This is showing me on bloodmallet as the highest single target damage talent ok but when do you cast it to make it that way?
Do you cast it on CD or when you have nothing else to press? Anyone??
I cast skull splitter when under 20 rage and off gcd.
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That kinda makes sense I’m a venthyr arms warrior so maybe condemn (execute) > skull splitter > blah blah blah would be the priority but not sure…
Does skullsplitter have synergy with sweeping strikes? I can figure that out when the servers come back up I guess…
Skull splitter on CD <60 rage
I’d imagine someone with more detail will come along soon but for now, just from personal experience, its a mediocre damaging attack that puts you back into your rotation when getting low on rage. So on CD at <60 rage increases your over all damage to get more slams/ms/execute etc out. Not so much that the ability itself does the damage.
I’m Kyrian at the moment, and I’m thinking of dropping it, since I have too much rage in my opener, and high Overpower resets push Skullsplitter further back in the rotation.
I too run condemn. Usually on the initial start of the fight after my charge for bosses. I do skullsplitter then activate my cooldowns (avatar/colossus smash/trinket) so when I begin condemns, I’m sitting at a healthy 80 rage to start spamming.
If there is a group of mobs. Skill splitter does work with sweeping strikes. I will do sweeping strikes as I am charging then skill splitter before starting condemn and over power(dreadnaught) spams.
Skullsplitter isn’t designed to be a big dps hitting ability but more of a utility that has extra rage tied to it. So I try to use it when I’m getting low on rage for that extra ability to use. Or when opening an encounter for extra rage use.
I try and use it before cool downs so that my hard hitting abilities get the most out of it.
pretty much after studying my sims my opener is locked to (something close to this)
Charge Skullsplitter CD’s Condemn x4 -> ravager -> Condemn till <60 rage -> Skullsplitter/MS (pending on debuffs and rage)
Fairly close to that, but i personally prioritize Deep wounds > 40 rage Execute > Skullsplitter(<60rage) > MS and so forth.
This, when off GCD, but make sure when you use it, you benifit from all the rage it generates, no sense in useing skull splitter at max rage if you are not going to get any rage from it, toss out a few slams then use it.
Bloodmallet shows a baseline, that might not necessarily line up with your character. It would be wise to head over to raidbots.com and sim your character and make sure that Skullsplitter is the correct answer.
For Venthyr Arms Warriors a lot of the time Sudden Death (especially if you’re using a the Execute Conduit) will pull ahead of skull splitter.
Just sim it. It simmed lower in single target and multi target than Sudden Death for me. I also find I’m GCD capped at many points in the fight, bringing so much rage in at the start of fights and randomly through the middle with spear and bladestorm usage that I wouldn’t be able to get full value out of it.
Sudden Death is definitely the easier of the two talents. But if Skull Splitter feels better for you and you get good value, then go for it. The Sim was within 0.2% for me.