Why You Should Play Frost Mage in Dragonflight (And Why You Shouldn't)

Live Опубликовано 27.11.2022 в 22:45 Dorovon

Need help choosing a new Class in Dragonflight? Check out all the released articles in the 'Why You Should Play a Spec' series below:
Why You Should Play a Spec in Dragonflight (and Why You Shouldn't) Series

Blood DKFrost DK
Unholy DK
Havoc DH
Vengeance DH
Balance Druid
Feral Druid
Guardian DruidRestoration Druid
Devastation Evoker
Preservation Evoker
Beast Mastery Hunter
Marksmanship HunterSurvival HunterArcane MageFrost MageFire Mage

Brewmaster Monk
Mistweaver Monk
Windwalker MonkHoly Paladin

Protection PaladinRetribution Paladin
Discipline PriestHoly Priest
Shadow Priest
Assassination RogueOutlaw RogueSubtlety Rogue
Elemental ShamanEnhancement Shaman
Restoration Shaman
Affliction Warlock
Demonology Warlock
Destruction Warlock

Arms Warrior
Fury Warrior
Protection Warrior

Why You Should Play Frost Mage in Dragonflight (and Why You Shouldn't)Взрывная волнаВеликая невидимостьРуна мощиЛедовый шипWhy You Should Play Frost Mage in Dragonflight

Charged Flurry: Шквал is now a charged cooldown in Dragonflight! This has addressed multiple problems with the specialization by giving Frost a faster start at the beginning of combat with the cooldown ready to go and making it a little easier to avoid wasting procs. If you liked fishing for Заморозка мозгов procs don't worry, they are still around and grant a full charge of Шквал.

Sustained Damage: You rarely need to worry about when to press your cooldowns! Damage output will remain relatively constant at all times. This is sometimes a negative point, but in general it means the specialization is chill to play with no worries about wasting your cooldowns compared to specializations like Arcane and Fire.

Area of Effect Slows: The classic utility provided by Frost Mages is still around. Everything you are fighting will always be chilled by your spells, making it easy to keep your enemies controlled and away from where they want to be.

Strong Cleave: Thanks to Ледяные осколки, Frost Mages have very strong 2-target cleave. It is not uncommon to have a single add spawn while there is a priority target and Frost Mages are incredibly efficient in these situations.

Superlinear AoE Damage Scaling and Funnel Damage: Because Призыв льда reduces the cooldown of Ледяной шар for each target you are hitting and Ледяной шар hits every target, Frost Mage damage scales very well with each new enemy target that is added. It's also worth noting that once there are enough talents and you are playing with Леденящий дождь, essentially every important spell in the rotation can be cast while moving. Not only does your damage get better and better with more targets, the rotation actually gets easier as well! Similarly, because Ледяной шар and Ледяные ветра are effective against single targets, having Призыв льда means that even your priority target damage increases as you pull more and more enemies onto your target. The strength of this funnel is often overstated, but it is still better than not having any funnel.

Personal Utility: Like all Mage specializations, Frost Mages still have exceptional personal utility with spells likes Ледяная глыба, Мерцание, Плавучая льдина, and Манипуляции со временем.

Ледяная БезднаОтлетающие льдиныСкользкий ледЛедяные ветраЛедяная БезднаОтлетающие льдиныЛеденящий дождьЛедяная БезднаОтлетающие льдиныЛеденящий дождьЧародейский интеллектИскажение времениКольцо морозаДыхание драконаВзрывная волнаКольцо морозаДыхание драконаАнтимагияДыхание драконаВзрывная волнаТайфунСияющая мощьХолодная хваткаВеликая невидимостьПрижиганиеВеликая невидимостьWhy You Shouldn't Play Frost Mage in DragonflightСтылая кровьЧародейский выбросКасание магаВозгораниеРуна мощиКолдовской потокРуна мощиЛедяной порывЛедовый шипЛеденящий штурмГлубокий расколМорозный лучЛедовый шипЛеденящий штурмГлубокий расколМорозный лучЛедовый шипЛеденящий штурмГлубокий расколМорозный лучЛедовый шипЛедовый шипКристаллы льдаЛедяное копьеКристаллы льдаЛедяное копьеКристаллы льдаШквалЗимняя стужаКристаллы льдаКристаллы льдаЛедяное копьеОбледенениеКристаллы льдаЛедовый шипЗимняя стужаЛедовый шип

Actually casting Ледовый шип takes time. Without the talent, all Кристаллы льда launch for free without any investment and that time can instead be spent generating even more Кристаллы льда! However, a big reason why people enjoy Ледовый шип is because of putting that investment into a single huge spell. Ледовый шип has always had a long cast time and has been viable in the past, so while this can make it challenging to balance, it isn't the whole story.

Frost Mages will actively try to get every Ледовый шип to benefit from Обледенение with Зимняя стужа. This means that the only Кристаллы льда that are wastefully launched when they are unlikely to benefit from Обледенение as mentioned earlier are those that are generated when the Frost Mage is waiting for a Шквал charge to use. In past expansions when Ледовый шип was strong, the number of Кристаллы льда wasted here was relatively low, but in Dragonflight the Крошащийся лед and Отлетающие льдины talents have made Кристаллы льда abundant. That's not to say that those talents are necessarily poorly designed; it's actually very fun to play with a lot of Кристаллы льда and it's nice to have Frost Mages actually wanting Mastery as a stat instead of trying to actively avoid the stat. It does however mean that Ледовый шип will cause many more Кристаллы льда to miss Обледенение than it did in the past.

Ледовый шип

Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы оставить комментарий Комментарии на английском языке (10)

Написать комментарий

Предыдущая новость

Следующая новость