Post by RottweilerCP
So I just hit 78 and decided my spec sucks. I pretty much left my mage at 73 for a few months and got my protadin to 80 and have been running heroics and raids. Now my paladin has little use for Conquest emblems so I have had some time to level my mage. I'll still run the daily and raid with my guild, but it's a casual raiding guild so there's plenty of free time. I decided that I would like to go arcane once I hit 80 and have started building that spec. It's actually helped me out when I had to kill water elementals for Frenzyheart and frost couldn't cut it. Still I love frost and know it's a great questing spec so I'd like to know what the best one is at 80. This is what I put together reading through old threads and some of my own choice.
19/0/52Most threads I read had either a starter frost raiding spec, or a pure aoe spec which left out frostbolt improvements. So, what do you think, is this a good questing spec? Also, what glyphs would you choose?
Post by ascero
Overall, it looks pretty good, theres just a couple things I would fix. I don't personally think that Torment of the Weak is a very useful soloing spell, since most of the time, it only takes 2 or 3 good shots to take the enemy down. Ultimately, I would go with a build like
this. It grabs Frost Channeling, which is a major mana decreasing tool, as well as Arcane Meditation, a major mana return tool. Soloing is not only about doing damage, but also about decreasing downtime.
As for glyphs, definatly don't get the Glyph of Frostbolt, that is really meant for Raiding frost builds. I put the glyphs that I would grab there in the build. However, you may consider replacing the Glyph of Frost Nova with the new Glyph of Eternal Water that is coming out in 3.3, assuming you are still using this build at that time. It will make your Water Elemental a permanent pet, with the trade off that it looses it's ability to Freeze.