Im stomping arenas on my mage atm idk what you are talking about.
It is not like Mage, in pvp, requires more skill than any melee class. It is even more true since they added all those gap closers because most melee players can't handle kiting.
Here is what happened OP:
1. In BfA (before prepatch) - my mage had 6x the health pool as his mana pool
2. In BfA (after prepatch) - my mage had 2x the health pool as his mana pool
3. In Shadowlands - my mage has 1/2 the health pool as his mana pool.
The focus has shifted back to glass cannon, and other classes have a gazillion ways to stop the cannon firing for the 6 seconds it needs to destroy it. If the cannon goes off - then it is deadly.
Challenge Mode : Play WoW like my disability has me play:
You will need two people, Brian MUST use the mouse for movement/looking and John MUST use the keyboard for casting, attacking, healing etc.
Briand and John share the same goal, same intentions - but they can't talk to each other, however they can react to each other's in game activities.
Now see how far Brian and John get in WoW.
Mage in BGs = dead the moment a melee looks at you (unless you're Frost, which you should be right now)
Mage in arena = competitive and necessary.
Also Warlocks are in a way worse spot, they're free kills for melee right now. I feel kinda bad for them. I play FDK and there is nothing they can do against me, hard counter I think.
Sad but true ey?
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No, not all classes, not at all. Some love in some of the times is perfectly fine. But mages (and rogues) have been rocking absolutely every single expansion so far. Without exception. From vanilla, till present day.
What's the problem? As always, mages are trash at solo pvp, and really good in arena.
Last time mages were really good at both was back in wotlk.
I really don't understand this thread.
With fire you just snipe people in arena with the prefered rmp comp.
Solo, you farm melee with arcane.
Frost is dead don't play it, its a dampening spec - without the dampening meta.
I mean out of everything, you complained about melees as a mage, while indeed, you should talk about better dispel protection regarding mages.
I wouldn't mind unpruning deep freeze and restore old version of greater invisbility(90% dmg reduce, most importanlty removed dots on usage)
Have you ever stopped to think that Mage is a control slash livelord class? Or do you expect to have insane damage, insane mobility, insane control and insane defensive CDs as balanced?
I know you want to think Mage has been one of the top Pvp classes for 16 years because the Mage class attracts the best players. Dont fool yourself. Mage has been Meta for 16 years because its kit is broke af
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Fire mages can 100-0 you. just l2p?