Originally Posted by Kraralis
A quick question, is (imp) blizzard a good idea on hyjal trash? Frankly I'm uncertain, everyone seems to trash it before it even gets a chance to be considered, but the dmg seems better than you might expect (as a frost spec at least).
For reference, in my gear blizard does about 3k dmg in 7.28 seconds which is 412 dps and 2.2 dpm.
In the same gear, AE does on average 700 dmg in 1.37 seconds which is 510 dps and 1.3 dpm.
So, especially with regards to having a bit of haste, blizzard seems to do much better than you might think at first glance. Still, blizzard does 20% less dmg than AE, so I guess the simple answer is, AE if you have the mana; otherwise blizzard. So for hyjal I'd suggest imp blizzard is a good idea? Interestingly, AE spam uses twice the mana/second that blizzard does.
So, why do people dismiss blizzard as a method of aoe in raids?
(ps. If this has been brought up before I apologize, searching for "blizzard" didn't work very well!)
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Imp. Blizzard can be good if you have people pulling aggro off of the tanks a lot. It gives the tanks extra time to snag the sneaky bastard. If you don't have aggro problems, though, then there's no reason for it unless you're spec'd frost. In which case Blizzard (being that it cannot crit) is just there to get up a frostbite and then watch it get eaten by someone else critting the mob.
In short, if you're quick and can ice lance before the frostbite breaks, it can be useful for frost mages. If you see aggro pulls a lot (More than once per wave, once every wave, etc.), one or two points can make tanks love you.
Anything else just makes it a waste of points better spent elsewhere.