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    Abyssal Rune Vs Nevermelting Ice Crystal

    Any thoughts? Which do you prefer, or which is noted as being the better of the two. I know there are far better options but since I had to give up my raiding guild and pug everything, my options are limited right now.

    This is for an Ele Shaman of course.
    Quote Originally Posted by Nangz
    GoD isn't so great for unholy
    Quote Originally Posted by HoX
    i dont understamd ???

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    Re: Abyssal Rune Vs Nevermelting Ice Crystal

    I currently have both so I might not be the best person to ask. Both have their upshots, but the Crystal's static 111 SP definitely beats out the Rune's 84ish haste. In terms of uses/procs, I'm not very sure which is more useful...I always tend to like on-use trinkets more so the Crystal would be my top choice. I use it during EM right after I cast a LvB (so the auto crit doesn't eat up one of the charges)

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    Re: Abyssal Rune Vs Nevermelting Ice Crystal

    The abyssal rune comes out about 10 or so DPS better.

    What you have, roughly:

    Abyssal Rune:

    84 (Haste) + ~ 1/6 of 590 (SP) == about 182 SP equivalent

    Compared with:

    Nevermelting Ice Crystal:

    111 (SP) + ~500 Crit for 6-12 LB, lets say, ~500 crit for 15 sec, so:

    111 (SP) + ~1/4 500 Crit == about 171 SP equivalent

    That is very rough, but gets you close.

    What detracts from the ice crystal is the low value of crit to elemental shaman. The trinket also gets worse the higher your crit is (which is pretty terrible), and is consumed, to no value, from the auto LvB crit.

    You will have slightly less mana usage, and slightly slower but higher valued casts, or, on procs, a less valued cast, but one that is more swingy.

    Thx!

    Patience, and Peace,

    Pendergrass

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    Re: Abyssal Rune Vs Nevermelting Ice Crystal

    Thanks yeah I did some dummy testing and noticed the on use for nevermelting ice crystal was gone so fast and pretty much wasted, sticking with Abyssal! :]
    Quote Originally Posted by Nangz
    GoD isn't so great for unholy
    Quote Originally Posted by HoX
    i dont understamd ???

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    Re: Abyssal Rune Vs Nevermelting Ice Crystal

    ice crystal is only really good for classes that can lock in the buff on long lived DoTs. Spriests for example can abuse it quite successfully. But for dps with high crit rates, or worse yet - guaranteed crits, the on-use is near worthless.

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    Re: Abyssal Rune Vs Nevermelting Ice Crystal

    NMIC is for SPriests and Affliction 'locks.
    That's just between you, me, and my pal Captain Winky.

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