Mage PvP Buffs

[Snozy-pagle]

For all you pvpers out there.

@Kaivax

Mage

• Master Shepherd increases Versatility by 12% (was 6%).
• Arcane
• Developers’ notes: The high-end burst damage of Arcane Mage was reduced with the release of Fractures in Time, so we’re increasing the damage of Arcanosphere, as we’d like it to be a more threatening piece of Arcane’s toolkit. We’re also increasing the baseline damage of a few rotational spells, as Arcane’s overall damage has been lower than we would like, and Nether Tempest has not felt like a competitive spell in PvP.
  • Arcanosphere damage increased by 25%.
  • Arcane Missiles damage increased by 12% in PvP Combat (was 5%).
  • Arcane Orb damage increased by 30% in PvP Combat.
  • Nether Tempest damage increased by 150% in PvP Combat.
• Fire
• Developers’ notes: We’re offsetting a few recent damage reduction adjustments and greatly increasing the damage of Living Bomb, with the goal of making it a viable talent option in PvP.
  • Pyroblast damage increased by 18% in PvP Combat (was 12%).
  • Fire Blast damage reduced by 3% in PvP Combat (was 8%).
  • Phoenix Flames damage increased by 22% in PvP Combat (was 16%).
  • Living Bomb damage increased by 300% in PvP Combat.
• Frost
• Developers’ notes: We would like Ray of Frost to remain a threatening cast, but still feel it’s slightly more lethal than we’d like. Frostbolt’s damage has fallen behind other options, so we’re increasing its damage to reward casting. Snowdrift’s activation has felt a little too difficult for the amount of risk involved, so we’re reducing the time to trigger the stun effect.
  • Cryopathy is now 50% effective in PvP Combat (was 60%).
  • Frostbolt damage increased by 150% in PvP Combat (was 100%).
  • Snowdrift now has a 2 second activation time (was 3 seconds).

[Selemena-azralon]

Whats your opinion about Frost changes ?

[Bdmxd-stormrage]

Snozy
Ohh no, you said mages are gonna be fine How can this be I dare they not look at mages the way you do. What has gotten into Blizzard? Don’t they know better?

All right, let’s say I told you so. Have a good day.

[Snozy-pagle]

@Bdmxd-stormrage

All right, let’s say I told you so. Have a good day.

Mages are fine.

You didn’t tell me anything.

You’re still bad at the game.

[Bedroombuddy-area-52]

So fire is basically back to where it was prior to the last patch. Seriously, they lost 5% damage across the board last patch and now they are getting close to 5% damage back on their main burst spells.

Seems like the only real buff is living bomb, but seriously… using that in pvp will break crowd control on nearby enemies and what other talent will you give up to get living bomb.

[Vecna-tichondrius]

They really need to remove the pathetic damage from Snowdrift and then maybe we could use it, DB into Snowdrift would be nice. If want to keep a damage factor, make it apply a frostbomb.

[Vulkain-dalaran]

%300 on living bomb? Last night with combust I did 125k in dmg with LB. 300% from there would blow the snot out of someone. I hope they mean 3 times the damage, because 300% may be over the top. (about 500k)

[Frostzadan-quelthalas]

@Vulkain-dalaran

Last night with combust I did 125k in dmg with LB.

Really? I’m going to try this.

[Vulkain-dalaran]

Oops, on multitarget. So silly. In PVP it looks to hit for under a 100k.(300%) In combust. It will help but seems more an attempt to get toons to use it.

[Whitewizard-undermine]

I have t PVP’d in a while, but I always liked arcanosphere, so maybe I’ll hit some BGs or something.

Speaking of arcanosphere, it goes through all terrain/walls with a knock back effect and in some situations like Epic BGs you can basically hide out of LOS and throw it onto the entire enemy factions raid group. I’ve had some like 2-3M DPS in some situations as it bounces a bunch of incoming enemies off the entire length of a bridge for example. For me, super fun.

[Sqy-emerald-dream]

Arcanosphere can be fun for this reason — but the flip side is if you are on higher terrain or vice versa, your sphere will fly right over everyone’s head. Something to keep in mind when using it.

[Whitewizard-undermine]

Yea, that took me a while to figure out. I was sort of expecting it would hug the ground like arcane orb, but was excited by the idea of casting through walls in certain situations.

[Kiekö-laughing-skull (Kiekö)]

@Whitewizard-undermine

I have t PVP’d in a while, but I always liked arcanosphere, so maybe I’ll hit some BGs or something.

I haven’t PvE’d in a while myself, but I personally love BGs. If you ever are looking for some bgs, hit me up!
Cheers.

[Glàcial-tichondrius]

Then use it in a manner where its doesnt break crowd control

[Whitewizard-undermine]

@Kiekö-laughing-skull

I haven’t PvE’d in a while myself, but I personally love BGs. If you ever are looking for some bgs, hit me up!
Cheers.

Nice, 2 crazy mages controlling the middle with alternating arcanosphere casts would be excellent!

[Ravenfell-azralon (Ravenfell)]

I wonder if the buff to Living Bomb would be enough to make it even worth its GCD. It only does decent damage in M+ due to its high uptime from being applied by Flame Patch via Incendiary Eruptions. I would really love it if World in Flames PvP talent also increased Flamestrike radius so we could reliably use it.