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So on about 1/2 the fights in Uldir there's almost no way I can stay at max range all the time.. I also can't be bothered to manage 2 different pots. Int all the way! Well, if you wanted to really optimize even further, you could pre-pot with Rising Death, and use the int pot for the 2nd one since ...

IN order words, respec out of that trait and take the generic one.

Yes, sim is at optimal range.
The dps increase is not very big over the int pot, so you can just use that unless you really wanna min-max.

How is that weird? You are too crit heavy, and your vers is too low.

No. Just follow your simmed stat weight.

So this guide is a bit confusing. Especially when the rotation has abilities in it that aren't even recommended like Mirror Image and Phoenix Flames. And then it has Pyroclasm and Meteor in the same rotation which obviously isn't possible. So maybe I'm just missing something? Or are we supposed to ...

If it procs while you're casting Frostbolt, just cast GS right after it.
If it procs while you're casting Ebonbolt, just shatter it and proceed with shattering GS.

There's an argument for cancelling frostbolt in the first scenario, but the dps gain is very small.

Not only does Ebonbolt on average generate more Brain Freeze than Frozen Touch, it's also on demand, which means it can control when you generate it.

Stats are a balancing act. Too much or too little of any stat tends to steer the weights to a different direction.

You should probably just use top gear in your gearing choices, and do away with weights when deciding what to wear

I wouldn't say impossible. We've been doing this combo since Legion, consistently. It's the low crit that breaks this tactics. I assure you, I know how to get carpal tunnel from Flurry, but even if the hard cast lands on time the crit is not guaranteed. Which is a big dps loss. That;s a different t...

You don't really pyro fish with Scorch, due to travel time, and you don't want to wait to see if the first scorch crit.

Just do Scorch->Scorch-> Pyro.

You can replace your 2nd scorch with a pyro if you notice the pyro critting. Obviously, use any instant cast you have.

OK my big concern with this hardcasting into Brain Freeze thing is that it doesn't work. It's more unreliable than people seem to think. I'm trying to do this on a traget dummy, standing still, at max range, and it still misses sometimes. Impossible to pull it off 100% of the time in raid... If thi...

Please don't weave Frostbolt with IL. You're just gonna increase your chance to munch a FoF or BF.

I'm not sure where you're reading that, but FOF almost never takes priority if there is a chance you'd much a BF. If you're midcasting FB and have both BF and FOF, you'd cast the flurry and munch the FOF There is almost no reason to purposely cast FB before IL. This is a remnant from Legion where th...

Yeh of course, but when you shatter the GS/EB with Flurry follow with IL also?
It's what i've been doing, but i feel my dps is a bit low. Was Just confirming.

Correct.

Hey guys, Question, are we shattering an IL after GS/EB casts like the standard IV rotation? I'm not seeing it in the SimC APL so leading me to believe we only cast IL on FoF proc. I think i'm wasting DPS by shattering the IL's after these spells. ty in advance. What You don't shatter an IL after G...

So I'm not sure why, but currently when I sim ST as LW/EB/CS/TV I sim for more DPS than any other talent combination. Why would this be? Is this just the sim being wonky but in real practice GS comes out ahead? Currently sitting at 20% crit and 12% haste at 333ilvl. Can you provide a link to that s...

Trash packs are definitely a no brainer, that's just insane damage with the freeze and comet storm. But I don't get how frostbolt, icelance and flurry is less than 40% of our damage for ST dps. Check your recount/skada/details/logs the next time you do a ST fight. *shrug* ETA: For example, this is ...

Nope. While it might be a technical gain for frostbolt, it's a straight up dps loss to cancel EB.
Just shatter it and use the resulting BF for your GS.

So these might be stupid questions but I'm curious about them. For single target DPS how can Bone Chilling push out more numbers than Lonely Winter? I know it's 5% damage to Frozen orb, glacial spike, and comet storm but Frostbolt, ice Lance and flurry are your main attacks and thats 25% damage. I'...