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Dual Wield Unholy: Viable?
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Post by
Atik
Okay, so I'm just lvling my DK now with questing and pvp.
http://www.wowhead.com/profile=us.alexstrasza.sataira#talents
I found some nice one-handers and wanted to try dual-wielding.
The thing is, I really liked it. So I re-specced to accomadate and was wondering if I'll have to swith back to two-handers come eighty, or if I can just roll with this.
Post by
Billop
Generally its hard to find 2 good one handers when your leveling, but easy to find good 2 handers. This is why most people dont spec Frost until 80. If you have found a couple of good 2 handers then yeah, respec Frost.
Post by
Atik
Well, actually, I'm Unholy with Frost Supspec. I'm a pet-based DK. I like my Ghoul and my pvp.
Might make a frost Dual-Spec though.
Post by
d2thomas
Frost is the
only
viable dual wield tree currently.
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Post by
d2thomas
No it does not. Without
Threat of Thassarian
any DW spec is severely lacking. Given it's location deep in the frost tree I doubt any unholy dw spec could hope to reach it.
So once again....
Frost is the
only
viable dual wield tree currently.
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Post by
Victarious
To anyone reading this thread for advice on how to spec and gear:
Dual-wielding as anything but Frost is going to result in you doing significantly less damage than you could with a traditional spec. DW Unholy is NOT a competitive build, and you should not raid with it unless you clear it with your guild first -- even if they are your friends. You'll be hurting the raid with your choices.
To the OP:
As long as your boys are cool with it, DW Unholy is fine to play around with. Unlike Blood, Unholy draws a lot of its power from spells/diseases, although weapon damage is still a large factor. Just know you won't be doing all you can, in terms of DPS.
EDIT: Tao also makes a good point about haste.
One thing is that without Threat of Thassarian, you're REALLY hurting your burst, which *is* a big deal in PVP, which you said you're doing some of. Levelling is whatever, but PVP is another story.
All in all, I wouldn't do it, but once your gear gets good enough it's something you try, as long as you accept the limitations.
Post by
apocalypsa
For leveling everything is viable. For endgame everything viable is in the stickies. Not in the stickies? 99.99999% chance its not viable.
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Post by
Atik
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll stick with DW for now but keep all this in mind for lvl 80.
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