[Frost] Weapon switching from 2H to 2H

[howdydiddlydoo]

Is there any disadvantages from using 2H Shinka (normal) for stronger disease application and more AoE damage, and then weapon switching to Starshatter (heroic) for single target dps?

Like i mean trigger any ICD's or suffer any penalites?

Thanks in advance.

[Schizoide]

Yes, when you switch weapons Might of the Frozen Wastes deactivates for 30 seconds. ToT works the same way. It also resets your swing timer.

If you're going to straight-up AE, switching to a weapon with Cinderglacier works great. But if you plan to switch back to single-target in the same fight, it's not worth doing.

Actually, it's not worth doing for 2H frost at all, since you lose fallen crusader. Strictly a DW frost thing.

[fangless]

Disease damage potency also refreshes upon application. Since we cast Howling Blast all the time, you're only increasing Blood Plague which doesn't hit for much in the first place :\

[howdydiddlydoo]

Disease damage potency also refreshes upon application. Since we cast Howling Blast all the time, you're only increasing Blood Plague which doesn't hit for much in the first place :\

Well that is not much of a problem. Just macro weapon switch to abilities.

If there were no penalties, i would of done exactly this. Macro to howling blast (and some more like dnd). Then macro to obliterate (and possibly frost strike etc) to swap back.

[Schizoide]

Yep, and so would everybody else. That would suck. Luckily the devs stopped it.