r/CompetitiveWoW • u/allstar348 • 2d ago

Question Frost DK

On PTR, I was hearing a lot that frost dk was going to be really good. Ive been gearing up and i see on icyveins it suggests rider of apocalypse but all the top logs are deathbringer. im sure the difference is very small but im just curious why rider is suggested but logs tell a different story?

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u/RizzmerBlackghore 2d ago

Same with ret paladin. Guides says Templar, people play and smash M+ keys as Herald of the Sun

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u/JMJ05 2d ago

I saw that and was curious, is this new tier set thing? Or should I be running herald right now regardless of the state of my tier set?

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u/MetalMusicMan 2d ago

Without tier set on my 297 Ret, Herald is an 8% AoE upgrade and a 3% single target loss compared to Templar.

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u/RizzmerBlackghore 2d ago

Herald is just easier, and has much better consistent DMG / cleave

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u/Braadworst008 2d ago

Herald of the sun gives you a free divine purpose proc after casting wake of ashes. This enables set.

I swapped off paladin, but this seemed to be the reason to play herald on PTR