Wow, a guide that isn’t just a priority list but a complete explanation of procs, interactions, rotations, and why you’re pressing the buttons you press. Don’t think I’ve subscribed to a channel faster, really appreciate this sort of in depth guide.
This is the best class guide if seen for a very long time! Wish you would do this awesome work for more classes. This would make so much players much better!!!
I've been playing Arcane my entire time playing WoW and this guide I think has really made it sink for once. Clearly laid out and not an overwhelming amount of information at any one time
Thankyou for the guide, really helped as I am going into TWW as an Arcane Mage so this helped me understand the spec. The UI layout in the video is that available at all as really clean and has no clutter. Many thanks
This video was amazing. I'm returning and wanted to play arcane in the TWW and you made it so much easier to understand. Spellslinger looks so fun, even though I wanted to do sunfury
I'm returning after a long time and everything thing i have watched has been a confusing mess for people who played arcane for the last 4 expansions except for yours. Your walk through was an amazing and easy to follow guide and I feel like I finally understand the first steps. Thank you so much, you saved me hours of staring at if>then flowcharts.
I was so confused on how to run the Arcane mage once they changed it up for TWW. This guide is very simple. Thank you so much man and I subbed by the way.🎉 Awesome video
easiest subscribe i've ever made lol, finally a guide that explains things at a beginners pace and doesn't assume that you know everything from the previous expansion beforehand. I had basically given up on my mage but after this I can't wait to log on and start practicing arcane again. cheers mate :)
I would like to thank you for the guide! As a novice arcane mage, your teaching made me understand how the class works and I'm in love with it! Keep it up!!
First Arcane guide where u are not flooded with abstract Prio Diagrams and have to absolve a PhD before playing, you are also the first one who explained properly WHY we even use the spell Prio and Loop instead of just simply telling u to do so. Good job!
I'm new to your channel, but been playing WoW for years. I totally agree with Vincent down below, the way you explain things are wonderful! I had to subscribe after your video. I have been trying to get out of my comfort zone by playing a new class or spec of a class each X-pac. Just so you know I'm pretty much a one toon person for the entire X-pac, I know I'm weird LoL. Usually just so busy in life, trying to gear up and do everything I need to do to be competitive I only have time for one toon. I choose mage and have to tell you was feeling overwhelmed with guides I saw before yours. Focused on Sun Fury, cause it looks so kool and fun to play and maybe frostfire, then I came across your video & was like hmmmm we will see what this guy says about arcane, but not really planned on playing arcane, but man you sold me! One guy I saw said you should master each mage spec encase you need to switch. I haven't found a really good guide for the others yet but Im going to give arcane a shot, Thank you for that good sir! :)
Thank you so much! One of my goals of this channel is to encourage people to try Arcane by teaching moldable fundamentals. So, even if you disagree with some of the talent choices or spell priorities, you gain an understanding of how the spec functions. Like what is at it's core. I am excited for you on your journey to explore Arcane Mage!
Amazing guide. I used to love arcane mage in legion, then switched mains. Wanted to come back to mage in s3 dragonflight so I watched an “arcane mage for beginners” and it was so overwhelming with all the procs and micromanagement that I was turned off it. After seeing this, I’m going to try it as a main alt in tww
I've mained mage for a long time but never played Arcane more than testing it for a short while. I thought I'd try it in TWW since it's so hyped and looked up written guides and videos but everything was incredibly convoluted and complicated until I found this. Thank you for this video and actually taking the time explaining the loop, explaining why you'd want to do them in a certain order, and so on, instead of saying "Well you have to do A, then B, but if C has X stacks then A is worthless since B affects A with Y stacks in case Z stacks is applied on C so you'd do A A B but NOT C, C, A since that'd ruin D" like most of the other guides do. Subscribed :)
Hope you continue to make your content in this fashion. Even if you're not telling people the best build, I find that you explain the interactions of skills and passives better than most anyone I've found for any class. As a casual player I struggled for a long time this expansion to do even moderate damage as arcane until I found your How to Arcane mage: Basics video. More than tell me the optimal talent path. it gave me a good idea of when to push each button and more importantly WHY I was pushing each button. I've found myself actually improving by working on the basic rotation you've shown in that video and am looking forward to using your videos throughout TWW. I wish there were more people who made videos about the basics of classes and how and why their rotations work. thanks again
I`ve been thinking about start playinh mage and I had my doubs between frost and arcane but since I don`t know how to use any, your video helped me to understand arcane I`m eager to played it now to see if I can do things right, thanks for you video.
Love the guide, and your enthusiasm for arcane! I played arcane in legion and enjoyed it, didn't get my PhD to play DF arcane, but this looks super fun.
I’ve always mained frost but for DF arcane I feel like needing to look so far ahead with evocation - and if touch of the magi got out of sync with evocation and surge you were kind of permanently f*cked. Also just a lot of rotational things to keep up - coulda figured it out just never put in the time.
@@mellowsunset7730 I understand. I would like to make a comparison of mages from DF to TWW using an analogy of playing a card game with friends at a party: In DF; Fire mage felt like a card game of GO FISH. Everyone knew the rules and it was a reliable form of fun. Frost mages on the other hand was more of a game of poker, where some days you win with strategy and others you win from dumb luck. Arcane felt like building a house of cards in the eye of a tornado. People questioned your motives, but you had equal parts fun and aggravation and regret. But in TWW; the fun factor feels equal. Like you tell your fellow party goers, "I'm down for whatever game you want to play." because the options feel equally fun to everyone. As a side note, I often do not know if the message I'm trying to convey is being presented properly or clearly. For some reason, for me, explaining things is best done through a story of sorts. So I apologize in advance.
@@ArcaneBrillianceMagemandaFire is definitely go fish- but for some reason despite the IDEA being relatively straight forward I could never make it work - especially in M+ I felt like I got into my damage windows too slow and things were already dead or I didn’t have my charges and cooldowns when I needed them because they were spent too soon. Frost felt like Black Jack. It was you vs the dealer, the rules were clear and you played with what you got. Sometimes you got lucky (procs) and sometimes you’d bust (no procs). Arcane was like poker, as an amateur, at a high stakes table, in Vegas, with professionals, while 10000s of people are screaming and throwing stuff at you to distract you. You know the rules, at least in theory, but not only do you have to manage the rules but you have to manage and read everyone else at the table because how they play and bet affects what you need and a bluff (mistiming a cooldown > movement > encounter timer) could throw you off and send ya spiraling.
You are my favourite UA-camr for mage guides! You helped me get started with Frost a few months back (first time playing retail) and swapped to Arcane recently. Coming from Classic I found this can all be quite overwhelming, but your video pacing and simple explanations are brilliant. Especially with the “when you see X, think Y” analogies. Thank you mate! 🧙 Do you have a link or recommendations for setting up your UI like in the video?
Fantastic video. Really informative. Regarding charges. Should I be waiting until I get clearcasting before casting barrage, or shall I jist let it fly at 4 charges irrelevant. And, should I always wait for 4 charges for barage, or wait can you let them fly at 3?. Thanks for your content. I've decided to give arcane a go
That's awesome you want to give arcane a whirl! Your charges are like strength, so get 4 and release, if you're using magis spark with this situation, you can shoot the barrage at 4, then capture it with spark/touch, then spend clearcasting. Leaving you with blast to finish the minigame. Preheat goes over this same concept in his recent video as well.
Great guide and explanation honestly one of the best out there, insta sub no questions asked, though if I may request if you can make a quick guide for the UI and the add ons/scripts used if any thanks again mate
Thanks! I have a couple of UI specific videos you may like: The below is similar to my current UI (It moves around from time to time) ua-cam.com/video/NcIbIdBqVR8/v-deo.htmlsi=ExfDvVAHD586lMPQ&t=1 and ua-cam.com/video/0PgmWeeWDEs/v-deo.htmlsi=rczyXiJbLrMesiOG The UI used in the video is not a practical UI to use. It was only for simplifying the visuals for the viewer.
What a refreshingly unique and authentic take on wow content creation. The blend of calming, simple delivery with subtle doses of a very specific sense of humor resonates with me deeply. Excited for more.
Thank you so much. I'm about ready to turn in for the night and this is the last comment I will read before dozing off. I wish you a pleasant evening as well!
What a wonderful Arcane mage guide. After soo many years playing in my spare time, I finally rolled such a mage. It may just be me, but if Mr Rogers was a youtuber launching videos on how to play a Arcane mage this is what he would sound like..lol. Ty for this video. Your voice and the background music is like Therapy. I may have a new Main character here.
@scramman That was such a nice thing to say. I'm happy you got something out of it. And for some reason, my subscribers refer to me as a "young Bob Ross", definitely not a self appointed title. That was an amazing human and legendary teacher. I'm just a guy smashing buttons! 😀
maaaan, I missed your videos on the arcane mage.... Your videos are always so well done, if you have a Twitch channel I will subscribe now without hesitation
@@ArcaneBrillianceMagemanda no joke, as soon as you have your twitch channel let people know, I want to be the first to support your channel. I learned so much thanks to your videos as a beginner mage and this will be my way of thanking you
@VoodooConnection thank you for your support. I'll look into it today to see what I can get going without having my computer explode. I wrote your name down so I can reach out with my findings!
@@ArcaneBrillianceMagemanda Yes i try to remake it in edit mode but it keeps showing me unimportant stuff like Arcane Intellect?`How do you split these?
Great vid! I was planning to main a mage this expansion but I am already having second thoughts. During prepatch there are times when Clearcasting won't proc and I keep using Arcane Blast (with all active charges) and this devastates my mana (it easily drops to 20%). During a fight against Ragnaros I had to do like 12-14 Arcane Blasts in order for Clearcasting to proc. Especially when Surge is on cooldown, I can easily run out of mana. Visually it looks great but I may stick with my DH.... or try Fire Mage
Arcane mage looks to be so much fun in TWW and I might end up maining one. Excellent guide and I love the pacing, but most of all, I love that you explain not only the how, but the why(this is the most important part of any tutorial/guide to me).
Finally gave up - put everything I had into trying to get better at Arcane Mage, with all that effort and the aim to be average the best I could achieve is bottom 3%. No idea why - so I've stopped doing group stuff now. A lot more relaxed not having to put huge effort into no returns.
One of the things that I've always disliked about Arcane Mage (which would be my preferred spec due to class fantasy) has been that the guides on the internet basically say (i'm paraphrasing hard here) that you'll do crap damage generally except for a window of 20-seconds or so when you have to perform a perfectly timed ballet of a dozen different abilities in a hyper-specific order taking advantage of quirks of the engine and how it interacts with internet latency and the lag of communication between your PC and the server, after which you have to settle for doing crap damage again for a minute or so before you're ready to be a real damage-dealer again. It's actually put me off playing mage for several expansions. This is why your talent build is such a breath of fresh air - this video, along with some of your mythic+ gameplay videos make the spec seem so fun - and you're NOT USING EVOCATION. Every guide I see online has Evocation listed as a mandatory talent for all content. I wonder if the conventional wisdom (using evocation as a DPS cooldown to be timed with Touch of the magi and Arcane Surge) is simply unaware of the viability of a build that lacks evocation or if not talenting into it is gimping your damage potential in a not-insignificant way? Curious as to your thoughts as I lack the skill in game or on a spreadsheet to really analyze/theorycraft this.
Thank you for watching! I think that people are aware of different builds being able to complete top end mythics, or at least the top that would yield gear (like doing a 28 is the same as doing a 20), but it's not the best. And I personally feel it has become an obsession to be best, and to stay competitive in the DPS field. I know if that's your environment, like a mythic raiding guild, your goal is to exploit every resource to dish out DPS. If that is your goal and what you derive pleasure from, by all means. But to me personally, it becomes work. You clock in at the ready check, and do the same thing over and over. If you mess up the rotation in the slightest, and the mage next to you didn't, well, that could mean the difference in whether or not you get to go to the next raid. No one wants to be on the bottom of the meter - that's the common idea. But there will always be a bottom person. So who cares who's on bottom? On a personal, personal note: I think sometimes people are pressured into proving themselves. And we can just hard stop on that statement right there. You don't have to prove yourself to anyone. No body! We get lost in this turbulent sea of expectations and standards we lose sight of why you even logged on in the first place. For a lot of us, it's to have fun. Your fun. Not what other people want you to do. Not the rotation that must be executed perfectly. Not the haters telling you to reroll. But fun. Plain and simple. I was recently contacted on Discord by a viewer wanting to improve their gameplay. So I dedicated some time in beta to help them understand the flow of arcane. Our conversation began with me asking "what do you want out of this spec"? And their answer about brought me to tears. They said "I love casting arcane blast because it looks cool, but I run outta mana. I want to shoot out more splinters, because they are a pretty animation. And I don't want a lot of buttons to press." DPS wasn't even mentioned until we addressed some of their end goals for the spec. Some of those goals included running higher stuff with their friends. So, we worked together on a spec that combined a nudge in the DPS direction, as well as helping them form a rotation that maximized how many blasts and splinters they could produce. So DPS was a secondary condition. And to me, that was a breath of fresh air. I stood there almost stunned. 'More focused on fun than DPS?' I thought. Ultimately, a sim and theorycrafting will eventually make you the best player in WoW. But it may not make you happy. And I think that sentiment translates well outside of the game as well.
@@ArcaneBrillianceMagemanda Amazing response and thank you for that. I can't express adequately how much that resonates with me. I main a protection paladin (and have done so since vanilla, same character even) and my class fantasy - what I found fun - was protecting my allies. And if they get hurt, I can heal them. So this expansion, I decided to make my own spec with the talents that *I* found fun. My guild is long-since broken up, so any competitive end-game content I do is with PUGs. My thought is - these may be strangers, but they're strangers who are trusting me to keep them alive and time these M+ keystones. With that in mind, my spec focused on personal survivability and healing/cleansing/protecting the other group members. If I could sacrifice a talent that increased my personal damage, but it allowed me to take a talent that made it easier for me to stay alive or to keep my allies alive, I did it. I ended up getting keystone master. I timed 95% of all the keys I attempted. Competitive players absolutely reviled against it - some even accused me of griefing or intentionally ruining the chances of the party to time keystones and threatened to report me. I just had a different playstyle than the meta, and it worked really well, in my opinion. Maybe I didn't have my wings up as often as the meta build, my judgments didn't hit as hard, etc. But my Word of Glory off-heals could basically full-heal an ally at the drop of a hat.
@Thaddeus9287 Thank you for sharing your story. I tell people, "You do you" and in my mind I end it with, 'because who else could you be but yourself?'
I cant even remember the last time i fully watched a video this length 😅 great video my guy and thanks for the super easy to follow walkthrough. Much appreciated🙏 and take my sub!
This really is all quite good. I am going to put this up in our discord for our newbie mages to learn from. We have many in our guild who want to run Arcane and try to I personally main frost so this was very informative to me as well. Wondering if you offer coaching or classes? Would gladly pay you to come in share screen with them and sit down with those interested in my guild . Will happily contribute to your patreon also.
@Progenyvampire I'm glad you got something out of the video. I also appreciate you sharing with your friends! I have helped others understand the spec and would be happy to help anyone! Free of charge. The patreon is just for generous folks who want to directly improve the quality of videos. My Battletag is in the channel description. So toss me a friend request, or send me a letter in game and we can set something up. This sounds fun!
thank you for the video. Theyre ripping you to shreds in the mage discord, but to be honest, theyre a bunch of extremely self important children who hate when people try to help out. This video explained the current rotation in a way i can understand, and i think you should keep making videos(even if i deviated a bit from this after i finally understood it. ) keep it up
@@ViolinVoid thanks for watching! Preheat put up a similar video after I did that covers very similar ideas. ua-cam.com/video/1Q0xCYSZIMo/v-deo.htmlsi=zMsK4JJ4_nPz38h2
Hello, very explanatory guide, thanks for that! I'm gonna shotout your channel at my MDI debut lol. One question I'd like to ask, I don't seem to understand when it happens, why it happens. Sometimes Arcane Missiles fire to multiple tagerts, and it may be a proc, but I don't think I can do it constantly, can you please explain what should I look out for that to happen?
@TheReapper32 You are referring to a Aether Attunement, the purple swirly buff. After you consume clearcasting 3 times, your fourth missle clearcasting will spread like you were seeing.
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An arcane mage guide that is actually understandable for anyone who isnt already an expert - unlike the majority of guides out there. 😂Thanks!
@@aca99da thanks!
I second this.
How to play Mage, with Bob Ross. Love it.
Bob Ross was a legend. I'm just some dude with a mouse and keyboard 😜
ahahahah so so so true very well said
The way you explain things is just simply excellent.
@vincentvanouytsel2979 that was a very kind thing to say. You must be a kind person!
Wow, a guide that isn’t just a priority list but a complete explanation of procs, interactions, rotations, and why you’re pressing the buttons you press. Don’t think I’ve subscribed to a channel faster, really appreciate this sort of in depth guide.
@seth3681 thank you very much. I can't wait to see where these tools take you!
Other channels swear they're keeping it simple, they need to watch this
This is hands down the best guide I have ever watched in my 18 years of playing WoW
@@yeezy1994 Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I totally agree with you, yeezy.
This is the best class guide if seen for a very long time! Wish you would do this awesome work for more classes. This would make so much players much better!!!
Thanks, young Bob Ross
Hands down the best and most enjoyable tutorial I've ever watched. You're like Mr Rogers of mage!
@@codykram Thank you!
I've been playing Arcane my entire time playing WoW and this guide I think has really made it sink for once. Clearly laid out and not an overwhelming amount of information at any one time
@@Randompersonnumber3 I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊
I very rarely comment on stuff, but you deserve all credit!
Amazing guide and the way u explain is just on another level.
Thank you!
@@MegaJanzon Thanks! I'm glad you spoke up!
Thankyou for the guide, really helped as I am going into TWW as an Arcane Mage so this helped me understand the spec.
The UI layout in the video is that available at all as really clean and has no clutter.
Many thanks
@@NikumbaUK the ui does not contain add-ons. It was set up as a visual aid
Easily the best rotation guide I've ever seen. Fantastic job!
Thank you!
This is the greatest how to video I ever seen. Got Dayum Genius. You sir, are a hero. Also, the Mr. Rogers feels its crazy.
Rank 1 MAGE TEACHER. Wauw.. speechless how Great this is. Much appreciated!!❤❤
@@Nimthak93 Thanks for breaking your silence for that heartfelt comment!
This video was amazing. I'm returning and wanted to play arcane in the TWW and you made it so much easier to understand. Spellslinger looks so fun, even though I wanted to do sunfury
holy shit u just made this so easy to understand not like the other guides where i feel i need a phd in mage. ty so much
I'm returning after a long time and everything thing i have watched has been a confusing mess for people who played arcane for the last 4 expansions except for yours. Your walk through was an amazing and easy to follow guide and I feel like I finally understand the first steps. Thank you so much, you saved me hours of staring at if>then flowcharts.
Thank you for watching 👀
Thank you so much for your calm and easy to understand guides!
Glad you like them!
I was so confused on how to run the Arcane mage once they changed it up for TWW. This guide is very simple. Thank you so much man and I subbed by the way.🎉 Awesome video
@@YoungKT2389 Thanks!
Once again, the best class guide on the internet. You win, Sir.
easiest subscribe i've ever made lol, finally a guide that explains things at a beginners pace and doesn't assume that you know everything from the previous expansion beforehand. I had basically given up on my mage but after this I can't wait to log on and start practicing arcane again. cheers mate :)
@@Pragmaticize love it!
I would like to thank you for the guide! As a novice arcane mage, your teaching made me understand how the class works and I'm in love with it! Keep it up!!
You're very welcome!
Awesome! I'm going to play arcane mage just because of your tutorials!
Great video, helps me a lot as a new arcane mage! Thank you so much!
@@Manta518 You're welcome! And thanks for watching 👀
Want to start Arcane mage at TWW, feels like I came to the right place! Thank you for this amazing guide! :D
You are the best teacher ! Now I need a video on how to set up my UI
love you man, that is so clear... thanks for that and please continue what you are doin
You got it!
A Million times better for people new to arcane than preheats guides, and i like your vibes way better!
@@Mr.ringe1 thanks. Everyone learns a little differently. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. I'm planning to play this spec in TWW so im looking forward to more of your vidoes
Hey just wanted to say thanks a ton for making this video. it really helped my grasp arcane and ive been having a ton of fun with it!
@@Potato_Birdi Thanks!
Excellent guide as someone who is looking to main arcane mage, I appreciate this!
Thanks! I like your dog.
First Arcane guide where u are not flooded with abstract Prio Diagrams and have to absolve a PhD before playing, you are also the first one who explained properly WHY we even use the spell Prio and Loop instead of just simply telling u to do so. Good job!
@OriginGaming2 Thank you so much! I take your feedback to heart, and implement it in future videos. So thanks 😊
There are so many channels with poor structure and explanation. But this is exactly what I was looking for. Subbed 👌🏻
@@DudeWheresMyCardz Nice!
I'm new to your channel, but been playing WoW for years. I totally agree with Vincent down below, the way you explain things are wonderful! I had to subscribe after your video. I have been trying to get out of my comfort zone by playing a new class or spec of a class each X-pac. Just so you know I'm pretty much a one toon person for the entire X-pac, I know I'm weird LoL. Usually just so busy in life, trying to gear up and do everything I need to do to be competitive I only have time for one toon. I choose mage and have to tell you was feeling overwhelmed with guides I saw before yours. Focused on Sun Fury, cause it looks so kool and fun to play and maybe frostfire, then I came across your video & was like hmmmm we will see what this guy says about arcane, but not really planned on playing arcane, but man you sold me! One guy I saw said you should master each mage spec encase you need to switch. I haven't found a really good guide for the others yet but Im going to give arcane a shot, Thank you for that good sir! :)
Thank you so much! One of my goals of this channel is to encourage people to try Arcane by teaching moldable fundamentals. So, even if you disagree with some of the talent choices or spell priorities, you gain an understanding of how the spec functions. Like what is at it's core. I am excited for you on your journey to explore Arcane Mage!
Amazing guide. I used to love arcane mage in legion, then switched mains. Wanted to come back to mage in s3 dragonflight so I watched an “arcane mage for beginners” and it was so overwhelming with all the procs and micromanagement that I was turned off it.
After seeing this, I’m going to try it as a main alt in tww
@@davidruggiero9538 Awesome! I'm glad you got something from it.
Awesome Vid. Inspiered to try in on my almost 80 mage. ty
I've mained mage for a long time but never played Arcane more than testing it for a short while. I thought I'd try it in TWW since it's so hyped and looked up written guides and videos but everything was incredibly convoluted and complicated until I found this.
Thank you for this video and actually taking the time explaining the loop, explaining why you'd want to do them in a certain order, and so on, instead of saying "Well you have to do A, then B, but if C has X stacks then A is worthless since B affects A with Y stacks in case Z stacks is applied on C so you'd do A A B but NOT C, C, A since that'd ruin D" like most of the other guides do. Subscribed :)
@booooman Thanks! And thank you for taking the time to give me feedback. It helps me know what I'm doing right and wrong. 😀
Very well done, this is going to be very helpful for players that want to delve into the arts of the Arcane.
@lynk8970 thank you 😀 Hopefully people will find arcane more approachable!
I've spent all of Dragonflight looking for help on Arcane Mage ... I sucked all expansion.
Thanks for finally giving me some excellent guidance.
@@Craznar I'm sorry you didn't find this channel sooner. But I'm glad you finally did!
I love my Arcane mage, but alas , I'm terrible at it. you have really helped me understand the rotation better tytyty
@kellypeterson6406 that's wonderful news! Hopefully you can rekindle your relationship with arcane! But not too much, or you'll be a fire mage. 🔥
Thank you for the guide, very helpful!
Well, this is by far the best rotation video I have ever seen.
@@marclamy364 thanks!
Hope you continue to make your content in this fashion. Even if you're not telling people the best build, I find that you explain the interactions of skills and passives better than most anyone I've found for any class. As a casual player I struggled for a long time this expansion to do even moderate damage as arcane until I found your How to Arcane mage: Basics video. More than tell me the optimal talent path. it gave me a good idea of when to push each button and more importantly WHY I was pushing each button. I've found myself actually improving by working on the basic rotation you've shown in that video and am looking forward to using your videos throughout TWW. I wish there were more people who made videos about the basics of classes and how and why their rotations work. thanks again
@@DeImortales Thank you. My video roadmap and content will remain unchanged.
This is an amazing video for understanding arcane mage as a newbie
@@BudoBoy0007 Great! I'm glad you learned something useful!
The guides I always enjoy most. Thank you so much! Great stuff
Glad you liked it!
I`ve been thinking about start playinh mage and I had my doubs between frost and arcane but since I don`t know how to use any, your video helped me to understand arcane I`m eager to played it now to see if I can do things right, thanks for you video.
@@josedavidrosalesrios9197 I look forward to seeing your progress!
Love the guide, and your enthusiasm for arcane! I played arcane in legion and enjoyed it, didn't get my PhD to play DF arcane, but this looks super fun.
@@mellowsunset7730 thank you. To better help me teach, can you elaborate on what you felt made arcane hard in DF?
I’ve always mained frost but for DF arcane I feel like needing to look so far ahead with evocation - and if touch of the magi got out of sync with evocation and surge you were kind of permanently f*cked. Also just a lot of rotational things to keep up - coulda figured it out just never put in the time.
@@mellowsunset7730 I understand. I would like to make a comparison of mages from DF to TWW using an analogy of playing a card game with friends at a party:
In DF; Fire mage felt like a card game of GO FISH. Everyone knew the rules and it was a reliable form of fun. Frost mages on the other hand was more of a game of poker, where some days you win with strategy and others you win from dumb luck. Arcane felt like building a house of cards in the eye of a tornado. People questioned your motives, but you had equal parts fun and aggravation and regret.
But in TWW; the fun factor feels equal. Like you tell your fellow party goers, "I'm down for whatever game you want to play." because the options feel equally fun to everyone.
As a side note, I often do not know if the message I'm trying to convey is being presented properly or clearly. For some reason, for me, explaining things is best done through a story of sorts. So I apologize in advance.
@@ArcaneBrillianceMagemandaFire is definitely go fish- but for some reason despite the IDEA being relatively straight forward I could never make it work - especially in M+ I felt like I got into my damage windows too slow and things were already dead or I didn’t have my charges and cooldowns when I needed them because they were spent too soon.
Frost felt like Black Jack. It was you vs the dealer, the rules were clear and you played with what you got. Sometimes you got lucky (procs) and sometimes you’d bust (no procs).
Arcane was like poker, as an amateur, at a high stakes table, in Vegas, with professionals, while 10000s of people are screaming and throwing stuff at you to distract you. You know the rules, at least in theory, but not only do you have to manage the rules but you have to manage and read everyone else at the table because how they play and bet affects what you need and a bluff (mistiming a cooldown > movement > encounter timer) could throw you off and send ya spiraling.
This is so well explained, thank you!
@@XxQuiiQuii I'm glad you got something out of it!
You are my favourite UA-camr for mage guides!
You helped me get started with Frost a few months back (first time playing retail) and swapped to Arcane recently.
Coming from Classic I found this can all be quite overwhelming, but your video pacing and simple explanations are brilliant.
Especially with the “when you see X, think Y” analogies.
Thank you mate! 🧙
Do you have a link or recommendations for setting up your UI like in the video?
The following is the UI used in the video:
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not for sure if that will work though :(
Omg!! Thank you for this information. I might actually be able to play mage now!! 😮
You're welcome. And I think you can play mage. If you have trouble, just let me know.
Your video has given me the courage to try arcane mage once again 😂 Thank you
@@MH9o4-k4b go get it!
Fantastic video. Really informative. Regarding charges. Should I be waiting until I get clearcasting before casting barrage, or shall I jist let it fly at 4 charges irrelevant. And, should I always wait for 4 charges for barage, or wait can you let them fly at 3?. Thanks for your content. I've decided to give arcane a go
That's awesome you want to give arcane a whirl! Your charges are like strength, so get 4 and release, if you're using magis spark with this situation, you can shoot the barrage at 4, then capture it with spark/touch, then spend clearcasting. Leaving you with blast to finish the minigame. Preheat goes over this same concept in his recent video as well.
Best explanation video ever!
@mmbabineaux hey, thanks!
Love this guide! Subscribed!
@@maggieynwa Thanks!
insanely good guide mate🔥
Holy shit man, this still seems advanced as fck.
@@ImSimpleSam I did add in some more nuanced things, but focus on the core 3 spells and how they work. Then branch out from there. :)
Great guide and explanation honestly one of the best out there, insta sub no questions asked, though if I may request if you can make a quick guide for the UI and the add ons/scripts used if any thanks again mate
Thanks! I have a couple of UI specific videos you may like:
The below is similar to my current UI (It moves around from time to time)
ua-cam.com/video/NcIbIdBqVR8/v-deo.htmlsi=ExfDvVAHD586lMPQ&t=1
and
ua-cam.com/video/0PgmWeeWDEs/v-deo.htmlsi=rczyXiJbLrMesiOG
The UI used in the video is not a practical UI to use. It was only for simplifying the visuals for the viewer.
Amazing guide, seriously it's perfect with a big P.
Mate, im from Spain, my english is so bad but your guide and how u explain this is incredible
Congratz
@@CoreMsK gracias por ver!
@@ArcaneBrillianceMagemanda
So we spam barrage with 2 charges until 35% enemy HP? Or we do normal rotation and stack 4 charges in to spend?
@@CoreMsK try to barrage when you have 4 charges
Only two minutes into your video and I've already subscribed.
@ipromiseidontworktogetpeop9417 awe, thank you friend 🧡
Lol same
What a refreshingly unique and authentic take on wow content creation. The blend of calming, simple delivery with subtle doses of a very specific sense of humor resonates with me deeply. Excited for more.
Thank you so much. I'm about ready to turn in for the night and this is the last comment I will read before dozing off. I wish you a pleasant evening as well!
This video is amazing nice work
@@sk3ddi945 Thank you!
Incredibly good video!
The bob ross of mage guides lol 🙌🏼
@@stevemachnp21 lol! You folks are silly. I love it!
What a wonderful Arcane mage guide. After soo many years playing in my spare time, I finally rolled such a mage. It may just be me, but if Mr Rogers was a youtuber launching videos on how to play a Arcane mage this is what he would sound like..lol. Ty for this video. Your voice and the background music is like Therapy. I may have a new Main character here.
@scramman That was such a nice thing to say. I'm happy you got something out of it. And for some reason, my subscribers refer to me as a "young Bob Ross", definitely not a self appointed title. That was an amazing human and legendary teacher. I'm just a guy smashing buttons! 😀
maaaan, I missed your videos on the arcane mage.... Your videos are always so well done, if you have a Twitch channel I will subscribe now without hesitation
@VoodooConnection thanks for watching, and no twitch yet. But it's on my to-do-list after I upgrade my potato computer.
@@ArcaneBrillianceMagemanda no joke, as soon as you have your twitch channel let people know, I want to be the first to support your channel. I learned so much thanks to your videos as a beginner mage and this will be my way of thanking you
@VoodooConnection thank you for your support. I'll look into it today to see what I can get going without having my computer explode. I wrote your name down so I can reach out with my findings!
Update as promised: It appears I can link my twitch account to my recording software. I need to set up a scene and test it. I'll keep you posted!
Tech test tonight!
www.twitch.tv/arcanebrilliancemagemanda/schedule?seriesID=c1fffe8d-544e-4d43-9af3-8f790da1a946
This was the most relaxed and smooth explanation on how to play arcane, brilliant, love it ❤
Great Video! Whats the WeakAura you are using plz?
Thanks for watching! I don't use a WA. You may be referring to my buff bar situated above my spells.
@@ArcaneBrillianceMagemanda Yes i try to remake it in edit mode but it keeps showing me unimportant stuff like Arcane Intellect?`How do you split these?
@@mokshagames7345 Find the little yellow triangle next to your buffs and click it to collapse or expand your buffs from long/short term buff.
Very good guide, pls do more
@@TheNjyon Thank you so much! I really appreciate your encouragement.
I never seen before, so good guide ❤❤❤❤ GJ m8
@@69ricsko ty!
Its like an original " Bob Ross " :D
@@k_sy1027 lol!
Thanks for keeping things simple and easy to understand. The nuances on the playstyle and exact rotations. You're a hero!
Thank you!
Thank you man.
You Sir are awesome 🤓🥳🥳
@@Riggan201 Thank you for making a stranger smile. Me. 😀
@@ArcaneBrillianceMagemanda same here 😊
Great vid! I was planning to main a mage this expansion but I am already having second thoughts. During prepatch there are times when Clearcasting won't proc and I keep using Arcane Blast (with all active charges) and this devastates my mana (it easily drops to 20%). During a fight against Ragnaros I had to do like 12-14 Arcane Blasts in order for Clearcasting to proc. Especially when Surge is on cooldown, I can easily run out of mana. Visually it looks great but I may stick with my DH.... or try Fire Mage
@@evanskan6326 Thank you for watching, and it might help your mana if you take the Evocation and Mana Familiar talents. Good luck! See you in TWW!
Super solid video. Love it bro good work! Appreciate your work!!
@corydufour5337 thanks!
nice guide. I'm subbing
by far the best Mage guides! Keep this up
@@RealCellstar keeping it real!
incredible guide , and i like your intresting builds . Coming from a firemage :)
@@bquirky23 thanks fellow mage!
Thank you, wise one
This is simply a perfect and easy to follow explanation.
Thank you!
Very well explained
@@EasternOrthodoxG9 thanks!
Arcane mage looks to be so much fun in TWW and I might end up maining one. Excellent guide and I love the pacing, but most of all, I love that you explain not only the how, but the why(this is the most important part of any tutorial/guide to me).
@@OmniInfinity Awesome! I'm happy you got something from it.
dude is WoW's equivalent to Dumbledore, fab video
@johannkaltnerdoliveira2241 thanks! Lol
Finally gave up - put everything I had into trying to get better at Arcane Mage, with all that effort and the aim to be average the best I could achieve is bottom 3%.
No idea why - so I've stopped doing group stuff now. A lot more relaxed not having to put huge effort into no returns.
This was a really excellent guide. 👏👏👏 Looking forward to more mage content!
Thanks!
Nice vid bruh im rlly hiped on the new arcane
@@lgleonardogomes I'm also very excited. If you can't tell.
great teacher great video thank you
@@ourovermelho23 Thanks!
That was super good tutorial. Thanks!!
@@Kankki5 thanks for watching!
One of the things that I've always disliked about Arcane Mage (which would be my preferred spec due to class fantasy) has been that the guides on the internet basically say (i'm paraphrasing hard here) that you'll do crap damage generally except for a window of 20-seconds or so when you have to perform a perfectly timed ballet of a dozen different abilities in a hyper-specific order taking advantage of quirks of the engine and how it interacts with internet latency and the lag of communication between your PC and the server, after which you have to settle for doing crap damage again for a minute or so before you're ready to be a real damage-dealer again.
It's actually put me off playing mage for several expansions.
This is why your talent build is such a breath of fresh air - this video, along with some of your mythic+ gameplay videos make the spec seem so fun - and you're NOT USING EVOCATION. Every guide I see online has Evocation listed as a mandatory talent for all content.
I wonder if the conventional wisdom (using evocation as a DPS cooldown to be timed with Touch of the magi and Arcane Surge) is simply unaware of the viability of a build that lacks evocation or if not talenting into it is gimping your damage potential in a not-insignificant way?
Curious as to your thoughts as I lack the skill in game or on a spreadsheet to really analyze/theorycraft this.
Thank you for watching! I think that people are aware of different builds being able to complete top end mythics, or at least the top that would yield gear (like doing a 28 is the same as doing a 20), but it's not the best. And I personally feel it has become an obsession to be best, and to stay competitive in the DPS field. I know if that's your environment, like a mythic raiding guild, your goal is to exploit every resource to dish out DPS. If that is your goal and what you derive pleasure from, by all means.
But to me personally, it becomes work. You clock in at the ready check, and do the same thing over and over. If you mess up the rotation in the slightest, and the mage next to you didn't, well, that could mean the difference in whether or not you get to go to the next raid.
No one wants to be on the bottom of the meter - that's the common idea. But there will always be a bottom person. So who cares who's on bottom?
On a personal, personal note: I think sometimes people are pressured into proving themselves. And we can just hard stop on that statement right there. You don't have to prove yourself to anyone. No body! We get lost in this turbulent sea of expectations and standards we lose sight of why you even logged on in the first place. For a lot of us, it's to have fun. Your fun. Not what other people want you to do. Not the rotation that must be executed perfectly. Not the haters telling you to reroll. But fun. Plain and simple.
I was recently contacted on Discord by a viewer wanting to improve their gameplay. So I dedicated some time in beta to help them understand the flow of arcane.
Our conversation began with me asking "what do you want out of this spec"? And their answer about brought me to tears.
They said "I love casting arcane blast because it looks cool, but I run outta mana. I want to shoot out more splinters, because they are a pretty animation. And I don't want a lot of buttons to press."
DPS wasn't even mentioned until we addressed some of their end goals for the spec. Some of those goals included running higher stuff with their friends. So, we worked together on a spec that combined a nudge in the DPS direction, as well as helping them form a rotation that maximized how many blasts and splinters they could produce.
So DPS was a secondary condition. And to me, that was a breath of fresh air.
I stood there almost stunned. 'More focused on fun than DPS?' I thought.
Ultimately, a sim and theorycrafting will eventually make you the best player in WoW. But it may not make you happy. And I think that sentiment translates well outside of the game as well.
@@ArcaneBrillianceMagemanda Amazing response and thank you for that. I can't express adequately how much that resonates with me.
I main a protection paladin (and have done so since vanilla, same character even) and my class fantasy - what I found fun - was protecting my allies. And if they get hurt, I can heal them. So this expansion, I decided to make my own spec with the talents that *I* found fun.
My guild is long-since broken up, so any competitive end-game content I do is with PUGs.
My thought is - these may be strangers, but they're strangers who are trusting me to keep them alive and time these M+ keystones. With that in mind, my spec focused on personal survivability and healing/cleansing/protecting the other group members. If I could sacrifice a talent that increased my personal damage, but it allowed me to take a talent that made it easier for me to stay alive or to keep my allies alive, I did it.
I ended up getting keystone master. I timed 95% of all the keys I attempted. Competitive players absolutely reviled against it - some even accused me of griefing or intentionally ruining the chances of the party to time keystones and threatened to report me. I just had a different playstyle than the meta, and it worked really well, in my opinion. Maybe I didn't have my wings up as often as the meta build, my judgments didn't hit as hard, etc. But my Word of Glory off-heals could basically full-heal an ally at the drop of a hat.
@Thaddeus9287 Thank you for sharing your story. I tell people, "You do you" and in my mind I end it with, 'because who else could you be but yourself?'
guy you r a legend
I cant even remember the last time i fully watched a video this length 😅 great video my guy and thanks for the super easy to follow walkthrough. Much appreciated🙏 and take my sub!
Thank you for your time.
This really is all quite good. I am going to put this up in our discord for our newbie mages to learn from. We have many in our guild who want to run Arcane and try to I personally main frost so this was very informative to me as well. Wondering if you offer coaching or classes? Would gladly pay you to come in share screen with them and sit down with those interested in my guild . Will happily contribute to your patreon also.
@Progenyvampire I'm glad you got something out of the video. I also appreciate you sharing with your friends! I have helped others understand the spec and would be happy to help anyone! Free of charge. The patreon is just for generous folks who want to directly improve the quality of videos. My Battletag is in the channel description. So toss me a friend request, or send me a letter in game and we can set something up. This sounds fun!
@@ArcaneBrillianceMagemanda Perfect... sent you an add NightWolf#12524
Holy f... Mate its Brilliant
@voodoo7153 thank you so much!
thank you for the video. Theyre ripping you to shreds in the mage discord, but to be honest, theyre a bunch of extremely self important children who hate when people try to help out. This video explained the current rotation in a way i can understand, and i think you should keep making videos(even if i deviated a bit from this after i finally understood it. ) keep it up
@@ViolinVoid thanks for watching! Preheat put up a similar video after I did that covers very similar ideas.
ua-cam.com/video/1Q0xCYSZIMo/v-deo.htmlsi=zMsK4JJ4_nPz38h2
Please do all the other specs thank you xd, warlock could be fun to see.
Best guide
Hello, very explanatory guide, thanks for that! I'm gonna shotout your channel at my MDI debut lol.
One question I'd like to ask, I don't seem to understand when it happens, why it happens. Sometimes Arcane Missiles fire to multiple tagerts, and it may be a proc, but I don't think I can do it constantly, can you please explain what should I look out for that to happen?
@TheReapper32 You are referring to a Aether Attunement, the purple swirly buff. After you consume clearcasting 3 times, your fourth missle clearcasting will spread like you were seeing.
@@ArcaneBrillianceMagemanda I'm grateful to you, I looked up a lot of guides for that specific thing, never found a thing. Thanks a lot!
@@TheReapper32 😀