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 and go with 3/3 .
Gear:
Accessorys:
Go with the silk guardians for the extra crit (it really adds up)
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.
If your not human go with and
If you don't have access to or the badge trinkets or from
If your human I would highly recommend going with and . This is to take advantage of the fact that you can stack with a burn trinket, if you use the Mana Emerald just before or any similar trinket you will stack the damage for insane burst.
Gemming:
Your going to want to go maximum damage here.
Go with in every slot and 2 to get your meta bonus on .
Enchants and Armor Kits:
Helm: although is a good alternative.
Shoulder: (Aldor) or (Scryer)
Cloak:
Chest: or (This is really personal preference here)
Bracer: (Same damage as but this costs significantly less!)
Gloves:
Pants:
Boots:
Rings: (If your an enchanter only)
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.
(c) by christina3d