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2 Questions please:

1. Is 1 point in Critical Mass worth it, and having thus only 4/5 in Mind Mastery? or should I leave CM and have 5/5 in MM? How much Intelect will I have at high levels so that MM is such a great talent?

2. What does PoM mean in all your posts? I guess its a spell i haven´t got yet? I am only l29 at the moment.

Thanks.

My build is this one

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=ofoEb0bzpIzwZVgMzf0zo

Edited, May 2nd 2007 2:58am by Amaiya

Hey, if im rocking and double criting sometimes with my arcane build... why should i change it? People in my guild mention to me that it would be best if i changed it. Ive been arcane since lvl 30 or so... now im lvl 64. no issues no nothing. I can fight most elementals my current build is 51/4 arcane frost.

Can someone shed the light and explain why should i have to change?

hi.
(sry for my eng)
I looking for bulid for leveling, but a haven't BC so i can have only 60 lev. every bulid is to 70lev but i need to 60. anyone can help me?
this is my bulid now. http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=RZZbAMuc0xR

OMG fire all the way im doin like mass dmg crits

but its kinda noob cus its easiest for starters

id try frost for advanced tho :D

Here's a lvl 66 3 minute :-) burst damage:

Arcane

Arcane Subltety 2/2
Arcane Focus 5/5
Magic Absorption 5/5
Arcane Concentration 5/5
Arcane Impact 3/3
Arcane Fortitude 1/1
Presence of mind 1/1
Arcane Mind 5/5
Arcane Instability 3/3
Arcane Potency 3/3
Arcane Power 1/1
Spell Power 2/2
Mind Mastery 5/5

Fire

Impact 5/5
Ignite 5/5
Flame Throwing 2/2
Incinerate 2/2
Burning Soul 2/2 or can use burning Soul 1/2 and Pyroblast 1/1

Note with this Build, +crit gear will really boost your damage, especially with spell power selected. So with pom + spell power + trinket + pyroblast + crit gear, you will get a fairly massive crit damage. I have recorded my personal best crit with lvl60 epic gear as 42??. Not a bad build just bear in mind, this is very mush gear dependent and obv crit gear + a fairly high intellect count will be a massive help.

For PVP... if you want to get all fancy...

Fire:

Imp Fireball 5/5
Impact 5/5
Ignite 5/5
Flame Throwing 2/2
Imp Fire Blast 3/3
Incinerate 1/2 (Just cuz you need a point)
Pyroblast 1/1 (for Blast Wave)
Critical Mass 3/3
Fire Power 5/5
Pyromaniac 3/3
Combustion 1/1
Empowered Fireball 5/5
Dragon's Breath 1/1

Frost:

Imp Frostbolt 5/5
Ice Shards 5/5
Frostbite 3/3
Imp Frost Nova 2/2 (for shatter)
Shatter 5/5

This gives you insanity. Trust me, it works wonders when you have at any given time from 25-150% (shatter plus unlucky and non working combustion lol) to crit someone. your fire spells are your best range asset. But, I am one of those, "GLASS CANNON MY ***" types. Imagine throwing a frost nova + blast wave + dragons breath + arcane blast(s). Tell me this isnt absolutely insane and ill show you a liar.

I forgot about Ice Lance... oh and fire blast in case one survives. oh and blink to evocation if no mana.. sh*t...

Correct. I was just being idealistic. And no sadly, that is not 3.5 k damage considering blast wave breaks 1k consistently (non crit) with me, Dragons Breath 1.3 (non crit), and Fireblast I've hit as high as 1.5 (non frickin crit). That's a bit under 4k. Ehh, your still right though, that doesn't kill them. Now crit those spells. Add ignite. 2.2k + 2.8k + 3.2k = 8.2k. The thing about frost for me, is that the benifits of chill effects really helps me out in PVP. Shatter just ensures my 20% crit chance to be a lot higher. That spell cycle is used when you AND a couple others are going against a group of enemies, because 5k dmg AOE + 8k to one target is useful when you have a group on group mini-battle. I should have specified. I wish I could link my damn stuff though from armory but I have no idea how. Boo. Oh and arcane explosion hits pretty hard too! I had forgotten.

Also, now that I think about it i usually throw up a mana shield when I evocate; sometimes I only get about half way through before I lose it. So I guess my ideal version wasn't realistic. Hope I wasn't too vague.

My month of 16 hr days is over, will update the final specs writeup after my promotion board on Tuesday.

NO! Change to this:http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/mage/talents.html?0000000000000000000000055500231030303105300000505320010005010000000

Though it's still not a very good build. Frostfire = ehhh.

He had it, I let him keep it. Like I said, the build still sucks, but I know what he's trying to do.

Imp. FS sucks, I know.

Not just nova, but any of your frost spells (ice block, ice barrier, as you stated frost nova, water elemental, cone of cold)

This guy is a real nut case, be careful, he may even be a postal employee!