How to DK? (Frost/Blood advice please)

Jan 11, 2011 08:30

Rolled a DK so I could quest through Outlands without leveling my baby mage. I love her to death, but I fight like a fish in a paper bag ( Read more... )

general: advice/advise, rp: advise/advice, death knight: frost, death knight: blood

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phoenix_anca January 11 2011, 15:43:17 UTC
2H is what's supposed to give Frost the most dps, so that should be fine! And the first comment had a better rotation than I've been using, I think. 9.9 *just figuring it out*

For RP: I think your idea is fine. They had at least some memories beforehand, though, in general - Darion even says "the life we had before is meaningless" while Scourge - and there are other comments and things around. Having problems remembering or having a new, Scourgey take on them would make sense though.

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leona_d January 11 2011, 15:59:07 UTC
>>2H is what's supposed to give Frost the most dps
It's really not. :) We actually tried frost with 2H and unholy with one handed weapons. While the results were acceptable, the still don't compare with one handed for frost. Not to mention that now we finally have one handed weapons with strength as main stat. <--- *has been dreaming about this since Lich King*

And I kinda abandoned frost for unholy now. *sighs* I love frost to death, but I think I love my 14k DPS in unholy even more. ^^'

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phoenix_anca January 11 2011, 16:17:19 UTC
This is ... odd. My researches have told me the opposite! That dual-wielding could work well, but not equal a two-hander.

:/ Hmm.

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leona_d January 12 2011, 02:45:53 UTC
>>That dual-wielding could work well, but not equal a two-hander.
Nope, this the first time I've ever heard something like that.))
Well, and maybe I'm doing it wrong, but still.)) I'm mourning gold we spent on checking out differnt specs.))
The problem is you have to use unholy presence if you're using 2H, and that deprives you of 15% damage you can get in frost presence. Currently DK are relying heavily on haste, so 2H is too slow for you in frost presence. With one handed weapons you strike much faster hence no need to cut your damage.

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chapeauxchick January 11 2011, 18:16:10 UTC
Actually DW Unholy is currently the highest dps spec at the right gear level (but that's like all ilevel 359 epics).

There are going to be some changes made to Might of the Frozen North in the Frost tree that should bring 2H frost up a little after the patch. As it is I think it's about 10% behind. It still does good dps, but isn't going to top the charts. However, unless you are in a cutting edge raiding guild and need to min max like crazy you should just play whatever you think is the most fun!

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leona_d January 12 2011, 02:34:15 UTC
>>Actually DW Unholy is currently the highest dps spec
Aaaand they totally gonna fix it after today's patch. *sighs* That's why I decided to ajust to 2H from the very beginning.
Blizzard is going to cut frost's AoE (and everyone's AoE, actually). Considering that my RL makes me spec to frost for Magmaw, I'm kinda scared. It wasn't great last week, it's going to be horrible today.

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chapeauxchick January 12 2011, 04:54:30 UTC
The patch isn't today, but yeah when it does finally drop they will be making DW Unholy it less desirable. Which is fine by me because I prefer 2 handers in general for my DK I didn't want to feel forced to go DW just because it was a few percentages higher on the meters.

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