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Why? It can proc off of Arcane Explosion/Blastwave/Dragon's Breath too. This is not a valid reason for casting Frost Nova while trying to kill a pack of mobs.

Again, it can proc off of any other AE spell which actually does damage, so not a reason to cast Frost Nova.

This is not a good thing to do to a pack of mobs. The ones that are nearest to you will turn and kill you if you are the nearest target on their threat list. The ones that are not will kill someone else. Any mob which is not nearest to its tank will hit something else, which is not a Good Thing(tm).

Valid reason for casting Frost Nova during AoE pull:

You got aggro on 1 or more mobs which may kill you and you need to get away from them, run out of the pack so that these mobs are separated slightly, then Frost Nova and Blink away. This makes sure the mob is rooted where it won't hit someone else who is not expected by the healers (or themselves) to be taking this kind of damage, roots it close enough to the tank for easy retrieval, visually separates it so the tank knows it needs to be taken back, and gets you away from it so you don't die either.

This is all Magery 101, though, I'm surprised it needs explanation.



Let's talk about something less obvious.

Now that we are fairly certain that MSD is a 45 second cooldown has anyone run the numbers yet of the nerfed MSD vs. the new Relentless(?) Skyfire Diamond? Let's assume MSD was bumped up to 10% proc rate (the actual value is now unlisted in the tooltip.)

I'd do it myself right now but I'm at work so i'm not sure I'd trust my numbers since I'm distracted with other things.