Those of you who have known me for some time will understand my deep love of odd or non normal specs for a class. I love the challenge of making a looked down upon rotation work, and I actually giggle when I can show that given the right player, any spec of any class can be useful in most situations. With that said let me introduce you to Digory my frosty Deathknight.
Let me take a quick step back before heading in to deep. When the mention of the Death Knight class was introduced by blizzard I was one who . . well . . .I did not care really. To me it sounded dark and foreboding, nothing like any of the characters I like to play. Then they said you could tank or DPS with them. Tank? Without a shield? pffft, the protection paladin side of me said. I did not have any intention of playing one.
Until I got my beta key. While jumping for joy at the prospect of testing out Paravel, my restoration druid, on the beta I quickly found I had to wait and wait and wait for the character copy to go through. So . . what to do.
Shoot. . Ill roll a DK and see what all the fuss is about. .Ill probably hate it.
The opening quest set and starter zone I have to say and others have was . . . FAN STINKING TASTIC! Oh my word. . By the end of my 58th level Digory, his name on the beta as well, had not only received a awesome armor set, but he had been redeemed! W00t for character/life changing events. But that is another story for another time, and I promise a few that I will post the RP side on the blog soon.
While playing my death knight I went with the frost tree. Every one would cry out in /general, lrn2ply noob, every one knows blood is for dps, unholy is for pet and ice if for tanking! I was worried at first, I had no intention of tanking with Digory seeing I have a perfectly good tankadin in Valimonde. But, don’t laugh, for rp purposes Digory had to stay frost. And I am glad.
Frost is starting to prove itself as a viable DPS build. I started reading articles and watching videos about frost. The most information I gained was from a great post “Frosty DPS Discussion” over at Elitist Jerks. You can head over and read all the discussion. Some great information on builds and attack rotations.
Right now I am not shooting for many stats but attack power and strength. It seems that quest rewards have been good to me and at the moment I am starting to see some fantastic numbers. Last night my guild went into Nexus. Our levels where all close. DK 72, Tank 72, Marks Hunter 72, Disc Priest, 72, and a 78 Ret Pally.
As we started the instance I worked hard to not pull agro, hit the tanks target and start my rotation of:
PS -> IT -> BS -> BS -> OB -> FS
PS -> IT -> OB -> OB -> FS
And here is what I saw at the end of the night. . To say I was happy would be an understatement:
At level 72 (I dinged 73 after the run and doing the Wrathgate event. RPFIT!) I can say I am loving my frost Death Knight. For a person who would normally get a DPS fix from my ranged hunter or mage, doing damage up close and personal is exciting and new.
As for a spec that is not looked favorably upon by others. . Well BOOYA! Love doing cool things with the uncool! But I will be uncool again as I run around and find more and more Frosty DK’s. Its Awesome, and why I love this game!
So, if you want to push the boundaries, if you want to have fun, if you want to be the type of person to show those who laugh at you that you can be good, no great! Then try a spec others say sucks. Give it a try, if you don’t like it, its only a few gold to go back to the cookie cutter. Link to heading
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