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It's simply /cast Shadowmeld /cast !Stealth, and you need tp press it twice. But I often end up pressing Meld then Stealth rather than pressing the macro twice to stealth. Also, many things keep you in combat for no reason at the moment so there's that too.

Just visual display for CDs. Maybe I'll change it.

@@Shadenox okay thanks for replying ;:D

i think as always, ambush+garrote (for the siilences) then rupture 5+ combo points

Just some visual display for cooldowns. It looks nice. But I might change my UI a bit when I am in holidays, maybe this goes away, maybe not. We shall see !

Deathstalker does way more damage (thanks to Corrupt the Blood and Follow the Blood mainly) and has better defensive value (thanks to Ethereal Cloak). The only thing Fatebound does better is mobility with the 2x Shadowstep, and it's not so much of a gain that it is worth sacrificing the added damage and defensive of Deathstalker.

@@Shadenox Super interesting, so Darkest Night is a bonus but that's why your gameplay doesn't revolve around it at all (except for your opener). Makes sense, thx

I might get rid of that once I finally redo my UI. I can get pretty ... overwhelming, and it makes me less able to get good value of my omnibar since there is so much clutter in the middle of my screen. I think I'll most likely only keep my own damage.

pastebin.com/BmuiidTP tell me if that one works, I haven't updated the pastebin for a while, but I also think I haven't changed the omnibar settings so it *should* be up to date

They are the conquest PvP ones from WoD season 2 or 3 (same skin, different colors). You can find them in Ashran !

Yes, DoTs do the most damage by far so in most comps it's more valuable to make sure everyone in the enemy team is fully DoT'ed rather than use Envenom on your main target. Of course if you have the buff from Deathstalker's Mark then you can send a big Envenom with Shiv to deal 1M damage or so, and of course of your target is dying then in that situation it's also better to use Envenom to try and close the game.

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@@ShisuriaStromtrue that i strugle getting damage out

@@Westcoastco you need full dots on the enemy team the cc on healer,maybe a smoke bomb and win

@ ao full bleeds on both then cc healler smoke bomb deathmaker and kinsbanes?

@@Westcoastcoright 😉

Any tips u could give me to play shuffle

I often play the same thing yes because it's easy to cleave in shuffle and playing cleave is the best way as Assa right now. I do swap honor talents though, if there is nothing to disarm and if physical cleanse cloak isn't needed. Then I'll take Hemotoxin, and rarely I'll take the tricks talent if I have a fitting teammate.

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@Shadenox could you please answer this? Thanks alot for your educative videos.

Hey hey, sorry for the long delay before answering! (1) Crimson Tempest is your best global, damage wise, if it hits multiple enemies, especially if multiple Ruptures are rolling due to the Hero Talent Follow the Blood. That being said, if enemies are not DR'ed and you can land CC with Kidney Shot and/or Vanish/Meld Cheap Shot Garrote, then it holds priority over using Crimson Tempest. Also, if you still have Carnage + Improved Garrote buffs active, you'll prioritize refreshing empowered Garrotes because it is your highest source of damage, silences enemies and reduces the damage they deal, and you'll also prioritize reapplying AoE Ruptures (even if they are still around halfway) over Crimson Tempest, as it is a massive GCD gain for later and still deals really good instant damage due to applying Internal Bleeding in AoE and possibly Bone Spikes if you have charges. If you don't have Carnage to apply AoE bleeds and one (or more) target has Rupture about to fall, you'll also prioritze refreshing this over spending your Combo Points into Crimson Tempest because it gives you a stack of Scent of Blood, and contributes to your energy regeneration through Venomous Wounds, and you need to keep your energy high to press abilities and have good value out of Sanguine Blades. (2) This strategy is, ideally, what you'd always want to do. However there are scenarios that make it dangerous. You could be facing something such as Mage Warlock, or Balance Druid SP, or anything similar, with their healer being very far behind and then the moment you push on the healer you get CC'ed, possibly killed, while your healer also gets CC'ed because you're not here to stop Cyclone/Fear/Polymorph/whatever else, and your healer is forced to stand open field to be in range of you since you pushed in Or you're facing Warriors (like here) or DKs, and you want to stay near them to CC their burst with Cheap Shots, Dismantle etc because you know they'll all-in at start. You could also be facing very bursty DPS that can connect to you and anihilate you the moment you push on the enemy healer while also stopping your go. For instance you could be facing Ret Warrior, and the moment you push in the Warrior intervenes his healer (stopping your go) with a Stormbolt on you, and he + the Ret from a distance kill you. In that scenario your healer has to move forward to heal you, and cannot avoid CC from the Ret, and possibly follow-ups from the enemy team. Finally, you could also be paired with a class that really wants to CC the healer at start (a Hunter should, in theory, stun trap or trap off a sap into stun into silence), and in that case you'll just want to blow up the DPS because you know the healer is going to be in CC for a while (and so you can't swap to him right away). These are the things I'm thinking of right now, but there can be more, things happen in an arena match so you may have to act one way or another depending on what's been done. But, of course in any given match if there is a way for you to DoT all 3 enemies and CC all 3 enemies while not putting yourself or your team in any danger right from the opener, it's the best thing to do. I rewatched some of the rounds from that video, and I feel like I still attempt to do that though. For instance in the 1st round once I finally catch the Hunter and DoT him + have the Warrior DoT'ed up, my next move is to go for the Monk with Meld Cheap Shot. Second round we force Cocoon with 2x Sap Garrote, then i go for another target, get a trinket, and only then go for the Monk since the other two are rather safe, and we've got pressure on all 3 since the Monk will not be bleeding when I go back for his team, and so on. It just doesn't always look as clean and easy as "Cheap Shot both DPS opener with healer in a Sap, AoE DoT them, swap healer with Garrote Rupture Garrote Kidney and everyone dies". That's when they make it easy :p

@Shadenox Thanks 😊 Your answer and video helped me a lot.

pastebin.com/BmuiidTP let me know if it's out of date or something, but it should be ok

I don't have a weakaura for that. The addon OmniCC I think is reponsible for the timers. I got that like 6 years ago so I'm a bit unsure

I do, it feels like it does more cleave damage and that's what seems to matter right now. But Fatebound isn't bad !

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@@zzbd1n277 I never understood the point of those comments. Consuming time to watch, or at least click on, something you dislike, and then making the extra step to actually tell people "hey, I don't like it!". It is strange to me.

@@Shadenox There are many people who, just because they have a talking mouth, have not realized that they talk a lot, they say a lot of nonsense. I also don't understand why they spend their time watching exactly something they don't like... just so they can use their mouths? I really like your videos and advice and I love pvp, that's why I see you, you are a master

You can buy tokens to craft your PvP gear rather than the actual conquest gear this expansion. It's better to craft a 50/50 versa mastery pvp item rather than buy its conquest version, because the conquest version has less mastery and more versatility. And that's a bit too much.

You can play Assa Affli with Disc, it's actually rather good. Probably with Ele or Frost Mage as well.

I don't think so, I don't find the bracket that entertaining to play

are you blind?

@@muggetsuwow3758 Yes

I do play it.

@@the2fives it stacks

@@Shadenox Thanks!

I'm doing a few games here and there so I might! It is a bit of a messy bracket though, and much of it is decided by matchmaking. I don't like that too much!

Probably yea, Sub isn't seen much ever since it lost the CDR on Vanish

I'd say in 2v2. In most scenarios having stronger cleave is just better

I'm usually aligned with the current version, unless maybe I upload lets say a thursday and the game was recorded tuesday and the patch was on wednesday

The overall role is the same, do damage and CC people with Rogue stuff. It's a bit harder to get the hang of it due to the two additional players, but practise makes perfect!

I could only see that for Fatebound since it applies CB to Two Envenoms

I don't think it's any good as Assa and in all honestly I've not seen anyone at all use it, except maybe to have fun in one or two games in 2v2 or something. But as far as pushing rating is concerned people don't play Cold Blood as Assa

Yeah, it's super strong and much less frustrating than Cheat Death since you die through it half the time

@@Shadenox YEE switched myself

Fatebound isn't bad. I just feel like I do more damage with Deathstalker

@@Yokazz Yes!

Ok nice didnt thought so, thanks

That's the thing, since you usually want to DoT everyone and even attack the healer to generate good pressure you will either keep Blind for a while, or use it before you want to go for the healer, which is why you may use it in the opener. As for the few seconds it buys if you use it in the opener, they are not to be underestimated. Lets say you Blind a Disc who just entered combat before he could apply/refresh Atonement on his team. Then you stun and DoT everyone, and immediately swap to the Disc with a Garrote, then a Kidney Shot. His entire team will be dying, and once he comes out of CC he will need to spend a few extra globals to "setup" his healing, when it should already have been done. The same applies to most healers, they all benefit from having a few seconds to prepare the healing, basically, and you prevent that.