10 tips to be THE BEST mage in ToGC 

ye, but in that case you're not winning any dps

On a long fight like beasts why wouldn't you?

Hi Sebastian. Northrend Beasts encounter takes over 4minutes so even with 3min pot CD you are good to enjoy another potion on Icehowl.

You are welcome!

Hello there. Yes! I will be definitely dropping mage tips for ICC. Usually I dedicate first few weeks to enjoy myself in the game, test all the moves and compile footage, so it will take some time but stay tuned as it is planned! :)

Definitely, enjoy, thanks! @@hedvathegamer

Glad to be helpful!

Thank you, Andreas! Positive feedback makes me continue creating these videos! :)

You should also try to get one of the paladins to HoP you on the first stomp so you can save the iceblock for the second one

I agree that using primarily Iceblock is better choice as you described. But paladins HoP should go to some class like wlocks without their own means of dodging the Massive crash, so if the raid goes through 2 crashes Invis is there for use. :)

Hello there and thanks! For Iceblock I use following macro: #showtooltip /cancelaura Ice Block /cast Ice Block 1st click will put you in Ice Block, 2nd click will remove it. Just make sure you don't double-click when you actually need to stay blocked, it can take few days if you are used to spam the button. :)

Hello there! I am sure there is some WA doing the same thing but I use separate addon "NameplateAuras".

Hey there! I believe there indeed needs to be done some settings. If I remember correctly back when I start using it I turned off all debuffs and allowed only few I cared about. Chances are Living Bomb is on the list its just not activated by default. If you don't see it in spells menu at all - you can also add any missing effects (I definitelly added Improved Scorch and Empowered Shadowbolt to track crit debuff). Also make sure to set only your Living Bombs to be displayed at its settings so you don't mistake other mages LBs with yours. :)

Hey there Headie, 1. At the moment I can recommend running Gundrak HC for Embrace of the Spider and especially Eye of the Broodmother trinket from bonus boss. Later when Gamma dungeons come out on ICC release you can farm new currency and buy Flare of the Heavens and normal Reign of the Dead trinkets. 2. Prioritize buying Petrified Ivy Sprig wand for Sidereal Essence. 3. Use emblems to get tier gear fast. 4. If you got money to spend getting these crafted pieces will push you good: Merlin's robe, Bejeweled Wiyard's bracers and Sash of Acient Power. Besides slots above just scrape whatever pieces you can get from dungeons and raids later on. :)

Hello Bill, yes you can Iceblock opposite Val'Kyr vortex damage. But it is not gain for you in any way, take it just as life-saving move if you are not able to switch essence for some reason.

Ah ok it might be the way my guild does the fight ..we start in dark essence and tank drags dark to light so we fight by the light essence ..so have to swap to light for light vortex then back to dark ..so if I block it I won’t have to run to the back to get the dark again and I don’t need to worry about some meatball hitting balls during the transition which happens

@@billwillette7558 Well, one essence-swap run with nitro boots + Blink and some insta-casts along the way is less downtime for your DPS than sitting 5s in IB, but if safety is your concern you can definitely use that. :)

Ok ty for the advice keep the great videos coming

Hey there. Yes it still works, it just ain't easy to time it correctly. For the sake of consistency I can recommned to use Ice Block or Hand of Protection from fellow paladin first and keep Invis as backup when IB and HoPs are on cooldown.

Hello there, what I use is called NameplateAuras.

Hello! I do as follows: 1. Prepot Flamecap + use gloves and Combustion when trinkets proc after pull 2. Gloves when any trinket procs after worms emerge 3. Gloves asap on CD when killing 2nd worm 4. Haste pot + gloves + combustion when Icehowl gets stunned on the wall

You can review any of top parse log to see it does pop on boss and every single mage with top logs does LB Snobolds. :) classic.warcraftlogs.com/reports/GfVv46tApxJ7DgnH#fight=5&type=damage-done&source=323&by=target&phase=1&view=timeline

@@hedvathegamer Ha yea apparently its the other way around it doesnt hit the snobolds but it does the boss

@@gregorille Exactly. :)

Hello there, If your guild kills Snobolds in less than 12seconds you are lucky to have so prompt group and definitely it's not worth putting LB on them. But note that Snobolds do explode - they just don't take AoE damage themselves, however boss does receive their explosion. For review see any of top parses in WCL, including no.1 living bombing Snobolds: classic.warcraftlogs.com/reports/HC9KLByThmqa2PAk#fight=2&type=damage-done&source=6&view=timeline&by=target&phase=1

True AoE dont count on the kobolts, but if it explode near the boss, the boss take full dmg from the AoE.