Durruck
Pirate!
Here is my current spec at 66 (er, what I want it to be. I misclicked something and I haven't bothered to fix it yet, but it's what I'd recommend, none-the-less).
The largest advantages are:
Survivability - ice barrier mitigates a lot of damage. Ice block saves your tushy in instances when you overnuke. Yes, it can happen.
Mana Efficiency - lots of potential damage, little mana cost.
Sustained damage - No, you won't get that 3k crit that a fire mage will pull down with pyroblast, but with the right gear, you can achieve ~20% critical strike chance, and with 100% damage increase, dps stays high. Compound the base crit% with Empowered Frostbolts, Shatter, Winter's Chill, and you've got some serious crit potential.
Best of all? Frost mages get a little burst damage love. The new L66 spell called Ice Lance. Whoa. ~200 base damage, 400-600 crit... which doesn't seem like a very good spell. At first, I agreed - but I was using it wrong. This is a horrible spell to cast if you're just trying to nuke down something that is running at you. However, against a frozen target, not only do you have the 60% critrate (with talents, plus your base gear), the spell actually triples in damage against frozen targets... all with an instant cast, no cooldown spell! I popped out 4 consecutive crit lances on 1 frostnova'd mob, each for 1400-1650 damage. We're talking nearly 6k damage in just over 3 seconds. Ice Lance doesn't replace frostbolt for your standard casting, but if you see a frostbite proc, cancel and spam lance!
Beware the ice mage!
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
The largest advantages are:
Survivability - ice barrier mitigates a lot of damage. Ice block saves your tushy in instances when you overnuke. Yes, it can happen.
Mana Efficiency - lots of potential damage, little mana cost.
Sustained damage - No, you won't get that 3k crit that a fire mage will pull down with pyroblast, but with the right gear, you can achieve ~20% critical strike chance, and with 100% damage increase, dps stays high. Compound the base crit% with Empowered Frostbolts, Shatter, Winter's Chill, and you've got some serious crit potential.
Best of all? Frost mages get a little burst damage love. The new L66 spell called Ice Lance. Whoa. ~200 base damage, 400-600 crit... which doesn't seem like a very good spell. At first, I agreed - but I was using it wrong. This is a horrible spell to cast if you're just trying to nuke down something that is running at you. However, against a frozen target, not only do you have the 60% critrate (with talents, plus your base gear), the spell actually triples in damage against frozen targets... all with an instant cast, no cooldown spell! I popped out 4 consecutive crit lances on 1 frostnova'd mob, each for 1400-1650 damage. We're talking nearly 6k damage in just over 3 seconds. Ice Lance doesn't replace frostbolt for your standard casting, but if you see a frostbite proc, cancel and spam lance!
Beware the ice mage!
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
