PTR Patch 3.0.8 - Mage Raid Specs
Spicytuna —
... Uh oh! Looks like Deep Fire has already given Frostfire a run for its money, and it hasn’t even shown its full potential yet! First off, this test was still missing the [Glyph of Fireball] which will increase the critical strike chance of Fireball by 5% at the cost of the Fireball dot. ...
Rawr: Optimal Mage Sets
Elitist Jerks —
... Maintain Scorch
Heroism Control: Optimal
Innervate and Mana Tide Totem are set to 0. They are irrelevent unless you increase the duration of the fight.
Enabled: Evocation, Mana Potion, Mana Gem
Snared Time: 1
Focus Magic Rate: 0.264 (only used for 18.53)
Duration: 300
Enabled: Incremental Optimizations, Reconstruct Sequence, 3.0.8 Mode
Glyphs: Glyph of Improved Scorch, Glyph of Molten Armor, Glyph of Frostfire, Glyph of Fireball
Buffs:
Improved Moonkin Form ...
The Arcane thread
Elitist Jerks —
... 0/53/18 18/53/0 57/3/11 51/20/0 [Glyph of Frostfire] [Glyph of Fireball] [Glyph of Arcane Blast] [Glyph of Arcane Blast] ...
My Dual Specs
Spicytuna —
... for when extra DPS is required. I tried PvPing with this spec pre-3.1.0, and it just makes me angry. I’m thinking about switching to PvE Arcane, or back to PvE Frostfire, but I’m not sure yet. I pretty much picked this spec because it was doing good damage, and it was the last raiding spec I had.
Minor Glyphs:
Glyph of Fire Ward
Glyph of Frost Ward
Glyph of Slow Fall
Major Glyphs:
Glyph of Fireball
Glyph of Living Bomb
Glyph of Molten Armor ...
Raiding as Fire/Frostfire
Critical QQ —
... fight is long enough to allow you to use your cooldowns multiple times, use ‘em! Just make sure you use them early enough that they’ll be ready to go again when Molten Fury becomes active.
In the same vein, if you are going to Evocate in a fight, make sure you’ve done so before the 35% mark. Evocating at the tail end of the fight will cripple your DPS.
Glyphs
There are four glyphs you should be interested in, in the following order: Glyph of Fireball/Frostfire, Molten Armor, Living Bomb, and Improved Scorch. ...
Infraction for Nikko: 6. Do not post unless you have something new and worthwhile to say.
Elitist Jerks —
... 7268.87
Stats
Intellect: 1276, Mana: 22128
In-Combat Regen: 619 Mp5
Spirit: 784 = (784*0.55)=431.2/45.9 = 9.39% crit
Crit Rating: 944.2 (51.10%), Hit Rate: 366 (16.95%), Haste: 470, Spell Power: 2869
Relative Stat Values
Spell Power: 1.69
Haste Rating: 1.66
Crit Rating: 1.60
Glyphs
Glyph of Living Bomb: 309.45
Glyph of Molten Armor: 249.63 (784*0.2=156.8/45.9=3.41% crit)
Glyph of Fireball: 229.05 ...
Sky's Fire Mage Raiding Guide
World of Warcraft Pro - Brings Game Experience to You! —
... -This Glyph in essence, add's to your Crit Rating, and makes Molten Armor a great thing to have, we will talk about the use of Molten Armor later on. Glyph of Fireball -Very straightforward, surprisingly, the extra crit is considered much better than the D.O.T effect. ...
Spell Rotation for Single Target Fire Spells - Revised
Zanderfin's Wow "Casual" Raiding —
... your destination. If you're this far into fire and you have this spell, you'll also want the Glyph that goes along with it. Everybody loves more crits, right? Fireball - This is where it comes down to what type of Fire Mage are you? You're generally a Fireball Fire Mage or a Frostfire Fire Mage. If you're a Fireball Fire Mage, you probably have some points in Arcane to take advantage of Focus Magic. You'll also want the Glyph of Fireball which means more crit, which means more damage, and also means more mana by ...

