I played Arcane Mage as a Main since the start of 9.0 and enjoyed it. I do only M+, so I am aware it was never meta.
Lately though, the Ramp time is far too long to be viable in the dungeons I have been doing. Sure, I can burst 60-80k but that is only if things live long enough and I do my Rotation perfectly, and am not forced to move, and I crit Barrage (that one is big).
So, with everyone being Frost, and me not liking the Combustion playstyle. I thought I would give it a whirl.
I have 4 set, I have Cold Front Leggo, and I am Necro. I am sitting at 27% Haste, 31% Crit (I am not itemized yet).
I simmed myself for patchwerk, and then hit the Target Dummy for 5 minutes. The “rotation” is straight forward, but I checked videos just incase.
The Sims are saying my Ice Lance should be doing 50% More then my damage meters have it! The Sim is at 36% of my overall, Details has it s a mere 22%.
I am casting Ice Lance with Ever FoF Buff, I am using Icy Veins and RoP on CD. As well as Frozen Orb. The Sim has me using some FireBlasts, but I don’t know why. I am not using that Leggo.
There is a huge Dmg different. 8k on Target Dummy 11.6k on Sims, and it is all from Ice Lance.
What am I doing wrong? Is there some sort of hidden synergy I am unaware of? Even my AoE in dungeons is poop. Blizzard and Orb On CD and Flurry and Ice Lance when it procs.
Send help.
Edit:
I think I figured it out?
I need to use Ice Lance AFTER Flurry when I don’t have a FoF Proc, because that still acts as a Frozen target when it lands. That seemed (?) To add some more Ice Lance damage? Still need more practice and AoE is still in shambles.