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The other thread just got an update today (July 16), and they're putting conflicting data regarding ST talents. It still shows TV/LW as the go to talents for pure single target. Am I missing something between the two threads? That thread is for prepatch, it keeps in mind you have legendaries, set b...

"Really this post is about BfA and prepatch isn't really in mind but I don't mind sharing what I'll be doing in prepatch.". My apologizes, I asked cause i read this in the "New rotation" section --> "We'll likely be running Glacial Spike as our main build for the pre-patch and Uldir." Thank you for...

What does it mean by "Damage and healing penalty for all abilities increased"? Does it mean they nerfed Fire by 11% and Frost by 6%? yes and no. Fire and frost already had a damage penalty, that damage penality got increased by 11% and 6% They use this kind of tuning to make a class that works good...

Hi! I was wondering how comet storm will work with shatter in Bfa. I know pet nova has the ability to make CS shatter on trash packs for dungeons, however how will that work with boss damage in Bfa. Will we just essentially cast CS on cooldown, or will flurry be able to make CS shatter. Obviously a...

I would first like to say that I don't know how to thanks the effort you guys are doing for the mage community! You are a legend! I have a question that it's possible that someone asked before but... It would be necessary to wear 4 pieces T-21 and 2 T-20 in pre patch? I always have the feeling that...

Good afternoon Inddexx, I took a look at your logs and found the following things, I hope this helps you improve. If you have any questions feel free to reply or join us in discord in the #questions channel. https://i.imgur.com/0wCALrE.png on the left you can see a wrong combo. on the right you see ...

Thanks! Followup, I'd assume there's a cancel scenario for EB, yes? That is, if you are on 4 icicles and no BF and EB is off CD, you would frostbolt (5th icicle) -> EB -> GS -> Flurry. However, if you happen to get BF on your fifth icicle frostbolt, then it would be a waste of your EB CD to cast eb...

I am wondering if it is ever appropriate to cancel a frostbolt cast. The specific situation I am wondering about is when you are sitting on 5 icicles and EB is off cd, and you're casting several frostbolts in a row waiting to get BF proc. You finally get it, but if you are starting your next cast A...

After toying around quite a bit on beta, granted I'm only 117...in a dungeon setting FR seems much more powerful than is being considered. FR smooths out the trash packs, allows a lot more orbs, and if we are stacking mastery more than previously, I feel like its only uphill from there. Maybe other...

Thanks for putting this information together! I have a question regarding when to hold brain freeze procs. This guide states "in Legion you started holding your Brain Freeze procs at 4 Icicles, in Battle for Azeroth you keep up with this trend." In bfa casting flurry also generates an icicle, and i...

Moved the guide to a google document. For more info send a private message to Julia#1337 or Loekes#1373

I meant that both your main cast and the cast from SI will shatter. And like I already said, it will be used in dungeons and some boss encounters mostly. Theres a ton of boss encounters with adds in Uldir.

Hmmm I got a question for legy? If we hit 120lvl , are the legy bonus still active? And can we still equip them ? I mean bracer boni is still nice

Legendaries are disabled par level 115

Thanks Julia ... do you think Freeze will be a thing? What's the chance of freezing adds and not being hit by other players while you cast GS? Freeze has a protection window (0,25s) in which even if the damage is exceeded the root remains. This gives you more than enough time to align it with GS wi...

Does the mage pet have any use?

The freeze ability is the only active you get out of the pet. It allows you to shatter two glacial spikes (with splitting ice) on some fights where there are adds or in dungeon content.

He is since I have sims to back up my statement. Look at the actual post from Dutch, the person who developed BfA's APL, and you'll see as well that AM is being used in both burn and converse phases.

The thing is that overpowered is actually widly concired a overpowered and spec breaking spell. It basically makes it so a arcane mage doesnt actively have to think about their mana anymore. This is horrible as it makes it so the entire class identity is thrown out the window. Also you stated using ...

If you don't mind me asking, how are you able to use simcraft for bfa? I'm curious to test things now that the pre patch is on the PTR. Simc has a bfa build although its still missing a lot. For example the apl profiles to sim anything are not in. Theres also a fair amount of bugs and things not wo...

Has anyone done a racial dps SIM with the current BFA builds?

Yes, I have.
However with the current unstable state of beta tuning wise, I won't post them until in the prepatch. Glynny will likely post them in his sim dumpthreat when more near to or in the prepatch.

Agreeing with Nick here,

You should read the guides you mentioned yourself. Also the spellqueuewindow should be ping in ms + 150 and not lower than 200. Saying 250 is the ideal spq is wrong