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[Brista]

My Lifeforce Dirk gave me more damage with Ambush than Garrote - and that's a reward from Zul'Ferrak.  Why go with a DoT that might not get to it's listed damage and takes up a debuff slot?  If you're worried about Ambush aggro, wait an extra second or two.

I'm telling you, I seriously can't think of a single endgame example where Garrote beats Ambush.  Especially if you have even a half-decent dagger.  The only use I can imagine for it is giving another player a DoT in PvP to prevent stealth ...

Yes, there are theoretical situations where Garrote can surpass Ambush damage.  But this isn't mathcraft, and I haven't seen one of those situations yet.

Edit: okay, I thought of two cases where Garrote beats Ambush.  One - PvP versus Warriors.  They can have so much armor and +def that my Ambush won't crit and will do middling damage.  But, frankly, I'd rather stun Warriors.  Two - if you're somehow in stealth and disarmed - Garrote doesn't take a Melee Weapon.
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Apologies Quark, my previous maths was wrong. Patch 1.4 added in attack power to Ambush:

Ambush, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Riposte now properly increase the attack power contribution by the percent modifier.

http://www.wow-europe.com/en/patchnotes/pa...22-04-2005.html

So basically Garrotte got sidelined when they buffed Ambush. From a big picture viewpoint that's undesireable but it hardly seems something for a Rogue to complain about