Frost Death Knight Review of Deathbringer Hero Talents - What You Are But More

Live Publié 29/03/2024 à 23:01 par khazakdk

12 new Hero Talent Trees

Hero Talents are an extension of the Talent system designed to explore class fantasy with a third talent tree, separate from your class and specialization. With the release of Alpha, Blizzard has previewed most Hero Talents Trees coming in the next expansion, The War Within.
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Deathbringer Frost Death Knight ReviewReaper's MarkWave of SoulsBlood FeverBind in DarknessShuddering SoiulGrim ReaperDeath's BarginRune Carved PlatesSwift EndPainful DeathDark TalonsWither AwayDeath's MessengerExpelling ShieldExterminateTree Overview Deathbringers are the emissaries of death. Empowered by the Shadowlands, their physical strikes and abilities aim for their enemies' souls and vanquish them without mercy. any targetFrappe de givreSouffle de SindragosaGameplay ImpactsPilier de givreFaucheur d’âmeFièvre de givreSouffle de SindragosaMachine à tuerSouffle de SindragosaOblitérationPilier de givreChape de glacePilier de givreSouffle de SindragosaAnéantissementSticking Points

My primary concern for Deathbringer is its strong favor for Souffle de Sindragosa, making it potentially lackluster for Oblitération builds. Souffle de Sindragosa plays strongly into and , giving it 2-4 free stacks each second off the GCD. Oblitération is left with competing concerns. Fauche-Givre will let it pick up single stacks when it spends Machine à tuer procs, but this is at odds with abilities like Frappe de givre/Avancée glaciale and Rafale hurlante. These will gain more stacks, but Oblitération wants to spend Machine à tuer whenever possible. Something like making empower Machine à tuer instead of Frimas would remove this conflict of interest for Oblitération builds.

The two utility choices on the right side don't really feel like choices. focuses on our worst defensive ability. Pacte mortel at 50% effectiveness is a weak heal on a long cooldown. By comparison, provides a strong constant defensive benefit as presented. Since refresh behavior is not mentioned, I assume that spending/generating a rune fully refreshes the buff for this node. If it is a partial refresh, then both choices look underwhelming. And even if both look good, I cannot say I am particularly excited about more defensive power in an already tanky class.

as presented does not have a good use case in-game. Requiring an enemy to damage your Carapace anti-magie works against the goal of the talent. We want to slow casts to give us more time to react and stop them. Many enemies with important casts are often just meleeing the tank right before the cast, offering no opportunity to use this. When we can use it, using a defensive with a 40-second cooldown to slow a cast is rather expensive for a weak benefit. We will still need to commit additional resources to stop the cast. Meanwhile, provides both offensive and defensive benefit. There is no contest here. Something needs to change for Expelling Shield to see play. Expelling Shield sounds like a great name for a spell that brings back the effect of Boule miroir...

is thematically overshadowed by . Frost does not struggle to apply Frost Fever; Frimas procs often. If guaranteed Shadowfrost damage for Fièvre de givre, I could see it maybe working for Oblitération builds to try to get rapid stacks. However, as it stands, enabling abilities like Souffle de Sindragosa and Avancée glaciale to add guaranteed stacks on each instance is much more exciting.