Devouring Plague

[Venaliter]

Does PI increase Shadowfiend attack speed? I didn't think he did, but I'm not sure. I think he scales with melee haste, and PI maybe just a flat nonspecific haste increase.

[aica]

PI gives spell haste, and shadowblob is based off melee haste, so, no, shadowbob isn't affected by PI (or the spell haste raid buff, or incidentally the attack speed increase raid buff).

Generic haste (like troll berserking, goblin haste, haste rating) is both melee haste and spell haste, so shadowblob is affected by those.

[Blackmorgrim]

As far as I was aware, I thought pets were only effected by haste due to haste rating? In other words, self buffs, like PI, Berserking, or anything that doesn't give +X haste rating and only X% cast speed/attack speed gives them no benefit.

[aica]

Incorrect, they scale with your melee haste percentage. Self buffs (like berserking) that increase your melee haste will increase their attack speed.

Edit: They don't scale with the "increased attack speed" raid buff, because that increases your character's attack speed, not melee haste %.

[Venaliter]

Incorrect, they scale with your melee haste percentage. Self buffs (like berserking) that increase your melee haste will increase their attack speed.

Gasp. And I haven't seen a shadowfiend Haste breakpoint chart yet. Shame. ;-)

[aica]

I have one, I'll put it in this thread.

[Rachen]

It's worth noting that since DP doesn't have a 100% uptime haste has no relevance UNLESS it provides an additional tick (haste breakpoint). A lower delta time between each tick does not actually increase DPS when looking at the entire fight.