Haste cap

[NoS]

Hello, recently i read alot of posts whitch claim that atm survivals haste cap is 1,66 sec cast on cobra shot.I would like to ask if u confirm that and why 1,66 is the gold number for our haste.Also id like to know if there is a corresponding number for crit or mastery.Tnx in advance.

[Kruf]

Hello, recently i read alot of posts whitch claim that atm survivals haste cap is 1,66 sec cast on cobra shot.I would like to ask if u confirm that and why 1,66 is the gold number for our haste.Also id like to know if there is a corresponding number for crit or mastery.Tnx in advance.

Having Cobra Shot cast time shorter than 1.66sec is indeed preferable, as there's a 5 second window between Explosive Shots (6sec cooldown, of which 1sec is spent on GCD after casting the Explosive Shot itself) and 1.66sec cast time lets you have exactly 3 Cobra Shots in there without pushing the next Explosive Shot back. The next sweet spot would be at 1.25sec cast on Cobra Shot, that would allow 4 Cobras between Explosive Shots, but the amount of haste required is not feasible at the moment.

Note that there's no haste cap at 1.66sec, it's simply the preferable spot to be, as with more haste you just have dead time between Explosive Shots (it's not worth casting an extra Cobra and pushing the next Explosive back, unless you're near the 1.25sec cast time on Cobra and the pushback will be very small).

There's a small softcap on crit at 40%, since Careful Aim gives you 60% extra crit chance on Cobra Shots on targets above 80% hp, however that does not diminish the value of crit very much due to it only affecting one ability and for only one fifth of the combat time.