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Well, take Charged Up if you want then, but I have absolutely zero recommendations on how it "should" be used. I have no idea how to use it in raid because I don't play this spec. This guide's always been limited in scope due to this and its reliance on simulated DPS. All I can tell you is that I tr...

Anyone that says CU is trash is trash themselves. first it gives you a chance to proc everything on the opener, if off the GC'd so can be used to movement, gives you 12% mana back with kilt, is on a 40 second CD so you get a solid chance at proccing your 4pc if you dont go kilt. If you have actual ...

If you drop a Rune and pop all your cooldowns right as an "unavoidable" mechanic is coming, that's your fault, not RoP's.

Yeah I was actually unaware that it only worked for two continuous casts until after I posted. I'll probably update that section to point that out.

I'm interested in that Haste bug too, that's also new to me. Is that log public?

In case it isn't perfectly clear from Norrinir's post, you can refer to this chart that shows how, point-for-point, Mastery is shit.

First of all, I am gonna say - good job and many thanks for the guide! Though I'd love to note that this guide is, in my personal opinion heavily oriented on single target raiding scenarios. Don't get me wrong, I would mostly agree with it because that's where arcane stands quite strong. However, f...

Can you please link a video that goes over more than just the burn phase and opener? I need clarification on the conserve phase. Are we seeking to stay above 90% mana the entire time? I have seen other guides on this forum that suggests staying above 10%. Any clarification would be great. Been mean...

You should add a buffs section for food/flasks/runes. In this section you may also wanna add how nice it is to have paladins give arcane mages blessing of wisdom. :D I don't think that's necessary. There's only one flask and rune you can use. And with the introduction of Lavish Suramar Feasts a lot...

Guide should probably include a blurb about displacement because it is amazing and underrated and I'm fairly sure the only limit to it's range is across zones. Can be used to cheese falling damage, knockback gimmicks, and any time you have to move off of your run. That's a good point actually. A lo...

So, wait, is 4PT20 actually worth using? I was under the impression that if you had two pieces of 900+ Tier 19 it was better to use 2PT19/2PT20. Simming myself seemed to support this. I mean, I can't really tell you one way or another whether you should use it. Use your own judgment based on your g...

Thanks for all the hard work on the guide and the APL! Could someone clarify a couple of points for me? 1. Should I save Presence of Mind for burn phases, or use it on-cooldown? The APL seems to indicate that it'll delay a burn phase until it can start it with PoM when you have the tier 20 2-piece ...

Is it correct to save Tarnished Sentinel Medallion for AP or use it when available with RoP after the first burn phase?

You should save it for AP, unless the boss will die before that happens.

Hey thanks a lot of this updated guide, but I have a question for you: How close (or far apart) are the sims for deadly grace vs prolonged power?

Added your question to the FAQ.

Priority list/rotation sections are a little outdated as I've been making APL changes since this guide went up. For example, MoA is now precast and Arcane Barrage happens before mini-burns, so both situations benefit appropriately from 4 AC from T20.

Hoping to update those sections soon.

you do need at least 20% haste to play properly, it's very possible to have no haste except on tier and drop it down to 9% or 10%, and arcane is basically unplayable at those levels of haste, AB takes forever, your burns are pathetic and movement RAPES your dps like no other. Q. I know what you sai...

Amazing, thank you so much for making this, we've needed a new guide for ages. One last thing that would be helpful is if you posted an example opener and/or video of 2/3 minutes of someone executing the rotation, including burn, conserve, and CDs, with and without kilt/spiral/rhonin's etc -- I tot...

Arcane in Current Year: LUL HOLY SHIT ANTORUS IS OUT, WHAT DO I DO Please keep in mind that over the next 3 - 4 weeks, information may change very rapidly as we progress through Antorus or adapt to any class tuning. Check back often; I'll try to keep this up to date as best I can. Relax. Not much h...

SimC does have Gravity Spiral implemented properly, i.e., it turns Evocation into a 2-charge spell. If you inspect the Mage module code you can confirm this: https://github.com/simulationcraft/simc/blob/legion-dev/engine/class_modules/sc_mage.cpp#L3983" target="_blank However, whether the APL provid...

What I've got after latest hotfixes: Legendaries 1 target http://i.imgur.com/24ZhK9M.png 4 targets http://i.imgur.com/TnfazK4.png Relics 1 target http://i.imgur.com/vvVaeEW.png ../profiles/Tier19M_NH/Mage_Arcane_T19M_NH.simc name="No Trait" artifact_override=Aegwynns_Fury:3 artifact_override=Etherea...

In the default APL I'm a little confused at the variable burn_phase_duration: actions+=/stop_burn_phase,if=prev_gcd.1.evocation&burn_phase_duration>gcd.max ... actions.init_burn+=/start_burn_phase,if=((cooldown.evocation.remains-(2*burn_phase_duration))%2<burn_phase_duration)|cooldown.arcane_power....