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Originally Posted by Goregasmic
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If you start a rogue twink I suppose you get the best ratio mainhand since it would have a bigger impact than backstab damage with a high damage weapon early on?
At what point would you start considering switching from a croaking dirk to something with higher backstab damage even if it has a worse ratio? When you get double backstab? Do you ever before epic?
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It depends on your level of twink. Let's assume in this example you don't have access to twinking your Rogue with no drop raid weapons.
Before you meet the level requirement to use Ragebringer, something like Rabid Chokidai Fang would be an easy weapon to get, and it has 14 weapon damage. It is a 14/29 weapon, so the ratio is worse.
According to my DPS calculator, Rabid Chokidai Fang is slightly better than Croaking Dirk from levels 10+ when you include backstab DPS. This assumes you are always backstabbing immediately on cooldown.
Practically speaking I would probably still use Croaking Dirk over Fang before I could use Ragebringer, as the DPS between the two weapons is quite close. My point is to show that a higher damage weapon with a worse ratio and worse delay can still do quite well due to the increased backstab damage.