Kurask
04-05-2010, 01:25 PM
Couldn't decide whether this belonged in the HALP! forum or the Gear one.
Is the heroic version of Dreamhunter's Carbine (http://www.wowhead.com/item=51834) better than Rowan's Rifle of Silver Bullets (http://www.wowhead.com/item=50444) (in terms of survival; does the health outweigh the avoidance)?
My thoughts:
Using Dreamhunter's Carbine over Rowan's Rifle of Silver Bullets, you lose:
26 hit rating
34 dodge rating
34 parry rating
Usings Rowan's Rifle of Silver Bullets over Dreamhunter's Carbine (with talents), you lose:
26 stamina (with a Solid Majestic Zircon)
27 defense rating
29 shield block rating
95 block value.
4 strength
The dodge and parry combined from Rowan's gives .65% avoidance (in my current gear) over Dreamhunter's Carbine. With a boss swing timer of 1.5 seconds, over 8 minutes that avoidance can make an extra 2 attacks avoided. The hit from Rowan's is nice too for fights that would require reliable taunts, but a glyph swap can be used temporarily for that purpose.
Using Dreamhunter's over Rowan's, the block rating provides 2.01% block and an additional 95 block value. Using the same 1.5 second swing timer over an 8 minute fight, that block can make an additional 6 attacks blocked (3 blocked normally, 3 blocked critically). And of course, there's the additional 260 unbuffed health from the gun (with a Solid Majestic Zircon).
Is the heroic version of Dreamhunter's Carbine (http://www.wowhead.com/item=51834) better than Rowan's Rifle of Silver Bullets (http://www.wowhead.com/item=50444) (in terms of survival; does the health outweigh the avoidance)?
My thoughts:
Using Dreamhunter's Carbine over Rowan's Rifle of Silver Bullets, you lose:
26 hit rating
34 dodge rating
34 parry rating
Usings Rowan's Rifle of Silver Bullets over Dreamhunter's Carbine (with talents), you lose:
26 stamina (with a Solid Majestic Zircon)
27 defense rating
29 shield block rating
95 block value.
4 strength
The dodge and parry combined from Rowan's gives .65% avoidance (in my current gear) over Dreamhunter's Carbine. With a boss swing timer of 1.5 seconds, over 8 minutes that avoidance can make an extra 2 attacks avoided. The hit from Rowan's is nice too for fights that would require reliable taunts, but a glyph swap can be used temporarily for that purpose.
Using Dreamhunter's over Rowan's, the block rating provides 2.01% block and an additional 95 block value. Using the same 1.5 second swing timer over an 8 minute fight, that block can make an additional 6 attacks blocked (3 blocked normally, 3 blocked critically). And of course, there's the additional 260 unbuffed health from the gun (with a Solid Majestic Zircon).