Hello I just leveled a mage and loving fire spec. I wanted to try arcane but have no clue what to do. Does anyone have a guide/ rotation recommendations and burst? I know it’s probably a high skill cap spec but I have seen some arcane mages slap hard in arenas. Thanks in advance
As a player who still has a lot to learn, here’s what I can tell you.
The rotation of the arcane revolves around dealing large amounts of damage while Arcane Surge is active. This will activate your Arcane Phoenix and then Arcane Soul if you are Sunfury, or it will activate Augury Abounds and generate double Arcane Splinters if you are a Spellslinger (which is my preferred tree).
Your regular rotation while waiting for Arcane Surge to come off cooldown revolves around activating Burden of Power and Glorious Incandescence if you are Sunfury, or consuming Nether Precision procs to cast Arcane Splinters if you are Spellslinger.
But remember that one of your main objectives should be to control the fight. During this time, you will frequently use Polymorph, Ring of Frost, Dragon’s Breath, and steal valuable magical buffs from your enemies with Spellsteal.
Other than that, I like to check Murlok.io to see what top mage players are using in terms of talents and gear.
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Thanks alot!
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Hansol and Aeghis both have some from a few months ago on youtube just search arcane mage pvp guide, not sure how much has changed on arcane rotation/burst wise since then but might be a good place to familarize urself with it and basics.
GL playing arcane it does slap but very few play it at the highest levels. Just work on jukes and getting damage out. Arcane can flop if you tank every kick and don’t rotate shields/wall/alter effectively.
Fire is super simple to play damage wise and get CC on and generally survive on. Arcane has a lot more things your tracking with WA’s to do that crazy dam and line things up. Without cauterize on arcane you have to read damage alot better esp with all the MMs about without cauterize to bail you out.
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Advantage of Arcane is both hero trees are very good right now but have different playstyles, just pick your preference.
Sunfury plays around lining up Nether Flux with the damage amp of Burden of Power and Glorious Incandescence by spellqueuing Blast and Barrage together.
Spellslinger plays around getting as many big Splinterstorms off by detonating your Magi’s Spark talent every Nether Flux as quickly as you can.
This is the nutshell explanation of Arcane.
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Thanks everyone!
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I should also add, you want to try and keep your Arcane Orb on cooldown as Spellslinger for Splinter generation, it has very high cooldown reduction during Arcane Surge.