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Alex
Im new to WoW and made Mage my first character but i played Arcane up till 60 and stuff was dying slower
changed to frost and never looked back it does a ton of damage low level
hit 120 now and not to sure on the spec to play now lol
Read the other posts as to why Arcane is not played. And its for a solid number of reasons.
Arcane is fantastic at low level since most its power is the the core spec you start with, the talents overall have very little impact on its power.
Frost and Fire on the other hand start off with relatively little, with things like Glacial Spike and Fire’s plethora of power requirements (essences/traits/mechagon bracers) being locked behind higher levels or the level cap.
Arcane effectively gets left in the dust at 120, as its talents/traits force you into either single target or AoE, whilst Frost and Fire get to cover all situations by basically just gearing for single target fights.
It also has some pretty heavy issues in terms of PvP where all but one (Frost Nova) or two (Ring of Frost - if talented) of its spells are locked into the Arcane school. An interrupt is almost as good as a stun against you, since you can’t sheep, blink, interrupt or attack.
It’s a perfectly fine tactic at lower levels and during timewalking dungeons, it pulls stupidly high damage for the effort and is your best option.
Once you get higher though, with prolonged fights, you’ll find that Arcane Missiles is just too inefficient mana-wise to spam. Its damage also falls behind once you unlock Mastery: Savant which buffs Arcane Blast/Barrage, whilst having no effect on missiles.
You must have been pressing the wrong abilities. Arcane does the most SINGLE TARGET damage up to about lvl 90
Edit: that being said, Arcane is far for the most fun spec. Frost is the safest spec. Fire is the most rng/fun spec no matter the lvl
Thats not true, Arcane gets arcane explosion very early and it does a lot of dmg. Before Azerite gear Arcane could do Aoe and ST in the same build.
What’s “not true” according to you? Did you also play arcane as incorrectly as the one I replied to? Arcane hits like a truck
Your emphasis on ST, Arcane does tons of AoE too. Nice name btw lol
I loved Arcane, but trying to play it endgame is crazy.
The mana drain is just unbelievable.
Maybe I’m doing it wrong, maybe I’m not, but as I started to deal big numbers I was out of mana.
what about level 90 then?
can some of the most experts comment here? I would like to try arcane for getting the most damage at the shortest time available. Then I will have to drink of course. I would like to try casual bgs and not arena ratings or such. But will the single dps damage will be top-tier?
Alex
In bgs your best to focus your builds around missles so you can instant dmg off. The quick thinking azerite trait is very strong for arcane, makes you very tanky.
Can confirm
have it x3 and just doing AoE makes you invincable, heck even makes your shield useless on AoE
got confused in bgs you do aoe or you play missiles? I would assume the latter.
Btw the random bgs as I level are full with arcane mages!!! Does the rate drop at 120?
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