10-04-2005, 05:05 PM
Anger Management is mostly pointless for me since I end with Execute(s), and I don't need the passive rage generation - I always found another point in Deflection or Improved Battle Shout to more useful.
As for me, I'm still a fan of slow main-hand, fast offhand. A significant amount of my damage versus melee comes from Overpower, and a 2.80 main hand will hit much harder than any 1.90 ever will, even after the weaponspeed changes come 1.8. The difference between Flurry with the two setups is negligible at best (you'll proc it more frequently with two fast weapons, but do less damage), and I feel the loss of damage on instants like Whirlwind and Overpower does not compensate for the faster attacking. The only exception to this is when I'm using my Silent Fang, which is 1.60 (the fastest possible sword after Hanzo Blade) and requires the main hand. However, the Silence proc is just devastating in PvP; if it procs, that Mage is dead before the proc ends.
I'd go with the Dal'rend's set if at all possible until you can secure goodies from ZG and MC; it provides you with a slow, powerful main hand (in fact, the highest damage range on any blue, 81-151) that increases your crit, and a fast offhand that increases your Parry, and the set bonus gives you an extra 50 AP. Barring that set, Frostbite and Glacial Blade (and their Alliance equivalents) from AV are also extremely good when used together, and don't require all that much rep with Frostwolf/Stormpike.
As for me, I'm still a fan of slow main-hand, fast offhand. A significant amount of my damage versus melee comes from Overpower, and a 2.80 main hand will hit much harder than any 1.90 ever will, even after the weaponspeed changes come 1.8. The difference between Flurry with the two setups is negligible at best (you'll proc it more frequently with two fast weapons, but do less damage), and I feel the loss of damage on instants like Whirlwind and Overpower does not compensate for the faster attacking. The only exception to this is when I'm using my Silent Fang, which is 1.60 (the fastest possible sword after Hanzo Blade) and requires the main hand. However, the Silence proc is just devastating in PvP; if it procs, that Mage is dead before the proc ends.
I'd go with the Dal'rend's set if at all possible until you can secure goodies from ZG and MC; it provides you with a slow, powerful main hand (in fact, the highest damage range on any blue, 81-151) that increases your crit, and a fast offhand that increases your Parry, and the set bonus gives you an extra 50 AP. Barring that set, Frostbite and Glacial Blade (and their Alliance equivalents) from AV are also extremely good when used together, and don't require all that much rep with Frostwolf/Stormpike.
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