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I tried Evanesce last time, but it didn't seem to work. 00:01:07.682 Razilon gains Evanesce from Razilon 00:01:07.682 Razilon casts Evanesce 00:01:09.495 Razilon is afflicted by Gushing Wounds from The Butcher 00:01:09.499 The Butcher Cleave Razilon 110279 00:01:10.496 The Butcher Gushing Wounds Raz...

It's because unlike all the other buffs which are percentage-based, Mastery is a 550 stat buff, which at current gear levels can sometimes be enough to push it to the top of the list rating-wise. I ended up just making an equipment set that removed any piece of gear with mastery on it, so even with ...

Just a note for AskMrRobot users:
AMR handles the 3% crit suppression for you now if you have it set to optimize for raid bosses, so if you're setting custom weights, you need to use 33.33% as the crit breakpoint instead of 36.33%.

I guess the more relevant question is why is Versatility only really high for Frost as opposed to all three specs?

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Is it still worth delaying Combustion to line up with PBoI, or is that less relevant now with the removal of the AT/PoM combo?

I figured I'd change this up a bit from the usual "Help me with my DPS" thread on this forum. What I'm most curious is about defensive cooldowns: 1. What defensive talents do you prefer to run for each fight? 2. Do you try to save your defensive CDs for specific abilities on the fight or just use th...