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OK I am just going to put this out there, there is no reason to be making a big deal out of which spec does better AoE.
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Yes there is a big deal to be made out of it now, actually. The hardest fight ingame currently requires excellent AOE, and it's not a gimmicky aspect of the encounter that can be ignored. Traditionally in the past AOE has never been that much of a big deal in most fights. You might AOE on Freya, but did it really matter whether your Arcane spec AOE dps was slightly worse than your Frost spec AOE dps? Other fights where we sometimes AOE, like Kologarn with living bomb, were just gimmicky.
I'd like to try a
Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft build on the fight. The main question is whether its worth trying to use Firestarter Flamestrikes, Blastwave, Dragon's breath etc - or just sticking to Blizzard and Living Bomb entirely. Flamestrike radius is horrible, Dragon's Breath cone is a little too narrow. I can't imagine they would be useful if a guild uses a 2 adds->2 tanks split strategy. Perhaps on a 4 adds->1 tank setup it might be more reasonable.
If attempting to use Flamestrike is deemed not worth it, shuffling a few points into Shatter or Frost Channeling (depending on whether Frostbite can proc on the adds) for another option,
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What are some other variations people are considering for an optimal heroic Anub'arak 25 talent spec? Ultimately what I ended up with was just a very standard looking FFB spec, just shedding range talents to flesh out Frost Channeling.