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this is because when you ice block you ice elemental can sometimes take out half a rogues hp, if he is unlucky enough to get hit by a rank 1 aoe
Okies, they don't resist rank one anymore than rank six my friend : P Just thought I would toss that out there. (this is why we don't buy frost nova past the first one...)
Second, locks are not the end all beat all everyone whines about. Get a fear trink, use your ice blocks to wipe fear and dots and a lock is a lot less scary. BTW locks get nerfed almost every patch too (albiet on a smaller scale than mages)
PVE a lock isn't amazing either. Fear is a horrible CC. Yeah I'll say it again for you guys so you don't have to go back and make sure I said it ~ Fear is a HORRIBLE CC. Does this sound good to you? DOT DOT Fear right into six more mobs. Sure you killed one ok but now what?
People die alot by locks because when they get feared they panic. The mouse starts flying across the screen like mad and you freeze up. A good lock can beat alot of things but that is why (as a mage) you must be better than the PERSON controling that lock. Skill matters in PVP. Find a lock who liked to fight and go to the arena. Fight over and over and you will see a lock is predictable. When you figure out what you have to do it just clicks for you and lock become alot less scary.
Back on topic~ Speaking of the arena, a mage had a really big advantage in the arena because we could WE, Block, CS, WE, Block. That is pretty much the cause for the nerf. In PVE it isn't going to matter much because if you are in bad enough shape to have to double block you're in over your head anyways.
The only thing I really see the Block nerf messing up is arena and 1v1 lock pvp (can't wipe fear/dots twice now which is def. going to make the fight a bit harder but not impossible)
Hope that clears some stuff up for you Fenwick