29 Frost Mage
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Raz
yo what's good
Idk I kinda like having some hp since I don't rly sit mid and spam dmg i think giving up 5 int for some stam is fair
As for wep enchant I'm not sure what else to use so if anyone has suggestions I'm open to them
Gloves I might farm the 7 int 7 stam 7 haste ones I think they would be better
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Donteventrii
OG
That's not how you gear a Frost Mage. 3/10
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Raz
yo what's good
How do you do it then? I'd love to know
willix
Legend
Like this: Mergez @ Ursin - Community - World of Warcraft
If you want haste, you stick with what I have. If you want crit, you swap out for crit BoAs, crit enchants, and crit satchel gloves
If you want haste, you stick with what I have. If you want crit, you swap out for crit BoAs, crit enchants, and crit satchel gloves
Snack
Salty
idk about Maywikis ring tho
Donteventrii
OG
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/laughing-skull/Dribblin/simple
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/windrunner/Nastaygurl/simple
Likely not wearing everything you need. Check back later.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/windrunner/Nastaygurl/simple
Likely not wearing everything you need. Check back later.
Donteventrii
OG
Logged out in proper attire. I only have one GSOJ with Mark of the Thunderlord, currently on my Horde.
willix
Legend
I wish there were better options, but sadly...
Gucciglad1
Banned
Respect for the tabard ^.^
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Snack
Salty
I'd say DM ring/gnomer int ring
willix
Legend
DM ring? As in Deadman's Hand? That's GFed. Gnomer ring is terrible. 9 int is not as good as 7 stam/5 int. The resistances were nerfed into the ground too, so they are wasted stats.
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Raz
yo what's good
i think he means deadmines ring scales to 8 int 5 crit, but thats just terrible for frost
Mesikämmen
pwner
Would you mind elaborating on "resistances were nerfed into the ground"? Gnomer ring scales to 10 int, the eagle one is 6/6 (+resistances).
Charged gear is hardly 'awful', when it is widely considered the best in slot ring for A) glass cannon B) balanced C) stam set.
ps. sick gear Raz 8/8. If that 7/5 ring doesn't scale up at all, there's a blue ring from a quest which scales 7stam 7int called Ring of Pardons.
pps. stop bullying me on ur enha lol
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willix
Legend
Mesikämmen said:
They are awful because they have fewer useful stats than other ring options for just about anyone. Glass cannon is terrible because stamina and secondary stats are far too good right now for someone to be viable when only stacking their primary offensive stat. So that takes int/agi/str charged gears off the table. A 6/6 charged gear is worse than Ring of Vigorous Interruption, Band of Raptor Teeth, Maywiki's Ring, and Beast Binder Ring. All of those are better options than a 6/6 charged gear for any spec. Aside from that, you can get 2x Ring of Vigorous Interruption and 2x Band of Raptor Teeth by faction changing.
6.2 is introducing the BoA rings that were added to the game 2 expansions ago Rings - Armor - Items - WowDB (PTR). These rings will undoubtedly be BiS for all specs (even though the agi one shows str instead of stamina, probably a bug).
Lastly, Resistances were 'nerfed into the ground' in a few ways.
1. Resistance enchants and consumables that gave resistances were removed from the game.
2. Gear enchanted with GF resistances enchants had the scaling reduced to give +1 resistance to whatever stat, making them useless.
3. Gear items that still have resistances have the old values in an environment where damage/health were nearly doubled, halving their effectiveness.
4. Charged Gears and Emissary Cuffs provide arcane and Nature resistances. These items basically only reduce incoming damage from arcane mages and boomkins. Even if you had 2x charged gears and the bracers, the amount of resistance is so low it's basically a non factor. You might resist a poly or a roots 1% of the time (probably less) but that's not a good enough reason to use those items. They are not BiS. They used to be, back in the 20-24 bracket, before scaling. Some people just can't let shit go.
It would be nice if they replaced the resistances on those items with secondary stats. That would make them worth getting.
Donteventrii
OG
Unless they changed the resist % per resist, 1= about 1% in MoP. I hated dealing with 5% resist on Polymorph. So no, not just arcane mages. It's especially useful in arenas. That said, as a frost Mage, Int is the least prioritized stat. Haste means faster Polys, frosbolts, and GCDs. Faster frostbolts = more chances to proc FoF, the only real source of damage as a Fmage. Crit is also better than Int because of Shatter, and kill opportunities coming from FoF crits. Stam is less important than other classes because of the mobility and control Fmage has. You can easily slow pressure to allow heals to bring you back up. Not having heals yourself means you are relying on healers, and they rely on you for offensive/defensive control.