Enchantments

6.4 Enchantments

Enchant FAQ by Slant

Rogue enchant priorities

Combat rogue mainhand PvE:
crusader ¡Ý lifesteal > +15 agil >> +5dam > fiery ¡Ý +15str >>> unholy = icy

Combat rogue mainhand PvP:
lifesteal ¡Ý crusader > fiery > +15agil >> +5dam ¡Ý +15str >>> unholy = icy

Dagger rogue mainhand PvE:
+15 agil = crusader ¡Ý lifesteal = +5dam ¡Ý fiery > 15 str >>> unholy = icy

Dagger rogue mainhand PvP:
+5dam = +15 agil = lifesteal ¡Ý crusader = fiery > 15 str >>> unholy = icy

Offhand (all):
+15 agil ¡Ý lifesteal ¡Ý crusader > fiery > 15 str >>>>> +5dam > unholy = icy

> better than
>> much better than
>> much much better than
¡Ý better than or equal to (very close)
= equal to

Rogues, Instant Attacks and Procs

• Rogues have a real advantage when it comes to mainhand weapon procs. Procs are calculated as procs per minute, however this is internally expressed as a percentage value per attack. This means that when you spam 3 sinister strikes in the beginning of a fight your fiery enchant has a 84% chance to proc with a 2.80 speed weapon.
  
• Mainhand weapon procs tend to go off roughly 2X as often as their procs per minute would infer for combat rogues.
  
• Mainhand weapon procs tend to go off roughly 1.5X as often as their procs per minute would infer for dagger rogues.
  
  Crusader
  
• 75-125 point heal and +100 strength for 15 seconds
  
• crusader works on both weapons dual-wielding now. You will get two different icons (one per weapon)
  
• crusader is by far the best weapon buff for non-rogues and hunters as they get 2 attack per strength
  rogues get 1 attack per strength, so 100 attack or 7.14dps
  
• 7.14dps = +7.14dps on mainhand and +3.6 offhand (or +5.36dps offhand with imp dual wielding) the 7.14dps also adds to instant attacks. This is calculated by (weaponspeed * 7.14)= damage added to instants
  
• crusader is a buff so it isn't resistible, thus it is the best mainhand enchant for PvE raids
  
• crusader has a low proc-rate and a duration, so it is much less useful in PvP and soloing where it seems to always proc at the end of a fight
  
• crusader procs at a rate of 1 proc per minute. Thus a 2.80 speed weapon would proc 1/(60/2.80)= 4.67% chance per proc
  
  Lifesteal
  
• 30 point heal and 30 point shadow (since patch 1.9) damage per proc
  
• lifesteal procs at a rate of 6 procs per minute. Thus a 2.80 speed weapon would proc 6/(60/2.80)= 28.00% chance per proc
  
• lifesteal is better than crusader for PvP and soloing as it is atomic damage and healing
  
• lifesteal does 3dps and heals 3hps per hand with auto-attack alone
  
  Fiery
  
• 40 point fire damage per proc
  
• fiery does 4dps with auto attack alone
  
• fiery procs at a rate of 6 procs per minute. Thus a 2.80 speed weapon would proc 6/(60/2.80)= 28.00% chance per proc
  
  15 agil
  
• 15 agil = 15 attack = +1.07dps to mainhand and 0.54dps to offhand (0.80dps to offhand with imp dual wield)
  
• 15 agil = 0.52% crit = 1.03% dodge
  
  15 str
  
• 15 str = 15 attack = +1.07dps to mainhand and 0.54dps to offhand (0.80dps to offhand with imp dual wield)
  
  5 damage
  
• adds a flat 5 damage to every attack
  
• dps added is 5 / (speed of weapon), so on a 2.00 speed weapon like the barman shanker it would add 2.5dps to mainhand only
  
• useful for mainhand dagger rogues only
  
  Demonslaying
  
• 75-125 holy damage against demons and a 5 second stun
  
• don't know proc-rate
  
• useful if you're grinding on satyrs, basically
  
  Unholy/Icy
  
• unholy is worthless and icy has a very low proc-rate, don't bother
  
  Maelstrom/Heroism Cards
  
• No real tests have been performed yet for these procs. Hearsay says they are 1 proc per minute per hand. If this is true, they are worthy of being purple.