I grudgingly played Raekor's in 2.1 and 2.2. I hated the horrible single target damage, and felt I was wasting so very much fury generation. One thought I always contemplated is using 4 Raekor with 3 IK and then a single-target spender based on either Fury of the Vanished Peak (Seismic Slam) or Gavel of Judgment (HotA). The problem was that there was no way to fit Vile Ward into the equation.
But now, one can extract the Vile Ward passive on the Cube, along with RoRG and, of course, the Furnace. The idea would be Raekor shoulders, IK belt, and 5 items (3R/2IK) between chest, head, gloves, boots and pants. Then, you would plug in the legendary two-hander, and have something that would both assail single-target and put the fury to use.
The continued fury expenditure would also fuel 4IK to keep WOTB active, as well as having constant ancients. And, you still get the massive trash-mob smashing power of Vile Wards. Thoughts?
It won't stand up to Whirlwind set ever. Raekor is flawed for single target even with those addition to it.
Whirlwind is getting 1.5b crits on 1 target with a single tornado now. Even if the Hammer bracers only effect Hammer they can still clear 67-68 in current iteration on PTR.
The dust devils on WW just do way too much damage. I'm not certain that raekors can come close unless they address the single target dps. Single target still sucks on WW but it's not as low as Raekors.
I guess my vision triggers on the absurd amount of fury that Raekor's generates incidentally. But I do have to wonder if the 2500% dust devils from Wastes is still more damage to a single target than the big spenders this idea revolves around. The two questions are:
1. Is Raekors comparable in mob damage to 5WW/3IK?
2. Is HotA/SS comparable in single target damage to 5WW/3IK?
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I grudgingly played Raekor's in 2.1 and 2.2. I hated the horrible single target damage, and felt I was wasting so very much fury generation. One thought I always contemplated is using 4 Raekor with 3 IK and then a single-target spender based on either Fury of the Vanished Peak (Seismic Slam) or Gavel of Judgment (HotA). The problem was that there was no way to fit Vile Ward into the equation.
But now, one can extract the Vile Ward passive on the Cube, along with RoRG and, of course, the Furnace. The idea would be Raekor shoulders, IK belt, and 5 items (3R/2IK) between chest, head, gloves, boots and pants. Then, you would plug in the legendary two-hander, and have something that would both assail single-target and put the fury to use.
The continued fury expenditure would also fuel 4IK to keep WOTB active, as well as having constant ancients. And, you still get the massive trash-mob smashing power of Vile Wards. Thoughts?
Or perhaps my idea sucks...
It won't stand up to Whirlwind set ever. Raekor is flawed for single target even with those addition to it.
Whirlwind is getting 1.5b crits on 1 target with a single tornado now. Even if the Hammer bracers only effect Hammer they can still clear 67-68 in current iteration on PTR.
The dust devils on WW just do way too much damage. I'm not certain that raekors can come close unless they address the single target dps. Single target still sucks on WW but it's not as low as Raekors.
I guess my vision triggers on the absurd amount of fury that Raekor's generates incidentally. But I do have to wonder if the 2500% dust devils from Wastes is still more damage to a single target than the big spenders this idea revolves around. The two questions are:
1. Is Raekors comparable in mob damage to 5WW/3IK?
2. Is HotA/SS comparable in single target damage to 5WW/3IK?