The Arcane Mage In Cataclysm Classic (In Depth Guide)

what if I told you that you could do an insane amount of burst damage that will make the rest of your group wonder why they are even there by only pressing a single button you're probably thinking man this guy is full of time to skip this video but I promise you just hear me out for a second before you get go hitting that extremely tempting dislike button the Arcane Mage has always been known for its ridiculous burst damage and amazing performance for early into two expansions and in cataclysm this is no different in fact it gets even better beforehand in Wrath Arcane mides were Kings at single Target but wet noodles when it came to AOE however this issue is solved by a new Talent they get which reduces the global cool down of their Arcane explosion and a couple of extra things which we will touch on in more detail in a moment now this guide is going to be pretty in depth so grab a cup of coffee strap in your seat belts and let's get right into the nitty-gritty titty of the Arcane Mage so for talents let's start off with what they will look like at level 80 when the pre patch hits there are a few optional choices but this is what I would go with to start some people don't take improved Arcane explosion and I think this is a huge mistake for especially when leveling and doing dungeons it is amazing AOE damage for clearing pack super fast and actually allows the Arcane Mage to pull several enemies when questing compared to previous L when it was just faster and easier to do one at a time now as we level up from 80 to 83 I would put three points into burning soul in the fire tree for the reduced cast time lost from taking damage as it is super nice and there's always those moments where you just need that one cast to go off to finish an enemy but you just keep getting slapped and frustrated because you just can't blow your load and finally your last two points I suggest getting your second point in this is another talent I see people not taking which is insane to me cuz there is always something to interrupt when doing dungeons so it's basically just a free 10% damage for 8 seconds and Hunter spell has a 24 second cool down so it's practically up 30% of the time so if you don't take this you're just crazy and should seek professional help put all jokes aside your last point is very optional I like to put it into improved blink for the extra move speed after blinking as it's just a very nice quality life to get in and out of different mechanics and to reposition yourself when needed now some of this changes when we go into doing raids due to not needing the AOE all that much anymore for raids I suggest you'll take out the two points from improved Arcane explosion and take the one point out of improved blink or wherever you decided to put that last optional point and put those three points into Prismatic cloak the 6% damage reduction is just amazing for any red white damage that you will be taking and it will help your healers out immensely you should not go without this so let's talk about glyphs to start off for Prime glyphs you will take Aran Blast for the extra damage this is your main damage spell so this is mandatory then you want to take Mage Armor this will help you out a lot when you're in your preservation phase which we will disc later in the rotation section then finally you will take Glyph of Arcane missiles for a bit of extra crit chance which is it's really just another chance for getting some Mana back thanks to your talent master of elements for major glyphs you will take arcan power this will allow you to cast blink mirror image and Mana Shield off the global cool down for some extra damage uh it's worth noting that you always want to keep Mana Shield up to our talent in Candor absorption which gives you extra damage when your Mana Shield is damaged and second we want Glyph of evocation as the heal is just super useful to keep ourselves topped up in case we're lacking a bit of Health when we need to get our Mana back up and lastly as more preference I would suggest that if you're doing dungeons to take lift of blink as it will synergize with one point you put an improved blink and then when you're reading you could swap it out for invisibility to synergize with Prismatic cloak to allow you another means of repositioning yourself when needed for minor glyphs you want to always take mirror images as this will actually provide a damage increase thanks to our passive 25% Arcane damage we get from our Arcane special edition then I always take slowfall as it will help save on bag space for from no longer needing a regent and it's just a nice quality of life lastly I take GPH of armors so I don't have to reapply Mage armors often but you could also take one of the Mana reduction glyphs if you do I suggest taking Glyph of conjuring as it will provide a lot more benefit than arcan Brilliance will let's talk about rotations to start off with your single Target rotation consists of two phases the first phase is known as the burn phase this is where we use all our buff spells which I would macro together so Arcane power any onuse trinket you might have a Mana gem thanks to our talent improved Mana gam which gives us spell power berserking if you're a troll if you aren't troll you should become a troll but if not whatever race you are if your Ral provides a damage bonus then use that too then whichever potion you have all of this should be macroed into one button it it also worth noting you should cast a couple of Arcane blasts before pressing this in order to still get the Mana value from your Mana Jam now after pressing your buff magro this is very important and difficult so listen carefully you want to use arcan blast into Arcane blast into Arcane blast into arcan blast and then a few more Arcane blasts till you're at about 30% Mana I know I know it's difficult trust me you will get the hang of it now once you reach 30% Mana just pop EV vocation to get back to about full Mana you should also to use Mirror Image after buffing as it will be off the global cool down thanks to your glyph uh now you're in the second phase known as the preservation phase this is where you want to stay as close to 100% Mana as you can to maximize the benefit from your Mastery to do this you'll want to just cast Arcane blast between two and four times based on your current gear obviously the better gear you have the higher Mana pull meaning your Mage Armor will generate more and your spells will cost a lower percentage of your max Mana so after casting two to four Arcane blasts if you have an Arcane missiles proc use that to reset the stacks if you don't have an Arcane missiles proc then use Arcane barrage instead then just repeat this until your evocation is almost back up and you can go into another burn phase you should also cast flame orb in the preservation phase anytime it is up as the extra damage ticks can proc and Arcane missiles charge just repeat all this until you're topping the damage meters and making everyone else cry at how easy yet broken your class is now as for AOE situations there isn't really much to discuss you just want to use arcan blast four times to stack up the passive buff then spam Arcane explosion till your Stacks are close to running out but don't let them drop off you want to refresh the stacks with a single Arcane blast and then continue to spam Arcane explosion again now I'm going to talk about some of the utility that only Arcane mage because if you want to hear about all the other General Mage utility spells that all the specs get I talk about that in my previous fire Mage video so make sure to go check that out as there's some very useful information there so first off Aran Mages provide the party with 3% damage buff from our talent Arcane tactics it is worth noting that this does not stack with Paladin's communion or Hunter's ferocious inspiration so if they are bringing that themselves into your raid then you can put that point somewh else another spell that arcan M just get is focus magic which we spe into honor talentry this is usually treated between Aran mes but in cases where you're in a dungeon group with no other arcan Mage you want to put this on either another DPS Caster or your healer do not put this on your melee it is is not 3% crit chance it is 3% crit chance with spells only I I know I've made that mistake before myself so also especially in raids or dungeon encounters that require a lot of healing throughput you should probably put Focus Magic on your healer to help them out um so another spell Arcane mes get access to is slow which reduces the targets move speed range attack speed and casting speed you don't need to cast this thanks to our talent nether Vortex ourcan blast will automatically apply it to your target if nobody else is currently affected by it if you really want to min max on for example bosses where an ad spawns that you need to swap to you can cast slow on it before dpsing as since the boss will already have it on them from your Arcane blast it won't automatically be applied when you swap to the ad so as for stat priority on archan Mage your number one is intellect which is pretty self-explanatory as it provides you with spell power on critch it will also increase your manop pool which makes it easier to maximize your damage from your Mastery second we want to focus on getting our hit rating up to 177% then after that everything will go into Hast up to the soft cap I could go into depth by different haste caps and everything that affects it but that would require a whole video on its own the main idea is you want to get your Arcane blast to a 1 second cast time as that's the lowest you can get your Global cool down to and any Hast over this is wasted and should be put into our next priority which is Mastery last priority is crit a little bit cby nice but it's just not as good as hasted Mastery let's discuss gems now it's worth noting that all of this can change based on your current gear so when it comes down to it you should really just Sim your character and find out what's best for your current situation I'm also only going to mention blue jems as we won't have access to the Epic ones right away but for a general idea your socket should be filled with a burning Shadow spe Diamond red sockets filled with brilliant Inferno Ruby yellow sockets if the socket bonus is less than tan intellect then use the CM Jam as you do in Red sockets if it is tan intellect or more and you're heast capped insert an Artful Ember tupas if you still need more heast then use a reckless Ember topaz finally for blue sockets follow the same rules as yellows of using red when the socket bonus is less than 10 intellect whenever 10 or more use a veiled demon Z now as for enchants I'm just going to assume your tailoring and Engineering as these are your two best professions our heads slot will use an Arcanum of hydel shoulders will be greater inscription of charged load Stone cloak will be LightWave embroidery for chest you want Peerless stats for wrist you want Mighty intellect for gloves you want either paste or greater Mastery depending on your current stats you also want to add synapse Springs from engineering for legs you want Master's spell thread for feet you want lava Walker or else Precision if you aren't hit capped for your weapon you want Power torrent and then finally for your offand you want Superior intellect as for consumables your food should always provide 90 int so you want either saved s Fish Head Seafood magn feast or fortune cookies your flask should be a flask of draconic mind and your best buff potion is volcanic potion so I know that was a lot of information and hopefully I didn't bore you to death but I guess if I did then you wouldn't be able to dislike the video anyway so I guess it's actually okay all jokes aside I hope this video helped you out with any questions you might have had about our M if there's anything I didn't mention that you would like to know feel free to drop a comment down below and I will get back to you as soon as possible if you did find this video informative or entertaining then I would appreciate it if you would leave a like and if you would like to see more future videos don't forget to subscribe have a good rest of your day peace

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Published: Sun Apr 28 2024