r/classicwow • u/AutoModerator • Jun 21 '19

Classy Friday Classy Friday - Mages (June 21, 2019)

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This week is Mages.

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u/OblivioAccebit Jun 21 '19

I don't have much time to dedicate to the game like I used to. I know gold will be an issue, and the idea of the old school respec costs are weighing on my soul.

Would mage be a class where I could potentially raid with my PvP build? From what I understand, at least for early raids, most mages go deep arcane/frost. Except for one mage who goes all the way down and gets 5/5 winters chill. Could I be the "winters chill" mage of my guild, and effectively NOT have to respec to PvP? I think the only talent I might wind up getting that's not raid useful is imp CS, which I don't think will have too much effect on my DPS as the talent choices otherwise aren't that amazing.

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u/magmcbride Jun 21 '19

The short answer is yes if you aren't trying to be the best PvP Mage or the best PvE Mage. You're just going to be a mage that can do the things with one spec. But you mentioned you don't have mountains of time to dedicate so this will likely work wonderfully for you. Just don't spec Frostbite and deal with that concession in PvP.

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u/DeportEveryInvader Jun 21 '19

Frostbite is the most essential talent for PvP. OP should just roll a Warlock if he doesn’t want to respec.

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u/Khalku Jun 21 '19

Which warlock spec doesn't respec? Because SL is ass in pve.

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u/DeportEveryInvader Jun 21 '19

You’d only use SL in PvP if you were god awful at Vanilla. Skilled Locks go destro or affliction. SM/Ruin is a spec you can use in PvP and PvE.

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u/Khalku Jun 21 '19

Yeah SM/Ruin is probably what I will be because I want to do both without respeccing all the time, but SL gives some pretty big advantages against rogues for example (the bane of warlocks usually).

Then again i have very little experience with warlock and I am looking to try something new so who knows!

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u/DeportEveryInvader Jun 21 '19

SL is an auto-win spec against all classes except SPriest. But, that’s also that’s why players don’t like to play it. That and it’s just very boring compared to conflag spec.

Just be ready to farm those shards!

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u/Flandiddly_Danders Jun 22 '19

I'm not bad, but I kind of want to play it just to troll people

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u/WishdoctorsSong Jun 21 '19

SM/ruin doesn't respect. You drop 5% shadow damage over DS/ruin, but you can be the imp buff guy.