Comments on: Frost Mage Spec – Frost Mage Build For 3.3

By: Bubba

Bubba — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:35:21 +0000

Use a frostfire bolt on brain freeze!
It hits a hell of alot harder than a firebolt.

By: Darkblaze

Darkblaze — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:56:10 +0000

why the HELL are you concerned about your dps in random heroics? That doesnt matter. its all about icc, and if your not 80 dont worry about your dps lol…

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:38:25 +0000

I’m casting two diff rank spells of flame strike to start, n then Blizzard, and they are def stacking. That is the most AOE damage Ive seen out of my Mage..

By: Tiamus

Tiamus — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:12:30 +0000

my dps improved no end when i spe’cd arcane

By: Blake

Blake — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:03:57 +0000

I thought blizz did away with allowing you to cast a lower rank spell if you know the higher rank spell…or am I wrong.? If not, the flamestrike rank9, then rank8 would be just the same as casting 2 rank9 spells, which just resets the timer and wastes valuable casting time you could be channeling blizzard. Correct me if I am wrong here please.

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:20:27 +0000

As arc simple rotation for Mobs of 2+ Flamestrike Rank 9 Flamestrike Rank 8 Blizz……pretty sure that hasn’t changed

By: Patrick D

Patrick D — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:09:34 +0000

I agree with you. I’m a boomkin that tops every time. My spell damage is out of this world, even on bosses. At lvl 75 now and I’m doing 7k crits on bosses.

By: keivamp

keivamp — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:29:04 +0000

If your running frost you don’t need Brainfreeze in you spec because you are not going to be casting fireball often enough and by the time it procs your target will already be dead.

By: Eiry

Eiry — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:13:04 +0000

You’re right, blizzard in frost rocks for aoe dmg. I always roll frost for 5mans, clear trash fast, and frostbolt spam bosses. I know frostbolt spam isn’t great compared to AB+AM, but we’re not stressing on progressive content. Let’s face it, all we’re doing is farming badges. And the bosses die fast enough.

Back to your original question, for arcane aoe I simply PoM+FS, blizz, blizz, blizz. People don’t really stress about AoE dps. Not folks I roll with anyhow. If your guild does, dual-spec

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:10:39 +0000

As far as blizz/flamestrike aoe, you have to remember that your dps is an accumulation of all of the damage ON EACH INDIVIDUAL MOB, so if for each hit your flamestrike does 700 ish damage and your blizzard is doing 1600-2000 per hit PER MOB, then if you have 4 or 5 mobs in the group, you are doing 12-15k or more. If you have popped trinkets, arcane power, icy veins, and your black magic procs, your damage is insane without switching over to the frost tree and back. Imagine what dps you would do in Onyxia on whelps! Thats why on AOE intensive fights, you almost always see a boomkin or mage at the top of the list!