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BM Raid Spec - Careful Aim vs Improved Serpent Sting
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Post by
Kobe008
I see most guides say to take Careful Aim and I'm not convinced it is the better place to spend the points. Careful Aim only works when the boss is above 80% health. Considering that I am using Bestial Wrath at the start of fights and other players are also using cooldowns I'm not really casting Cobra Shot all that much before we reach 80%.
Now with the Improved Serpent Sting talent I've got that buff going the entire boss fight no matter how long it lasts.
Here is my spec if anyone has comments -
http://www.wowhead.com/profile=us.blades-edge.teethgold#talents
Post by
matheus314
Have you tried SV Raid Spec?
Post by
Interest
Have you tried SV Raid Spec?
Well keep in mind BM is likely to be viable post-4.0.6. So this is quite a valid question.
I'm inclined to say Careful Aim off the bat.
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Interest
Another point is that on many boss fights, it's the last 20% that matter, not the first 20% (meet mr.
Chimaeron
). You may get higher total DPS with
, but the goal really should be to defeat the boss and not the DPS meter.
Comparing
with
on a target dummy obviously is a really bad idea, though.
I dunno. Getting down to that 20% can be important too. And being able to crit with one shot very often can contribute a lot.
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Interest
Another point is that on many boss fights, it's the last 20% that matter, not the first 20% (meet mr.
Chimaeron
). You may get higher total DPS with
, but the goal really should be to defeat the boss and not the DPS meter.
Comparing
with
on a target dummy obviously is a really bad idea, though.
I dunno. Getting down to that 20% can be important too. And being able to crit with one shot very often can contribute a lot.
True, but most of the boss encounters that comes to my mind right now it's the last part of the fight that is critical, not the first. Myself I do got points in
even though I would achieve higher DPS in the end phase of the boss if I moved the talents somewhere else, such as to
.
That's why we have Kill Shot.
(I also chose OwN but for a different reason: because I do heroics, and therefore Careful Aim is a bit...impractical.)
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Post by
izuul
2 pts in Careful Aim and 1 pt in Improved Serpent Sting gives the best results in the dps analyzer.
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izuul
Not using LnL costs you dps though. The sooner you use it, the sooner your ExS goes back on CD and the sooner you can fire it again.
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Interest
Well, OwN also buff KS :)
Not sure if it's really significant though.
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