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A comprehensive guide to maging.

A comprehensive guide to maging.
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This is a post in progress I will continue to add info as I find time.
Also ask questions if you have them i'm on these forums regularly and will be glad to discuss anything mage related.

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http://www.codeplex.com/Rawr


Talent Builds
18/53/0 Fireball
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#of0Vck0cZ0EcbRhIhVubhct:VLizco

Points are pretty much set in stone.

Glyphs
Glyph of Fireball
Glyph of Molten Armor
Glyph of Living Bomb

Rotation Summary
The rotation for this build is fairly simple. There are four spells you will cast: Fireball, Living Bomb, Pyroblast and Scorch. Keep Scorch and Living bomb on your target at all times (letting LB explode then refreshing of course), cast Fireballs, and when Hot Streak procs shoot of and instant Pyroblast.

Side Note
AoE rotation:
1. Cast LB on everything in sight
2. Cast Flamestrike(Rank9)
3. Cast Flamestrike(Rank8)
4. Cast Blizzard(maxRank)
5. Repeat Steps 2 - 4 and step 1 less often.

Things to be aware of.
The hit cap for this build is 17% or 14% with a Shadow Priest or boomkin. (Table below for hit cap calculations) Also this build generates ALOT of threat, though this may just be a symptom of being Isana. Fire is ALOT more mobile then Arcane and is my build of choice for Rotface and Marrowgar so far in new content.

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57/3/11 Arcane
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#oshVfz0IzhGurxedcZMhf0o:Nzizco

Some points are not set in stone. Use judgment.


Glyphs
Glyph of Arcane Blast
Glyph of Molten Armor
Glyph of Arcane Missiles

Rotation Summary
Cast Arcane Blast 4 times. If Missile Barrage has proced then cast Arcane Missiles. If it has not proced it is acceptable to cast a few more arcane blasts depending on your mana. If it doesn't happen just cast Arcane Missles and start over. If your not moving DO NOT cast Arcane Barrage.


Things to be aware of.
This is my preferred raid build. Largely considered the best single target DPS (barring movement). One pitfall that may occur with new gear and the Black Magic enchant is a soft cap on haste. You do not want to exceed 150% haste ever as you will have hit the lowest possible GCD and anything past that is wasted. So if you had 30% Haste on your gear (between 983 and 984 haste rating) and all the usual raid haste buff were in effect and Bloodlust was active and Icy Veins was up. (This is a typical case) If you were to use a haste pot you would be almost 10% over the soft haste cap.
This http://milamber.ch/spellhastecap.html was just posted on EJ today. Cool little tool. Be wary of Black Magic and the 2Pc Tier 10 set bonus.


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Some Numbers
Level DifferenceHit Cap % PVEHit Rating PVE
-40%0
-31%26.23199272
-22%52.46398544
-13%78.69597816
04%104.92797088
+15%131.1599636
+26%157.39195632
+317%445.94387624
+428%734.49579616

%SpellHitRatingTypical Case
17%445.94387624Hit Cap
14%367.24789808Elemental Precision or Misery/Imp Faerie Fire
11%288.55191992Elemental Precision + Arcane Focus or Misery/Imp Faerie Fire
8%209.85594176EP + AF + Misery/Imp Faerie Fire
1%26.23199272







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cool, my mage is still pretty low but always good to see a helpfull guide.



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Mouse over button macro for Living Bomb

#showtooltip Living Bomb
/stopcasting
/cast [target=mouseover,exists] Living Bomb


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I play Ultimate.




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