7.1.5 - Arcane Mage Guide - Updated: 02-16-2017

[Ddmagebags]

Not sure if its been answered or not, but is there a haste breakpoint once you get kilt? MY current stats are 33% crit, 17% haste, mastery 27% & vers 6%. Im gemming/enchanting vers, and i have kilt/exodar lego pair.

1) The haste "breakpoints" are not tied to the legendaries, but rather to RoP and Arcane Power (and possibly MoA). They exist because of the number of AB and AM casts you can fit into the 10 second window where both are up simultaneously.

2) The haste "breakpoints" are not actually severe enough to warrant even being given that term. True break points create significant jumps or plateaus in stat scaling. Haste does not do that for Arcane, especially when you factor in how Whispers can throw those numbers off at any point in time.

Here is a 100-step plot at 6914 Haste (18.44%) for 2P, 880 Whispers
100k iterations, 300s, Patchwerk



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You'll notice that there the plot is almost linear with the exception of one spot at -600 haste (around 16.8%). 16.67% haste is actually when the next tick of MoA would begin. MoA combined with some error in the plot are the likely culprits.

What you don't see in that graph is an inflection point at which the graph begins to dramatically switch its path. The slope is a near constant 8 damage/haste point throughout.

With someone W/ 4-Set + Whispers/Metronome...Whats a solid haste goal to get to without sacrificing Crit/Vers?

[a0kalittlema0n]

Personally I have Metronome/4set and I aim for 18%+ and maybe under 28% haste, but going too far above 25% should be hard assuming you aren't using gem/enchant as haste.

[Ddmagebags]

Can you take a look at my profile and let me know where would be best to pull the extra haste from?

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[Acidbubble]

What is the most favorable aoe rotation for arcane?

I've been trying out RP > AP > NT > CU > AE until low on mana > ABR and it's doing some pretty sick damage, however since AE builds charges i may be wasting the CU in this rotation. I realize Arcane is not the quintessential aoe spec like fire but it does seem to have some srs output for these NH/M+ add/boss fights. Single target only leaves you lacking in the meters on the majority of the newer encounters.

[Calypssai]

Can someone direct me to the nearest 7.2.5 rotation guide similar to this one? Thanks!