Arcane Mage REWORK is FANTASTIC - The War Within

Find out if Arcane Mage is a good fit for you in The War Within.

[@lukesheridan439]

I wish they would give Hunter this level of visual satisfaction.

[@griff7543]

agreed, I can't play hunter for that reason. visually doesn't feel like I'm doing anything

[@mvcfitz33]

I love Arcane except one glaring issue, which is arcane explosion. For the love of god just make this spell not melee range! Just turn into into a 25ft frontal cone similar to Evoker Fire Breath or something! The rotation of Arcane is fun and rewarding when you get it, but having to stand in melee range makes it feel so much worse and for no reason. There are so many ways they can change that one spell or just replace it with something to not force melee range. So frustrating!

[@joakimberg692]

Agree with this. Want to try something completely new this exp and arcane seems like a good choice but... melee range arcane explosion...no please.

[@haskell42]

no thx, do not convert this in a fucking shitty cone. Shut up.

[@tonedubs6414]

don't need to play into arcane explosion at all

[@tammiecorcoran4758]

Loved arcane in Legion!

[@StrobeFireStudios]

Arcane has always been my favourite spec. I just wish they would make Presence of Mind how it used to be. I love running around instant sheeping people. It makes you feel like an actual powerful sorcerer.

[@colestevens6016]

For sure that feels awesome but in terms of counter play it’s probably good to have a cast time haha

[@marlowewilliams7775]

@@colestevens6016No! 😂 Shh🤫eep 😂

[@dylanwarner6035]

Such a fun spec

[@doctorferdinand1003]

I kind of wish Chrono shift was just baseline, it's so important and so fun.

[@Daisuke69]

Should I swap mains supa? I’ve been making balance ever expansion but other classes hero specs looks so much better. Thinking of going arcane mage.

[@TheArmouryOfficial]

Go for it, arcane is super fun. And it has all the bells of mage utility.

[@jani14jani]

Always loved the visuals of arcane, also loved arcane in leveling dungeons but in M+ where there is so much more to do than concentrate to your rotation arcane was too much for me. So i'm hyped for this. Gonna main arcane mage as my DPS char in TWW since rogue seems to be very disapointing.

[@WhoaWhatDidYouSay]

I think it may be worthwhile to take your points out of arcane debilitation and put them into enlightened and aether attunement. Echo'ing a +100% damage arcane missiles with magi's spark seems pretty strong for funnel!

[@fernandoaguilar2397]

I'm confused. His mana bar didn't seem to go down at all. Is there no burn phase now?

[@jamesgames4142]

I know we have got a lot from arcane and v excited to play it but I hope they change those splinter animations when they form above your head because they look not great xD

[@thomasewald1373]

Hey @supatease, Forget the meta! I'm looking for pure PvP fun in TWW across arenas, solo shuffle, RBGs, and open world. What spec brings you the biggest smile based on satisfying gameplay? Thanks!

[@stuff12341]

Mages are truely the main character of WOW.

[@The_VBM]

Blizz could remove some of the knobacks/micro-CC/slows in the game by casters, since most have huge mobility, don't need to stand still while casting and big (broken) shields. Retail is just a melee hell overall and TWW seems it will only makes things worse.

[@Bman24641]

Chrono shift is easy to get- even with your build. You have the talent point in the “5% arcane explosion/blast damage” which is entirely useless- as you demonstrated you’re almost never casting arcane blast, and the static cloud talent more than makes up for it.

[@yazan80]

Can you make a vid of best race/class combo for tww?

[@Defocus_]

arcane mages should have a cheat death over alter time, rework it to reverse time from death like cauterize type

[@ramus9555]

what's a macro for not canceling arcane missiles but still queueing up the next ability to use after it?

[@StrobeFireStudios]

you could use a /castsequence macro but it would be too tempting to spam the button. i dont think there's a way to force a channel spell to complete while spamming a macro with a channelled spell in the sequence.

[@ramus9555]

@@StrobeFireStudios I had one like 2 years ago that worked but deleted the character without backing it up so I'm looking for it again

[@MrTeriki]

@@ramus9555 #showtooltip /stopmacro [channeling] /cast SPELL

[@felixW94]

You can do /stopmakro [channeling] in front of other abilities or edit cast conditions to /cast [@target, nochanneling] but this will just prevent you from canceling missiles and not automatically queue another spell. You also should cancel missiles at the last sliver of the cast bar s.th. the last missile spawns but you already are doing something else.

[@corgak]

With the "The War Within" update, the Arcane Mage has been nerfed and is no longer fun to play.

[@joshh3096]

Every 90 sec I have to use my brain!? Unacceptable. Going back to Ret/DH/Fury

[@xxgamerxx6074]

those shield talents are already nerfed into the ground in pvp. its why no one takes them in pvp

[@Ben-iv4yb]

They actually got buffed in pvp to be 100% effective

[@chrisarets2231]

Looks like fun but how does this all of the aoe work in a pvp setting where enemies are crowd controlled which might break ?

[@Mandrarine]

Just... don't use aoe spells?

[@user-tw1dt4no7f]

we should be untouchable. warriors charge has 60x charges.

[@harrydean1020]

I don't like that they made missiles impossible to cast without proc. Now we have to spam blast? This is impossible in pvp. And it has bad animation, despite the fact that the rest of the class’s animations are excellent.

[@Jeanyepesart]

Can’t believe they took away Icey nov and supernova so fucking dumb, literally ruins arcane , they really want to make us a one spell school class ..

[@arcane3419]

feels bugged atm, i dont even play arcane and i was cooking in beta m+

[@AlexPetcu84]

Meanwhile Shadow Priests have to hard cast their basic rotation. Great design Blizzard.

[@Lil_Harvard]

When 70% of your damage is tied to DOT´s there isn´t much room to incorporate a lot of mobility without it being OP

[@Castorcato]

They added aoe padding and took some of these skill cap away from the spec, nerfed our cc and I'm supposed to be excited? Purple icicles btw.

[@Papakakadu]

Is it or it is because it’s strong atm 😂

[@yazan80]

Can you make a tier list for races in pvp?

[@Jeanyepesart]

Leave fire for the noobs

[@pharmztko]

Bro was doing 4 billion dps

[@twentyeightstabwounds7761]

Bro was hitting low lvl dummies

[@wagutoxD]

I'd like to have some new looks tô my warrior spells...

[@brandonzimmer1514]

Is mana control still a thing?

[@StrobeFireStudios]

Mana hasn't been a thing for offensive casting for 3 or 4 expansions. Mana only affects healers.

[@brandonzimmer1514]

@@StrobeFireStudiosnice. I remember playing arcane mage in legion and a bit of BFA and having to deal with arcane mage mana 😂 I took a break from shadowlands till last week due to kids so I’m getting back in now

[@felixW94]

Mana is literally the ressource for Arcane Mage and everything interacts with it.

[@felixW94]

@@brandonzimmer1514 Yes Mana is still a thing but it is now much smoother than in previous expansions since you now have basically 2 spells which give you access to a new Mana Bar, Shifting Power to reduce your cds and some other mana talent options.

[@ForTheForsaken]

I don't like arcane explosion. I wish it wasn't their core gameplay.

[@evn556]

the amount of mage riding is crazy

[@davidschultz2198]

If it's fun to play, what's wrong with enjoying it

[@TheZanelol]

First

[@shmand]

The War Within? More like THE WAR IF AOE SPEED PLAY.....pass

[@ederscrolls]

I really like the mechanics, BUT the splinters looks like made of cotton candy. 😭 Can't believe blizzard missing another oportunit to give some lightning flavour to arcane. Make the splinters solid and sharp purple crystals with blue lightning around. Blue crystals and purple lightning for Frost. In the same way, Arcane Missiles/Blast/Explosion can just have some crackling energy when hit the target. But Arcane Barrage was the first missing opportunit to give a Arcane Lightning spell, call down purple/blue lightning bolts instead of spyrals bolts. Arcane mage energize the target, and gain arcane charges, until make them a conduit to finish with Arcane Barrage. Even Chrono Shift makes more sense with it, cause if a lightning strikes you, at least you will be dazed. 🥲