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Originally Posted by Danth
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Did you keep track of average actions-per-minute between the two play styles? It was a long thread; I might've missed it. To me that's more important than a few seconds here or there in average killspeed. How much labor is the JBB saving?
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The DoTing Shaman requires a lot more labor. You have to never miss a server tick when casting spells that are under 6 seconds, even in combat when you can't really do that easily. You have to cast 10x cannibalizes and 5x spells per encounter minimum, plus you have to always be ready to deal with root breaks and spell resists.
JBB Shaman turns on auto attack, slows, sometimes roots to let the pet tank if they need to reduce a bit of damage, and press JBB every 8 seconds.
Both Shamans need to recast Regrowth, Celerity, and Cannibalize once every 15 minutes, with the DoTing Shaman needing to cast an additional Regrowth on the pet.
Basically my example for the DoTing Shaman was assuming the perfect scenario: You never fizzle, never get spell resists, never get root breaks, never take damage (even once), and you never miss a server tick.
This is why JBB is better. You end up saving quite a bit of mana and effort from not having to deal with most of that stuff.