Was thinking about dusting off my dk which spec is better?
For DF? UH has some nasty aoe for mythic+ and does great in pvp. Has good ST burst as well. 2h frost has insane cleave and does well in mythic plus too (aoe not as strong as uh festermight) dw frost is also viable.
I personally lean toward UH because the new talents really revamp it for the better while frost does what it did ib sl just better if that makes sense.
I’ve been leveling as frost. I’ve played UH in the past, but the rotation has always felt clunky to me. Have you had a chance to play the new rotation?
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The new UH feels almost like a completey different class in terms of fun and enjoyment. The aoe festermight build for mythic+ is just insane. It feels good. But even having the disease play back and other skills doing damage (like death coil). Our resources feel so much better too. Little to no down time now. Gary also hits stupid hard when u get him ramping.
Frost also feels really good. It is nice have other skills hit hard again. I’m a big 2h fan and the tree really makes obliterates shine.(still with MoTFW was baseline though) But even going dw frost feel fun since howling blast chunks and getting 5 stacks for icy touch feels good too for big bursty hits.
So in the end, is there really that much of a dps difference between the two specs?
Frost is generally more burst oriented.
Where as unholy takes some ramp up time applying dots and waiting for buffs like unholy might to trigger before you summon your gargoyle and really spike in damage and climb the meters.
Playing both is a great idea as certain situations benefit from each play style. If mobs/dungeon packs are staying alive long enough to multi dot etc then unholy is good. If they’re being blown apart because of other strong aoe classes like boomkins etc, then playing frost with a much faster start time to your damage and pretty constant high damage windows will win out.
UH in DF feels more like Enh Shaman to me. More priority and reactionary compared to UH has before. I don’t feel like I need to hit fester as much and rely on pimple popping which has sucked as a rotation. I feel more like a Death Coil Disease UH in DF.
As mentioned above, frost is more bursty and instant, but feels good to play regardless of breath or oblit build. I really have been enjoying both.
UH does take some ramp up, but once you get it going the numbers fly like crazy.
Imagine it more like, Do you want a simple rotation with big numbers? Frost. What about death from a thousand cuts? UH
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To level, to play in PvP, to play end game in mythics. All those answers are slightly different.
I would learn towards frost if anything.
Anything except 2h frost in prepatch lol
So m+ frost in DF is looking good? That’s all I’ll have time for is to run a few dungeons per week. I’m just burned out on casters and wanted to play a melee in m+ next season
Im bias iv been unholy and i will stwy unholy
I personally think UH is better because the burst aoe is just absolutely insane. But Frost is also doing quite well too for overall damage. Does good aoe, and incredible cleave.
Imagine it like UH-sustain and burst aoe every few pulls. Frost good aoe and really has some nice st burst if going 2h oblit every minute. (though breath is doing solid too)
UH has good ST as well, but you have to go Gary build for it.
Both specs will be competitive.
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Everytime I’ve tried UH in the past, the rotation has always felt a bit clunky to me. How’s the rotation these days? Feeling smooth?
It’s very smooth now.
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It is very smooth