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Hey guys, I've been unhappy with my DPS for most of the expansion - I rarely break into the top five spots on the damage meter, and more often I hover towards the bottom, aside from the brief shining period where I could abuse double Ice Lance. The issue is particularly noticeable on Kin'garoth, whe...

Goroth All specs * [Mythic] You can solo-soak Rain of Brimstone with Ice Block - save it for when no-one else can reach the spot in time. Watch out for overlapping patches, and soak them both. Arcane Fire Frost Demonic Inquisition All specs Arcane * The cleave from Arcane Barrage will generate Torm...

Please keep your tips and ticks in the following format so that the moderating team can easily keep the initial post up to date, allowing members to easily find tips for specific fights without needing to read every post. Please keep it clear and concise. Boss: <Boss Name> Difficulty: Heroic / Mythi...

Meteor: Don't delay it, PI is inherently random and can't be guaranteed. You want to cast Meteor, then Combust before it spawns - it snapshots your modifiers when it spawns, which is about a second before it lands. Don't waste a GCD casting it mid-Combust. MI: For a long time I thought that MI snaps...

Trinkets - fully aware these are bad. I coin for Metronome, Whispers etc every week but so far have had no luck. Legendaries - Arcane theoretically performs above Fire without legendaries, but it's a ballache to play without Shimmer on some fights. Ironically I actually got Koralon's in the same rai...

Hey guys, I've been consistently appearing low on the damage meters throughout Legion versus players with similar gear. The rest of my guild had a head-start on me, as I wasn't playing for the first three months of the expansion, but I've now mostly caught up in gear (~ilvl 896). No matter what I do...

Love it! I didn't know about this.

I've certainly noticed the last point, my WE sounds like he's casting all the time. Haven't seen the others yet, but Freeze/WJ isn't something I ever tried. I'll see if I can replicate tonight.

I'm happy to do any sort of one-time interview, because I am a media whore.

So the latest changes to set bonuses (http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/17346265830?page=18#343" target="_blank) nerfed 2-piece Arcane's pet damage by 40%. This seems to have been justified, but it does bring up the topic of breakpoints again: specifically, is the haste (26%) > mastery build s...

Just bringing this to the attention of everyone (sorry it's late, Jack). I was listening to Dalaran Brilliance every week, and very much want it to continue. It's difficult for me to meet any sort of US-based schedule, which is why I haven't volunteered for it. Would be great to have some Altered Ti...

Hi all, I work from home, and have both my personal PC and my work laptop connected to the same display, via two different connections: HDMI and VGA (the only video port on the laptop). I have a single keyboard, mouse, ethernet cable and speaker, which I manually disconnect and re-connect to each PC...

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We'll need a bit more information first. Could we have an Armoury link to your character?

Personally, I would not advise taking Crystal on Kromog. It seems like an obvious choice, but his hitbox is so massive that cleaving onto him from the Crystal is difficult.

Edit: Yep, as Frost - though this might have changed with the extra range added to Splitting Ice in 6.1.

Sounds good in theory, but I'll wait for Komma to TC it before switching to Comet Storm! However, if competitive it'll rule cleave fights.

That's pretty cool, Madler. What gear are you using?