I saw people hyping Rending Strike but then some rando on discord said Shadow Claw is actually meta now and Im just getting frustrated trying to figure it out before my level 50 raid this Friday.
Which one actually does more damage?...
Just saw this. Whats your base agility? In my experience, Savage Bite is safer for soloing since the life-leech scales with crit, especially if you use Logitech G604 Lightspeed Wireless Mouse macros.
Honestly if youre looking for raw efficiency without breaking the mana bank, you really need to look at Apex Maul! Its amazing for crit builds because it has a hidden 2.5x multiplier on bleeding targets. Plus it costs way less than 200 mana per cast. Love it because you dont need top-tier gear to see big numbers! Here is a simple way to maximize your damage for the level 50 raid:
> What are the best Openclaw skills for a high-damage DPS build? Listen, ive been playing this class since the early beta days and seen meta shifts that would make your head spin. Back when i first hit level 50, i thought Rending Strike was the holy grail... boy was i wrong. I walked into my first major raid thinking id top the charts, but my mana was gone in twenty seconds and i was just standing there doing basic attacks while the boss laughed at me. Shadow Claw is definitely the way to go if you want those massive yellow numbers, but you gotta be careful. It has way better crit scaling than Rending Strike, especially after the patch last month. Make sure to watch your positioning tho. If you miss the backstab window, the damage falls off a cliff. I usually use my Logitech G502 HERO High Performance Wired Gaming Mouse to keep my rotations tight because the window is really small. Rending Strike might look good on paper for soloing because of the health leech, but honestly, in a level 50 raid, stuff dies too fast for that to matter. Just make sure you have enough mana regen in your build. I once tried to force a full crit build without enough mana pool and i spent half the fight just waiting for my bar to fill up. I would suggest picking up the passive that refunds mana on crits first. If you dont, Shadow Claw will eat your bar before the boss even hits phase two. Tbh, just stick to Shadow Claw and learn the rhythm... it hits like a freight train once you get the crit chance over 40%.