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I'm confused why flame on outskills phoenix flames. Wouldn't having 3 more instant cast crits increase the number of pyros during the fight and combustion phase? Even though fire blast and phoenix flames are both instant casts, fire blast is off the gcd. Flame on also reduces its cooldown by 2 (fro...

Hi fire mages, Thank you for the guide, having a great time playing fire mage! Definitely my favorite mage spec, and thinking if i should just switch to fire with arcane as back-up but waiting on advice whether this would be good. In the meantime, have a couple of questions regarding the rotations a...

1. I would suggest picking up fire for mythic ghuun. You can be arcane for every other boss without problems. 2. Mages are quite important in mythic, on specific bosses. For example, on Fetid Arcane is one of, if not the, best spec for dealing with the small eggs out of all classes. Besides that, e...

Cast Arcane Barrage if you have 4 Arcane Charges and you have less than 60% Mana (80% Mana if you would cap on Rune of Power charges before Arcane Power is ready) or you have 4 Arcane Charges and there are 3 or more targets. Can someone ELI5 this to me, please? I don't understand why does the RoP p...

Hi Dutchmagoz! Just wanted to start off by saying all your guides are great and have definitely helped me with my mage alt. Our main mythic raid has been lacking mages recently (zero for the past two), and I was thinking if I should maybe gear my alt and just use it as my main. Was hoping to ask a c...