This tactical makes the rotation incredibly easy for Annihilation while also significantly buffing DPS and making the discipline’s spammable filler Vicious Slash far stronger.Įnabling an automatic refresh of Rupture grants an extra ability slot to deal damage very 6 GCDs (a 17% increase) without any DPS loss versus having to use the ability to directly re-apply the DoT as would be necessary without the tactical.
These should provide high uptime of the ability to buff damage 25% and nearly continuous uptime of the 10% damage buff.Īnalysis: Rupture does very high overall damage in the discipline and its only drawback is a relatively short cooldown of 9 seconds / 6 GCDs requiring it to be reapplied far more often than more DoTs in the game. When taken together, the discipline will frequently have 3-5 chances each GCD to trigger the 6-piece set bonus to build a stack of Furious Power (and refresh the 4-piece set bonus 10% damage buff). Also, the discipline frequently has 3 DoTs ticking between Rupture, Force Rend and Deadly Saber. Annihilation should benefit from this set bonus even more than Carnage or Fury as each DoT tick can proc the set bonus to build stacks of Furious Power, providing a further buff through more frequent use of the new 6.0 ability to buff specific ability damage by 25%.Īs the discipline dual-wields lightsabers, many attacks deal damage multiple times and offer multiple chances to proc the 6-piece set bonus. The set bonus should provide a very high uptime on a straight 10% damage buff. The remaining tactical options for Annihilation are far less impressive and likely not relevant in PVE operations, though they could be extremely useful in running heroics and flashpoints to increase burst AoE damage and enable more frequent use of Annihilate without needing to steadily decrease its cooldown through sustained use.īetween the new ability and set bonus (and their strong synergy) and the powerful tactical, the discipline is as strong as ever in 6.0.Īnalysis: The only set bonus that is BIS across multiple advanced classes, Descent of the Fearless is BIS for all Juggernaut and Marauder DPS disciplines. With respect to tactical items and situational gameplay, Annihilation received a very strong option in Spiteful Saber that makes Rupture a one-time application DoT that can be refreshed via the rotation (i.e., in a similar fashion to how Lightning Sorc can refresh Affliction or AP Powertech can refresh Retractable Blade) as well as making the filler ability much more powerful via its extra tick of DoT damage. The ideal set bonus for the discipline, Descent of the Fearless, should provide a high-uptime 10% damage boost and much more frequent use of Furious Power.
It received a helpful new offensive cooldown, Furious Power, that can be used frequently to buff the damage of Annihilate (the discipline’s highest damage ability). The new expansion was good to Annihilation and should see it maintain its place as one of the top sustained DPS disciplines.
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