prancy 1 Report post Posted February 2, 2015 Hello All, I've got a guildie who has come back to the game recently and joined our group of friends a bit later, so hes behind the curve gearwise (636 vs the rest of us being around 660). We brought him along to Heroic Highmaul last week and DPS was less than stellar. I know exactly nothing about deathknights so I'm hoping to get some help from ya'll. Based on the armory and log data, does this look like a gear problem or a rotation problem? Sorry I can't really provide more info that what I've got here, I can try to answer questions if you have any that would illuminate more. Thanks so much. Armory Link: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/darkspear/Darimus/simple Most recent Logs: https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/dmzXQ1gMnKGpLYRh 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VRDRF 9 Report post Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) He has logged out in his pvp gear so its kinda hard to see if its gear wise. He plays DW Frost? Edited February 3, 2015 by VRDRF Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prancy 1 Report post Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) He has logged out in his pvp gear so its kinda hard to see if its gear wise. He plays DW Frost? Majority of his pve gear is pvp gear at the moment. Pretty sure hes DW frost in Pve but that might have changed. Edited February 3, 2015 by prancy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
demonardvark 556 Report post Posted February 3, 2015 I could be misreading the logs, but I see absolutely 0 usage of soul reaper. Like... none. Soul reaper is your big kill ability and you want to get as much reaping in as possible. Also I have a question about their tier 7 talent. It says now they have necrotic plague but the logs show normal diseases. This leads me to believe they were using defile but again, zero usage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drumsmani 47 Report post Posted February 3, 2015 Looking at the butcher kill, again no Soul Reaper usage, sub-optimal defile usage, way too many plague strikes, no army at the pull. I think it would help your friend to get started on the right rotation / ability priorities if they went through the guide here and also started with storm's rotation weak auras. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prancy 1 Report post Posted February 3, 2015 Thanks for the help guys. We were pvping last night so I suspect he swapped over to necrotic plague for that. I'll let him know what ya'll had to say, sounds like it might just be a need to look up the basic rotation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skavader 0 Report post Posted February 4, 2015 I would definitely have your friend read up on his rotation, because he's definitely doing quite a number of things wrong. Basically, it looks like he's got his priorities really, really messed up in terms of his rotation. As was mentioned before, he's not using soul reaper AT ALL, and using that on cooldown is priority number 1 once his target is below 35% health. Not only that, but if he's DW frost, he should be dumping all of the runes he can on howling blast, and only casting obliterate to dump his unholy runes (according to the logs, he's casting WAY more obliterates than howling blasts which should definitely not be the case for DW frost). Definitely just link him to the icy veins guide on Frost DKs. Once he knows his optimal rotation he'll start doing a lot, lot better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Impurex 5 Report post Posted February 5, 2015 Agreeing with the comments above, he lacks some of the basic principles of DK dps. Might be wise if he's starting out to install Weakauras 2 and Storms rotation helper (he made them for all specs). They do a great job of getting your dps to a competitive level without too many effort. It also forces you to learn the rotation for your self.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
