WoW Classic - IMPROVED SM 1 PULL! - Cath + Arm + Lib!! - Powerlevel and Gold Farm

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SM Cath - 2:33
SM Armory - 14:18
SM Library - 19:53
Mage XP - 26:17
Hello everyone and thank you for checking out this world of warcraft classic video! If you're enjoying these videos or have any questions, please let me know in the comments below, like the videos and subscribe! They really help out the channel and help more people learn these strategies!
In today's wow classic video we go back to where it all began - SM Cath 1 pull and SM Armory 1 pull. Over the past couple of months since that initial video, it seems like powerleveling has really taken off as one of the best wow classic gold farms! In the original 1 Pull SM Cath and 1 Pull SM Armory video we left some questions unanswered, and I attempted to answer as many as I could through the comments. That being said, I thought it would be easier to put out an updated guide walking through and answering every question!
During the video I show both my 60 mage clear as well as the pure experience that my lower level mage is receiving throughout the clear. Spoiler, he gets 80% of a level in 13.5 minutes! This is still one of the best gold farms and power level farms out there, and I'm excited to bring you guys an updated 1 Pull SM video! In addition, during this video we decide to step up the game and include SM Library!!
Thank you everyone and I hope this video helped you in some way! If it did or if you have any questions, please let me know in the comments below. Look forward to seeing you all in the next video!

[@arlaeus9491]

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[@jonalkon9639]

great videos. I want to leave you a tip that is obvious but maybe some of you don't know it. When you do the pull and you don't pull all the mobs .. kill them all but not the mages, run to the safe point, reset, and you can do a second pull for the rest of the mobs and you will still have unlimited mana. Thank you and sorry for my English.

[@King_Sad_Boy]

Hey! Just wanted to say, I love your vids they are amazingly helpful. I had a quick question on macro issues I've been running into. I can't get the shift/ctr macros to swap to rank 1 spells working for number keys. They work fine for spells on letter keys, but not numbers. Any tips or ideas on how you set yours up?

[@arlaeus9491]

@@King_Sad_Boy It's possible that you have your control macros macroed to pet functions! If you have shift 2 macrod to any other keybind for example, a modifier with shift and 2 will not work!

[@King_Sad_Boy]

@@arlaeus9491 Thanks! You're the best!

[@micka6288]

Is it completely irrelevant how the the 5 points in the first arcane row are chosen?

[@S1C119]

Once again a great in depth guide man! Brings a whole new perspective onto an already well established guide!

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you very much man!!!

[@jootai]

Ive seen a couple of your vids but this one was extra clear to follow, subbed!

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you man, I appreciate it!!

[@ShaDowCloWn101]

Arlaeus, i hit 60 on my mage last week. I've legit bypassed a huge learning curve due to your videos, one of the best class based videos series on youtube straight up! keep it up

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you very much Albert!!!

[@dagowow]

Just wanted to thank you for your videos - been mighty helpful to push these on the mage guildies and have them boost our alts haha

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you man I really appreciate it!! :). Also thank you for sharing them!!

[@kevingreene7157]

Not sure if anyone else has suggested this, but at the end, when the mobs go their separate ways and you keep blizzarding, if you just stay on the ledge and hop down, they will resume their pathing and you can kill them with the blizz with minimal risk using the same strat as you've been using to get them low.

[@ByrdManKun]

Newer to classic and really new to mage. Your incredible for creating these.

[@dylanjames6040]

Doing god's work Arlaeus.

[@Whatever_man]

I made a few thousand gold boosting in SM, all because of your guides. Thanks for your videos, they're great. You're also relaxing to listen to! Best WoW guide channel on YT atm :)

[@arlaeus9491]

Dang man thank you so much I appreciate you saying that!! I'm glad that they've been able to help!!!

[@Whatever_man]

@@arlaeus9491 No problem man! I hope your channel keeps on growing, you deserve it.

[@matthewbengston10]

@@firstname9954 its the kill part i struggle with all seem to get on top of me to fast

[@xxxeeerrrooo]

Successfully cleared cath and arm today using your strats. Thank you.

[@Webbeofficial]

Thanks for another great in-depth guide on boosting strats! One thing that I'm doing differently from you that I can recommend you to try, is when you're doing Armory and you're preparing for the jump over the ledge into IB in the corner pack. Instead of blinking through the middle pack just before you set it up. Then you should body pull it and run to the corner. Then you make a left turn and continue down the corridor. The mobs will get to you just as you leave the corner and that's where you want to use blink. Then you jump out in the corner on the other side and that will remove all of the headaches that are being caused with the armory pull or at least the way that you're doing it! I really recommend that you try this strat. This will also allow you to 9.9 out of 10 times be able to frost nova any straggling protectors or at least catch them with your blizzard! ;)

[@arlaeus9491]

That’s a very interesting idea webbe! I’ll check that out tonight! Thanks man!

[@Webbeofficial]

@@arlaeus9491 No problem, I think you'll be surprised by how much easier and cleaner it gets. Sharing some of the lessons that I've learned is the least that I can do!

[@Mans00ri]

Thanks for your clear and accurate explanation

[@CreamsWoW]

Hey great vids! I had my buddies reroll the other day and this has been a godsend, much love from Incendius!

[@arlaeus9491]

Very nice @Dustin!! I'm glad that it has helped!

[@CreamsWoW]

@@arlaeus9491 Do you ever have issues in armory? I split it into 2 pulls(courtyard clear and then through the hallways) but even with 3% hit and 1 point into elemental precision I get 3-4 mobs usually resisting my novas. I can do the cath 1 pull with 0 issues and typically have 0-1 resists with a lot more mobs. Just curious if others are having the same problem - my gear setup for Armory 2 pull is as follows; sixtyupgrades.com/set/rgQBZpkHdKq1cFm8UHk2C6

[@arlaeus9491]

@@CreamsWoW I typically don't have any issues, but I know that a lot of people do! Armory will have a lot more resists, so having the armor talent arcane resilience really helps! Do you just find that you're getting overrun with the mobs at that point, or are you going oom?

[@austinwray1545]

Great vid, been practicing this

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you Austin!! I hope your pulls go well :)

[@OmarxitoEveryWhere]

i learned a lot , thanks you very much bro !! keep it up

[@OnAMaz]

loving these vids!

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you man!!!

[@qclegion]

i was getting frustrated at this technique , but i persevered and i did it ! i was streaming my failure on discord to my guild who i promised i would boost their alts. To their amusement i kept wiping and wiping. Then i finally got it ! I managed to make the iceblock in the stairs work and everything started going well after that. Thank you ! The way you explained this video was amazing. Please keep up the great content !

[@arlaeus9491]

Yes!! Great job man!!!

[@fwfhaxxorz]

Awesome job!!!!

[@arlaeus9491]

Thanks bud!

[@drangus8818]

Hands down the best video on this run. I will have to recommend it to the next carry that dies 50% of the time (so many of them do lololololol). In all seriousness I feel confident I can do this when I get my mage to 60. Thanks for the great tips.

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you drangus, I really appreciate it!! Good luck with the runs once you hit 60 and let me know if you have any questions :)

[@Drunkledore]

It's gonna kick you in the nuts repeatedly until you 'get it'

[@drangus8818]

yeah I got it pretty well down after a few tries but the frostbolt rng in cath destroyed me, as I had no engi or pvp trinket. Learned mara, much less rng.

[@Lokipower]

Super fun getting the hang of these pulls, thanks a lot! Mage4lyfe

[@Kormeron]

Another great video.

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you Caleb!

[@cycoconutz]

Dude you're a monster. Love your videos

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you @cycoconutz!! I hope they help you get them down :)

[@Allenzo04]

u should upload a video of it going exactly to plan and i'd have a better idea of what to strive for

[@Timira]

interesting. Good video. Thumbs up

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you timira!!

[@hedlesbill]

Great video bro

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you very much!!

[@jlanier]

Great video, very straight forward. What addon are you using for your group there, is that grid2? If so if you could share the settings for that it would be great.

[@simonouellette3204]

Hello Arleus, First of all thank you so much for the time and effort you put on those Mage guide videos. It's really awesome to not just see someone flex but can also explaine every little details. I got SM Cath easily down almost everytime now. But now my problem is Arm. It seem like I'm unlucky, but i get sometime 3 mob to resist my first nova. What do you propose in this case ? In Cath, you can always make your way around if something like that happens, it seems arms is much more harder to me... I've been trying without using any consumable (despite maybe Greater healing potion), but when I get 3 mobs to resist, I just don't know what to do. At this point my Ice Barrier is not up, i can polymorph only 1 and I can't cast a full Blizzard, making half the trash slowed, the others not. Should I Frost Nova again using a cold snap for these 3 mobs ? I got arm down only 3 times so far, yet I've had 50+ good pulls on Cath.

[@kaydibee666]

Loving the video's, Ive been doing these runs for a little bit now ( Guild alts ). But i die quite frequently still. Mostly when 2-3 mobs resist the nova, i just don't see an outway. Either Cath or Arms.

[@arlaeus9491]

Cold snap or immediately hit them with a R1 blizzard and then blink away and go into your normal rotation :)

[@Thegiggleofsteel]

Great vid as always - With Leeway, it only applies when strafing, not just when running. If you use mouse/autorun or use both mouse buttons to move and turn, then you don't activate it and you can freely move without risk of 2m extra melee range - Personally would absolutely not strafe out of your IB on cath, you could instead hold both mouse buttons, use a nova cancel aura macro to get out super safely, full hp, instant frost nova. Just a little smoother and less risk of dying

[@arlaeus9491]

Wait it only applies when strafing?? I had no idea that was a thing! Do you have a website or something that confirms this, because that would be huge for the mage community.

[@Thegiggleofsteel]

@@arlaeus9491 give it a test👍 caused me no ends of issues in ZF before I changed my a and d keys back from strafe to just turn. Try running out of that circle in Sm, or infact your original pull at the wall using just mouse buttons down, bet you will be above 80% every time 👍

[@arlaeus9491]

@@Thegiggleofsteel For sure I'm looking forward to trying it!

[@Thegiggleofsteel]

@@arlaeus9491 Awesome, please let me know how you get on, it's possible it's me doing something differently when I strafe over normal move, but hope this can help everyone... Maybe...

[@toysclassic1169]

Waiting for stratholm tactics! :D

[@arlaeus9491]

Very nice man!!! Once I have some more free time in the upcoming weeks I'm going to be trying to get it out :)

[@timmybear4449]

Great video, which wing would you run if you could only boost inside of one?

[@wowjon2605]

eyy glad its here now

[@arlaeus9491]

Thanks @TheDanish :). Hope you enjoy it!

[@wowjon2605]

@@arlaeus9491 i did! ;D

[@Dunkkan575]

Just a tip, if you wanna block on the fountain in SM:Cath, just block towards the mobs and backpeddle/nova as block breaks. There is no leeway when you backpeddle.

[@arlaeus9491]

So there’s half leeway when you backpedal but that’s very interesting! Thank you man!

[@8Momastapone8]

Yo Ogh, great video as always but in your outro at the end there... are those sad tissues or happy tissues?? 😂😂😂

[@arlaeus9491]

Hahaha depends on how people respond to the video!! :P

[@koobs2396]

Hey Og, great vid as usual, solid explaination and tips, makes you the number 1 resource for mage aoe boosts and cash grabs. Could you list the cancel aura macro for ice block please. Cheers

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you very much man!!! /cancelaura Ice block

[@koobs2396]

Lol that was easy....

[@WoW1337Farmer]

Hey, another great vid! So why is this the first time we're seeing you path counter-clockwise, as opposed to clockwise like all your previous runs?

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you!! So the safe spot ledge only works on the left side of the waterfall. So In order to get there the safest way I reversed my route.

[@alexleclaire6017]

Amazing videos man love watching them and learning new tricks and farms. Was just starting to do SM and was wondering about frost resist, do you need a certain amount for it to do anything? or does every point matter? Sorry if that's kind of unclear

[@arlaeus9491]

Nice man!! I would recommend 50 frost resist probably, but I started doing it without any. It will certainly help the learning curve though!

[@boalollal242]

Gotta say, the ledge block worked 10 times better for me than the stairs one. Had too many issues with resists on nova.

[@WoW1337Farmer]

Also, could you expand upon the lockout starting at the end of the first run, thus meaning we have 15 minutes? I'm having a little trouble following you there. THANK YOU!

[@arlaeus9491]

Sure! So basically the timer starts when you leave the instance. if you’re going Non stop you’re going to get locked out every 4 runs. The first hour you can do 5 runs because the first run doesn’t count until you leave. However at the end of the first hour your 5th run basically starts right at the start of the hour. If that makes sense

[@hanjajsok2872]

great vid dude thx!! My big problem thoo is when 1 or more mobs resist frost nova on stares at cath... :(

[@poindexterflex3528]

Now THIS one I think I might have a chance to do!... maybe.

[@arlaeus9491]

Hahaha you can do it!! Just keep practicing if you struggle at first!

[@midnightboy]

Jump and frostnova is also realy good to avoid getting hit

[@MrAkioyui7]

Great video man. Literally was wiping on SM cath and decided to look for a video to help me. However I still have issues with SM arms, when I use frost nova sometimes 2 mobs resist and I just die. Any suggestions in that scenario?

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you man!!! Yes sheep one and tank the other :)

[@Igelkott22]

Thanks for the video, might have missed it but what rank Blizzard are you using? Im getting low on mana trying this

[@FlokiCrypto]

@arleaus I'm getting ganked systematically when I get back down to the lower right part of the courtyard, besides trinkets, what are the pathing options to get around that ?

[@bpieszak]

can you link the weakaura you use to get out of block? and loot appraiser / kill tracker? awesome vids!

[@albrechtson]

Great video! This is awesome! Thanks for taking the time to make it and post it. My only question is, what is the macro you use to cancel Ice Block and cast Frost Nova? I can't get one to work? Thanks!

[@arlaeus9491]

I do them separately but you could use a cast sequence

[@jeremyjensen1100]

@@arlaeus9491 so how would you do this i'm bad at macro's and keep dying i have probably wasted over 150g in just repairs trying to get this down i'm really frustrated and almost to a point of just saying screw it i'm never gonna be able to do this. please help.

[@albrechtson]

@@arlaeus9491 Thanks man!

[@starseed9299]

Hey, great videos by the way but I have quite a common issue, the time between me cancelling ice block and casting nova, (less than 1 second I’d say) I pretty much get one shot all the time, I can’t seem to avoid damage like you do. This isn’t even with all the mobs either, I tried blocking on the steps like you did, got nova and blink off with no mobs resisting, but my health was at 1%, please help lol

[@aladdin8372]

you deserv a sub! excelent video!

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you Frederic!

[@Bigbadmelv]

If you get kicked you can't activate cold snap. It blocks out the entire frost tree.

[@mridahokrieg6114]

First thing I'm going to try when I hit 60, Thank you!

[@arlaeus9491]

No problem man and good luck with it! Let me know if you have any questions! :)

[@ZonZorZerx]

You probably won't succeed unless you're lucky with resists. Get insane gear first.

[@kallubinz]

Hello, great guide. I made 10k Gold in 7 days with this. Its awesome

[@arlaeus9491]

Dangggg that's amazing man!! Congrats!!

[@angrytomasz]

What's your cancelaura macro that also applied a limited invulnerability potion?

[@luckybaba1026]

Love ur vids about aoe vids, how many times did it took to complete aoeing all mobs in mara, was just wondering how hard it is

[@iBeKev]

Hey Arlaeus, as I am doing Cath, when I blast the first mob in the corner it doesn't pull the mobs at the door anymore, so after the nova in the middle of the room I don't really have much else to blink away from/CoC. Is there a way to pull these while maintaining good distance?

[@Nickycardzz]

Great vid! my issue is that some of the mobs resist my nova once i come out of block on stairs. do you know if theres a soft hit cap % we need to ensure this doesnt happen? ruining my runs tbh. thx!

[@arlaeus9491]

Unfortunatley that will always happen. Mobs have a 1% chance to resist no matter what your hit % is. That being said you can handle them with polymorphs or cold snap :)

[@wanaseebooty123]

love your vids, im getting hit with a slow, then dying. am i not zigzagging enough?

[@arlaeus9491]

Thank you Richard! Sometimes you'll get hit by a slow. A great way to counter it is to use your PVP trinket! Alternatively you can use restorative potions!

[@barrysmith8078]

do you use any specific gear for ARMS unlike cath you need frost resist rings and the engi trinket helps a ton, do you switch out to fire resist rings or anything thats ARMS specific seeing as no arcane slows or frostbolts exist in ARMS

[@Nockn2005]

loving your vids! What would be the easiest Instance to farm for Gold when you are a fresh 60 without much gear?

[@frostdracohardstyle]

SFK. Right now instances arent good gold unless you are doing 5 runs an hr selling boost. Herbalism+alchemy is big money on most servers right now.

[@arlaeus9491]

Easiest would be SFK, DM east with herb would be easiest with good money!

[@brockgod3104]

@@arlaeus9491 Hey, when I'm going through the kill phase, sometimes like 5 to 8 mobs will actually run behind me and not go back into blizzard, then they run from behind and kill me...what's the reason for this?

[@lucasjenkins5174]

What is the lowest lvl and such needed to start this grind? And if at lower lvl than 60 do we need better resist gear or specific gear for this

[@iroflsohard]

Hey Arlaeus - thanks for your guides. Very well put together. I have Cath down but Armory is a huge inconsistency for me. I am currently not running shatter to keep WC for raids - is shatter necessary because it sure feels like it is.

[@arlaeus9491]

It's much much harder without it, but not impossible.

[@iroflsohard]

Arlaeus I ended up respeccing to shatter and 2 points into imp coc which helped a lot. Still dying a lot on the catch and armory pulls but I’ve done both a few times now thanks to your vid. Appreciate ya!

[@csquared4538]

SM Cath - 2:35 SM Armory - 14:19 SM Library - 19:49

[@dxd2006]

I have an issue with them catching up to me at the stairs by the time I make the round of the first courtyard

[@HoshoLegacy]

Wow, super happy i discovered your channel. I have so many questions though! First of all, this strat looks amazing for 20-40 boosting, but where and how would you body before 20 and after 40? Will you make videos explaining your route for 1-60 mage boosting? Secondly, my mage is currently specced frost/fire for master of elements, and doesn't have imp. Blizzard. Is this viable with a cone of cold based build?

[@arlaeus9491]

Hey Euan, thank you for checking it out! :) 1) It's fantastic for 20-40 boosting! Before 20 I would recommend RFC at 8 and then SFK at 16 2) Yes, I will be making a 1-60 guide! I"m also going to be doing a 1-60 in under 3 days speed leveling challenge on stream at twitch.tv/arlaeus from March 4 - March 8 :). 100% of donations will go to a charity chosen by the community as well! 3) this would be difficult, but able to be pulled off. You wouldn't really be able to get ice barrier though which could make it very very difficult haha

[@HoshoLegacy]

Cool! Hopefully I'll be able to catch the stream. I'll try to get some playtime in over the weekend and see how my spec does with these pulls, worst-case scenario is a 25g respec. Looking forward to more videos!

[@arlaeus9491]

@@HoshoLegacy Sweet thank you man!! good luck!

[@chriswilliamson7374]

Thanks to this exact vid on Cath I feel so much more confident doing it and I'm more successful already. question tho.. Armory.. My 1st barrier dies in the room before the last staircase up to the top.. this means that i'm getting hit by the last npc's before the nova and by the time i get down the first hall i'm pretty much out of mana, making me use my gem... I then barrier again before jumping for the block but once i'm out i only have enough for one blizz and not enough casters to fill it quickly enough for another blizz. how the hell do you have 4k mana still once you're on top lol.. my mp is 5900 atm

[@arlaeus9491]

Hey man I'm glad it helped! Can definitely understand where you're coming from haha. It's important to arcane explosion late when pulling mobs so they don't get unnecessary hits on you. Also, you can keep up mana shield to keep your HP high. Also, if you use cancel aura block you'll take less damage coming out of block.

[@thewhiteshadow96]

13:31 420 eyyyyy lmao

[@squidikins1397]

would you suggest using Frost armour or Ice armour?

[@ChatGBTChats]

I had it down for like 3 pulls striaght and now they are running faster it seems. Of course i know thats not possible but after 6 wipes im convinced theyre running faster than normal!

[@leerutherford8830]

Quick question to anyone answering comments, is using mage armor during the kill phase of Cath a bad idea? Realistically I imagine you shouldn't be getting any melee attacks. Thanks in advance!

[@yaady2366]

oh snap do all sm instances share a timer? ive made some serious gold with your methods, still havent perfected the 1 pull cath but can clear the courtyards consistantly, good enough for my clients!

[@arlaeus9491]

Yes!! All share the same lockout :). That’s great to hear! I’m glad they helped you!

[@tska8473]

The hardest part for me right now is these corner jumps. My stupid short gnome keeps banging his head on the cement and not getting up lol. I had a successful clear once though haha

[@yumama3831]

Thank you for the video. I have a question and I bet you can answer it easily. At 20:25 in the video, instead of Ice Block, you rebuffed yourself with Ice Barrier. My problem is mobs would quickly destroy my shield and I would then be stunned, unable to cast and then die. My Talent is same as yours. I have all five regular buffs on your screen: Ice Barrier, Mana Shield, Dampen Magic, Arcane Intellect, and Ice Armor. What have I done wrong? Again, thank you!

[@arlaeus9491]

Have you tried the pull?? I find that a decent number of mobs cast or just don't hit hard in library. I also have the arcane resilience talent which has the extra armor? If you're still having trouble, grab some of the scholo gear! That should help you a bunch

[@yumama3831]

@@arlaeus9491 I copied your talent. The problem is that I am getting lots of stuns once Ice Barrier is worn out, and they hit pretty hard. I have plenty of mana. But I cant use it when I am stunned. As far as "scholo gears", what do I need to look for? + Arcane Resistance?

[@proxsea7496]

I can handle the cathedral instance minus inside of the cathedral itself, I tend to get frozen by a frostbolt and it's basically gg from there.. perhaps I'm missing crucial shortcuts to add max possible range from me and the mobs? Anyway ty for the video.

[@arlaeus9491]

Hi @Proxsea! It sounds like it's a pathing issue. If you find that you're getting frostbolted a lot it's likely from pathing, but what you can do is use nova or jump turn cone of colds to keep them off of you to the end of the nova. Alternatively, if you're confident that you won't get slowed you can use your PVP trinket!

[@romainfabre3632]

Great vid ! However i always get slowed two out of 8 or 9 bolt. I'm doing exactly the same pathing just a few bolt hit me but one slow and its over even if I nova/con of cold/grenade. I have 55 frost resistance idk if more would make the difference. But this is really uppseting by the RNG it involves...

[@romainfabre3632]

Edit update : I didn't had the minor speed increase on my boots. Did it and the chance of getting hit shrank by a lot. You can still be slowed with bad RNG but I managed to do 3 pull clean in a row and I just practiced like 10 times. Im happy :D

[@classicsnook7153]

I started doing this yesterday I’ve been using mind quickening gem and the AB physical absorb trinket for arms. It seems to be enough to come out cleanly every time now. What trinkets are you using on arms?

[@arlaeus9491]

Nice man! I just use the same ones. Leave on my frost resist trinket and uther's strength

[@Mike-om4tv]

Ab absorb is amaze for these

[@SirOrganic]

Hey Arlaus, i keep up mana whilst constantly throwing out Blizzards, nova, CC ? I am always having to use potions and trinkets. I have about 2.5hp/5k mana on my mage, is there something i am doing wrong ? Do i need better gear to be around 3hp/6k mana?? Thanks

[@arealbadger205]

A little late on this but great video! I have cath down but am having a lot of trouble in armory. When I Iceblock in that spot I still have 4 to 5 mobs running out late and not getting to me In time for me to nova them. I think they are the ones that stop to cast. (Defenders?). Any tips for this?

[@arlaeus9491]

You can try to run back down the hall the other way and block on the other side!

[@boalollal242]

Did the armory one get nerfed? I always get a chunk of mobs that are unaffected by the blizzard. even though they're standing in it for 4 secs. Or do i need to stand further out from that corner?

[@ehhwerd]

Do you mind uploading the clear video with no commentary, really want to see it in 1 take without stops

[@arlaeus9491]

Sure I’ll upload a full clear or two so people can follow along :)

[@thedoomdog]

What spell ranks are you useing? Is there a list that details that?

[@dado7953]

How is your mana coming back so fast while doing blizzard or arcane explosion?

[@forsene537]

Will you do a guide for Strathholm?

[@arlaeus9491]

I will!! Couple of weeks hopefully :)

[@dugiesmomsgotgirth]

hey you can use Insignia of the horde to get out of the slow

[@arlaeus9491]

Yup!! I subtly mention that but didn’t make it a big talking point. I kind of wish I got slowed in the video to show it haha

[@MrRobj06]

do you have your macros somewhere i can copy them? i always have trouble with the post iceblock insta-death in all my mage farming

[@purebredhosscat441]

I'm sorta new to the whole mage thing. I'm PLing one so I can fund my main character. Anyways, are mages able to solo grind certain dungeons at a level where they are still able to get xp from it? I.e., solo powerleveling?

[@arlaeus9491]

Yes! They can do that with ZF and Mara. ZF you can do theoretically from 42-51 and Mara from 46-53. I have a video about Mara (albeit it's very old and low quality sorry), that shows the Mara solo farm.

[@Dylxo]

New 60 mage here. Never raided before so my gear is meh. 6.4k mana 3.1k hp. Is that enough? Do I need any specific gear pieces or anything else to be able to do this?

[@arlaeus9491]

That is more than enough!! I did this all with blues when I started. I would recommend grabbing two frost resistance trinkets, but that's about all you'll need! Good luck with the farming and let me know if you have any questions!

[@martinbibrach8592]

hey, what do u think in wow classic sod, can i solo lvl with 36 in scarlet?

[@ciankai]

are you using rank 1 spells or something? can you tell me which if you are?

[@ZonZorZerx]

Everyone, keep in mind that this guy is geared out of the wazoo. You need to be extremely well geared and have extra resist in addition to talents. Would be nice to know what gear you have mate, I bet you have an extra 10 resist decrease set bonus or something, but with 3k hp and 6k+ mana, armor etc. you're good to go for most occasions. The new pull seems better than the impossible 'pray to luck almighty no resist etc' boss pull though, but I've seen this before. They separate, start walking over to you or over on the other side, 2 split so on. It's very random.

[@Giesel47]

I have almost only greens and blues, 2.5 k health and 5900 mana and can do this without much complications...

[@ZonZorZerx]

@@Giesel47 Haha, sure you can.

[@caffeinepowered3957]

I saw his gear... he's not. It's decent pre-raid stuff, but... It's largely about the build.

[@Therukh999]

Arlaeus I need a question answered. It seems Everytime I do this, coming out of Ice block> Nova I always have 2-3 mobs resist my nova. I end up polying 1 but then the two mobs attack me and push back my blizzard or kick my blizzard which ends up wiping me. Any tips for this? Love your videos!!!!

[@zaldre]

cold snap nova if mobs resist that can interrupt you, shield should be enough to stop them pushing back your cast if they don't interrupt

[@ZonZorZerx]

Happens to me too. All the time. I guess you just have to be lucky as well, or not unlucky, but it happens a lot. There's nothing you can do about it i'm afraid, it's not just an easy solution to poly when 3-4 mobs resist and spread out to engage.

[@ZonZorZerx]

@@zaldre Nah, the solution is not that simple.

[@KillaKris239]

Redline Yeah get 5 piece arcanist, gg

[@markkeitzer6260]

You need to raise your hit bonus, more spell hit, less likely to resist. Make sure your talent are specced to do this, and you try to find some %spell hit pieces to make sure nobody resist. Mobs at this level shouldn't be resisting this often with a lvl 60 hitting them and their talents set up for it.

[@INickerousI]

Hey Arlaeus, how often do you find yourself getting bouts of bad luck on these pulls? Can do these pulls fine most runs but every so often I get slowed too many times and insta-killed or the mobs in arms insta kill me out of block even with ice barrier up. Feel bad charging for runs when stuff like this happens, but wanted to know if that's normal?

[@arlaeus9491]

Hey Nick that's completely normal! I personally don't get much of them at all, but I'll probably die 5-10% of the time to random RNG like that, or a bug that happens. Typically though if you're doing the correct path you shouldn't be getting slowed or anything much.

[@INickerousI]

@@arlaeus9491 Good to know. I've been altering my pathing in Cath to hopefully pull more of the casters into that last hallway before you cross the top fountain to avoid them casting. Seems to help a bit. Thanks for replying Arlaeus, and love the content!

[@adrenalinefl8083]

@arlaeus where u been man i miss the mage content, hope ur well

[@Qwitty96]

Im pulling the Boss in Kath, hes easily kiteable and the Kaplans arent a problem either, they go in the pull naturally after the 2nd blizzard or so. All 3pulls included i have around 180+mobs per ID, its insane exp gains. (in over 50trys the boss stunned me 2 times, in which i died once)

[@arlaeus9491]

Ya he gives me a lot more rng haha. I have about an 80% success chance when pulling him but your gear may be much better than mine!

[@danboom1137]

Does Frost Ward absorb the slow as well from a frost bolt?

[@Walter-ci8kw]

How is your mana going up while youre blizzarding?? Please help!

[@palkufa81]

How many spell hit i need so thet they have no chance to resist my nova? 50% of the time there is at least 1 mob that resist my nova at cathedral. In addition PVP trinket is a MUST, you will be always slow-ed or frostbolted.

[@OhmegadJT]

Hey, with this new strat, how much gold do you ask for? Also, do you do payments per reset or per instance? Like maybe 4g for cath, 2g for arm and 1g for Lib then total it up to 7g per reset? Whenever I sell runs people just assume it’s per reset which is fine but I feel like this typical 3-4g is too little for these pulls.

[@arlaeus9491]

So I give everything for free. If I was charging though I’d still probably do 10/run

[@OhmegadJT]

Arlaeus wow good for you haha. Too bad mages are stuck in their ways of only charging 3-5g on my server...

[@Ky-vv8nj]

what do i do in cath when 3-4 resist my frost nova. every. single. time.

[@yoshiprime3949]

I cant do these single pulls, its really driving me nuts

[@wowaddict617]

Practice

[@alisbaig4242]

This is difficult when you are first learning. EDIT: Just finished my 1st run after many many deaths!! :D

[@coldandlogical]

Is it possible to do this with a Flamestrike Shatter Spec? I can’t even get a Cathedral run done. Seems like Magic Absorption is basically required since you need to maintain Mana Shield and Frost Shield the entire time. Then it basically regens all back when you start killing the mobs. Also the slows and keeping them all contained from Improved Blizzard seems to be pretty key as casting Cone of Cold and hitting every single mob is really difficult to do

[@arlaeus9491]

Nah without the magic absorption talent it's very very difficult. possible, but very hard