Drtain 74 Report post Posted January 16, 2014 Uh, Just wondering about Death siphon vs Scourge strike. I know some people ran some tests in earlier patches/hotfixs about the topic, I was just wondering if someone has ran the theory again about death siphon over taking SS in the rotation, if you have a higher number of mastery. Prehaps dw etc different weapon set ups/enchants/maybe a different set of BiS gear? If someone has already done the test could you link it, please and thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merrillian 2 Report post Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) Hello, I also found this interesting and I've tried in in lfr. It has always performed subpar for me. I lose too much dmg from SS and Festering Strike vs using a 2h. I have numbers.... from simc Here are the average dmg points for ss vs ds Running BIS T16 based on our current gearing system 2h spec Death Siphon: 144091 Scourge Strike: 153178 (phys+shadow) DW spec Death Siphon: 161398 Scourge Strike: 93463 (phys+shadow) DPS for a simulation standard tank and spank fight: DW Frost: 328892 dps 2h Unholy: 314615 dps 2h Siphon: 313608 dps 2h Siphon: 308351 dps (converting all death runes to DS) DW Siphon: 289817 dps (converting all death runes to DS) DW Siphon: 284230 dps actions.single_target+=/death_siphon (spams Death Siphon) actions.single_target+=/death_siphon,if=death=2 (retains Unholy Priority only casting Death Siphon over Scourge Strike) dps gains for +1000 of each stat unholy 2h str 2.23% crit 1.53% haste 1.19% mastery 1.38% ds dw str 2.50% crit 1.54% haste 1.44% mastery 1.35% Dual Wielding brings melee damage into the equation with better strength and haste scaling. Edited February 4, 2014 by Merrillian Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
