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From the feedback I've gotten so far, I would like to add: 1. I don't want to argue Pharamere's is BiS because of consistency VS randomness. However, I value consistency definitly as a DPS increase. Examples: 1.A) Singeltarget Pyromaniac / MI / FO / UM / CiS. http://i.imgur.com/87GhsGv.png Worth to ...

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TL;DR: No matter which itemlevel, this is your bis trinket: http://www.wowhead.com/item=140800/pharameres-forbidden-grimoire&bonus=3514" target="_blank For the 2nd trinketslot just import your character into simcraft as usual, then remove any trinket line and add the trinkets you want to sim. The hi...

It is ugly as fuck and I would love a more beautiful version. Basically, if it shows true if you should not keep IB charges for comnbustion and False otherwise. Really helpful for kindling that is.

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feels like they fixed something on scorch and HU generation with belt. You're actually able to queue non hardcasted pyros after scorch. Pretty sure the game knows that your next scorch will crit and generate HU /HS. I.e.: (if you have HU): Scorch-Pyro works. (no HU): Scorch(FB midway)-Pyro Basically...

cookie cutter ignite behavior. Ignite scales inverse with (new) damage taken debuffs. If you google long enough you'll find abuses on Ambershaper on MoP where this was a thing. The same applied to that angry draenei bitch in HFC on the add in phase3. Basically, If you spread from A to B an ignite wi...

Boss: Nythendra (Mythic) Spec: Fire Living bomb + Kindling allows you to easily oneshot half of your raid during the 2nd mindcontrol - if that is your goal. Expect less than 6 minute fighttime, use RoP+ Cinderstorm + Dragonsbreath + Phoenixflames for each Mindcontrol. Combustion can be used safely s...

I have also been lucky enough to have found this legendary. Just to add to your comments, scorch also does not gain any benifits from the Enhanced Pyrotechnics, meaning that you actually gain more hotstreaks with fireball. Therefore the clarifiy: 1) scorch has no travel time, so with hot streak act...

Speaking of sheep:
- Army on mayhem
- spam sheep on target
- see the target die, because sheep gets broken mostly instantly.
- If you want to actually sheep: Put army on follow

Edit: Dro still charges with sheep, so not that good on him.

I do miss following trinkets in your fire sims: - Obelisk of the void (Violet hold) http://www.wowhead.com/item=137433/obelisk-of-the-void&bonus=1826" target="_blank - Caged horror (Black rook hold) http://www.wowhead.com/spell=215444/dark-blast" target="_blank Not sure if implemented: - chrono shar...

I think a more in-dept discussion/theorycrafting about optimal 5-man play would be nice. Basically you can see a dungeon as a very long (20-30 minutes) boss fight with some aoe phases and single target phases. Too many players seem to think trash pulls arn't important in dungeons and save cooldowns...

Nice find. But take care if you compare 2 target and 3+ target fights. 3+ targets are even more retarded.

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crit suppression should be gone unless I've missed something.

Any word on how the Aug 22nd nerf to Critical Mass affects Fire overall? Will this work as a buff while leveling / Dungeon Geared and nerf with Raid Gear? Any clues? If your char sheet crit chance post change is 32.5% or less it's a straight buff to all spells against an equal level target. Against...

Somebody made an opener that gets around the human element in regards to Fire Blast usage. /castsequence reset=180 Rune of Power,Time Warp,Scorch,12,Fire Blast,Pyroblast,Fire Blast,Pyroblast,Flame On,Fire Blast,Pyroblast,Fire Blast,Pyroblast,Scorch,Pyroblast,Scorch,Pyroblast,Rune of Power,Scorch,Py...

In the past I've always known scorch as pointless to cast from what guides have told me anyway. So is it actually useful now? Actually, nothing has changed on scorch. Fireball > scorch. No matter in which situation. Scorch is awesome if you run into timing problems, such as: - Can't get Fireball of...

Dbm timer>Rune of power>potion>Pre-cast Fireball>Cast combustion before the fireball hits the target/mid cast, this will guarantee a crit here>Fireblast>Pyro>Firblast>Pyro>Flame On>Fireblast>Pyro and then just continue to chain your crits (was using PE next, but since we are chatting pre-patch I'll...

What about Orb of Voidsight? short question: whats about this trinket compared to the others hfc trinkets? http://www.wowhead.com/item=124227&bonus=567" target="_blank https://gyazo.com/7391bc1bd2d849454ce0eaba1d2f0da1 its correct ? Saw a lot of trinket questions here and in IRC. Basically, RPPM tr...

Never played mage on arena, but try this:
http://www.arenajunkies.com/" target="_blank

Personally, I like to watch:
xaryu, nolifer.

This should help as a primer:
https://www.twitch.tv/xaryulol/v/3851939" target="_blank

-regarding legion: 1. Tuning does not seem to be done. I've seen multiple spell changes during the last weeks. Ranging from slightly 10% buffs to 90% buffs - or a slight cooldown increase on Phoenixflames from ~15 seconds to ~45 seconds. 2. Simulators are still updated, some spreadsheets are not com...