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Post by
Adraunn
Hey gang, I know, I dime-a-dozen post about my main but I'm hoping some of you that have some expertise with the class could lend a hand. Below are my two specs and gear. I've followed nearly all I could get from Elitist Jerks' site about both Unholy DPS and DW Frost tanking. The problem I'm having is when I look at other DKs around my gear level and experience, I see them having more strength and AP. Do any of you see what I can tweak to maximize my gear in either category? The help is appreciated!
DPS gear and spec
Tank gear and spec
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Post by
atomicwolf22
Ok there are a few things that i saw wrong with your dps gear. First you have on pvp items you need to drop those. Second some of your enchants are wrong you need to use the Ap enchants instead of the lesser Strenght ones. Also Your below exp soft cap i think you get 3 or 5 from racial but that still puts you below cap. And lastly you have a tank tricket on. Thats some of the things that I saw wrong with your gear.
Post by
Adraunn
@Tergal = Definitely a good idea and ironically enough, I never really could find definite info on hit capping. I just kept it up over 9% to be safe but I'll do that with the STR gems. =)
@Atomic = Thank you! I agree about the trinket and PvP garbage I'm in. =( It's been rough finding replacements but I'm farming the new ICC 5 mans for the boots in FoS and the trinket in HoR. As for the enchants, I'll double check those tomorrow and get some attack power put in . . . but how bad is having a STR enchant compared? I'm under the impression STR is the way to go over all other stats if I can get it. Would changing to AP give more than STR?
@Rest = Keep it coming, I don't want to be the one in the instance not pulling his weight so it's much appreciated!
Post by
atomicwolf22
For your boots use the exlted Ebon Hold till you can get better and do H-Toc for your bracers there are some nice 219 ones in there. Your hit cap is 263 or 8% but don't change the gems when you change the boots you will drop in hit so keep that in mind. As far as the enchants go I think that there only off a little in comparsion its not really that bad.
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Post by
dervasavred
WHOA, no 3rd Glyph in your DPS spec? No max Bladed Armor?
At least you are gemmed and Enchanted all the way around, though you need a different bracer enchant. The 15 Str to Gloves is debatable but it's actually somewhat equal to Crusher in this patch for Unholy, so I'd leave it be.
Post by
Adraunn
@Atomic = Off to get those boots you mentioned and I'll 10STR/10Hit and 20STR gem them - that should work great and thanks for the heads up on those (I cringe at lvl 200 boots but it's for now and will help).
@Tergal = Re-gemmed the STR as you mentioned and am sitting around 270 (just over 8%). =) Which enchants other than what I have do you recommend? I'll check here and on the AH but where I'm at server-wise, I have no guild or friends as I'm in transition to another server to join some co-workers. Though not immediate, I still need to keep up with gearing so I can jump into raiding again when I get there.
@Derva = Hmm, not sure what's showing (parsing from the Armory can be iffy at best), but I have GotGhoul, GoIT, and GoDD for my majors, minors are the typical Horn, Pestilence, and Raise Dead.
@Fo = Trinkets are not an easy commodity for DPS to come by when one is unguilded and casual for the time being. If I could find any epic DPS trinket, I'd change to it in a heart beat. The only reason I have on the Gossamer one is for the shield. So perhaps some feedback or suggestions rather than off-the-cuff, internet-anonymous commentary would be more mature and helpful.
Post by
Overcome
You should try to pick up the +str greatness card to replace that tank trinket.
Post by
Adraunn
Okay, I'm logging out of game so hopefully the Armory will update with the changes I've made so far. Round 2 for those of you that have helped so far and willing to give some more feedback. Some notes: The ring with the STR/STAM gem is purely for the meta on my helm, nothing I could do there. I dropped about 1300g in an hour getting these things switched around so hopefully it'll be met with some more DPS and smiles from my fellow DKs. New DPS trinket (which should go well with the other I have possibly giving 2k AP on proc), new boots (lvl 200 but oh well, good for now), and enchants added to boots and tweaked on bracers. Let me know what you guys think and again, thanks for the input!
EDIT:
@Overcome = I'd be happy with Greatness but the money on my server most ask is outrageous for it. =( I'm hoping what I have now, though, will suffice till I can get some lvl 245+ trinkets as they come.
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