Skull of Gul'dan Loot Priority in Burning Crusade Classic

TBC Posted 2022/02/17 at 6:30 AM by Zephan

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Protection Paladin

Mage

Shadow Priest

Boomkin Druid

Elemental Shaman

Warlock

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It should go without saying that loot distribution accounts for more than only who gains the most in theoretical DPS.

Warlocks will benefit most the most from the trinket, both on a single target as well as AoE DPS. Not only in phase 3 but also going forward until the release of WotLK.

Mages and Boomkins arguably gain a roughly similar amount of DPS. However, boomkins will be able to make use of the trinket for a longer time, whereas arcane mages will be making the switch over when more haste gear becomes available.

Shadow Priests and Elemental Shamans arguably gain the least out of Skull compared to the other classes discussed. They both got to use skull after Lust since they tend to overcap their GCDs, which make up a considerable part of their normal rotation.

Whilst Protection Paladin have an important role to fulfill in raids, the relative benefit compared to the alternatives is minor.

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Comment by Splitterrprot paladins are unironically on this list? lolComment by Durinn86The Ashtongue Talisman of Insight is actually bugged for mages. So change the guide.Comment by kellarGreat article, i too support warlocks getting it first.Comment by SeqqsyRemoved article as it assumes Mages are staying arcane for the rest of the expansion. You literally go fire the moment you get 4/5 T6 so this entire guide not only wrong but completely missed the point on mages.Comment by vlprgsThats one of the most cool-headed and proper articles on loot prio on wowhead. Even with bugged talisman for mages, when its get fixed, they have a lot more options for trinket than spriest and warlock with boomie. As always loot should go based on how useful to the raid it is as a whole and a reward for people that commit to the guild. If you're in the guild that will give skull to whatever class just because its "that class" and not the grey-parsing player, then you should pick better guild, not classComment by NaaberzArcane has already been simmed to be better the entire t6 all the way through to sunwell, so your information is wrong. Fights are just too quick with modern day DPS for fire to be meaningful. If you are in a noob guild then maybe fire is better, but arcane cooldowns are just too for short fights.Comment by NurlDeletedComment by NurlRemoved article as it assumes Mages are staying arcane for the rest of the expansion. You literally go fire the moment you get 4/5 T6 so this entire guide not only wrong but completely missed the point on mages.Comment by FiremitchThis is warlock propaganda. Fire is 600 dps behind arcane in full p3 bis and way more expensive. Maybe you haven’t actually simmed the specs?

Frost is actually simming better in p3 bis than fire believe it or not. LmaoComment by FiremitchIf it gets fixed*. There has been no response from blizz afaik. So from a ST perspective, ashtongue currently has lost 50% of its value and mages have a lot better argument on skull now.Comment by Mavick78Can someone help me understand how GCD is a factor in this discussion for Ele Shaman? AFAIK our rotation is not GCD locked unless our cast times happened to get under a 1s cast time, which I don't believe is possible. Am I missing something? I'm not disagreeing with being low prio, I just didn't imagine it being due to GCD limitations.Comment by XmcdizzleMages aren’t switching to fire at all this expansionComment by Dantoris only good if you assume that it stays active 100%, only works on undead.Comment by JuanchopanzaPost written by a warlock main, and WoWheads warlock class writer FYI.Comment by kellarRemoved article as it assumes Mages are staying arcane for the rest of the expansion. You literally go fire the moment you get 4/5 T6 so this entire guide not only wrong but completely missed the point on mages.Comment by SallaraPost written by a warlock main, and WoWheads warlock class writer FYI.Comment by Azureth is only good if you assume that it stays active 100%, only works on undead.Comment by MaygorYou are forgetting the huge stress on healers that arcane mages take and SWP will make this much worse. Healers will likely need innervates and the shadow priest or mana tide. An arcane mage is nothing without these things.Comment by MayiaMages aren’t switching to fire at all this expansionComment by FirathisMages aren’t switching to fire at all this expansion