Comments on: Arcane Mage Build – Best Mage Spec For Max DPS

By: Chase

Chase — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:35:06 +0000

WEll can you do a update for patch 4.0.1.

By: bES1m

bES1m — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:27:43 +0000

Well I was just wondering, Ive been using quite a similar spec for some time now but what i noticed was that on every boss encounter -icc- there is some sort of aoe on the whole raid the every few secs. So when busy with an encounter you’ll always be busy casting as arcane so without Arcane stability you are getting knock-backs the entire time. Doesnt that actually decrease dps a lot since your 1.9 arcane blasts are tunring into 2.3+ casts, that aswell as you being able to lose one or two projectiles from arcane missiles. So would it be somewhat of a dmg/dps booster if you spec for Arcane Stability and never have that knock-back ? With that said my problem atm is that I have no idea where to start subtracting points so that’s why I havent done it yet. Which points would be worth giving uo -if there are any- for the extra dmg ??

By: ellibys

ellibys — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:03:33 +0000

I personally removed the point from Magic Attunement and placed it in Slow. I didn’t feel that MA was relevant because I don’t use Amplify/Dampen, and the range thing has not yet been an issue. I don’t know of any bosses immune to slow, but I’m not yet at endgame. As stated previously it counts as a slow for 12% damage from Torment of the Weak. I feel that the 2pts spent in Frostbite and 2pts Ice Shards are just filler to get up to Precision and, ultimately, Icy Veins. I don’t cast frost spells to gain any of the benefits from the filler, but Icy Veins is worth it.

By: dominate

dominate — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:22:40 +0000

Sorry for the most likely noobish question, but how does this incantera absorbtion thing work?

By: deztroy

deztroy — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:55:14 +0000

send me your spec to compar ty

By: Arcanik

Arcanik — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:15:07 +0000

hmm noticed on ur spec- dunno if any1 else mentioned it, stopped reading after 10 comments but the linked spec has 2/3 ranks in Frostbite but yet has no ranks imp blizzard. wudnt it b better to lose the extra 3 yard range from Magic attunement(point not needed to proceed down tree) and put it into that instead- u’d b buffing any frost mages in the group and thus increasing the raids/parties overall dps

By: Vizgoth

Vizgoth — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:58:17 +0000

Update for my earlier post check out my Mage visgoth on the server magtheridon guild is r u n on armory it should show my specs gear and glyphs if you are interested.

By: Vizgoth

Vizgoth — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:52:15 +0000

In my guild, when we are on Saurfang I use a frost raiding build mixed with arcane for the blood beasts. Therefore there is no need for slow.. Just make a dual spec. And if you are still complaining about dps that fight is not really meant for you to dps just kill blood beasts. Take deep freeze too expecially for the time when there are no blood beasts. It can crit up to 30k + happened with me. Note this spec is also useful when you are on the fight when you have to heal the dragon. Take the glyph for water elemental he adds some dps. I understand that you want an arcane spec, thing is I have both.
About the rotation for arcane: I do 4 arcane blasts then if missle barrage procs I use arcane missiles then I use arcane barrage before the 5th missile gets off and all 5 missiles hit and a nice dmg boost is added and if it doesn’t I do one more arcane blast if no proc I use arcane barrage and it crits for a nice amount. When using this rotation I had no mana issues so I kept molten armor.
Incanters absorbtion: I am well aware of the damage you can cause when it procs and that many Icc bosses do raid dmg but it procs when you absorb something. Most likely you have to use mana shield, which drains a shit ton of mana and I like to have a stable mana pool.. Until encounter is almost over. Then I just arcane blast spam and end up withover 20k dps at the end.

By: Play

Play — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:43:20 +0000

hmm a good build if you got wath you need… i maneg`d to get an 13.5 k dmg… max with bad gear…. i mean bad.. like i got only head – chest – legs ( the rest sux`s hard ) … if you can stay put and dps… you`l get ownag`e

By: chellex

chellex — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:23:19 +0000

arcane stability is basically a waste of your points, if u r taking that much damage in a fight to need to spec into that then your tank isnt doing something right