Archive for April 3rd, 2009
Heya guys!! This is a down and dirty post. It ain’t pretty, but it’s got some good stuff.
Blood
DS – IT – PS - HS – HS – UB – DC(x #)
DS – HS x4 – DC(x #)
Long story short, DRW has been so nerfed into the ground because of it’s PvP burst potential, that it just doesn’t beat out UB. *shrug* It’s like back in the day when Blood skipped DRW for Gargoyle, but now this. Blood is top end dps still, and probably the best “learning curve” raid spec as it provides a butt ton of self healing. A few points can be shifted possibly, but this is pretty much the premise of new Blood. Spend DC’s as able. You DS first to get Abom’s Might up instantly for the raid.
Frost
IT – PS - OB – BS – BS - FSx2
OBx3 - FSx2
The disease damage modifiers are far too important now to ignore BP. And since Rime now procs OB instead of IT, OB is the new ZOMG BUTTON SMASH!!! Subbing out an OB for a HB (with glyph) will end up being a net dps loss sadly. Again while a few points can be shifted, this is the basic premise of new Frost. IT spam is dead. Rime procs should always be used on the 2nd half of the rotation. As to the first half, which is GCD starved… Well that’s more of a question as to OB vs HB damage on Live with full raid buffs and T8 gear. Also, T7 will be dead for Frost. It’s not to say that it doesn’t work with some of the older specs which will still be used. But the newer one wins for now.
Unholy
IT – PS - BS – BS – SS - UB – DC(x #)
SS x3 – DC(x #)
Unholy plays pretty much the exact same as before, with just more dps talent bloat in the Unholy tree itself. Now I know you’re wondering about some kind of a 10 Frost build to get Black Ice. That will come into play with full T8+ gear, which at that point itemization scaling will probably lend itself to a 0/10/61 build of some kind, possibly shifting 3 points into Subversion if truly needed.
PvP
Frost Ghoul
Now this spec is probably not correct yet, but it shows you the premise of the build. It’s basically an inverse Shadowfrost spec, but has some potential still even with the IT nerfs.
Unholy
Now this spec also probably has some changes that need to be done, and the Glyphs are *largely* up for debate. But this is again the most likely spec possible. Considering that all PS/SS’s will proc a snare, and CoI will proc FF, this spec has a lot of potential combined with a great deal of ignoring armor.
Blood
Where’s the Blood version? Not bothering. Blood is primarily physical guys. And as such, doesn’t stack up to these 2 specs. Can you do one? Sure. But it’s not gonna be what you see breaking the 2k+ ratings consistently.
Tanking
Frost
This again, is up for some possible changes. But basically this is looking to be the premire Frost tanking spec for 3.1 release. There are some modifications that could be done, but again this is the premise.
Blood
This is basically the Blood counterpart.
Unholy
Unholy is basically your AoE tank. It’s not really as attractive as the other two specs, but it should have better threat generation, better AoE threat generation, and the capacity to DPS as this spec as well.
-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters.
