There doesn’t really seem to be conclusive data on how many stacks or when to activate the Web. Does AMR have info on when it deems it best to use, or does it just not use it and leaves it passive?
Yeah this is a tough one, and it can vary a lot from fight to fight and spec to spec. I think this is also what tends to make it a very popular trinket – it is easy to adapt to any rotation or fight.
As a starting point for determining the best frequency to use this trinket, we can look at the average intellect you would get over a fight if you use the trinket at various fixed intervals. The following results are using a 4-minute fight length, ilvl639 trinket, and tests every interval in 24 sec increments (multiples of 6), but it will always use the trinket in the last 20-30 sec of a fight no matter the interval:
use interval: 0 sec, avg passive stack: 20.50, avg int: 2173.00
use interval: 24 sec, avg passive stack: 1.60, avg int: 3160.43
use interval: 48 sec, avg passive stack: 3.30, avg int: 3340.63
use interval: 72 sec, avg passive stack: 5.12, avg int: 3550.25
use interval: 96 sec, avg passive stack: 6.70, avg int: 3701.03
use interval: 120 sec, avg passive stack: 8.03, avg int: 3857.65
use interval: 144 sec, avg passive stack: 9.03, avg int: 3963.65
use interval: 168 sec, avg passive stack: 10.82, avg int: 4154.45
use interval: 192 sec, avg passive stack: 13.50, avg int: 4421.83
use interval: 216 sec, avg passive stack: 15.90, avg int: 4692.40
So we can immediately see a few good rules of thumb for this data set:
- using it is always better than not using it
- using it once near the end of the fight gives the most average intellect gain
- using it about every 2 minutes (or more) gives you 80%+ of max average value
If a fight or your spec has a strong burst window, I’d say go ahead and use it twice in a typical ~4 minute fights, assuming you can line it up with said windows, with your first use at about the halfway-point or later in the fight.
For very short fights (think 2 minutes or less), timing becomes less important. Wait until you have 4-5 stacks then use it once during the best burst window available in the fight.
For very long fights (think a drawn-out 7-10-minute encounter), you should use it more often: wait until you have around 20 stacks and then use it at the next best burst window available to you.
Our rankings in our optimizer for this trinket are based a lot on some simulated results and log data. We specifically adjust the ranking of this trinket to put it pretty high for most specs – I think that most people are in pretty good agreement on the value of this trinket, so let us know if you think our ranking is too high or too low. It should be in a good spot right now as we just reviewed it last week.
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Amazing response. Thank you very much!