SpellFlash: Biryani (DK)

flashing in action

About

SpellFlash module for Death Knights. Trying to optimize single-target DPS in raids.

  • Assumes a standard talent build.
  • Not meant to be used in PvP.
  • Will most likely be non-optimal in 5 mans.
  • Tanking is implemented but very basic.

DPS rotations have been mostly taken from EJ.

DPS Rotations

Frost priorities

At the moment the module assumes that you use the Glyph of Howling Blast. If you cant use HB for some reason, this module won't make you happy. :)

  1. Diseases
  2. Obliterate (with KM proc, frost/unholy pair is up or death pair is up)
  3. Frost Strike when 30 or less RP below cap (check options)
  4. Rime proc
  5. Obliterate
  6. Frost Strike (check options)
  7. Howling Blast when only one rune is up, doing so will allow a Frost Strike and KM has not procced
  8. Horn of Winter

Frost Cooldowns

  • Blood Tap (when blood pair on CD)
  • Pillar of Frost (whenever)
  • Empower Rune Weapon (when all runes on CD)

Frost Options

  • Can set the max time (in seconds) to wait with Frost Strike for Obliterate when Killing Machine has procced and Oblietrate ain't ready yet. Preset to 2.5secs. For example, if KM procs and you got enough RP for a FS and Obliterate has 2secs CD left, FS won't be flashed. Neither will be Howling Blast, unless you get a Rime proc or need the disease.

Unholy priorities

Will try to pool RP during Dark Transformation and try to get into a new Dark Transformation quickly after the current one ends. Will even keep HoW for the non-transformed phase.

  1. Diseases
  2. Dark Transformation
  3. D&D or Scourge Strike if unholy pair or death pair is up
  4. Festering strike if blood and frost pair is up
  5. Death Coil with Sudden Doom proc, Dark Transformation is running and RP 20 or less below cap
  6. D&D or Scourge Strike
  7. Festering Strike
  8. Horn of Winter

Unholy Cooldowns

  1. Blood Tap (when blood rune on CD or when 5x Shadow infusion)
  2. Unholy Frenzy (60+ RP to line it up with Summon Gargoyle)
  3. Summon Gargoyle (when Haste buff is running)
  4. Empower Rune Weapon (when all runes on CD)

Tanking

Blood is included but it will not even try to mimic a smart tank. It will simply try to maximize the number of Death Strikes you do and flash some CDs when you drop low. I do not intend to make it much smarter. It's just meant for tanks to use during farm raids or in phases where there isn't even a remote chance of dieing.

  1. Diseases
  2. Death Strike
  3. Rune Strike (high RP)
  4. Heart Strike (blood pair is up)
  5. Crimson Scourge proc
  6. Rune Strike
  7. Horn of Winter

ToDo / missing stuff

  • AoE rotation for DPS
  • Have a look at CPU usage. There may be a lot of room for improvement. Or maybe not. No idea yet.
  • Have a working version ready for MoP. Will most likely try to get it running shortly after addons start working on the beta servers.
  • Localization (low priority)

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Date created
May 02, 2012
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Last update
May 06, 2012
Development stage
Release
Language
  • deDE
  • enUS
License
Public Domain
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SpellFlash: Biryani (DK)
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12,212
Recent files
  • A: r12 for 4.3.4 May 06, 2012
  • R: v1.3 release for 4.3.4 May 05, 2012
  • A: r10 for 4.3.4 May 05, 2012
  • A: r9 for 4.3.4 May 05, 2012
  • A: r8 for 4.3.4 May 05, 2012

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