WotLK Oathbinder HC with STS or DC?

[Selaya]

Fair enough. However, I`d say using 'in a BiS setup (irrespective of SMourne) STS > DVHC' would be more spot on.

[SilverFlash]

Thanks for helping to decide.DC(n) is probably rated higher because it gives more ap then STS(n),which converts into sp for consecration,exorcism and holy wrath, idk if it affects the holy damage done by you(it probably does),but your holy damage scales with weapon damage too,so arp increases it also besides your ap,it makes sense,even if i don't have SHM yet(and its gonna stay that way for a time because the last quest is disabled).With rawr i tried reloading my character,tried remaking her too,but the values still differ from my ingame values,warmane' s formula is probably a bit off,like with defense rating(you need ~545-550 to be capped instead of 540(6% crit immunity).

[Lynea]

Fair enough. However, I`d say using 'in a BiS setup (irrespective of SMourne) STS > DVHC' would be more spot on.

Yes, I agree, and it was a mistake on my part to make it appear I meant otherwise. I could've explained better, and in retrospect, given the hostility of some posters here, I probably should have.

Thanks for helping to decide.DC(n) is probably rated higher because it gives more ap then STS(n),which converts into sp for consecration,exorcism and holy wrath, idk if it affects the holy damage done by you(it probably does),but your holy damage scales with weapon damage too,so arp increases it also besides your ap,it makes sense,even if i don't have SHM yet(and its gonna stay that way for a time because the last quest is disabled).With rawr i tried reloading my character,tried remaking her too,but the values still differ from my ingame values,warmane' s formula is probably a bit off,like with defense rating(you need ~545-550 to be capped instead of 540(6% crit immunity).

Yes, sp does benefit the bulk of your holy damage. It doesn't affect Righteous Vengeance's benefit from Crusader Strike and Divine Storm, though, nor the damage of your seal melee procs. But that's about it as far as I can remember off the top of my head. Sp does benefit Exorcism, Consecration and your seal ticks. Armor pen is our least desired stat by a fair amount, and while you really shouldn't avoid it because some items are just -that- good, you shouldn't actively be seeking the stat either.

[Selaya]

In general, your SP scaling tends to fall off with better gear as you will use less and less Exorcisms and Consecrations (due to them dropping in the priority list and you getting to DS more through 2t10 and higher haste values), leaving Judgements as your last regularly used SP scaling abilities, which certainly doesn`t work in favor of DVHC
And conveniently due to increased DS usage the value of ArP increases which favors STS

[Shorttemper]

Fair enough. However, I`d say using 'in a BiS setup (irrespective of SMourne) STS > DVHC' would be more spot on.

Can you dumb this down further by saying STS hc becomes more attractive in it's entirety when you have more offset items with ArP in them because the more ArP you have, more the benefit? I think thats the whole point Yhorema was trying to make. Ofc you'd only equip most of those ArP items at near BiS levels anyway.

[Selaya]

It`s more complicated than that. See my post above for a more in-depth explanation.