Mage viablility may be Back!

[Ellay]

Alright! so I'm reading this blog and... what I see makes me stir with joy. I'll let you read on and let you have your opinion :)

from Affix

This might not be hugely interesting to non-mages, but you'll perk right up when you see the damage output: 9,000 damage in 1.5 seconds.

www.ourworkisneverover.net/wow/movies/Double-shatter.wmv

With approximately 170 haste or more, and with Icy Veins up, you can get a Frostbolt + Ice Lance + Ice Lance shatter combo. You can also just do a double ice lance if you don't have time for a frostbolt.

The implication here is that with ~400 haste, you could do this from 40 yards *WITHOUT* icy veins, and from ~20 yards with icy veins.

[darkmoon]

Too much pve gear imo glass cannon indeed

[Fleecy]

I feel cold all over :)

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Hmm. Interesting, though the last time I played my mages as frost (2.2 patch) even with 4 frostbolts going off at the same time it would break on the first crit. That's basically milliseconds apart, so I don't see how this works unless it's on the PTR and they've changed something.

[edit] And really, with a sample size of one duel, I'm not exactly convinced. :P

[Tasty]

Mage viability never left mwahahaha :P

[yarr]

if there was a way to target elemental's frost nova on the "alt" windows, i'd consider rolling frost mages.

[Quix]

lolz, Time to dust off the mages again.

[Toned]

That's how I've always played a frost mage, works wonders when you get frostbite procs. If you get close enough and can drop a frost nova as well it is ridiculous.