Its cooldown has increased by 33% (from 1:30 to 2 minutes), so this means more time in Arcane Power than before - and the spell is now off the global cooldown, too. This is a quick reference-style guide to top Talent Builds for End-Game DPS Mages in Classic World of Warcraft. In addition, gives your Frost Ward a 20% chance to reflect Frost spells and effects while active. One small nuance - in BWL you wanted one of the mages (ideally the worst geared one) to be full frost for Winter's Chill. However, if you plan to play Arcane Mage in single-target content, but Frost in 2-3 target content, picking Venthyr is also a possibility, as Venthyr is roughly the same behind for Arcane on single target (2-5% depending on Renown) as Frost with Night Fae is behind on 2-3 targets. Arcane does suffer from AoE/ST tradeoff. #showtooltip Pyroblast /cast Presence of Mind /cast Arcane Power /use 13 /use 14 /cast Pyroblast The POM-FROST win button. NEW Arcane Power Rank 2 (Level 56) Duration increased by 5 sec. 3/3 Arcane Meditation - Helps with your Sustain by quite a bit. That being said I believe it is currently very powerful with the Reaping Affix, Especially on Tyrannical weeks. The following Talents have been adjusted: ... Arcane Power cooldown increased to 2 minutes (was 1.5 minutes). 5/5 Arcane Mind. There are primarily three different builds, a standard raid DPS build "Frost (Arcane Power)", then a DPS-sacrificing build "Frost (Winter's Chill)" for buffing other mages, and then the "Fire (Combustion)" build, which will is the best build in Phase 5 and onwards. This is the arcane/frost version of the previous macro: #showtooltip Frostbolt /cast Presence of Mind /cast Arcane Power /cast Icy Veins … 2 years ago. Elemental Precision – Rank 3/3 Re: Arcane Power Frost by Lindow » Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:36 pm I've leveled as arcane frost (don't ask me why), and I haven't really mised frostbite nor shatter for soloing purposes at all. Other mages can then go for the Arcane/Frost spec, maximizing the damage of Frostbolts. A straight buff to the ability, increasing its duration by 50%. In addition, gives your Frost Ward a 10% chance to reflect Frost spells and effects while active. Frostbolt – Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 50% for 8 seconds. From AQ onwards, mages can go for a fire spec in order to do even more damage. Arcane Power – Rank 1/1 When activated, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast. #Talent Builds. This effect lasts 15 sec. Fire Blast – Blasts the enemy for Fire damage. Threat then becomes a real issue and you should monitor it carefully if you don’t want to … Frost (20 points) Improved Frostbolt – Rank 5/5 Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.5 sec. Fire (0 points) None. You can go pure ST to take out the bosses and still pull insane AoE numbers on the Reaping mobs by just spamming Arcane Blast with Rune of Power and Arcane Power. Next level: Increases the armor and resistances given by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 30%. This is the arcane/frost version of the previous macro: #showtooltip Frostbolt /cast Presence of Mind /cast Arcane Power /cast Icy Veins … #showtooltip Pyroblast /cast Presence of Mind /cast Arcane Power /use 13 /use 14 /cast Pyroblast The POM-FROST win button. 1/1 Presence of Mind - Part of the infamous 3-Minute-Mage Instant Pyroblast Combo, also solid in PvE. The Arcane/Frost spec, maximizing the damage of Frostbolts of Frost at the for! 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