Mage thread

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Spell hit, level 83 (boss).
Draenei Heroic presence = 1%
Imp Faerie Fire/Misery = 3%
Elemental Precision = 3%
Arcane Focus = 3% (arcane only)

Hit% needed/Rating/Buffs

16% 419.7 Draenei
13% 341 Draenei+EP/Misery/IFF
10% 262.3 Draenei+EP+Misery/IFF
7% 183.6 Draenei+EP+Misery/IFF+Arcane Focus

Useful links:
http://elitistjerks.com/f75/ EJ forums
http://www.codeplex.com/Rawr Rawr
http://zaldinar.bounceme.net/tcom/index.php Theory Craft-o-Matic

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Wowhead (http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#o)
MMO-Champion (http://www.wowtal.com/#k=.9i7.mage)

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MMO-Champion (http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/1669)
Wowhead (http://cata.wowhead.com/class=8)

Time Warp (http://cata.wowhead.com/spell=80353)
Warp the flow of time, increasing melee, ranged, and spell casting speed by 30% for all party and raid members, as well as granting the casting mage 30% increased movement speed. Lasts 40 sec.

Allies receiving this effect will become Sated and be unable to benefit from Bloodlust or Time Warp again for 10 min.


Flame Orb (http://cata.wowhead.com/spell=82731)
Flame Orb
6% of base mana 40 yd range
1.5 sec cast
Launches a Flame Orb forward from the Mage's position, dealing (228 * 15) damage over 15 sec to nearby targets.


Curtain of Frost (http://cata.wowhead.com/spell=82676)
Curtain of Frost
7% of base mana 20 yd range
Summon a Curtain of Frost for 10 sec. Movement through the curtain by enemies will cause 368 to 426 frost damage and slow movement speed by 50% for 8 sec.




Fire and Frost Ward have been replaced with Mage Ward (http://cata.wowhead.com/spell=543)
Mage Ward
16% of base mana
Absorbs 1008 Fire, Frost or Arcane damage. Lasts 30 sec.


Arcane Intellect and Brilliance have been merged together (http://cata.wowhead.com/spell=1459) and changed to max mana instead of intellect.
Arcane Intellect
31% of base mana 30 yd range
Infuses all party and raid members with brilliance, increasing their maximum mana by 5401 for 1 hour. If target is in your party or raid, all party and raid members will be affected.


Arcane Missile (http://cata.wowhead.com/spell=5143) is now a proc and the channel duration has been reduced by 2 seconds.
Arcane Missiles
35 yd range
Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 416 Arcane damage every 1 sec for 3 sec. Each offensive spell you cast has a 30% chance to activate Arcane Missiles.


Molten Armor (http://cata.wowhead.com/spell=30482) returned to its original state, glyph (http://cata.wowhead.com/item=42751) included.
Molten Armor
28% of base mana
Causes 190 Fire damage when hit, increases your critical strike chance by 3%, and reduces the chance you are critically hit by 5%. Only one type of Armor spell can be active on the Mage at any time. Lasts 30 min.


Mage Armor (http://cata.wowhead.com/spell=6117) now regenerates 3% mana per 5 sec instead of 50% of spirit regen.
Mage Armor
26% of base mana
Increases your resistance to all magic by 44 and causes you to regenerate 3% of your maximum mana every 5 sec. In addition, the duration of all harmful Magic effects used against you is reduced by 50%. Only one type of Armor spell can be active on the Mage at any time. Lasts 30 min.

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Reserved

[Angra]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/Bumeyes13/missilebarrage.jpg

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Apparently you can use 2t9 to cast molten armor, swap to old gear and the buff stays at 70% of spirit. This is still working, who knows when it will be fixed.

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Cleaned the thread up a bit and updated it with some Cataclysm information.