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#1 Apr 23 2007 at 2:21 PM Rating: Decent
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Been a frost mage my whole mage career. AOE spec= good times, but now I'm lvl 65 and aoe has taken a backseat to questing in outlands(the farthest seat back possible, like in the trunk). I have found this trick helps me to single kill mobs.I launch a few frostbolts till mob is on me. Frostnova and back up just out of mellee reach. Cast frostbolt and about 1/2 way through cast time start to spam either cone of cold or fireblast. The goal is for both spells to hit target at the same time and with points in shatter you can get around the old nerf of 1 crit breaking frostnova by hitting frozen target with 2 spells at the same time. I will tell you that the majority of the time both of these spells will crit. I have been having better luck with the instant fire spell over Cone of cold (I dont know why as I am a frost mage but whatever). This is probably an old trick but its new to me and I haven't seen it posted so hope you find it as handy as I do.
#2 Apr 23 2007 at 4:41 PM Rating: Decent
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Wait until you're level 66 and doing the same thing with Ice Lance. Big yellow numbers plus mana conservation.
#3 Apr 23 2007 at 4:50 PM Rating: Decent
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Yup, been using that "trick" since I got Ice Lance... mmm... good times :D
#4 Apr 23 2007 at 4:51 PM Rating: Decent
that's so old i'm using it since long ago and im only lvl 58


frostbolt, frostbolt, frosbolt, then nova

then frostbolt + fireblast/CoC

with shatter, 2 crits on one nova

if u want more crits, snap cold, frost nova, 2 crits again

works nice on melee pvp
#5 Apr 23 2007 at 6:58 PM Rating: Decent
if u wanna kno some actual good tricks for bgs try jumping of a ledge in WSG turning and blinking on the same ledge u jumped off of its preety sweet when u have the flag and u fake out 3 horde


...or when u come out of the tunnle go to thr right side and blink to the left and get back a little and it looks like u just vanished into thin air
#6 Apr 23 2007 at 7:27 PM Rating: Good
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There's a similar trick you can do with fire and Combustion.

And the shatter trick is a lot of fun in BGs.
#7 Apr 23 2007 at 8:24 PM Rating: Default
you would need quite a disparity between your +frost and +fire dmg for fireblast to be less efficient than CoC on a single target... you're basically relying on crits though a "weaker" fireblast might just be better anyway for the cheaper cost. with nova on cooldown, it would seem prudent to conserve CoC in case of a need for sudden crowd control.

you are a clothie after all...
#8 Apr 24 2007 at 11:53 AM Rating: Decent
yep, this trick works like charm more time than not. I been doing it since I respec.to frost when I was 58. i'm 65 now
#9 Apr 25 2007 at 12:53 AM Rating: Decent
Using fireblast or cone of cold in pve is a bad ideea. bad mana conservation.
just stick to frostbolts and remember this trick in pvp or when you NEED a mob dead fast (when 2 other mobs are on you).
#10 Apr 25 2007 at 4:34 PM Rating: Decent
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Update. Dinged 66. HELLO ICE LANCE how did I ever get by without you??!!??!!
Same tech. fn, frostbolt, ice lance= 4k+ unbelievable.

Post isnt helpfull or anything just wanted to let ppl know that I am one darn happy frost mage ;)
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