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4/09/2015

PvE Mage Guide 3.3.5a ( Wrath of the Lich King )

On 12:05 PM by Site Admin in , , , , ,
Who I am:

Well ingame my character is Faelarin (or Fae). I am a Former Mage Class Leader and Officer of <Severance> on Deathwing and have been playing Mage as my main since WoW release in 2004.

The Mage class is considered to be a top dps class. Mages can be a RNG or just a flat dps class. RNG meaning Random Number Generators. In the case of molten, most mages are RNG FFB mages. This means they rely on Crits to pull dps, if they dont get them, bye bye dps. An example of a flat dps mage is arcane, where haste is the significant part of dps rather than crits. This guide will focus mostly on RNG mages. Reasons below.


Our reasons to play mage:
1) Sexy Beast
2) High Mobility
3) Easy Defensive CDs
4) High Burst and Sustained Dmg
5) Raid Wide Int. Buff.
6) Easy Raid CC spell for those annoying Mind Controls.
Anyway, down to business.

SPECS
There 5 main PvE specs for mage:

Arcane (57/3/11)
Viable = YES


(3 extra points into Arcane Stability for not worrying about staying in range of Conc aura, These points can be redistributed to Student of the Mind and Arcane Meditation)

As you can see there is no Arcane Barrage or Slow in the spec. This is because they're just not needed. Arcane Barrage will actually drop your dps when used because of the GCD (global cooldown) that it causes. Slow is not in the spec either, this is because as of patch 3.3.3 it is no longer required to have the "Slow" spell debuff on target for Torment the Weak to take effect. This means that tanks now apply a debuff that allows you to take advantage of TTW. However in the case of Molten-WoW, only certain debuffs actually proc TTW properly, the main one being a Death Knights Icy Touch. Because most raids have a Death Knight, it is not required to have Slow in the spec. Those 2 points which most people place in these two talents have been places into Arcane Stability to allow for nearly no pushback with raid buffs for arcane missiles (namely Concentration Aura which gives 35%). It is also possible to remove 1 additional point from Student of the Mind to cap reduced pushback with Conc. Aura.
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