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New to Arcane... I have a few questions?
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Post by
arissa
Hi,
This is a little long, sorry :)
I've always played a fire mage, even during the leveling phase, and haven't tried arcane at all. However with this new patch I see more and more arcane mages, and I must admit their dps is better than mine (except for aoe fights). I have respecced to arcane and only reach 3.5k dps on a dummy which is worse than fire. Another BIG problem is that I go oom very quickly. I guess I'm doing it wrong, and that is why I'm here :)
Could you give me some tips, arcane mages? What glyphs, what rotation with this new patch? I used 4xAB and then AM. Do I use mage armor or molten armor?
Armory isn't working so I can't link right now, but my stats in arcane are: 2600 spell power, 413 hit rating, 25% crit, nearly 17% haste, 22k mana... that's unbuffed, without intellect/armor. Do I have to change anything? Should I go for haste or crit? I know that's a lot of questions, but any help at all is appreciated.
Thanks in advance! :)
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Post by
arissa
Wow, thanks, exactly what I've been looking for :) One more thing, if MBAR proccs before I finish casting AB 4 times, do I use it immediately or wait until I'm done casting AB 4 times (for the 60% damage bonus)? Also, I'm using 57/3/11, is that the right specc to use? I can put it up on wowhead if that'd help. Thanks a lot!
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Post by
arissa
Alright, thanks, the rotation seems rather simple then :) Here is my specc,
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#obxVfz0IzxGuMxedcZbhf0o
Does it look right to you? Last question, promise :p Thank you very much!
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Post by
arissa
Thanks a bunch! You've helped me sooo much ^_^ I'll try that specc and hope for better results, once again thanks for your help!
Post by
drinkdeep
Close :P
Here. Use
this
spec.
The 3 points I put into Student of the Mind are 3 points left over after the "cookie cutter" spec. I just prefer to put them in there.
I was wondering what you do about pushback? I noticed that when I had no points in arcane stability i lost a lot of dps on certain fights.
Post by
Ethiery
Close :P
Here. Use
this
spec.
The 3 points I put into Student of the Mind are 3 points left over after the "cookie cutter" spec. I just prefer to put them in there.
I was wondering what you do about pushback? I noticed that when I had no points in arcane stability i lost a lot of dps on certain fights.
Arcane draws too little from the extra crit from SotM. Due to alot of fights having some form of AoE damage in them. I'd put those 3 points into Arcane Stability. Believe me, the tiny little extra crits you MAY get with it, is by far outweighed by making sure those 1-2 more AM's reach their target.
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Post by
arissa
Thanks for your tips, I haven't played around with my specc yet because I was able to pull nearly 5k dps on bosses in hc's, so I'm hoping to test the one I have tomorrow during raid and see where that goes.
I'm wondering about the Ice Shards talent in the frost tree, seeing as I'm not using any frost spells in my rotation, is it really helpful? Or am I missing the point here?
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Achloryn
Thanks for your tips, I haven't played around with my specc yet because I was able to pull nearly 5k dps on bosses in hc's, so I'm hoping to test the one I have tomorrow during raid and see where that goes.
I'm wondering about the Ice Shards talent in the frost tree, seeing as I'm not using any frost spells in my rotation, is it really helpful? Or am I missing the point here?
the point in the frost tree is to get precision and icy veins...
that's it...
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Post by
nickseng
there isn't really a better place to put the points.
You could put it into Frost Warding, depending on the circumstances. :)
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arissa
Good point, haven't really thought of blizzard :) Let's see how well arcane works for me in raids, thanks again for all the tips.
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