Arcane Brilliance: An argument for raiding as a frost mage

Welcome to another edition of Arcane Brilliance, the weekly mage column that would like to assert the following:

Fact: Mages are the sparkliest class in the game.

Fact: Sparkles are awesome.

Fact: Warlocks have poor personal hygiene and generally smell funny.

None of these assertions can be disputed.

Hey, mages! Let’s have an argument.

Well… maybe not so much an argument per se, because no matter how you slice it, an equally geared frost mage is going to do less overall DPS than a fire or arcane mage… but we’ll definitely be having a discussion.

Here’s a general format for how this discussion will take place:

I will present my reasons why raiding as a frost mage is viable.
You will then tell me why I am wrong.

You may be asking yourself: Christian, what has provoked this sudden defense of frost magery? You play an arcane mage! Also, where are your pants?

To your first question, I would say, “yes, you’re right. But in preparation for writing my forthcoming Frost 101 column, I have been toying with a secondary frost spec, and finding it a great deal of fun.” To your second question, about the whereabouts of my trousers, I would say stop watching my webcam. Really, you knew what you were getting into when you clicked that link.

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