I’m gonna be the voice of reason and say that all the BDK sets blowed this expansion but running umbilicus eternus with S2 was kinda funny
Season 2 was annoying having to get the Frostwrym and then you have to watch your pulls not once but twice so that you don’t accidentally pull a group, plus the bonus was meh.
S2 set was only good when you could cancel aura for umbilicus. When they removed that it was very, very bad.
There is no rng in the S2 set when VB uptime is insanely high.
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I voted season 1 cause I don’t understand Spanish.
Season 3 is the best. The most interesting element of any of the set bonuses is the synergy between Rune of Sanguination (allowing Death Strike to hit extremely hard in execute range) and having 100% uptime on the set bonus damage during Soul Reaper’s usage. DK tank damage actually becomes competitive during execute range, which is often when damage is most impactful in general.
Season 2 isn’t terrible, but unreliable from a defensive perspective. One of the advantages of Vampiric Blood is that it’s useful as both a proactive or reactive timer (popping it after you’ve already taken a big hit). The set bonus encourages you to use it on cooldown, which removes this flexibility. VB ordinarily has no offensive bonus, so using it purely for the set bonus feels wasteful. And finally it forces your talent build to take 2 points in Red Thirst, which seriously limits your options with more situational tools like Gorefiend’s or Rune Tap.
Vote Season 3.
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Season 3 is BiS. You can still VB with Season 3.
Season 2 is Mids. You do not get the Season 3 damage steroid or the DR.
Season 1 is an active prank against the community.
If you feel unsafe in Season 3, you are making fundamental mistakes in your resource management. Work on that, then enjoy the added power of the Season 3 bonuses instead of Season 2s slightly increased uptime on a stamina buff.
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I really don’t understand how you can say such an outrageous thing, I can tell you don’t do high stones where a 10% damage reduction is better than an RNG of more life.
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s2 is better because you dont need to rely on s3 which has a cap of 5 targets and s2 doesnt have a limit for a chance to proc. also the umbilicus talent and proccing vb has good synergy.
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it has a cap on Heartstrike yes but if your running Abom limb which does NOT have a cap then no your incorrect on that one and even then you can also just tab target out to other mobs on a second proc which you will get when your in a big pull i can go on my dk pop cd’s and pull 40 mobs and sit and laugh at full hp the whole time abom and cd’s run and even then i can still pull 10-15 mobs when i dont have it the S3 set is by far the best and if this goes through you will see 90% of the competitive DK players stop playing dk cause S2’s set bonus is meh
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S3 is far better just due to the fact that it is far less downtime of the damage reduction in keys alone. s2 uptime of vamp blood can’t even compare.
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grimrail owns dude what lol, you ok?
God, please not the umbicilus crap again,let us choose the set we want. S3 set brings very nice dmg output that’s all that matters.
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You never run UE and havent ever this expac… its garbage… whoevers saying to take it just doesnt understand how it works.
Youre using a defensive already. Why do you need something afterwards? Especially when UE shield blocks your blood shield…
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Also since we need another reminder. S3 tierset is just its 2set. 4p adds nothing of value. Thats the reason we ran 2p+2p at the beginning before they nerfed old set.
I mean sure, if you are pumping 20 , you don’t need UE . But on high fortified keys you literally take everytihng you have and since 2s set synergizes with UE you have to take it on hight forti. It’s sh1t but it’s something.
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Thats high copium… highest keys as blood arent using it. We literally have the bdk mods from the dk discord running 28/29s without it… youre expecting UE to save you when youre already using a defensive that boosts your hp by 30% and increases your absorbs. If you cant survive with that, then the insignificant shield that UE gives, is not going to save you afterwards… and yes, the shield from UE is very insignificant. A death strike would give you a bigger shield free.
Bro, if you don’t know what you are talking about, then don’t . Go check all leaderboard from season 2 . Everyone runs UE . Because you are forced to pick every single defensive option possible for hight keys. This season you don’t have to pick it since it doesn’t synergize with set, i don’t even know why i am explaining this if you are sitting on dk discords.
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Lmao… that is coming from the dk discord. UE is a wasted talent point that gives you nothing but false assurance that youll survive…
Its real easy to tell UE is wasted when you see more people not running UE on 28/27s, then those that are using it on the same key range…
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I feel like i am talking to a wall. Once again. Go to raider . io . Season 2 . BDK leaderboard. Everyone runs UE .
Go to warcarft logs. Pick a season 2 dungeon that destroys BDK like Freehold. For example freehold 28 . Check builds. Majority UE.
I am running 28 this season and i don’t play UE . yes , but i am telling you , you will have to pick this crap once we get season 2 set unless you play 20 .
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