Alright guys, title says it all...
What is the spec of choice to go where we can pull the highest numbers starting in raids for MoP. Talking about having a decent amount of heroic gear, what spec should we go?
Alright guys, title says it all...
What is the spec of choice to go where we can pull the highest numbers starting in raids for MoP. Talking about having a decent amount of heroic gear, what spec should we go?
They are as close as ever currently, choose what playstyle you like the most. I'm biased towards Arcane, but it's also the only spec of the three which doesn't depend on a single stat (Crit in the case of Fire and Frost). Problem is that most of the T14 raid encounters have mid-high movement (from what I've been told, I haven't tested), making Arcane a bit more difficult to master.
Hopefully we will be getting guides on all three specs, I havent played for a year, and im slightly lost on gearing for each spec, and rotations/glyphs/talents
I started playing WoW during WoTLK and started with a Frost Mage and when I first started raiding I was beside myself because Frost was such shit for PvE. I am now happier than ever that my favorite spec is now viable! So I for one will be going Frost! :>
Yeah last I heard Frost's best secondary stat was Haste, followed by Crit.
Since shatter was changed from 3x Crit to 2x Crit + 50% it's less valuable than just casting more frostbolts.
I understood that your priority is still to first get to shatter cap and then spam haste... oh well... we'll see soon.
Always Fire.
In a Patchwork Fight we have a 0,5% DMG difference between all 3 Specs, but if it comes to movement, Fire wins by far. And Bosses do have..."movement".
I was under the impression that Frost has better movement DPS than Fire, not only does Frostbolt have a shorter cast time but it can stockpile up to five instant cast spells if it has to, six if you aren't using Frost Bomb.
Spamming Ice Lance on the move without FoF is certainly not a good idea but I really don't know what Fire would do in that situation either, it's not like you can or would want to use Inferno Blast for moving about rather than for getting Hot Streak.
Frost;
(Some combination of depending on luck) Brain Freeze, Ice Lance, Ice Lance
(Cooldowns) Frost Orb > Ice Lance, Freeze > Ice Lance
(Depending on talents) Refresh Nether Tempest
Fire:
(If you are extremely lucky) Hot Streak, Inferno Blast > Hot Streak / (If you are quite lucky) Hot Streak, Inferno Blast / Inferno Blast
(Depending on talents) Refresh Nether Tempest
Ignite ticks while Fire is moving but it doesn't do that significant an amount of damage even with Scorch keeping it up (the damage rolls), and Scorch can still proc Ice Lance for Frost. Plus while Fire has Ignite ticking, Frost has Water Elemental ticking and that doesn't even need a cast from the player to keep it going.
And as you are a mage you have Blink anyway, not like movement isn't trivial for you
Last edited by Imnick; 2012-09-28 at 03:42 AM.
I'm going to be playing fire, mainly because the difference on a stand still fight on sims is about 2-4k. I enjoy playing fire, so I think you should play the one that you are best at or have the most fun playing.