End Game

[Ag3ofShadows]

Whats a good raid and or spec end game for a mage. right now im full frost at lvl 61 and i like it alot but idk if the dps is good enough for end game raids. i was thinking about 40/0/21 for ice block and all of the amazing arcane bonuses, but i'd lose alot of power at the end of the frost tree. i was thinking about 17/0/44 but i'd lose a large portion of the spell dmg from arcane. any suggestions? (if u havent noticed im trying to avoid fire)

[Treatment]

Frost is the best for pvp so go full frost. But fire is good for leveling.

[Ag3ofShadows]

i love frost for everything, but i wasnt sure if the dps was good enough for end game raids. and fire imo has 2 much downtime with questing. but anyways thx for the input

[Rezznor]

Best spec for raiding is 10/48/3.

Heres my armory if you got any questions as to where to put points.
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=The+Underbog&n=Rezznor

[smeagz]

the 10/48/3 spec is great....but imo theres a stepping stone spec in between



for end game mages, youre almost required to have tailoring. this way you make the spellfire set. its a lot of farming, believe me i know...but its worth it. you get great robes/gloves/belt from it. after that + some heroic epics and a few karazhan pieces, you add in the stepping stone spec. it can vary on your opinion, just pick up spell mastery or whatever it is in deep arcane (25% of intellect=spell damage). thats where im at right now, and im sittin at 1k spell damage for fire/arcane and around 22.something% crit. once you start getitng higher gear like t4+...you get slightly less intellect and more damage. eventually mind mastery becomes useless, and you move into 10/48/3.


imo, mind mastery for karazhan and halfway through ssc, then 10/48/3 the rest of the way.


edit: nice gear rezznor, hes the ideal person to spec 10/48/3.......hes easily got the gear for it.

[Ag3ofShadows]

can i buy the spellfire set from tailors on the server or is it all BoP

[Velocis]

Tailoring is an absolute MUST for priests and mages... the tailor-made epics are BOE

http://www.thottbot.com/i21848

[jacqu3]

my friend is specd really good. if you spec frost you can get all you bonus shatter damage with 2 novas( 1 from u 1 from WE). i can ask him to send me it if u want.

[Ag3ofShadows]

so basically what your telling me is i should drop jewelcrafting right now (plans are over priced anyways) for tailoring?

[Ag3ofShadows]

off the top of ur head, is there anything else useful in tailoring besides the spell fire set. ive hardly looked at it

[akittywithagun]

off the top of ur head, is there anything else useful in tailoring besides the spell fire set. ive hardly looked at it

yeah well if ur Frost go Frozenshadow weave it has a great set bonous and you can make large Bags
umm the FSW set al together adds bout 150 DMg itself + set = +2% DMG to frost/Shadow DMG