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I haven't found any info about this on the internet, but as I was doing some TW dungeons, my Arcane Blasts usually hit for 1-2k damage and 4k+ for crits. Now here comes Murozond with the hourglass fight, and my Arcane Blast constantly hit him for a measly 500-600 damage with Arcane Power buff! Does ...

Hello! I wanted to start a discussuon about mages in PvP, specifically RBGs. What is a mages role in an RBG? Why is Arcane the go-to spec? AoE wise its sub-par to Fire due to range limitations and ST it’s weaker compared to Frosts Glacial Spike combo. Do you focus more on CC, AoE Damage or aim for k...

Would there be a way to make the icon only show up when I use AE and thereafter for like 5 seconds or for the duration of Time and Space? I just don't want it to be on my screen when there is no need for it (ST fights).

The only logical reason I can find to this change is, that we get to keep slipstream which allows us to use AM as a ranged filler ability.

As title says, how valuable is the 5% bonus mana from the neck http://www.wowhead.com/item=134488/stabilized-energy-pendant for Arcane mages? Based off of my character's Raidbot sims, it gives no damage increase what so ever. Is the simulation even accounting for the mana bonus? Any personal experie...

Kinda off-topic, but the armory says you have 35,5% crit. With ACI you should probably aim for 31-32%.

Drums of Fury is a good alternative for a 25% haste buff! You can buy some for a low price at the AH.

Frost is a special case, as it has not 1 but 2 procs instead. The artifical complexity again comes from the fact that Ice lance should always follow the Flurry Proc, essentially becoming a Fingers of Frost proc. Mathematically, if 2 occurrences always occur with one another, they can be calculated ...

Fire has 2 spells that can contribute to procing Hot Streak, Fire Blast and Phoenix's Flames. The question begs itself, if 2 abilities do the exact same thing, why is there a need for both of them? Frost mage here. But you're clearly missing a major point about fire. Fire blast is castable while ca...

Hey! As an arcane main, I couldn't help but notice how both, fire and frost, have a lot more abilities in their basic rotation, even though the very basics are the same: spam filler until stuff happens, then proceed with execution. For arcane, this consists for 3 abilties: Blast, Missiles and Barrag...

https://i.imgur.com/Cp2GY5C.png Doesn't look that tiny to me. Every person’s sim will look different. Linking someone else’s sim on a patchwerk style fight doesn’t mean much. Especially if said person can pull 2M+ dps, so they are probably extremely well geared and have highly optimized gear, unlik...

https://i.imgur.com/Cp2GY5C.png Doesn't look that tiny to me. Every person’s sim will look different. Linking someone else’s sim on a patchwerk style fight doesn’t mean much. Especially if said person can pull 2M+ dps, so they are probably extremely well geared and have highly optimized gear, unlik...

The DPS gain is so tiny from using double ring over kilt+ring that it’s not really worth using it , as using double ring is very punishing (no mana regain). Also, if there is another mage in the raid group, I often find that our CDs wont sync up and the second TW will just be a big waste for at leas...

Here is my WA for Touch of the Magi: https://wago.io/r1RYYfFXf

What do you want to track with WA exactly? You want a tracker for when it procs? I can link the one I use if you want one like that. Basically, the icon will pop up when it procs then disappears when it expires.

How does the opener look like with 4p-T21 and 0p-T20 and no CU? Precast AB, 3xAB, MoA, Rune, AP, AM, PoM, 2xAB etc.? Also, is it worth chaining RoPs during AP? As far as I understand, it is worth casting RoP if I can fit in 3 ABs after while still having AP up.

Thank you for your replies! They were very helpful! Just to answer a few things, my item level is a bit above average for Hc raider standing at 938. I didn't parse all that well this far, since the fights were still new to me, but looking back at my parses, there is a clear learning curve and I mana...

I’ve rolled a mage for Legion and played Arcane ever since. I feel rather upset about the fact that the spec never got a highlight in any competitive PvE aspect. With the coming of T21 and it’s lackluster tierset for Arcane, I was wondering how much time would it take to get to the same powerlevel o...

So I simmed my items and came up with the following results: http://i65.tinypic.com/20koyhi.png Apparently, Prydaz alongside Kilt results the highest DPS alongside the extra defense Prydaz provides. Edit: I've added a sim that uses only the 2 piece-set with Prydaz and Kilt, which resulted in even hi...

What are considered the BiS legendaries after Kilt+Shard? According to sims, Kilt+KJ comes in second, but Kilt+Prydaz comes in as a close 3rd on top of having a defensive shield. Opinions?
Also, what's the generic stance on Gravity Spiral?