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How much Crit is enough?
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Post by
PrimeSonic
I recently broke 26% unbuffed crit on my Discipline priest. My armory link is in my profile (I may have my grinding cloak on instead of my healing cloak).
My thought process was this:
-I'll never have the big heals of a Holy priest
-Critical heals I deal are big and give many extra perks
-I'll stack crit as much as I can, sacrificing a bit of spellpower if I must
I know there are still items I can upgrade via heroics, emblems, better enchants, ect. My question is just how far can I expect to get it? How much more can I keep raising it until diminishing returns keeps me from going any further?
3.1 will see me get 3% more crit from talents. That's a plus. I'd like to break 30% unbuffed crit after 3.1 if possible. I'd like to go even higher if that were possible too.
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Post by
PrimeSonic
That would all be great and good but PW:S lasts less than 5 seconds sometimes on the main tank, leaving you with nothing else to do but heal until Weakened Soul is done and pray for some free shields which will also get blown off long before Weakened Sol is done.
So let me ask again: How much crit should I be aiming for before I begin to loose too much on other stats?
Consider that I have limited access to 25 man raids cause my guild is currently going downhill.
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Post by
Patty
Basically, stack crit until just before you get diminishing returns probably.
Post by
Paolo
Spellpower is always a stronger stat for throughput than crit. It's not as sexy, but don't skimp on it!
My crit has fluctuated quite a bit. I've had over 33% unbuffed. But you be the judge: would you prefer 1.6% crit from
Forge Ember
or 200 steady spell power from
Dragon Soul
? (That's a rhetorial question, btw.) So actually my crit rate has gone down quite a bit as I've geared up, and I'm now sitting at just under 29%.
Also, some of the 213 gear has slightly lower crit rating than its level 200 counterparts; consider a nice
belt from Naxx25
, and how it upgrades from the
belt from Heroic AN
. Some people would keep the AN belt, but my point is that upgraded gear doesn't necessarily mean higher crit. In this case you get a healthy dollop of regen, which we'll be needing more of in 3.1.
Focus on crit for sure, but don't get hung up on it.
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337053
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Post by
Paolo
Once you hit 25% unbuffed Holy crit,
you're generally better off getting Haste to 10%
unbuffed...
/faint
Who are you and what have you done with Seneca?
Post by
Pachuca
That makes me happy, that my current stats are around what Seneca recommends. My armory profile is in my signature but I'm currently rocking almost 27% holy crit (goes well beyond 30% with raid buffs, totems, auras, etc.), 9% haste, and over 2100 SP with inner fire. I've currently got my eye on intellect gems for Ulduar.
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Post by
PrimeSonic
god you didnt even enchant yet.god mode here i come.lol
All of my enchants are spellpower based save a small, negligible one on my shoulder.
Post by
karlusdavius
Wow people are actually listening and following my advice with haste now. and to think of all that QQ i got for it...#
40% will be the diminishing returns cap i think. im hitting 36% raid buffed now. so im not far off. and thats without my BiS trinkets. but i haven't raided in god knows when
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