Esoth: The purpose of this analysis is to determine an appropriate talent strategy for Heroic Sha of Fear, in which there are a variable number of adds (initially none, then proceeding to spawn in incremental sets, up to 8). The goal is to get a general representation of of the strengths of each spec in degrees relative to other specs. My method was to use my spreadsheet in current gear to get these numbers although I admit that the AoE portion is a bit more crude. It really only models an “all out” DPS strategy in which you do as much AoE as possible. This doesn’t work well for BM which has a loss of return after getting Beast Cleave at 100% uptime. I’m not too concerned about this because it’s really a reflection of just how bad BM aoe is – you’d really want to execute a single target rotation except you occasionally use a multi-shot instead arcane shot. If AoE is expected at all, BM just won’t cut it – you’re better off trying to balance somewhere along the line of SV-aoe to BM-single, while SV-single to BM-aoe would be a line that runs perpendicular to it, so to speak.
SV | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
barrage, toth | 109,309 | 141,195 | 173,579 | 205,983 | 238,377 | 270,771 |
barrage, dire beast | 114,821 | 135,362 | 165,346 | 195,330 | 225,314 | 255,298 |
glaive toss, dire beast | 116,611 | 132,277 | 163,262 | 192,246 | 221,231 | 250,216 |
BM | ||||||
barrage, toth | 119,726 | 79,961 | 119,730 | 136,493 | 153,256 | 170,019 |
barrage, dire beast | 125,860 | 78,136 | 113,425 | 128,687 | 143,948 | 159,210 |
glaive toss, dire beast | 129,479 | 77,427 | 11,713 | 126,012 | 140,310 | 154,731 |
SV aoe starts being better than single target SV or BM relatively quickly. If AoE is worthwhile, you’re probably better off with SV at a relatively low number of targets. But if the DPS check on a particular target is tight enough, you may be better off using a single target spec and letting others deal with the AoE. . . . read full article