Hello, guys!
- First of all id like you to excuse my bad english, i was sleeping during english lessons t_t -
Yesterday i was thinking about the returning spells that we gonna have for Shadowlands and im not gonna lie, i don't feel satisfied at all with whats coming around. Ive been playing Mage for almost 10 years and while time goes on, i feel like its gameplay lack of you know "skillcap". I think most of people were like me after all our big spells goes deleted/nerfed etc. I don't give a damn sh** having fireblast while im playing arcane seriously and id like to share some of my favorite spells that i hope they will reintroduce in next expac, spells that made me have so much fun/frustration etc..
- The good old combustion ! For thoses who did not experiment the old combustion mechanic, this one got replace at legion, this only spell required an addon, the principe was simple but kinda hard to use at its maximum potential(especially with alter time or prismatic cristal-> see bottom), combustion did not gives you any critical chance instead you had to "build" your ignite during a short amount of time and once you feel like you did your best you press the hela button ! 1min CD !!
- *My favorite ! Alter time! Was what you call now mechagon wrist but in a different way here is an exemple of rotation as frost mage with alter time:
Brain Freeze proc
Ideally 2 x FoF procs
Make sure you have enough time left on your 90 talent (when you unlock it)
Passive procs to go off (if any)
Hit Icy Veins, use a Potion of the Jade Serpent, use any active trinkets/items, and then hit Alter Time.
Exhaust all your FoF and Brain Freeze in the 6 second window. Refresh Bomb if needed. Repeat when Alter Time expires.
So, you use everything twice, available for all 3 specs, differents way to use it, very fun tho !
- Prismatic crystal ! Thoses who played with mannoroth trinket abviously love this spell ^^, Conjures a prismatic crystal at the target location, which is attackable by only the Mage, and takes 10% (Frost) / 30% (Arcane/Fire) additional damage. When the crystal takes damage, it instantly releases a burst of energy dealing that damage, split evenly between all enemies within 8 yards.
my definition of this spell: Burn them all ! Required good timing to use and setup.
- Mirror image! Once happen a time where this spell was a serious choice, no joking.
- Nether tempest! Very good AoE/Cleave sustain back in MoP this spell can be use on as many target as possible
--Special mention to the Warrior stance dance.
- RAID SET.
And more... I did not mentioned Cold snap which was able for all spec, evanescance which allow to disapear 'like literally' very fast for i think 5seconds(allows you to dodge some boss mechanics) etc etc..
With all the incredible spells we had back in the day you are telling me that today's mage needs a frost bolt as fire spec? Or a fireblast as arcane, like come on..