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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 в 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:
Гармоничное эхо
- Damage dealt to enemies affected by
Сияющая искра
's vulnerability echo to 4 nearby enemies for 25% of the damage dealt.
Necrolord:
Постижение смерти
- Your
Огненный шар
,
Ледяная стрела
, and
Чародейская вспышка
have a chance to grant
Дитя смерти
for 8 sec. While in the form of a skeletal mage the spell damage granted is increased by 1% for each enemy hit by
Огненный шар
,
Ледяная стрела
, and
Чародейская вспышка
.
Venthyr:
Греховная отрада
- Consuming
Заморозка мозгов
, a
Огненный взрыв
charge,
Ясность мысли
reduces
Истязающие зеркала
cooldown by 3 sec. If
Истязающие зеркала
is dispelled the cooldown is reduced by 45 sec.
Arcane Mage Opinion & Feedback
Kyrian -
Гармоничное эхо
Of the three new legendaries that have currently been datamined, one immediately stands out: the Kyrian power,
Гармоничное эхо
, which makes 25% of the damage we deal to a target affected by
Сияющая искра
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,
Бурный акселератор анимы
, which deals AoE damage when we use
Сияющая искра
and
reduces Spark's cooldown. It looks a little weaker than
Чародейская гармония
for Kyrian Arcane Mages for now, but time and tuning could change that.
Necrolord -
Постижение смерти
Постижение смерти
is the new Necrolord legendary, which is semi-okay but suffers from the same problem as
Аномалия времени
: 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
Чародейский заряд
) and the effect would be wasted. It also has an odd interaction with Emeni's
Образец для подражания
: if
Дитя смерти
is already active, the proc will extend its duration by 8 seconds, but won't extend
Образец для подражания
. However, if the legendary effect triggers without
Дитя смерти
being active, you (currently) gain 30 seconds of
Образец для подражания
as if you had used
Дитя смерти
. 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 -
Греховная отрада
The Venthyr legendary,
Греховная отрада
, is
very
unlikely to enable an extra use of
Истязающие зеркала
between
Мощь тайной магии
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 -
Гармоничное эхо
This legendary enables cleave for nearby targets during the
Сияющая искра
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
Сияющая искра
so long as there are 4 targets. It's unlikely this legendary will get much use, especially since running it requires being Kyrian.
Четкий распорядок
is what Fire Mages run in cleave and I don't see this legendary increasing overall damage by enough to beat it.
Necrolord -
Постижение смерти
This legendary has two parts: First there is a 1.25 rppm chance to grant the
Дитя смерти
buff for 8 seconds. Second, each hit from
Огненный шар
grants 1% spell damage with no cap. Because
Дитя смерти
causes
Огненный шар
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
Дитя смерти
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 -
Греховная отрада
Understanding this legendary requires some quick math: if a
Огненный взрыв
charge reduces
Истязающие зеркала
cooldown by 3 seconds and on average you cast
Огненный взрыв
about 10 times a minute this means we end up with
Истязающие зеркала
coming in at around a one minute cooldown. Since this legendary only affects the cooldown of
Истязающие зеркала
, its strength depends entirely on how strong gaining 30 seconds of cooldown reduction on
Истязающие зеркала
really is. Although having cooldown reduction on
Истязающие зеркала
feels really good, it is very unlikely to beat out
Четкий распорядок
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 -
Гармоничное эхо
This legendary enables cleave for nearby targets during the
Сияющая искра
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
Сияющая искра
so long as there are 4 targets. It's unlikely this legendary will get much use since Frost Mage since
Ледяные осколки
and
Ледяные ветра
are both already so strong in cleave.
Necrolord -
Постижение смерти
This legendary has two parts: First there is a 1.25 rppm chance to grant the
Дитя смерти
buff for 8 seconds. Second, each hit from
Ледяная стрела
grants 1% spell damage with no cap. Because
Дитя смерти
causes
Ледяная стрела
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
Дитя смерти
buff. As mentioned before, Frost has very strong cleave legendaries with
Ледяные осколки
and
Ледяные ветра
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 -
Греховная отрада
Заморозка мозгов
reduces
Истязающие зеркала
cooldown by 3 seconds but
Истязающие зеркала
is a bit random aside from the three guaranteed procs. Since this legendary only affects the cooldown of
Истязающие зеркала
, its strength depends entirely on how strong gaining cooldown reduction on
Истязающие зеркала
really is. I believe this legendary has potential to beat out
Скользкий лед
in single target, but I doubt it will be competitive in cleave or AoE.
Frost Mage Guide
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