The mage class OWNS in pvp. We can kite like champs, burst, control, basically do whatever we want. When you que up for a random bg there's a chance you will see one mage of each spec. We are going to focus on fire because that's what i play. Unlike PVE fire, where there are no points to play with. Pvp fire has a few different things you can do with the talent tree. This one works best for my gameplay.
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The first thing you may notice is that I do not run with free scorch. The reasoning behind this is that I never have mana problems. Unless you are being crushed by a melee there is really no reason to not have GLYPHED mage armor up. Also I recommend taking the pyromaniac talent for BGs. It's pretty easy to keep dots running on 3 people considering they are usually cluttered up.
Looking at the frost tree you should take
3- piercing ice
2- shatter
1- ice floes
2- improved cone of cold
And in the arcane...
2- improved counterspell
This is known as the Fire Shatter Spec. With this build you can force instant pyro's whenever you want. How so you may ask? Quite easilly I do SAY good sir.
step 1- Frost nova your target
step 2- Cast scorch
step 3- Fireblast
These 3 simple steps will give you 2 fire crits which will proc your improved hot streak.
Pay attention to this next step...its very important. Before you use your instant pyro your going to want to freeze your target in place AGAIN with cone of cold. This should give you a nice crit with pyroblast. Which will also put a sweet, juicy burning sensation known as ignite on your target. Then you will use combustion. That is the basic idea on how we kill people in pvp. I will put up more class specific strategies at a later time.
Glyphs
Prime:
Living Bomb
Mage Armor
Pyroblast
Major:
Polymorph
Frost Armor
Evocation
Minor:
Player choice
That is all for talents and glyphs. Next week I will go over stat priorities and have a class strategy guide ready!
Your Favorite Mage,
Tanic
so what about the DOT damage it will remove the freeze effect?
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