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Is combustion worth it as FFB?
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2) Depend where you're raiding. If you're doing Naxx (and to some extend, Ulduar) then one point in Imp Blizzard would make your AoE damage shoot up. If you're going straight single target dps, then sadly Combustion is your best shoice, though it is severely lackluster due to the LB Glyph interaction.
Improved blizzard doesn't make your blizzard hit for any more than it would otherwise already be hitting for. It just adds a chill effect. Now, if you happened to add points into Shatter with imp blizzard + Frostbite then, yes, it would be good. Sadly, it may also mean that your melee DPS will bite the bullet more frequently because a frozen target will attack the closest target if it isn't your tank. Oops!
There are better choices than combustion. If you're interested in doing AOE damage, why not choose blast wave? I can have good utility in raids if used properly like in the Gluth fight.
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let me clarify a bit what dant means.. The ticks from LB count nothing towards hot streak... however the EXPLOSION at the end of it does. If your hot streak ticks 4 times with combustion on, but doesn't explode yet, and you manage to sling one fireball in the midst there, that's 5 spells and only 1 of them can count towards hot streak... however, there's an increasing chance that by the time your solitary fireball is cast, that LB will have consumed all of your combustion with no effect on hot streak, since the ticks have no effect on it's proc.
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Wow, you guys are so wrong it is comical.
Hot Streak
The tool tip plainly says: Any time you score 2 spell criticals in a row using Fireball, Fire Blast, Scorch,
Living Bomb
, or Frostfire Bolt, you have a 100% chance the next Pyroblast spell cast within 10 sec will be instant cast.
So, yes, LB crits definitely proc Hot Streak and Combustion is a must have for any serious fire mage. Case closed.
alright.. try this out.. go sit on a heroic dummy, and do nothing but drop LB on it.. watch the numbers for two crits.. NOT THE EXPLOSIONS mind you, just the ticks.. when you get a hot streak proc from two crits off the ticks and again
NOT THE EXPLOSIONS
you can come back with a screen shot of your combat log as proof. telling us how comically wrong we are.. until then, learn what you're talking about and be able to back it up with sources or some sort of proof.
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Ethiery
I dropped it and honestly I've had no issues with my dps at all. To be completely honest. I think it's better to not use it in todays raiding set up. You "should" be critting around 50% of the time anyway, so setting up 10% stacking for 3 whole crits isn't worth the extra point in Flame Throwing. (If you use my build).
As far as FFB though... I'd honestly still use it. Everytime I see a mage going "omg did u c my dps on thuse spyders lol" I get alittle sick. AoE pulls are junk. But still, if you're using Living Bomb Glyph, and you should.... Combustion goes from lackluster to down right worthless almost. Single target is where 100% of your focus should be. Even the trash in Ulduar relies on downing a single target really quickly. (LoL constructs playing catch with Lightening Ball)
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Since I specced Firestarter our tanks have an interesting job again!
(too bad our ressers, too)
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