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Mutilate in 3.3.3 Rupture again?
By Uncleleo | February 23, 2010
Rupture: The damage-over-time component of this ability can now produce critical strikes.
It seems like such a simple sentence of blue text. But it’s been blown up and the Forums and Blogging community are a buzz yet again. Ahh Rogue Speculation. It’s so fun to watch. Everyone’s waiting to hear what the best spec is for this patch. Here’s a couple links to the forums that have good discussions going on;
Elitist Jerks
Wowhead
MMO Champion
No one really knows for sure which Rogue spec is going to top the DPS meters. Not until the patch is final. But one thing is for sure the two button mutilate build we enjoyed for a couple months is in jeopardy as Blizz tries to revive Rupture.
Here are the three major unanswered questions for Rogues so far;
1)Combat vs. Mutilate – This has been the back and forth spec battle over the past two patches. Mutilate with this patch loses nothing and has possible gains. But does Combat gain enough with a Rupture finisher as opposed to the normal Eviscerate finisher to get back to the top?
2)Mutilate Haste vs. Crit – Ruptureless Mutilate focuses on Haste. Mutilate w/ Rupture would focus on crit. What would we do with all this haste we’ve been gemming for? Would we focus on AP?
3)Glyph – Tricks of the Trade vs. Rupture – Basically this is the one thing I see most people talking about on the forums. The argument is that although adding a glyphed Rupture to your rotation may raise your DPS you might be losing out on raid wide DPS by not using a glyphed Tricks of the Trade on every cooldown. This is a viable argument and honestly this will probably be the most contested point to TotT vs. Rupture. How many Rogues would see a decrease in their personal DPS and want to sacrifice that DPS for the good of the raid group?
We all wait with bated breath for EJ to release their ever so popular spreadsheet and put an end to this speculation.
O yea and subtlety is getting some buffs…*snickers*
Keep up with the latest PTR patch notes here!