Did Frenzyband take over as best legendary for PVE content?
Seems to beat circle on AOE and single target in sims. Crafting my first legendary soon.
The thing about sims is that it doesn’t take into account there is more than just you doing dps.
While it may sim higher you have to remember that there are 2 other dps players in M+ blowing up trash.
In raids where you can get bleeds rolling and get the full effect it may be good.
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Different Legendaries for different situations.
Draught for single target
Circle for AoE
Apex for cleave
Frenzyband is the one that reduces Berserk right? Not saying the sims are wrong, but I don’t see how that would beat Circle in AoE situations, or in single target either really. Or else I’m just bias and not a real fan of it since I feel like Berserk is kind of a weak CD
Edit: Ah noticed it has the bleed effect added to it and it got a buff. That may change things.
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Yeah it was one of our two legendries that were buffed. not sure if its enough to make it BiS now, or like ScootScoot said, and its practical application is limited.
Feral
- Cat-Eye Curio now restores 30% Energy (was 25%).
- Increased both Frenzyband effects by 50%.
Circle works good for me in Single and AoE because buff bleeds
Circle is better aoe but it’s boring af.
Apex is fun but slightly less aoe. About the same single target.
Frenzy sounds good on paper but I’ve never used it. I’d love to know if it’s good in pve though with a necro bleed build.
Nothing has changed.
Craft draught first, then circle, then apex if you want.
Very low practicality
If incarn/berserk was 2 minutes it’d be pretty sweet, but the uptime is to low it feels. The damage Is pretty sweet during
Though and the reduction still feels bad.
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This would technically apply the DoT to all adds hit by swipe or thrash right during berserk? So another uncapped bleed during berserk.
But yeah not sure that would move it ahead of circle - also not even sure if the reduction is any good lol.
The problem with Frenzyband is our 3m cd (Berserk) is weak at its core.
The problem with dot legendaries is our dots are weak at their core.
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That and it seems we’re very either or when it comes to a ST / MT set up. Especially buffing berserk, Kind of gets in the way of multi target.
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You step away from Shred in favor of Rake if you’re using Berserk in an AoE situation.
4-5 Berserk buffed Rakes will do some insane damage (assuming it runs the full duration)
Compared to swipe primal wrath with apex bites on a 5 mob pull?
Nothing stopping you from doing that on top of Berserk.
Even without Berserk, I still try to get 3-4 Rakes out and rolling in an AoE setting (may not be back to back).
Stealth, Rake, Thrash, Swipe, PW, Rake, Swipe, Swipe, Bite, Bite, Swipe, Rake, Swipe, Bite, Swipes into Bites (pack should be close to dying so refreshing PW when it’ll only last 2-3 second isn’t worth taking over another Bite)
Berserk doesn’t buff Swipe, tab Rake is the way to go with Berserk up.
I just don’t use berserk in an AOE situation. 
And I don’t have nearly the soul ash to also get a Frenzyband going to try it.
I get that, the question is does tab raking do more damage then thrash swipe PW, apex bites, and if you’re going to ST with rake, does just going full ST make more sense.
Personally at a 3 minute cd, needing a 6 minute trash leg to use on trash and boss, I just don’t use it on trash.
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You’re only measuring Rake vs Swipe because you’ll have PW running anyway as your Apex bite engine. You just bite when it procs and go back to what you’re doing.
Remember that Thrash itself does pitiful damage, even in most AOE situations.
Thrash buffs rake.
The question is, does a beserk AoE pull out perform a non beserk AoE pull enough to justify not saving beserk for a boss?
Edit: And on the 3 target dummy set up… It appears to be a tie at best compared to just going in with a normal AoE rotation. Probably worse with more targets.