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Post by
Whatadorc
Talents: 50/3/17 arcane mage
Chr Stats:
Bonus Damage: 1893
Hit Rating: 201 (7.66%)
Crit Chance: 19.96%
Haste: 474 (14.46%)
so im having problems right now getting decent dps out of my mage...i get between 2.6k to 3.4k dps in heroic dungeons and VoA...heres what i use as a rotation:
Arcane Blast=AB
Presence of Mind=PoM
Arcane missiles w/proc=AM
Arcane Barrage=ABB
so i keep arcane power up when i can and i use AB+AB+(PoM w/ AB)+AB then AM and if the monster is close to dying i use Arcane Barrage by itself
so, question is..am i doing anything wrong or which stats should i raise/lower or if i should just switch to fire, cuz i watched someone drop tons of dps in a dungeon just now as fire...and he like tripled my damage and doubled my dps
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Post by
Whatadorc
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-talents.xml?r=Bleeding+Hollow&cn=Jessicaalbz&gn=likes+buttz
^armory link^
Post by
Drefanator
well, what kind of damage do you expect to do when you havn't even attempted to enchant your gear?
Read the stickies for those
Your gems are wrong, crappy or missing.
Runed Cardinal Ruby for all Red
The SP/Haste for Yellow (unless you need hit than SP/Hit will work)
SP gems for Blue, except for the two SP/Spr gems for the meta. (For you, I'd put the purple gems in your head and legs)
You have a fairly crappy pvp chest (for arcane), a healing back, your one trinket is better for pvp, get the trinket from the T9 vendor, it's your best bet until ICC or RotD from 25ToC
Run the ICC 5mans for better gear, Get the T9 set (probably get the hand/Legs, and get either the Merlin's robe, or get the 232 chest from one of the ICC 5 mans).
As for your rotation, if you're struggling on mana, take it easy on the arcane power and use it during the BL/heroism, Don't Abarr unless you're moving.
For heroics, mainly the old ones, on trash(groups more than 2) just use Flamestrike(rank 9)>Flamestrike (Rank 8)>Blizzard> Repeat.
For bosses, ABx4> AM, PoM on the AB,
Use a macro like
/Use 13 (or 14, whatever slot your trinket is in)
/Cast Arcane Power
/cast Icy Veins
/cast Arcane Blast ()
Don't macro MI to it (except when you have T104p)
Remember to Evocate on the last 2 or so seconds of a Bloodlust.
Post by
Whatadorc
right im still in the process of getting gear...im getting the 232 chest from pit of saron...the mage back from ToC and seethe from FoS and the triumph trinket...theres more but those are the major upgrades
i figured i gemmed wrong..so i'll just have to re-grab the ones i already gemmed
also..can anyone give me good numbers to get spell power, crit, hit, and haste to? like the soft caps or hard caps
Post by
Drefanator
You want 8% or 11% hit, depending if you have a moonkin/Spriest in your raid.
You want as much SP as possible, 800ish Haste means you don't Icy Veins during BL, and 1200 haste is about the cap. And as much Crit as possible without sacrificing the rest of your stats.
And, you do realize you can regem things that you've already gemmed without having to get the equipment again right?
Post by
Whatadorc
well my friend is gay haha...he told me i had to make sure the gem i want is what i want it to be cuz its stuck once i gem it haha...how do u get the gems out?
Post by
Drefanator
You just put a gem over it, once it's in there it's in there, and you can't get it out to sell it. But you can simply replace it by putting another gem in the slot
Post by
Whatadorc
oh okay, thanks a ton for all the help, one last thing
so my prioritization on getting my stats should be
Hit Rating then Haste then Spell Power
or
Hit Rating then Spell Power then Haste
edit: and get crit strike wherever possible?
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Whatadorc
kk cool...what is a good dps range i shud be striving for in heroics
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Post by
Jeremypwnz
step 1. run heroics! I mean spend every minute you are on the game running heroics....you need tons of emblems
Working on it boss! Just hit 80 tonight! Continuing tomorrow!
Post by
greywolfsage
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-talents.xml?r=Bleeding+Hollow&cn=Jessicaalbz&gn=likes+buttz
^armory link^
To this link i have a few suggestions:
NIC should be 86'd in favor of Abyssal Rune from ToC 5m norm.
SotM points should be moved to Arcane Stability as SotM isnt worth the points and pushback reduction keeps you from loosing time casting.
Get the head and shoulder chants from Sons of Hodir and Kirin Tor rep.
Post by
Jeremypwnz
There's a rotation? I just spam AB till AM procs. Procs early, get at least 3 stacks. Running? Barrage or PoM AB.
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