Arcane, The new PVP spec for mages!
But HOW do you PVP as arcane?
Three time Glad mage here, hopefully I'll help you out a bit. Going to write a brief guide while I'm temp banned for treat exploiting!
It'll be brief because, well, it's really not that complicated.
Please feel free to post any questions you may have!
Rotation:
Your rotation should take full advantage of your Arcane Barrages 3 second cooldown. Remember that you can use any ability and then Arcane Barrage will be up again. You'll want to use it every time possible.
Here's an example of a good rotation.
Arcane Barrage (0) -> Slow (1.5) -> Arcane Barrage (3.0) -> Fireblast (4.5) -> Arcane Barrage (6) -> Frost Nova (7.5) -> Arcane Barrage (9.0) -> Fireblast (10.5) -> (start over)
NOTE: Frost Nova can be replaced with almost any instant and is a great time to cast a polymorph.
Make sure to have a macro for Presense of Mind as follows and weave it in between Arcane Barrages when going for a kill. (You WILL kill someone if you do!)
Code:
#Showtooltip Presence of Mind /use 13 /use 14 /cast Arcane Power /cast Presence of Mind /cast Fireball(Rank 14)
In this spec your basically boosting all your instants, it's pretty much the cookie-cutter spec for Arcane PVP. Although I'm sure there's people who have tweaked it slightly, for example I've seen people pull 3/3 [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and go with 3/3 [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...].
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Gear:
Accessorys:
Go with the silk guardians for the extra crit (it really adds up)
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Armor:
Obviously your going to go with whatever you have access to here, but ideally full Brutal Gladiator armor.
Trinkets:
Your going to want to go with a "burn" trinket, what this is a trinket with a use that gives more additional spell damage for on demand extra damage to get that kill.
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Gemming:
Your going to want to go maximum damage here.
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Enchants and Armor Kits:
Helm: [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] although [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] is a good alternative.
Shoulder: [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] (Aldor) or [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] (Scryer)
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Chest: [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] or [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] (This is really personal preference here)
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Screenshots of Arcane PVP:
Here's a few screenshots of what I've done so far with this spec. These are all pugs (pick up groups) and I had no assistance from other players.
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