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Posted by Karch 64 COMMENTS

(Written by Karch) (Write for us!) Well, patch 3.2 is here, and all mages should be familiar with the significant changes that have been made.  Depending on what you believe, Arcane now theorycrafts equal or better than deep fire, and you’ll be seeing a whole lot more arcane mages in raid groups. As evidenced by [...]

Categories: Mage
Posted by wowconfidential 62 COMMENTS

Rogues have 3 talent trees, the first is assassination, the second is combat, and the third is not subtlety, its “utility”. And, since “utility” doesn’t show up on the meters, you are left with 2 choices for DPS.  Table of Contents: 1 – Stats. 2 – Gems & Enchants. 3 – Specs and Glyphs.             [...]

Categories: Raiding, Rogue
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(Written by Sudhee) (Write for us!) “DK’s can tank in all 3 specs.” Tired of hearing that without knowing why? Well, read on… Starter DK tanking gear for heroics. Tanking stats. Blood tanking spec. Frost 2h tanking spec. Frost DW tanking spec. Unholy tanking spec. Starter DK tanking gear for heroics: Tempered Titansteel Helm (BOE [...]

Categories: Death Knight, Raiding
Posted by Jason Cox 14 COMMENTS

This guide covers the basic information you will need

Categories: Addons, Raiding, Shaman
Posted by David DeBalm 1 COMMENT

Addons Specific paladin addons, in my experience, are not really a necessity until your reach 80. For the purposes of leveling a paladin, one addon I do recommend if you are aiming to level quickly, is Carbonite Quest, also check out Zygor’s leveling guide for in-game step by step level walkthrough for the most efficient [...]

Categories: Addons, Paladin
Posted by wowconfidential 7 COMMENTS

(Written by Karch) (Write for us!) For mages looking to improve their DPS, there are 3 basic questions you should ask: 1)      Are you spec’d right? 2)      Are you geared/gemmed/enchanted right? 3)      Are you using the right rotation? Today we’re dealing with the first of those questions.  While there are a handful of proper PvE [...]

Categories: Mage, Raiding
Posted by wowconfidential 28 COMMENTS

(Written by Nicholas) (Write for us!) This guide will provide a general overview of how to best use a paladin tank, and the gear requirements and stats that you require to tank successfully in the level 80 raids. 1.Gear Requirements A paladin tank needs to have gear with a minimum of 540 defence rating for [...]

Categories: Paladin, Raiding
Posted by wowconfidential 8 COMMENTS

(Written by Ryan S.) (Write for us!) This guide covers how to max out everything possible to have the highest stats and killing power in the level 29 battlegrounds as a Rogue. If you want to get to 29 as quick as possible you should check out Zygor’s in-game leveling add-on walkthrough showing you the [...]

Categories: Rogue, Twinking
Posted by wowconfidential 4 COMMENTS

(Written by Karch) (Write for us!) Back before the last patch, when all we had to run were Naxx, Maly, and OS, gearing questions for mages were a lot simpler.  Regardless of spec, the Tier-7 4-piece set bonus was powerful enough to overcome any minor stat differences between tier gear and non-tier gear.  Basically, every [...]

Categories: Mage
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How Much Hit Rating Should You Stack? (Written by Karch) (Write for us!) One of the trickiest things for new raiders to understand is just how much hit rating to run with.  While not a “sexy” stat like, say, critical strike or haste rating are, hit rating has a huge impact on your raid DPS. [...]

Categories: Mage, WOTLK