Im playing ventyr fire/frost and im notice my dps is worstest on this boss. The first worst thing is ventyr ability do nothing on Sludgefist - he never does something to proc mirrors. I have nothing to burst on stun stage: holding combust to this stage makes dps lower compared to combust at start of fight. Any tips and tricks?
Haven’t played fire on Sludgefist yet but it might be worth considering taking Meteor over Kindling on that fight. As a Venthyr it’s very difficult to get our combustion down to 1min and since you want to use combustion on pillars lowering it to 1:20 or so isn’t worth it when need to hold it for 40 seconds.
That way you can start with just a rune and meteor, maybe taking firestarter if you want to get some upfront dps. Then combust on first, third pillar while having a least a Meteor for every pillar.
Oh and just use mirrors off of cd whenever he is active. It’s the only time he can proc them.
I was theory crafting this (I’m also Venthyr). None of what I’m saying has been tested but it’s worth considering.
Without going into extreme detail - i wondered about using Firestarter instead of searing touch, and making one of the 2 combusts we get on a charge number 4. On top of that if you play kindling, you can combust on charge 1 and 4, and get another combust randomly in between the 2.
With Firestarter, you get roughly 30 seconds of 100% crit for the first 10% - The start of this boss goes way slower than most bosses because the first charge happens at 58 seconds, so almost no-one blows all their CD’s on the pull.
With Fevered, Rune, Trinket and Mirrors you get 30 seconds of near-combustion damage. Then for 18 seconds you have downtime (lets Fire Blast Recharge) then a full combust on the first charge. This extra damage could really help out with the numbers.
The downside is no scorch crits under 30%, but if you’re using Combust under 30% then a large potion of the execute phase you’ll be at 100% crit and not using scorch anyway.
All theory crafting, but might be worth a try? This strategy basically lets you use all your ability practically on cooldown, then after your second combust let your abilities align for the 4th charge and go crazy again, without missing out on a whole combust from having meteor instead of kindling.
Not sure about Venthyr, but as night fae its important to instantly go into combust (no pre cast), this way you have combust back up for all the pillars
We only get that combust timing because of our 10 sec reduction from shifting power. As of Venthyr… they’re not getting that. And honestly, that’s going to affect your dps. By a lot. Not sure how much can you do about it as fire, really. Having a combust for each pillar makes all the difference.
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Pull, 2nd, 4th I suppose? Firestorm is good for cdr on kindling. I usually have time to spare between pillars as NF, with enough haste you might be able to get combust back up in time. Beg for some PI’s maybe 
This fight is one of the bigger reasons why NF fire mage is so good. Venthyr just doesn’t do that much here. As NF you can get combust on pull and every pillar, assuming decent crits (also depends on your conduits). It might be worth for you to hold on the first combustion completely if you can get them for every pillar. If not, on pull, 2nd and 4th pillar sounds like a plan. I have no idea how your cooldowns line up as a venthyr.
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