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Level 60 warrior piercing vs. Slashing
Hi, I am just wondering if anyone has data / info on how much the lower skill cap on piercing weapons (240) at level 60 effects DPS / threat production. I currently use 2 piercing weapons that have good ratios and agro procs, but I am wondering if it's worth looking for slashing or 1hb weapons if the 250 skill cap makes a big difference. Thanks
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It makes about a 5% dps difference at 60. It makes zero difference on aggro as skill cap does not affect aggro at all.
I'm assuming one of your piecers is an infestation? If you're tanking and not in a raid guild, this and a frostbringer are going to be your best aggro combo. Substitute Willsapper for the infestation in your primary for better aggro and more dps if that is your other piercer. Frostbringer is more aggro and more dps than an infestation in the offhand. On a side note, short of ToV/VP weapons and without the epic, the Frostreaver will be your best aggro. (If you're in either Riot or AG, the only two guilds on the server currently capable of killing dain) | ||
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As an additional explanation, the non-damage component of procs are now limited to 400 aggro per proc with the exception of the epic.
The white damage aggro is damage bonus+weapon damage. The 9/18 infestation does 9+11 aggro per swing in the primary. In the offhand, it does 9 aggro per swing since the offhand does not get a damage bonus. Now, with the 2hnder revamp, 2hnders get a massive increase in damage bonus which makes their swing aggro large enough to overcome having only 2 procs per minute vs the 3 procs per minute that you would get with duel wield. Mind you, if you are using a 20% haste belt and getting VoG, then you're going to do more aggro with the infestation/frostbringer. Also, if you have torpor on you, (which slows you) duel wielding will give you much more aggro. You'll need something like a CoF or seahorse hide belt (or similar 40% haste) to make the 2hder work for you as an aggro weapon. | ||
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This is perfect, the exact kind of information I was looking for, thanks so much!
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Also, after the 400pt melee proc hate cap patch last year, Willsapper is worse than Infestation for hate over time in main hand, assuming capped Dex. | |||
Last edited by Dolalin; 11-30-2019 at 03:48 AM..
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Second part was wrong. Willsapper puts out more threat than infestation. 13/20 generates more threat than 9/18 and their procs are now similar.
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It also seems like epic is definitely worth going for, I wasn't planning on it because of the ratios, but I didn't know it had such high agro proc over the others. Especially with the 50hp and resists it looks like it is the BiS offhand weap. | |||
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Yeah top setups on the list:
1. SoD/SoD (or combinations including 1) 2. Feverblade + red epic 3. Epic 2h 4. Frostreaver tied with Willsapper and red epic Of note, Frostreaver (my primary workhorse) and Epic 2hs will suffer disproportionally if you get slowed or have torpor as the majority of 2hander threat comes from white damage potential. For Frostreaver the white damage is 80% of total threat potential. For that reason, I'd consider WS/Red_epic functionally 3rd best.
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