This site makes extensive use of JavaScript.
Please enable JavaScript in your browser.
Live
PTR
10.2.7
PTR
10.2.6
Beta
3.1 Frost 2h DPS, Everything Explained
Post Reply
Return to board index
Post by
Eleazer
I am an HB rotation/frost spec so I will spec into the Virulence. Thank you for the advice I figured it was down that line.
Post by
334662
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
243749
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
334662
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Katsudon
Not sure if this was mentioned, or if its just me, but most of the links to the talent builds are showing up as incomplete to me and sometimes garbled strangely. Perhaps there was a wowhead talent calculator update or something? Or is it just me.
Post by
334662
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
384662
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
334662
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
384662
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
334662
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Eleazer
Lynri, I will say this. I recently turned 80 and simply with gear alone from Normal instances was pushing 10 percent hit lol. I am now running heroics regularly and look forward to my first 10 and 25 man raids in WoTLK though it looks like I will be going as a Frost tank with the option of dps in the future. Anyways, my point is I have played all 3 specs, Blood, Unholy, and Frost and without a doubtt Frost is by far the most fun and most crit happy of all them. I would also say that until you get armour pen and cap out your hit and expertise, frost is by far the best dps until then. I am pushing 2k dps in 5 mans on a regular basis and with buffs I can get to 2.4 with all blues.
I played Blood, and though it very very boring and you could fall asleep going 1, 2, 3, 4 rinse repeat it's definitely not the best dps pre-raid invironment. Because just about everyone bulk pulls and there is no such thing as CC anymore, HB rotation Frost DPS is the best spec to do 5 man's at least until you get the gear to go blood. Unholy was just too chaotic for me way too many buttons to push. Frost is alot more fun and the graphics rock.
It is true, that I play Frost for fun, but enjoy the dps of it as well. I am leveling a rogue so that I can top the charts when needed. Thanks to you and your rotation, gear, and spec advice. I get requests all the time to do Heroics not just as a tank but as dps from non-guildees in fact just about every time the request could you dps please we will find someone else to tank. I am not sure if that's a reflection of my tanking or dps skill (lol), and with the lack of a good enhance shaman on my server. Icy Talons has become a much desired buff, and frankly with the amount of health I get to walk around in because of plate I don't die much when I forget to get out of an aoe fast enough.
So thank you very much for helping me make my dps frost and tank build to be successful. I do have a question, why is haste a not desired stat for Frost DPS? More white swings equals more dps or am I missing the downside of it?
My armory is
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Jubei%27Thos&n=Eleazer
. Yes I know get my professions up. That's the next thing I am on my way to do, but my goodness I HATE LEVELING MINING and BS is a gold hound to level. Any tips or changes you think I should do thanks.
Post by
334662
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Overcome
I'm just wondering if anyone else finds the frost rotation as chaotic as I have? I know what my rotation should be, but just can't seem to pull it off. At first I was specced 17/51/3, then changed to 20/51/0 because I thought that DRM was what I was lacking to pull my rotation off.
I know that my rotation should be:
IT>OB>BSx2>BT>OB>FS out
OB>OB>OB>FS out
Now the first part of the rotation always goes as planned, no problems there. The second part kinda falls apart around me as I find that I can normally only OB once or twice before I'm spamming BS again for more RP. I'm also weaving my FS and HB based on my procs and the current fight situation.
This chaos hasn't really affected my DPS that I can tell though. I'm so new to raiding I just cleared 10 and 25 man Naxx last week. I find that my DPS is still very competitive with the members of my guild that have been farming Naxx and are in Ulduar now. By competitive I mean coming in at #2 just under the destro lock :D
Anyway I wanted the more knowledgeable and experienced DK's to take a look at my rotation/spec/gear/glyphs, and maybe give me a pointer or 2 if I'm doing something wrong here. As always you can find my DK's armory in my sig under Futahka (his gear is getting very sexy) Thanks
EDIT: Oops i transfered servers and forgot to update my armory link. It should be working now, though it appears I logged in my PvP gear last night.
Post by
Eleazer
It's no worries, the fun part about Frost is that it takes time and practice to get the rotation down. I will say this I usually have the reverse problem, no place to us BS as I have alot of rune so I am spending it on FS/OB. I tend to find myself also slamming HB during multipulls simply because i want to hit all targets. I don't think I am decreasing my dps any by not skipping and OB for an extra HB. Now in Single target pulls I can stick with the rotation.
Do you have glyph of HB if so dump IT from your rotation, and go with HB/OB/BS/BS FS out
OB/OB/OB FS rune dump
I usually find that I don't need to BT until the second time through. My rune generation is pretty nice, though I will admit once I lose the cycle I end up with no runic power and I am sitting there waiting for the my next rune so I can restart the rotation.
Here is my general single target rotation
HB>OB>BS>BS>FS>FS>OB>OB> FS>FS
HB>OB>BS>BS> BT>FS>OB>OB>OB> At this point I generally FS until I drop all my runic power
Granted this doesn't take into account HB ing when ever Rime procs.
Finally your links don't work. But are you maxed out in Hit and Expertise, a miss or a dodge is a very easy way for us to lose our cycle
Post by
363250
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
108593
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
334662
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
108593
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
388683
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
334662
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post Reply
You are not logged in. Please
log in
to post a reply or
register
if you don't already have an account.