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PTR Patch 3.0.8 - Mage Raid Specs
Spicytuna — ... by Living Bomb. So I downloaded the new PTR client, and copied my Mage over to test out all the talent changes, and played around with the new specs. One thing I did forget to do when I copied my Mage over was to bring some Glyphs with me. So I have my Mage on the test server testing out the new specs without the Glyphs to go along with it. Hopefully I find some kind soul on PTR who can give me some. For now, these are what I’ve came up with just using the [Glyph of Molten Armor], [Glyph of Improved Scorch] and [Glyph of Frostfire]. I ...

Rawr: Optimal Mage Sets
Elitist Jerks — ... Potion of Speed, Flame Cap, Maintain Snare, 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 ...

The Arcane thread
Elitist Jerks — ... 5- All the linked builds I put [Glyph of Molten Armor] in them. This is somewhat a matter of personal preference, you could as well go for mage armor. ...

Arcane Brilliance: Okay, now I like spirit
WoW.com — ... and its glyph, a change that tied the formerly static 5% crit buff those offered to spirit and turned out to be a nerf to the large majority of Mages and a slight buff to only the most well-geared among us. As nerfs went, it wasn't the most devastating one in recent memory, but was disproportionately reviled by Mages because it forced us to pay attention to a stat that was otherwise of little value to us. In the Q&A thread, we were told that the developers were aware of our concerns and would consider upping the spirit-to-crit conversion rate if they felt it necessary. I ...

My Dual Specs
Spicytuna — ... is more PvE oriented, but is vary capable for PvP. For Arena, I would stick with this spec still but swap out some Glyphs. You know you DON’T have to be at a Lexicon to use your Glyphs anymore right? I love this patch! Minor Glyphs: Glyph of Fire Ward Glyph of Frost Ward Glyph of Slow Fall Major Glyphs: Glyph of Frostbolt Glyph of Water Elemental Glyph of Molten Armor Secondary Specialization: Pure PvE ...

Raiding as Fire/Frostfire
Critical QQ — ... 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. Ideally, you should be using the ...

Raiding as Arcane
Critical QQ — ... and so forth. AP is not a cooldown you want to use by itself. Your use of PoM is largely irrelevant. Generally speaking, use it when your cast times are relatively long (when you are not affected by IV) or when you can best take advantage of the extra crit (the third AB in an ABx3 rotation). Use it for instant polymorphs if you want. Glyphs There are only three acceptable glyphs for arcane mages: Arcane Blast, Arcane Missiles, and Molten Armor. These are, unquestionably, the best. There are other glyphs that are good, just not as good ...

Raiding as Frost
Critical QQ — ... swath of damage, that could potentially kill it outright. WEs do have AoE protection, so this isn’t as big an issue as it has been in the past. Other than that, you want to use all of your cooldowns as fast as you can. You do not have a talent like Molten Fury, you can afford to front-load all of your cooldowns without hesitation. Frost does not have mana issues of any kind. You don’t need to manage it. Glyphs Glyph of Frostbolt, Molten Armor, and Water Elemental are your best options. Glyph of Ice Lance can net you ...

Infraction for Nikko: 6. Do not post unless you have something new and worthwhile to say.
Elitist Jerks — ... Heroic - Excludes Hard-Modes Solution DPS: 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 ...

Sky's Fire Mage Raiding Guide
World of Warcraft Pro - Brings Game Experience to You! — ... . Onto our next topic! Glyphs Gems Part 1-Glyphs A newer addition by Blizzard, Glpyhs are very useful items! They allow us to tweak our spells, and our abilities, in some pretty nifty ways... And add a very nice DPS increase in some cases. There's not to much Detail to go into here, so I'll jump straight to the list of Glpyhs your most likely going to wish to include in your Arsenal. Fire Mage Major Glyphs Glyph of Molten Armor -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 ...

Spell Rotation for Single Target Fire Spells - Revised
Zanderfin's Wow "Casual" Raiding — ... - While this isn't one of the spells in the "rotation", you'll want to be raiding with this armor on. And most likely, you'll want the accompanying Glyph as well. More crit... yep... we love it. ...

A Basic Guide to the Raiding Arcane Mage
TankSpot — ... [Glyph of Molten Armor], Use: Your Molten Armor grants an additional 20% of your spirit as critical strike rating. ...