Given there are no respecs until we down the Dragon, I debate on how far to take down these skills so I can maximize CD as best I can while also not gimping myself until I get some Realm Levels under my belt. I only ATed twice (5 pts) so my current thought is this:

Crit: 39
Stealth: 37
Envenom: 37
Pierce: 37
CD: 26


Is 37 too low for Stealth/Envenom/Pierce? Obviously that's +11 from gear and then RR3 to get everything to 50. My concern is both the lack of respec stones as well as how long it will actually take me to get my crafted gear. :/

CD is really too high imo for a RR3 spec. Crit strike will be your main dmg from weapon styles, so I'd go at least 44 CS.

Personally, I'd go for a RR4 spec, 36 stealth/env, 39 pierce, 44 CS, 21 CD (assuming full autotrain).

The extra pierce will ensure that you have full weaponskill right from the beginning and slightly increase your base dmg and stun style damage, so the points are not wasted at low RR.

Would going 44 pierce and 39 CS work? Thought higher pierce would be better for weaponskill

*edit* Nevermind. Just read your writeup in another thread and see that CS does more damage overall. I'll be using the spec that you posted here, thanks.

shade wrote:CD is really too high imo for a RR3 spec. Crit strike will be your main dmg from weapon styles, so I'd go at least 44 CS.

Personally, I'd go for a RR4 spec, 36 stealth/env, 39 pierce, 44 CS, 21 CD (assuming full autotrain).

The extra pierce will ensure that you have full weaponskill right from the beginning and slightly increase your base dmg and stun style damage, so the points are not wasted at low RR.

so,

36 stealth/env
39 pierce
21 cd
44 cd

>

36 stealth/env
36 pierce
25 cd
44 cs?

in order to have at rr1 already 50 in weap and less difference?