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Post by
ManeofChaos
Hi,
a fellow Mage who hasn't played WOTLK has come back for cata.
My guild recently did Magmaw, and as expected I was killing the adds with a Hunter and a Frost DK.
And I was blown away on the damage meters by both of them. We took the boss and the fight went ok but i had to burn all my mana on the adds just to somewhat keep up.
I don't see a big benefit of using LB since they die quite fast and flamestrike is quite mana intensive. I think i actually deal more dmg by casting fireball after the first flamestrike.
I use Blastwave and dragon's breath when up.
So is it me that is undeargeared compared to the DK/Hunter or i should use more LB (sometimes I don't waste time with 3 targets) or its because of the AOE cap. ( I needed like 10 Arcane Explosions in SM Cathedral to kill em when i grinded cloth)
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Post by
Makashi
Frost DKs and Surv hunters are actually OP in aoe dmg and they will probably beat you in that fight.
When the parasites are shot up in the air, put LB on one and then use blastwave as they land, then a couple of instant flamestrikes to get ignites going and procc impact, then spread the fire dots with fireblast. Your most powerful combo is spreading combustion but you should save that for nuking magmaw.
You can beat almost every class in dmg in halfus with the welps if u manage to spread some big ignites and firedots + combustion and spam the flamestrikes :D
Post by
Archibolt
Magmaw was pretty straight forward for me as a Fire mage.
I kept Molten Armor up when I am on Magmaw, but I changed to Mage Armor when I am about to deal with the adds.
If I manage to get a Hot Streak 5ish seconds before add spawn, I keep it to deal with the adds. Once they spawn, I open with a Ring of Frost then a Blastwave to get Impact. Once impact is up, I Pyro+LB+Combustion one of the adds then use Impact. At that point I just Scorch/Fireball the adds with more health then Blastwave again once it's off CD if needed.
I can only use the above combo every second add spawn due to Combustion 2min CD - I tend to use Flame Orb instead just for good measure if Combustion is on cooldown.
The reason I use LB was to increase Combustion damage - same story with the Pyro. I have seen people suggest to even hard cast Pyro if you don't get lucky.
The reason I use Combustion is that killing the adds has a far bigger priority during the fight than DPS'ing the boss when he's not impaled. There doesn't seem to be an enrage timer anyways.
Post by
TehTerokkar
To Brighten up your spirits... 134k Fire Mage DPSer here(Halfus 25mHC):
http://worldoflogs.com/reports/aurn3tfgwe8la04c/sum/damageDone/?s=11749&e=11923#Cubanpete
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