Whats the top DPS spec?
If I had to pick a tree, I’d say Assassination, but Combat isn’t too far behind. Above 35% Combat does somewhat (~2%) more DPS, but once you get below 35% and Murderous Intent kicks in, Assassination jumps significantly (~15%) ahead. Averaged across the duration of a typical fight Assassination is generally around 4% ahead, but depending on when the “hard” parts of the fight are, it may or may not prove to be superior overall. Also note that Assassination performs better on large-scale AoE and has better utility talents, while Combat has better cooldowns and a very effective “cleave” in Blade Flurry for DPSing small numbers of targets at a time. Subtlety modeling is less complete so we don’t have really good numbers yet, but best guess is that it’s going to wind up 5-10% behind the other trees in average damage output. Coupled with the fact that it has a significantly more complicated cycle, I find it hard to recommend the spec at this stage.
