It's obvious that in the previous patches Seal of Righteous was a far, far better aggro generating tool than Seal of Vengeance. However, Blizzard supposedly fixed Seal of Vengeance, so I've been trying it out the last few days to see which of the two holds aggro better on a boss or high hp mob.
Math:
For the purpose of this I'm not taking into account spell damage or RF, as I'm assuming the multipliers for each Seal are the same. However, I am using Gavel of Unearthed Secrets. It has a speed of 2.70.
SoR - 72 HD every 2.7 sec; 235 HD every 8 sec.
SoV - 148 HD every 2.7 sec; 600 HD every 8 sec (assuming SoV is fully stacked). 148 = (150 (SoV) x 5 (fully stacked on target) / 15 (duration of damage)x 2.7) + 13 (additional SoV damage on attack after stack)
I've tested this in-game while soloing the first two mobs of Ramparts (identical units). I feel that there is an error in the SoR in the tooltip, because I deal closer to 129 HD on each swing. Even with spell damage taken into consideration, I believe that is too great of a difference for both the tooltip and combat log to be accurate; one of them must be incorrect.
While fighting I was watching Omen carefully. SoR was getting roughly 120 more TPS than SoV at the peak of both. I did not judge the spells; rather, I just let them run their duration and recast the respective Seal when needed. On paper, unless I'm not taking into account something significant, it appears that SoV should be generating a lot more threat than SoR. That's just not the case, though.
Any thoughts? Also, please double check your tooltips and the math. I have to run some errands now but I'll be doing some research on this later today.
Seal of Righteousness said:221 Mana
Fills the Paladin with holy spirit for 30 sec, granting each melee attack an additional 72 Holy damage.
Judgement: Causes an avg of 235 Holy damage.
Seal of Vengeance said:212 Mana
Fills the Paladin with holy power, granting each melee attack a chance to cause 150 Holy damage over 15 sec. This effect can stack up to 5 times.
Judgement: Causes 120 Holy damage per application of Holy Vengeance.
(tip: SoV supposedly causes additional instant damage to the target if SoV is already stacked. I have seen the damage, but it's very minimal [14-15 damage]
Math:
For the purpose of this I'm not taking into account spell damage or RF, as I'm assuming the multipliers for each Seal are the same. However, I am using Gavel of Unearthed Secrets. It has a speed of 2.70.
SoR - 72 HD every 2.7 sec; 235 HD every 8 sec.
SoV - 148 HD every 2.7 sec; 600 HD every 8 sec (assuming SoV is fully stacked). 148 = (150 (SoV) x 5 (fully stacked on target) / 15 (duration of damage)x 2.7) + 13 (additional SoV damage on attack after stack)
I've tested this in-game while soloing the first two mobs of Ramparts (identical units). I feel that there is an error in the SoR in the tooltip, because I deal closer to 129 HD on each swing. Even with spell damage taken into consideration, I believe that is too great of a difference for both the tooltip and combat log to be accurate; one of them must be incorrect.
While fighting I was watching Omen carefully. SoR was getting roughly 120 more TPS than SoV at the peak of both. I did not judge the spells; rather, I just let them run their duration and recast the respective Seal when needed. On paper, unless I'm not taking into account something significant, it appears that SoV should be generating a lot more threat than SoR. That's just not the case, though.
Any thoughts? Also, please double check your tooltips and the math. I have to run some errands now but I'll be doing some research on this later today.
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