Hia, I’m trying to put together an alternative to the classic build/azerite traits for M+ and I could use some help simming and figuring out stat priority. for the last few weeks I’ve been doing this pre-patch with single azerite traits and now with stacking it seems entirely more viable.
I didn’t really start pushing M+ till almost the end of the last patch and went from basically 0-10’s to pushing 13-16’s pretty quick with this build and generally being highest or second in dps in the dungeon.
My issue now is trying to maximize this but I’m finding it difficult to use traditionally simming to figure out how to really increase my overall dungeon damage.
My dps is focused around a minimum 2 target cleave (my boss damage will be lower) so it is more ideal for fortified weeks. Because of this I’m trying to figure out stat and azerite priority. As a huge chunk of my damage comes from ice lance, frozen orb and icicles, what does my highest stat become? I’ve currently been assuming that it should be Crit > Mastery > Vers > Haste (as the majority of my casts on trash are instant). I’m also trying to work out if I have the option of using packed ice or whiteout (assuming the gear can only offer one) how viable is one over the other, ect… is Flash freeze worth it at all considering my ice lance launches icicles?
My character link is below any advice would be appreciated, not sure if anyone else has a similar build out there? I just got really tired of the typical M+ build for frost mages and wanted a more active play-style without specing fire.
Try simming for a 1-2 minute fight, multiple adds/bosses (say 3-5) with no cooldowns or pots. It’s not perfect, but it’s decent enough. I’d warrant that Mastery is quite low though, and don’t underestimate the value of Haste.
For cleave you probably want to be running Glacial Spike with EB and SI as it provides very nice cleave damage (and for 2+ targets you don’t need to wait for a BF proc for GS). I find with Ice Floes you rarely get interrupted casting GS.
Bloodmallet. com has a great list of Azerite trait strengths that you can set up to give you a decent idea of what traits are strong for the content you want to do. Eg: Packed Ice is good for multiple adds, while Flash Freeze is very good for ST running GS but they are weaker in other areas.
Yeah this was my previous build and I’ve been averaging about 1-2k higher overall spa since I dropped glacial spike (albeit boss spa can be lower depending on foF procs)
This is basically why I’m trying to figure out where mastery ranks as on trash packs 60% of my spells are instant so haste seems worthless
You gear mythic+ as you would gear normally for raid, minus maybe an on-use trinket like balefire for stronger AoE trash burst.
Don’t drop glacial spike, its still can be good for killing priority targets in trash packs, as well as being massive for DPS on bosses, which matters a ton every other weak on tyrannical.
Comet storm is the best unless you are in a dungeon like King’s Rest where you have smaller packs of only a few, or anytime your tank is going to be pulling very small amounts (which we would all hope is never).
Mastery is also dog on frost, you wanna try and avoid that if you can. Flash freeze is amazing and should be picked up when you can.
I honesly don’t swap anything from my raid built going into M+ unless I’m taking splitting ice for a boss - then i swap back to comet storm.