I dont seem to put out as much DPS as I expected with Fire spec in Bg's, Am I better off with Frost wich is my OS, or Arcane.
Look at my equipment and tell me if I have set myself up wrong
You're missing the single most important talent that makes fire spec work in pvp: Shatter. More crits = more hot streak, which is more damage.
Also, from what I've seen a lot of the time in a bg, a fire mage isn't going to focus someone down, necessarily. What fire mages excel at is getting a few seconds to dot someone up in a big melee, then when Hot Streak procs you Nova/CoC (with Imp. CoC talented), Pyro the now-frozen target in the face with tripled crit chance, follow it up with Combustion and Blast Wave/Flame Strike to fish up an Impact proc, and spread those dots to half or more of the opposing force. At that point the dispellers and healers are pretty hard pressed to clear everything off and keep people standing.
I'm okay with Fire in PvP. It's not as good as Frost, but I don't PvP all that often or seriously. You really do need to get as many crits as possible- if I'm doing well, every other to every third spell is Impact or Hot Streak, which means more awesome damage.
2012年4月19日星期四
Quick Fire World/BG pvp video for Patch 4.3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI8NXjHsb4w
With WoW patch 4.3 comes a new raid tier, a new pvp season, transmogrification, and most importantly MAGE BUFFS (Ghostcrawler is smart)! !
Heres some of the footage I got while trying out fire for the first time in Cata on the PTR.
Includes: World PvP, faceroll, Fire Mage, a little bit of frost mage, clean UI + editing.
Does Not Include: competitive arena, fancy addons.
Music by: Starwarspunk - Use My Dagger (Maklibek remix)
Sorry for the rogue music, next time ill get mage music :)
Any1 else switching to fire for bg/arenas next season?
No Arcane Intellect or Mage/Frost/Molten Armor.
You have balls.
Still deciding on fire for pvp or not
but for pve fire > dull arcane
been fire pvping..I am missing the better control of frost...but fire got some nice damage but is frustrating when no hot streaks.....love hate relationship
yeah, just hope for no unlucky breaks on frostnova or cone of cold freeze.
If you dont mind cutting some resil, 4 piece t12 works good too.
fire is a very powerful mage spec. i honestly always did better as fire... not that i did any more than just low arenas but i do know of a few fire mages that are WAY up there in 3s.
in 2s its just mad fun to go fire/frost mages and in 5s fire is nuts. the aoe control is out of this world.
the only problem is we suffer from high dispels... oddly enough frost does as well. the only difference is that frost has more survivability but less mobility versus dmg than we do
With WoW patch 4.3 comes a new raid tier, a new pvp season, transmogrification, and most importantly MAGE BUFFS (Ghostcrawler is smart)! !
Heres some of the footage I got while trying out fire for the first time in Cata on the PTR.
Includes: World PvP, faceroll, Fire Mage, a little bit of frost mage, clean UI + editing.
Does Not Include: competitive arena, fancy addons.
Music by: Starwarspunk - Use My Dagger (Maklibek remix)
Sorry for the rogue music, next time ill get mage music :)
Any1 else switching to fire for bg/arenas next season?
No Arcane Intellect or Mage/Frost/Molten Armor.
You have balls.
Still deciding on fire for pvp or not
but for pve fire > dull arcane
been fire pvping..I am missing the better control of frost...but fire got some nice damage but is frustrating when no hot streaks.....love hate relationship
yeah, just hope for no unlucky breaks on frostnova or cone of cold freeze.
If you dont mind cutting some resil, 4 piece t12 works good too.
Still deciding on fire for pvp or not
but for pve fire > dull arcane
been fire pvping..I am missing the better control of frost...but fire got some nice damage but is frustrating when no hot streaks.....love hate relationship
fire is a very powerful mage spec. i honestly always did better as fire... not that i did any more than just low arenas but i do know of a few fire mages that are WAY up there in 3s.
in 2s its just mad fun to go fire/frost mages and in 5s fire is nuts. the aoe control is out of this world.
the only problem is we suffer from high dispels... oddly enough frost does as well. the only difference is that frost has more survivability but less mobility versus dmg than we do
Macro help!!
My frostbolt is set to 1 and i was wondering if anyone knew a macro where it would stop casting if i pressed 1 again. This would be to help me juke interrupts and such... So I would press 1 for frostbolt but someone would attack me so i would press 1 again to cancel it. Soo anyone know a macro for that? sorry im new to mage. Thanks! :D
I don't think so no.
There are many alternatives though. A simple jump, moving or pressing the escape key.
try
/stopcasting
/cast frostbolt
Haven't tested it, but i could see it working.. :\
Ty :)
That will only do what he wants if he hits it while still in the global cooldown. Otherwise, it'll just restart frostbolt again.
That's a horrible macro for pvp because you need to be spamming FB the second it stops casting so you can get a lot of damage in.
Just move. Tap left or right, forwanrd, whatever, to juke.
Yea.. i kinda relized after a while of pvping how stupid I was for asking for that lol. ty everyone tho
u just tap move your character a bit it'll stop casting whatever.
Or just add /stopcasting to your other spells
/stopcasting
/cast frost nova
I don't think so no.
There are many alternatives though. A simple jump, moving or pressing the escape key.
try
/stopcasting
/cast frostbolt
Haven't tested it, but i could see it working.. :\
try
/stopcasting
/cast frostbolt
Haven't tested it, but i could see it working.. :\
Ty :)
try
/stopcasting
/cast frostbolt
Haven't tested it, but i could see it working.. :\
That will only do what he wants if he hits it while still in the global cooldown. Otherwise, it'll just restart frostbolt again.
That's a horrible macro for pvp because you need to be spamming FB the second it stops casting so you can get a lot of damage in.
Just move. Tap left or right, forwanrd, whatever, to juke.
That's a horrible macro for pvp because you need to be spamming FB the second it stops casting so you can get a lot of damage in.
Just move. Tap left or right, forwanrd, whatever, to juke.
Yea.. i kinda relized after a while of pvping how stupid I was for asking for that lol. ty everyone tho
u just tap move your character a bit it'll stop casting whatever.
Or just add /stopcasting to your other spells
/stopcasting
/cast frost nova
Fire Mage Haste Question
right now i'm at 2091, with the tier bonus I can reach the goblin's haste plateau of 2591, which gives me 13 ticks of combustion. (3/3 NP, no DI or 5% haste buff)
our hpally healer mainswitched to a resto sham. so now i'll be getting the 5% spell haste buff every raid.
for 13 ticks of combustion, I only need 1858 (which is 1358 with tier bonus). but for 14 ticks, i will need 3027 (2527 with tier bonus).
Should I reforge haste down to 1358 and keep combustion at 13 ticks? or should i reforge more into haste up to 2527 for 14 ticks? If i reforge for 14 ticks, I will lose about 3-4% crit.
(im at 2091 right now)
Down to 1358 and the rest into crit; 1 tick of combustion won't be as valuable as a more steady ignite + the obvious bonus dmg from a pyro/FB crit.
bump.
anyone else?
our hpally healer mainswitched to a resto sham. so now i'll be getting the 5% spell haste buff every raid.
for 13 ticks of combustion, I only need 1858 (which is 1358 with tier bonus). but for 14 ticks, i will need 3027 (2527 with tier bonus).
Should I reforge haste down to 1358 and keep combustion at 13 ticks? or should i reforge more into haste up to 2527 for 14 ticks? If i reforge for 14 ticks, I will lose about 3-4% crit.
(im at 2091 right now)
Down to 1358 and the rest into crit; 1 tick of combustion won't be as valuable as a more steady ignite + the obvious bonus dmg from a pyro/FB crit.
bump.
anyone else?
Add-on for spellstealing?
whats a good addon for knowing if a mob can have a successful spell stolen?
thanks
Spellstealer, you can find it at curse . c o m.
Also, part of mage nuggets.
you can also set up xpearl to show spellstealable buffs extra large on targets
I have used spellstealer and loved it. It made me start thinking about all of the things I could dispel on enemy targets when I was healing on my priest instead of playing my mage.
Spellstealer appeared to be for mages only, so I switched to DispelWatch which works for all classes. If you can't find DispelWatch on Curse, I think it is on WoW Interface.
I just look at their buffs for one that has a thicker border around it. This means it can be stolen.
I use Mage Nuggets and it works quite well.
if by "mob," you mean "alliance priest," then the addon is "spam spellsteal until you steal their power word: shield." The addon makes a pretty chord sound and you get a yellow bubble.
thanks
Spellstealer, you can find it at curse . c o m.
Also, part of mage nuggets.
you can also set up xpearl to show spellstealable buffs extra large on targets
I have used spellstealer and loved it. It made me start thinking about all of the things I could dispel on enemy targets when I was healing on my priest instead of playing my mage.
Spellstealer appeared to be for mages only, so I switched to DispelWatch which works for all classes. If you can't find DispelWatch on Curse, I think it is on WoW Interface.
I just look at their buffs for one that has a thicker border around it. This means it can be stolen.
I use Mage Nuggets and it works quite well.
if by "mob," you mean "alliance priest," then the addon is "spam spellsteal until you steal their power word: shield." The addon makes a pretty chord sound and you get a yellow bubble.
Playing With Fire. Rate Me
Hello all. Just started playing my mage again awhile back and was always arcane. I have tried out fire (for pve and pvp) and I'm loving it. I just need some advise on my gear and stats. I am at the 17% hit(for raids) just not sure if I have too much haste. I can pull big numbers in 5mans and raids. Just want to know what you all think.
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