Chevejo wrote:You need to add http://db.vanillagaming.org/?item=17774 Mark of the Chosen. I can confirm an 99% uptime of this trinket. And it gives u 25 points to each stat multiplying with ur talents; thats 300 more life in Direbear f.e or 1.25% dodge. In addition the trinket gives u 50 armor
This trinket should be on top of the BiS List. Especial for Late-game it can be a good choice when u already reached ur armor cap
This trinket is undeniably good, but when you crunch the numbers it's not spectacular. Using the points for what it's worth when *on* in bear gives you 213.25 points. Now this stays active for 60 seconds and has a 2% chance of proc. Presuming an enemy attack speed of 2.0 (I can't remember what raid bosses are. If they are 2.5 then the effectiveness is less) the trinket has a chance of proccing 45.4% every minute. This does not take into account any dodge. With 20% dodge (easy to get in bear) it lowers to 38.4%. From experience with using it while leveling that amount seems about right to me. I felt like it was active generally about 1/4 to 1/2 the time while I was grinding.
Considering how it works, its effect is back weighted. It may take a while to kick in so every start to the fight you start at a disadvantage. Having faster tps and a bigger health pool to me is most important at the start of the fight and not the end, so that makes it again less appealing. Now it certainly would be useful for trash tanking and even more so for a trash tanking pally, as they excel at that. I am more concerned personally about maximizing boss survival.
The value of the trinket, using 38.4% uptime, if that's the right boss attack speed, would adjust the total value of it to 81.88 and that seems right when its put against a static 2% dodge trinket.
