excuse my english for its not my first language
immortal
training them mage does little to no impact on their output
ways to avoid damage is too high
if left alone 1 button frost firebolt spam too overtuned
toxic utility with rng root procs in 2025 , huge snare, 2 charges of block
I thought this part was going away, no?
This is such a vice for me. Im a total noob but the raw power of icy veins frostfire bolt spam is such a dopamine hit. You melt healthbars like its nothing. Made the experience of playing a mage for the first time very enjoyable
Something about power corrupting
did i miss this? thanks to god
I believe so!
There was a ptr string where it was removed, but no official patch note, so not confirmed.
Alter time IS now being effected by dampening and MS effects, which is good, though!
I might play my mage regularly if that continues to be frostfire frost gameplay. A literal bazooka
Yeah I’ve died many times this season because I wasn’t respecting the power of icy veins. It’s truly absurd damage they deal if they get a time warp proc with power infusion, I’ve been hit by three frost fire bolts in less than a gcd on occasion. Not to mention they often hit for 900k+
Reminds me a bit of shadowlands necrolord frost mage
Not good for the other 2 mage specs. Frost still has 2 ice blocks arcane and fire are getting boned because they overtuned frost.
good start but i think alter will st ill be a problem honestly due to the low cd, damage avoidance, and master of time talent
The 4 highest mages on the ladder atm are arcane and fire with sub rogues and a feral.
They’re better and stronger specs, just harder to play.
This is honestly one of the biggest culprits. Getting a blink back is INSANE.
Skill issue.
Wow free casting caster does damage cuz you let them free cast?
Nerf ele, destro plz. I don’t know how to line of sight ugh. Also nerf fire and arcane cuz the top mages on ladder are spec’d into it.
Wait I was supposed to be crying about frost. I’m starting to question OPs class…
Me in solo shuffle: please line during icy veins
My melee partners: zug
I didn’t say otherwise. But they are still losing out because of frost.
Alter change to 5s undispellable. Displacement and blastwave on choice node.
Should be Fire only.
I don’t like the fact it makes landing a ring of frost optional
I feel like any ranged class can actually put a lot of pressure on a mage if combined with a melee. Depends on the comp vs comp. Which shuffles around and semi-balances out? I don’t know. At this point they feel almost as balanced as a ranged magic class can get. Double iceblock is still annoying when they pull it off though. Better grab a priest!
bias aside it really feel like the rogue and mage over the years have had the most utility while only having their downsides or things that required skill pruned.