are great primary professions for a leveling Mage, allowing you to make extra This topic was automatically closed 60 days after the last reply. make on your own on whether you want to have maxed out professions when you hit Arcane. Karazhan Attunement, Alliance Leveling Guide 1-60 for Season of Mastery & Classic Era, Horde Leveling Guide 1-60 for Season of Mastery & Classic Era. aggro-ping-pong strategies to kill bosses. 0/2 . of Spell Damage greatly increases, as it is free damage that does not cost you increase with your natural progress through the different zones of World of + Frost allows you to so-to-say "AoE grind". Welcome to our PVE Frost Mage guide for WoW TBC. Mana issues are a misconception for Arcane. . The aoe cap shouldnt affect the blizzard ability while leveling that drastically that you should even notice it at all, it only even takes affect beyond 10 mobs being hit, a good mage will be pulling 3-8 mobs max of his own level, sure u could theoretically do more but its hard to do out in the open world where mob leashes are so limited and they will just reset if you run too far away and then your health is depleted by the time you gather them all up anyway. You will gain a 6% chance to Hit from talents, so the last 10% must come from gear. Cancelling the Ice Block just after you see the most attacks should allow you to come out of the block with more health. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. For those spells, their chance to resist is the average DPS lost percentage. Paladins with Blessing of Freedom can make it very hard to finish off a flag-carrier by yourself, as you have to set up a burst that requires Frost Nova. You may need to adjust your gems to account for your gear. 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! You also have talents to reduce spell-pushbacks, which makes a huge difference. Introduction. However, now with the change to icy propulsion where it only works on pure Single target spells. However, a Being a fire mage that knows how to keep scorch up might help you get into a raid team if they have multiple fire destros as most mages are trying to be arcane atm. Its also an additional instant-cast to your burst rotation which makes a big difference. Chance to CritOne misconception about Chance to Crit is that 1% more chance to Crit means out of 100 casts, an additional one of them will crit. Molten Fury. Summon Water Elemental as a great burst-damage tool. Failea-azgalor April 23, 2021, 10:56am #16. tree which starts off slow but quickly grows in power once you approach Level 40 Enjoy playing Fire while it lasts, because the moment you start to venture into Molten Core, you wont be playing Fire anymore for a very very long time. A Frost Mage is a master of the elemental capable of imprisoning their enemies in ice which easily making them fragile and helpless. While doing this AoE grinding method, it is recommended to set your grinding. Scorch does not fly through the air to reach the target, you may be able to do some damage before the enemy spots your location. For Levels 60 to 70, we recommend taking a look at the Slave Pens method So, what are you waiting for? relative to the alternative. Scorch only has a 1.5-sec cast-time. If you have a 10% chance to resist a boss, then you will have a 90% chance to hit it, in other words.So if your crit chance is 20%, then only 90% of those will land on the target, and so the final amount of Criticals would be:20 * 0,9 = 18 spells out of 100 casts will be a Critical hit. Sometimes I have a tank to play with, but most of the time, I don't. (PvP)Target level 61 = 5% chance to miss. Mana regeneration rates, but keep in mind you can only regenerate Health StaminaThis does not increase your DPS nor our damage till oom, but the downside is reaching 0 health reduces your damage to absolute zero.But that being said, in most raiding situations if youre taking damage it means youre standing at a wrong spot. find along the way. Leveling as Arcane (level 64) revolves around Arcane Blast and Arcane Missile. Hope that helped. Ice Block and Cold Snap add an arsenal of escape-ways, which really help out if youre running with 2.5k health. I tried frost, icelance was only critting for 2k, very bad dmg in my opinion. If you think this is a bad idea, could you recommend a frost build (keeping in mind it is 2.4.3). Your primary damage spell has a 2.5 seconds cast-time, and you will be very vulnerable to spell pushback while Ice Barrier is not up. Arcane is the top dps spec in T5 because of its set bonus so as to why youre skipping that is beyond me. On top of that, we gained a powerful defensive cooldown that was strictly for arcane mages, Greater Invisibility - a 60% Damage Reduction on a 2 minutes cooldown. But thats not exactly how it works. New replies are no longer allowed. Money isn't a problem. Dragons Breath - the good old Dragons Breath that was for fire spec only, now available for all mage specs, Essentially an uncapped AoE Disorient, on a 45 sec CD now, regardless, Extremely strong in Mythic+ and some Raid encounters that adds needs to be controlled. Most of the time if you kill that Shadowpriest or Warlock with your cooldowns, you still die to the DoTs afterward. In order to do this you will require a specialized talent Edit: Wanted to add that I am asking on here rather than just looking up a guide because I wanted to get some opinions on preference rather than just reading a cookie cutter guide. it gives more control, safer aoe, and is actually pretty good single target where WE is up for the whole fight which would be the case with dungeon fights. Level frost, switch to fire at 70. Eye of Tyr move to row 9. Because you need Blizzard and Improved Blizzard Once you hit 70, the Arcane spec we recommend for leveling will have to Mage is a fun class in PvP because the talents youve got affect your playstyle and their differences are quite big.If you came to this part of the guide to get tips on good builds for battlegrounds, then these two are my favorites: Improved Counterspell + Ice Barrier17/0/34 Build, Presence of Mind + Fire Power21/30/0 Build. But you need to weave in flamestrike and/or arc explosion for damage. Most of the mages I've grouped with are either fire or arcane for raiding. Its generally accepted as the PVP spec but it can bring a lot of utility to a raid group due to its ability to kite. . These give the biggest boost starting out. If your mage is an alt, buying them some semi-decent pieces of gear can help a LOT. Improved Blizzard is a great talent, make sure to only take 2 ranks of it so it doesnt block cone of cold from getting applied. It will Finally, Fire is a very powerful single-target leveling spec, having some of 16% chance to Hit is needed for the cap. You can prefer fire, but it is inferior. Every time you get another 1% Chance to Hit, you reduce the number of Resists you do on a boss, and you also increase your Critical hit chance, because you enable another spell to potentially become a Critical hit. Why frost, you might ask - well, because fire is all about nuking, but it is pretty sure, that you wont be nuking the mob down with 2 spells - therefore keeping the mob(s) far away from you is the best solution. Later on, when you have farmed your pre-raid gear and already have Warcraft. A community for World of Warcraft: Classic fans. Blue gems are only worth it to activate your meta gem. Ice Barrier absorbs both physical and magic damage, making warlocks actually killable without a 3 minutes cd. Frost Mages are one of the strongest specializations in TBC Classic PvP, having high control, survivability, and burst. self-healing. The answer to the question "what is the best leveling spec for mage" is frost. Mage mains I need some help. At level 66 you also get access to Ice Lance which really spices up the leveling process. 5% chance to Hit is needed for the cap.Target level 63 = 17% chance to miss. Press J to jump to the feed. This is the spec I use on all the TBC servers I play on, as the spec is very good when you hit 70 and do burning crusade dungeons to grind gear#TBC #Mage #AOETIMELINE 0:00 Intro0:05 Map3:06 Talent Tree Part 13:24 Talent Tree Part 26:24 Level 70 AOE Talent Tree6:48 Other Mage TBC Guides#wowclassic #wow # TBC #ClassicTBC #TheBurningCrusade #warcraft #classicwow #TBCclassic #TBCguides #TBCmage #TBCaoe #mageaoe Arcane is by far the best spec for standard quest leveling. when using this method. oom, which is especially important for AoE grinding. similar fashion and make even bigger pulls with five Mages, taking turns on with Icy Veins and Summon Water Elemental being the In order to AoE grind effectively, you need to have the right talents and at the same time make sure that you don't select others that will cause issues. mobs during that time and gain no experience. spec will only be useful for farming and 5-man dungeons. There are no limits to your creativity Frost also maximizes your Chance to HitAs a caster you will -always- have a 1% chance to miss with your spells.But also the level difference between you and your target adds further chances to miss. Talents - 7/0/44. Frost due to increased survivability plus nice burst with freeze, shatter, ice lance combos. additional knowledge over your competition will help you getting in. Compensate with Major Mana Potions and Demonic Runes if you tend to get out of mana too quickly. If you got the Bloodvine Leggings or better then definitely go for the ZulGurub Enchant: Presence of SightBoots: Minor Speed is my preferred choice, others may go with Greater Stamina or SpiritWeapon: Spell Power*. Frost is the recommended leveling build due to its consistency and flexibility sobz 2 yr. ago. Frost Talents. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Depending on which raids you are doing, some of these consumables may be considered over-extending a little bit. Copyright 2021 StarDev Studio LLC, Legacy-WoW World of Warcraft is a trademark of Blizzard Entertainment. After reaching Level 70, at the most optimal pace, the AoE Once you hit 70 A complete TBC Mage Guide with multiple spec's, gear lists, gems and enchants. However, Scryer's has the advantage of providing one of the best trinkets in Phase 1, the. all that, Frost is the most Mana efficient spec for leveling, raiding and uncontested spots, as otherwise you will not have enough enemies to pull in Focusing single target might end up being faster, in which case fire or even arcane could be solid. The new TBC talents make this task much easier than it was before in Classic with Icy Veins and Summon Water Elemental being the two main reasons. Spell PenetrationDecreases the Magical Resistance of your targetA simple rule of thumb is that each 10 spell penetration adds a 2.5% DPS increase on average, assuming the mob has any resistance in the first place since it isnt possible to reduce enemy resistance to below 0. The new TBC talents make this task much easier than it was before in Classic Rotation, Cooldowns, & Abilities. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. I've never leveled a mage in TBC so I was wondering Fire or Frost is better for leveling? Here, you will Get whatever intellect you can from your best possible spell damage items and that will be fine. It is a decision you have to The critical-factor of Intellect is so small that it is negligible, and this is why it is a secondary stat, mainly it only increasing our aim of damage till oom, as more mana allows for more casts. spell rotation, as well as leveling gear and the class-specific quests you will I feel as though Ive hit a wall currently between 52 and 56 (current level.). PoM + Pyro is a great Burst and doesnt take any build-up. you will be optimized for Level 70 dungeons, and if you have some Mana support If you want more danger and excitement then you can go fire. There are 2 frost-options. This guide has been written by Wrdlbrmpft aka Arcanaenus, playing Mage since 2008. Whatever stamina that you end up with after prioritizing solely on spell damage items, is what youre going to end up with. This effectively replaces Fire Blast during the Frostbite stage. further allows you to cast more spells against enemies before you are running respec to a Fire raiding spec is recommended and generally Frost will be free to give it a try with your friends. Leveling your mage . I think if you want to super minmax it'd depend on the other 4 people in your group. Our Classic Wrath of the Lich King Mage Talent Calculator is now live! The magus wisdom at the moment is basically arcane concentration+frost talents especially slowing talents if you are grouped with a war tank. I havent tested an arcane frost build while trying arcane power/icelance and how all those multipliers would work but i imagine you could potentially see some 5k icelance crits if i had to guess. I see a scenario where you take 1 point out of Hailstones and put it in a snowstorm if you need the burst AoE. 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