Originally Posted by
Grimord
Even if Frost DKs are squishier than we are against melee they still fare better against casters and they bring stuff to the table that we can't: Good unrelenting pressures + Death Grip + Gorefiend's Grasp plus they can become immune to stuns and spells. Did I mention Death Grip and Grasp yet? They can also (and this mostly for Unholy, not as effective for Frost) just sit in Blood Presence to try and bounce a little pressure off (plus they can silence us). Did we forget Necrotic Strike?
Ret do burst damage. Ok. Why not bring a rogue instead that can do as much (or even more) burst damage plus buff others via TotT, reset the fight whenever he wants to and still add massive utility to the group via disarm, smoke bomb, blind, sap, garrote, etc?
Oh but Ret can do offhealing! Yea, so can Ele Shamans, Shadow Priests, Boomkins...
So, the point remains, why bring a Ret when there's somebody else out there that can do it better?
Only real advantage we have is being able to use Hand spells... But, then again, so can Holy Paladins.