Why people prefer combat before assanation in pve raiding ?
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Why people prefer combat before assanation in pve raiding ?
Combat brings a unique debuff to the raid (Savage Combat), while Assassin doesnt.
Combat has better burst duo to cooldowns, better aoe pressure, and does overall more dmg than Assassin at BIS.
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Originally Posted by Gnimo
This gets asked a lot. But anyway, to expand on Gnimo's answer in greater detail
Assassination Rogue pros:
- Higher single target damage from low gear levels to at least mid-ICC gear levels.
- Much easier to gear up. No other spec should even roll for Daggers against you. Lots of other pieces sought out by Assassination Rogues often have little or no competition over them. The EoF trinket is even something like your 3rd or 4th BiS as Assassination. Combat Rogues on the other hand share BiS pieces with numerous other specs, including their weapons.
- Not CD dependent. I.e., the spec is able to consistently push out almost the same amount of DPS the entire time, with the only significant variations being from Bloodlust and trinket procs. Typically this isn't a terribly big advantage.
- Not dependent on the Prey on the Weak talent. In some progression fights a Combat Rogue can be set back a good bit by his HP getting too low. This is especially notable on Anub'arak Phase 3 for instance - a fight where Combat Rogues would otherwise shine due to Blade Flurry being invaluable there - because of the Leeching Swarm debuff.
Combat Rogue pros:
- Highest overall single target damage at end-game gear.
- Much better AoE for the most part, and the only real cleaving spec of the two.
- Has very powerful Cooldowns, which means a good Combat Rogue will for instance be able to make the measured decision of using them to increase his DPS during the critical component(s) of a fight. This can also mean stronger threat transfer when it's needed, when those CDs are used in conjunction with TotT.
- The Savage Combat debuff is essentially unique to Combat Rogues, because Arms Warriors aren't a spec often brought to raids.