Post by Kurtosis
Hi all, about to hit 80, looking to spec for pvp, and wondering about
this build. It's basically a variation of
skribs' non-AMZ UH pvp shell + blood shell. Objectives:
1. Max burst (special attack and spell damage) at the cost of autoattack dmg (no Necrosis or BCB, but almost every other talent that maxes Str, Crit, AP, or spell/special attack dmg).
2. Trade perma-ghoul and 1/2 Night of the Dead for 2/2 Dirge for max runic power generation (
my leveling spec)
I figure high-utility but weak pets like felhunters and ghouls get insta-gibbed in pvp, so why not trade him for max RP generation instead.
Questionable talents:
1. Rune Tap + Improved Rune Tap. Is it really that consequential in pvp?
2. 2/5 Anticipation. Just filler, only other options are 2/3 Outbreak, 2/5 Necrosis, 1/1 Corpse Explosion (and something else), or 2/3 BCB. I figure a few extra RS's from the extra dodge won't hurt, and even with the 3.0.8 nerf RS will still do 150% weapon dmg. Or is something else significantly more powerful here?
On a Pale Horse b/c I'm Orc, want the stacking stun resist.
Thoughts, critiques?
Edit: In the Blood tree, Subversion b/c I use Blood Strike to proc death runes, it does decent dmg when it crits. And Butchery mainly for the +2RP/5s in combat.
Post by Kurtosis
Thx Death, what build have you been using for pvp?
I find in pvp I have to turn off Claw or ghoul will never have enough energy for Gnaw. Since I'm on a pvp realm I leave it off all the time, so essentially the ghoul's only use to me is stun, his dps is neglible.
Haven't used a dmg meter to confirm that, but sometimes I'll set him on a mob while I'm mining a node and just watch the mob's health. Not very impressive, though maybe I'm just too used to Felguard and Devilsaurs on my old lock and hunter...
Ok, Anticipation ->
2/3 BCB no-ghoul, or
CE and 1/3 BCB with ghoul. Will test out these two specs and see which I prefer. Thanks.
Post by Kurtosis
Thanks, I actually respec'd Frost last night for the first time to give it a try, but with a
Blood subspec. Your build gives me
some UH subspec ideas though.
The main differences from yours is that for pvp I prefer to sacrifice autoattack buffs and procs for spell dmg, strike dmg, range, or utility. Other than that, what's your opinion on these two builds?
