Arcane mage pve guide

[rocket1]

Talents setup

Basically as arcane your talents should look something like this 57/3/11. The World of Warcraft Armory
You can play around with the 57 in arcane. There are different options you may find more suitable for you.

Armor/Glyphs
Thanks to the increase of spirit on our gear, the T9 2-piece set bonus, and the glyph, Molten Armor is the only choice for any raiding mage atm.

Glyphs are pretty straight forward: Glyph of Arcane Blast, Glyph of Arcane Missiles, and Glyph of Molten Armor. And the minors well... get what you want not to much special about them.

Rotation
The rotation is pretty simple.
-Always start with FOUR Arcane Blasts (this stacks the damage buff to full)
-IF Missile Barrage DOES proc, cast Arcane Missiles
-IF Missile Barrage DOES NOT proc, continue casting Arcane Blast until it does, THEN cast Arcane Missiles
Evocation is your friend. Very low cooldown so mana should be no issue.
I also recommend using Veins, Arcane Power, Mirror Image, any on-use trinkets, and Presence of Mind at the beginnings of fights just so if its a long fight you can use them again either mid fight or near the end.

Stats
The following is a list of all mage stats in order of effectiveness
spell hit rating (to cap which is 164 with talent i do belive) > spell damage > spell haste rating > spell crit rating > intellect > spell penetration

Addons
The only addons i typically use while raiding on my mage are:
Mage alert-Tells you when you get your procs as any mage spec (MageAlert - Addons - Curse)
Decursive-sounds as is dispels curses (Decursive - Addons - Curse)

I hope this helps some mages

[Reflection]

Spell Penetration is useless as pve, skip it entirely.
The hit cap for arcane mages is:
Without further aid, they will need 289 hit.

With Heroic Presence, they will need 263 hit.

With Imp FF/Misery, they will need 210 hit.

With both Imp FF/Misery and HP, they will need 184 hit.

164 hit is nowhere even close :x

I'd also like to suggest scorchio2, one of the best addons for a mage.

[nothorde]

you should add that in long fights dont EVER go over 4 stacks of arcane blast, use missles even if you dont have the proc. your wasting almost 2k mana per cast @ 4 stacks.

[Sunblade]

Never cast arcane blast beyond 4-th stack

[huurka]

If it doesn't proc, shouldn't you use Arcane Barrage?

[malakii]

for short fights its better to just keep hitting arcane blast because it has a higher chance of procing missle barrage. on longer fights this might not be a good idea tho.
also i would highly recomend u spec into incanters absorbtion atleast twice, it is very help full consider almost all new fights have fire or frost mechanics, and it works great with the frost warding talent. on twin valks u will constantly have like +1k sp due to everything u absorb.
and as far as addons go scorchio 2 or mage fever are my favorite for tracking procs no matter what spec you are.

[Explisivia]

for short fights its better to just keep hitting arcane blast because it has a higher chance of procing missle barrage. on longer fights this might not be a good idea tho.
also i would highly recomend u spec into incanters absorbtion atleast twice, it is very help full consider almost all new fights have fire or frost mechanics, and it works great with the frost warding talent. on twin valks u will constantly have like +1k sp due to everything u absorb.
and as far as addons go scorchio 2 or mage fever are my favorite for tracking procs no matter what spec you are.

not even in a short fight.. never go over 4th stack of the buff.. waste of mana.

And for addons

Powerauras.. A pain to setup but really neat!

[brsoldier]

it's supose to be a guide, but seems like a discussion...
btw , if when i stack 4 AB and dont proc, i aways use Abarrage

[DisturbingEffect]

I would say, look on WoW eu's forum, pick your class, then look up a stickied guide by blizzard, there is everything in detail.

[huurka]

Class Mechanics - Elitist Jerks is better, in my opinion.