Arcane seems to be scaling poorly. I’m 412 now and the dps just doesn’t seem to be improving much. I was 400 not long ago and the damage seemed only slightly worse back then. Other classes in my ilvl range are just destroying me in dps now. Did a 16 with a Spriest who was 415 and he did about 30% more than me in overall and I’m not a bad player. The rotation is just implanted in my brain now and while I’m not elite by any means, I feel like I have improved greatly as my ilvl goes up but just not seeing the results. Is poor scaling the reason why Arcane has went from top to near bottom this season? Something definitely needs to change with the spec. We need more sustained outside of burst windows. Even the mini burst is pretty awful dps. The only time we do big dps is during the main Surge burst.
Shadow priest are currently Stier in keys so they honestly should put damage you in a key.
On my 397 non 4 set spriest I was doing 55k overall in lower keys.
Why are you not using talon?
I use the Talon quite often. I mainly equip my highest ilvl for having a better invite chance then I switch if I remember once in group. The Talon and Voidmender sim very close anyways. A 415 might even sim a bit higher.
Talon isnt even the go to anymore. Its shadow gem.
Unfortunately, arcane dps profile is not consistent enough to compete with frost and other dps’s. Arcane was better the way it was in SL Season 2, with mini and big burst windows not being dependent of each other… Arcane Surge is a mistake.
The unbelievably lackluster animation for it makes it even worse.
We expected a Genki Dama of pure arcane energy, and received a lil swirl of glitter. haha
Agree. SL arcane was better. Simpler rotation, too.
Fire already is the big burst mini burst spec. Arcane is just a clunkier version.
It would be way better if they dropped TOTM all together, made arcane charges go to 6, and make it just a mana management spec with dropping big barrages. Lots of on demand burst / cleave every 10 seconds.
Youd have all the other spells, go back to AP inatead of surge. Would be a great kit
I was a big fan of arcane in shadowlands and even opted to play it when they were the same level Fire and Frost was. Those dangerous moments after we steal aggro were super fun.
But the moment I saw Arcane Surge and that stupid cast time added to an already clunky gameplay, it killed my love for the spec immediately