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Is Arcane in PvP not viable at 80?
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StrangerWifCandy
http://www.wowarmory.com/team-info.xml?r=Mal'Ganis&ts=3&t=Synergy
They seem to be doing just fine as Arcane.
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exmortiis
All three spec's are pretty viable for battlegrounds in my opinion, though frosts survivability far exceeds that of fire or arcane. If you tend to flag run or defend bases, I'd definitely recommend frost over the other two spec's as you will tend to live a lot longer. If you tend to run around zerging people both fire and arcane are great, just make sure you keep your distance from the bulk of the melee.
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The IA bonus does apply to Fire Ward/Frost Ward, and the limit of 5% of max health has been removed. I'm going to try to talk the guild into getting a couple druids into an Ulduar 10 run (for rebirth) and going after Mimiron. Fire Ward, stand in rocket blast, hope to live, pew pew, loot.
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LeonardNimoy
Initially you won't do as well at 80 as you do pre-80 - at least, I didn't.
I'm currently on the second mage I've leveled as a main (lost old one, long story), and pre-80 as arcane I finished top 3 overall damage, HKs and killing blows in nearly every single BG.
When I hit 80, that obviously changed with the drastic resilience changes - I was doing less damage and dying much quicker. But with how easy it is to get gear, I've been back on top for many BGs again. As long as you're comfortable and experienced with when to handle your character and spells (experience gained easily from doing BGs), arcane is just as viable in BG as frost. Until you get some better gear/higher resilience, just stick in groups. One you get that resilience, SP and haste up, you shouldn't have many problems even flying solo (that is, defending a flag solo :P).
In arena, it can be tough, but paired with another high-burst class (I'm with a hunter, atm for 2s) and we take down frost mages in seconds, even with very high resilience.
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StrangerWifCandy
I respecced to Arcane so I'd have an excuse to wear next to no hit gear and full out resilience (28k HP and 1400 resilience unbuffed? Hell yes!
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Dark+Iron&cn=Pootz
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I should've taken some screenshots, but they're all the same K:D ratios of what I get as frost. In any case, it's a blast. So refreshing being able to crit people for 10k without needing to have them frozen. Also, instant invis? What are we, rogues now! I vanish those death coils like Neilyo, mmm.
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Stacking resi on mage is pure idiocy. Resilience is broken on clothies. Ofc you got some experience and already should know it.
I have 30% flat damage reduction and still have 3300 spellpower and 20% crit. Yep, pure idiocy. I could easily bleed some off for some haste with pve gear, but with this setup I can easily shrug off incoming damage even without Ice Barrier.
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