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Post by
soupladel
I have read through most of the guides i can fnd or have been pointed to and have a rough idea of where i need to be gear wise, and as a fire mage what my rotation should be. However, I am struggling to hit the kind of DPS that others appear to be able and wonder where i am going wrong?
My mage:
Sgiandubh
I have to say that I am struggling to stick with Fire as I seem to be able to get similar DPS from Arcane spec as I can from fire without the same level of effort. Now before I get "flamed" for even mentioning Arcane or anyone starts berating me saying I am fail etc... I am trying to arrive at a happy equilibrium where I can maximise my DPS yet still be able to contribute to runnng HCs and then onto raiding when I finally arrive at better gear and DPS.
My Rotation is:
Scorch
Living Bomb
Blast Wave
Spam combination of Fireball & Scorch until Hotstreak or Impact proc
hit combustion when maximum dot tics up (using combustion heper to aid this)
should this rotation be getting better DPS based on my current gear and talents?
I have read that I should Gem for Int primarily and in terms of caps, I should be looking to for 17% hit and 33% crit.
Should I be looking to reforge all secondry attributes to Hit in order to get nearer to the cap (reagrdless of what it is i.e mastery, haster etc....) or wait until i have better gear?
Post by
Nathanyal
Unless you plan on doing raids anytime soon you're good on hit as you only need 6% for heroics. I would just leave the Blast Wave off unless there are a lot of adds. Make sure LB is up at all times, combustion helper also helps to make sure that it is up as well. Scorch weaving when low on mana. When on boss fights make sure you have enough mana to spam Fireball once they get below 35% of their health so Molten Fury kicks in. I say reforge all Mastery into crit or haste if you can. Don't forget to use Fire Orb to get extra mana from Master of Elements.
On you off-hand I would have reforged spirit to hit instead of mastery as spirit does nothing for us compared to mastery.
This
and from other posts on here is where I learned most of my information.
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Post by
Phaleux
It sounds like you're doing most things right, but I think you should be working on your reps, since you'll get a lot of upgrades:
Baradin's Wardens 0/3000 Neutral (
Stump of Time
)
Ramkahen 2200/3000 Neutral (
Desert Walker Sandals
)
The Earthen Ring 3578/12000 Honoured (
Flamebloom Gloves
)
Therazane 0/36000 Hated (
Greater Inscription of Charged Lodestone
,
Diamant's Ring of Temperance
)
Wildhammer Clan 2887/3000 Neutral (
Lightning Flash Pendant
)
You've got the Hyjal tabard on now, but that doesn't do anything for you, and it looks like you have a lot of questing left to do since you've barely got any Ramkahen and Wildhammer (and no Therazane!)
Post by
soupladel
On that note i have a ton of quests to do for rep etc... but that tabbard at least gives me rep when grinding the HCs
Thanks for the list of rep rewards, gives me something else to aim towards. I have rejigged my reforging and enchants a little to ensure max crit, then haste and am noticing a different. I do get rubbish DPS on trash but doing in the region of 10K now on bosses provided i get a decent amount of crits/HS.
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Post by
Phaleux
On that note i have a ton of quests to do for rep etc... but that tabbard at least gives me rep when grinding the HCsExcept that Hyjal has nothing for you past revered (the helm enchant that you aren't using)
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Post by
Nathanyal
Rotation:
-Starting-
LB
Fire Orb
Scorch
Fireball
-Low Mana-
Scorch Weave
-Below 35%-
LB
Fireball
-Throughout Fight
Keep LB up.
Pyroblast on proc.
Fire Orb on cooldown.
-AoE-
LB
Blastwave
Impact to spread LB
Dragon Breath
LB
Impact to spread LB
You're gonna want to scorch first on everything to get the extra 5% crit chance. Then reapply the buff when needed. You also forgot Combustion when you get all the DoTs up. Also when on the low mana part, don't forget Pyroblast! as well as the scorches.
I have been thinking, not to sure it would work or not, what if you waited until you're below the 35% mark and use combustion then. Would it be increased in damage as well or would it be better to use it as soon as you can?
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68244
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Post by
soupladel
On that note i have a ton of quests to do for rep etc... but that tabbard at least gives me rep when grinding the HCsExcept that Hyjal has nothing for you past revered (the helm enchant that you aren't using)
My Bad, I had assumed I required Exalted in order to obtain the enchant, will tech me to pay more attention to requirements.
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