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Silencing Shot in PvE - less or more DPS?
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Post by
Fjobben
I have been thinking about going MM for PvE with my guild, And I wonder, does the free GCD Silencing shot add your DPS, or not?
Silencing shot costs around 450 mana ony my hunter, if I remember corect, with survival build. That's pretty much in my opinion. It has 20 sec. CD wich is pretty much, costs 1 talent point and deals 'only' 50% weapon damage. It's (only) good news are that it's not on the GCD, meaning you can make a macro with steady shot, to cast them both at the same time. Has anyone done some calculations about this ability? I'd love to hear them. Thanks.
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Qlix
macro it to your Chimera or something... thats what most do ;)
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snub999
Flacco
already answered your main question but it should be noted that dps wise you should only switch to MM when you have high-end gear and the ability to maintain a high passive ArP rating.
This is false and has been mentioned and discussed before. MM does not require armor pen stacking or a lot of armor pen to perform well or pass SV in dps.
As answered above, yes silencing shot is a dps increase and should be taken with a MM build.
What he said. ArP is just another way to do MM.
Could be missing something here, but if you're having mana issues in the slightest would it still be wise to invest in Silencing Shot? I guess if it's on a 20 second cooldown it's not too bad though....
I was criticized for doing MM without a ilvl 226 weapon or stacking ArP. Even with a 213 weapon (Arrowsong) and some ArP (Under 100, Just on the gear I have, not gemmed or anything), I can still get around 3-4k DPS easily. And I use silencing shot for the same reasons others have.
People say it's not worth it because it's only 1% of your damage. What about those talents that boost your damage by 1%? Are they not worth it either? 1% in itself may not be much, but they quickly add up.
Post by
Fjobben
Thanks alot guys, gave me more ideas how my MM tree should be, also, thanks for replying quickly and come with some explanation about it.
Post by
Sokur
Silencing Shot is extra DPS. If you are having mana issues (10 man maybe, 25 man shuold not be a problem) you can simply unbind it from your shots to avoid dipping into Viper lowering your DPS.
Also, MM can be played well with any weapon and any gear. The ArP build is just another build that focuses on pure Physical damage (Auto, Steady, Aimed) and not on Arcane (Arcane Shot) or Nature (Chimera, Serpent Sting). The main thing is that the first part of
Chimera Shot
is 125% weapon damage, so the higher the level ranged weapon you have the harder the initial damage will be.
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/wave Dae
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