+25 agility to 2H weapon

[Monkey]

I believe someone did a crapton of math and came out with a point where it's generally better to go with STR over AGI for Fury builds, but I can't remember if it was one of the DW specs, fast 2H, slow 2H or something else entirely - Rishana's guides may have information pertaining to fast DW (since she and her buddy Xyshina seem to be enamored of it, even though I quite frankly think it's crap compared to the tried-and-true slow-main/fast-off) and possibly the other two types of DW.

From what little I can recall, I believe it was something like 20% crit for Dualling, 25% for Two-Handing, and after that, STR becomes superior to AGI.

For me, I've always preferred small amounts of AGI over small amounts of STR (e.g. I'd rather have +7 AGI versus +7 STR), while I'll take large amounts of STR over large amounts of AGI.
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My warrior is a fast-main/fast-off DW build. I'm running with Eskhander's Right Claw* in my main hand and Lobotomizer in my offhand (hoping to upgrade my offhand to a Core Hound Tooth soon).

For a long time, I generally preferred attack power because my bread-and-butter DPS ability is bloodthirst, which does damage based on attack power. But as my DPS has gone up, I've begun to look to crit instead. Here's the way I look at it:

7 Strength = 14 AP = 1 DPS :: 10 Strength = 20 AP ~1.5 DPS
10 Agility = 0.5% crit ~1% DPS

Because Flurry currently applies to hits and not just swings, it essentially gives you 2 extra hits when you crit, so 1/2% crit is about 1% DPS. Of course, this will change in 1.10, and there are some flaws in this math because of the hit penalty on DW, but I try to stack up +hit gear to compensate.

If you accept the above math (and don't sweat the 1.10 changes yet), Strength is a better than Agility on a 1:1 basis as long as your DPS is below 150. Above 150DPS, agility is better 1:1 than strength for a warrior with 3/3 Flurry.

Hope that helps!


*The proc from The Claw actually stacks with flurry and when it does, my MH attack speed goes way up. I haven't measured it, but I'd guess that I'm swinging at 0.6 speed. Using that rig with 3 pieces of Black Dragonscale and assorted blues, I've been hitting top ten and top five on my guild's damage meter in MC. Strangely, the real tanks think it's great while the rogues are hassling me to go back to wearing +def plate and to stop using daggers. ;)