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All The Mage Class and Legendary Changes in Patch 7.1.5
Criado
13/1/2017 em 12:10
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With Patch 7.1.5 just released, we're having Wowhead Mage Guide writer
Malon
analyze all of the Arcane, Fire, and Frost changes in the patch. Check out his updated
Arcane
,
Fire
, and
Frost
guides on Wowhead!
The updated spec guides on Wowhead also include an overview of what's changed in 7.1.5 and our Demon Hunter guide authors have also written a similar
in-depth post to 7.1.5 Havoc and Vengeance changes
.
Introduction
Patch 7.1.5 brings a variety of buffs and nerfs to the
Mago
class. Let's preface the article by restating one important fact:
Fire is not dead
. It has been brought down, while Arcane and Frost are stronger than they were in 7.1. When asking "What spec should I play in 7.1.5", the answer is simply, "Whichever one you have legendaries for."
So, what's changed?
Class Tools
Arcane
Talents
Honor Talents
Artifact Calc
Espiral da Gravidade
– New legendary. Evocation gains one additional charge.
Summary: A powerful legendary. With the new
Subjugados
and our tier set bonuses, could enable a constant burn playstyle (testing is needed). Overall: :D
Anseio Ardente de Kil'jaeden
– New legendary. An on-use effect that causes a massive explosion around your target, on a relatively short cooldown.
Summary: Extremely powerful for AoE fights.
Kilt Místico do Mestre Rúnico
- Arcane Barrage grants you 3% of your maximum mana per
Cargas Arcanas
spent.
Summary: A 25% nerf does hurt, but the item will still return a decent amount of mana. Rather than a regen tool, this now plays better with simply keeping our mana high. Received an indirect buff with the removal of Quickening in 7.1.5.
Braceleiras de Ataque de Rhonin
-
Mísseis Arcanos
has an 18% chance to make your next
Impacto Arcano
cast within 6 sec cost no mana.
Summary: The amount of
Mísseis Arcanos
procs we receive will increase with our two-piece tier set (
Item - Mage T19 Arcane 2P Bonus
), so Rhonin's was toned down to compensate. This remains our best single target legendary.
Segredo de Sephuz
- Successfully applying a loss of control effect to an enemy, or interrupting, or dispelling any target, grants you 70% increased movement speed and 25% Haste for 10 sec. This effect may occur once every 30 sec.
Summary: A buff in that it can now be activated by
Contrafeitiço
or Spellsteal, but remains very encounter-specific. Weak.
Prydaz, Obra Magna de Xavaric
- Every 30 sec, gain an absorb shield for 25% (15% if tank) of your maximum health for 30 sec.
Summary: As well as the change to increase its activation, the neck now has haste in addition to crit and mastery (although the mastery amount was lowered). A simple but welcome survivability buff.
Predição de Norgannon
- New Effect: Standing still for 8 sec grants you Foresight, allowing you to cast while moving for 5 sec. (Old effect: Your instant cast spells have a chance to trigger Foresight, making your next non-instant cast spell castable while moving.)
Summary: Another welcome change, meaning no more reliance on Arcane Barrage to proc the effect. It is now much more controllable.
Impacto Arcano
,
Mísseis Arcanos
, Arcane Explosion, Arcane Barrage, Supernova,
Tempestade de Éter
– Damage increased by 12%.
Orbe Arcano
– Scaling increased to 500% spell power.
Summary: Makes Orb a much more compelling choice for Mythic+ and AoE.
Mage Armor has been removed.
New Spell:
Barreira Prismática
Summary: A replacement for
Barreira de Gelo
, which also reduces magical damage taken and the duration of magical debuffs. Great stuff. However, it comes at the expense of the removal of Mage Armor, which used to perform a similar function.
Presença de Espírito
: now baseline
Summary: A small damage increase cooldown that can be woven into burst. Use the two instant
Impacto Arcano
s at the end of
Poder Arcano
, before Arcane Barrage.
Amplificação
(new talent) has replaced
Presença de Espírito
.
Summary: A really solid pick, probably the best on this tier.
Cauterizar
and
Ruptura do Gelo
have been removed and replaced with
Turbilhão
and
Escudo de Mana
Summary: The removal of
Cauterizar
is bad for raiding (it was excellent for progression), but
Turbilhão
will help to counter the loss of
Banquisas
. Unfortunately, it competes with
Cintilação
.
Escudo de Mana
is not a strong choice when compared to these two talents.
Runa de Poder
nerfed to a 40% damage increase
Summary: A small but significant nerf, taking Rune down to a level more comparable to the other talents.
Fluxo do Sortílego
is now competitive on movement-heavy fights (i.e. most of Nighthold).
Banquisas
replaced with
Deslocamento Cronológico
Summary: The tier 5 talent row was never a choice:
Banquisas
was clearly the best pick.
Deslocamento Cronológico
is now the same, but only because
Anel Gélido
and
Proteção de Gelo
are so uncompelling for raiding.
Magia Instável
buffed to a 20% chance to activate
Summary: Makes
Magia Instável
a competitive pick for two-to-four target fights. The talent row is now very clear-cut:
Erosão
for one-to-two targets,
Magia Instável
for cleave and
Tempestade de Éter
for AoE.
Subjugados
redesigned to increase damage and lower mana costs by 70% while
Poder Arcano
is active.
Summary: Will dramatically lengthen your burn phase; make sure that you are not at 100% mana before activating
Poder Arcano
(to avoid capping mana). This is the new go-to talent.
Quickening removed and replaced with
Fluxo Temporal
Summary: Completely changes the playstyle of Arcane at high levels to the more traditional ‘Burn and Conserve' that we have played with before.
Fluxo Temporal
has potential but currently results in mana being drained very quickly, so is not recommended.
Escudo de Mana
renamed to Force Barrier. Now applies to
Barreira Prismática
, not
Barreira de Gelo
. Increases damage absorbed by up to 60%.
Summary: A very small nerf. Most people only pick this trait up towards the end of their artifact.
Paramentos do Conhecimento Incandescente
Two piece: Your spells have an additional 5% chance to activate
Mísseis Arcanos
.
Summary: A solid, if boring, tier bonus
Four piece: Casting
Mísseis Arcanos
reduces the remaining cooldown on Evocation by 2.0 sec.
Summary: An extremely strong bonus that plays well with the two piece. Enables more frequent burn phases, but de-syncs Evocation from
Poder Arcano
(although this isn't an issue if taking
Subjugados
).
The number of
Mísseis Arcanos
procs and lower Evocation cooldown from our tier gear, plus
Subjugados
, combine to keep mana high in this patch, which devalues mastery.
The patch 7.1.5 stat priority is (very broadly): Mastery > Versatility = Critical Strike > Haste.
Taking specific talents and gear (as above) changes this priority.
Magia Instável
likes crit;
Erosão
and
Tempestade de Éter
like haste; but
Fluxo Temporal
plays badly with haste gear. The value of haste rises with tier gear,
Subjugados
and
Espiral da Gravidade
, however. It is best to run your character through SimCraft for yourself.
Arcane is in a great spot for 7.1.5. The new
Subjugados
,
Espiral da Gravidade
legendary and tier bonuses increase the value of haste and enable a much more aggressive playstyle with regards to the burn phase.
Quickening's removal somewhat simplifies the playstyle and may bring new players to the spec, so I'll direct them to the
Arcane Mage guide
.
If you have questions, be sure to visit
Altered Time
or the
Hall of the Guardians
Discord.
Class Tools
Fire
Talents
Honor Talents
Artifact Calc
Tecido de Ignição Pirotéxica
– New legendary.
Chamas da Fênix
reduces the remaining cooldown on
Combustão
by 6 sec.
Summary: Although damage has been moved out of
Combustão
in this patch, this is still a strong legendary (although not the best).
Anseio Ardente de Kil'jaeden
– New legendary. An on-use effect that causes a massive explosion around your target, on a relatively short cooldown.
Summary: Extremely powerful for AoE fights.
Braceletes Renomados do Rei Sol
– After consuming Hot Streak, there is a 15% chance that your next non-instant
Ignimpacto
cast within 15 sec deals 300% additional damage.
Summary: A small lowering to the proc chance is compensated for by a 15% buff to
Ignimpacto
's damage. However, the loss of
Banquisas
makes hard-casting
Ignimpacto
more difficult.
Toque Ardente de Koralon
–
Calcinar
deals 350% increased damage and is a guaranteed Critical Strike against enemies below 30% health.
Summary: Significant buffs have made this legendary much more useful. However, remember that none of our damage-increasing artifact traits interact with
Calcinar
.
Segredo de Sephuz
- Successfully applying a loss of control effect to an enemy, or interrupting or dispelling any target, grants you 70% increased movement speed and 25% Haste for 10 sec. This effect may occur once every 30 sec.
Summary: A buff in that it can now be activated by
Contrafeitiço
or Spellsteal, but remains very encounter-specific. Weak.
Prydaz, Obra Magna de Xavaric
- Every 30 sec, gain an absorb shield for 25% (15% if tank) of your maximum health for 30 sec.
Summary: As well as the change to increase its activation, the neck now has haste in addition to crit and mastery (although the mastery amount was lowered). A simple but welcome survivability buff.
Predição de Norgannon
- New Effect: Standing still for 8 sec grants you Foresight, allowing you to cast while moving for 5 sec. (Old effect: Your instant cast spells have a chance to trigger Foresight, making your next non-instant cast spell castable while moving.)
Summary: Another welcome change, meaning no more reliance on instant spells to proc the effect. It is now much more controllable.
Fireball,
Ignimpacto
,
Calcinar
,
Impacto de Fogo
,
Chamas da Fênix
,
Sopro do Dragão
,
Golpe Flamejante
,
Onda de Impacto
,
Tempestade de Cinzas
,
Meteoro
,
Bomba Viva
– Damage increased by 15%.
Molten Armor has been removed.
New Spell:
Barreira Fulgurante
Summary: A replacement for
Barreira de Gelo
, which also reduces physical damage taken.
Cauterizar
is now baseline for Fire.
Summary: Cauterize is a great ability for progression raiding, and now we aren't forced to choose between it and
Cintilação
.
Combustão
now increases mastery by 50% of our critical strike, down from 100%.
Summary: A change aimed at smoothing our damage dealt, moving it away from cooldowns. Make no mistake, this is a nerf, but it is partly balanced by other changes.
Massa Crítica
now grants a flat 15% increase to our critical strike chance, as well as the 10% increase to critical strike rating.
Summary: A crit buff is never bad for Fire, especially with the changes to crit scaling in 7.1.5.
Incendiário
now affects
Ignimpacto
as well as Fireball, but only applies to enemies above 90% health.
Summary: Mostly useful for Mythic+ dungeons and PvP; there are no raid fights where killing adds is such a high priority that this is worth taking.
Cauterizar
and
Ruptura do Gelo
have been replaced with
Onda de Impacto
and
Alma Fulgurante
.
Summary:
Cintilação
is still the clear winner in this tier.
Onda de Impacto
has changed to be a crowd control spell, while
Alma Fulgurante
is focused on melee range.
Runa de Poder
nerfed to a 40% damage increase
Summary: A small but significant nerf, taking Rune down to a level more comparable to the other talents.
Fluxo do Sortílego
is now competitive on movement-heavy fights (i.e. most of Nighthold).
Onda de Impacto
replaced by
Fúria de Alexstrasza
on tier 4.
Summary: Makes
Sopro do Dragão
even stronger for AoE, but
Queimando
is still superior.
Queimando
is now a passive that increases
Impacto de Fogo
charges by one and lowers the cooldown by two seconds.
Summary: Still the go-to talent. You will (almost) always have a
Impacto de Fogo
when needed, and still get the same number of
Impacto de Fogo
casts during
Combustão
.
Queima Controlada
buffed to 20%, from 10%.
Summary: Now more competitive on AoE fights, if you don't have
Diadema do Fogo de Dragão de Darckli
.
Banquisas
replaced with
Velocidade Frenética
Summary: Like
Deslocamento Cronológico
for Arcane,
Velocidade Frenética
is the best choice on this tier, but only because of the weakness of
Anel Gélido
and
Proteção de Gelo
. The removal of
Banquisas
turns
Calcinar
into our default movement spell.
Área em Chamas
increased from 25% to 30%
Summary:
Área em Chamas
is now the strongest spell on this row for AoE up to five or six targets (Mythic+ dungeons are a specialty!). Flame Patch received a 17% nerf in a hotfix, but still fills its intended niche.
Meteoro
's scaling buffed to 1,100% spellpower (from 562.5%) and
Tempestade de Cinzas
buffed to 65% (from 58%).
Summary:
Meteoro
now appears to be the best single-target ability, and
Tempestade de Cinzas
for cleave and AoE.
Archote
was indirectly nerfed due to the nerf of
Combustão
and reduced crit rate on Fireball.
Encantamento Pirético
nerfed from a 5% crit damage increase to 2% per stack.
Summary: Another nerf taking damage out of
Combustão
.
Pele Derretida
now applies to
Barreira Fulgurante
, not
Barreira de Gelo
. Reduces physical damage taken by up to 15%.
Summary: A very small nerf. Most people only pick this trait up towards the end of their artifact.
Paramentos do Conhecimento Incandescente
Two piece:
Pirotecnia
provides an additional 20% critical strike chance from each application.
Summary: 30% more crit for every non-crit your deal will significantly increase the rate at which you are throwing
Ignimpacto
s.
Four piece: Hot Streak has a 10% chance to also grant you 20% haste for 10 sec.
Summary: Haste is much more desirable for Fire after 7.1.5, due to damage being moved out of
Combustão
and back into hard-cast spells like Fireball. A very strong set bonus that plays well with the
Braceletes Renomados do Rei Sol
.
The patch 7.1.5 stat priority is (very broadly): Crit > Mastery > Haste > Versatility.
Haste has risen in value for Fire with the changes to
Combustão
; however, crit is still king.
Fire is far from dead, but without spec-specific legendaries it is likely to be out-damaged by Arcane (and possibly Frost) on a single target. However, AoE damage remains very high.
Confused about Fire? Visit the
Wowhead Fire Mage guide
, the
Altered Time
Mage community or
Hall of the Guardians
Discord.
Class Tools
Frost
Talents
Honor Talents
Artifact Calc
Tempo de Gelo
– New legendary. Your
Orbe Congelado
explodes at the end of its trail, dealing 600% spellpower damage.
Summary: Very powerful in all situations, especially AoE. Ties in well with the new
Nevasca
.
Anseio Ardente de Kil'jaeden
– New legendary. An on-use effect that causes a massive explosion around your target, on a relatively short cooldown.
Summary: Extremely powerful for AoE fights.
Segredo de Sephuz
- Successfully applying a loss of control effect to an enemy, or interrupting, or dispelling any target, grants you 70% increased movement speed and 25% Haste for 10 sec. This effect may occur once every 30 sec.
Summary: A buff in that it can now be activated by
Contrafeitiço
or Spellsteal, but remains very encounter-specific. Weak.
Prydaz, Obra Magna de Xavaric
- Every 30 sec, gain an absorb shield for 25% (15% if tank) of your maximum health for 30 sec.
Summary: As well as the change to increase its activation, the neck now has haste in addition to crit and mastery (although the mastery amount was lowered). A simple but welcome survivability buff.
Predição de Norgannon
- New Effect: Standing still for 8 sec grants you Foresight, allowing you to cast while moving for 5 sec. (Old effect: Your instant cast spells have a chance to trigger Foresight, making your next non-instant cast spell castable while moving.)
Summary: Another welcome change, meaning no more reliance on instant spells to proc the effect. It is now much more controllable.
Seta de Gelo
,
Seta de Ébano
,
Ímpeto
,
Lança de Gelo
,
Nova de Gelo
, Waterbolt,
Jato d'Água
,
Chuva de Cometas
,
Cone de Frio
,
Nevasca
and
Orbe Congelado
– Damage increased by 12%.
Frost Armor has been removed.
Barreira de Gelo
causes melee attackers to be slowed by 50%.
Ruptura do Gelo
has been redesigned and is now baseline for Frost.
Summary: Still gives you two uses of
Bloco de Gelo
, but can now also reset the cooldown of other defensives – and
Cone de Frio
, if you're desperate for AoE damage.
Nevasca
no longer activates
Dedos Glaciais
, but reduces the cooldown of
Orbe Congelado
by 0.5 seconds per target hit, each time it deals damage.
Summary: A massive buff to Frost's AoE damage, especially if using Frost Bomb (due to the increased
Dedos Glaciais
procs from all those
Orbe Congelado
s).
Cauterizar
and
Ruptura do Gelo
have been replaced with
Banquisas
and Glacial Insulation.
Summary:
Cintilação
now competes with
Banquisas
, making this tier an extremely difficult choice. Take
Cintilação
for long-distance movement,
Banquisas
if just nudging yourself out of a fire patch. Glacial Insulation is a very niche pick and cannot compete with the other talents in most situations.
Raio de Gelo
buffed by 12%.
Runa de Poder
nerfed to a 40% damage increase
Summary: A small but significant nerf, taking Rune down to a level more comparable to the other talents.
Fluxo do Sortílego
is now competitive on movement-heavy fights (i.e. most of Nighthold).
Toque Congelado
is now a passive that increases
Dedos Glaciais
proc chance by 40%.
Summary: Less control than previously, but results in more reliable
Dedos Glaciais
generation (an indirect movement buff). The choice comes down to this or
Gelo Partido
on this tier.
Ventos Frígidos
has replaced
Banquisas
on tier 5.
Summary: An almost useless tier for raiding, which is a shame; Fire and Arcane at least got movement speed buffs when
Banquisas
was removed.
Ventos Frígidos
is still probably the best talent, for add control, but is very lacklustre for raiding.
Reação em Cadeia
now increases the damage of Ice Lance by 10% per stack (was 20%).
Summary: Still a very good trait, but it's never nice to be nerfed.
Escudo de Alodi
now increases
Barreira de Gelo
size by up to 60% (was 100%).
Summary: A minor nerf.
Paramentos do Conhecimento Incandescente
Two piece: Frost Bolt has a 10% increased chance to trigger
Congelamento Cerebral
.
Summary: Like most early tier gear, this is a solid, if boring, bonus.
Four piece:
Orbe Congelado
has an additional 5% chance to trigger
Dedos Glaciais
when it deals damage.
Summary: Obviously plays into our AoE with the new
Nevasca
and Frost Bomb; also indirectly buffs mobility. Not as flashy as Arcane or Fire bonuses, though.
The patch 7.1.5 single target stat priority is (very broadly): Critical Strike (to 33.34%) > Haste > Versatility > Mastery > Critical Strike.
For multiple targets, haste gained a great deal of value with the
Nevasca
change. The stat priority is now Haste > Critical Strike > Versatility > Mastery.
Frost was already in a good spot mechanically, which was evident in the fact that this patch was mostly number tuning. AoE damage, which was a weakness in patch 7.1, has received a very welcome buff with the new
Nevasca
, and mobility is also unaffected – unlike Fire and Arcane. Overall, we should be positive about the spec going into Nighthold.
The spec is currently simming ahead of Fire and Arcane, but that is due to
Caos Térmico
, which is difficult to play well. Be aware of that when deciding what to play in 7.1.5.
Confused about Frost? Questions? Visit the
Wowhead Frost Mage guide
, the
Altered Time
Mage community or
Hall of the Guardians
Discord.
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