WotLK Whispering fanged Skull vs Death's Choice in MM PVP

[Purgeless]

I'm thinking which trinket to go for. I am really not sure. In MM pvp.

* 288 passive AP bonus is nice, against 3% passive crit, hunter's have load of crit anyway, almost 50% or more.
* Same time, the proc is much better, giving almost 500 extra AP.
* Not sure about the inner cd.

I hope someone who has put a lot of thought to it, can help me out. : ) Thanks.

[Mchaplain]

Death's Choice definitely.

Crit is considered a proc, since it gives a CHANCE for your shot to be critical. AP is something that's static and will ALWAYS contribute to your shots.

+ the proc from DC is increase in AGI, which also gives AP with CRIT.

You should always prefer things from which you benefit 100%, rather than on chance.

[Purgeless]

I know crit is RNG but Hunter's revolve around crit. Still I think you made a very good point. Thank you for that. Too bad you were the only one who wanted to help.

[krxconsial]

Love to see u Guys Rooting for a DEATH'S CHOICE
I don't know why some people rage when they see a Death's choice on a hunter,and keep telling us Deaths choice is not for hunter,Hunter player knows that DC aint BiS but 450agi procs gives a hell of an extra Dps

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Top hunter homerjay is using whispering fanged skull.

[HomerjayAT]

ye i am using skull. yet its really depending on your personal choice. dps wise they are nearly identical. the procc from skull is a bit stronger than the one from dc. dc has the better passive bonus (only by few dps). i chose skull since i dont really rely on proccs BUT prefer the good consistent crit bonus it gives me. there is a reason i always swap the target when i see an enemy hunter putting his roar of sacrifice on my target. no crit, no pressure. guess they procc equally well so ye, just preference :P most hunters use deaths choice. death choice would be better when u are playing with a pala thats buffing u with kings in pvp. then the agility procc scales a lot better than the ap procc.

[Wreckingbawl]

Death's Choice definitely.

Crit is considered a proc, since it gives a CHANCE for your shot to be critical. AP is something that's static and will ALWAYS contribute to your shots.

+ the proc from DC is increase in AGI, which also gives AP with CRIT.

You should always prefer things from which you benefit 100%, rather than on chance.

With that logic you would take +5 AP over +10000 crit. Crit is not considered a proc and it really seems like you shouldn't be giving other people advice.

[Mchaplain]

Right.

Tests and stuff like that are tests, you can do 100000 shots on the dummy and it will give you 50-60% crit, but PVP is different. You can be unlucky and get 5-6 shots non-crit in a row, which can be gamechanging, so yeah, if there's a chance of something happening then it is a proc, maybe not a proc a person like you understand but it really is.

Btw, to enlighten you, young student, proc = Programmed Random Occurrence, notice the random in it.

EDIT: Also, making a conclusion that my logic is like 5AP > 10000crit makes me wonder if you should be giving any advice not only to players, but to any human being.

[Purgeless]

Thank you all for this discussion. I learned a lot.

Homerjay, I made this thread actually because of your armory. I saw you using WFS and I just did not understand it. Thanks.