JBB, is it really that good?

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by Snaggles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It’s “free” sub 60 but with Torp it’s an opportunity cost. There are other things someone can do with that time. Like make more mana while waiting for dots and torp to run its course.

What people are failing to grasp is that time is a finite resource. Player clicks are often less than robotically perfect. Even if you could script the perfect rotation, which you can’t and it’s not legal anyways, I can’t imagine how you could fit in a JBB with efficiency. Simply look at Bane…it does 6x the damage and is a 3 second quicker cast. Torp heals for approximately 5x the DD of a JBB and is also a second quicker. This is math, not creative writing class…

If someone here can manipulate time and space I hope they are finding something better to do with that super power than sneaking in a 268dd click on an elf sim.

The concept people are failing to grasp is HP and Mana
are finite. You are assuming you always have the HP/Mana to cannibalize or DoT.

When fighting hard mobs this isn't always the case. You can get damage spiked and then have to wait 3 Torpor ticks to get back to safe levels. If all your DoTs and debuffs are applied, you have nothing to do since you cannot cannibalize. You can JBB in that time with no opportunity cost.

JBB is also not very high on hate generation. In my cliff golem video https://youtu.be/umuVBewCNgY?feature=shared JBB was how I was able to keep my pet on the top of the hate list. If I was spamming Bane/Pox, I would need to face tank the cliff golem. With the changes to poison/disease hate generation this may not be as big of an issue, but this is another use case if you want to have your pet tank.

JBB is also useful at 60 for clearing trash mobs.

There are plenty of uses for it. Please stop telling people JBB isn't good at 60. You simply haven't played a Shaman enough.

I also noticed you haven't done anything with those Ionat logs.