11-26-2007, 09:11 PM
Quote:I would go more with 2/48/11. With only 11pts, you really cannot make a good frostbolt and Arcane Blast is still a nice spell as long as you don't spam it (it still might be my opener if a unlucky scorch crit would pull aggro from a tank that caught an opening miss. Wiping a raid is always a bad idea). The 3 pts in Ice Shards could equally end up in Frost Bite or Permafrost. With the mage rarely casting frostbolt a chill effect won't ever really happen. Thus Ice Shards might be the best for a Frost Nova/Ice Lance combo. But in my days as a frost mage Permafrost with rank 1 frostbolt/Cone really helps with the timing on kiting (2x elite kiting is great practice to keep skills sharp). Also Frost Bite might be interesting with Ice Armor in PvP. In summary, you have 5 junk points and I believe utility, even if it is very very limited, might be more interesting. Otherwise you have my new build.
Well, Arcane Blast is a pretty terrible spell without 2-piece Tier 5, and only mediocre with, and where openers are concerned, I find it's only a concern in 5-mans. In raids, the first target to receive DPS should always get a misdirection on the pull to set them with a solid 3k+ aggro. Similarly, I never cast Ice Armor in raids, there's no need for frost resistance, and only very limited use for frost nova.
Now I'm not saying there's a ton of use for Frostbolt, either, but the two uses do include raid encounters. At a TK/SSC level, Al'ar is fire immune, and Arcane Blast just isn't going to do as something you use for the whole fight, even with 2t5. The same logic applies to phase 2 of the Illidan encounter in T6 content. If I'm going to have to use frostbolt (and I really wouldn't be casting anything else in those fights; okay, maybe I'd build a little AB cycle for fun but I'd still need Frostbolt as part of it) I might as well use these points, which I'm spending in Frost anyway, to make it better.