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The Ultimate Frost Mage Build
Every talent point mapped for the 3.2 endgame raid.
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Where every battle begins at the frontier.
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Built by players, not press releases.
Dragon Battle Frontier started in a share-house in Darlington in 2019, when four friends kept arguing about optimal party builds. We turned the arguments into spreadsheets, and the spreadsheets into a blog.
We buy our own games, refuse review embargoes that ban criticism, and re-test every guide after major patches. If a boss got easier, we say so.
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Weekly meta reports covering pick rates, counter-picks and the ban phase — sourced from our own Diamond-plus climb.
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We translate raw changelogs into plain English: what got nerfed, who benefits, and whether it's worth respeccing.
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8/10: gorgeous combat, undercooked final act.
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Party Comp for Hardmode
The four-slot lineup that trivialises Chapter 12.
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Mastering the Early Economy
Opening build orders that snowball the first ten minutes.
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Next Fest: 6 Demos Worth It
We played 40 so you can skip straight to the good ones.
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Winterhold Expansion — Reviewed
9/10: the best DLC this studio has ever shipped.
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