Hey… new player here (tho MMO vet). So doing the SL quests to get to 60, what generally is the casting order for leveling and stuff like that? I mean, is it just Arcane Missles until it dies? Should I lead with something else? Try to proc something? What if 3 MOB’s attack, same strat?
Don’t need a super long explanation… just sorta what you guys do/did. TYVM
3 mobs attack - frost nova then arcane explosion till 4 arcane charges and then barrage. Use arcane orb if it’s available. Use polymorph against one that seems to be the most dangerous (usually larger or slightly bigger and have more hp)
If they’re still alive, then repeat.
1 mob then cast slow first, then spam missiles.
Avoid elites when possible while leveling
Thank you! Didn’t occur to me to slow first… I actually will hit singles with Frostbolt I think it was so it does damage and slow and then AM.
and makes sense on the 3+ attacks, thank you.
Curious, is Arcane the best to learn and level on?
To level frost is generally the way to go.
As for learning none are necessarily the “best” but I’d take fun into consideration there. Try all 3 and see how it feels for ya.
This is more advanced but practicing it can help in the long run for harder solo content after leveling.
Chrono Shift as an arcane mage if taken is one of my favorite talents in the game because you get a built in physical slow on a target and an added movement boost on top of it after using arcane barrage. I actually leveled in SL as arcane and one of the techniques I use even to this day which is helpful soloing anywhere from the Korthia to Torghast is max range arcane explosion kiting with chrono shift.
All I do after arcane barrage and if arcane orb is on CD is strafe forwards and backwards in between GCD while hitting arcane explosion to generate arcane charges. Preferably you want to dump arcane barrage at four charges for more damage but the highlight of this is being able to solo kite with chrono shift and instant casts. You want to arcane explosion from 10 yards which is just enough to touch the mob. The strafing back and forth is to maintain that 10 yard distance and it is easy to do since you have a 100% net movement over the mob (50% slow on mob and 50% speed on you from chrono shift).
Against single target I use arcane missiles and don’t cast arcane blast often. If they get close then arcane barrage for chrono shift to gain distance.
Totm then arcane blast till
It’s dead.
This actually isn’t true anymore. Arcane is considered the best to level on because most mobs die between one to two 4 charge Arcane blasts.
Try these two macros:
#showtooltip Arcane Missiles
/cast [nochanneling:Arcane Missiles] Arcane Missiles
/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
#showtooltip Arcane Blast
/cast [nochanneling:Arcane Missiles] Arcane Blast
/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Spam for unclipped Arcane Missiles/Arcane Blast casting!!
I actually switched to Frost from Arcane as I was having major issues with solo leveling as Arcane… I switched to Frost and find it literally twice as easy to level/blow up mobs. Deaths have been cut down by 1/2 and the “toughness” of mobs I can now solo has doubled.
I get I must be doing something wrong with Arcane, but it is my experience and going on death runs over and over was actually draining me to almost give up. Once I get some gear and get to 60 will revisit Arcane as I just love the Kyrian Mage MOGs
Different specs click with different people the great thing about frost is it let’s you pull multiple mobs and just kite all day. I personally prefer fire because all your damage is instant casts and are back up by the next group.
Arcane is one of those specs that plays differently in the world. Basically as arcane you want to just stay at 4 charges and arcane blast everything around you. Leveling you should 1-2 shot everything.
If you have any questions about Kyrian arcane feel free to ask.