How to play a mage at 80 (raids)

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Post by MrFredII

Also can u make me a list on which bosses do i have to use Mage Armor at Naxx?(10) Ty xD

Not really. This depends on your gear, your spec, how well you execute your rotation, the bufs that you have, the make up of your raid, how much total DPS your raid delivers on the boss, and which raid members die before you do. You'll have to get a feel for how long the fight is likely to take and adjust.

Post by Scientia

As a mage, using Frostfire spec, I will use the following rotation.

1: Scorch x2 to apply Improved Scorch. I have equipped Glyph of Improved Scorch which allows me to reduce the number of casts required from five to two.

2: Next, I will apply Living Bomb and attempt to keep it up during the entire fight.

3: At this point and throughout the entire battle(s) I will use Combustion and/or Icy Veins, and even Mirror Image if the fight warrants it.

4: Now that the target is vulnerable to fire spells and combustion is running I will start hitting it with Frostfire Bolt making sure to keep Improved Scorch and Living Bomb running.

5: While using Frostfire Bolt, I will watch for Hot Streak to occur at which point I will finish my cast and follow it with an instant cast Pyroblast.

Equipping Glyph of Frostfire and Glyph of Molten Armor increases my critical strike chance allowing for more Hot Streaks which is a large DPS boost. I keep Molten Armor up at all times along with Arcane Intellect. I rarely run low on mana and have yet to run out fully. Proper mana gem/potion use has kept me from having to use Evocation.

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