Black Bruise Mechanics - Githubissues

Black Bruise is a main hand fist weapon from Icecrown Citadel with a unique proc. Let's see how it works, with our expectations set by some historical sources.

Given it's an "Equip" proc, we expect the buff to be triggered by attacks from both hands, increasing uptime. This behaviour is being tracked with other "Equip" procs in this issue here.

As a baseline for our expectations, this Wowhead Comment sums it up well:

By 20394 (6,171 – 3·20·32) on 2010/01/06 (Patch 3.3.0)
I got this weapon tonight, and was VERY excited about sitting down and testing it out on the dummies to see how it stands up compared to my 258 ToGC weapons. I'm sure many of you have questions regarding this weapon, so let me state a few things about it: The weapon proc is NOT affected by CoE/Ebon etc. The weapon proc is only indirectly affected by Sunder/Expose (procs off base damage remember?) The weapon proc does NOT work off Flametongue attacks. The weapon proc DOES work on Stormstrike and Lava Lash The weapon proc CAN NOT critical hit. The weapon proc does NOT benefit from the shaman t10 2 piece bonus damage.

[x] Does the proc do 9% (10% Heroic) of post mitigation damage? Yup! It can partial resist like regular magic damage, so you expect it do deal 94% average damage, so 8.46% / 9.40% (Heroic) of post mitigation damage.
[x] Is it NOT affected by magic damage debuffs, Curse of Elements or Ebon Plaguebringer? Correct, unaffected.
[x] Is the proc damage unable to crit? Yup! No crits.
[x] Is the proc behaviour in line with our expectations outlined in this issue? Yup! Can follow that link for further detail.

where-fore / rogue-wotlk

Black Bruise Mechanics #56