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[WoW] Death Knights: In our defense, Arthas was being kind of a dick.
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I always found it easier to just mash the mob into the floor as non-frost unless it was a huge group, like 5+ mobs.
Figure it out.
edit: Death and Decay - ok, I figured it out, though not sure where to put it in my limited rotation or how many mobs would make it worthwhile to even do so.
And here is what I plan on using:
Plague Strike -> Icy Touch -> Pestilence -> Blood Strike -> Death Coil -> Scourge Strike
if 4 or more:
not sure the order but use Death and Decay and Blood Boil in there somewhere.
for the 'if four or more' bit, I always lead off with Death and Decay. Blood Boil is fine if you've a rune to spare, but frankly its damage (at least pre 3.1) is fairly trivial, so I don't usually bother with it.
Personally, I would drop Hungering Cold and that 1 point in Merciless Combat to get Chill of the Grave, and I would seriously consider trying to find some way to get Morbidity for the reduced cooldown on DnD. I'd probably drop Acclimation for those three points.
Otherwise it's pretty similar to what I plan to use for a tank dual spec once 3.1 hits.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=jfVMZZfMhIxfkgcs0csut
on a pale horse is a leveling talent, or a filler for unholy tank. 3 points in desecration is a waste; if you want desecration, put 5 points or none at all. master of ghouls and night of the dead are talents that need to be taken together. unless you're grouping with another dk with unholy aura, you should always find points for it.
i've decided on my 12/0/59 build for 3.1 and i'm really liking the look of it.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=jfVMVZZfM0GxckgcoMfsut
And, my impending 3.1 build...
http://ptr.wowhead.com/?talent=jfVMZZfM0IxcdgcqMcsut
Virulence is hit for SPELLS.
You know, the things who's hit cap is a big chunk higher then Melee, who gear for the melee hit cap?
Ah! That didn't even occur to me, alright, it feels like much less of a waste now that Virulence is required in 3.1 for Unholy DPS.
being melee hit capped puts you like 20 hit rating away from being spell hit capped with a shadowpriest or boomkin in the raid. virulence isn't that great.
Spell Hit cap is 17% yes?
8% through being melee hit capped.
+3% for the Spell Hit buff (Oomkin or Shadow Priest).
So your still 6% away. That's like 100 Hit Rating WITH Virulence.
Really now? Your gonna have to actually use more then 1 sentence to explain why.
So you're both wrong, stop being dicks.
If I were to do that, I'd see that I'd still need an extra few percent of hit to be spell hit capped.
But I wouldn't expect someone who can't string an actual paragraph together to be able to do math.
yeah i've been playing my shaman so much lately i was thinking of his spell hit target.
shryke, you go girl.
Vague, bullshit "I know the answer but I'm not going to actually say it cause that might involve typing like 5 more fucking words" responses are stupid and those that make them deserve to be called out for it.
I expect utter failure, but I'll be damned if its not way more fun.
The main source of my failure will probably stem from not having a slow mainhand. I've got a split greathammer and hailstorm. Which was awesome for HB builds before this last patch.
Currently frost tank right now. Will be interesting to see how it all pans out.
Here's my new improved chain:
Plague Strike -> Icy Touch -> Pestilence -> Blood Boil -> Death Strike/Scourge Strike -> Unholy Blight -> Blood Boil -> Blood Boil -> repeat
I opened up the 3.1 calc this morning to put together a new build. Came up with the same exact thing point for point. Can't wait to try it.
It is about the only thing that makes sense, based on my old build at least.
I've put together the same thing too, but put two points in Icy Reach instead of Chill of the Grave. The extra range is nice, and I've never had a problem with runic power.
Looks to be the standard frost tank build this patch, I guess.
Only lvl 61 right now. But I'll keep that in mind.
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Just be careful; once you take On A Pale Horse 2/2, going back to other characters will be hard as hell, especially once you've got your epic bone chicken on the DK. Zoom zoom.
I leveled with frost >.>
But I had the more dps talents and respec'd at 80 so it wasn't horrible.