Quote Originally Posted by HyperiusUltima View Post
Chain is probably still going to stay meta, unless they SIGNIFICANTLY reduce its Crit %(I'm talking down to 5% instead of 15%). As for AST Cards, They said something about roles. We'll have to figure out the typology regarding which cards go where when drawn. With an even stronger emphasis on single buffing instead of AoE, we need to look at what WHM brings on the 29th when Press Releases happen. The big worry for everyone waiting is that SE didn't actually fix the problem, and instead overtuned AST/SCH comp again since SCH already has more than enough tools to handle just about anything right now.
Chain Stratagem is numerical weak, that is an undeniable fact. It's around a 1-1.25% increase to raid DPS in 4.5 gear, in the earlier patches with lower crit damage multipliers, it's even less then that. In potency terms, you're looking at somewhere between 600-800 potency per minute to equal whatever gain Chain Statagem has. Black Lily seems to be very capable of doing that.

And just to do the math for you: Chain Stratagem at 5% would be a hideous 0.33-0.42% raid DPS gain in 4.5 gear. That's roughly 200 to 266 potency per minute...