Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
tl;dr: Procs can be of use, but only in the right contexts. They are not remotely sufficient in and of themselves.
Agreed there. Is having a proc at all better than 11111111111? Sure, it's a start, but almost anything is less boring than 11111111. The important part comes with what the proc does and what it implies for the rest of the kit. If the proc pops up and skillful play dictates "just press it immediately whenever it lights up for a damage gain", then it's a scant improvement over just having no proc in the first place. If, for example, it's only a gain when you use it at say 9 seconds or fewer remaining on the dot, that's a bit better. Makes you think just a little. If it has greater implications and/or feeds another system like RDM's black and white mana do, which gives you even more pause to determine what among a set of 2-4 choices would be the best course of action in the next half second or so, that's excellent; much better than "press the button when it glows".