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Should a Mage use an offhand?
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Post by
KineticShampoo
I'm using Surplus Limb:
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40273
What type of weapon should my mage use as main hand? A dagger? A sword? Should I even be using an offhand?
Thank you for the help.
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Post by
jerms2k3
I currently use
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=45287
with the
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40698
offhand. I generally find that I get better results from a MH/OH combo than just using a staff. It allows me to swap out for different items based on what stats I may need for certain fights, or if I swap out gear and need stat boosts for other stats using a MH/OH makes it much easier than if I'm wielding a staff. Not to mention that many staves are better itemized for druids/priests stats than mages.
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Post by
KineticShampoo
I currently use
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=45287
with the
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40698
offhand. I generally find that I get better results from a MH/OH combo than just using a staff. It allows me to swap out for different items based on what stats I may need for certain fights, or if I swap out gear and need stat boosts for other stats using a MH/OH makes it much easier than if I'm wielding a staff. Not to mention that many staves are better itemized for druids/priests stats than mages.
Thank you for the answers guys. :)
That sword is awesome! :3
What sword should I look out for that drops from say, Naxx or even a bit lower. Thank you!
Post by
Melleanara
Take a look at the sword/dagger lists and filter them for +spellpower. You'll see that there is a great selection with caster stats. Generally you just use whatever gives you the stats you're looking for. If you find a staff that has better all around stats for you, then use that until you find a weapon/offhand combo that's better, and vise-versa.
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jerms2k3
I currently use
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=45287
with the
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40698
offhand. I generally find that I get better results from a MH/OH combo than just using a staff. It allows me to swap out for different items based on what stats I may need for certain fights, or if I swap out gear and need stat boosts for other stats using a MH/OH makes it much easier than if I'm wielding a staff. Not to mention that many staves are better itemized for druids/priests stats than mages.
Thank you for the answers guys. :)
That sword is awesome! :3
What sword should I look out for that drops from say, Naxx or even a bit lower. Thank you!
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=39200
,
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=39271
, and
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=39424
all drop from Naxx 10. If you are running Naxx 25, then you may see
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40336
or
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40396
drop, but expect a lot of competition for the latter of those two. Other than that, there is a decent 1h from doing the argent dailies that I can't remember the name of right off of the top of my head. Any other MH drops will be from Ulduar 10/25.
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Blueangrey
My mage uses the Ward of the Violet Citadel which someone linked above, and
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=45208
from the Argent Tournament.
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Good DPS is not always required. It's nice, but when you are trying to herd 24 cats through a maze, the fact that some of the cats are ugly and some of them have bladder control problems fades to insignificance.Oh man. Eerily accurate and funny as hell.
Though this is why I left my guild and reformed a smaller one with a lot of the same people that were in the first :P
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Hey Goldfish go QQ somewhere else. Arguing on forums is
so
idiotic, it borders on satire.
Go you, you intellectual you!
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