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runtodarkness
Arright so I'm helping out my friend with making a rotation, only problem is I don't play a death knight... I know what all the stuff does, I've played one up to like 64, I played my friend's 71 a little, etc... only problem is I totally blanked on what the runic power values are that different skills generate... So I recall it's based on number of runes used, but could somebody help me out here? Thanks in advance!
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runtodarkness
Yeah yeah I can work on the rotation myself, I know how to crunch numbers, as for you Ejay, thank you very much! BTW the build would be as follows:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#jfcMcZG0xxAbckfzV0stfM:pkaM
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Aleanos
Do note that since patch (3.08 I believe) all multi rune abilities only generate 15 RP, making 2 and 3 rune abilities (such as Oblit and DnD) will only give you 15 rp.
Then you need to factor in talents and set bonuses (also keep in mind that if you spec into Butchery you'll have an extra 2rp/5sec if you're going to be doing any calculations).
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runtodarkness
Alright... So the rotation I'm making up basically goes as follows, but can anybody give me any ideas of what I might throw in the holes?
Plague Strike -> Icy Touch -> *Obliterate -> Blood Strike -> Pestilence -> Frost Strike -> EMPTY -> FS -> OB -> OB -> Horn of Winter -> OB -> FS -> EMPTY -> FS -> OB -> Repeat, starting with the *
Note that I have worked out the cooldowns, rune timers, and diseases in a spreadsheet already, horn of winter would be used every 21 seconds and every rune is used I believe half of a second after it is available (due to GCD). As far as I can see, you might want to rely on precasting because if the pestilence doesn't get off then you're kinda screwed... because pestilence is placed exactly 21 seconds apart...
I added up the runic power and found out that with glyphed frost strike, you would have only 31 runic power left after the first frost strike, but if you waited one global cooldown you would have the required 32. However, my logic may be mistaken, does Butchery give 2 runic power every 5 seconds or does it give 1 runic power every 2.5 seconds?
As I can see, given the spec that I posted above (few posts up), howling blast could be used to fill the hole when it procs from obliterate for no cost, but beyond that I am relatively out of ideas.
Any help?
Post by
Aleanos
Well first off, undless you're sporting 4/5 tier 8 you ought to avoid using PS as a frost DK.
Secondly, you also ought to avoid using Glyph of Disease as a frost Dk aswell, it's more or less a loss of dps instead of an increase (it's only really decent for Blood dk's).
Also it's fairly hard to follow your writted rotation, I'd suggest you write it up in a more paragraphed manner (i.e. hit enter after you've spend all 6 runes + dumped RP and begin with a new row once your runes start clearing up).
Now I wont go into depth on your rotation since Lynri's the master there (but i can tell you now that you ought to include Blood Tap and consequently an additional BS/pest into your rotation).
It's also very very hard to come up with rotations theoretically since there'll always be external variables affecting your results (not to mention runes bugging up, yes it happens).
And finally, I'd suggest you give
3.1 Frost 2h DPS, Everything Explained
a read. It should explain everything you need to know.
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runtodarkness
ah kk tyvm everybody!
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