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New Mage Covenant Legendaries in Patch 9.1 PTR Build 38312 - Mage Guide Writers Review Effects
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19.04.2021 um 04:42
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New Covenant-Specific Class Legendaries
were discovered for Mages in the first
9.1 PTR build 38312
that arrived on April 13th. Our Mage writers will examine their three new legendaries to see how they compare. Are any of them strong enough to change your legendary or covenant choice?
New Covenant-Specific Legendaries in Patch 9.1 PTR Build 38312
Our Guide Writers have given their thoughts on the new Covenant Specific Legendaries Soulbinds on the Patch 9.1 PTR for Build 38312. Check out their opinions below!
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Mage Covenant Specific Legendaries in Patch 9.1
Kyrian:
Harmonisches Echo
- Damage dealt to enemies affected by
Strahlender Funke
's vulnerability echo to 4 nearby enemies for 25% of the damage dealt.
Necrolord:
Tiefen des Todes
- Your
Feuerball
,
Frostblitz
, and
Arkanschlag
have a chance to grant
Todesgeboren
for 8 sec. While in the form of a skeletal mage the spell damage granted is increased by 1% for each enemy hit by
Feuerball
,
Frostblitz
, and
Arkanschlag
.
Venthyr:
Sündhafte Freuden
- Consuming
Hirnfrost
, a
Feuerschlag
charge,
Freizaubern
reduces
Spiegel der Qual
cooldown by 3 sec. If
Spiegel der Qual
is dispelled the cooldown is reduced by 45 sec.
Arcane Mage Opinion & Feedback
Kyrian -
Harmonisches Echo
Of the three new legendaries that have currently been datamined, one immediately stands out: the Kyrian power,
Harmonisches Echo
, which makes 25% of the damage we deal to a target affected by
Strahlender Funke
cleave onto four nearby enemies. Obviously, this isn't a single-target legendary, but it has huge potential in AoE and Mythic+ content, especially when combined with Forgelite Mikanikos' new trait,
Auslaufender Animabeschleuniger
, which deals AoE damage when we use
Strahlender Funke
and
reduces Spark's cooldown. It looks a little weaker than
Arkane Harmonie
for Kyrian Arcane Mages for now, but time and tuning could change that.
Necrolord -
Tiefen des Todes
Tiefen des Todes
is the new Necrolord legendary, which is semi-okay but suffers from the same problem as
Zeitanomalie
: that is, it could proc at an inconvenient moment (i.e. you're about to move, you're low on mana, you have 0 stacks
Arkane Aufladung
) and the effect would be wasted. It also has an odd interaction with Emeni's
Mit gutem Beispiel vorangehen
: if
Todesgeboren
is already active, the proc will extend its duration by 8 seconds, but won't extend
Mit gutem Beispiel vorangehen
. However, if the legendary effect triggers without
Todesgeboren
being active, you (currently) gain 30 seconds of
Mit gutem Beispiel vorangehen
as if you had used
Todesgeboren
. This is probably unintended behaviour and will likely be fixed before 9.1 goes live. In the same vein, it's currently stacking the 1% damage increase for continually hitting the same target, which the wording would suggest is not the way it's intended to function.
Venthyr -
Sündhafte Freuden
The Venthyr legendary,
Sündhafte Freuden
, is
very
unlikely to enable an extra use of
Spiegel der Qual
between
Arkane Macht
windows, so on early impressions is practically worthless as we always want to align those two spells, and never want to delay Arcane Power.
None of the new legendaries - at current tuning levels - look like they'll change our existing Covenant choices.
Arcane Mage Guide
Fire Mage Opinion & Feedback
In patch 9.1 many new covenant-specific legendary items are being added to the game. The idea of tying covenant to legendaries isn’t something I’m particularly a fan of, but today we are going to go over scenarios where having one of the new legendaries would be valuable while comparing them against existing legendaries. So far we have information for Kyrian, Necrolord, and Venthyr.
Kyrian -
Harmonisches Echo
This legendary enables cleave for nearby targets during the
Strahlender Funke
vulnerability, which lasts for 4 spells. Keep in mind that it only affects 4 targets for 25%. This means that your damage is effectively doubled for the four spells you cast after
Strahlender Funke
so long as there are 4 targets. It's unlikely this legendary will get much use, especially since running it requires being Kyrian.
Beherrschung der Disziplinen
is what Fire Mages run in cleave and I don't see this legendary increasing overall damage by enough to beat it.
Necrolord -
Tiefen des Todes
This legendary has two parts: First there is a 1.25 rppm chance to grant the
Todesgeboren
buff for 8 seconds. Second, each hit from
Feuerball
grants 1% spell damage with no cap. Because
Todesgeboren
causes
Feuerball
to cleave this legendary has potential to be very overpowered in cleave, where it is possible to reach >100 stacks and pop cooldowns as you reach the very end of your
Todesgeboren
buff. Although this legendary requires going Necrolord, I believe if it goes live in its current state it might be well worth swapping. Definitely keep an eye on this one.
Venthyr -
Sündhafte Freuden
Understanding this legendary requires some quick math: if a
Feuerschlag
charge reduces
Spiegel der Qual
cooldown by 3 seconds and on average you cast
Feuerschlag
about 10 times a minute this means we end up with
Spiegel der Qual
coming in at around a one minute cooldown. Since this legendary only affects the cooldown of
Spiegel der Qual
, its strength depends entirely on how strong gaining 30 seconds of cooldown reduction on
Spiegel der Qual
really is. Although having cooldown reduction on
Spiegel der Qual
feels really good, it is very unlikely to beat out
Beherrschung der Disziplinen
in any metric.
Fire Mage Guide
Frost Mage Opinion & Feedback
In patch 9.1 many new covenant-specific legendary items are being added to the game. The idea of tying covenant to legendaries isn’t something I’m particularly a fan of, but today we are going to go over scenarios where having one of the new legendaries would be valuable while comparing them against existing legendaries. So far we have information for Kyrian, Necrolord, and Venthyr.
Kyrian -
Harmonisches Echo
This legendary enables cleave for nearby targets during the
Strahlender Funke
vulnerability, which lasts for 4 spells. Keep in mind that it only affects 4 targets for 25%. This means that your damage is effectively doubled for the four spells you cast after
Strahlender Funke
so long as there are 4 targets. It's unlikely this legendary will get much use since Frost Mage since
Gletscherfragmente
and
Eiskalte Winde
are both already so strong in cleave.
Necrolord -
Tiefen des Todes
This legendary has two parts: First there is a 1.25 rppm chance to grant the
Todesgeboren
buff for 8 seconds. Second, each hit from
Frostblitz
grants 1% spell damage with no cap. Because
Todesgeboren
causes
Frostblitz
to cleave this legendary has potential to be very overpowered in cleave, where it is possible to reach >100 stacks and pop cooldowns as you reach the very end of your
Todesgeboren
buff. As mentioned before, Frost has very strong cleave legendaries with
Gletscherfragmente
and
Eiskalte Winde
but this legendary allows you to set up and funnel huge amounts of damage into a primary target. This legendary very well might make Necrolord the go-to covenant if it goes live the way it is now.
Venthyr -
Sündhafte Freuden
Hirnfrost
reduces
Spiegel der Qual
cooldown by 3 seconds but
Spiegel der Qual
is a bit random aside from the three guaranteed procs. Since this legendary only affects the cooldown of
Spiegel der Qual
, its strength depends entirely on how strong gaining cooldown reduction on
Spiegel der Qual
really is. I believe this legendary has potential to beat out
Rutschiges Eis
in single target, but I doubt it will be competitive in cleave or AoE.
Frost Mage Guide
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