Best poison...?

[Koufax-Drysdale]

<p>What's the best poison for a Brigand? I can't find anything up to date on it.</p>

[Dareena]

<p><strong>Red:</strong>  Caustic (pure dps) or Vitality Breach (dps & healing)</p><p>For a pure min max on your parse, many Brigs still run Caustic.  However I personally prefer the Vitality Breach for the extra healing (in both soloing and raiding).  With our 5 AA which augments Vit Breach poison, it's not a horrible choice.  And since all of our debuffs drop the moment that we die, I consider my personal survival more important than a bit of extra dps.</p><p><strong>Purple:</strong>  Gracelessness (-AGI and Defense) or others</p><p>I personally run Gracelessness.  Our 5 AA augments this poison, it lowers incoming Scout dps for PvP/BG scenerios, and helps our auto attacks hit more.  In a group or raid setting, this poison also increases the hit rate of tanks in Defensive Stance and that's something important in my book.  (There are times where I've used the -Weapon Skill or -Casting Skill poisons for specific mobs while soloing, but they aren't my usual choices.)</p><p><strong>Blue:</strong>  Stupefying (lvl 62 stun poison), Ignorant Bliss (-hate proc), or Thurgar (-Attack Speed)</p><p>I'll normally run Stupefying for soloing, Pvp/BG, and group situation where aggro isn't an issue (and where we don't have enough dps to almost instantly kill mobs).  In group and raid situations, I'll tend to use the Ignorant Bliss since I usually run with enough people to hit the -Attack Speed debuff cap.</p>

[Koufax-Drysdale]

<p>I'm not at the level where I can use those I think. I'm level 30. What would be best between cuastic and hemotoxin?</p>

[Dareena]

<p>Then you'd want Caustic poison.  Hemo poison is mostly worthless.</p><p>The issue with Hemotoxin is that it creates a damage dot every time it procs.  If the proc runs out to the full duration, then it would theoretically cause more damage than your standard Caustic instant damage proc.  However the issue with Hemotoxin comes from the proc rate.  As poisons get higher level, they continually proc more often.  Every time the Hemotoxin procs, the damage dot timer resets.  Therefore every time your poison procs, all of the un-used dot ticks of damage are lost.  This means that due to the constant Hemotoxin dots over-riding each other, the one time damage procs of Caustic poison due far more damage over the course of time.</p>

[ShadyCharacter]

I think you don't start getting the debuff and utility poisons until level 40.