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Totem Talk: How much do resto shaman set bonuses and mastery matter?
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It was at the tail end of Wrath of the Lich King, when things were getting prepped for Cataclysm. The value of our mastery comes in whenever the targets we are healing are at very low health. In fact, the lower their health, the more Deep Healing kicks ...

The Light and How to Swing It: All Hands on deck
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I still remember how great the news was when, in the run-up to Wrath of the Lich King, we were told that some of our Blessing spells were going to be converted to a whole new tier of temporary buffs that could be used situationally.

Breakfast Topic: Has the early Cataclysm gearing model failed?
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by Josh Myers Feb 1st 2012 at 8:00AM Near the end of Wrath of the Lich King, there was a real feeling that gearing had gotten out of control, between unintentionally heightened ilevels (due to the introduction of heroic modes early in the expansion), ...

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The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Unleashing fury in the Dragon Soul
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When Titan's Grip was announced for Wrath of the Lich King, everyone who knew me knew what my reaction would be. TG fury became my DPS spec of choice until I became a main tank for my Wrath guild, and it has stayed my favorite spec throughout the ...

The Queue: I understand my own sleep schedule
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First of all, the number of raiding tiers for the Cataclysm expansion was less than that of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, meaning Blizzard had another entire set of gear ramping up a player's powers and abilities. That tier of gear essentially ...

Storyboard: We are (among) the champions
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If you played a Forsaken back when Wrath of the Lich King was out, your entire stated purpose of being was to destroy the Lich King. You cannot, logically, leave that out of your character motivations. This is a lore NPC with an absolute need to be ...

Phat Loot Phriday: Lovely Undercity Card
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They wore Iron Dwarf costumes from Wrath of the Lich King because I said so, that's why. "I hate the way this place smells," Lolegolas complained. He stroked his iron beard. "It's like every angry poo-poo in the world cried out at once in terror and ...

Totem Talk: The ups and downs of playing enhancement in Dragon Soul
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I'll also admit that the Lich King was my favorite fight in Wrath of the Lich King, which will probably make all of you dear readers doubt my sanity. Madness as enhancement brings together a lot of the good and the bad of the spec. The bad?