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Overcome
I've been trying to come to terms with what the new patch may mean for frost dps. Mainly the whole dual wielding thing. So in preparation I've managed to pick up 2 one-handed swords from our guilds naxx 10 alt runs, plus using various web sites to see what my options are for future upgrades. Now I'll be the first person to tell you that I don't know anything when it comes to one-handers as far as melee DPS. Going from a warlock main to my DK, it took me forever to train myself to actually look at the weapons top end damage and speed as a contribution to my DPS, instead of just looking at the stats it gave. Now I'm looking at the available one-handers, thinking to myself "Trash... trash... trash." Of course this is totally from my two-handed DPS state of mind, so I really have no idea dual-wielding DPS would look like. It just seems to me that going from
this
to two of
these
just sucks. Maybe thats a bad item comparison, since one drops off KT in 25 man, and the other off Thaddius in 10, but hopefully you see what I mean.
So the question I have is: What exactly should I be looking for as far as overall weapon stats? Seems to me that +strength isn't an option at this stage of the game. So that leaves us with just top damage, speed and attack power. Is there anything fairly easy to obtain that would be a better option than the two swords? Can I even dual-wield them both at the same time? Any type of advice for a person who has never had to worry about dual-wielding as melee is appreciated. Thanks.
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totemmunkey
The problem I see is that Rune Strike will get super lame.. no more of the huge RS crits if you choose to DW but there may simply be more of them to balance this.
Would Rune Strike even be a part of a DPS rotation? It only becomes available after you dodge or parry (which most likely won't happen as DPS) and it creates a lot of threat (which you definitely don't want as DPS).
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totemmunkey
This is true, I lose differentiation between tanking and dpsing sometimes.. Sorry. But yes, in a dps build RS would not be important as you should use rp on FS.
Ah ok, thanks for the clarification.
Post by
Eleazer
There is a thread on this called Proposed 3.2 Frost DW dps threads. Lynri is wrong in this regards concerning 2h Frost dps. If you want to stay frost you are going to have to go DW. It just scales way too well, and essentially crushes 2h Frost dps in the process. BTW Sam, your link has fist weapons which DK's can not use ;p.
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