How To Game Dastardly Duos (Patreon)

(If you saw a previous post about Dastardly Duos it was removed due to a hotfix, this one is active as of 20:16 British Standard Time 5 June).

This post was contributed to bug report recently:

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/dastardly-duos-ilvl-squish-can-be-gamed-by-removing-items/2114623

If you remove an item or 2, like trinkets, your ilvl will drop below 619 preventing the game from squishing your stats for Dastardly Duos.

I removed my trinkets and all my stam, strength and secondary stats remained as if i was still 680. Sure i lost the trinket bonuses, but i was still much stronger than if i had my full gear on (ex. over 10 mil health vs under 6 mil)

Pics of before and after.

https://i.imgur.com/gjUdmHj.png

I checked to see if this had been hotfixed, checking this a few minutes before this post. I had essentially the same result as the reporter, except that my stamina and strength actually went up. I found it much easier with trinkets unequipped than without despite the loss of trinket bonuses.

EDIT: See Dawny's comments below for another interesting exploit.