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Shadowlands Patch 9.1: In prospect of a 9.1.5 release and even the future 9.2 Patch, we go and take a look at the current state of Classes, for the ones interested in the much traditional rite of changing Characters in-between Patches.
Starting with Mage, we are looking at how each of the Specs are doing, Arcane, Frost and Fire, their strong and weak points, how are they fitting in the Meta, how could things change with the arrival of 9.1.5, why would you want to play Mage and why would you want to play one of its Specs.
00:00 New Patch? New Main?!
02:50 Looking at Mage
03:53 How fast do Mage Specs play?
05:28 How do Mages do their damage?
07:17 Mage and the AoE conundrum
09:17 Mage and Specs Popularity in Shadowlands
11:25 Mage and 9.1.5 multi-Covenant use
15:02 Mage and how do they Play
20:17 Mage and their FOTM Status
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9.1.5 waiting room gang
I wanna see some survival hunter action, you have memed it all along time to do it justice
thanks a lot for your contentl. i enjoy it a lot and am happy to have found your channel
Izen please stop making me change my mind almost every day
Can they at least add Tasavesh North and South for patch 9.1.5? It isn't new content. Just split the dungeon in two so it can be mythic plus content? No way do we have to actually wait for 9.2 for that.
I'll go back to frost once glacial spike makes a comeback
Frost is boring very fast with Ice lance spam Fire focus too much dmg in Combustion Arcane weird spec
thank you for the video
I am going for necromancer condi scourge. I think you would love gw2
Yes mages are super fun with so many mobility and utility spells and frost is fast with nice aoe and aesthetically pleasing, my daughter thinks I’m Elsa☺️. You’re squishy but all the kiting mechanisms are fun. I leveled as fire though so I’m night fae, I’m glad for the upcoming option to switch covenants even though I don’t min/max
I too have been thinking about making a mage to main for next tier. Been maining ele since the end of castle nathria and the more this tier has progressed, the worse ele has felt and I think with the 9.1.5 aoe cap changes, ele is going to be even less attractive for AoE because other classes will be able to compete or do more AoE damage whilst being much superior in ST, two target and 3 target. I also think Blizzard is going to throw mage buffs for next tier, since this is one of the few tiers where mage as a whole(although arcane did perform pretty well even at the beginning) wasnt amazing, and has only started to gain a bit more strength recently…and theres just no way Blizzard doesnt reseat mage at its usual S tier position next tier.
I changed to druid main in Shadowlands and have really enjoyed playing boomkin. I swapped to Venthyr at the start of 9.1 but ended up going back to Night Fae as it was so much better for other specs like guardian for torghast runs etc. I am excited to be able to play Venthyr boomkin in raids and then NF Guardian for other content in 9.1.5
I really want to play mage, but fire isn't my thing and I can't smash stuff with two giant axes 🙁
Do not do mage
I’m just trynna see arcane with harmony and bombardment legendaries equipped. It would actually be the best execute to ever exist in wow😂 roughly 300% bonus barrage damage and it starts at 35% and hits up to 5 targets. Also venthyr arcane sucks at aoe. Maybe it’s good in sims but in practice there’s a lot more that can go wrong than with any of the other covenants
Add to the discussion how many buttons they are pressing during an encounter. Like, even though Frost mage is super fast, you still press only 3 buttons…. not difficult at all. While other specs might be slower but require a lot more binds and planning.
Hunters please and don't r@pe survival. New changes especially necro + legendary might be not only interesting and fun but also viable. At least in m+ survival is good.
i dont really agree about the performance part…regularry destroying the meters in m+ as arcane even vs "much better m+ speccs", including firemages and frost mages…having a big burst window every 45 seconds is very powerful and especially on tyrannical weeks way better than the consistant frost mage aoe
Fire must be the fasted apm in game while combusting in bl and pi. I look like a starcraft player for about 20 sec
I would not call this week a good one for M+ 😂
Great stuff mate. Cheers.
Don't sleep on Kyrian Arcane for raid or mythic plus. Damage profile for raid is amazing, super heavy burst every 1:30, while having a smaller burst every 45s.
It lines up perfectly for higher keys (17ish or higher for tyrannical, 15s for fortified).
Regularly take massive dumps on any frost mage I group with, as well as most other classes.
i play arcane mage this patch, its really nice, but u are always hopping for tank to get the boss into the adds for perfect timing, if tank dont do hes job, i got fucked so hard…
6:15 I see someone witha bron cena addon. Stay Classy Izen hart!
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I like you Izen, I enjoy ur thoughts and your voice, and your videos. But if I hear you talking shit about Arcane once again, I will unsubscribe 🙂
Talking seriously, don't rush with judgements on specs and mechanics you don't really understand. Just stick to the stats, you are good at it.
Your memes on surv are ridiculous
arcane has amazing scaling and a high ceiling for damage but movement and being targeted by mechancis hurts it so much compared to other specs and not having a cheat death or double ice block hurts its survive. barrage also is very finnecky.
I think fire will be dominant once again in 9.2