At the same time, I keep hearing that the spec is one of the most basic in the game for PvE, and is basically just spamming missiles. Weak Aura arcane missle cast time bar is below global cool down timer, displays seconds remaining Weak Aura red swirl icon (has the number 10 on it) for legendary item's memory gain/count Assorted Weak Auras for offensive cooldowns: Rune of Power, Arcane Power, trinket, etc. Easy to learn, difficult to master. But mastering those small lesser known mechanics and interactions is what sets apart a good arcane mage from a spectacular arcane mage. However, there are some things that you should follow: I want to take a moment and explain the gameplay and rotation with our new tier set from 10.1 because the gameplay and opener changes quite a bit. 4 Charge AB would be something like: Remnants = (Spellpower*(1+0.467[Blast]+2.4[4ArcaneCharge]+0.192[BaseMastery_Savant]+VersPcnt)*(1+CritDmg*(1[OnSpellCrit] or 0[NoSpellCrit]))). Why this wont happen: The predictability of Alter Time makes it easier to counter in PvP, and the synergy between Displacement and Shimmer was probably too strong to begin with. I just use it only for open world PvE because I love it there. 2 versions. Mage. As for fire mage; hate it. This is only correct if you have Arcane Echo talented. Screenshots containing UI elements are generally declined on sight, the same goes for screenshots from the modelviewer or character selection screen. It looks deceptively easy but Arcane is always juggling two resources: mana and Arcane Charges and at the same time has to respond to encounter-specific tasks. Arcane Mage Main Hey all, Arcane Mage main here. Using these abilities together is always more powerful than using them separately. If you are at 0-2 charges, just cast TOTM directly. That being said, we still want to cast arcane missiles from time to time, for 2 reasons: Another thing that changes is we are no longer using 4x Arcane Blast into Touch Barrage. It punishes mistakes ruthlessly. Arcane Blast as long as youre above 90% mana, Use Arcane Missiles whenever Clearcasting procs, Use Arcane Barrage when you dip below 90% mana. Make Blink work like Venthyr Door of Shadows. Please. One thing I would add is dont go into a conserve phase if you just evocated and the boss is almost dead. This was a huge loss to our mobility going into Shadowlands. Ill have to have a look around for some WA/addons as I find they make things so much easier for tracking buffs etc (didnt really use them for Frost as TMW would let me know when FOrb/IV was up). Porom My pack is a combination of an altered version of Afenar's and several unique weak auras I have accumulated as an Arcane Mage. Finding I'm at the bottom of the damage board. This means we can use it anytime we want AFTER we've used spells like Surge / Rune / Spark / Touch (Ideally all together) to get the cooldown recovery for everything. Mage. Mage forum! Just gonna pull this out and emphasize it in his own words again: Sometimes a spec might be able to create the numbers, but it could feel frustrating to play, or theres something that feels very random, or just awkward, and thats the kind of thing that playtesting will give us the best insight to guide our changes. Reading arcane forum posts and realizing how much you miss playing it. Fire. 1. And if he wants insight on why it feels that way, well here it is from everyone. With Master of Time being mutually exclusive with Shimmer, and Shimmer just being overall worse than it was in BFA, Arcane mobility is at an all time low. 1 Like Katri-ravencrest (Katri) October 18, 2020, 1:09am #8 Persoanlly i just advocate for more clearcasting. I have a WA specifically for firing off a warning message + sound if youre ever below 70% mana and should be conserving because Evocation isnt available. Basics of Arcane Mage Gameplay 7. Clearcasting outside of Touch of the Magi on Arcane Explosion Arcane Orb into Arcane Barrage Combos with Arcane Bombardment With 5 Targets or more, we want to make sure we're casting as many Arcane Missiles as possible for Arcane Echo pulse damage Signup to get Method updates to your inbox. Generally, on single target, its not worth casting that Barrage if you have less than three charges. I had my turn ranting and trying to stick with it Shadow Priest now feels bad ._. Hunter Beast Mastery Marksmanship Survival. Peoples perception of arcane is slightly skewed for a number of reasons but at the end of the day it boils down to this. Clean and Minimalistic.Video Install Guide https://youtu.be/2L-DOLuWkiEDownload Mage UI and WeakAuras https://bit.ly/3crAqPxSubscribe For DAILY CONTENT https://bit.ly/2CqMeRgWatch my LIVESTREAM https://www.twitch.tv/imquaziiVOD of Building UI from Scratch https://youtu.be/_jYGPHog--gSOCIALS: Community Discord https://discord.gg/vhQHT9c Instagram https://www.instagram.com/imquazii/ Twitter https://twitter.com/imquazii Facebook https://www.facebook.com/imquazii/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/quazii#mage #ui #weakauras0:00 Intro0:51 Frost Mage UI \u0026 WeakAuras2:16 Fire Mage UI \u0026 WeakAuras3:39 Arcane Mage UI \u0026 WeakAuras4:46 Conclusion \u0026 How to Install? (the other is Shifting Power, for Night Fae). It desaturates if you're too far from the rune. Theres no hard set rule about how much to burn. This was from an interview last week, and Arcane feels like the perfect example of that. It results in a roughly mana neutral or mana positive rotation, depending on your mastery and your luck with clearcasting. Share your comments about this guide in our Now that we understand our setup well, you can read more about the opener below. Id be legit happy with Slipstream being baseline and a flat 10% buff to the clear casting proc rate I swear arcane really doesnt take that much to be better. airplay Send to Desktop App help. Use Arcane Orb to quickly generate charges after a barrage, if you dont have it up you have to resort to Arcane Blast as your charge generator. Using these abilities together is always more powerful than using them separately. The lack of precision can kill you on unforgiving mechanics, and its impossible to escape or kite anyone in PvP when their mobility is that much stronger. Since Arcane Power is NOT on the GCD, use Arcane Missiles. People are leaving the spec and leaving the game because of the terrible place its been in since the start of Shadowlands. You can be far more aggressive in Shadowlands with the introduction of the % mana return on Barrage. Get them to fix the mana gem bug. There are some pretty good tutorials out there. this to me would be better than the current system. My typical play pattern on bosses is as follows: custom macro: arcane power, icy veins, mirror image, and trinket (increases spell power by 346 for 20 sec) spam arcane blast (3 or 5 times) I care a lot about Arcane and I didnt want to let the forums fall silent on its issues, even though I know everyone is tired of asking and hoping for more. This conserve rotation is outdated. So, what are you waiting for? Theyre nods to a previous iteration of arcane gameplay. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Choose a Name and an Icon so you can easily recognize your macro, then click "Okay.". When you get clearcasting and when you need clearcasting wont always line up. I looked at the Arcane easy mode rotation on Icy Veins, and it has 14 parts to it for single target. Arcane Mages has something we refer to as a "setup." Heres my (potentially horrible) suggestions: e.g. ):Mana Gem- https://youtube.com/shorts/T2vtcykiNbkIce Floes- https://youtube.com/shorts/bMHB-FN8nncArcane Surge- https://youtube.com/shorts/geDGmUErjSsTemporal Warp - https://youtube.com/shorts/taaKwhE__bA10.0 Arcane Mage Stats - https://youtube.com/shorts/ORzQRcSehRcArcane Barrage Snapshotting - https://youtube.com/shorts/Com320bu3fIArcane Echo - https://youtube.com/shorts/jvfdmU67E-MArcane Barrage - https://youtube.com/shorts/RPOhEZ8CqQQPhosphoros' WA- https://wago.io/lXIUMmkOcArcane Talent Build Import Strings:ST:B4DAHVkVsxxZrVqBmAzlSR2f7LJQolIhk0A5AtkIiISiESoFItkAAAAAAAAAAAAkkkkESSSyBAAOE:B4DAHVkVsxxZrVqBmAzlSR2f7LJQolIhk0A5AtkIiISiESolg0SCAAAAAAAAAAAgkkkESSSiAAOE+:B4DAHVkVsxxZrVqBmAzlSR2f7LJQolIhk0A5AtkIiISikEcgWCJtkAAAAAAAAAAAAQSSSIJJJCDiscord: https://discord.gg/RZhBPn38GBTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/SupertroopTV#dragonflight #wow #mage #arcanemage 0:00 Arcane Mage Guide0:20 Dragonflight Changes1:30 Single Target Rotation4:07 Single Target Talents4:14 AOE Rotation5:15 AOE Talents5:43 Ramp Prep Time/CD Checkpoints6:30 Talent Highlights7:16 Never Stop Improving Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, Things Blizzard Could Do to Improve Arcane, A new proc formula for Clearcasting. Arcane Mage is looking goooooooooood for Dragonflight 10.0! Privacy Policy. Simply browse for your screenshot using the form below. Embed. That clears that up, was going to ask about the mini-burn we get every 45 seconds. But instead of having clear strengths and weaknesses, Arcane is just worse at everything. Kyrian Spark is on a 30 second cooldown. Clean and Minimalistic. It seems that OP is interested enough in mage to want to learn it, I dont think suggesting new classes this close to launch will help him any. Or maybe third-party websites like Warcraft Logs and Raider. Crit chance will increase remnants aquired by applying the crit damage multiplier to the spell upon a spell critically striking. In terms of balance, we obviously are looking at how popular the different specializations are, we have some of our own internal data, but a lot of it matches what the community is looking at, because at the end of the day, the community is looking at Warcraft Logs, theyre looking at Raider. Alter Time w/ Snapshotted health. I have a WA that plays a very annoying sound if I dip below 70% mana on my Conserve phase (aka: Evocation is on CD). I would really like an arcane aura mastery on a 45sec CD for pvp. 625 Share 61K views 1 month ago #mage #dragonflight #wow Arcane Mage is looking goooooooooood for Dragonflight 10.0! Also why are we giving Blink a cast time lol. If you had mana, you could convert that mana into damage when you needed it. Not doing near as much dps as I should be. Intellect (spellpower), Mastery, and Versatility; are the direct attributing stats for clearcasting. Clearcasting v1.0.0 CLASSIC-WEAKAURA. This incentivized a two-phase rotation, where Arcane Mages would alternate between conserving their mana as much as possible, and then burning through it with Arcane Power. I think it far outperforms Frost in that setup. Screenshots containing UI elements are generally declined on sight, the same goes for screenshots from the modelviewer or character selection screen. A community for discussion of World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King Classic! Details - A highly customizable damage and healing meter, SimulationCraft - Simplifies simming your character by generating an in-game script to paste into SimCraft or Raidbots. As such, I will outline both in this section of the guide. My damage potential is roughly equal whether Im at 80% mana or 20% mana. I have one, can paste it when i get home. Or does the designer personally try to play some weaker classes as reported, and then decide if the balance should be made? Not switching to chase numbers. Hey, experienced fire mages! IO? That's the main reason why Arcane Blast is our best friend and we are basically giving Arcane Blast priority over everything else. Arcane Mage Macros & Addons - Dragonflight 10.1 By Porom Last Updated: 2023/05/02 Changelog Patch: 10.1.0 Table of Contents Rating: 4.1/5 ( 5 Votes) Guide Navigation Rating: 4.1/5 ( 5 Votes) Share your comments about this guide in our Mage forum! The Wowhead Client is a little application we use to keep our database up to date, and to provide you with some nifty extra functionality on the website! Itd be nice if someone at least acknowledged it was being worked on, instead of making April Fools jokes about how the class is working as intended.. Add a Comment. And I didnt mean giving Blink a cast time, I meant being able to mouseover the exact spot that you want to Blink to. WOTLK-WEAKAURA. I also understand that Arcane is difficult to balance, and that I shouldnt expect any changes from 9.1, but Im still naive enough to think that theres a blizzard employee who reads these forums to see how were doing. I hope everyone is enjoying playing Mage as much as I am and I look forward to seeing you in Discord/Stream!Explainer Links (more to come! When enough remnants are gained; the remnants become a clearcasting stack. As an Arcane Mage you have excellent survivability and mobility at your disposal with Slipstream, Mirror Images, Alter Time, 2x Shimmer, Ice Block, Greater Invis (which also increases your movement speed if talented), and Prismatic Barrier. Take Prismatic Barrier off the GCD. Knowing when to do either gave the rotation an ebb and flow. You can also use it to keep track of your completed quests, recipes, mounts, companion pets, and titles! However, the "setup" is why we want to delay our Arcane Surge roughly 10 seconds into the pull. This is an alternative version of Clearcast WoW's original version. Requires Mage. You need to use your judgement based on the conditions of the fight. Id rather see other changes because I have a WeakAura that solves this for me, but I bring it up because its still a weird oversight. This would increase the speed and power of our general rotation without affecting our burst phases (spamming AB with four charges). Keep spamming nothing but Arcane Missiles into your target as long as Touch of the Magi is up. To explain, as a Kyrian mage: In order to get the most damage out of Arcane Power, I have to use it with Touch of the Magi and Kyrian Spark (with Combat Meditation). I too use a legion WA but yeah its dumb its not in the base functionality. However, I do want to try and explain it the best way possible, so bare with me. Casting Warp while casting another spell will increase Warps cooldown by 7 seconds. 106 installs. Shows you when you have clearcasting, nothing complicated. Arcane still requires a bloody PhD to play its rotation optimally, so I reckon I'll just stick with Frost even if it does less damage than both Arcane. This might be reduced to 1 minute 45 seconds or 1 minute 40 seconds based on your conduit rank for arcane prodigy and how much clearcasting get. Please keep the following in mind when posting a comment: Your comment must be in English or it will be removed. Could always use more CC! Click the "Save" button, and drag your macro icon onto your bars, which will allow it to be used just like any other spell from your spellbook. Thanks for the corrections. Use your mana gem if youre below 80% mana. I understand that Alter Time is meant to encourage proactive movement instead of reactive movement, but it was really helpful to have a reactive ability in order to maintain our positioning and avoid mechanics. Scan this QR code to download the app now. Simply type the URL of the video in the form below. The main reason you want to be aggressive with your mana is that Clearcasting has a lot more value now that CC AM hits like a truck. This is my WotLK Classic Mage WeakAura Kit! Improving as an Arcane Mage 11. Weakauras can do this yea, create icon. Deadly Boss Mods - A more robust encounter addon for dungeons, raids, PvP, and more. In hindsight the timing was probably not the best given how SL is like days away so I apologize for any confusion caused and any errors. Because Clearcasting is based on mana spent, it actually has de-synergy with Arcane Power, Overpowered, Enlightened, Rule of Threes, and Clearcasted Missiles themselves, all of which reduce or negate the amount of mana consumed by our rotation. Get ready to burn every time you have Arcane Power, Touch of the Magi, and >70% mana. Self-explanatory. The best time to do this is the moment that Touch of the Magi comes off cooldown, but before Combat Meditation comes off cooldown, otherwise I risk that it wont be available when Im ready to use Arcane power again. (But cannot be cast during the GCD.). Which wouldnt be a problem if it was always good to use, but tying it to both our mobility (with slipstream) and our burst cooldowns (with Arcane Echo) means that some of the time, clearcasting is more valuable. Assuming you did the burn correctly and ended it on Evocation, you would be back to 100% mana with 4 Arcane Charges, so what you do is: But thats the basics with the easiest talents to execute your rotation. Maybe swap a Supernova with Knockback to PvP talents in exchange for Arcane Empowerment? Drop by Twitch (link below) and kick it when I go live! The more mana you had, the more damage you could do when you burnt through it. Unfortunately seems that mages are going to get nerfed again, how much of a difference it will make only time will tell. The idea behind the setup is to have a huge intellect buff from Siphon Storm + Arcane Surge and then dump it into our biggest hitters, such as Arcane Barrage with Arcane Harmony. For each 0 mana you spend, you have a 1% chance to gain Clearcasting, making your next Arcane Missiles or Arcane Explosion free. Warrior Arms Fury Protection. Blink is a vestigial feature of the original mage kit. Side note: Arcane Echo is currently undertuned and is only decent on Single Target. It hurts my brain. I would take any one of the above before a damage buff. Its more like 10-20% of your maximum mana with little CC procs. Mar 12, 2021 113 Dislike Share Quazii 62K subscribers Shadowlands Mage UI & WeakAuras: Frost, Fire & Arcane for World of Warcraft by Quazii. Also theres no real benefit to staying above a certain threshold, unless you are running Enlightened. My typical play pattern on bosses is as follows: custom macro: arcane power, icy veins, mirror image, and trinket (increases spell power by 346 for 20 sec), presence of mind on 3rd or 5th arcane blast. For each 0 mana you spend, you have a 1% chance to gain Clearcasting, making your next Arcane Missiles or Arcane Explosion free. I have a few questions Door of Shadows, Heroic Leap, Grappling Hook, Fel Rush, Infernal Strike, Roll, Flying Serpent Kick, Demonic Gateway blink is downright awful when you compare it to the number of targeted mobility spells in the game. All rights reserved. I could get on board with replacing Supernova. . I hope you have a good Raid launch!If you have any questions about the gameplay please leave them in the comments or join my Discord (link below) where you can also get information about coaching or just hang out and talk Mage. If hes not talking about Arcane, he might as well be. Why this wont happen: It has to do with the necropolis being a floating object. Always up to date with the latest patch (2.5.4). Description. Arcane Charge bars 6. If the clearcasting formula is based on mana spent, and our mastery increases our resource cap and recovery rate, then Arcane should be about resource management. Wasnt sure if it was just business as usual or if we go ham until it wears off and we go back to conserve. Perhaps you can delay a Barrage a bit by casting more 4 charge Arcane Blasts. Would someone be so kind as to explain the basics of the rotation to me? With the last 2 talents what is the difference? Rinse repeat till youre ready to burn again. Patch 10.1.5 Arcane Mage Guide Arcane Mages Received a substantial rework to its talent tree in 10.1.5. Give us back Displacement. Clearcasting 100 yd range Instant. Make Supernova a knockback instead of knockup. But it still hurts, and I miss displacement whenever I set foot in Castle Nathria. Similar issues happen on elevators and gunships, but it hurts that I basically have zero mobility on Nalthor the Rimebender, and swiftness potions are no longer there to help. Now every class has something better. Simply browse for your screenshot using the form below. Now I just dont enjoy playing a mage at all. As long as youre above 70% mana, you get a free 8% damage boost via Enlightened. Frost. Arcane Mage in Dragonflight 9. . This also affects our increased regen as our increased regen is a % not a flat number, so caution with mana before burn phase and what not is still a good practice until we see how the mana change affects us end game and then go from there. I keep hearing that Weakauras is a must have if you want to be serious about your DPS. The classes (and specs) that have less utility, mobility, crowd control, or mitigation should have something else to make up for it. There are so many nuances about arcane that make it extremely complex, but at the end of the day you only need to know a fraction of it to be considered acceptable at the spec. Download the client and get started. Then just make the icon as big as u want. Sigh. Arcane isnt as straightforward as you might think. Enlightened feels like the old arcane mastery. At the same time, I keep hearing that the spec is one of the most basic in the game for PvE, and is basically just spamming missiles. Code Diffs. The arcane multi-target rotation inside both burn phases is generally the same because most of our AoE damage will come from the Touch of the Magi splash, Arcane Surge, Nether Tempest, and our Arcane Barrage Cleave. This 100% needs to happen. I assumed that was his talent. They contain a complete setup for all Mage specializations by covering rotational abilities, cooldowns, resources and utilities. That means that outside of Arcane Surge, you will always get a use of touch of the magi and radiant spark, assuming you will press shifting power at a logical time after Arcane Surge fades. Within this one package, contains four sub-groups of WeakAuras: #1: Core abilities, which track. Editor. You can also find all of the WeakAuras I use and my ElvUI profile in the member-resources channel in my Discord. How to install Download the client and get started. Wasnt sure if it was just business as usual or if we go ham until it wears off and we go back to conserve. Buffs named Clearcasting Arcane Concentration's effect (Mage talent) Buffs providing a clearcasting effect Inner Focus (Priest talent) Omen of Clarity (Druid talent) Similar buffs Elemental Focus (Shaman talent) used to be a clearcasting . If you have Arcane Power, Touch of the Magi, and >70% mana, you should get ready to Burn. Because Clearcasting is based on mana spent, it actually has. I appreciate the effort to compromise, and in the past I enjoyed the sensation of arcane changing gears as it built arcane charges, but I think we can get rid of it. Mage. Fairly easy to make, but if you need it let me know; I dont mind linking it ~. Clearcasting. 5404 views 8 stars 965 installs 3 comments. Install WeakAuras. Druid Balance Feral Restoration. Which essentially means that during the Arcane Missiles cast (especially during arcane surge) we will not wait for the cast to finish, but we will queue another arcane blast during the arcane missiles channel. Ultimately you just need to manage your mana in a way that lets you have enough mana to last through a full burst rotation (15s). Improvements Class talents [Time Manipulation] [Time Anomaly] Arcane talents [Nether Precision] [Slipstream] [Amplification] Arcane Mage Clear Casting Proc Animation Classes Mage Korvilon-dalaran March 18, 2021, 3:50am #1 We really need to re-introduce the old clear casting animation that was in Legion where it would show an arcane orb animation for every charge of clear casting you had. The Arcane Mage rotation and gameplay changes when you get the new 4-set bonus from the Tier Set. CautiousSyrup 4 yr. ago. Im right there with you man. It displays the charges of Clearcast (up to 3), and has a texture progression to let you know the expiration of the aura. I also did specify for now as I have no idea how the spec will do come SL, and havent been keeping up with its changes that much. But yeah, there are some fundamental problems with the way the spec works, like arcane power reducing the number of procs you get. Is it the feedback from players in the forum? Generally speaking, with the loss of rune of power the mini-burn phase became significantly easier now that you dont have to think about syncing or de-syncing Rune of Power with touch of the magi and radiant spark. Always aim to finish a boss fight having dumped all of your mana into damage. Arcane Power has a 2 minute cooldown. I need help with picking the right talets, armor and consumabes for my mage. I know that balancing Arcane is difficult, because even small numerical changes can have large consequences on high level play, but Im pretty tired of being told that just because the twenty players in the 95th percentile of full mythic nathria clears are doing okay that nothing needs to change. Shows you . Ive been playing wow since the beginning. Thats also the reason why we kind of shift away from arcane harmony, with Conjure Mana Gem being a choice, since we dont really rely on harmony stacks anymore. With 5 Targets or more, we want to make sure were casting as many, Make sure you are spending clearcasting procs on missiles to build for a big, To make sure we are not spending too much mana, Use Potion, any trinket available to you, racials and cast. Note: Dont be afraid to be aggressive with your defensive cooldowns since shifting power reduces all our CDs by 10 Seconds, while on 1 minute CD. person Xeii January 12, 2021 9:40 PM. Mage Arcane Fire Frost. All rights reserved. This has been done in previous iterations of arcane, and it does not make mana more relevant. The RNG of clearcasting becomes more reliable; but still random due to crit chance and inherent spell variability. Requires Mage. You might want to proof-read your comments before posting them. Inherets Blinks effects, Arcane spec only, no mana cost. Contents 1 Notes 2 Improvements 3 Patch changes 4 External links Notes The amount of mana the mage needs to spend for a chance to gain Clearcasting depends on their level. Alter Time is more valuable for its mitigation component anyway. This weakaura tracks the duration of all kinds of active / proc trinkets, water elemental, icy veins, arcane power, power infusion, ice block, clearcast and displays an icon while Presence of Mind is activated. Regardless of whether it is Tyrannical or Fortified I guess the best option is to always go AoE. Every Arcane spell cast accrues Remnants of Aluneth. For EACH spec in the subsections below, you need to install BOTH sets of WeakAuras below.#1: Core tracks your rotational abilities, utilities and cooldowns.#2: Buff Bar dynamically tracks the duration of certain buffs, cooldowns, externals, and defensives.. Press the respective 'COPY' button below . I appreciate that you took the time to help someone. Maybe give demon hunter a try? Thats the main issue with randomness. Dragonflight WeakAuras Dragonflight Mage WeakAuras for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Fully customizable Mage WeakAuras for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. The regen nerf has been since corrected as it was a bug carried over by the leveling changes. Beside the mediocre performance in raid, the rotation The idea behind the arcane gameplay is to have 2 burst windows, similar to how weve played the class in shadowlands. Strengths and Weaknesses 3. It also sucks for everyone that the only non-random source of clearcasting is a covenant ability.