by Jaraman » Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:16 pm
Aha, nice explanation Retron. Looks like Lassitue then is some sort of Lingering Sloth cousin who had a Reptile of the Skin parent in there somewhere.
Nectar of Agony got my attention. It apears to be a reverse splurt only slightly better than Nectar of Pain. NoP of course is cheaper and more efficient due to pre-TSS focusses. Agony does only a few points more damage per tic than Pain (40 more for rank2, or roughly 7 DPS more), but does have the -40 check versus NoP's -30. All in all, Agony is a better spell than Vengeance, and in my book, where slight mana costs aren't that important, it will rank in the top 3 DOTs to cast, raising our base DOT damage by 148 a tic as it pushes Vengeance down the totem pole.
Nectar of Agony, rank 2, -40 pr
720, 708, 696, 680, 668, 656, 644, 632, 632...
===> 6036 @ 9 tics
===> 5404 @ 8 tics
===> 4772 @ 7 tics
===> 4128 @ 6 tics
===> 3472 @ 5 tics
Nectar of Pain, -30 pr
680, 668, 656, 644, 632, 620, 608, 596, 596...
===> 5700 @ 9 tics
===> 5104 @ 8 tics
===> 4508 @ 7 tics
===> 3900 @ 6 tics
===> 3280 @ 5 tics
Juju, rank 2, -15 mr
757, 757, 757, 757, 757, 757
===> 4542 @ 6 tics
===> 3785 @ 5 tics
===> 3028 @ 4 tics
Vengeance of Ahnkaul, rank 2, -15
572, 572, 572, 572, 572, 572, 572, 572
===> 5148 @ 9 tics
===> 4576 @ 8 tics
===> 4004 @ 7 tics
===> 3432 @ 6 tics
===> 2860 @ 5 tics
The best solution is not either/or, but best-of.