Chubah
Legend
I'm trying to find the most effective weapon for a 39 Survival Hunter, after doing some research I came across the 3 top choices:
Nail Spitter
77 - 145 Damage Speed 2.80
(39.7 damage per second)
+6 Agility
Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 4 (0.48% @ L39).
Charmed Ancient Bone Bow
74 - 138 Damage Speed 2.80
(38.0 damage per second)
+5 Agility
Equip: Increases your hit rating by 3 (0.54%).
Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 3 (0.36%).
Bow of Searing Arrows
79 - 148 Damage Speed 2.70
(42.0 damage per second)
Equip: Chance to strike your ranged target with a Searing Arrow for 18 to 26 Fire damage.
Before I start comparing them I have to mention that unfortunately as of 4.0.3, the Nail Spitter is no longer obtainable for the simple reason that the item "Small Scroll" that drops from the last boss in Razofen Kraul and starts the quest chain no longer drops. It's considered a grandfathered item now, don't try to farm it.
There are three things we need to keep in mind before we pick the weapon of our choice and those are the damage per second, weapon speed and stats each weapon provides. I'm not really sure whether a slow ranged weapon would be ideal in PVP, however weapons with slow attack speed tend to have high minimum and maximum damage, meaning that any special attacks will hit for more compared to fast weapons.
In that regard Bow of Searing Arrows is the king of damage per second, however it's damage output comes with a loss of stats but with an interesting proc. It has a 100% proc change to deal an additional 18-26 Fire damage, which can also crit, and that ability is on a 3 second cooldown.
Some might say the extra damage caused by that ability might not be worth mentioning, but by making some calculations it appears that the proc itself, even without criting at all, provides an extra 7 dps to the weapon. I'm not sure how high the crit chance of the proc is, but if it depends on your character's chance to crit then the proc alone could theoretically add an extra 11-12 dps to the weapon, which would be more valuable than a couple points to agility.
Anyway, I am not an expert in theorycrafting but I'm just trying to find out which of the above weapons will be the best damage wise. Any thoughts on this?
Nail Spitter
77 - 145 Damage Speed 2.80
(39.7 damage per second)
+6 Agility
Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 4 (0.48% @ L39).
Charmed Ancient Bone Bow
74 - 138 Damage Speed 2.80
(38.0 damage per second)
+5 Agility
Equip: Increases your hit rating by 3 (0.54%).
Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 3 (0.36%).
Bow of Searing Arrows
79 - 148 Damage Speed 2.70
(42.0 damage per second)
Equip: Chance to strike your ranged target with a Searing Arrow for 18 to 26 Fire damage.
Before I start comparing them I have to mention that unfortunately as of 4.0.3, the Nail Spitter is no longer obtainable for the simple reason that the item "Small Scroll" that drops from the last boss in Razofen Kraul and starts the quest chain no longer drops. It's considered a grandfathered item now, don't try to farm it.
There are three things we need to keep in mind before we pick the weapon of our choice and those are the damage per second, weapon speed and stats each weapon provides. I'm not really sure whether a slow ranged weapon would be ideal in PVP, however weapons with slow attack speed tend to have high minimum and maximum damage, meaning that any special attacks will hit for more compared to fast weapons.
In that regard Bow of Searing Arrows is the king of damage per second, however it's damage output comes with a loss of stats but with an interesting proc. It has a 100% proc change to deal an additional 18-26 Fire damage, which can also crit, and that ability is on a 3 second cooldown.
Some might say the extra damage caused by that ability might not be worth mentioning, but by making some calculations it appears that the proc itself, even without criting at all, provides an extra 7 dps to the weapon. I'm not sure how high the crit chance of the proc is, but if it depends on your character's chance to crit then the proc alone could theoretically add an extra 11-12 dps to the weapon, which would be more valuable than a couple points to agility.
Anyway, I am not an expert in theorycrafting but I'm just trying to find out which of the above weapons will be the best damage wise. Any thoughts on this?
