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I use the alternative build with very high success, (in uldir : 49% 11% 15% 4%), the best traits are always the uldir traits, but you can have very good success with stacking blaster master as well if you use it correctly. Everything else is whatever

Hi I play an only crit/pyroclasm mage, casual only. Atm 369 ilvl, 47% crit in Uldir You can check my limited logs on WoL to get an idea of how it goes, but i really prefer it, smooth gameplay and satisfying damage https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/yfXchk6rxvC9NADT#fight=1&type=damage-done Here's ...

I'm not smart enough to know what simmers think, or to do the math, but let me tell you, I've been raiding stacking crit and playing with pyroclasm (I'm at 45% with Reorigination Array), and I'm usually around 13k dps. I'm not raiding hardcore anymore, and only have 366 ilvl but the spec just feels ...

Yo Ezekiel :) how do you handle your Phoenix Flames Charges ? Without Meteor and Belt i find myself very often to do super low damage on packs (1-3 enemies) in between Combustion, so i am using always a PF charge when its ready but then when Combustion is off CD i got 0 (1 at max). And ofc before b...

@Dunkaholic You use bracers whenever they proc, and especially when you're in combustion. You'll ideally want to use combustion after you've proced bracers with firestarter, it's the best dps boost you can get. On paper, RoP is pretty good with bracers, but in reality damage gain is insignificant co...

It wouldn't outvalue feasts, and you should be using feasts in progress anyway

Is the trinket section going to be updated for ToS? I know owl/terror and witd are the three we're generally looking for, but a list or even a graph with ilvls and stuff would be o so appreciated

I often wonder if Wow devs play other mmo's, mainly rift, because rift's pyromancer is decades ahead of wow's fire mage. They could take it's flare up (or whatever it's called) ability, witch consumes all ignite stacks (ignite stacks in rift) on current target to deal a good chunk of damage but rese...

Just out of curiosity, will Whispers still be any good come next Tuesday?....I only have the normal version of it, not the heroic one....I never did get the heroic one to drop :( If I'm not mistaken, the three best trinkets at the opening are owl / terror / witd, but as for min maxing of ilvls ... ...

There is indeed more than 1 point, you can put up to 20.

How about a gloves/shoulders combo with kindling ? That could mean free meteors very often

New shoulders this time : http://ptr.wowdb.com/items/151809-conta ... ernal-core" target="_blank

Doesn't look as good as belt/wrist, it's a shame I wouldn't mind a change in rotation

Thoughts?

Well here it is boys, Frost gets Frozen Touch, Arcane gets Temporal Flux, and we get ... Flame on. So, no change for us really. Is controlled burn sleeper op yet ?

Enough ? No, while at 913 ilvl I was still behind 900 BM hunters and 860 affli warlocks on a normal NH pug, but it's better than before. To be really competitive we'd need another 5-10% on all our spells, but that would devaluate frost's power, and I don't think the devs want that, so I think that's...

Think of it what you will, if they don't explicitly say they're looking into fire mages, like they explicitly say for Destruction Warlocks etc, and we don't have a single peep for months even though fire mages are at the bottom of charts, I rightfully assume they do not care a wink.

According to blizzard's newest blue post, they aren't looking into fire mages because apparently where's fine, so don't get your hopes up, the cretins in charge of class balancing are leaving us in this sorry state with not a single thought. Uhh, what? Link or didn't happen. It's on the front page ...

According to blizzard's newest blue post, they aren't looking into fire mages because apparently where's fine, so don't get your hopes up, the cretins in charge of class balancing are leaving us in this sorry state with not a single thought.

Quick question guys, how many targets does there need to be for LB to be cast?.

3 or more

Hardcasting a pyro proc has been optimal since 7.1.5; it is always a dps boost to cast a bracers proc if it goes off before combustion ends. If you're lucky you can even have two hardcasted bracers proc during combustion witch is such a great boost at pull.

It's a great time to switch frost, because according to Blizzard frost isn't doing enough damage yet, see they get another buff on glacial eruption, but fire is fine being trash. That's some solid balancing right there