DPS – Talking out of my @$$ – Anub
October 22, 2009 at 1:45 pm (Chatter) (Anub'arak, Anub'Arak Hard Mode, DPS, Survivability, TOGC Hard Mode, Trial of the Crusader)
Ok, I don’t DPS, but I thought I wanted to blabber about some of the things dps’ers could do to improve their survivability for Anub.
As I discussed in my Healing Stance post, healers have it pretty easy until p3. This is relatively true for DPS as well. The race begins in p3. There are specs/glyphs/gear that dps’ers can get that can improve their AOE dmg (to continue dmg’ing the adds & anub) and improve their survivability.
This is a recent post that I put on our website regarding mages in the fight.
I was thinking about that too Bru… I know you & merren go a specific spec to help benefit the AOE dmg. I’m curious to know if other classes do the same thing.
I’m not calling anyone out, but b/c I know mages, I’ll use mage as my example.
Mages have great AOE, but our best aoe is ice based. So it would seem that although frost spec is low single target dmg, it would be beneficial on so many levels for AOE. Just some of the talents that would help are in the first 4 tiers, like:
[url=http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=29440]Precision[/url]
[url=http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=28332]Frost Warding[/url]
[url=http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=16758]Arctic Reach[/url]
[url=http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=31669]Frozen Core[/url]
[url=http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=43039]Ice Barrier[/url]I’m no expert, but it seems to me this would be a great spec for this fight.
This is kind of a spec I thot about: [url=http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#of0i0uZf0cZbIffsfucfzxb]16/8/47[/url]Very horrible single target dmg, but the aoe dmg would be really good. Again, dunno if it’s worth the switch, but if it means super better aoe, it might be worth a try. This was just my example, or at least, what I would try for an attempt or 2 to see if it is better for the fight.
It also may be worth it for others to look for their aoe talents (like how the DKs switched to Unholy for the aoe dmg).
Any other thoughts?
My only issue was that the ONLY mage we currently have bashed this post saying it’s stupid to do this spec. I could see that it’s not the best dps spec, but this same mage is the one who dies (guaranteed) every time to PC in p3. Now… it seems to me that if you’re dieing a lot in p3 – you’d want to do things to fix it. Sadly, at the time I wrote the post, I truly wasn’t calling him out. I was just pointing out the ability of mages to survive in p3 is rather easy if you go that spec or something similar, while not hurting your AOE (Blizzard) dps.
Our locks are currently switching specs to Demo, our DKs switch specs to Unholy (using Blood Pres). All of this helps boost aoe dmg, but also survivability at the same time (imp health & reduced dmg from locks, imp anti-magic shield for dks). The mage states that a FFB spec is best for this fight. I see the small improvements that could be from this spec; however, overall dmg would be lower & cost more mana than the ice spec I proposed. Also, there would be many more chances for the mage to stay alive, esp with coldsnap & imp frost ward.
I know this is a healing forum, but I’m stumped at how to approach the mage with the possible changes. He’s very quick to make recommendations to healers on what they should do, but when a recommendation is made for him, he insults my intelligence. Ugh, maybe I’m just venting, but I don’t see the harm in trying a spec like this to see what happens.
Most of the other classes in our raid (ie, locks & dks) change their talents to improve their survivability for p3. Am I talking out of my @$$ regarding mages? I don’t think I am, but like I said before, it doesn’t hurt to try something different. Just because others aren’t doing it, doesn’t mean it won’t work. I’d also have to point out that other mages aren’t DIEING the instant they get the dot – prolly b/c they’re constantly keeping FW up & IB’ing the first/second dot.
Ok, rant aside – let me know what you think. What are your mages/dps doing on this boss?
