.

[Deleted]

I did read the post in here and at ''Elitist jerks'', they both recommend me to use shadow bolt as a filler, EJ (which seems to be more up-to-date) did suggest to do so with the corruption glyph, however my question is:

If i for visual reason mainly want to use Incinerate as a filler along with it's glyph instead of the corruption one, how much dps approx. am i going to lose by doing so, if any?

I did give it a look for all of the talents that effect shadow bolt and every single one of them also effects incinerate along with ''Emberstorm'', so it made me a little confused to see a reason for us to use shadow bolt filler in general.

[Jaketodd]

i believe that its because shadowbolt hits harder and scales better?
also thou because inc is faster casted it might be good for bringing meta off cd quicker?

[Stridulent]

Incinerate will make you have to life tap a lot more.

[Stuneree]

There isn't any doubt that you should only be using Incinerate during Molten Core procs.
This subject has been questioned many times, but it's just a simple fact that Shadow Bolt filling WILL do more damage than Incinerate filling.

[blacki84]

sb = more dmg, less mana
inc = less dmg without mc procc, more mana

[Omgabear]

He knows that he is going to lose dps, but he asks, How much?
Frankly though, i have no idea. But I guess it will be quite substantial.

[Jessicka]

Depending on your gearing and itemisation, between 1 and 2.5k the sims suggest. In real terms, probably more because you can't play like a robot and any basic rotation based DPS losses tend to get amplified as a result.

[Deleted]

Depending on your gearing and itemisation, between 1 and 2.5k the sims suggest. In real terms, probably more because you can't play like a robot and any basic rotation based DPS losses tend to get amplified as a result.

This was the kind of information i was looking for. Thanks a ton for your effort, I guess if I plan on raiding I need to stick with the shadow bolt filler.

[Hrishi]

Best way to find out would be to sim it with your own profile really. =/