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REVISION: This is a major revision, I'd take a look again if you've seen it before.
- Fixed damage calculation to RAP/14 speed
- Added weapon + ammo DPS
- Added effect of AotV
- Changed speed to 2.8 seconds to get the correct multiplier for aimed and multi shot
- Considered a wider range of RAP (for illustration, really)
- Now added effect of 15 increase of quiver
Things NOT in this version:
- Didn't take into account talents like RWS or Barrage
- Didn't take crit chance into account.
- Didn't have any buffs at all besides AotV
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So I just got Steady Shot a few days ago, and am trying to work out a shot rotation with it.
Description:
Quote:
Requires Level 66
110 Mana8-35 yd range
1.5 sec cast
Requires Ranged Weapon
A steady shot that causes 100 damage. Causes an additional 175 damage against Dazed targets. 30 of your Ranged Attack Power is added to Steady Shot's damage.
So let's look at the level 70 scenario for a moment. Look at a few shot rotations using a reasonably well-geared hunter (in roughly 10-second cycle blocks). Note that I'm using mana regen as 0.31 mps (mana per second), with a 5 second delay after casting. Also assume the hunter has spirit = 130 and 5000 mana at level 70 (ballpark figure). Also consider a decent DPS weapon (70 dps) plus 30 dps arrows.
NOTE: I'll give a summary table first, then go into math to derive it at the end for people to look at if interested.
Here are the rotations:
Aimed + multi : old 10-second rotation of aimed shot + multi + autoshot (10 second rotation, other variants exist) Arcane: Spam arcane shot every 6 seconds. (12 second rotation) Steady shot spam: Spam steady shot every 1.5 seconds (12 second rotation) Steady spam alt: Alternate steady shot with autoshot (12 second rotation) Multi+steady: multishot, then steady shot spam (10 second rotation) Autoshot only
Spirit 130 Int 200 Mana5000 ManaPer5 (AotV) 50 ManaPer1 (Spi) 40.3 Aimed Shot Mana -370Aimed Cast3.043478261 Multi Shot Mana -275 Arcane Shot Mana-230 Steady Shot Mana-110Steady Cast1.304347826 Wep DPS 70 Speed: 2.8 Damage per shot 196 Ammo DPS 30 Haste 1.15 1000 480 423 400 1350 685 1500 580 498 550 1450 785 2000 680 573 700 1550 885 2500 780 648 850 1650 985 3000 880 723 1000 17501085 Cycle Mana Consumption spamSteady only Mana per sec -4 -20 -74 -32-105 -91151 Time to Drink (s) 1337 250 67 155 48 55-33 Drink Penalty0.98 0.89 0.690.840.61 0.65 1.00 Single-Pool Damage RAP spamSteady only 1000 401 268 504 350 430 547197 1500 462 321 660 449 485 707238 2000 523 375 816 548 540 868279 2500 584 428 972 646 595 1029320 3000 645 482 1128 745 650 1189361 Average Damage Per Hour RAP spamSteady only 1000 392 239 348 294 264 354197 1500 452 287 456 376 298 458238 2000 511 335 564 459 331 562279 2500 571 382 672 542 365 666320 3000 631 430 780 624 399 770361
Synopsis:
A) Multi+aimed is dead. Forget about it. Arcane shot spam gives almost the same DPS for less than half the cost.
B) Aimed + auto is also dead. Almost the same amount of damage as autoshot only, but you have to spend mana to get there.
C) Multi + Steady shot spam is the highest single-cycle DPS, with moderate mana costs.
D) Steady shot spam is barely ahead of multi+steady shot in long-term DPS after quiver is used. This doesn't include barrage talent, so it will probably lose out in the long run.
E) The "only use autoshot while grinding" mentality is a falacy. You should be spamming steady shot when you are grinding. It maximizes your DPS over a long period of time, EVEN if you have to drink every 2 minutes or so.
My conclusion: Yay steady shot! GG Blizz. Super duper spell that buffs our class a lot. It should now be your spam button. But you can still use multishot if you want to (obviously not if there is CC'd mobs around).
So the uses of each shot are now:
-Aimed shot: PVP opener. Also with misdirection you can give your tank some aggro with this.
-Arcane shot: PVP instant shot and kiting.
-Steady shot: Your new move for PVE grinding and boss fights.
-Multi shot: Hitting multiple mobs (gasp!), or single-target cycled dps