

Regular flasks last for 2 hrs instead of 1 hr, cutting your flask bills in half.+80 Agility through Mixology if you’re using a Flask of the Winds or through Flask of Enhancement.This is not the case across the board however… Now with Cataclysm, Armor Penetration is a thing of the past and most professions are providing roughly the same dps-increase through +80 Agility. Other professions were still providing attack power, crit or other uninteresting stats. This was due to the ability to socket more Armor Penetration gems which provided more dps than any other stat. Towards the end of Wrath of the Lich King Jewelcrafting and Blacksmithing were the two best options. +80 Critical Strike Rating through Master of Anatomy (this is roughly equivalent to 25 Agility).Ĭrafting professions is where it’s at if you’re looking to maximize your dps-output.

You get +120 Stamina through Toughness, but that’s it. Timed correctly with other damage-increasing cooldowns this is very valuable, if used improperly without stacking any other damage-increase it’ll still provide roughly the equivalent of 47,5 Agility.

For these cases I’ve converted the increase in dps into Agility using Femaledwarf with a very standard SV build with tier 11 raid gear. Note: Some of these dps-increases can be hard to quantify properly and with that, compare to other dps-increases.

Having said that, this guide will not delve into the gold-making opportunities that each profession provides.īecause, this is a short guide to the direct dps-increases each profession provides and also a listing of some fringe benefits that are relevant to us hunters. And you will need gold to raid on a serious level, there will be lots of repairs, reforging to be done, flasks, potions, enchants and gems to be bought. But it is yet another way for you to maximize your potential and why wouldn’t you want to do that? On top of improving your dps, each profession provides you with additional ways of earning yourself some gold. Choosing your two professions will not have an enormous impact on your dps like say… messing up your rotation would.
