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I’ve noticed a significant decline in my performance since 9.2 started. In 9.1, my average parse for raid was 88.9 (heroic). Since 9.2 began, I’m hovering around 49.6 (again, heroic). So I’m trying to understand how to do better.
As far as I can tell, I’m set up for maximum damage. I’m Night Fae, which the guide says is the top DPS (and TUF) covenant. I set all my talents to maximize DPS, again according to the guide. My gearing strategy is set to all offense. I have the top damage legendaries, with the recommended secondary stats. I also have 2 damage reflection trinkets, which AMR says are second to none for damage. I don’t feel like I’m really playing any differently from 9.1, except that I’m now Night Fae instead of Kyrian. The only difference is that I now hit Faeline Stomp on cooldown instead of Weapons of Order - which is pretty frequently because of the Night Fae legendary.
For another point of comparison, our other tank is a brewmaster, and he’s blowing me out of the water on damage. He routinely does 25%-50% more damage than I do. His setup is completely different from mine. He’s Kyrian, he runs almost all different talents, he uses a different legendary, he runs DPS trinkets. To be fair, he also has 6 item levels on me (I started this tier as a mage, but that’s a whole other story). But I don’t feel like 6 item levels should make this huge of a difference, especially when AMR is telling me that I have a fantastic setup for damage.
Honestly, I’m doing OK. At 49.6th percentile, I’m the very definition of average. But it’s frustrating that my performance has dropped so precipitously since 9.1 and our other tank is putting out so much more damage than I am. I’ve thought about copying his setup, or maybe cribbing off of Icy Veins or Wowhead. But AMR has served me so faithfully since I started playing back in Legion. I’d really like to understand where I’m going wrong.
I’ll also include a link to last night’s logs. For last night, we both had our 4-piece tier bonus. Again, I was… fine (except when I died on Skolex). But I really want to be competitive here, not just OK.
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/ByQAGpZjVfHLMRw3
Thanks,
Korra the Mediocre Brewmaster