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jizzles
I like to take a step away from the ordinary builds...
How do you think these talent trees will work out? and which is best?
Frost mage.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=of0E00fZZVA0ccf0oVqx
I've always loved frost. This tree would be pretty good for being an ice mage in the raid
Fire mage.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=of0E00fzZxg0zfcsoeox
Most mages go for fire tree to be top dps mage they can. I put this one together trying to get the most out of points.
Arcane/frost.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=of0Ab0fzxIziZZVA0coc0o
This is the one I would like most feedback on. There would be so much bonuses to damage that I think the only problem with this build would be threat. I tried to get ice block in there for agro dump. Although I would like to get "Slow" in the tree.
Please tell me what your opinions.
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jizzles
What is it really about fire that makes it top dps. (haven't played my mage in a while...)
I figured with arcane/frost you would be spitting out alot more damage because of bonuses.
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Dorothea
Fire is and allways will be top for a mage. But like the mage officer in my old guild said, i dont care about your spec, as long as your doing damage. Ofcourse we can do damage with melee strikes with our weapons, but you get the picture.
check my link in my sig for my spec, which is the normal fire spec (10/48/3) which is very good and ive smacked other classes totaly in a majority of fights.
Fire gives the best AOE and single target dps you can get your hands on. As fireball gives the best damage (yes yes pyroblast ís higher but with twice the cast time so slash that damage in half when looking at DPS figures) fireball with a scorch debuff, curse of elements ect ect is very nice damage.
For aoe, alot of ppl yell frost, they are wrong. Look at fire, you have flame strike, which gives good damage though on a small radius, but if the aoe packs are tanked or locked down correctly you can hit a ton of em (all of morogrims murlocks or solarians agents). After that you have Blast wave and dragons breath, both with a crowd control element in them, and a low mana cost (flame strike costs above 1k mana, DB and BW dont) though they are proximity spells, BW being like arcane explosion, around you and DB like cone of cold, a cone infront of you.
But also, ppl can tell you arcane is better for mana, its not. WIth EP and pyromaniac, your saving 6% mana per firespell cast, and in rough numbers, if your casting fireballs for 10 mins, your saving around 5k mana with those two talents, and with increased hit and crit. Also, Master of Elements, is the best mana regen for a mage so far, and at level 70 with spellfire/spellstrike and random 5man/heroic gear, you can easily get atleaste 30% fire crit.
So i recommend fire spec for all your PvE needs.
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