Shatter Combo Tutorial

A simple tutorial on how to do a "shatter combo" with a full frost mage. Check out ma.sword.googlepages.com for details.

Created by Evertras of Chromaggus

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Entertainment

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• WoW
• mage
• tutorial

[In2Infinity]

so waterbolt can break the frost nova then? my friend said it couldnt

[Evertras]

Theoretically any damage can, or at least it could at the time I posted this video.  As far as I know this is still true, though the chance is certainly very low. As I stated in the voiceover, it's a very minor concern at most, was just tossing it out there.

[mathgeek1313]

several things wrong: waterbolt cannot break nova, and shatter is registered when the spell hits, not when cast

[Evertras]

No.

[denispkk]

I heard car horn at 1:58 :D

[Akuin]

by "several things wrong" i assume you mean what you said after that.

[ssjdino]

You should do Frostbolt + Ice Lance, more damage.

[Manni19cm]

only noobs going back!

[tomjinthehouse123432]

nice backpeddle broski

[greatman63]

mathgeek1313 is right, but one more thing: freeze can remain after a certain amount of damage, if you see cast a freeze and your pet will need 2,3 waterbolts to break it, also a pro mage i have watched blinked from a freeze to escape and he didn't get critical. in adition don't thump down or reply shit to me, because i lvl up with shatter combo, any time my freeze is ready i do shatter combo and know everything about it!!!

[futbolaholic3]

@mikejclark Heh, kinda forgot about this, but yes, it still needs to be frozen by the time you finish casting frostbolt. This is confirmed as of 4.0.3a, I did plenty of tests and i could see not as much crit AND avg dmg of frost bolt(non crit and crit) when i froze target after i finish casting frostbolt and while it was in the air.

[mikejclark]

@futbolaholic3 Id like toknow that too because I usually open with

start casting frost bolt

then hlfway through the cast i freeze the target right before the bolt hits.

[futbolaholic3]

Is it still like that, how the target NEEDS to be frozen before you finish casting? I've been casting elementals freeze when my frostbolt is mid-air. And that seems to work, I havn't payed that close of attention because i'm lower level and my crit isn't that high. I'm not sure if this changed or not. (4.0.3 atm)

[greatman63]

@IceKingEnforcer he may be a backpedaler but everything he says is true

[greatman63]

@greatman63 both with crit dmg, then your pet's waterbolt hits for another 1200 dmg at 80 lvl, and the reason we do this is to make sure the target will not escape from the freeze, also you need to know that when you cast a spell and your target is frozen when the spell leaves your hands, it will get the shatter effect even if the target escapes before the spell hits him, i hope explained everything you wanted to learn

[greatman63]

@togglify i can tell you, shatter combo is about burst dmg, as you know shatter talent increases your crit chance by 50% when the target is frozen, but your target will not remain frozen if he knows what you are going to do, so with shatter combo you summon your pet, start casting a frostbolt and immediatly make your pet start casting a waterbolt, then freeze the target about 0.4 seconds before you finish the frostbolt and cast ice lance with the frostbolt so they hit together the target...