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Welcome to The Study! This is Brofessor Hemlock. Today I wanted to offer my opinions on covenant selection. Although all 4 are viable there are major differences in feel and that can make one covenant fun to play, and another entirely boring. The decision is up to you!
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Lvling my necro arcane straight up for the memes 🤣
Wait. 5+3+1=10? 😀
This video is so perfectly timed. I've been thinking a lot about my covenant and what to work on to prepare for 9.1. I was feeling really good and getting my best dps numbers with Night fae, using Korian's soulbind. I switched to Kyrian because I love the aesthetics and themes more, (wings!) and I was seeing great things from you and Theramore. I've been there about a month and I'm having trouble with the playstyle. My spark burst window is good, but besides feeling a bit button clunky, my dps drops significantly outside of it. I've been thinking about giving Venthyr a go. I just…I don't know where to go. I heroic raid and mostly pug M+.
how much haste u have to have to do 5 ab during radiant spark?
Im necrolord since the begining and i will never changes , insane burst whit temporal warp legendary
I'm literally leveling 50-60 by just doing dungeons right now. I'm sat where you pick your covenant and I get to test each different covenant depending on what dungeon you load into – it's great!
I love Kyrian for arcane. But the only boss I hate is Denathrius. In Mythic+ dungeons it plays very smoothly. I feel I can always burst every mob pack.
OH! OH! You give me grief for playing NF, and what do we have here? Pretty decent praise for them! 😛
the necro leggo is getting all the praise but for me the 12% int from pelagos is going under the radar ^^ even more nutty radiant spark windows
I dont know what legendary pick for my arcane mage. I’m starting (ilvl 190)
I’d love to see a video on rotation, talent, and conduit choices for single target and aoe based on each covenant. I haven’t seen anything that actually highlights the differences. You appear to be uniquely qualified to provide the guide. 🙂
Hey Brofessor. Been watching your vids for a while, which inspired me to switch mains from my lock to arcane. I’d HIGHLY recommend trying Necrolord again after the 9.0.5 buff. In 1-3 target situations it’s literally insane how much damage you do with Emeni. Currently running Harmony for even bigger burst windows. With a coordinated group, I honestly think it’s the best covenant for Mythic plus. You just delete the toughest packs on Fortified weeks. What are your thoughts on leggo combos with Bonesmith for the mastery buff in M+ in 9.1? I’m thinking of sticking with Harmony and taking advantage of the mastery buff on fresh packs. Like, orb into 500+ extra mastery 18 stack Harmony arcane barrage. It’ll hurt our burst to not have Emeni, but I feel like Bonesmith will smooth out our damage profile in 9.1 similar to Kyrian
nice video! it´s a addon which shows the casts you do?
You mention the choice can be affected by “your level of gameplay”. So… how would you rank the covenants in terms of difficulty to master?
Good analysis. I have tried NF Necro and Kyrian. NF is more versatile than any other but it is not the best in Raid or M +. Necro feels very powerful and I would say the strongest for Raid. But after trying Kyrian and not relying on RNG from clear casting … he's a lot more comfortable to play than anyone else. I would like to see more Arcane Mage in warcraftlogs of all Covenants to be able to really draw conclusions since surely in many bosses they had to do some mechanics. Looking at M + I think there are not enough people to draw conclusions as in Raid. I would simply say that each one plays with what he feels most comfortable with. But the points of view you presented are very good 😉
Sorry for my google translator english ^^
The only answer is, whatever does the most damage, unfortunately speed and gimmicks are fun, but currently mythic raids need top damage, if u arent meta as sad as it is, might as well just be aotc… its a dim view sure but the game currently just matters to much on damage
Also stoked for the Necro legendary!! It’s gonna be fun!
If you’re lazy like me and want to pump. I recommend to master the play style of Kyrian, it is by far the most flexible and it’s the same talents and legendary for single, cleave and m+
I have had many a success with it, including blasting my way through KSM and now working on 16s.
Brofessor, I am so thankful for the work you do for the community. We are blessed to have you. Doing interviews with top arcane mages, 👏 supreme content. Keep it up! Lots more Shadowlands to go.
Thanks for the Video, was very informativ and can help. Still very hard to Switch when you love the Venthyr, but might give Kyrian another try (was my original Covenant at the beginning of Shadowlands) 🙂 PS: What Addons are you using for the Threadplates with the Icons, seams very helpfull for Kyrian 😀
Glomino plays Kyrian… so you all have to play Kyrian ❤️
NF will have 1 min AP in 9.1…. very likely they are gonna be the main choice for plus, i mean… 1 minute!!
I can't stand playing arcane in PvP without Mirrors of Torment. Extra spell school, free clear casting procs + door of shadows and -20% interrupt duration from Nadja. I tried playing Necro, but it felt terrible in PvP. Deathborne looks amazing though and is a lot of fun in m+.