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PvE In Depth Guide of the Arms Warrior 4.3.4

2015-04-10T12:02:00.000+08:00

Introduction:

Hello forums! My name is Thares, also known as Newruk on alliance side. I am from a horde guild called Is A Cookie which orginally came from Lordaeron but as we had cleared all content in wotlk we decided to try out cataclysm.

We started on Greymane by playing there and discovered how cataclysm was despite all the buggs that were back then with warriors doing 200k dps without trying in BWD and other classes being totally overpowerd. Later as Greymane got closed we decided to try out Frostwolf and we have been there ever since.

Back then i was one of the OT/Panic tank for LK HC and the other heroic content in wrath but when i started playing cataclysm i was very skeptical about it since i have had heard the nerfs the warrior got when cataclysm got released as well as in later patches (intercept/charge/spell reflect nerf anyone?). Despite the nerfs i tried playing as protection first but later my guild leader wanted me to try fury back in 4.0.6 and it was amazing, i loved it!

Altho when 4.3.4 came out the arms warriors got buffed and fury got nerfed so i tried arms in PvE because i only played it in PvP mostly and i've played it and tried to improve ever since. Now im here to show you how to play as an Arms warrior!

Talents and Glyphs:

These are my current talants. Mostly people would comment that i have throwdown in my spec in PvE but it is cruical to have it when you are doing for example: the Ragnaros encounter since it can be a life saver if a son of flames gets too close to the hammer. I might also recommend to take Blitz instead of Field dressing as well since you can stun multiple targets and get extra rage when you use rage but it's your personal choice.

I am not going to go in depth into the tallants since you can read what the tallants mean and what they do ingame.

These are my current glyphs. You can customize your major glyphs as you like but you should have Colossus smash glyph and Sweeping strikes glyph then the 3rd glyph could be Cleaving as i have or Long charge or Resonating power.

Enchants and Gems:

Head: Arcanum of the Dragonmaw/Wildhammer 60 str 35 Mastery

Shoulders: Greater Inscription of Jagged Stone 50 Str 25 Crit

Back: Enchant Cloak - Greater Critical strike 65 Crit or Tailoring enchant (Swordguard Embroidery)

Chest: Enchant Chest - Peerless Stats 20 stats

Bracers: Enchant Bracers - Major Strength 50 Str

Hands: Enchant Gloves - Mighty Strength 50 Str or Engineering enchant (Synapse Springs 480 of your highest stat for 10 sec)

Legs: Dragonscale Leg Armor 190 Attack power 55 crit

Feet: Enchant Boots - Lavawalker/Mastery 35 mastery +8% movement speed increase /50 mastery

Two-handed Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Landslide 1000 attack power proc

Meta: Reverbeating Shadowspirit Diamond 54 Str and 3% Increased Critical Effect

Red gem: Bold Inferno Ruby 40 Str

In case you need to match a socket bonus like your valor boots for example you can use this gem

(Red/Yellow gem: Inscribed Ember Topaz 20 Str 20 Crit)

Macros:

When you need to stance dance you will need a few macros to do so here are the ones you need to learn how to stance dance:

#showtooltip Overpower

/cast Battle Stance

/cast Overpower

#showtooltip Mortal Strike

/cast Berserker Stance

/cast Mortal Strike

#showtooltip Slam

/cast Berserker Stance

/cast Slam

#showtooltip heroic strike

/cast Berserker stance

/cast Heroic Strike

Also a thing that is very important when you are stance danceing is that you don't push your macro once, you need to push it multiple times almost mashing your keys while your stance danceing. This will improve your dps by one to two k maybe but if you have high latency and cannot pull this off efficant i don't reccomend it.

Here are some other macros that i find usefull:

#showtooltip bladestorm

/cast Attack

/cast Bladestorm

This makes your bladestorm also do white swings while you do damage thus also generating rage.

/cast Charge(Battle Stance)

/cancelaura Bladestorm

You can also have Blood fury in this macro if you are an orc but i choice to not have it since i want to pop it when i do all my other cooldowns

/equip *your two hander*

/cast Battle Stance

Rotation, Burst and Cooldowns:

An arms warriors rotation should look like this:

Colossus Smash>Mortal Strike>Overpower>Heroic Strike/Slam

Now this is the basic rotation that you should do althought there are some tips and tricks you can learn to maximize your DPS. Now your standard rotation and cooldowns would look like this:

Colossus Smash>Rend>Mortal Strike>Overpower>Heroic Strike>Mortal Strike>Overpower/Heroic Strike>Mortal Strike>Heroic Strike>Herioc Strike/Overpower and refreshing Colossus Smash also fitting your Deadly calm/Trinket/Recklessness/Inner rage/Golemsblood potion (prepot and 2nd pot).

Now personally my rotation looks a bit like this

Prepot/Charge/Rend/Colossus smash/Deadly calm/Rotten Skull/Blood fury/Mortal strike/Overpower/Heroic strike/Slam/Mortal strike/Heroic strike/Slam/Mortal strike/Overpower/Recklessness/Inner rage/Mortal strike/Heroic strike/Slam/Heroic strike/Mortal strike/Heroic strike/Heroic strike (if i have rage, if not Slam)/Colossus smash/Engineering gloves/Mortal strike/Overpower/Slam/Mortal strike/Heroic strike/Mortal strike

Now this sounds like a mess and i will try to put up a video showing it but this is just a 30 sec part of my rotation but i will try to explain why and what things that can shift the situations that you use your spells for example:

Let's say i have not enough rage to use Herioc Strike but i have rage to use Slam and Mortal Strike is about to be off cooldown you use Slam but usually you are not supouse to rage starv but sometimes you need to think a bit further also but it also depends on your BT procs which is a HUGE factor in this!

Another example we can use is you have Battle Trance proccing and your Mortal Strike is about to go off cooldown and your Herioc Strike is ready, you should use Heroic Strike first combined with Mortal Strike so that the Battle Trance consumes on using Heroic Strike and then you use Mortal Strike right after that to increase the damage dealt to the target. This also works durning when you pop Inner rage and Reck. Depending on how your Battle Trance procs it can mean that you can almost spam Heroic Strike while keeping your normal rotation which is Mortal Strike is alwayse first and also you have to make sure Colossus Smash is on the target as well while bursting with Reck/Inner.

Now when it comes to the burst phase which is 20% of the fight you should switch your rotation to this:

Colossus Smash>Mortal Strike if you have enrage buff/LTTS buff already>Execute spam till you need to refresh your LTTS buff/enrage buff by using Mortal Strike and also not to forget refreshing your Colossus Smash to make your Exectue hit like a mother freaking truck to put out those crasy Execute crits.

I will tell you how i handle my cooldowns in a encounter. My advice is to pop Deadly calm at the start of the encounter as soon as you have applied Rend and Colossus smash along with your DPS trinket if you are an orc this is the time to pop blood fury along with your battle shout. Then after those cds are out it's time to pop your Recklessness along with your Inner rage and if you have Engineering gloves like i do, you should pop it as well. Also very important to pop Inner rage alwayse it's off cooldown so you can see if you can fit some additional Heroic Strikes but keep in mind you must think about your rage and your Battle Trance procs.

Ui and Addons:

Personally i don't play with a lot of addons but there are addons that you could use like to track your Colossus Smash proc and your Battle Trance procs but i usually just look at my buffs if i get a proc since i prefer a clean ui but i can reccomend some addons like: Power Auras (might be tricky to config), NeedToKnow and Classtimers. I will have addon links in the bottom of the page. Also this is how my ui looks like and yes i do click some spells, (ZOMG HES A CLICKER! HE MUST BE BAD!).

Dps/Recount screenshoots:

Ragnaros 25 HC

Majordomo Staghelm 25 HC

Baleroc 25 HC

Frequently asked questions

Q: Which is better Crit or Mastery?

I have dicussed this with a lot of warriors in my guild and i've seen other people talk about it and it's a nice dicussion to have since mastery is proccing your Sudden Death way more often meaning you have more times to use Colossus Smash and also a chance to do extra damage as well and your mastery actually hits pretty damn hard, people usually underestimate it but its prob in your top 5 damageing spells if not top 3 sometimes depening on how much mastery you have/gear/wep etc.

Now crit gives you the chance to reapply your enrage buff that you gain by critting with Mortal Strike which increases your physical damage dealt by 10% for 12 sec also if you crit with your HEroic Strike, your next Heroic Strike will be a garantueed crit altho the garantueed crits cannot trigger on itself meaning you can't get infinite amounts of garantueed crits on Heroic Strikes and who does not like big freaking crits all over their screen?

Now which do i think it's better? I think they are equally good so in my gear setup i have balanced out crit and mastery. At the moment with Battle Shout on i have 20.54% crit and 18.72 (1922) mastery which is 41%. It's hard to argue about which is better or what not since i think both are equally but if i had to choice i would have taken crit.

Q: Which spec is better Arms or Fury?

I've seen people wonder about this too. Since the nerf fury warrior have gotten most of them think it's useless but it's not. I would say that fury warriors actually are compareble to arms warriors altho after the fight progresses the arms warrior will prob take the lead in doing more steady dps then an fury warrior since fury has a lot of bursty cooldowns and hits really bloody hard but after a while if not played correct they lose dps very fast!

They cannot keep their dps substained as an arms does. My opinion is that they are almost equal but since arms is actually better i have to say arms, sorry fury lovers. Maybe you will be better with dual Guthlac heroic?

Q: I've seen people and warriors especailly have almost no hit and no expertise? I thought the cap was 8% and expertise was 26? Why do warriors only have 5% hit and almost no expertise? They seem to have only as low as 14-16 or even up to 18-20. Could you answer this?

Well you see the retail stats prio was usually this:

8% Hit/26 Expertise > Strength > Crit > Mastery > Haste

Altho on molten it's a bit diffrent since the hit and expertise don't work the same way as retail does. It works 50/50 but i will show you what you need to have:

5% hit/from 14-20 expertise > Strength > Crit > Mastery > Haste

Keep in mind from the last discuission Crit/Mastery might be in the same collumbs.

Since expertise is not working according to retail, we can have much lower expertise then what we should which boosts our dps! Altho i must warn you to have around 14-16 expertise since you may experience dodges and parries on some bosses for example:

Majordomo Staghelm when you have to stay in the front or Ragnaros where you also stay in the front but it has happend that bosses have dodged or parried regardless. You have to experiment that yourself but for fights like Major/Rag i think you should have between 18-20 expertise. Personally i have 21 since i have the gear to have that expertise and still have really good dps. But don't be afraid to experiment to be honest. I personally found this out when i heard expertise wasent working properly so theorycraft away. I recommend going with 17-18 expertise but it's for you to decide.

When it comes to hit you don't need the 8% hit. You only need 5%, if you are under that there is a chance you will miss but otherwise i have never seen a miss with the hit raiting i have which is 5.29%.

Q: What is the BIS list/items for an arms warrior? I want to donate some gear and i wonder what gear pieces are the best that you can get?

Well i can tell you the BIS list that i found but this may not be the case for molten since it's diffrent mechanics and stuff like that but this is the list that i think is the best that you can get. Keep in mind these are wowhead links and might not be 100% acurate!

Head: Colossal Dragonplate Helmet
Neck: Necklace of Black Dragon's Teeth
Chest: Colossal Dragonplate Battleplate
Shoulders: Backbreaker Spaulders
Back: Dreamcrusher Drape
Bracers: Rockhide Bracers
Gloves: Colossal Dragonplate Gauntlets
Waist: Demonbone Waistguard
Legs: Colossal Dragonplate Legguards
Feet: Treads of crushed flesh
Ring1: Curled Twilight Claw
Ring2: Breathstealer Band
Trinket1: Bone-Link Fetish /Creche of the Final Dragon:
Trinket2: Eye of Unmaking
Weapon: Gurthalak, Voice of the Deeps:
Thrown: Darting Chakram

Conclusion and Terminology:

Warriors are indeed one of the top classes in this patch but there are a lot of warriors which are doing very decent/low dps which maybe are not stance danceing, not doing their right rotation, slacking and having rage cap, not knowing how to spend their rage, they gear wrong, it can be a lot of stuff that can go wrong but i hope with this guide that they will improve and know how to gear and play their warriors as best as they can! I hope this guide was usefull and helpfull for old and new players. If you have any critism, questions or something else alike you can write in this thread or ask me ingame or on the forums. Thank you!

BT = Battle Trance
MS = Mortal strike
HS = Heroic strike
OP = Overpower
BS = Battle shout/Bladestorm
SD = Sudden death
LTTS = Lambs of the slaughter

Sources/Credits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGQweiWrEhw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMeZmumCd_A
http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/classtimer
http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/need-to-know
http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/powerauras-classic
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/to...51798?page=1#7
To my fellow warriors in Is A Cookie http://isacookie-frostwolf.shivtr.com/

P.S: Since battle trance was fixed the procs are much lower now so you guys know that :). Tested and confirmed by me and some other warriors that i've talked to.

P.S.S: Fixed BIS list and color/links :)

P.S.S.S: Removed the short terms so it makes it easier to understand my guide :)

P.S.S.S.S: Edited BIS list by replacing Runescriven Demon Collar with Demonbone Waistguard. Credit to ArtificialIntel for spotting it :)

Important Note: If you want to check the latest edit of this guide just feel free to click on the source below.

This is a copied post from Warmane Official Forum

Credits to: Kelthuzzad

PvE Frost Death Knight DPS Guide

2015-04-09T20:48:00.000+08:00

If you're here, you probably want to learn how to play a frost death knight. Frost death knights are an easy class to learn, and great DpSers, not to mention fun! Frost death knights perform best on single target dps and therefore aren't as proficient as UH DKs on AoE fights such as Lich King Phase 1. Frost death knights bring a +20% melee haste buff to raids. It's useful towards raid dps and always a must in a good raid! Frost DKs are also fairly versatile depending on what you stack. The two main frost dps specs are arp and strength. Arp does outperform strength, but mainly in heroic geared situations. Arp also requires a much higher uptime on the target to sustain its dps. In my guide, I'll be teaching you the strength spec, as that is the one I have more experience in. A word of warning, it's also fairly in depth compared to the other quick guides.* I hope you find it useful. Now let's dive in!

*If you only want to skim through and not read the entire thing, I have all the main points bolded. :)

Table of Contents:

Abbreviations
Talents and Glyphs
Basic Rotation and Procs, when to use them?
Maximizing your DpS, utilizing defensive cooldowns.
Stat Priority
Gems
BiS List (includes enchants & runeforging)
Professions
Macros
Addons
Preparing for Raids (Flasks/Food)
Credits

Abbreviations:

AMS = Anti-Magic Shell
AoE = Area of Effect
Arp = Armor Penetration
AP = Attack Power
BiS = Best in Slot
BT = Blood Tap
BCB = Blood Cake Blade
CD = Cooldown
DK = Death Knight
ERW = Empowered Rune Weapon
FS = Frost Strike
GCD = Global Cooldown
Horn = Horn of Winter
HB = Howling Blast
HA = Hyperspeed Accelerators
IBF = Icebound Fortitude
ICD = Internal Cool Down (for trinkets)
IT = Icy Touch
KM = Killing Machine
OB = Obliterate
Pest = Pestilence
PS = Plague Strike
PvE = Player versus Environment
PvP = Player versus Player
Str = Strength
UA = Unbreakable Armor
UH = Unholy

Talents & Glyphs

The talent specialization that I use (0/55/16) can be found here!

This spec is geared for complete end game, so you'll notice that Killing Machine only has 4/5. This is because when your crit is around 35-40% you can easily get by with only 4/5. I placed the extra talent in Blood-Caked Blade. This leftover point is very controversial. If it was working as intended, BCB would be the talent you'd want no question. But seeing as it's bugged, Subversion becomes a very popular alternative. Especially good if your guild's tank is having trouble keeping aggro through your burst. Finally, you can take a point out of Chill of the Grave and put it into Blood-Caked Blade if you find yourself getting TOO MUCH RUNIC POWER and only then. However, these are all trivial differences. Until you're around....6.2k+ gs, keep 5/5 in KM.

For your 3 major glyphs, you should have Glyph of Disease, Glyph of Frost Strike, and Glyph of Obliterate (in order of importance (high to low)). This is not optional, and it will never change. So feel free to buy them early into the gearing of your character.

Minor glyphs: Glyph of Horn of Winter, and maybe Glyph of Blood Tap if you don't like hurting yourself. (You don't need any minor glyphs and the only one of mild convenience is horn of winter.)

Finally, use Blood Presence when dpsing.

Basic Rotation and Procs, when to use them?

When you start any boss fight, your first spell is going to be Horn of Winter (refresh as needed during fight, after the RP dump is optimal). Rotation is then divided into two parts.

One thing you need to know is to never drop your diseases. This is one of the two most crucial elements of a frost rotation.

The other thing you need to know is the RP dump. The RP dump is where you siphon off all your RP through Frost Strike. It is also where you use your Rime Procs.

The first part of your "rotation" will be the starter rotation:

Icy Touch -> Plague Strike -> Obliterate -> Blood Strike -> Blood Tap -> Unbreakable Armor (& Hyperspeed Accelerators if you're an Engineer) -> Howling Blast*(Proc) -> Frost Strike (until out of RP or frost/uh runes reset).

*Note that Howling Blast should never be used before Frost Strike if you have Killing Machine procced as well. A critical Frost Strike > critical Howling Blast. HB has been fixed, so it's not as horrible an alternative, but still stick to this priority system. If Killing Machine isn't procced, Howling first.*

If you want to incorporate ERW into this rotation, here's how you'd do it:

IT -> PS -> BS -> BT -> UA/HA -> OB -> FS dump -> ERW -> OB x2/3 -> more FS + HB

This gives you a ****load of consecutive FS + OB. Alternatively you could just save it for in case you mess up your rune cds.

In this starter segment of the rotation, you see that it has you popping all of your CDs. This is because when you have high crit chance and the BiS trinkets, it becomes almost certain that said trinkets will proc within the first 15 seconds of the fight. You then want to stack all the CDs you have. This will maximize your dps more than say, waiting till you have an RP dump later in the fight but not having your trinkets up. Always stack your damage buffs. If you can get Hysteria + Heroism/Bloodlust as well, then have it activate with everything else. You WILL have higher numbers!

I'm not saying, however, that you should wait for your trinkets to proc again in the middle of the fight before you activate your CDs again. Hit your **** as soon as it becomes available. The ICD of your trinkets will generally be in line with UA anyway.

This is the standard rotation afterwards:

Obliterate x3 -> RP dump & Horn -> Obliterate x2 -> Pest -> Blood Strike (replacing Blood Strike with Blood Tap -> UA when cooldown resets.) -> RP dump

^ Repeat until the fight ends.

This rotation set/priority system maximizes your ability to use runes efficiently and with a minimum global rune cooldown. You'll notice that all Frost/Unholy Runes are used consecutively, with blood runes having a lower priority. This is because the Frost/UH runes will be the main source of your dps. If you use half your frost/uh runes and then some blood runes before switching back to frost/uh, the drop in dps will be considerable!

Maximizing your DPS, utilizing defensive cooldowns.

The first things I will mention here are some molten exploits, some commonly known, some not. For example, if you have two frost death knights in the raid, you can switch to a secondary spec and then back to your main one. This will result in you having double Icy Talons. Confirmed.

Also, switching to an Unholy spec, summoning your ghoul, and then switching back to your Frost spec will have you retain the Unholy ghoul, who will remain with you until killed. Confirmed.

Next, we'll talk about how to maximize your dps by editing rotation*. There isn't much change, just start with Army of the Dead seconds before the start of the fight, have your ghoul if you're using the UH ghoul bug, pop Horn and run in screaming LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRROOOOOOOOOOYYYYYY JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNKIIIIINNNNSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!111* * After that, it's standard rotation. If you're not using the UH ghoul bug, you'll want to raise your ghoul after you pop your cds in the starter rotation because the ghoul will take the stats you have up when you summon it.

*Only Recommended on certain bosses, aka DBS/Festergut.

**PROVEN to maximize DpS! But wait for the tank to get aggro.

Finally, I'll point out some of the death knights DEFENSIVE cooldowns, which can have unanticipated dps boosts. You'll see that Anti-Magic Shield (AMS) causes you to gain runic power went struck by an effect. A common usage for this is to pop it, then deliberately step into the zone you're supposed to avoid (Marrow: Fire) (Lady: DnD) (Rotface: Sticky Slime Spray) (PP: ....too many to name) (BQL: Air Phase/Bloodbolt Whirl) (Sindragosa: Blistering Cold for us slow ones) (Lich King: Remorseless Winter ONLY...defile = GG) These are the main ones and I don't usually bother popping it in other situations. Another defensive cooldown is Icebound Fortitude: only to be used in BQL air phase, Rotface's Explosion, or something similar. There is no DpS boost from it.

Stat Priority

A Death Knight's main attribute is Strength. Of course, first you should be hit capped, and I would call the hit cap between 7-8% although it can go down to as low as 5% with your talents, but I don't recommend it. Expertise cap is: 24, not hard to reach. And make sure to factor in racial passives accordingly! (Draenei: 1% hit, Human: + 3 expertise with maces, Troll: +20% haste I believe, Orc: + pet damage and ap)

After hit is strength, stack as much of this as you can. Haste follows closely behind strength, faster global cooldowns, auto attacks more often, and more chance of Killing Machine. Then you have Crit Rating. You should have 30% or more in end-game gear. But because of KM, you really don't need to bother actively going for crit. Finally, armor penetration. I'm drawn to it, dunno why. However, you should never stack it in a strength spec because you will get all the arp you need from your gear.

So to refresh: Hit/Expertise -> Strength -> Haste -> Arp -> Crit.

Gems! Precious valuables!

I try to match all my gems to the socket color so that I can get the socket bonus, only do this when your gear is pretty high level (i264+). At this point, it's pretty much even to stacking full strength.

However if your gear isn't i264+, you should probably stack full strength, siding in hit/expertise gems as needed. Gem to your needs! When you're hit and expertise capped, go full out strength.

Meta Socket: Relentless Earthsiege Diamond (+21 agility, +3% increased damage)

Red Socket: Bold Cardinal Ruby (+20 strength)

Yellow Socket: Fierce Ametrine (+10 strength +10 haste)

Blue: Nightmare tear 1, then stack str, str and expertise, or hit and expertise*

*In full BiS gear, you will only have 1 blue socket.

BiS Gear & how to enchant it.

*Note that all items are HC, and I'm not responsible for any unintentional drooling that might happen to your keyboard*

Set-up is as follows:

Slot: Item: Enchant

Head: Sanctified Scourgelord Helmet: +50 attack power, +20 crit rating
Neck: Penumbra Pendant
Shoulders: Sanctified Scourgelord Shoulderplates: +40 attack power, +15 crit rating
Cloak: Winding Sheet: +23 Haste
Chest: Sanctified Scourgelord Battleplate: +10 all stats
Shirt: Precious's Ribbon? Idk...
Tabard: Tabard of Frost (cause you're a frost DK) or Tabard of the Lightbringer
To be honest, I think Tabard of the Achiever looks the nicest with this set.

Bracers: Polar Bear Claw Bracers: + 50 attack power
Hands: Fleshrending Gauntlets: +44 attack power/+340 haste (engineer)
Belt: Coldwraith Links: + Eternal Belt Buckle (+20 strength)
Legs: Sanctified Scourgelord Legplates: +75 attack power, +22 crit rating
Feet: Apocalypse's Advance: +32 attack power/ ap + minor run speed increase/nitro boosts (passive crit) I really recommend getting something with a movement speed buff here. The survivability is nice, and your dps will be the same.

Ring 1: Ashen Band of Endless Might
Ring 2: Skeleton Lord's Circle
Trinket 1: Sharpened Twilight Scale
Trinket 2: Deathbringer's Will
Weapons: Havoc's Call, Blade of Lordaeron Kings x 2
Sigil: Sigil of the Hanged Man/Sigil of Virulence (Depends on the fight. High movement = Virulence. Burst = Hanged Man)

Runeforging:

Honestly it doesn't matter which weapon you put the runeforges on. Razorice on your mainhand has been proven to have a higher DpS output then Fallen Crusader, but the increase is so infinitesimally small that it doesn't really matter.

Main hand weapon slot: Rune of Razorice on Havoc

Offhand weapon slot: Rune of the Fallen Crusader on Havoc

Professions:

There are a variety of profession combinations that you can learn. The most popular is Blacksmithing + Jewelcrafting, but I personally have Engineering and Blacksmithing because I'm a gnome and I pvp sometimes, and I think works quite well. These are the best 3 professions. If you have a goblin engineering specialization, you can even link Saronite Bombs or the Global Sapper thing into a Frost Strike macro.

Macros:

Unbreakable Armor + Hyperspeed Accelerators:

Spoiler:

#showtooltip Sanctified Scourgelord Gauntlets
/startattack
/castsequence reset=60 Blood Tap, Unbreakable Armor, Sanctified Scourgelord Gauntlets

^ This macro activates Blood Tap, then UA, and finally the HA. However, you do need to press it 3 times.

All the following macros are simply autoattack macros that reset your autoattack when you cast the ability, in essence allowing you an extra weapon swing in addition to your ability.

Icy Touch:

Spoiler:

#showtooltip Icy Touch
/startattack
/cast Icy Touch

Plague Strike:

Spoiler:

#showtooltip Plague Strike
/startattack
/cast Plague Strike

Obliterate:

Spoiler:

#showtooltip Obliterate
/startattack
/cast Obliterate

Blood Strike:

Spoiler:

#showtooltip Blood Strike
/startattack
/cast Blood Strike

Pestilence:

Spoiler:

#showtooltip Pestilence
/autoattack
/cast Pestilence

Frost Strike:

Spoiler:

#showtooltip Frost Strike
/startattack
/cast Frost Strike

Howling Blast:

Spoiler:

#showtooltip Howling Blast
/startattack
/cast Howling Blast

Addons:

I only use 1 DK specific addon, but I think there are a couple that all DKs should have:

Power Auras

DKI: Runes/Diseases

Deadly Boss Mods

Here is a picture of my UI:

Spoiler:

If you'd like to know what addons I use, feel free to send me a PM or post on this thread.

Raid Preparation:

When you're going to a raid, all you really need is food, flasks, and scrolls. Get the Scroll of Strength ( +30? str), Flasks of Endless Rage ( +180 ap), and Dragonfin Filet (+40 str). If you're really hardcore, you can also invest in StormChops (mainly visual effect), which stack with Dragonfin Filet.

Credits:

Creds to the following people for being awesome and for teaching me almost everything i know:

Abra - Dude, you're the most knowledgeable DK I've ever met, and I've enjoyed having you as a friend here on forums and occasionally Deathwing as well. Thanks for everything. <3

Dethey - another beast DK that knows his ****. One of my favorite Bulgarians'. Thanks man. Look forward to seeing you on Lord. ^^

Eat - Thanks for the macros and everything else. I know everyone in <Fidelity> was rough with each other, but I appreciate it all, especially the carry to 2k rating. :)

Reknilador - men wurst DK in Difracshun, caried by all. But thanks for giving me tips, and congratz again on Invincible's reins. Best DK Deathwing? ;D

Timetopwn - one of the first DKs I met, gifted at beating all expectations, pulling sick DpS despite buggy blood specs and crappy gear. You see DKs from another perspective entirely. c:

And thanks to everyone that posted below as well! You guys are great at catching mistakes. <3 Thanks for reading my guide and helping me improve it.

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Credits to: Grymninja

[Guide] Retribution PvE 3.3.5a

2015-04-09T20:00:00.000+08:00

First of all, I would like to introduce myself. You all may know me as Lynea, and I have retail experience with Retribution specifically for many years now. Believe me on that fact or don't, I don't really care.

The purpose of this thread is to provide a specific place for newer and inexperienced players to learn how to play their spec/class a bit, and for older and more experienced players to discuss and theorycraft regarding Retribution PvE.

If you wish to see my armory, you may look here: Lynea - Ragnaros

I usually have my PvE Retribution and tank specs enabled. Occasionally I will switch to PvE. If you are interested in my exact talent build, glyphs, and my current gear, that is where you should look.

Please try and keep the discussion clean from trolling and flames. Constructive criticism is appreciated. The more of it we have, the better the guide will develop and perhaps evolve.

Color code:

Blue = Main section.

Red = Sub-section.

Green = Specific term or topic.

Content

Gear and stats
Spells, Abilities, and Rotations
Talents
3.3.5a Retribution BiS lists
The Paladin Philosophy
Disclaimer

1. Gear and Stats

First and foremost, gear is important.

Retribution BiS Lists for 3.3 - Elitist Jerks

This is the official BiS gear list for 3.3 Retribution.

A repost of the BiS lists can be found toward the bottom of the guide. They are updated for 3.3.5a, and include 4 different lists.

One for all plate and strength gear that are heroic and Ruby Sanctum loot.

One for all gear types, including leather and agility, and are heroic and Ruby Sanctum loot.

One for all plate and strength gear that are non-heroic and are currently obtainable in-game.

One for all gear types, including leather and agility, that are non-heroic and currently obtainable in-game.

Some ask "Why leather? Why agility gear?". The question is answered more simply than some may think. Agility grants a Paladin with an incredible amount of melee crit, and the attack power that comes on agility items makes it very worthwhile, and in some cases better than the available plate items by a small margin.

Now, items individually can easily be decided what is better. However, you must think of your gear as a set. This is where specific stats come into play.

Hit rating - You will need 264 hit rating to have 8% hit, which is the "cap". Meaning that anymore than that is a waste.

Expertise - 26 expertise is the "soft cap" and none past that is required. Some would argue that the number is lower on Molten, but for the sake of the guide, let's play it safe. The main sources of expertise are on gear, Glyph of Seal of Vengeance, and some race's special abilities. This stat should never be gemmed for.

These two stats are what you need to build your gear around. You want to stay as close to the caps as possible. Not be below them or go over them. To maximize your DPS efficiency, you want to aim for a perfect and exact amount if you can. That is why you have to think of your gear as a set, because only certain special setups will be able to obtain this.

Why aim for perfect on these two stats? Having not enough will drop your DPS by an enormous amount. Having too much will limit to an extent the availability of other DPS stats.

The main DPS stats are (and listed by importance):

Hit rating. - 1 and 2 - The specifics for Hit and Expertise can be seen explained above in the guide.
Expertise.
Strength. - This is your primary stat. It provides an excellent amount of attack power (2ap per point of strength without talents and buffs) and scales very very well with talents and buffs.
Crit rating. - Secondary stat. Everyone likes to see big crit numbers, right?
Agility. - A Paladin recieves far more melee crit rating per point of agility than any other class in the game. That is why it is listed here, however, it does not grant any attack power, therefore it is not listed up by strength.
Haste rating. - Haste is useful only for increasing the frequency of your auto attack hits, which makes the value of rather sub-par. It does increase in value by a small bit once you have the 2piece tier10 set bonus that has auto attacks proc to reset the cooldown on your Divine Storm.
Armor penetration. - Yeah, that's right. Armor penetration is listed here. Many people complain that the stat is not meant for Paladins. While that is true, it just like Leather agility items. It has value not intended by Blizzard. Armor penetration, as I'm sure most of you know, increases the damage output of any and all physical attacks. The argument against a Paladin using this stat is that most of their damage is Holy based. This is also true, but 30-40% of a Ret's damage comes directly from physical sources, and even more than that damage comes from physical sources, but indirectly. Allow me to explain.

Crusader Strike, Divine Storm, and Auto-Attack are all purely physical sources of damage. Now you must realize that many of sources of Holy damage are dependant on your physical damage. For example, your Seal of Command is supposed to do 33% of your weapon damage as Holy damage. Yes, it is Holy damage, and it is based on your weapon damage. But... your weapon damage is what? That's right. Physical. Similar applies to Seal of Vengeance and Righteous Vengeance, which are both major sources of DPS.

With all that being said, no, armor penetration is not a stat that is good enough to pursue. However, it shouldn't be avoided, either. As it does still increase our DPS, regardless of how small the amount.

Gems

Meta - Relentless Earthsiege Diamond

- Why? - Two reasons. First of all, as already discussed, agility grants a great deal of crit to you. Second, your only other real alternative is basically the same thing, but it requires 2 blue gems. That holds you back on half a red gem. You can activate this meta with a single Nightmare Tear, whereas the other you cannot. Thus allowing you to further increase your DPS slightly.

Nightmare Tear

Always have one of these to activate your meta gem. ALWAYS

Bold Cardinal Ruby

Aside from your meta gem and Nightmare Tear, you will gem these in all of your available sockets. Socket bonuses do not matter in most cases. This gem setup is proven to maximize DPS. The only exceptions is when you have a +6 or +8 strength socket bonus and no blue gems required, unless you wish to place your Nightmare Tear in that blue socket.

Other useful gems include:

Inscribed Ametrine - (Used to achieve good socket bonuses only after you are hit and expertise capped.)

Etched Ametrine - (Only used to reach the hit rating cap if you are not already capped.)

Precise Cardinal Ruby - (Only used to reach the expertise cap if you are not already capped.)

I have full BiS Retribution gear. How do I gem it?

This implies full 277ilvl or higher gears. None non-heroic items.

Chest armor - 1x Nightmare Tear and 1x Bold Cardinal Ruby

Gauntlets - 1x Bold Cardinal Ruby and 1x Inscribed Ametrine

All other sockets receive pure strength gems, excluding the meta gem, of course.

Enchants

Head - Arcanum of Torment

Shoulders - Greater Inscription of the Axe

Chest - Powerful Stats

Cloak - Major Agility

Wrist - Greater Assault

Hands - Crusher

Legs - Icescale Leg Armor

Boots - Greater Assault

Weapon - Berserking

I won't cover all profession specific enchants, but if you have the profession, you should know what they are. If you deem them better, then by all means, use them.

Glyphs

Major glyphs :

Minor glyphs:

Glyph of Sense Undead
Glyph of Lay on Hands (Note that the tooltip is not accurate. LOL)
Glyph of Blessing of Might or Glyph of Blessing of Kings (or whatever. This third glyph is entirely optional.)

Consumables:

Food: Dragonfin Fillet or Fish Feast, however Dragonfin Fillet is the best thanks to Divine Strength, Blessing of Kings, and Blessing of Sanctuary. Fish Feast is a good runner-up.
Flask: Flask of Endless Rage or Elixir of Mighty Strength
Scroll: Scroll of Strength VIII

2. Spells Abilities, and Rotations

Seals

What should you use? Normally you would use Seal of Vengeance/Corruption on single targets. This seal will be your primary damage seal against single targets, especially bosses.

Seal of Righteousness ? This seal now works as intended, and the judgement damage is absolutely massive. I recommend this for single target DPS with weaker gear and shorter fights.

Seal of Command ? This seal is bugged, as it multi-procs off of Divine Storm. It is vastly superior when have more than a single target, and it pulls ahead of Seal of Righteousness rather quickly as your gear improves.

Buffs

To further increase your own DPS, and the DPS of your raid or party! Having a raid or party member without a buff from you is bad. It's a fail on your part. Don't do it. I will explain the purpose of each buff, hopefully so that you won't be confused on how to handle your buffs and end up buffing incorrectly, or not buffing at all.

Blessing of Might (BoM) and Greater Blessing of Might (GBoM)

These are given to physical DPS only. Meaning you do not give it to casters. You may give it to tanks if they already have GBoS or GBoK. Also, if you have a Warrior in your group that is keeping up their attack power shout, then you may wish to talk to him/her about who should do such buffs.

This buff is best used by the following classes:

Death Knight
Warrior
Paladin
Rogue
Feral Druid
Hunter
Enhancement Shaman

And again, it can be given to tanks that already have GBoS or GBoK. This will increase their threat generation.

Blessing of Wisdom (BoW) and Greater Blessing of Wisdom (GBoW)

This buff is obviously only given to characters who have and use mana. Now, this buff is generally considered weak because usually BoK or GBoK is preferred by such classes. However, it is still useful as a secondary buff, and may be used as a primary buff on very weakly geared mana users.

This buff is best used by the following classes:

Restoration Druid
Balance Druid
Hunter
Mage
Paladin (Especially Holy)
Priest
Shaman
Warlock

Blessing of Kings (BoK) and Greater Blessing of Kings (GBoK)

This buff is attractive to everyone. Especially the players with good gear. The better their gear is, the more they will get out of this buff. Generally this buff is given first to casters, and is a secondary to physical DPS. It is primary for tanks especially because it gives stamina and agility to them.

Blessing of Sanctuary (BoS) and Greater Blessing of Sanctuary (GBoS)

Now, you won't normally have this spell, but it is important that you understand what it is and what it does. It is primarily given to tanks to increase their survivability through stamina and damage reduction, and also increases their threat generation by increasing strength. Don't forget that it also grants mana whenever an attack is dodged, blocked, or parried. It is commonly given out to the entire raid mainly because of the 3% damage reduction, as that is the only portion of the buff that stacks with Blessing of Kings. (Or should)

Rotation

This is what we call "FCFS". That means "First come, first serve". Meaning that basically... whatever comes off cooldown, use it. However, there is a priority system. Here is a list of the DPS ability priorities.

Lest than 2 parts of T10 :

2 or 3 parts of T10 :

With more than two parts of T10, you get the following bonus:

(2) Set: Your melee attacks have a 40% chance to reset the cooldown on your Divine Storm ability.

Thus, using your Divine Storm cooldown as soon as possible will increase your DPS, as it can always reset with your next Auto Attack. Not using it in time can potentially waste a reset and thus reducing your DPS, thus your Divine Storm??s priority increases and surpasses your Hammer of Wrath, even when the boss is below 20% health.

4 or more parts of T10 :

* Judgement (Always on top because it is your source of mana.)

**Hammer of Wrath (Only when a boss is under 20% hp)

Other spells, abilities, utilities, and cooldowns.

Holy Wrath - Useful for additional DPS and some helpful crowd control for the tanks on undead and demon mobs. Also is additional DPS against bosses when everything else is on cooldown, but does not stun bosses.
Divine Plea - Useful if you are having problems keeping your mana up.
Lay on Hands - Keep an eye on tanks and healers. You may save one of their lives with this spell. This spell will also grant mana to the person you cast it on.
Sacred Shield - I commonly use this on myself to mitigate AoE damage, but if there is no Holy Paladin present, it would be a great idea to use this on the tank instead. However, do not use it on Paladin tanks, because their own shield tends to be more powerful than your own.
Divine Shield - Excellent tool for keeping yourself alive. Especially if you are being forced into fire, are about to die, or have stolen aggro from the tank.
Divine Protection - Very useful for similar reasons that Divine Shield is useful.
Hand of Freedom - If you or a tank or healer gets slowed and really needs to get moving as fast as they can, you may yet save their lives, or the entire raid by using this on them. Otherwise, save it for yourself if you get slowed, especially if you are standing in fire. Usually only useful on Dreamwalker and Sindragosa in ICC.
Hand of Protection - Best used on healers who have aggro on mobs or such things. Also very useful to use on casters that are about to pull aggro, or have aggro.
Hand of Salvation - Best used to lower the threat generation on a boss by a high DPS player. Especially effective on classes that have limited threat reduction abilities.
Hand of Sacrifice - Effective at reducing damage done to healers and tanks during times of burst damage recieved from the boss, or when they must move throug fire. Take care when using this. You can inadvertently cause your own death if your target takes too much damage.
Avenging Wrath - Obviously your greatest tool for burst damage. Sometimes, especially when your group has low average DPS, you can use it more than once per boss fight. When you can't use it more than once per boss fight, you may decide to save it for when the boss gest low on hp to increase the overall damage of your Hammer of Wrath, as well.

3. Talents

Everyone is encouraged to read talent descriptions and understand them, then create builds of their own. Every person has their own playstyle, and is encouraged to embrace such.

There are many routes you can take on this. You can tunnel vision for high DPS e-penis, or you can spec to provide your raid with as many buffs and cooldowns as possible, as was intended. Keeping your raid alive, assisting them however you can, and topping the damage meter is where the real skill lies.

Tunnel vision DPS spec!

Raid survival assistance spec. (Recommended for raiding with a serious guild.)

I use this build primarily to provide Divine Sacrifice to my guild's raids. Especially for Sindragosa. The point behind Divine Sacrifice is to reduce the damage taken from her bombs during air phase. It is also useful during other times, such as Pungent Blight on Festergut.

The best way to create a talent build is to read each and every talent, and make sure you understand what they do, and what sort of effects they will have on your gameplay and environment.

4. 3.3.5a Retribution BiS Lists

(Alliance) refers to the Draenei racial that grants you 1% additional hit rating.

Heroic Plate Priority List (Includes strength and plate only)

Head: Sanctified Lightsworn Helmet

Neck: Penumbra Pendant

Shoulders: Sanctified Lightsworn Shoulderplates

Back: Winding Sheet

Chest: Sanctified Lightsworn Battleplate

Wrist: Polar Bear Claw Bracers

Wrist(Alliance): Bracers of the Heir

Hands: Fleshrending Gauntlets

Waist: Coldwraith Links

Legs: Sanctified Lightsworn Legplates

Feet: Apocalypse's Advance

Finger1: Might of Blight

Finger2: Ashen Band of Endless Might

Trinket1: Sharpened Twilight Scale

Trinket2: Tiny Abomination in a Jar

Main Hand: Glorenzelg, High-Blade of the Silver Hand or Shadowmourne

Ranged: Libram of Three Truths

DPS: 12,408 (13,430 with Shadowmourne)

Heroic-Mode Items Priority List (Includes agility items and leather)

(Be sure to use one 20 Expertise gem in this set.)

Head: Sanctified Lightsworn Helmet

Neck: Penumbra Pendant

Shoulders: Sanctified Lightsworn Shoulderplates

Back: Shadowvault Slayer's Cloak

Chest: Sanctified Lightsworn Battleplate

Wrist: Polar Bear Claw Bracers

Wrist(Alliance): Umbrage Armbands

Hands: Fleshrending Gauntlets

Waist: Astrylian's Sutured Cinch

Legs: Sanctified Lightsworn Legplates

Feet: Apocalypse's Advance

Finger1: Signet of Twilight

Finger2: Ashen Band of Endless Vengeance

Trinket1: Sharpened Twilight Scale

Trinket2: Tiny Abomination in a Jar

Main Hand: Oathbinder, Charge of the Ranger-General or Shadowmourne

Ranged: Libram of Three Truths

DPS: 12,537 (13,708 with Shadowmourne)

Normal-Mode Plate Priority Items List (Includes strength and plate only)

Head: Sanctified Lightsworn Helmet

Neck: Ahn'kahar Onyx Neckguard

Shoulders: Sanctified Lightsworn Shoulderplates

Back: Winding Sheet

Chest: Sanctified Lightsworn Battleplate

Wrist: Taiga Bindings

Hands: Fleshrending Gauntlets

Waist: Coldwraith Links

Legs: Sanctified Lightsworn Legplates

Feet: Blood-Soaked Saronite Stompers

Finger1: Ring of Rotting Sinew

Finger2: Ashen Band of Endless Might

Trinket1: Death's Choice for Horde, or Death's Verdict for Alliance.

Trinket2: Tiny Abomination in a Jar

Main Hand: Glorenzelg, High-Blade of the Silver Hand

Ranged: Libram of Three Truths

DPS: 11,738

Gems:

*5x Inscribed Ametrine - Gemmed in every Yellow Socket except the one on the Ashen Verdict Ring for Alliance Players.

*2x Inscribed Ametrine & 3x Etched Ametrine - Gemmed in every Yellow Socket except the one on the Ashen Verdict Ring for Horde Players

1x Nightmare Tear - Gemmed in the Chest.

14x Bold Cardinal Ruby - Gemmed everywhere else.

Meta Gem is Relentless Earthsiege Diamond

Normal-Mode Items Priority List (Includes Agility Items)

Head: Sanctified Lightsworn Helmet

Neck: Ahn'kahar Onyx Neckguard

Shoulders: Sanctified Lightsworn Shoulderplates

Back: Winding Sheet

Chest: Sanctified Lightsworn Battleplate

Wrist: Toskk's Maximized Wristguards

Hands: Fleshrending Gauntlets

Waist: Astrylian's Sutured Cinch

Legs: Sanctified Lightsworn Legplates

Feet: Frostbitten Fur Boots

Finger1(Alliance): Seal of Many Mouths

Finger1(Horde): Band of the Bone Colossus

Finger2: Ashen Band of Endless Vengeance

Trinket1: Death's Choice for Horde, or Death's Verdict for Alliance.

Trinket2: Tiny Abomination in a Jar

Main Hand: Oathbinder, Charge of the Ranger-General

Ranged: Libram of Three Truths

DPS: 11,759(Alliance), 11745(Horde)

Gems:

Alliance: 2x Etched Ametrine Gemmed in the Hands and in the Back.

Horde: 2x Inscribed Ametrine Gemmed in the Hands and in the Back.

1x Nightmare Tear - Gemmed in the Chest.

17x Bold Cardinal Ruby - Gemmed everywhere else.

Meta Gem is Relentless Earthsiege Diamond

Trinkets (Listed from best to worst quality. ICC and RS trinkets only.)

Tiny Abomination in a Jar (Heroic)

Tiny Abomination in a Jar

Sharpened Twilight Scale (Heroic)

Death's Choice (Heroic)

Whispering Fanged Skull (Heroic)

Death's Choice

Sharpened Twilight Scale

Whispering Fanged Skull

Herkuml War Token

Deathbringer's Will (Heroic)

Deathbringer's Will

Weapons (Listed from best to worst quality. ICC weapons only.)

Shadowmourne

Oathbinder, Charge of the Ranger-General (Heroic)

Glorenzelg, High-Blade of the Silver Hand (Heroic)

Bloodfall (Heroic)

Bryntroll, the Bone Arbiter (Heroic)

Warmace of Menethil (Heroic)

Cryptmaker (Heroic)

Oathbinder, Charge of the Ranger-General

Glorenzelg, High-Blade of the Silver Hand

Shadow's Edge

Wrathful Gladiator's Claymore

Oxheart (Heroic)

Ramaladni's Blade of Culling (Heroic)

Bloodfall

Hersir's Greatspear (Heroic)

Citadel Enforcer's Claymore (Heroic)

Bryntroll, the Bone Arbiter

5. - The Paladin Philosophy

I encourage everyone to read all of it before dismissing it. Thank you.

Paladin philosophy? What philosophy?

- - First and foremost, your role is to support others. Not DPS. Not heal. Not kill. Support is what defines us, and there isn't any other class in the game that is better at it. Use the knowledge above to help your allies stay alive, and to help control and finish the enemy. Buffs, cooldowns, heals, crowd control, stealth breaking, and DPS assistance, are all involved in this.

- - I would like to especially encourage everyone to find a way they like to play, and are good at it, and follow through with it. This information is provided to help get you there, but is by no means a specific guideline you must follow.

6. - Disclaimer

I am by no means trying to act superior to other players by creating this. I am just trying to help however I can. Please keep the flames and trolling to a minimum. :( Thank you. Constructive criticism is welcome.

This is a copied post from Warmane Official Forum

Credits to: Lynea

Combat PvE Rogue Guide 3.3.5a

2015-04-09T16:23:00.000+08:00

Contents:

1. Stat caps

2. Early Combat spec and play style

3. Late Combat spec and play style

4. BiS list

5. Enchants

6. FAQ & Tips

7. Bug Section

Abbreviations:

CP - Combo Point

SS - Sinister Strike

FoK - Fan of Knives

SnD - Slice and Dice

Evi - Eviscerate

Rup - Rupture

AR - Adrenaline Rush

BF - Blade Flurry

KS - Killing Spree

TotT - Tricks of the Trade

IP - Instant Poison

DP - Deadly Poison

AoE - Area of Effect

Go# - Glyph of #

1. Stat Caps

Hit Rating. The most important thing about DPSing no matter what you do is getting Hit-capped. No other stat matters at all if you're not Hit-capped. It does not matter if you crit for 10k Sinister Strike if that SS *misses*! Hit rating until the Hit-cap is the biggest DPS increase you will get. So, the Hit-cap for special melee abilities is 8%. You MUST always have it! No Sinister Strike misses, no finisher misses. The Hit-cap for spells (poisons) is 17%. You might want to have this as well, since poisons are a very big & important part of Rogue DPS. The Hit-cap for Dual Wield auto-attacks is 25%. It is NOT worth it reaching this cap.

Q: How do I reach the Hit-cap? - 5% from Precision, 1% from Heroic Presence (Draenei) and you got 2% left, which you will get without even trying. From there on it's about gemming & gear choices.

Q: Should I aim for the spell-cap as Combat? - even though you don't get nearly as much DPS from Poisons as Assassination, they still yield a lot of your DPS. So... you should, but it's not your #1 priority.

Expertise comes second after Hit. When attacking from the front (happens in dynamic fights) it is twice as important as Hit. However, you get a good quantity of +Exp from Weapon Expertise & Racial Weapon Specializations, making the 21 Exp cap easily obtainable just from gear. Furthermore, Exp loses half of its value just by the fact that you're attacking from behind (NPCs cannot Parry from behind, they can still Dodge) and then another big chunk from Surprise Attacks enabling your finishers to ALWAYS land when Hit-capped & attacking from behind.

Armor Penetration - this stat allows you to ignore an enemy's armor. Generally speaking, bosses have around 30% mitigation from armor. ArP is your most important secondary DPS stat as Combat, as almost all of your damage is physical. There are 2 ArP caps - the soft and the hard cap. The hard cap is 1400 - it means you'll (theoretically) ignore all of the target's armor. It is obtainable somewhere between ICC10 and ICC25 gear. Before that point you should be aiming for the ArP soft cap, which is the amount of ArP you need to reach 1400 when your ArP trinket procs.

An ArP trinket is a <must-have> for anyone starting Combat. When it procs, it causes your attacks to almost fully ignore the opponent's armor if you are already ArP-soft-capped. This is a list of the 3 pre-ICC ArP-proc trinkets:

Mjolnir Runestone (Ulduar, vote);
Needle-encrusted Scorpion (FoS Hc);
Grim Toll (Naxx25).

2. Early Combat Spec and Play Style

This is the talent build you should be using as a Combat PvE in early gear levels (see below for more info)

5cp SnD + 5cp Rup is the basic Combat rotation. It will yield most of your DPS and make a mediocre Rogue out of you, but that's not what you're aiming I guess... ;)

In those times when you wait for either Rupture or SnD to fade, you should include an Eviscerate or two. You could spare some CPs from your SnD and take them into your Eviscerate filler.

In this case your rotation should be 3cpSnD + 5cpRup + 5cpEvis.

"So why should I use Rupture as Combat instead of just spamming Eviscerate?" - short answer: because you don't have enough ArP yet to make Evi worth spamming. Until you get there, Rupture will be higher on your list.

Rupture is a very important finisher early-game for Combat Rogues. SnD + Rup has been the bread & butter for Rogues ever since this game exists. There are also a lot of Set bonuses which favor Rupture. Such is the T9 Set2 Bonus - you *should* stick with the early-game Rupture build & rotation as long as you have this Set bonus for obvious reasons.

The glyphs you should have are not set as mandatory except for one: Glyph of Sinister Strike - you *must* have this glyph no matter what the hell are you doing. Other glyphs you can use are GoAR(+5sec is +5sec), GoFoK(your only AoE, which is the second strongest AoE in-game after Blizzard), GoSnD(for more filler-damage), GoRup(for more filler-damage), GoEvi(for more filler-damage), GoKS(more usages in 1 boss-fight). You are absolutely free to pick whichever 2 from these that you want, but your 3rd glyph must always be GoSS!

3. Late Combat Spec and Play Style

This is the talent build you should be using after you get hard-capped.

The Combat part of the build, as you can see, stays the same. However, there are changes in the Assassination part, the effects of which change the play-style of your Rogue from this point on. Instead of striving to keep Rupture up and include an Eviscerate from time to time, you are now going to spam Eviscerate. So the fight will basically be a 5cpSnD and then just spam Evisc and refresh SnD when you see it's going to fade.

The glyphs you are going to use. Again GoSS and also GoEvisc, since it is now a big chunk of your DPS. You are free to get whichever glyph you like from the others - GoAR, GoSnD,GoFoK, GoTotT, GoKS.

The energy needed to perform those moves comes from Vitality & Combat Potency. Because of that second talent, you must ALWAYS have a fast weapon in your OffHand (and a slow one in your MainHand for hard-hitting Sinister Strikes, ofcourse). Choosing 5/5 Rele Strikes over improving your poisons will also help you in this direction.

4. BiS List

The below contains the Best in Slot list for Combat Rogues. Clarifications are found under the list.

Head: Sanctified Shadowblade Helmet

Neck: Sindragosa's Cruel Claw

Shoulders: Sanctified Shadowblade Pauldrons

Back: Sylvanas' Cunning

Chest: Sanctified Shadowblade Breastplate

Wrists: Toskk's Maximized Wristguards

Gloves: Aldriana's Gloves of Secrecy

Belt: Astrylian's Sutured Cinch

Legs: Sanctified Shadowblade Legplates

Feet: Frostbitten Fur Boots

Finger1: Ashen Band of Endless Vengeance

Finger2: Signet of Twilight

Trinket1: Sharpened Twilight Scale

Trinket2: Deathbringer's Will

Main Hand: Havoc's Call, Blade of Lordaeron Kings

Off-Hand: Scourgeborne Waraxe

Ranged: Fal'inrush, Defender of Quel'thalas

This gear will net you 1070 ArP. The remaining 330 of your ArP will come from your red gems and your favorite food.

Details about DBW: The trinket procs 3 random stats, depending on the class. The duration is 30 seconds and the ICD of the trinket is 105 seconds. For Rogues these are the procs:

1) Agility of the Vrykul - 700 Agility

2) Speed of the Vrykul - 700 Haste

3) Power of the Taunka - 1400 AP

What you should ALWAYS keep in mind when upgrading and changing gear is stats balance - never lose your Hit & Exp cap and try not to sacrifice ArP unless the upgrade is too big. The reason I am saying this is because you can easily get ArP capped before BiS, but a lot of people make the mistake of sacrificing crucial stats in order to do so, and then come here asking why their DPS is so low. Always balance your stats!

5. Enchants

Head: http://wotlk.openwow.com/item=50367

Shoulders: http://wotlk.openwow.com/item=50335

Back: http://wotlk.openwow.com/item=44457

Chest: http://wotlk.openwow.com/item=44465

Wrists: http://wotlk.openwow.com/item=44815

Hands: http://wotlk.openwow.com/item=44458

Legs: http://wotlk.openwow.com/item=38374

Feet: http://wotlk.openwow.com/item=44469

Weapons: http://wotlk.openwow.com/item=44493 on both MH and OH

Since KotEB and SoH reputations tend to not work, the PvP enchants are also an option, as well as the Inscription enchants, of course.

6. Frequently Asked Questions:

1) So which is better for PvE - Combat or Assassination? - In the general case, in a motionless tank'n'spank fight Assassination will always outperform Combat (considering same gear & skill levels). However, a lot of raid fights require movement, target switching & interacting. This is how it is supposed to be - otherwise it would be boring. This is where Assassination's flaw is - changing targets, losing the 5xDP stacks and the Envenom buff results in a massive DPS drop for Assassination. And this is where Combat shines - it does not rely on DP as much as Assassination, it doesn't have a short-time buff to keep up, so everything you have to do in a dynamic fight is just to make sure you have SnD up & continue spamming SS... And then, of course, we have personal preferences - if you like Combat more than Assassination, don't ask which of the 2 you should play if you already have the answer in your head :)

2) What kind of weapons should I use and which poison goes to which weapon? - Ideally, a slow sword/axe in your main hand and a fast sword/axe in your off-hand. IP should go to the slow weapon and DP should go to the fast weapon. The reason is that after DP gets 5 stacks it starts proccing the other poison when it is refreshed.

Killing Spree

KSpree is your highest burst ability and Combat's signature move. Be EXTREMELY CAREFUL when using Killing Spree as it can easily kill you and it can even wipe the whole raid group on certain bosses like Thaddius. Yes, it was funny, but my friend's Guild Officers didn't think so... You can use KSpree in conjunction with TotT to help your tank with a massive aggro boost. You should watch your Proc trinket and any crucial debuffs on your target too and then use your trinket and KSpree for maximum effect. Watch to have 5xDP on your target before you perform this - KSpree can and will proc poisons.

Blade Flurry

BF is a short-cd (2min) skill which increases your attack speed by 20% and grants you the same effect as Sweeping Strikes, allowing your attacks to strike a nearby target in Melee range as well. Activating BF means you get a short DPS boost right away since Auto Attacks are Combat's main source of damage. However, there are some smart ways to use BF. The skill works very good in conjunction with KSpree and Fan of Knives. Combined with KSpree when attacking 2 nearby targets in Melee range will result in doubling the effect of KSpree. Combine BF with FoK and activate Adrenaline Rush before that and you will get the most insane AoE damage in the whole game for the duration of BF and AR.

Weapon Specialization

Weapon Spec in PvE is an issue that a lot of Rogues hate. Basically because they have to respec every time they get a cool new weapon. This is the reason why it got removed on Cataclysm. Having said that, weapon specialization depends mainly on what type are your current best weapons in possession. Of course, there are some general things that should be mentioned about Weapon Specialization.

Mace Spec - good if you are in a hurry to reach the ArP hard-cap.
CQC - crit is always nice, but not as nice as H&S
H&S - the general talent of choice, H&S is unrelated to ArP or crit - it just grants you an extra hit... which can proc poisons & crit. I think this makes it clear why H&S is the best choice.

7. Bugs & the Consequences:

1) Hack & Slash has been reported in the Bug Tracker as bugged. Its proc is lower than it should be, but it is still better than CQC and Mace Spec.

2) Crit calculations are a bit off. This case has been standing for a long time now and it basically gimps Rogues, compared to other classes. Not a lot, but enough for Rogues to be sub-par compared to MM Hunts, Retadins and Mages.

I will update this Guide as often as possible.

I will appreciate all kinds of constructive criticism, mistakes & friendly On-Topic discussions!

Peace^^

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Credits to: Taralej

Enhancement Shaman PvE 4.3.4 Guide

2015-04-09T16:02:00.000+08:00

Hello, I'm Kemisha of Frostwolf. Some of you might know me for some quite obscene damage in BGs, or playing pocket healer. However as a huge PvE fan and with the lack of a guide here (And the EJ one being outdated, badly coded thanks to changed in the WoWhead database) thought that I should throw up this little guide on how to be awesome at shaman.

Contents:

1) Overview

2) Talents

a. Tree

b. Glyphs

c. Individual Talents

3) Gear

a. Gearing

b. Gems

c. Enchants

d. Professions

4) Playstyle

5) Macros

6) Addons

Shamans are the master of elements, the true earth mothers. Controlling every element in order to damage, control or heal.

Restoration – Healer: Using the soothing energies of water to cleanse all injuries, awakening the spirits to aids those close to death. Resto Shamans are strong at aiding those who are about to die.

Elemental – Ranged Damage: Calls upon the fire and nature elements in order to cause destruction from range. Storms are coming for Elemental shamans enemies.

Enhancement – Melee Damage: Imbuing their weapons with the forces, causing strong melee damage with the powers of Wind, Fire and Nature to unleash the ultimate fury.

Picking your Race:

Alliance:

Dwarf – Racial more useful in a PvP situation, allowing you to reduce damage taken by 10% for 8s, this however might be quite good for PvE depending on how you use it. Also increased Expertise rating with Maces.

Dreanei – The 1% hit rating is a good stat to enjoy, however this is Molten and it doesn't work. The Racial heal again like the Dwarf one is more PvP based, however might have a small use in PvE.

Horde:

Goblin – 1% haste rating, which is useless to Enhc Shamans.

Orc – On use Attack Power buff, expertise when using Axes. Hands down the best Shaman race of both factions.

Tauren – AOE stun and an increased 5% Base HP.

Troll – Small Bloodlust style haste boost, bit useless for shamans, Slow effect reduction (PvP mainly).

Talents:

Talent Tree

Primary Glyphs

Glyph of Lava Lash - Increases the Damage of Lava Lash, should be your standard go to Enhc glyph

Glyph of Windfury Weapon - Increases the proc rate of your WF weapon, again a must have glyph.

then either:

Glyph of Stormstrike - This is preferential for when you have your T13 4set, since it works with increasing your damage with Lightning Bolt and Earth Shock.

Glyph of Shocking - Better if you don't have your T13 4set, since the reduced GCDs from shock help clear up a little downtime should you still have any.

Major:

Glyph of Shamanistic Rage - This is purly to help healers who are unable to dispel everyone at once on some fights, not to mention magical CCs, like Morchok trash.

Glyph of Lightning Shield - Some fights there is a raid-wide damage going out, this can consume your lightning shield. Using this glyph stops that from happening.

Minor:

Glyph of Renewed Life - Allowing you to use Reincarnation without having to worry about Ankhs.

Individual Talents:

Most of the talents are fairly obvious as to why they would be taken. Some however you may question.You are even left over with a spare talent point which you can put wherever you find preferable, I throw it in Elemental Precision, just for that little extra boost to base damage.

Elemental Talents

Reverberation - This talent is pretty brilliant, it reduces the CD of your shocks by 1s, which stop a lot of downtime within your rotation. Not only that but gives you a 5s kick. Great for things like Ultraxion event, where I normally just run around kicking the dragons clearing the way of fire.

Elemental Precision - Ignoring the Hit from spirit because you don't actually have gear with spirit on. it's taken for the % damage increase from Nature and Fire.

Enhancement Talents

Ancestral Swiftness - Its not a primary talent, but it is helpful. I would chose this just because I prefer the extra movement speed, with flights like Yj, or Madness where you have a bit of movement between phases it just speeds it up a little.

Basic Stat Priority

Spell Hit (17%) > Agility > Mastery > Crit > Over Melee Hit Cap > Haste

*Expertise here on molten isn't working too well, neither is hit rating really, however I still advise you get your full 17% spell hit rating.

Gearing

There is always one thing to remember as a Enhc Shaman. You want to be getting slow 1h weapons. And nice as that dagger looks, and as much agility that is on it, it will never be as good as a strength 1h weapon. Daggers when combined with Windfury is like stabbing someone with toothpicks. Windfury however with slow 2.60+ weapon is like raining stones upon someone. Always take this into account and never equip a Dagger, even if said dagger is +20 Ilvl.. It's just not worth losing out on your Windfury to get.

Another question you might as yourself upon seeing the BIS list... Why is it lower ilvl? Why am I wearing FL HC gear? You see, Mastery is our main stat, you want to be stacking this like 12YOs brag about stacking your mother... Every point in Mastery is a direct DPS increase. Most of the Agility gear in DS is aimed at Hunters and Rogues, with their fancy Crit+Haste, not Shamans. Which does make the Elements very sad. But Don't worry yourself, Sir Ragnaros, Lord of Fire, gives us a lot of juicy gear from his little domain. Isn't he kind?

Gems:

Red/Prismatic – Delicate Queen's Garnet (40 Agi)

Yellow – Adept Lava Coral (25 Agi + 25 Mastery)

Meta - Agile Shadowspirit Diamond (54 Agi + 3% Crit Effect)

Enchants:

Weapons: Landslide

Helm: +60 Agility and +35 Haste (Ramkahen Rep)

Shoulders: +50 Agility and +25 Mastery (Therazane Rep)

Back: +65 Crit Rating (Greater Critical Strike)

Chest: +20 Stats (Peerless Stats)

Bracers: +65 Crit (Greater Critical Strike) / +50 Agility (Agility) / +130 Agility (LW Prof)

Gloves: +65 Mastery (Greater Mastery)

Belt: Ebonsteel Belt Buckle

Legs: +190 Attack Power +55 Crit (Dragonscale Leg Armor)

Boots: +50 Mastery

Professions:

Professions help you in many ways, whether it be a buff or an enchant, you’re going to get something out of taking up a profession. However not all them are beneficial to your role and class.

Blacksmithing – Two Gem Sockets on your Wrist/Gloves where you can put ANY Coloured gem in it, this is probably the best profession to take as a Enhc Shaman. So that’s +100 Agility.

Enchanting - +80 Agility from the two ring enchants.

Leatherworking – Your fur wrist enchants gain you +130 Agility on your bracers, it works out to be a +80 Agility Increase.

Alchemy - +80 Agility Flask, increase on pots and flaskes used.

These are the best ones to take. The rest you gain not a lot from in terms of helpful stats. Even Jewelcrafting when DS is released is bad, since there will be epic gems.

BIS List:

A fair bit of this will require you doing FL HC. - Feel free to question my list, I do drop some HC DS items for lower ilevel due to the increase in Mastery over things such as Haste.

Helm: Spiritwalker's Helmet (T13-DS)

Neck: Choker of the Vanquished Lord (FLHC-Rag)

Shoulders: Spiritwalker's Spaulders (T13-DS)

Back: Dreadfire Drape (FLHC-LRyho)

Chest: Spiritwalker's Cuirass (T13-DS)

Bracers: Bracers of Looming Darkness (DS-Ultra)

Gloves: Spiritwalker's Grips (T13-DS)

Belt: Belt of the Beloved Companion (DS-WMB)

Legs: Spiritwalker's Legguards (T13-DS)

Boots: Treads of Dormant Dreams (DS-Hag)

Ring: Seal of Primordial Shadow (DS-Shared)

Ring: Emergency Decent Loop (Valor)

Trinket: Wrath of Unchaining (DS-Spine)

Trinket: Matrix Restabilizer (FLHC-Rag)

Weapons: No'Kaled, the Element of Death (DS-MoD)

Relic: Covenant of the Flame (FLHC Token)

Priority System

Shamans do not have a rotation, instead like rets, we have a Priority System. Based on what you have on CD, what needs refreshing, what is going on in the fight.

Weapon Embues:

Mainhand: Windfury - When proc'd instantly deals 3 attacks based on AP and Weapon Damage.

Offhand: Flametongue - Passively increases LL damage, as well as when unleashed increases the damage of your next fire spell by 5%.

Totems: (mainly depending on raid comps, however this is my standard CotE)

Searing Bolt Totem

Strength of Earth Totem

Healing Stream Totem

Windfury Totem

Single Target:

Searing Totem - This should be down all the time, It's 1min uptime, I would highly suggest you get an addon to track this.

Lightning Bolt w/ 5 MW Stacks - This should be your main concern, spending your MW allows you to gain more again. Only with 5 is it instant cast. Should this ability miss due to lack of hit rating your MW stacks are not consumed.

Stormstrike - Keeps on your Nature Damage increase debuff, works for your LB and ES damage.

Flame Shock w/ Unleash Flame - Flame Shock is your base DOT, allows you to use FN which will AOE as well as direct dmg/

Lava Lash w/ 5 Searing - Consumes your Searing Bolt stacks to unleash a deadly amount of Fire damage.

Unleash Elements - This unleashes your WF and FT imbues, which then I would use Fire Nova to consume FT if you don't need to reapply FS.

Earth Shock - Filler Shock, for when you have nothing else to press. Works with your SS debuff.

Fire Nova - AOE damage on every target with Flame Shock on, great filler spell for empty GCDs since it does a fair amount of direct damage.

AOE Targets:

Magma Totem - AOE stacking Searing totem.

Flame Shock w/ Unleash - DoTs up on target with FS.

Lava Lash - Use to spread the Flame Shock to others around.

Fire Nova - Spam this off CD for the most beautiful AOE DPS outside of a Mages' Combustion spread.

Chain Lightning /w 5 MW - Use Chain Lightning to spend your MW, however it does have a 8s CD.

Stormstrike - To help build up MW stacks.

The aim is to never have downtime and for every GCD you have available to you is used, while at the same time sticking to your priority system without having much error.

There are not many macros involved with Enhc. The only major one I would suggest for PvE is a Stopcasting incase you button smash LB and it starts to cast without and MW.

Code:

/stopcasting

/cast Stormstrike

And maybe a Macro to use your wolves with a trinket (if your not lucky enough to own your two BIS trinkets)

Code:

/cast Feral Spirit

/cast Spirit Walk

/use 14

TotemTimers - Keeping track of you totems and uptimes.

Power Auras - for tracking procs and any other CD you wish.

And Just so you can see, my UI.

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Credits to: Faelarin

PvE Mage Guide 3.3.5a ( Wrath of the Lich King )

2015-04-09T12:05:00.003+08:00

Who I am:

Well ingame my character is Faelarin (or Fae). I am a Former Mage Class Leader and Officer of <Severance> on Deathwing and have been playing Mage as my main since WoW release in 2004.

The Mage class is considered to be a top dps class. Mages can be a RNG or just a flat dps class. RNG meaning Random Number Generators. In the case of molten, most mages are RNG FFB mages. This means they rely on Crits to pull dps, if they dont get them, bye bye dps. An example of a flat dps mage is arcane, where haste is the significant part of dps rather than crits. This guide will focus mostly on RNG mages. Reasons below.

Our reasons to play mage:

1) Sexy Beast

2) High Mobility

3) Easy Defensive CDs

4) High Burst and Sustained Dmg

5) Raid Wide Int. Buff.

6) Easy Raid CC spell for those annoying Mind Controls.

Anyway, down to business.

SPECS

There 5 main PvE specs for mage:

Arcane (57/3/11)

Viable = YES

Talent Tree

(3 extra points into Arcane Stability for not worrying about staying in range of Conc aura, These points can be redistributed to Student of the Mind and Arcane Meditation)

As you can see there is no Arcane Barrage or Slow in the spec. This is because they're just not needed. Arcane Barrage will actually drop your dps when used because of the GCD (global cooldown) that it causes. Slow is not in the spec either, this is because as of patch 3.3.3 it is no longer required to have the "Slow" spell debuff on target for Torment the Weak to take effect. This means that tanks now apply a debuff that allows you to take advantage of TTW. However in the case of Molten-WoW, only certain debuffs actually proc TTW properly, the main one being a Death Knights Icy Touch. Because most raids have a Death Knight, it is not required to have Slow in the spec. Those 2 points which most people place in these two talents have been places into Arcane Stability to allow for nearly no pushback with raid buffs for arcane missiles (namely Concentration Aura which gives 35%). It is also possible to remove 1 additional point from Student of the Mind to cap reduced pushback with Conc. Aura.

There are 2 more problems with Arcane on molten, as most people know, this is a subpar spec for dps. This is mainly due to a scaling bug with Arcane Blast. At around 2800-2900 spellpower you will notice that your Arcane Blast damage does not increase as much as it should with further spell power increases. A good way to test this and see for yourself as i have is to use DFO and just spam Arcane Blast. You'll notice that the damage on Arcane Blast does not increase by as rapidly as it should. The second bug is a visual and actual bug depending on your current haste rating. At around 1000 haste, you'll begin to have a visual bug on Arcane Missiles where it only fires 4 instead of 5 times. However this is only visual.

Q: I frequently have only 4 missiles worth of damage when I use my proc, whats causing this?

The main cause for this is just clipping your spell early. This is because clipping Arcane Missiles means that you lose your last missile no matter what because the last missile is at the end of a cast. The best advice for this is to get a cast bar addon which shows delay (Quartz for example).

Even with these bugs, due to ignite fixes, Arcane can now be considered a top end competitive raiding, spec especially since it provides 3% raid damage.

(See TTW/Fire for explanation of how TTW talent works)

Arcane still does exactly what it's supposed to at lower gear levels.

Frost DPS (18/0/53)

Viable = NO

Talent Tree

(This is for the top single target frost dps, for aoe, include 1 point in Frostbite and 1 point in Improved Blizzard)

I know what everyone's thinking... "wtf frost dps mage?" Yes this is a viable spec, however it is not viable on molten due to a bug with Deep Freeze (it does not do damage on bosses like it is supposed to, tested as of December 23 2013). Unfortunate for me as this is my favourite spec. It's faster than arcane with more procs to manages. Sadly due to molten bugs, useless spec. Now assuming this spec was viable on molten. The talent set up can be modified quite a bit, the spec posted here is the top dps version possible with Ice Barrier.

Frost Dps will not be mentioned further throughout the guide because of molten bugs, PM me in game if you want more info for the funs xD.

TTW Fire (20/51/0) or (18/53/0)

Viable = YES

Talent Tree

(Points into Master of Elements interchangeable with Student of the Mind)

TTW Fire on molten works perfectly fine as long as you fulfill the requirements for Torment The Weak. This generally means having a DK. With a DK this scales almost exactly as it does on Retail with the exception of ignite. (Described in a later post by Chocohole (Lucideto)). The point in master of elements is a free point which can be placed based on needs. Most commonly changed for Blast Wave which can provide utility in raids just like the shamans thunderstorm or druids typhoon.

FAQ: How does the talent Torment the Weak actually work?

Many people wonder about this because bosses cannot actually be slowed, stunned or snared etc, and wonder how TTW actually takes affect. The requirements for TTW is not that a boss actually gets slowed in anyway, but that they have the affecting debuff. This means that as an example, the mages Slow spell does not actually affect a boss, but it appears on the bosses Debuffs, This allows for TTW to proc on the boss. This goes for all slow affects on bosses, however not all of them actually proc TTW though most of them do. (This also goes for Arcane specs as the TTW talent is included in the spec.)

LB FFB (Living Bomb Frostfire Bolt) (0/53/18)

Viable = YES

Talent Tree

Again as with TTW Fire, 2 of your point in Master of Elements are interchangeable, however commonly only 1 is taken out for Blast Wave.

CS FFB (Cold Snap Frostfire Bolt) (0/50/21)

Viable = YES

Talent Tree

This is the other FFB spec that trades out Living Bomb for Cold Snap to allow for chain use of Icy Veins. The 2 Points in Shatter are interchangeable. This is because Shatter does not affect bosses unless you spec deep frost with Fingers of Frost. (You CANNOT Freeze bosses directly).

These two FFB specs play very similarly. The main difference between these specs is that the LB spec focuses more on sustained dps while CS spec focuses on bursting. In general the LB spec will burst harder however for a shorter time and have a higher sustained phase, while the the CS spec will have a longer burst phase in exchange for dps loss. Overall it comes down to personal preference, though 1 spec may be better than the other for certain fights.

There is also a difference in gear set up which will be described below.

GLYPHS

Arcane:

Glyph of Arcane Missiles

Glyph of Arcane Blast

Glyph of Molten Armor

TTW Fire:

Glyph of Fireball

Glyph of Living Bomb

Glyph of Molten Armor

Yes glyph of fireball removes the damage over time portion of fireball, however the reduced cast time which the glyph gives increases dps more than keeping the DoT effect of fireball.

LB FFB:

Glyph of Frostfire

Glyph of Living Bomb

Glyph of Molten Armor

CS FFB:

Glyph of Frostfire

Glyph of Molten Armor

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The reason the 3rd glyph is undefined for CS FFB is because there are no direct damage increasing glyphs. Many people will say to take Glyph of Scorch. There is next to no reason to do this because for the sake of 25man raids there will be a Demo Lock. This means that you do not even need to use scorch (unless they die). Glyph of Scorch can provide extra damage, but only in cases where you are actually required to use it.

Options:

Glyph of Scorch

Glyph of Remove Curse

Glyph of Mana Gem (If you have mana problems only)

Glyph of Blink

Glyph of Ice Armor

These 5 choices all serve different purposes within raiding environments. Though generally most are not required.

ROTATION

*BASICS ONLY*

Arcane:

Single Target (mana efficient): 3x Arcane Blast > Arcane Missiles on Missile Barrage proc

Single Target (no mana worries): 4x Arcane Blast > Arcane Missiles on Missile Barrage proc

AoE: Blizzard

TTW Fire

Single Target: Keep LB on target, Keep Scorch on target (assuming no 5% crit from other sources), Spam Fireball till Hotstreak, use Pyroblast on Hotstreak.

AoE: LB, Flamestrike, Blizzard

Alternate AoE: pick one of the above

LB/CS FFB

Single Target: Keep LB on target, Keep Scorch on target (assuming no 5% crit from other sources), Spam Frostfire Bolt till Hotstreak, use Pyroblast on Hotstreak.

AoE: LB (LB spec only), Flamestrike, Blizzard

Alternate AoE: pick one of the above

There are times when you should not be prioritizing LB and times when you should be. These vary drastically based on the RNG you get during fights. Sometimes keeping LB on target will give you more Hotstreak procs and sometimes it will cause you to lose DPS because of the GCD is causes.

Is it worth cancelling a cast to ensure a hotstreak proc?

Rarely. If you are about to move then yes. If not, no. Stopping casts effectively drops your dps and causes extra GCDs to get instant spells off. Generally you want to clip your cast times with instant spells.

RACE

Horde/

Undead: Will of the Forsaken (CC breaker on some bosses)

Troll: Berserking (Cast Speed CD)

Blood Elf: Arcane Torrent (Mana) and Highest Base Intellect (Little extra crit)

Overall the best race for PvE is Troll.

Alliance/

Human: Increased Spirit (More crit with Molten Armor)

Gnome: Increased Int (more crit)

Draenei: Increase Raid Hit by 1%.

Gnome or Draenei best choices for Alliance. Human best race for spirit stacked mages.

GENERAL NUMBERS

Before Getting into Gear, knowing values of stats is important, therefore:

Spell Power:

This it the primary stat after Hit Rating for all specs. It can be argued that some stats have more value over SP however in general increasing SP will show the greatest increase in dps. (Please note Information like bugs.)

Even though SP is generally the best DMG stat it does not mean that 1 SP = 1 DMG on all spells. To determine how much damage each spell gets from Spell power, Coefficients must be used. These are listed Below for most spells.

Spell Power Coefficients can be found at

Click Here for the Image

Extras (can be requested and I will add them to this list):

Fire Ward ~80.7%

Frost Ward ~80.7%

These work as follows:

The flat damage of a spell (none crit) = Base Dmg + SP * coefficient.

This means that if a player has 1000 spell power and a spell says it does base damage of 2000 and has a coefficient of 50%. the Flat dmg of the spell is: 2000 + (1000 * 50%) = 2500 damage spell.

This is prior to talents and crit multipliers.

Hit Rating:

Missing spells has the highest DPS loss of all stats. Therefore this is the most important stat until it is capped. The PvE hit cap for Level 83 bosses (Raid Bosses) is 17%. This value is combine from raid buffs, gear stats and talents, as well as Draenei for alliance (1%). This means that for the specs listed above, the Hard Hit Cap and Soft Hit Cap (referring to include raid buffs, This means the 3% hit rating obtained from balance druids or shadow priests, they do not stack) from gear are as follows (Reduce all values by 1 when including a Draenei):

Hard Soft

11% 8% Arcane

17% 14% TTW Fire

14% 11% LB FFB

14% 11% CS FFB

These values mean that you need x% to never miss a spell. (Arcane ONLY applies to arcane spells as one of the talents only affects arcane spells. So casting Fire Blast as an example will follow the FFB specs values.)

These values translate into Hit Rating on gear. (1% = 26.232 Rating)

8% = 210 rating

11% = 289 rating

14% = 368 rating

17% = 446 rating

Critical Strike Rating:

There are no caps to Crit rating (other than 100%), however there is a built in diminishing returns system for how much crit increases dps. (NOT INCLUDING DETAILS)

This is one of the most important stats for Fire mages. This is because dps for fire mages generally revolves around Hot Streak procs.

45.91 Crit Rating = 1% Crit.

Haste Rating:

Haste rating also decreases GCD to a minimum of 1 second. This means that if you have enough haste to drop your cast time below 1 second, you are over capped on haste and are wasting stats. At this point focus on other stats.

Haste is the secondary stat for arcane mages and should be prioritized over crit and spirit.

32.79 Haste Rating = 1% Haste

FAQ: How much haste is the right amount?

This varies significantly by spec and values will assume full raid buffs.

Arcane:

Ideally you want your Arcane Blast to be a 1 second cast time while Bloodlust is active. (Or troll racial). This is about 1450 Haste. However the most important haste value is the point where you are able to squeeze in 4 Arcane Blasts in the time of 2pT10. This is because it means you will always have the effective uptime of 2pT10 with the general rotation for arcane. 4xAB > AM (refreshes 2pT10 buff). This means ideally a cast time of 1.25 sec on Arcane Blast. However for this to happen, this means you need 68.5% haste which is 2230 haste. This value is not obtainable. Including raid buffs (not with BL/heroism) this value would be reduced to 55.7% or 1836 haste. This value is also not reasonable. This leaves 3 other options.

4AB during Bloodlust/Heroism under 2pT10 = 655 haste = 20% haste

3AB during 2pT10 = 590 Haste = 18% haste

5AB during Bloodlust/Heroism under 2pT10 = 1640 Haste = 50% haste

5AB during Bloodlust/Heroism under 2pT10 with BlackMagic = 1390 Haste = 42.4% haste

These Last 2 values also mean that you DO NOT use Icy Veins or Berserking (Troll racial) During Bloodlust.

TTW/Fire:

For TTW/fire you want to be able to ideally fit in 4 Fireballs during the 2pT10 buff. The important milestone values for TTW/fire are as follows.

3FB during 2pT10 = 650 Haste = 20% haste

4FB during 2pT10 with Bloodlust/Heroism with BlackMagic = 925 haste = 28.2% haste

4FB during 2pT10 with Bloodlust/Heroism = 1175 Haste = 35.9% haste

FFB specs.

1 second FFB during BL, IV, Berserking (troll only) under 2pT10 = 918 haste = 28% haste

4FFB during Bloodlust/Heroism with Icy Veins under 2pT10 = 1246 Haste = 38% haste

More values may be added later.

Black Magic can always be used to reach these value. Though I would only use Black Magic when it reaches a bit over the value to compensate for lag.

Intellect:

This should not be gemmed for unless mana is a significant problem. Though this should never be the case.

Intellect gives less crit chance per point compared to crit rating.

166.66 Int. = 1% crit

Spirit:

1.43 Spirit = 1 Crit rating

(65.65 Spirit = 1% Crit)

This is a viable stat because of Molten Armor. This means that you can gear Spirit to increase crit. However this is not optimal in most cases.

Molten Armor gives a base of 35% spirit to Crit Rating, 55% when Glyphed and 70% with 2p T9. Note that you can buff Molten Armor with T9 equip and then swap out the T9 pieces and retain the extra 15%. This was also doable on Retail WoW as well and was never announced to be intentional or a bug.

Spirit also has more value when talented into Student of the Mind which applies to Arcane and TTW Fire specs.

Generally Intellect is a more valuable mana stat while spirit is a more valuable dps stat.

CONSUMABLES

Potions:

Potion of Speed

Potion of Wild Magic

The uses of these 2 potions varies by spec and gearing. For a crit stacker generally the potion of speed will be more beneficial, while for a SP stacker, the potion of wild magic will be more beneficial. In general both should be carried, but as mages we're all lazy and generally don't even carry either of them.

Scrolls:

Scroll of Spirit VIII

Many people use the Intellect scroll, however using the spirit scroll actually gives more crit % than the int. scroll due to Glyph of Molten Armor.

Flasks/Elixers:

Flask of the Frost Wyrm

Elixer of Deadly Strikes

Elixer of Spirit

Deadly Strikes and Spirit should only be used if you really need that extra ~1.6% crit. But 125 SP is going to be far more beneficial in most occasions.

Food:

Fish Feast

Or various individual food buffs (Crit rating, Haste Rating and SP most common).

EXTRAS I use now and then:

"Wizardry" Cologne (45 sp)

"Enchantress" Perfume (45 sp)

Midsummer Sausage (30 haste)

Toasted Smorc (44 sp)

These 4 all come from either the Love is in the Air or Midsummer Fire Festival events.

On top of these 4 is my personal favorite which most people have never heard of unless they played in TBC. This is the rare spawn herb Flame Cap. This is only for Fire specs. But it is a 1 minute 80 sp buff.

PROFESSIONS

Tailoring: Effectively 98 Spell Power: 295 SP proc for 15 seconds and a 50% proc chance, this equates to roughly a consistant +98 spell power assuming it procs right after the Internal Cooldown finishes (45 second ICD). This replaces the 23 haste enchant.

*Note* This should be a 74 SP consistent buff (295 SP, 15 sec, 60 sec ICD, 35% proc rate) However on molten this is still the above stats of pre-patch 3.3.3. Regardless of which patch, this is still the best profession to have.

Jewelcrafting: Effectively 48 Spell Power: 3 Dragons Eye Gems (39SP, 34 Crit, 34 Haste). Generally SP dragons eyes are taken. This equates to 48 Bonus SP compared to normal epic gems.

Blacksmithing: Effectively 46 Spell Power: 2 bonus gem sockets, 1 on Wrists, 1 on Hands.

Enchanting: Effectively 46 Spell Power: 2 ring enchants (23x2)

Engineering: Effectively 68 Haste and 12 Crit with movespeed boost and 27 SP with (useless) parachute because of Mage Slow Fall: (Hyperspeed Accelerators) 340 Haste active with 20% uptime. This replaces the standard 28 SP enchant. (Nitro Boosts) 3 Minute CD movespeed boost along with 24 Crit rating. This replaces the standard 12 Crit rating 12 hit rating or 18 Spirit enchant. (Springy Arachnoweave) Parachute along with 27 SP cloak enchant. This replaces the standard 23 haste enchant.

Inscription: Effectively 46 Spell Power: This replaces the 24 SP and 15 crit rating enchant from Sons of Hodir.

Alchemy: Effectively 47 Spell Power: Mixology gives bonus SP on Flask of the Frost Wyrm.

Leatherworking: Effectively 46 Spell Power: Fur Lining - Spell Power (76 Spell power) replaces the standard 30 Spell power enchant.

Skinning: 40 Crit Rating: Master of Anatomy

Mining: Gives Stamina = NOT WORTH

Herbalism: Only gives a heal = NOT WORTH

Generally because Spell Power is the most effective dps stat, Tailoring and Jewelcrafting are the best DPS valued Professions. In some cases Skinning and Engineering can have more value as haste or crit may be more valuable. Another way to compare Professions is by equating the Effective Bonuses to gem sockets. (Ex. 46 SP effective bonus = 2 red epic gems)

ENCHANTS

*Note* These are without taking into consideration profession choices listed.

Head Slot: 30 SP and 20 Crit Rating, Arcanum or Burning Mysteries, From Kirin Tor Reputation Vendor (Revered).

Shoulders Slot: 24 SP and 15 Crit Rating. Greater Inscription of the Storm, From The Sons of Hodir Reputation Vendor (Exalted).

Back Slot: 23 Haste. Standard Enchant.

Chest Slot: 10 to all Base Stats. Standard Enchant.

Wrist Slot: 30 SP. Standard Enchant.

Hand Slot: 28 SP. Standard Enchant.

Waist Slot: +1 Gem Slot. Eternal Belt Buckle, From a Blacksmith.

Legs: 50 SP and 20 Spirit. Brilliant Spellthread, From a Tailor.

Feet: 12 Crit Rating and 12 Hit rating, OR 18 Spirit. This depends on if you are hit capped or not. (18 spirit is minorly better than

12 Crit rating assuming the Hit rating has no value)

**SITUATIONAL: Tuskarr's Vitality, This enchant will actually give more dps during certain fights, namely high movement fights because it allows for more time to cast. It also gives extra survival which should not be overlooked either (dying = 0 dps).

Weapon: 63 SP, 81 SP or Black Magic. 81 SP always if using a staff. 63 SP for 1 handed weapons. Black Magic can be used for Arcane spec. Black Magic effectively gives ~71 Haste assuming it procs at end of ICD. Generally Black Magic enchant should be used for the benchmarks described above.

GEMMING

*NOTE* This is without taking JC dragonÔÇÖs eyes into consideration.

Meta Gem: Chaotic Skyflare Diamond

NO EXCEPTIONS

Arcane:

If low on haste:

Red Socket: Reckless Ametrine

Yellow Socket: Reckless Ametrine

Blue Socket (If greater than 5 SP socket bonus or Meta Gem fulfillment): Purified Dreadstone

Blue Socket (If 5 SP socket bonus or worse): Reckless Ametrine

If fine on haste:

Red Socket: Rune Cardinal Ruby

Yellow Socket: Reckless Ametrine

Blue Socket (If greater than 5 SP socket bonus): Purified Dreadstone

Blue Socket (If 5 SP socket bonus or worse): Runed Cardinal Ruby

TTW Fire

Red Socket: Runed Cardinal Ruby

Yellow Socket: Potent Ametrine

Blue Socket (Greater than 5 SP): Purified Dreadstone

Blue Socket (5SP or worse): Runed Cardinal Ruby

FFB specs have been argued over several times with what is the best gemming. Personally what I use is what is Stated in LB FFB (SP gemming)

LB FFB

Red Socket: Runed Cardinal Ruby

Yellow Socket: Potent Ametrine

Blue Socket (Greater than 5 SP): Purified Dreadstone

Blue Socket (5SP or worse): Runed Cardinal Ruby

CS FFB

Red Socket: Potent Ametrine

Yellow Socket: Smooth KingÔÇÖs Amber

Blue Socket (Greater than 5 SP): Misty Eye of Zul

Blue Socket (5SP or worse): Smooth KingÔÇÖs Amber

LB FFB (other)

See CS FFB above.

OR, If you feel like ignoring socket bonuses and only going for Meta Gem Bonus, after obtaining gems for Meta Gem activation, just use Smooth King's Ambers in all sockets. (generally a weak option and used only at lower gear levels)

If you have JC. Replace 3 would be Red/Yellow gems respectively for the DragonÔÇÖs Eye version. This means that if you are SP gemming you use Runed DragonÔÇÖs Eye x3 while Crit gemming you use Smooth DragonÔÇÖs Eye x3.

To explain the difference of SP gemming and Crit gemming you should first think about the fire specs itself. The most important difference in the 2 gemming systems is RNG. By gemming crit you reduce RNG by having more crits. This means you have more consistent DPS than a SP stacker. When compared to SP stackers, The DPS can be lower or higher. This depends on the SP stackers RNG. If a SP stacker gets good RNG, they will very easily outdps a crit stacker. However bad or mediocre RNG will put them even or below crit stackers.

Another key point about how the DPS differs is with movement. Generally when high movement is involved a SP stacker will out dps a Crit stacker, while on stationary fights it comes down to RNG.

So in general: SP stackers can pull more DPS but are more RNG based than crit stackers who are more consistent.

GEARING & STAT PRIORITY

*NOTE* All gear is assumed to be Heroic gear unless otherwise stated.

*NOTE* BIS lists will assume SOFT CAP hit rating, not hard cap.

Arcane:

Generally speaking for Arcane you want to gear Haste. This does not mean itÔÇÖs the most important stat 100% of the time. In general the stat priority for Arcane is as follows:

Hit to cap > SP = Haste > Crit > Spirit > Intellect

Unless mana is a problem in which case Intellect and spirit are switched.

Arcane BIS:

Head: Sanctified Bloodmage Hood

Neck: Blood QueenÔÇÖs Crimson Choker

Shoulder: Sanctified Bloodmage Shoulderpads

Cloak: Cloak of Burning Dusk

Chest: Sanctified Bloodmage Robe

Wrist: Bracers of Fiery Night

Hands: Sanctified Bloodmage Gloves

Belt: Crushing Coldwraith Belt

Legs: PlaguebringerÔÇÖs Stained Pants

Feet: Plague ScientistÔÇÖs Boots

Ring 1: Ashen Band of Endless Destrustion

Ring 2: Ring of Rapid Ascent

Trinket 1: Dislodged Foreign Object

Trinket 2: Charred Twilight Scale

Weapon: Bloodsurge, KelÔÇÖThuzadÔÇÖs Blade of Agony

Offhand: Shadow Silk Spindle

Wand: Corpse-Impaling Spike

TTW Fire:

With TTW you want to focus on SP and Crit. Choosing SP over Crit will generally give more dps, but as stated before it also causes more RNG. For TTW the general stat priority is:

Hit to cap > SP > Crit > Haste > Spirit > Intellect

TTW BIS:

Head: Sanctified Bloodmage Hood

Neck: Blood QueenÔÇÖs Crimson Choker

Shoulder: Sanctified Bloodmage Shoulderpads

Cloak: Cloak of Burning Dusk

Chest: Robe of the Waking Nightmare

Wrist: Bracers of Fiery Night

Hands: Sanctified Bloodmage Gloves

Belt: Crushing Coldwraith Belt

Legs: Sanctified Bloodmage Leggings

Feet: Plague ScientistÔÇÖs Boots

Ring 1: Ashen Band of Endless Destrustion

Ring 2: Loop of Endless Labyrinth (For Tuskarr's Vit enchant.)

OR: Ring of Rapid Accent (REQUIRES: Horde: 2 Veiled Ametrine with Icewalker Enchant // Alliance: Only Icewalker enchant because of Draenei Racial)

Trinket 1: Phylactery of the Nameless Lich

Trinket 2: Charred Twilight Scale

Weapon: Bloodsurge, KelÔÇÖThuzadÔÇÖs Blade of Agony

Offhand: Shadow Silk Spindle

Wand: Corpse-Impaling Spike

CS/LB FFB:

These 2 Specs have more choices with gearing as stats above with gemming, you can focus more on crit and reducing RNG or you can focus on SP and relying on RNG. Personally for CS FFB I would focus on Crit while LB FFB I focus on SP. Therefore Stat priority is as follows:

CS: Hit to cap > SP = Crit > Spirit = Haste > Intellect

LB: Hit to cap > SP > Crit > Haste > Spirit > Intellect

CS FFB BIS:(can also follow LB FFB list)

Head: Sanctified Bloodmage Hood

Neck: Blood QueenÔÇÖs Crimson Choker

Shoulder: Sanctified Bloodmage Shoulderpads

Cloak: Cloak of Burning Dusk

Chest: Sanctified Bloodmage Robe

Wrist: Bracers of Fiery Night

Hands: Sanctified Bloodmage Gloves

Belt: Lingering Illness

Legs: Sanctified Bloodmage Leggings

Feet: Plague ScientistÔÇÖs Boots

Ring 1: Ashen Band of Endless Destrustion

Ring 2: Loop of Endless Labyrinth

Trinket 1: Phylactery of the Nameless Lich

Trinket 2: MuradinÔÇÖs Spyglass OR Charred Twilight Scale (Heroic), normal CTS is not better than Spyglass heroic.

Weapon: Bloodsurge, KelÔÇÖThuzadÔÇÖs Blade of Agony

Offhand: Shadow Silk Spindle

Wand: Nightmare Ender

LB FFB BIS:

Head: Sanctified Bloodmage Hood

Neck: Blood QueenÔÇÖs Crimson Choker

Shoulder: Sanctified Bloodmage Shoulderpads

Cloak: Cloak of Burning Dusk

Chest: Sanctified Bloodmage Robe

Wrist: Bracers of Fiery Night

Hands: Sanctified Bloodmage Gloves

Belt: Crushing Coldwraith Belt

Legs: Sanctified Bloodmage Leggings

Feet: Plague ScientistÔÇÖs Boots

Ring 1: Ashen Band of Endless Destrustion

Ring 2: Loop of Endless Labyrinth

Trinket 1: Phylactery of the Nameless Lich

Trinket 2: Charred Twilight Scale

Weapon: Bloodsurge, KelÔÇÖThuzadÔÇÖs Blade of Agony

Offhand: Shadow Silk Spindle

Wand: Corpse-Impaling Spike

Extra Spell Info and Uses:

Dampen/Amplify Magic: These should not be used when healers are involved as it increases/decreases damage and healing to the benefit of the damage side.

Spellsteal: Some bosses apply buffs to themselves which can be stolen, ABUSE THIS.

Blink: Quick movement to allow for more damage. USE IT

Ice Armor: Should not be used over Mage Armor in raid situations.

Frostbolt: can be used for all specs as a CC effect, be sure to use Rank 1 Frostbolt for the fastest cast to CC faster.

Cone of Cold: CC effect can be useful.

Frost Nova: CC effect.

Polymorph: CC effect, great for mind control. (included in Decursive)

Remove Curse: Helpful if assigned to dispelling (included in Decursive)

Wards: Extra absorbs for Fire and Frost damage. Can be helpful during some fights.

Mage Armor: Extra resists may help in some cases.

Mana Shield: Absorb if needed.

Ice Block: Temporary aggro wipe, invulnerability, debuff cleanse. Helps in many cases.

Slowfall: Knock Ups, no problem. (minor glyph to remove reagent cost)

COOLDOWNS

Using CDs at the right time can make or break your DPS as a mage.

As an arcane mage your CDs have fairly short recharge times and can usually get them off more than once on most fights, this means burn your CDs at the start of the fight. There are 2 other options for Arcane with CDs as well. Using them during Bloodlust is the most common, while the other is using them during trinket procs. Using during trinket procs can be harder to do effectively. Mirror Images with 4p T10 also gives a damage increase and should be used with other CDs.

For TTW, combustion should generally be used off recharge. Some exceptions of this will be saving it a few seconds to use during Molten Fury or Bloodlust/Heroism. Mirror Images should always be used during Bloodlust or Molten Fury unless you know you can use it more than once during a fight, in which case use it so that you can use it the maximum number of times.

The FFB specs are more complex with CDs overall because you have more choices. These choices will generally rely on whatÔÇÖs need for each encounter. The use of CDs on FFB specs also relies heavily on gearing and gemming. For example a CS FFB mage can chain haste CDs. This means you can for example use Icy Veins at the start of a fight, activate Cold Snap and use Icy Veins again, and the use Mirror Images and Combustion during Bloodlust. (If troll racial, ad d that into the chain). Or a CS FFB mage use all the CDs during Bloodlust for more burst and then use a 2nd IV after. There are many ways to work around CDs with FFB mages which allows you to manipulate your DPS further based on the raids needs. Do you need opening burst or end fight burst or just need to push more damage out at a certain time? Based on this you need to manage your CDs properly.

As a LB FFB mage generally you will want to use all your CDs at the same time to burst as hard as possible. While a CS FFB mage will chain their haste CDs to increase their average DPS with this generally lack of haste.

Mirror Images Specific Info:

Mirror Images is one of the most important CDs for a mage once they get 4p T10, this is because of the 30 second 18% damage buff. Another key part of Mirror Images is its ÔÇ£aggro wipeÔÇØ system it has built in. When using Mirror Images all threat you have temporarily equals 0. However you retain all threat and built threat during its activation. This means that bursting with Mirror Images can cause you to pull aggro after the burst. Mirror Images can also be used defensively in case you do pull aggro before using it because of its temporary aggro wipe. This can therefore be difficult to decide on when to use though generally does not have any problems. One major example of when to not use Mirror Images at the start of a fight to burst is if you need to ensure you obtain bite from Blood Queen LanaÔÇÖthel. If Mirror Images is used to increase damage and threat just to ensure you obtain bite, you will actually cause someone else to get the bite due to the simulated 0 threat. This is why in the Macros below, Mirror Images is NOT added into any of the CD macros.

I have a tendency to pull aggro of the tanks after I use CDs, what can I do to prevent this?

Adjust how you manage your CDs to not burst as hard is a possibility however not usually a fun option as we all like seeing the numbers we can pull. Ice Block can help you clear aggro if you pull and give time for the tanks to get enough threat again. The best option however is to have a paladin use Hand of Salvation on you. This stops you from building more threat so the tanks can keep aggro and build more threat than you.

MACROS

In general mages do not need a lot of macros. Some useful ones are as follows: (Keep in mind to never macro Mirror Images into other Cooldown macros because of its ÔÇ£aggro wipeÔÇØ type effect).

*Note* Berserking only applies to the Troll Racial ability.

TTW Fire CDs

/cast Combustion

/cast Berserking

/use 13

/use 14

(13 and 14 refer to trinket slots assuming you have active trinkets)

FFB specs CDs

/cast Combustion

/cast Icy Veins

/cast Berserking

/use 13

/use 14

Arcane CDs

/cast Arcane Power

/cast Icy Veins

/use 13

/use 14

Silence Macro (Interrupt)

/stopcasting

/cast Counterspell

Slowfall Macro (must still be pressed more than once).

/dismount

/stopcasting

/cast Slow Fall

Presence of Mind Macros (arcane specs)

These will give instant cast spells of the following.

PoM Poly

/cast Presence of Mind

/cast Polymorph

PoM AB

/cast Presence of Mind

/cast Arcane Blast

PoM FFB

/cast Presence of Mind

/cast Frostfire Bolt

For all macros it is possible to add a first line with #showtooltip

This however only shows the first spell on the list unlike retail where it was possible to show a designated spell.

Decursive macro

This will automatically be added to your general addon tab if you use decursive, DO NOT remove this macro.

/stopcasting

/cast [target=mouseover,nomod,exists] Remove Curse; [target=mouseover,exists,mod:ctrl] Polymorph; [target=mouseover,exists,mod:shift] Remove Curse

This is a secondary system for decursive though removing it may cause LUI errors. (posted in case someone removes it and it does not auto add itself again.

MAGE ADDONS

Mage Nuggets ÔÇô Gives a portal menu, Stat monitor, proc monitors (tends to work better than power auras classic but still buggy with molten mage ui bugs) (Personally i say its MANDATORY)

Decursive ÔÇô Anyone who played during Vanilla will know this addon. Helps with controlling CCs (polymorph) in raid and as the name says, de-cursing (remove curse) raid members. (Also Mandatory)

Quartz ÔÇô useful to minimize how much lag affects dps. (any other cast bar addon that shows delay will work)

IceHUD ÔÇô (with most things disabled l0l) personally use it for a range check for bosses and for a boss HP monitor so I know when Molten Fury becomes active. (any HP and Range monitor will work)

RAID ADDONS

Omen Threat Meter (Mandatory)

Recount or Skada DPS meters

DBM etc Raid Announcer

GearScoreLite Welcome to Warmane. (personally hate this addon)

Mike's Scrolling Combat Text If you want cleaner notifications of damage dealt per spell.

QUESTIONS:

If scorch is fading the same time as LB, which one do I refresh?

Cast scorch and clip it with LB so you don't cause extra downtime.

If LB falls off, do I wait until I have a 'Hot Streak' proc before I refresh it to keep ignite stacked up high?

That's common rumour to keep "high ignite", but there is not actual benefit from "rolling" ignite. Ignite works by having a damage bank (made of those 40% of critical damage). When Ignite ticks, it's damage bank is decreased by 50%. If you do a critical FFB, damage bank of actual ignite on the target is increased by 40% of your FFB's damage. The actual high ignites are "stacked" because the critical strikes are done faster than each 2 seconds, so ignite hasn't ticked even once -damage bank is only increased till you do not crit for 2 seconds. Of course the higher uptime of ignite - the higher dps is, but the reason is not the "rolling" of ignite but simply if its uptime is high, it means you had a lot of crits.

Depending on how much you're critting, how well you know the your cast times and how well you manage your procs will determine when to apply LB. If LB will not cause a double tick of hotstreak, then apply it, but if you apply it right away and the explosion makes you waste a hotstreak because it procs before you have time to use a previous one, then you should delay it slightly, this is because the damage bank of ignite will increase more by having more procs as well since you get more crits with more procs. So as an example, Living Bomb ticks over 12 seconds and causes about a 1.1-1.3second GCD in general. This means that you have give or take 10.8 seconds untill it explodes to cast FFB/Fireball. This will get you 4 or 5 casts depending on procs you get during the casts. If on the last FFB/Fireball you happen to get a Hotstreak proc, and crit with 2 previous spells. Then the 3rd spell, if not clipped with hotstreak, will most likely waste a hotstreak because it will get the hotstreak proc again due to LB. (Wasted Hotstreak). There are ways to avoid this and manipulate it so that you can actually chain 3 Hotstreak procs in a row but it is important to be use to your cast times. Example of chain hotstreaks (assuming all crits for this to happen, also works with TTW): apply LB, FFB, FFB, FFB, FFB (clipped with HS), FFB (Clipped with HS), FFB (Clipped with HS). The reason this works is because Hotstreak does not proc until the spell hits the targets hitbox, rather than at casting. So your first 2 FFBs give a hotstreak, then that wont be overrode until 2 more crits hit the target, so if you clip your 4th FFB before it hits the target, then the 4th FFB will give you a new hotstreak which you use on the next FFB. When the 5th FFB hits, LB should explode to give another hotstreak which you can use to immediately clip another FFB.

ANYMORE QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED IN GAME OR ON FORUMS HERE, QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION MAY BE ADDED TO THIS SECTION OR OTHER AREAS OF GUIDE AT ANY TIME. (Faelarin)

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Mist of Pandaria 5.4.2 Installer

2014-09-19T21:55:00.000+08:00

Mist of Pandaria Downloader is the fastest way to get the MoP client

This is a continuation of the Cataclysm installer saga.

Download v3.07 Last updated 21/06/2014

v3.07: Added itIT, fixed two crash errors.

v3.06: Added Molten shortcuts.

v3.05: Changed file hosting.

v3.04: False virus warning fixed.

v3.03: Design.

v3.02: Correction to all known issues.

If the download process worked successfully, you should see the following after you login your Molten username and password:

Additional notes:

-It is a direct downloader (not a P2P).

-Missing content is downloaded from Blizzard servers while playing in-game.

-When loading the game for the first time it may take up to 10 minutes.

-This application is not needed anymore after a successful Game installation. Feel free to delete it afterwards.

FAQ:

Can I still use your application if having the latest Retail Mist of Pandaria version (> 5.4.2)?

Yes, you can, and Xanaria has made a very detailed graphical guide about it. Read how to.

Unable to recover data from the network

People who having this issue "Unable to recover using data from the network. Please check your Internet connection and try again." is because their network is unable to contact Blizzard servers to download missing data.

Check that no programs are blocking the connection, such as Firewall, Antivirus or Hamachi.

Thanks for using my application!

Furthermore, thanks to all who have left me feedback! If you left me a suggestion, I will consider adding it in future versions.

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[MOP] Mist of Pandaria 5.4.2 Mac Installer

2014-09-18T22:10:00.000+08:00

Download

I am happy to bring you a Mist of Pandaria 5.4.2 launcher that works on Mac. Now before you get too excited and start jumping up and down, this is a port. This means that depending on the specs of your imac or macbook, this launcher may run with fewer frames per second than you are accustomed to.

Worry not, this downloader is only a temporary solution until a patched Mac launcher is released. When that happens, I will push out the necessary updates for all you Apple fan boys to enjoy Mist of Pandaria 5.4.2.

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Cataclysm 4.3.4 Installer

2014-09-17T22:22:00.000+08:00

Known as the fastest way to get a working Cataclysm client

Download v2.03 Last updated 19/06/2014

Additional notes:

-It is a direct downloader (not a P2P).

-Missing content is downloaded from Blizzard servers while playing in-game.

-When loading the game for the first time it may take up to 10 minutes.

-This application is not needed anymore after a successful Game installation. Feel free to delete it afterwards.

FAQ:

Unable to recover data from the network

Check that no programs are blocking the connection, such as Firewall, Antivirus or Hamachi.

Thanks for using my application!
And special thanks to all who have left me feedback.

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Illustrated Guide to "Installing" Cataclysm 4.3.4

2014-09-15T22:35:00.000+08:00

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[CATA] Cataclysm 4.3.4 Mac Installer (2 min installation)

2014-09-14T22:45:00.000+08:00

Download

I am happy to bring you a Cataclysm 4.3.4 launcher for Macs.

Instructions

1. Download the World of Warcraft - Cataclysm installer

2. Unzip the file

3. Open the World of Warcraft - Cataclysm folder

4. Do not click on the launcher. Instead, right click the World of Warcraft icon

5. Select "Show Package Contents"

6. Navigation into Contents/MacOS

7. Click on the World of Warcraft file inside that folder and wait for the game to launch

Notes

If you are on Apple's latest OS, you might have some issues running the launcher by just clicking the launcher icon. If this is the case, unzip a fresh copy of the folder and follow the directions above to navigate to the Unix file inside the Package Contents.

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[After-Transfers] How to Get your AddOns Settings Back

2014-09-13T23:00:00.000+08:00

I know that is disgusting to log in a new character, and see that your AddOns just turned into a Chaos for the whole screen So i tried this, and worked for me... So i decided to make this guide, i hope it can be helpful for you.

I will assume that:

You know how to read, watch, play videos on YouTube, copy / paste in Windows.
You already know what "WoW Installation Directory" means, and how to get there.
You have the ability of read (and watch, in this case) twice, thrice and all the times you need to understand

Now let's get it fast First I'll show you a video I just did. In this video you can see the whole process to be performed.

NOTE: To understand the example, suppose you have transferred the character called FRONDOR, which is within the account "GAMON", from Frostwolf x3 realm to Lordaeron x1.

Now let's explain step by step:

Open your WoW Installation Folder
Open "WTF" folder
Open "Account" folder
Open the folder named with your current account name. (GAMON in my example)
Select and Open the folder of your PREVIOUS realm. (Frostwolf x3 in my example)
Once there, copy the folder named with the character's name transferred. (Frondor in my example)
Go back to the folder named with your current Account Name. (GAMON in my example)
Now chose your NEW realm directory and open it. (Lordaeron x1 in my example)
If there is a folder with the name of the character that you transferred (maybe because you've reserved your name before the transfer), Delete it, and paste the one you just copied from your PREVIOUS realm
Now you got all your AddOns settings from your previous realm into the new one

Enjoy!

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[Comprehensive Guide] Horde Leveling 1 - 85 (x20 Realms)

2014-04-27T15:17:00.001+08:00

Reminder: Since all realm rates have reduced to maximum rates of x10 this guide is no longer that much useful.

[Comprehensive Guide] Horde Leveling 1 - 85 (x20 Realms)

- Horde Leveling only.

- About 160 working quests that get character from 1 to 85.

- Starting zones covered so far: [Mulgore] - Tauren.

- If you are starting guide from the middle, start doing quests that are 5 levels below yours.

- Last update on 12 April 2014

- Legend:

[Recommended Minimum Level] - You should still do the quests even if you are 5 levels above.

Link to (Start Coordinates)

[Links to Quests]

Quest Chain Number

Helping clues, Comments

Recommendations/Instructions between quests

Major Bugs

Important information

Recommendations before you begin

+ Download Carbonite v4.301 Add-on for WoW 4.3.4 from Curse.

- It can show you where to go and what to do to complete quests.

+ Download Quest Completist v0.99.7 Add-on for WoW 4.3.4 from Curse.

- Enables you to see what quests you have completed. Can query Server for the quests you have completed.

- To open interface type /qc > Categories > Settings > Perform Server Query...

Starting Zones

[Mulgore] - Tauren Starting Zone 1 - 10

- [1] (45,75) [The First Step] #1

- [2] (48,78) [Rite of Strength] #2

- [2] (48,78) [Our Tribe, Imprisoned] #3

- [2] (48,78) [Go to Adana] #4

- [3] (46,82) [Rite of Courage]

- [3] (46,82) [Stop the Thorncallers]

- [3] (46,82) [The Battleboars] #1

- [4] (46,82) [Feed of Evil]

- [5] (46,82) [Rite of Honor] #2

- [5] (45,75) [Last Rites, First Rites] #3

- [5] (45,75) [Rites of the Earthmother] #4

- [5] (41,76) [Rite of the Winds] #5 Just hand in the quest. It's automatically "completed".

- [6] (47,59) [Sharing the Land] #1

- [8] (47,61) [Dangers of the Windfury]

- [8] (47,59) [Morin Cloudstalker] #1

- To continue further you have to go to [Orgrimmar].

- Head North West up to Mulgore (37,32) or Thunder Bluff (34,74)

- Take elevator up

- Head left to the bridge that starts inside the building at Thunder Bluff (34,47)

- Cross the bridge and turn right to the cave entrance at Thunder Bluff (30,30)

- Walk inside the cave and all the way to the back wall at Thunder Bluff (23,13)

- Take portal to [Blasted Lands]

- When you are in [Blasted Lands] go to Blasted Lands (55,54) and take the Dark Portal

- When you are in [Hellfire Peninsula] go right to Hellfire Peninsula (88,47)

- Take portal to [Orgrimmar]

- Its is strongly recommended at this stage to set your home at Orgrimmar so you can [Hearth] back here later from [Un'Goro Crater]

General Quests - Start in any zone that is 5 levels blelow yours.

- Exit [Orgrimmar] city at Orgrimmar (55,54) where there is a connection to [Northern Barrens]

[Northern Barrens] - Zone 10 -20

- [16] (62,16) [Hyena Extermination]

- [16] (62,17) [Miner's Fortune]

- [16] (62,16) [Sludge Investigation] #1

- [16] (62,17) [Wenikee Boltbucket]

- [16] (44,25) [A Burning Threat]

- [21] (42,15) [Find Gorat!] #1

- [21] (42,15) [Gorat's Vengeance]

[Ashenvale] - Zone 20 -25

- [21] (64,84) [Final Report] Cont. #2

- [21] (42,15) [To Dinah, at Once!] Cont. #3 Back at [Northern Barrens]

- To go to the next quests go to the end of the Great Divide at Southern Barrens (36,5)

- Go to the beginning of the path in the mountains at Southern Barrens (31,11)

- Take this path all the way to Hunter's Hill at Southern Barrens (39,20)

[Southern Barrens] - Zone 30 -35

- [30] (39,20) [Raptor Scraps]

- [31] (39,19) [Put the Fear in Them]

- [31] (39,20) [Signals in the Sky]

- [31] (44,33) [Keeping the Dogs at Bay]

- [31] (44,33) [When Plants Attack]

- [32] (44,33) [A Family Divided] #1 Part two is probably bugged or not worth the time.

- [33] (41,47) [Lion's Pride]

[Dustwallow Marsh] - Zone 35 - 40

- [35] (35,30) [Theramore Spies] #1

- [36] (37,31) [SMASH BROODQUEEN]

- [37] (36,31) [Talk to Ogron]

- [39] (36,31) [Challenge Overlord Mok'Morokk]

- [39] (36,31) [Overlord Mok'Morokk's Concern]

- [39] (37,33) [The Brood of Onyxia] #1 This npc's name is "Blizzard" spelled backwards.

- [39] (36,31) [The Brood of Onyxia] #2

- [39] (37,33) [The Brood of Onyxia] #3

- [41] (37,31) [Army of the Black Dragon]

- To exit [Dustwallow Marsh] go to Dustwallow Marsh (42,77) and take this path

- Continue on this path and jump into the water

- Get out of the water at Thousand Needles (56,56) and take this path to [Tanaris]

[Tanaris] - Zone 45 - 50

- [47] (55,60) [A Few Good Goblins]

- [47] (55,60) [Cutting Losses] #1

- [47] (55,60) [Chicken of the Desert] #2

- [47] (55,60) [Gazer Tag]

- [47] (55,60) [Returning a Favor]

- [48] (44,52) [Get The Centipaarty Started]

- [48] (33,77) [Laying Claim] #1

- [48] (33,77) [The Secrets of Uldum] #1

[Un'Goro Crater] - Zone 50 - 55

- [52] (54,63) [Peculiar Delicacies] #1

- [52] (54,63) [Mossy Pile] #2

- [52] (55,62) [Volcanic Activity] #1

- [53] (55,62) [Blazerunner] #2 This [Blazerunner] mob is actually pretty tough. May skip.

- [53] (55,62) [The Fledgling Colossus] Group recommended. He is located unside cave. Take right path.

- Make sure you are level 61. If you are not just grind some mobs or do few more quests that you can find.

- [Hearth] back to [Orgrimmar]

- Take path down the elevator and go to the entrance of Cleft of Shadows at Orgrimmar (56,51)

- Go inside Cleft of Shadows (cave) and take portal to [Blasted Lands] located at Orgrimmar (47,61)

- Go to Blasted Lands (55,54) and take the Dark Portal to [Hellfire Peninsula]

[Hellfire Peninsula] - Zone 58 - 70

- [61] (28,60) [Report to Zurai] Pick up but do not do it yet. Finish it when you get to [Zangarmarsh]

- [62] (26,60) [Arelion's Journal] #1 The journal is in a tree at Hellfire Peninsula (40,37).

- [62] (26,60) [Arelion's Secret] #2

- [62] (29,50) [The Mistress Revealed] #3 You can /tar Magister Aledis and look at minimap.

- [63] (27,60) [Trueflight Arrows]

- [63] (28,60) [Wanted: Blacktalon the Savage] Quest from Wanted Poster. Mob is inside the cave.

- [61] (27,60) [Helping the Cenarion Post] #1

- [63] (15,52) [Demonic Contamination] #2

- [63] (15,52) [Testing the Antidote] #3 Don't "observe" the result. Just KILL the boar.

- [63] (15,52) [Colossal Menace] Can be tough. Find a buddy!

- [63] (15,52) [Keep Thornfang Hill Clear!]

- [62] (16,52) [The Cenarion Expedition] Finish in the next zone.

- Now you can go to Zangarmarsh (85,54) and hand in [Report to Zurai]

[Zangarmarsh] - Zone 60 - 63

- [62] (80,64) [The Umbrafen Tribe] On top of the tall tower.

- [64] (78,62) [Warden Hamoot]

- [64] (80,64) [Blessings of the Ancients] Just talk to two Ancients (big trees) at (81,64) and (79,67).

- [64] (78,62) [Warden Hamoot]

- Now go to Shattrath City (52,52) and take portal to [Undercity]

- Now go to Zeppelin located at Tirisfal Glades (59,59) and take it to [Howling Fjord]

[Howling Fjord] - Zone 68 - 72

- [71] (79,31) [Let Them Eat Crow] Do NOT complete. "Cheat" by spawning Hounds for the next quest.

- [71] (83,43) [Trail of Fire] Rather difficult escort quest. Clear mobs before doing it or use "cheat" above.

- [71] (78,31) [War is Hell] #1

- [71] (78,29) [New Agamand] #1

- [71] (53,66) [A Tailor-Made Formula] #2

- [71] (53,66) [Apply Heat and Stir] #3

- [71] (53,66) [Field Test] #4 You do not need to spray them. Just kill 10 mobs.

- [71] (53,66) [Time for Cleanup] #5 I skipped last two quests because they take way too long to grind.

- [71] (53,67) [Green Eggs and Whelps] #1

- [71] (53,65) [Shield Hill]

- [72] (53,66) [Give it a Name] #1

- [72] (52,67) [To Venomspite!] #2 Unlocks [Imbeciles Abound!].

[Dragonblight] - Zone 71 - 80

- [72] (77,62) [The Forsaken Blight and You: How Not to Die] Cont. - #3 I have skipped next quest.

- [72] (77,62) [Blighted Last Rites]

- [72] (77,62) [Let Them Not Rise!]

- [72] (77,62) [Wanted: The Scarlet Onslaught]

- [72] (36,48) [Imbeciles Abound!] Pick up this quest but do not do it yet.

- [74] (36,46) [The High Executor Needs You] #1 Pick up this quest but do not do it yet.

- [72] (36,46) [The Taunka and the Tauren] Does not need chain of quests before it.

- [72] (38,46) [Victory Nears...] #1 Next quest in chain is bugged.

- [73] (38,46) [The Kor'kron Vanguard!] #2

- [74] (40,18) [Audience With The Dragon Queen] #3

- [74] (59,54) [Seeds of the Lashers] #1

- [74] (64,75) [Cycle of Life] #1 Next quest in chain is bugged.

- [74] (59,54) [That Which Creates Can Also Destroy] #2

- Now go to Venomspite Base at Dragonblight (77,62)

- Hand in [The High Executor Needs You] at (76,63) and [Imbeciles Abound!] at (77,62)

- [74] (76,63) [To Conquest Hold, But Be Careful!] #2

[Grizzly Hills] - Zone 73 - 75

- [74] (20,64) [The Conqueror's Task] Cont. #3

- [74] (21,64) [A Show of Strength] Cont. #4

- [75] (20,64) [My Enemy's Friend] #1

- [74] (20,64) [Attack on Silverbrook] #2

- [74] (22,65) [Gray Worg Hides] #1 These are a pain to gather. Good bunch of wolves at Grizzly Hills (24,50).

- [74] (22,65) [A Minor Substitution] #2

- [74] (22,65) [Jun'ik's Coverup] #3

- [74] (22,65) [Delivery to Krenna] #4

- [74] (21,64) [Onward to Camp Oneqwah] Helps to have fast flying mount speed.

- [74] (21,64) [The Flamebinders' Secrets]

- [74] (21,64) [The Thane of Voldrune] Just go on top of tower and kill [Thane Torvald Eriksson] at Grizzly Hills (27,73).

- [74] (22,64) [Good Troll Hunting] #1 Good Will Hunting.

- [74] (16,47) [Filling the Cages] #2

- [73] (16,47) [Truce?] #1 You can continue on this chain but I could not be bothered collecting stuff.

- Next two quests will teleport you to Dalaran

[Dalaran] - Zone 1 - 85

- [74] (20,64) [The Magical Kingdom of Dalaran] #1 From NPC [Magistrix Phaelista]

- [74] (57,46) [Learning to Leave and Return: the Magical Way] #2

- You can set home in Dalaran and teleport to Orgrimmar

- In Orgrimmar you can use portals at Orgrimmar (50,37) to teleport to the next Cata zones

[Vashj'ir!] - Zone 80 -82

- To start questing in Vashj'ir! you must complete the following:

- [80] (49,76) [Warchief's Command: Vashj'ir!] Prerequisite - #3 Can be done without 2 previous questst in line.

- [81] (58,12) [Call of Duty] Prerequisite - #4 Can take ship near here to travel to Kelp'thar Forest.

- Now you can start these:

- [81] (38,31) [Sea Legs] Underwater inside capsized boat.

I could not do the rest of the quests such as [Pay It Forward] so just went to the next zone.

[Mount Hyjal] - Zone 80 - 82

- To start questing in Mount Hyjal you must complete the following:

- [80] (49,76) [Warchief's Command: Mount Hyjal!] Prerequisite - #1

- [81] (45,44) [As Hyjal Burns] Prerequisite - #2 You will be teleported here from previous quests.

- [81] (62,24) [Protect the World Tree] Prerequisite - #3

- [81] (47,35) [War on the Twilight's Hammer] Prerequisite - #4

- Now you can start these:

- [81] (64,22) [Inciting the Elements] #1 Optional quest line but good experience none the less. DO IT.

- [81] (64,22) [Flames from Above] #2

- [81] (64,22) [The Earth Rises] Optional quest. Just do it.

- [81] (62,24) [The Last Living Lorekeeper] #1 [Nordu] is at Mount Hyjal (27,55)

- [81] (27,55) [Firefight] #2

- [81] (27,55) [Aessina's Miracle] #3 Enables optional [Lost Wardens] and [Pressing the Advantage] down the list.

- [81] (19,37) [Good News... and Bad News] Squeeze this in. It is very quick quest.

- [81] (19,37) [Tortolla's Revenge] #1 She is located at Mount Hyjal (42,60). Enables optional [Breakthrough].

- [81] (42,60) [The Hammer and the Key] #2

- [81] (42,60) [The Third Flamegate] #3 Hint: Enter Portal located at Mount Hyjal (64,53).

- [81] (64,53) [The Time for Mercy has Passed] #4 Still inside the portal. Mobs are all around the cave but take long to spawn.

- [81] (42,60) [Breakthrough] He is under same huge tortoise and can be hard to click.

- [81] (42,60) [Lost Wardens] #1

- [81] (57,55) [Pressing the Advantage] #2

- [81] (28,29) [From the Mouth of Madness] #1

- [81] (28,36) [Free Your Mind, the Rest Follows] #2

- [81] (28,29) [Sweeping the Shelf]

- You will now be Exalted with [Guardians of Hyjal] Faction

[Deepholm] - Zone 82 - 83

- To start questing in Deepholm you must complete the following:

- [82] (49,76) [Warchief's Command: Deepholm!] Prerequisite - #1 Maybe not required?

- [82] (56,37) [The Maelstrom] Prerequisite - #2

- [82] (33,50) [Deepholm, Realm of Earth] Prerequisite - #3 The ride is not working so just [Hearth] back.

- Now you can start these:

- [82] (49,53) [Gunship Down] Cont. - #3

- [82] (49,53) [Diplomacy First] Cont. - #4

- [82] (49,53) [The Earth Claims All]

- [82] (49,53) [Elemental Energy]

- [82] (62,53) [All Our Friends Are Dead] #1 Fly up high. This NPC is on top of a scripted plying gunship that keeps moving.

- [82] (62,53) [The Admiral's Cabin] #1 He is inside the cabin. Next Quest Line [Without a Captain or Crew] is bugged.

The rest of quests are bugged. It is not even possible to quest for reputation with [Therazane] Faction.

[Orgrimmar] - Zone 1 - 85

- [84] (48,70) [Sauranok Will Point the Way] #1 Do this when you reach level 84. Easy experience.

- [84] (48,71) [Unfamiliar Waters] #1

[Uldum] - Zone 83 - 84

- To start questing in Uldum you must complete the following:

- [84] (49,76) [Warchief's Command: Uldum!] Prerequisite

- Now you can start these:

Ironically there are no quests available here yet. Just go to the next zone.

[Twilight Highlands] - Zone 84 - 85

- To start questing in Twilight Highlands you must complete the following:

- [84] (49,76) [Warchief's Command: Twilight Highlands!] Prerequisite - #1

- [84] (48,76) [Machines of War] #2 Not required but good experience. The rest of the quest line is bugged.

- Now you can start these:

- [84] (37,88) [Spirit of the Loch] #1 Npc [Countess Verrall] is underwater!

- [84] (27,63) [Fire the Cannon] #2

- [85] (21,57) [Enter the Dragon Queen]

Enjoy your Level 85!

Feedback is welcome.

This guide isn't made originally from us this is just copied from Molten Wow Forum.

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Unique Alliance Leveling Guide 1-85

2014-03-25T14:58:00.000+08:00

(100% Working Quests List)

Guide released: 26.2.2012.

Guide updated: 28.10.2012.

PDF file last updated: 13.5.2012.

Alliance leveling for x5 rates server (Cata 4.0.6)

Molten-WoW/Greymane/Dementorion

Please, before saying that quest doesnt work or u cant pick quest, make sure u done all quests before that one, make sure that drop percentage isnt problem, make sure that you saw npc alive which you need to kill, dont just come there and go away, spawn time can be up to even 30min for those q.

If you are 100% sure that quest is bugged, use bug tracker and report it. Thanks.

You can also report UNLISTED working quests by clicking HERE. Thanks for helping other players!

I can see there is no this kind of guide for leveling alliance chars, and I have decided to make one...

This is more like a list of quests done on way to 85, so, all you need is addon that can provide you coordinates (mapster, titan panel), and you can level WITHOUT WORRIES WHERE ARE QUEST GIVERS AND DOES QUEST WORKS. I did them all, they are all working. Say thanks if this helped you, and I will know that all this was worth it.

If you are like “why I would use the same quests like you? maybe you picked hard quests etc…” well, you don’t have to follow this list do whatever you want, I made this to help newbies, and I believe that this is not list only for specific class/race, every class can do it alone, with help from others, only faster.

I recommend to go straight to quest givers, no “run all the time, kill everything on your way” tactic.

Since there are chain quests, you will need to visit one quest giver more than once, since you cant take all quests at once. If you encounter any horde ganking you, logoff and continue another time, or do other quests. Quests are just for leveling, there are no class specific quests (except paladins), to “test” some spell etc... Starting area is for human race. Try to get 240g to 60th lvl for fly mount.

Do not skip quests like “Report to that person”, just because they have low xp, they are needed to get quests which are following that one. Even if you reach certain lvl, and there are more q on the list, do them all, you need all exp. Do not proceed to next area without getting certain level, if you do all the quests from list, but you arent desired level, do some quests and inform me about this, it may happed due to different number of killed mobs = different exp points. “Area” is what you can see from world map, minimap text will not always match with area text, but just make sure you are on right coordinates.

You can also print this whole text and read from paper, to avoid Alt-Tab all the time.

If you have problem with some quest:

1. Search it on wowhead.com, search for quest name or quest giver and CHECK COMMENTS, it will help you 99%

2. When activating quest item or killing npc for q, if it wont work, move couple yards in each direction, try to pull him above water or to another spot or whatever, or do 1.,

3. Call on global, local or guild for help to kill some npc, or try using health potions/some techniques…

4. Spawn time is long, at the moment. You will need to wait for quest item or npc to spawn up to 10-30min I think. Be sure you are there on right time.

>>> You can download the guide in PDF file HERE. <<<

(Spaces / tabulating isnt shown here on forum, check pdf.)

There are 455 working quests and you can check it out here.

Halls of Origination - Exp grinding

Under this text is unsusable part since February 27th, 2012 (Yep, its fixed a day after releasing this guide) To be honest, I still dont understand why this npc have 50-60k hp, when that is heroic value, normal value is 13k and it still would be possible to grind this with no problem.

84 (~70% experience fulfilled) LVL – 85 LVL

At this point you should need ~30% of experience or ~2.9 million points

You can get those points in 30min’s grinding this npc

http://www.wowhead.com/npc=39444

In Uldum / Halls Of Origination

To get to mobs, you will need 2-3 invisibility potions per run. If you die, you will need 2-3 potions again. Buy them on auction house. Once you are in instance, go to mobs but don’t pull them. Use potion and run to 48.34 / 73.70 coordinates, you will need to wait CD 10minutes, then, to 43.3/59.8 or go right if you have time, use another potion and run to snakes which are in sand downstairs. Use strongest AoE and kill snakes, spawn time is arount 2-3 minutes. You will get ~350k exp points per run. Once you kill all snakes go to some corner where you wont pull any mob and wait there for respawn.

http://www.wowhead.com/maps?data=494...13599652483737

Update:

Since the last part isnt possible now, you will need to get 2.9 million points on your own.

There are Northrend areas which I havent visited, so you will need to do it, in order to get to 85th lvl with quests which are on the list. You need to get to LVL 82 ~ 45% experience fulfilled, before heading to Hyjal and continuing to use my list. Im sorry for all those complications but simply, there isnt enough working quests atm for leveling 80 - 85 in Cata areas only.

Source: http://www.wowwiki.com/Formulas:XP_To_Level

(LVL 81 ~50% experience fulfilled + 2.9 million points = LVL 82 ~45% experience fulfilled)

Suggestion for Exp grinding:

http://www.wowhead.com/npc=42523

Location: Deepholm

Level: 83

Health: 5,368

Kill them while rested, to get more Exp.

I would like to thank to following players for making whole leveling experience easier and more interesting:

Molten-WoW/Greymane/

1. Eritea

2. Ashbriinger

3. Ardor

4. Gti

5. Holymoon

6. Kcuff

7. Poonai

8. Saizoo

9. Steltdosmrti

10. Uncer

11. Zarkhan

This guide isn't made originally from us this is just copied from Molten Wow Forum.

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[Guide] PvE Protection Warrior 4.3.4

2013-11-11T12:46:00.000+08:00

Hello friends! My name is Noobert or as some of you may know me, Incarael, from the guild <Care> on Sargeras. I have decided to make a guide showing you the potential of the forever underestimated tank on Molten -- a Protection Warrior. I have been tanking with a Warrior since The Burning Crusade on retail, to Molten's WotLK on Ragnaros and then into Cataclysm on Sargeras and I can tell it is one of my most favorite and exciting classes to play because of how mobile it is at tanking, surviving, and throw out damage. Many other tanks specialize in one aspect, but we specialize in all aspects.

This guide will show you the potential of a Warrior as well as the versatility, abilities, mobility, and power it can bring to a raid. I consider this Tank to be one of the best available in World of Warcraft, but as I have said -- due to bugs on Molten this class, is forever underplayed and underestimated. Hopefully this guide will show you otherwise and maybe create a few more Protection Warriors out there who share my love for this class.

Talent Tree
Glyphs
Stat Priority
Gemming and Enchanting
Reforging
Rotation
Combat Table Coverage (CTC)
BiS List - Non-Donor, Donor, and End Game
Professions
Macros
Skill Knowledge
Credits

This is the talent tree I currently use. I will explain everything below.

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Due to the recent fixes Molten implemented for the MiT Tournament, they have fixed a few talents enabling the use of them again.

Incite 3/3 was taken to enable faster killing of Alysrazor Hatchlings in Heroic mode.

Shield Specialization 3/3 was taken after the fix to obtain maximized rage generation.

Blood and Thunder 2/2 in combination with Thunderstruck 2/2 was taken for Ragnaros' Molten Elementals.

Impending Victory 2/2 dropped for maximizing of Incite and Shield Specialization in Heroic encounters.

Deep Wounds 1/3 taken over Blood Craze 1/3 for a bit of extra damage on Voracious Hatchlings.

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The only difference from the above and here is Deep Wounds 1/3 was dropped for Blood Craze 1/3 for an extra boost of health regeneration. You can rotate more talents from Incite (dropping to 2/3) and War Academy (2/3) if you do not need damage, to other talents such as Blood Craze 3/3.

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As you can see I have chosen to take more damage output but you can maximize damage output or rotate in the health regeneration from Blood Craze. This is a talent specialization based around regeneration and kiting. An example would be on the Spine of Deathwing, Madness of Deathwing and Ragnaros, where you can slow the Corrupted Bloods as well as the Molten Elementals making the kiting and slowing process much smoother.

Prime Glyphs:

Major Glyphs:

Minor Glyphs:

Glyph of Demoralizing Shout

This section will explain and show you the stat priority you will aim for as a Protection Warrior.

Mastery > Parry > Dodge > Stamina > Hit/Expertise

The reason you wish for this priority is so your damage intake is smooth with no spiking and you can mitigate as much damage as possible, since stamina soaking is not as effective in 4.3 -- it will be explained further in the Combat Table Coverage section below. Protection Warrior Guide Cataclysm

Meta Gem:

Eternal Shadowspirit Diamond (81 Stamina and 1% Shield Block Value)

Other Possibilities:

Effulgent Shadowspirit Diamond (81 Stamina and Reduce Spell Damage Taken by 2%) - I highly recommend this for heavy magic damage fights like Alysrazor.

Austere Shadowspirit Diamond (81 Stamina and 2% Increased Armor Value from Items)

Pre-Dragon Soul Gems:

Red - Fine Ember Topaz (20 Parry Rating and 20 Mastery Rating)

Yellow - Fractured Amberjewel (40 Mastery Rating)

Blue - Puissant Dream Emerald (20 Mastery Rating and 30 Stamina)

Other Possibilities:

Red - Defender's Demonseye (20 Parry Rating and 30 Stamina)

Yellow - Regal Dream Emerald (20 Dodge Rating and 37 Stamina)

Blue - Defender's Demonseye (20 Parry Rating and 30 Stamina)

Dragon Soul Gems:

Red - Fine Lava Coral (25 Parry Rating and 25 Mastery Rating)

Yellow - Fractured Lightstone (50 Mastery Rating)

Blue - Puissant Elven Peridot (25 Mastery Rating and 37 Stamina)

Other Possibilities:

Red - Stalwart Lava Coral (25 Parry Rating and 25 Dodge Rating) ** NOTE: The lesser version was removed from the game **

Yellow - Regal Elven Peridot (25 Dodge Rating and 37 Stamina)

Blue - Defender's Shadow Spinel (25 Parry Rating and 37 Stamina)

Enchants:

Head - Arcanum of the Earthen Ring (90 Stamina and 35 Dodge Rating)

Shoulders - Greater Inscription of Unbreakable Quartz (75 Stamina and 25 Dodge Rating)

Chest - Enchant Chest - Peerless Stats (20 Stats)

Back - Enchant Cloak - Protection (250 Armor)

Wrist - Enchant Bracer - Major Stamina (40 Stamina)

Gloves - Enchant Gloves - Greater Mastery (65 Mastery Rating)

Belt - Ebonsteel Belt Buckle (Extra Socket)

Legs - Drakehide Leg Armor (145 Stamina and 55 Dodge Rating)

Feet - Enchant Boots - Lavawalker (35 Mastery and Movement Speed Increase) OR Enchant Boots - Mastery (50 Mastery) OR Enchant Boots - Earthen Vitality (30 Stamina and Movement Speed Increase)

Weapon - Enchant Weapon - Windwalk (Sometimes increase Dodge Rating and Movement Speed)

Shield - Enchant Shield - Mastery (50 Mastery Rating)

There are two possibilities of your reforging, Mastery or balancing out your Parry/Dodge Rating. Mastery is more valuable to you and should always be chosen first as it gives more CTC to you as a tank than Parry or Dodge ever will. Mastery helps smooth over the damage you will take from each hit so you do not take spike damage like Death Knights or Feral Druids.

This topic will discuss the skill priority for rotations, enabling you to maintain the highest level of threat. One point of advice I can give you though is - learn the capabilities of your tank and learn how many cooldowns you will need to survive. Do not EVER use all of your cooldowns at once as it leaves you completely unable to survive should the time arise where you need it most.

Single Target Threat Generation:

Heroic Leap/Charge > Shield Slam > Devastate x3 > Revenge > Shockwave > Thunderclap/Demoralizing Shout.

Queue up Heroic Strike if you are not rage starved.

Area of Effect Threat Generation:

Heroic Leap/Charge > Rend one target > Thunderclap > Shockwave > Demoralizing Shout.

Queue up Cleave if you are not rage starved.

** IMPORTANT NOTE ** If you having trouble with threat, use Vigilance on the highest damaging player in your raid or the opposing tank as it will enable you to refresh your taunt with each hit he or she takes. Another way to use Vigilance is if your taunt is down, a newly spawned mob is running to a player - you can throw Vigilance on that target, taunt it off, and put it back onto another target if required.

Combat Table Coverage, otherwise known as CTC, is how close a tank is to becoming unhittable. The goal is to make sure every hit is either an inherent dodge (every character has 5% dodge chance, regardless of class or spec), dodge, parry, and block. After everything is taken into account, armor comes last further mitigating the overall damage you will take.

All tanks in Cataclysm should aim for 102.4% CTC because with each level ahead of you the bosses are they gain 0.8% chance to hit you. All raid bosses have three levels on you meaning they will have a total of (0.8 x 3) 2.4% hit chance on you. 100% + 2.4% = 102.4% total CTC needed to become almost completely unhittable.

CTC = 5 [5% Inherent Dodge] + (Your Dodge Rating) + (Your Parry Rating) + (Your Block Rating)

Credit goes to Wolololol for the CTC breakdown.

Non-Donor BiS List:

Head - Baleroc Heroic - Helm of Blazing Glory

Neck - Crystallized Firestone - Firebound Gorget

Shoulders - Majordomo Staghelm Heroic - Shoulderguards of the Molten Giant

Chest - Alysrazor Heroic - Chestguard of the Molten Giant

Back - Avengers of Hyjal Reputation - Durable Flamewrath Greatcloak

Wrist - Majordomo Staghelm Heroic - Bracers of the Fiery Path

Gloves - Baleroc - Handguards of the Molten Giant

Belt - Shannox Heroic - Uncrushable Belt of Fury

Legs - Shannox Heroic - Legguards of the Molten Giant

Feet - Blacksmith Crafted - Mirrored Boots

Weapon - Beth'tilac Heroic - Mandible of Beth'tilac

Shield - Baleroc Heroic - Shard of Torment

Ranged Weapon - Crystallized Firestone - Deflecting Star

Ring #1 - Avengers of Hyjal Reputation - Adamantine Signet of the Avengers

Ring #2 - Justice Point Vendor - Deflecting Brimstone Band

Trinket #1 - Beth'tilac Heroic - Spidersilk Spindle

Trinket #2 - Crystallized Firestone - Scales of Life

** If you are looking for a Normal Mode BiS - All of the items above are currently best-in-slot normal but there are other variants that can be just as good or better depending on the stats you need.

Trinkets are based off of your own preference, the current best ones available in normal mode are:

Spidersilk Spindle from Beth'tilac.

Stay of Execution from Avengers of Hyjal reputation.

Scales of Life from Firelands Trash.

Donor BiS List:

Head - Colossal Dragonplate Faceguard

Neck - Guardspike Choker *

Shoulders - Colossal Dragonplate Shoulderguards

Chest - Colossal Dragonplate Chestguard

Back - Indefatigable Greatcloak *

Wrist - Graveheart Bracers

Gloves - Colossal Dragonplate Handguards

Belt - Goriona's Collar

Legs - Colossal Dragonplate Legguards

Feet - Stillheart Warboots

Weapon - Mandible of Beth'tilac ** NOTE: This can only be obtained from Beth'tilac **

Shield - Blackhorn's Mighty Bulwark

Ranged Weapon - Unexpected Backup

Ring #1 - Hardheart Ring

Ring #2 - Signet of the Resolute *

Trinket #1 - Soulshifter Vortex

Trinket #2 - Indomitable Pride

* These items linked from WoWHead are the normal level of stats as there are no raid finder levels listed, check the coin shop for the correct stats.

End-Game BiS List:

Head - Colossal Dragonplate Faceguard

Neck - Guardspike Choker *

Shoulders - Colossal Dragonplate Shoulderguards

Chest - Colossal Dragonplate Chestguard

Back - Indefatigable Greatcloak *

Wrist - Graveheart Bracers

Gloves - Colossal Dragonplate Handguards

Belt - Goriona's Collar

Legs - Foundations of Courage * OR Colossal Dragonplate Legguards

Feet - Stillheart Warboots

Weapon - Souldrinker

Shield - Blackhorn's Mighty Bulwark

Ranged Weapon - Unexpected Backup

Ring #1 - Hardheart Ring

Ring #2 - Signet of the Resolute *

Trinket #1 - Soulshifter Vortex

Trinket #2 - Resolve of Undying

On a high magic damage fight you can use the trinkets:

Soulshifter Vortex and the Indomitable Pride.

** Note ** All of the above items are Heroic quality except the noted above with a * above.

* These items linked from WoWHead are the normal level of stats as there are no Heroic levels listed.

These are the benefits to our class, choose which one you think is the most beneficial to you.

Alchemy - 80 Strength but this is not very useful to us.

Blacksmithing - Two extra gem sockets.

Enchanting - Two ring enchants equalling a total of 120 stamina.

Engineering - Grounded Plasma Shield (Absorbs 16200 to 19800 Damage - 5 Minute Cooldown), Quickflip Deflection Plates (1500 armor for 12 seconds - 1 Minute Cooldown), Spinal Healing Injector (27K to 30K Healing to Yourself - Shares Cooldown with Potions), or Synapse Springs (480 of your highest priority stat - 1 Minute Cooldown).

Herbalism - 480 Haste for 20 seconds, 2 Minute Cooldown.

Inscription - 195 Stamina, 25 Dodge Rating

Jewelcrafting - 27 (or 41 Stamina) stats per gem, maximum of three gems, which equals 81 bonus stats or 123 Stamina.

Leatherworking - 192 Stamina to Bracers.

Mining - 120 Stamina.

Skinning - 80 Critical Strike Rating.

Tailoring - 800 Attack Power for 15 seconds.

Personally, I would choose hard stat bonuses such as Jewelcrafting, and Blacksmithing. Since Shoulder Enchants are currently bugged on Molten, you can even take Inscription to cover the loss of the enchant that most people suffer.

These are just some macros I have developed to help increase my ability as a tank. There are many more out there, but these are just the ones I use.

#showtooltip

/cast [@mouseover] Vigilance

If you mouse over a player in-game or on raid frames and hit this macro, it will put Vigilance on that target.

#showtooltip

/cast [@targetoftarget] Intervene

This macro will Intervene the target of the player, or the mob you are targeting.

#showtooltip

/cast [target=focus] Intervene

This enables you to have more Intervene macros.

/script SetCVar ("cameraDistancemax" ,50)

This is the max camera distance macro and it will help you be more aware of what is going on around you as well as help position the boss correctly.

/script RepopMe()

If you ever get stuck falling the world or unable to release - use this macro. It will save your unstuck on the website to enable you to hunt more pets efficiently.

Every skill in the Warrior spellbook is useful, even right down to the most unused talents. Do not forget to go through your book and read the use of every skill as it will improve your ability to play a Protection Warrior ten fold.

Concussion Blow - 5 Second Stun with high damage output. It can be used to stun mobs that need to be delayed from casting (if stunnable) as well as stopping mobs like Alysrazor's Initiates from igniting her.

Devastate - High threat attack, applies or refreshes Sunder Armor and a low rage cost.

Revenge - Usable after a successful block, parry, or dodge costing only 5 Rage and hitting two targets (if specced).

Shield Block - Shield Block increases the chance to block by 25% for 10 seconds, and if specced into - reduces the magic damage taken by 20% for 6 seconds.

Intervene - Friendly version of charge and if used on somebody, it will reduce their total threat by 10% as well as allow you to take one attack for them.

Shield Slam - Huge threat generation ability as well as dispels one magic effect on the target.

Last Stand - This will increase your health pool by 30% for 20 seconds.

Shield Wall - This skill reduces the damage you take by 40% for 12 seconds. Once you obtain Tier 13, this will also effect the entire raid.

Shockwave - Frontal Area of Effect stun for 4 seconds.

Rallying Cry - Increases the raid members health by 20% for 10 seconds.

Victory Rush - Heals 24% of your current health (or if specced into with a proc 10% of your total health).

Pummel - This is our only hard interrupt, use it wisely.

Inner Rage - Many people forget about this skill, but it helps with area of effect tanking as well as single target tanking if used on cooldown.

Enraged Regeneration - Heals 36% of your total health over 10 seconds. Combine this with Last Stand or Rallying Cry for an even greater effect.

Thunderclap - The highest Area of Effect generation skill and in Dragon Soul it will save your life on Spine/Madness of Deathwing as it reduces time between attacks by 20% for all mobs under its effect.

This completes the guide. Thank you for reading and I hope you will learn as much as I did while making this guide.

If you are going to learn anything from this guide, remember that a tank is only as good as the player controlling it. If you want to tank, you have to strive to be the best available because you control the raid and if you are unable to maneuver, adapt, etc. you will be unable to progress.

I hope you enjoyed the guide and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did typing it. If you have any questions, comments, etc. I will happily answer them as I see them.

Noobert

Originally, Wolololol refused to create my banners and this is what I had come up with. I feel I am an amazing artist.

Credit goes to..

Wolololol for taking pity on me and making the Banners and Headers again and my guildies on <Care> for the support and dedication to make me a better player and person.

Check out the other guides written by myself, and members of Care!

[Guide] 4.3 Protection Paladin

[Guide] 4.3 Holy Priest

[Guide] 4.3 Elemental Shaman

[Guide] 4.3 Shadow Priest

[Guide] 4.3 Survival Hunter

This guide isn't made originally from us this is just copied from Molten Wow Forum.

Source: http://forum.molten-wow.com/showthread.php?t=234870

[Guide] Elemental Shaman PvE 4.3.4

2013-10-29T12:20:00.001+08:00

My shaman's name is Speed and I play on Sargeras. What peaked my interest in elemental shaman is the concept of a nature mage that summons totems and guardians for an overall unique expirence. I have gone to great lengths and even though I may not be the best, I'm better than most of i've came across.

The infomation I provide are the results of reading countless guides, running tons of simulations, and a boatload of field tests which include raids, dungeons, and test dummies. My current progression is 5/6 bwd normal, 2/6 bwd herioc, 4/4 bot, 6/7 fl normal.

The elemental shaman is able to provide high dps and provides a good ammount of utility. Any mistakes you make such as letting flameshock or searing totem expire, stacking lightning shield past 9 charges, delaying lava burst, letting even a half second go by without casting, or improper cooldown usage will severely harm your dps. You have to be on your A game, reflex and focus are key along with a well setup spec and gear build. Don't let all of that intimadate you though as it becomes quite enjoyable and even has a certain rythme to it.

These are the core talents required for all aspects of the PvE environment. You only have 3 leftover to play with. However those spare point can be used for survivability, utility, crowd control, or even a fun aoe cc.

Elemental Warding-Reduces magic damage taken by 4/8/12%. This is always on and most raid damage is magic damage.

Earth's Grasp-Earthbind Totem has a 50/100% chance to root nearby targets for 5 seconds. I have personally been in situations where rooting mobs prevented a wipe, however this is highly situational.

Earthquake-Deals physical damage every second to enemies in an 8 yard radius, with a 10% chance to knockdown and lasts 10 seconds. In pretty much any aoe situation, you will spam chain lightning but it's still viable to drop one of these before you do.

Totemic Reach-Increases the range of your totems' effects by 15/30%. Normally you would take this to extend the range of searing totem but with molten's ai bugs, it will increase the chance of it ninja pulling.

Ancestral Resolve-Reduces any damage takenwhile casting by 5/10%. As an elemental shaman, you should always be casting which makes this a bit heavier than elemental warding.

Prime

Flame Shock-Increases Flame Shock duration by 50%. Flame Shock is weak in general but this glyph allows you to refresh it less while spending more global cooldowns on harder hitting abilities.

Lava Burst-Increases the damage of Lava Burst by 10%. Makes one of your best spells better.

Lightning Bolt-Increases damage of Lightning Bolt by 4%. Lightning Bolt will makes up a huge chunk of our damage and is probably our most casted spell.

Unleashed Lightning-Allows you to cast Lightning Bolt while moving. Gives elemental shamans the ability to be so much mobile which is very important for fights such as alysrazor, shannox, omnitron, atramedes, halfus, and ascendant council. Replace with Lava Burst glyph if you know you will be missing it on cooldown.

Major

Lightning Shield-Lightning Shield can no longer drop below 3 charges. Means you never need to recast it. Always use.

Chain Lightning-Hits 2 additional targets but deals 10% less initial damage. Gives Chain Lightning the ability to hit 5 targets instead of 3. On 4+ mobs, its a dps gain. 2-3 and you can swap this out.

Healing Stream Totem-Your Healing Stream Totem will give 195 frost, fire, and nature resist to all members in range. Best choice for 3rd glyph but swap out if a restoration shaman wants you to drop mana spring or tranquil mind.

Stoneclaw Totem-Stoneclaw totem will give a 16k shield with a 20 second cooldown. Since we don't need earth totems to help with dps, this is completely viable choice for 3rd gylph.

Minor

Thunderstorm-Increases mana gained from Thunderstorm by 2% but will no longer knockback or reduce movement speed. Unless your required to knockback during an encounter, glyph this. Not for the mana regen but for the sake that you don't knock mobs into a wall. Don't be that guy.

All other minor glyphs provide utility or cosmetics which will contribute nothing in a raid environment.

Intellect>Spirit/Hit 17%>Haste>Mastery>Critical Strike

Intellect-Highest ranking stat. It's our main source of spellpower, increases mana pool size, and provides critical strike.

Spirit-With elemental precision 3/3 which is a mandatory talent converts ever point of spirit into hit rating. Learn to see spirit as hit rating since its almost identical.

Hit Rating-Along with spirit should be your number 1 priority until you're at or slightly below hit cap. A single missed attack can knock your dps down a few pegs. Any point above is considered wasted. !7% for all races at this current time.

Haste-Faster spell casting and shorter global cooldowns. There all no haste breakpoints for elemental. The dps gain is linear and for this current tier gear, more is better.

Mastery-Our mastery gives us a chance to for lightning bolt, lava burst, and chain lightning to trigger itself and cast another version that does 75% normal damage and no threat. Its a nice stat to aim for on gear but it should be reforged for spirit if under hitcap or haste.

Critical Strike-Your best spell has a 100% crit chance which makes critical strike garbage for elemental shamans. This should be the first stat reforged and avoided if possible.

This is the result of a simulation ran 10,000 times using a helter skelter fight mode using bis tier 12 gear.

Meta-Burning Shadowspirit Diamond +54 intellect and 3% increased critical effect.

Red-Brilliant Inferno Ruby +40 intellect

Blue-Purified Demonseye +20 intellect and +20 spirit

Yellow-Reckless Ember Topaz +20 intellect and +20 haste

Head-Arcanum of Hyjal +60 intellect and +35 crtitcal strike

Shoulders-Greater Inscription of Charged Lodestone +50 intellect and +25 haste.

Cloak-Greater Intellect +50 intellect

Chest-Peerless Stats +20 All Stats

Wrist-Mighty Intellect +50 intellect

Gloves-Greater Mastery +65 Mastery

Legs-Powerful Ghostly Spellthread +95 intellect and +55 spirit

Feet-Haste +50 haste

Shield-Superior Intellect +40 intellect

Weapon-Power Torrent 500 intellect for 12 sec when dealing damage or healing with spells

Reforging Priority as follows: Spirit/Hit to 17%>Haste>Mastery>Critical Strike.

If you don't have 17% hit, reforge lowest ranking stat Hit Rating or Spirit

If you're over 17% hit, reforge some Hit or Spirit to Haste or Mastery.

Reforge any leftover Crit to Haste or Mastery.

Alchemy: +80 intellect from flasks through Mixology

Blacksmithing: +80 bonus from two bonus sockets on bracers and gloves.

Enchanting: +80 intellect from two ring enchants.

Engineering: Synapse Springs which average out to +80 intellect. 450 int for 10 seconds with a 60 second cooldown.

Inscription: +80 intellect from shoulder enchant.

Jewelcrafting: +81 intellect from 3 intellect gems. When epic gems are released, the value will go down to +51 intellect.

Leatherworking: +80 intellect from fur lining.

Tailoring: cloak enchant that procs 580 intellect for 15 seconds.

Herbalism: 480 haste for 20 seconds every 2 minutes.

Mining: +120 stamina.

Skinning: +80 critical strike rating.

These really are the only choices that make any significant boost in your dps and are pretty easy to acquire.

Elixer:Flask of Draconic Mind +300 intellect

Food:Severed Sagefish Head +90 intellect and +90 stamina

Potion: Volcanic Potion +1200 intellect for 25 seconds

Scroll: Intellect IX +100 intellect.

Always make sure lightning shield and flametongue weapon are active. I seen people mess that up.

Single Target

1) Searing Totem. Fire Elemental totem if have all spellpower procs/cooldowns ready and you can drop it on the boss.

2) Flame shock and refresh with 3 seconds left on duration.

3) Lava burst on cooldown when flame shock is up.

4) Earth shock when you have 7-9 stacks of lightning shield and flame shock has 6+ seconds remaining.

5) Lightning Bolt when all other priorities have been taken care of and while moving.

Unleash elementals was removed from our rotation completely since it uses a gcd and was only used while moving. We have glyph of unleased lightning to thank for that.

Multiple Target

Spam chain lightning.

Earth shock at 7-9 stacks of lightning shield.

Earthquake is optional but if you're specced into it, use it when there's 5 or more targets.

Earth

Stoneskin Increases armor by 4076. Stacks with paladin's devotion aura.

Strength of Earth +549 strength and agility. The same buff is apply by but does not stack with death knights Horn of Winter, warrior's Battle Shout, and hunter's Roar of Courage.

Tremor Totem Breaks fears, charms, and sleep effects for 6 seconds with a 1 minute cooldown.

Stoneclaw 16k personal bubble with a 20 second cooldown.

Fire

Flametongue 6% spellpower increase. Does not benefit from totemic wrath(+10% spellpower increase). Useless.

Searing Shoots bolts of fire at single enemy and benefits from totemic wrath which will increase all party/raid members' spellpower by 10%. Always use. This spellpower increase is also provided by warlock's Demonic Pact.

Magma- Deals fire damage to all enemies within 8 yards. Also benefits from totemic wrath. Very situational. I only really use it when I fear searing totem will ninja pull.

Fire Elemental Much better than searing totem and is a dps increase especially when used with intellect procs and cooldowns. Also benefits from totemic wrath. However it is severely broken and unpredictable. Lately I have been testing and it is scaling better with spellpower/intellect procs and is a very nice dps boost if it runs in right away. I dropped this on Ragnaros and it took 30 seconds before it finally started attacking.

Water

Healing Steam Heals all party members in range. Also stacks with other healing steam totems and benefits from spellpower/intellect procs. Also provides 195 frost, fire, and nature resistence when glyphed.

Mana Spring Increases mana regen by 326 per 5 seconds. Currently stacking with paladin's Blessing of Might.

Tranquil Mind Reduces pushback when casting by 30%. Does not stack with paladin's concentration aura.

Air

Wrath of Air +5% spell haste. Does not stack with shadow priest's Mind Quickening or balance druid's Moonkin Aura.

Windfury+10% melee and ranged attack speed. Does not stack with death knight's Improved Icy Talons or hunter's Hunting Party.

The totems you should have queued generally as an elemental shaman are Stoneskin, Searing, Healing Stream, and Wrath of Air. Assess the needs of the group and place totems accordingly.

Special thank you to Wolololol for the images and to <Care> for giving me to opportunity to flourish as an elemental shaman. Also Noobert for teaching me how to make colored text.

Guides written by other <Care> members.

[Guide] 4.3 Protection Paladin

[Guide] 4.3 Holy Priest

[Guide] 4.3 Shadow Priest

[Guide] 4.3 Survival Hunter

[Guide] 4.3 Protection Warrior

And [Guide] Firelands Normal which is the highest tier of raiding at the moment.

I plan to add a bis list and expand on the rotation with cooldown usage at a later time.

Bugs

Lava Burst elemental overload proc should have a 100% crit chance when hitting a target afflicted with flame shock but it doesn't.

Searing Totem not prioritizing targets with flame shock.

Flametongue Weapon not benefiting from elemental weapons talent.

Fire Elemental Totem is a major dps cooldown but refuses to join the fight or just slaps the enemy when he does.

Earth Elemental Totem is also severely broken but not that high of a priority. Contributes roughly 500 dps if fixed and really run to use.

Dreanei's Heroic Presence is supposed to give 1% hit but doesn't work at all.

This guide isn't made originally from us this is just copied from Molten Wow Forum.

Source: http://forum.molten-wow.com/showthread.php?t=231144

[Guide] 4.3.4 Holy Priest PvE

2013-10-27T12:13:00.001+08:00

This guide will contain information that may be helpful to you as a Priest Healer in the Cataclysm dungeon and raid environment, which is exclusively designed for Molten. You will know which stats are important, key talents and spell, the rotation/healing method, and much more. This guide will be updated and improved regularly as new updates happen on our server.

Problems Faced by a Holy Priest
Talent Overview
Glyphs
Stats
Chakra
Rotation
Consumables
Gems & Enchants
Professions
Credits

Mana Issue

Unless you get the end-game gears, you will get several mana issues whenever healing a dungeon/raid. Something seems to be costly, everything seem to be costly, thus forcing you to reserve your mana a lot and prevent yourself from pulling out the best healing performance you can do. Shadowfiend, Hymn of Hope, and 50% combat mana regeneration from Spirit are the 3 main sources of your mana gain during combat.

Transitioning from a Dungeon Healer to a Raid Healer

For Priests who finished their dungeon healing duty and start to working on raid healing, they have tendency to feel nervous and casting unneeded healing spell, fearing a raid member will die and he will get removed from raid because of that. Remember that you are not the only healer in your raid group, and judged from the spells you have, people prefer to see you as a raid healer doing AoE heal when it’s the time. Start forgetting your Flash Heal spam habit and work on group healing spells.

Outperformed

Once you become a raid healer, sometimes you feel disappointed when you had performed the best healing performance for your raid group but in the Recount statistic you never get into the peak of Healing Done (people judge healers’ performance in an encounter based on Recount sadly). Plus the mana status you have compared with other classes clearly shows that they provide more Healing Done than your own with less mana spent.

Dungeon Healing Talent

Key talents:

Surge of Light: the rates you will use Flash Heal on dungeons is high. You will use Flash Heal to heal almost all the time. An extra FH, no mana cost and instant, helps your healing duty

Veiled Shadows: the cooldown reduction of your Fade helps avoid mobs which are chasing on you due to your healing agro. The Shadowfiend cooldown reduction also helps you regain mana faster without drinking, even when you are in combat bug (CB)

Blessed Resilience: since decades ago many players even on retail keep mentioning this talent as PvP talent, but if you review again this talent description and the actual situation happen in Cataclysm dungeons, you will prefer to have this so you will be easier to be healed fully. Combined by Binding Heal, you will feel comfortable healing people without worrying your own HP (check Rotation section)

Note: this talent sometimes doesn't work with non-player damage

Raid Healing Talent

Talents circled with purple are OPTIONAL

Key talents:

Circle of Healing: heals up to 6 members (when glyphed) instantly. Use this whenever off cooldown. Check Rotation section how to utilize it properly for maximum result

Heavenly Voice: when specced this one, your Divine Hymn will provide around a total of 300k-500k Healing Done within 8 seconds duration every 3 minutes, and increasing the healing received for your raid members by 10% everytime the healing tick received, which becomes the key spell for Holy Priest in raid

Lightwell: only smart players will use Lightwell, so make sure people around you will truly have commitment to use it before you spec this one. It’s already become an ancient issue around Priest healers that raid members often ignore Lightwell. They are busy DPSing and have no time to move their mouse cursor to click it. Blizzard improves the Lightwell in Cataclysm by making it clickable from distances (40 yards) but still it won’t change the fact that people (especially pugs) rarely use it and sometimes abuse it when out of combat

Optional talents:

Surge of Light: useful for single target healing while in raid, (Shannox, Baleroc, etc.)

Blessed Resilience: this talent should be good but if you want to maximize your capability in raid, you may unpick this talent and pick other optional talents

Note: this talent sometimes doesn't work with non-player damage

Divine Touch + Rapid Renewal: many Priests don't use Renew a lot since mana cost is too high. If you use Renew for tank only, you don't really need these talents. If you spam Renew a lot to many members, these are good additions

Body and Soul: useful when you are needed to move faster for small moment (Ragnaros, Alysrazor, Chimaeron, Atramedes, etc.)

Prime

Glyph of Prayer of Healing: spamming PoH to as many groups as possible will grant this HoT to each members which is really good

Glyph of Renew: if you use Renew a lot, you will use this glyph. Check Rotation section to know the appropriate time to use Renew

Glyph of Flash Heal: useful for dungeon healing, as well as raid healing. Unlike WotLK, Cataclysm dungeons bring party members into difficult and critical situation on mobs and boss encounters which requires you to use Flash Heal a lot. On raids when you have to do triage healing during critical moment, this glyph helps you handle the situation

Glyph of Guardian Spirit: rarely happen when you need to use GS more than one time during a boss encounter (mostly used at the last phase of most boss encounters) but just in case you will need to use Guardian Spirit more than one time, this glyph is a wise choice

Glyph of Lightwell: when you take Lightwell talent, you will prefer this talent compared to Glyph of Renew / Glyph of Guardian Spirit to maximize the usage of your Lightwell

Major

Glyph of Circle of Healing: as a raid healer you will use CoH almost all the time whenever it’s available. This is not a good glyph for dungeon healer

Glyph of Prayer of Mending: make your PoM heals larger on initial target

Glyph of Holy Nova: useful for healing on the move situation. Check Rotation section for more information

Glyph of Mass Dispel: some encounters require you to cast Mass Dispel, especially in dungeon instances. This glyph helps you cast the spell faster so you can continue doing important things

Glyph of Fade: useful for dungeon healing to avoid healing agro on mobs

Minor

Glyph of Levitate: the reagent for Levitate without the glyph requires you to farm some mobs in specific zones. So better use this glyph without wasting your time farming the reagent or wasting your bag slots.

Glyph of Fortitude: when you are in combat, sometimes you are asked to rebuff in case someone miss the buff, or suddenly combat resurrected and need rebuff. Reducing the mana cost of this buff will save your mana.

Glyph of Shadowfiend: rarely happen to see Shadowfiend dies from something, but nothing is impossible so instead of regretting later while in combat for seeing your Shadowfiend dies unexpectedly and not giving full mana potential for you, better glyph this one.

Intellect > Spell Power > Spirit > *Haste/Mastery > Critical Strike

Intellect: This stat gives spell power, mana pool, and small critical chance. This is the most important stat for you, so you will want to have Flask/Scroll/Well Feed buff related to this stat.

Spell Power: This stat usually found in trinket and PvP gear. As you already know, SP increases the amount of all your healing done.

Spirit: Spirit helps mana regenerations while/while not in combat. During a combat, 50% of your spirits work and actively generates mana. It helps you for long duration fight. Always focus on this stat if you are a dungeon healer with mana issue.

Haste: This stat makes some usefulness. The casting speed of all healing spells will be faster, your Renew will tick faster, Divine Hymn will tick faster (rumored to be not working in Molten), so do Hymn of Hope. 12.5% haste is the cap to get an additional Renew tick so you should aim on this number IF you truly care about Renew healing (check Rotation to see how useful Renew is for you to use in raid environment).

Also take a note that in raids with Heroic difficulty, Haste is somewhat better than other stats as you need to give a fast heal to raid member since they are most likely brought into critical health frequently.

If you are a raid healer and want to get the best possible stats benefit, you can let your passive/unbuffed Haste sitting at low percentage and get the Haste stats from raid buffs, combined with Darkness talent to achieve 12.5% (even more) pretty easily so you can allocate your Haste to other useful stats like Mastery, Spirit, etc. if possible.

If you have Atonement/AA Discipline off-spec and share the same gears with your Holy spec, you can focus more on this stat.

Mastery: Most people prefer Haste than Mastery, but actually Mastery gives real-time healing (called Echo of Light) if you know how to utilize it properly (check Rotation section to know how Mastery take part on healing showdown). Unlike Haste, you can’t get this stat from anywhere else other than your gears (the gear stat, enchants, and gems). If you sometimes get lag in-game (commonly happen in Molten) or having bad latency due to ISP/geographic issue, Mastery helps your healing as the healing done per tick happens on server-side.

If you have Shield/non-AA Discipline off-spec and share the same gears with your Holy spec, you can focus more on this stat.

Critical Strike: Increase the chance your healing spell critted, good for direct healing (specifically tank healing) but Priest is preferred to be a raid healer. Check Rotation for more explanation.

Don’t forget to activate your Chakra state upon entering an instance, because it keeps resetting upon changing zone

Serenity

This mode is designed for single target and direct healing. You can read the description in-game for more information. Enabling this mode will grant you a new healing spell: Holy Word: Serenity which heals almost as same as Flash Heal (a bit lower) instantly with around 1% mana cost. Use this as a filler of your Flash/Binding/Greater Healer whenever the casting finished to increase EoL heal amount per tick. Or you can just spam it whenever it's off cooldown to small heal players during regular mob fights.

Sanctuary

This mode is designed for AoE healing. You can read the description in-game for more information. Enabling this mode will grant you a new healing spell: Holy Word: Sanctuary which heals quite a lot if people can manage to stack inside the heal area together. Mana cost is too high and going to be a waste if not used properly. The only important part of this Chakra mode is the cooldown reduction of CoH and 15% more healing done with AoE healing spells like CoH, PoH.

Experience and Expectations

First of all, you have to understand the situation and what will happen to your party/raid members. It means that you need past experience on the instances where you are going to heal the group at. With the experience you have, you will understand what rotation you should use effective and efficient. You will not always become the healer who need to heal at new places. Being used to similar situation happened in your previous run can help you determine the most effective and efficient method of healing.

Think what should be casted next when channeling a spell

You shouldn’t let your character remain idle and sit like an AFKer even just for 1-2 seconds, and thinking what spell you should cast. Keep casting spell and while the channeling bar is moving, start thinking what spell you should cast next by watching the HP condition of all of your group members, the buffs you have, the encounter events, etc.

Dungeon Environment

General

Spells focus: Flash Heal, Binding Heal, Holy Word: Serenity, Greater Heal, Prayer of Mending, Prayer of Healing, Circle of Healing, Fade

Enable Inner Fire and a desired Chakra state based on situation, Serenity is recommended due to the single target healing effectiveness. Always put Renew on tank (don’t do it if you have mana issue), refresh it with Flash/Binding Heal or HW: Serenity (Chakra: Serenity state). Shoot Prayer of Mending on a player and refresh it whenever it’s charge is empty/running out, or when your Divine Fire (mana buff from Tier 12 2p set bonus) buff duration is about to end.

When healing a dungeon, ALL of your party members (including tank and yourself) will be your own responsibility alone. You will use Flash Heal to heal tank and DPSers, but when you know you are getting some damage as well (or know you will get a damage from your past experience at the same situation), you should use Binding Heal. Why?

Flash Heal and Binding Heal uses the same mana amount and casting time. Flash Heal does larger healing done to one target for sure, but Binding Heal does 60-80% of the Flash Heal amount to your target, and to yourself as well (not split/shared). Binding Heal creates 2 EoLs effect (stacking Mastery will give a better result) on 2 targets (you and your target) which again increase the healing done and effectiveness. Letting EoLs ticks will give time for Spirit to fill your mana slightly for some moments, or when you have to heal other player(s) after dealt with the previous healed target.
Binding Heal prevents you to get confused and panicked when you suddenly get an unexpected damage. Combined with Blessed Resilience you can heal up yourself without having to cast Flash/Greater Heal on yourself and letting others not getting healed (in case other members are injured).
Binding Heal saves your mana so you will not spend another mana to heal yourself with Flash Heal.

Casting Flash Heal or Binding Heal will give you Serendipity buff. This buff decrease the mana cost and casting time of your next Greater Heal or Prayer of Healing. To be a wise healer, don’t always think you have to spend this buff immediately like DK’s Killing Machine. Just reserve this buff for later use and when bad things finally happen:

Use Greater Heal on someone who badly injured/suddenly get a lot of damages and about to die
Use Prayer of Healing when groups (3-5 players) need your heals

When you are casting PoH, immediately cast CoH as soon as the casting of PoH finished, reason is to increase EoLs heal amount per tick (stacking Mastery will give a better result). This EoL with Glyph of PoH will become a very strong HoT for your party group, cheaper and more effective than Renew.

As you are going to utilize Flash/Binding/Greater Heal to perform single-target healing, use Serenity Chakra and cast Holy Word: Serenity whenever it’s off cooldown.

Fade spell takes very important role when healing a 5-man party (dungeon) as you will have 1:5 chances of agroing mobs with your healing activity.

Raid Environment

The Basic

Spells focus: Circle of Healing, Prayer of Healing, Prayer of Mending, Divine Hymn, Holy Word: Sanctuary

Enable Inner Fire and a desired Chakra state based on situation, Sanctuary is recommended because of CoH+PoH healing amount increase by 15%. Also, HW: Serenity from Serenity mode will turn overheal easily when casted periodically, while other healers can handle direct heal better in general.

When you are healing a raid, you can give less focus on taking care the tank (as explained in the very first part of Rotation section) so you will not blindly spend your mana, trinket, and enchant procs. Remember that other healing classes can perform better on handling tank healing. To be not so ignorant, you can put Renew on tank, even I guarantee it will turn to be overheal against other healers’ spell like Earth Shield, Beacon of Light, Lifebloom, etc. during normal tanking situation.

You will cast Circle of Healing whenever its available and off cooldown, but for sure don’t spam it blindly when actually raid members don’t need any heal at all. Use Prayer of Healing while waiting for the availability of your CoH. Do not build Serendipity in order to perform PoH, this talent isn’t truly designed as a ritual to perform PoH/GH, rather than as compensation when you have to use Flash/Binding Heal on badly injured raid member.

If possible, use CoH immediately after PoH without delay to enhance Echo of Light heal ticks.

Shoot Prayer of Mending to a raid member that is likely to get a damage later, and when you know other members around him/her will get some damages as well (example: Melee group on Lord Rhyolith). Some guides say you should cast it on tank, but healing amount potential for this spell benefits more to non-tank players.

Put Holy Word: Sanctuary on the ground when you know a group of raid members are going to get damage and capable to stack altogether into one place. The appearance of this spell is catchy so they will surely move to the spot.

Use Divine Hymn when things are really uncontrollable. Example when 2/3 of the raid members are dying and none of the healers are capable to control the situation, you can be the one who step forward and cast this spell. You can use Divine Hymn when a great number of players get damaged at the start of the encounter and you know you will be able to use DH again 3 minutes later (example: Ascendant Council). Do not try to reserve this spell and sacrifice the life of many people. Use it when you have to, the cooldown is only 3 minutes if you have the correct talent.

Advanced: PoH Healing Technique

Spells focus: Prayer of Healing, Circle of Healing

As your raid getting AoE damage, spam casting PoH on each group (G1 > G2> GX > …) and don’t give your next PoH cast to the same group unless needed. The reason:

We will utilize EoL and Glyph of PoH as the HoTs for group member, so when you cast the next PoH to other group, the previously healed group will get the shower of your HoT. The moment their HoTs expired, that time you can fire PoH again to the group.
Do not afraid the group will die if you just cast PoH one time to that group, since you are not the only healer in the raid.
If indeed the group need more PoH from you and can’t be left with the HoTs (mostly 10-man raid) then feel free to cast PoH again to that group.

You don’t have to aim for Serendipity buff when healing raid or doing PoH spam. The triage healing mechanism requires you to prioritize your heal on someone who truly need a focused heal, instead of just spamming AoE heals and letting someone dies. Use Flash Heal to heal someone who badly injured, but don’t spam it blindly because other healer’s spell will eventually arrive before/after the moment your Flash Heal arrives. By doing this, you will get Serendipity buff which counts as “compensation” for the Flash Heal you made. Usually when other healers are busy AoE healing and you have to do Flash Heal on most injured raid member alone, aim Serendipity by casting Flash Heal 2 times, and then finish it with Greater Heal. Else, continue spamming PoH + CoH.

Remember to use CoH immediately after PoH to increase EoL heal amount per tick.

Optional: Renew Healing Technique

Spells focus: Renew, Circle of Healing, Inner Will

Recently I found some Priests do Renew spam on raids (just like Druid’s Rejuvenation spam in WotLK expansion) which mostly dominates the Healing Done statistic in raid. This is a blind healing method because you will just give Renew HoT to as many players as you want without realizing if the raid truly need the tick. It’s nothing wrong to do Renew spam but make sure you use this method properly in correct situation.

If you have less than 300-500 ms latency to utilize Rapid Renewal at maximum rate
If you know encounter will get finished before all your potential mana amount get rinsed
If you know Triage healing won’t be needed, or someone else going to do it (means someone will not get injured badly and frequently, which requires your attention)
If you have large intellect/mana pool (means quite decent gears will be needed)
If the encounter truly create raid wide damage towards your member all the time/most of the time, and you have to keep moving (example: Atramedes)

You will need to use Inner Will and pick Mental Agility talent to reduce Renew mana cost, but still your mana will get burned hard.

Other: Direct Healing Focus in Raid

Rarely happen when a Priest is asked to focus on direct heal in raid environment (mostly for tank healing) but it will happen for sure. We can take example about Shannox encounter in Firelands. Raid members will not get any damage together at the same time during the encounter, but most damages happen to single target (damage from Shannox towards tank, and damage from Rageface towards random members every around 20-30 seconds) which requires a very serious large direct heal.

Same like Dungeon Healing, use Flash Heal on the target 2 times, then finish it with Greater Heal, and then repeat when needed. Remember to avoid any overhealing done so stop the heal when the target is at full HP or about to get full HP from other healing sources. Use Guardian Spirit when the victim will be guaranteed to be dying critically, and keep healing the target.

Remember Holy Priest is a raid healer, so try remove the habit of doing Dungeon Healing method when you are in a raid group.

Situational: Healing on the Move

Spells focus: Holy Nova, Circle of Healing, Prayer of Mending, Renew

Sometimes, both in dungeon and raid environments, even on PvP situation as well, you are put into a situation where you have to keep moving and provide healing output, not even allowed to stand still for just 1 second. The fact is that most of our spells require us to stand still and channel them. Unlike Resto Shaman, Holy Priest doesn't have the spell which gives you the ability to cast non-instant healing spells while moving.

Use Circle of Healing whenever it’s off cooldown, and when needed of course.

When 3-5 players need immediate heal, make sure to get closer with them for at least 10 yards, then begin to pop Holy Nova. It’s spammable but be careful with your mana. Combine it with CoH to finish the job, recommended at the end of spam to increase EoL healing amount per tick.

Shoot Prayer of Mending to a party/raid member which is not alone (have other player(s) around him/her for at least 20 yards range). No need to spam it so your mana will be safe. You can cast it as well on the tank, combine it with Power Word: Shield to maximize the usage.

Use Renew when someone start getting some damage, or when they are far from PoM range, alone, and/or requires regular HoT ticks. Usually a tank requires it on this situation.

It’s highly recommended to use Inner Will to reduce the mana usage of all those spells, as well as to increase your movement speed.

Foods

Severed Sagefish Head: 90 Int 90 Stamina

Delicious Sagefish Tail: 90 Spirit 90 Stamina

Flasks

Flask of the Draconic Mind: 300 Int

Flask of Flowing Water: 300 Spirit

Scrolls

Scroll of Intellect IX: 100 Int

Scroll of Spirit IX: 100 Spirit

Potions

Mythical Mana Potion: instant 10,000 mana restoration

Potion of Concentration: 22,000 mana over 10 seconds, interrupted by damage taken/spell casting

Gems

Meta: Ember Shadowspirit Diamond (54 Int + 2% maximum mana) / Burning Shadowspirit Diamond (54 Int + 3% increased critical effect)

Red/Prismatic socket: Brilliant Queen's Garnet (50 Int)

Blue socket: Purified Shadow Spinel (25 Int 20 Spirit)

Yellow socket: rtful Lava Coral (25 Int 25 Mastery) / Reckless Lava Coral (25 Int 25 Haste)

Enchants

Head: Arcanum of Hyjal (60 Int + 35 Crit)

Shoulder: Greater Inscription of Charged Lodestone (50 Int + 25 Haste)

Back: Lightweave Embroidery (proc 580 Int) / Greater Intellect (50 Int)

Chest: Peerless Stats (20 all stats) / Exceptional Spirit (40 Spirit)

Wrist: Mighty Intellect (50 Int)

Hands: Synapse Springs (480 Int/minute) / Greater Mastery (65 Mastery) / Haste (50 Haste)

Waist: Ebonsteel Belt Buckle (1 Prismatic socket)

Legs: Powerful Ghostly Spellthread (95 Int, 55 spirit)

Feet: Mastery (50 Mastery) / Haste (50 Haste)

Weapon: Power Torrent (proc 500 Int) / Heartsong (proc 500 Spirit)

Off-hand: Superior Intellect (40 Int)

Alchemy: +80 bonus on flask (Int/Spirit)

Blacksmith: +80 bonus from two extra sockets

Enchanting: +80 Int from ring enchants

Inscription: +80 Int from shoulder enchant

Leatherworking: +130 Int on Wrist enchant (in place of 50 Int enchant)

Tailoring: cloak enchants proc 580 Int / 580 Spirit

Engineering: Synapse Springs gives 480 Int on use, 1 min cooldown

Jewelcrafting: +80 Int

Herbalism: Haste cooldown from Lifeblood

Mining/Skinning: Stamina and Crit are on lowest priority

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This guide isn't owned by us this is just a copy from the Molten Wow Forum.

Source: http://forum.molten-wow.com/showthread.php?t=227448

[Guide] 4.3 Protection Paladin

2013-09-19T02:37:00.001+08:00

Index:

Introduction
Pros and Cons
Race Selection
Talent Specs
Glyphs
Stats
Gems and Enchants
Reforging
Combat Table Coverage (CTC)
The Protection Toolkit
Tanking
Raiding Tips
Credits

To start off with, let me make it plainly known that I am nowhere near the best paladin tank out there. In fact, I don't even main this class. However, I find it to be the most fun tank I have played, with a good combination of survivability and utility, as well as a nice set of tricks to keep you going. I am writing this guide because when I first made my Paladin with the intention of tanking on Cataclysm on Molten, I found almost nothing to get me started. They're easily one of the most underrated tanks in the game, so I hope to get more people interested in them with this guide. Also, if you are new to tanking, I will always recommend starting out with a paladin. They are very easy to pick up and difficult to do badly with.

Pros:

Large number of cooldowns that you can rotate
A good balance of magic and physical defensive abilities
Easy to pick up and learn, and difficult to get wrong
Always loved in a raid, because of your auras, buffs, HoP, Divine Guardian, etc.
Acceptable self-healing if you spec into it, very good survivability even if you don't.
You get the shiniest tanking skills

Cons:

Compared to DKs, you have very little self-healing
Compared to Warriors, your mobility is quite bad and you are mostly just a pillar that will not die.
You have a ridiculous number of skills that you can use effectively, so you need to know what to use for each occasion, which only comes with time. Paladins are not 3 button tanks.

Alliance:

Dwarf: In my opinion, this is by far the best race to tank with. Stoneform reduces ALL DAMAGE TAKEN (not just physical) by 10% for 8 seconds, and also removes all poison, disease, and bleed effects. If you combine this with a trinket such as Stay of Execution, you effectively have an added defensive cooldown. Note that the racial will only remove all the current debuffs once, and not make you immune to them.

Human: Their racial can get you out of a stun or fear that might drop on you, which is very handy for preventing wipes. Also, if you plan on PvPing a lot in another spec, this is probably the best race for you.

Draenei: Your extra racial heal is nice to have, but subpar compared to the Dwarf racial from a purely tanking perspective in current gear. However, keep in mind that with Dragon Soul level gear, your larger health pool will make this heal more viable. The 1% hit would be quite big, but I have found this to be a very minor problem on Molten. I don't know of any tanks that actually worry about hit.

Horde:

Tauren: Increased health AND an AoE stomp stun. Also, you get to be big and beefy, and also get in built nature resist. What's to think about? This is the best pick, in my opinion.

Blood Elf: The AoE silence and resistance to arcane damage is not worth looking like a gaylord.

1. Base build: http://wowtal.com/#k=-kfFec6V.bqj.paladin.

In this build, I have included the talents that I think are compulsory for any kind of protection tanking. I will attempt to explain the logic behind making your own build by going into the talent choices you have to fix up your own personalized spec.

Protection Tree

Judgment of the Just: Note that even though I included this talent in all my specs, it does not affect bosses. I take it because switching talents around for mob packs and bosses is too much of a hassle.

Hallowed Ground: I left this at 1/2 in all three talent specs because you tend to use it mostly just to "catch" mobs in your damage as they spawn, to prevent them from running to a healer or AoEing melee right away. In all honesty, the mana reduction from this talent is what you want. Hammer of the Righteous is a much better AoE threat ability, so don't worry too much about falling short there.

Reckoning: Keeping this at 1/2 is also fine, since it will proc almost all the time even at level 1. However, if it's a choice between Hallowed Ground, Reckoning, and Improved Hammer of Justice, I'd take an extra point in Reckoning any day.

Eternal Glory & Guarded by the Light: The reason I list these two talents together is because they form the basis of the self-healing Protection Paladin. Do not take one without the other. My advice is this; if you decide to go for self-healing, go all out or nothing. Word of Glory is on a pretty long cooldown, so when you cast it, you want it to count.

Retribution Tree

Pursuit of Justice: Paladins have such horrible mobility compared to most other tanks (Bears and Warriors can charge, DKs can just grip to them), that I find this talent a must. However, note that this does not stack with the speed boost that you get from boot enchants. If you intend on getting that enchant, do not take this talent. I prefer to take it, though, since that gives me the ability to use the 50 mastery enchant on my boots. Every bit of ctc helps.

Rule of Law: What else are you going to put your points in? Got spares and need a talent to dump your points in? This is it. Extra threat is always nice, although you should not be having problems in that area at all.

2. Standard Raiding Build: http://wowtal.com/#k=-kfXr8_Vb.bqj.paladin.

If you are a new tank, and would feel more comfortable with that extra self-healing, or even if you just prefer this play style, this is the spec you would use. However, to be entirely honest, I don't think that going for Word of Glory is worth it, since it requires 4 talent points and a glyph to be viable.

Prime

Glyph of Shield of Righteousness: Your #1 threat ability. Glyph it, no questions asked.

Glyph of Hammer of the Righteous: Your #1 AoE threat ability, and also part of your regular rotation. This skill makes me cry with happiness. Glyph it.

Glyph of Seal of Truth: This is the best tanking glyph in the game. It gives you straight up 10 expertise - not expertise rating - but base expertise. It's that amazing. Take it.

Glyph of Judgement: 10% extra damage is alright, if you can't get hold of one of the above 3 glyphs.

Glyph of Crusader Strike: Increases critical chance by 5%. Since it's part of your single target rotation you could consider taking this.

Glyph of Word of Glory: If you are going for the self-healing build, pick up this glyph. You can give up Hammer of the Righteous for it.

Glyph of Seal of Insight: Acceptable if you're self-healing a lot or trying to Rambo through dungeons alone.

Major

Glyph of Divine Protection: It depends on the boss fight, but in most cases I prefer to have this glyphed only because I have a reasonable amount of physical damage reduction inherently, and 40% magic reduction on a cooldown of 1 minute is godly to have. It's basically 20% reduction from all damage vs 40% from magical, and I find that it is easier to handle physical damage most of the time. Also, many boss channeled abilities are magical (dragon breath, etc) so having this ready to cast right before it hits helps mitigate a lot of it.

Glyph of Lay on Hands: This is great in dungeons, where the gap between boss fights is shorter than in raids, and having a big cooldown like LoH is good to have.

Glyph of Holy Wrath: Your AoE stun is suddenly useful in dungeons outside Deadmines! Take it if you know it will be useful in the encounter you're doing.

Glyph of Consecration: It's an alright glyph if you want it. You can replace Holy Wrath with this when you're doing dungeons where the AoE stun won't be useful. I would not recommend it, though.

Glyph of Focused Shield: In 80% cases, this is most likely going to be a bad thing to have. However, if you want that edge in a boss fight with no adds, consider taking this. You will be casting quite a few Avenger's Shields whenever you get your Grand Crusader procs, since it will give you holy power if you cast it with a proc.

Minor

Glyph of Blessing of Kings: Useful if you have to rebuff a player that got combat resurrected.

Glyph of Blessing of Might: See above.

Base Stats:

Stamina: This is obviously something that every tank wants in decent amounts. If you tanked WOTLK and moved to Cataclysm, keep in

mind that tanks are more focused on blocking and avoiding damage, rather than stacking the amounts of stamina that we did on WOTLK. Do not disregard this stat, however. A larger health pool is never a bad thing, as long as it does not cost us too much avoidance. Do not forget about Vengeance, which is a passive ability of ours. Each time you take damage, you gain 2% of the unmitigated damage taken as attack power for 20 sec. In this way, stamina is actually a threat increase for us.

Strength: Strength is our source of attack power for us, and it also gives us parry rating. 27% of our Strength is converted into parry rating.

Secondary Stats:

Mastery: For Protection Paladins, Mastery provides block rating via Divine Bulwark. Currently for every point of Mastery the Paladin will receive 2.25% increased chance to block. Tanking gear (to date) has only had dodge/parry for secondary defensive stats. Paladins will want a lot of Mastery. Mastery is the best defensive stat for Protection Paladins for two reasons. First, up to full Combat Table Coverage (CTC) of 102.4% (sometimes referred to as “Block Cap”), Mastery provides more damage reduction per itemization point than any other stat. Second, in addition to reducing damage taken, Mastery also smooth-ens out the incoming damage a tank faces, making them easier for healers to heal.

Parry: A successful parry will let you avoid all damage from an attack. This is one of our two avoidance stats. Our main sources of parry will be from gear as a secondary stat, and also from our strength.

Dodge: A successful dodge will let you avoid all damage from an attack. It's a nice stat to have on your equipment. Every character has a 5% chance to dodge an attack, regardless of gear.

Expertise: This is actually a wonderful threat stat for us, but it doesn't seem to be working entirely on Molten. I have the Seal of Truth glyph, and safely disregard expertise with no ill effect. Note that Humans get +3 expertise with One or Two-Handed Swords and Maces, and Dwarves get +3 expertise with One and Two-Handed Maces.

Hit: Makes you not miss. It's less valuable than expertise for us.

Gems:

Meta Gem

Austere Shadowspirit Diamond: +81 Stamina and 2% increased armor from items (Requires 2 Yellow gems)

Eternal Shadowspirit Diamond: +81 Stamina and +1% shield block value (Requires 3 Blue gems)

Note: At 35% total avoidance and 50% block, the block meta and armor meta are roughly equal. At lower avoidance/block, the armor meta is up to 25% more effective than the block meta.

Single Stats:

Solid Ocean Sapphire: +60 Stamina (Counts as a Blue gem)

Fractured AMberjewel: +40 Mastery (Counts as a Yellow gem)

Combination with Stamina:

Puissant Dream Emerald: +20 Mastery Rating and +30 Stamina (Counts as a Yellow or Blue gem)

Defender's Demonseye: +20 Parry Rating and +30 Stamina (Counts as a Red or Blue gem)

Guardian's Demonseye: +20 Expertise Rating and +30 Stamina (Counts as a Red or Blue gem)

Enchants:

Head: Arcanum of the Earthen Ring (Currently unavailable due to bugged reputation quests. Use the PvP head enchant instead.)

Shoulders: Greater Inscription of Unbreakable Quartz (Currently unavailable due to bugged reputation quests. Use the PvP shoulder enchant instead.)

Back: Enchant Cloak - Protection

Chest: Enchant Chest - Greater Stamina

Wrist: Enchant Bracer - Dodge OR Enchant Bracer - Greater Expertise

Hands: Enchant Gloves - Greater Mastery

Finger: Enchant Ring - Greater Stamina (Enchanters Only)

Legs: Drakehide Leg Armor

Feet: Enchant Boots - Earthen Vitality (if you do not have Pursuit of Justice) OR Enchant Boots -Mastery

Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Windwalk OR Enchant Weapon Mending (it's a cheaper alternative, if you don't have a good weapon yet)

Shield: Enchant Shield Blocking

Reforging will let you convert 40% of a secondary stat on your gear to another secondary stat. Hit, Crit, Haste, Parry, Dodge, etc. are examples of secondary stats that can be converted, while primary stats like Stamina are not affected by reforging. Keep in mind that even though it is a secondary stat, resilience cannot be reforged. When reforging, keep your stat priority in mind:

Mastery (to avoidance cap of 102.4%) > Parry = Dodge >> Expertise > Hit

Always try to balance your parry, dodge, and block for maximum avoidance. Never favor any single stat mindlessly.

CTC, short for Combat Table Coverage, is how close a tank is to being unhittable. The goal is to make sure that every hit is either an inherent evade dodge (every character has 5% dodge chance, regardless of class or spec), dodge (affected by dodge rating), parry (affected by parry rating), or failing that, block (amount and chance is affected by your block rating and skills) in that order. Lastly, armor is calculated. For example, I have around 40k armor, so any hit I take after applying the previous modifiers is reduced by a further 60% or so. Remember that these effects are applied multiplicatively, not additively, which is why you can never take 0 damage from a boss unless you do something crazy like bubble. After that your cooldowns come into play, such as Holy Shield (extra block value of 20%, meaning a 51% damage reduction upon a successful block), Divine Protection (basic 20% damage reduction if not glyphed) and so on. It's at this stage absorbs like Power Word: Shield etc. are also accounted for.

You see, bosses are always considered to be +3 levels above maximum level players, in end game content. So for every level above you, a boss (or other mob) has a bonus extra 0.8% chance to hit you successfully, getting past your dodge, parries and shield blocks. That results in them having an extra 2.4% (0.8 x 3) chance to hit you over and above your already 100% mitigation. That means tanks have to have 102.4% avoidance (technically not avoidance, more mitigation, but that's the common parlance) in order to remove unmitigated hits from the aforementioned Combat Table. To make it simple, this is how you would calculate your total mitigation in the ctc table:

ctc = 5 [5% inherent dodge] + (your dodge rating) + (your parry rating) + (your block rating)

With current gear available on Sargeras, it is very difficult to go above 85% ctc without buffs.

Alternatively, you could use this macro to check your ctc.

Code:

/run ChatFrame1:AddMessage(format("Unhittable at 102.4%% - you have %.2f%%", GetDodgeChance() + GetBlockChance() + GetParryChance() + 5 + 1/(0.0625 + 0.956/(GetCombatRating(CR_DEFENSE_SKILL)/4.91850*0.04))))

Holy Power

Holy Power is our "combo point" gauge. You can have a maximum of 3 Holy Power. Using certain skills will give you holy power, while some skills require holy power to use, and some are enhanced depending on how much holy power you currently have.

The following abilities/talents relevant to Protection Paladins use Holy Power:

Inquisition
Shield of the Righteous
Word of Glory

The following abilities relevant to Protection Paladins generate Holy Power:

Crusader Strike
Hammer of the Righteous
Divine Plea (3 Holy Power if talented)
Avenger's Shield (If casted when Grand Crusader procs)

Seals and Utility: Seals are buffs that usually last for 30 minutes or so. You ALWAYS want to have a seal active.

Seal of Truth: What was once known as Seal of Vengeance is now known as this. It applies a stacking DoT called Censure on each hit, which stacks up to 5 times. Additional hits after 5 stacks provide a burst of additional damage. This is your main tanking seal. If you have this glyphed, it also gives you 10 expertise.

Seal of Insight: It has a chance of healing the Paladin for each swing. Usually, you will not be using this seal unless **** really hits the fan and your healers die, and it's pure survival mode.

Auras

Devotion Aura: There are very few exception when a Protection Paladin would not be using this aura while tanking. The aura confers the benefit of providing additional armor to the Paladin and all party/raid members affected by the aura.

Resistance Aura: Gives 195 additional Fire, Frost, and Shadow resistance to your entire party or raid. If there is another paladin with Devotion Aura on, you could use this to make the healer's life easier. Note that if you have a druid buff on with Resistance Aura, it does not additively stack but it overrides the resistance gained from druid buffs, and will give you 195. Similarly, it does not stack with a Shaman's totems.

Key Abilities

Righteous Fury: Increases your threat generation while active. This should always be on when you are tanking, or mobs will laugh in your face and walk away to sit on your DPSers. If you happen to notice that your threat is really weird after a wipe, right click on this buff to remove it and re-apply it. I don't know why, but it tends to mess up sometimes.

Avenging Wrath: Increases all damage and healing by 20% for 20 seconds. Wings are good if combined with Inquisition for maximizing threat on your first pull. It make stabilizing aggro when all your DPS throw out their initial burst.

Divine Plea: Grants you one holy power. If you have the protection talent Shield of the Templar, it will give you 3 holy power. This is a good skill to use to cast your first Inquisition before the first pull.

Inquisition: Consumes all your holy power to increase your holy damage by 30%. This is an amazing threat generating skill that is one of the reasons paladins are such amazing AoE tanks. If you combine this with Hammer of the Righteous, you will rarely lose aggro on a pack of adds, while other tanks will struggle to hold on to them with DPSers going crazy. If you Divine Plea and cast Inquisition right before a pull, it helps solidify initial aggro.

Cleanse: Removes one poison and one disease effect, but does not cure curses. Seriously, hotkey this. Use it on yourself. You are not a DK or a Warrior, you don't have to wait around taking extra damage from DoT ticks for no reason. Cleanse yourself.

Hand of Freedom: Grants immunity to movement impairing effects such as slows and snares, but NOT stuns or fears. Use it if you happen to walk in something bad and adds are charging at your healer at breakneck speed.

Hand of Protection: Hand of Protection allows you to target yourself or party/raid member to protect them from physical attacks only for 10 seconds. This ability will cause for Forbearance for 1 minute. It is a very useful way of getting adds off a healer or caster DPS. Keep in mind that if you HoP melee DPS or hunters, they will probably hate you because they won't be able to attack.

Hand of Sacrifice: There are some clever ways to use this - you can HoS your offtank on fights that require taunt rotations and then bubble to receive no damage, but reduce the damage your offtank takes. Keep in mind that this will cause forbearance on you.

Hand of Salvation: Reduces total threat on the target by 2% every 1 second for 10 seconds. Very useful, keep it ready to save an overzealous mage.

Crusader Strike: Single target strike that gives you one holy power. Note that shares a cooldown with Hammer of the Righteous, and seems to generate about as much threat as Hammer on Molten. However, it does more single target damage, so if you are in a boss fight use this to generate holy power.

Hammer of the Righteous: Your AoE damage ability. It will hit your primary target hard, and anything else within 8 yards for holy damage. Unlike WOTLK, this ability no longer has a limit to how many targets it can affect. It also grants you one holy power on use. This is an amazing skill, and part of your priority queue.

Judgment: Deals holy damage, and has respectable range with Improved Judgment. If you happen to run out of taunts and your Avenger's Shield is on cooldown, throw a Judgment out.

Shield of the Righteous: Our principle single target attack. This ability is powered using Holy Power and as such will not activate unless you have at least 1 Holy Power charged on your gauge. Best used when you have 3 Holy Power.

Avenger's Shield: Your Captain America shield toss is your best opening move, esspecially on caster adds. It has an added bonus of silencing the target, so if you toss it on a caster at the back of a pack of mobs, it will be silenced and automatically start walking to you, which makes it easier to pack mobs together in a group for your DPSers to AoE down. If casted with Grand Crusader proc, it will give you 3 Holy Power.

Taunts:

Hand of Reckoning: It no longer does damage, and works the same as any other tank's taunt. It will force the mob to attack you for 3 seconds regardless of the threat table. This will never miss.

Righteous Defense: Use it on a party/raid member to direct up to 3 enemies to attack you instead. If you use it with the below macro, it effectively works as an extra taunt that affects 3 targets instead of one.

Code:

#showtooltip

/cast [@targettarget] Righteous Defense

Interrupts:

Rebuke: Now a baseline ability, this allows you to interrupt spell casting, and like all non-damaging interrupts it cannot miss, but does anyway on Molten occasionally.

Hammer of Justice: A dedicated stunning ability with a 1 minute cooldown. Will not interrupt stun immune targets, like raid bosses.

Holy Wrath: An AoE stun that affects all Undead within 10 yards for 3 seconds. If glyphed, this will also affect Elementals and Dragonkin. Needless to say, it also interrupts spell casting.

Cooldowns:

These abilities help you survive situations where your risk of death is elevated. These situations range from the obvious - a special attack on a predictable

timer - to the more subtle but no less deadly, like a debuff that disables or distracts your healers. Here are a couple guidelines for using cooldowns effectively:

Use cooldowns before you take damage. If you use Guardian of Ancient Kings at half health, 90k HP, the cooldown is effectively adding 90k more HP before you die. If you wait until you reach 20k HP, it only adds an effective 20k HP. Waiting to use your cooldowns until you’re at low HP is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
You get the most mileage out of consciously using them in dangerous situations, but the more you use them, the more value you get. It’s a balancing act.
Match the cooldown to the level of threat by planning your cooldown usage before the fight.

Ardent Defender: Activate this right before you expect a deadly hit. When activated the ability provides a 10 second buff window. During that window if a Paladin is struck by an attack that would kill them they are instead healed for 15% of max health. During the 10 second window when the ability is activated Paladins will also benefit from a fixed 20% reduction to all incoming damage. If this ability successfully saves you from a fatal hit, it will put you in Forbearance for 1 minute. If the 10 seconds wear off without a fatal hit, you won't be affected by Forbearance.

Divine Protection: This should be used to manage damage in non-emergency situations. I prefer it glyphed, which removes its ability to reduce physical damage, instead reducing magic damage by 40%.

Divine Guardian: If you pick up this talent you receive a new cooldown that reduces damage by 20% to all members of your party/raid within 20 yards for 6 seconds; you do not benefit from the damage reduction of this ability. This is still very handy to use for the benefit of your offtank, or when the raid expects a lot of sudden AoE damage.

Divine Shield: This ability is available to all Paladins but should be used carefully by tanks since it effectively removes you from combat and thus the threat table temporarily. Enemies on you will immediately go toward the next party/raid members on the threat table. This ability also

causes Forbearance. However, it removes almost all debuffs in game and can be a game changer (for example, it removes the debuff that Halfus will put on you, which makes you capable of tanking up to 40 stacks by yourself. No other tank can do this). Use the below macro to cast bubble and then immediately remove it. Don't forget to taunt the boss to keep it on you.

Code:

#showtooltip

/cancelaura Divine Shield

/cast Divine Shield

Guardian of Ancient Kings: Will reduce damage to the tanking Paladin by 50% through the Ancient Guardian ability for 12 seconds. Cooldown on this ability is 5 minutes; or 3 minutes if spec'ed into all ranks of [Shield of the Templar]. This is your best damage reduction cooldown.

Holy Shield: It is an activate-able ability which provides 10 seconds of +20% to amount blocked on a 1 minute cooldown. It is typically used nearly on cooldown during fights, though it may be delayed briefly if a period of high blockable damage is expected to come soon. Note that it inreases the amount of damage blocked, not your block rating.

Lay on Hands: Casting it will heal the target equal to the maximum health of the casting Paladin. It is off the global cooldown, cannot crit heal, is not effected by many healing boosting effects, and will cause Forbearance for 1 minute on whomever it's cast. Note that it persists through debuffs, such as Chimaeron's healing reduction in the last phase. It will ALWAYS heal you to full health, no matter how many healing reduction debuffs you are affected by.

Word of Glory: An instant Holy Power powered heal with a 20 second cooldown and no mana cost. Additionally the base spec (via Guarded by the Light) also provides the additional benefit of converting any over healing into a temporary bubble. Sometimes underestimated, it can crit and easily heal for 30+K, making it a powerful survival tool. You can glyph it for more healing, but it is not recommended unless you are going for pure self-healing.

Before you start, make sure that Righteous Fury is on, and that you have a Seal and an Aura active.

The Pull: Divine Plea -> Inquisition -> Avenging Wrath -> Avenger's Shield -> Priority Queue

Priority Queue: Crusader Strike (use to build holy power) -> Judgment -> Avenger's Shield (if Grand Crusader procs) -> Shield of the Righteous (with full Holy Power) -> Hammer of Wrath (below 20% hp)

Use Holy Shield, Divine Protection, and Word of Glory on cooldown or when required.

AoE Rotation: Consecration (Only to "catch" adds as they spawn. Do not use it actively- it is a massive mana hog and not very effective as a threat generator), Hammer of the Righteous, Avenger's Shield.

Build up 3 stacks of Holy Power and keep Inquisition active as much as possible.

Bastion of Twilight (BoT)

Halfus Wyrmbreaker

Use bubble and cancel it with the cancelaura macro to remove the healing debuff Halfus puts on you.
Interrupt Halfus' Shadow Nova ability with Rebuke
Cast Consecration on the floor outside the whelps before you release them, and then Hammer of the Righteous right away to keep aggro on them

Valiona and Theralion

If you have Engulfing Magic on you, hit escape and stop attacking the boss. You won't lose aggro instantly, but it will save the lives of your melee pile.
Move the boss out of Dazzling Destruction, which is the purple ground ability.

Ascendant Council

Interrupt Hydro Lance, it will murder clothies.
Run away from Feludius when he is casting Glaciate because the closer you are, the more damage you take.
In the third phase, make sure you don't get hit by Lava Seeds.

Blackwing Descent (BWD)

Magmaw

Use a cooldown whenever you get eaten. Rotate Holy Shield, Guardian of Ancient Kings, Lay on Hands, and even bubble if required.
Do not click on him when the time comes to chain him! This is a job for DPSers. If he isn't chained correctly, he will sometimes throw whoever is on his head down into the lava below, and it will be a sure wipe if your tank falls down.
Stay away from worms.

Omnotron Defense System

Pay attention to which machine is going to activate and be ready to taunt it.
Don't stand in anything bad, and move bosses out of the blue Power Generator that Arcanotron casts on the ground.
Hit escape and stop hitting Electron when he has Unstable Shield on.
Pay attention to what the bosses are casting (esspecially Electron and Arcanotron), and be ready to interrupt their cast skills with Rebuke. If you miss key interrupts, your raid members could get one shot.

Maloriak

Interrupt Arcane Storm
Face Maloriak to the raid when the red cauldron is active.
Make sure you are 6 yards away from everyone else during the blue cauldron phase.
Pay attention to when the boss is releasing aberrations if you are on add duty.

Atramedes

Don't get hit by too many bad things that increase your sound.

Nefarion

If you hit him hard enough he drops gold.

Firelands (FL)

Beth'tilac

Do not face Drones towards your raid.
Taunt Spinners down so they stop hitting your DPS and healers.
If you see Spiderlings coming towards the Drone you are tanking, kite it away from them while making sure to not face them to the raid.
In the last phase, stand at least 6 yards away from the other tank to prevent taking unnecessary damage.
Taunt Beth'tilac off your other tank when he/she has 2 stacks of Killing Kiss. Focus target your OT to make sure you know when to taunt.
She hits harder the longer the fight progresses, so be sure to use your cooldowns wisely.

Lord Rhyolith

Pick up adds as they spawn, esspecially the Sparks of Rhyolith, and make sure they are not in range of any raid members. Once it is safely away from the raid, stun and use glyphed divine protection to reduce the damage you take.
Don't forget to help out using Divine Guardian before a particularly bad concussive stomp
Once you get to the last phase, Rhyolith hits about as hard as Beth'tilac, so don't forget to use your cooldowns.

Shannox

If you are tanking the boss, face him away from the raid to prevent getting cleaved.
Save your cooldowns for when the dogs die.
If you are tanking the dog, make sure to keep an eye out for crystal traps and try and trap the dog as often as possible.
Don't stand in fire, it's really bad for you.

Alysrazor

Make sure you are the only person standing next to your egg before the hatchlings spawn. They are not tauntable, and if you don't do this the person they imprint on will have to either alt+f4 or die or kill them to get rid of them.
Focus on DPSing the Hatchling down, and run them over worms as soon as possible. The worms do a LOT of AoE damage, so run straight through as fast as possible. Pop glyphed Divine Protection to soften the blow.
NEVER point Alysrazor towards the raid. She does a massive cleave that will oneshot any non tank. Even the other tank shouldn't be standing around to take it.
Rotate cooldowns and keep switching at around 15 stacks, or whatever is comfortable for you. Watch your hp and see how much you can take.

Baleroc

You can either two tank, or single tank this boss on Molten. Single tanking is by far easier if you can handle it. Just stand and take damage, and pop a cooldown before Decimation Blade if your healers can't keep up.
Make sure you are not taking damage from the crystal, that is the fastest way to the graveyard.
If you are two tanking, the offtank needs to start the fight and gain enough stacks so that his health pool is at least over 250k. 350k is safer. Then the main tank will take the boss and stack up the fire debuff. Whenever the boss casts Decimation Blade (his shadow ability), the OT needs to taunt and soak up this damage, and the MT has to taunt off again right after.

Majordomo Staghelm

In Scorpion form, point the boss towards your raid. You must be stacked for this fight to share raid damage. If your healers are good and the dps can push it, you can kill the boss by staying in this phase entirely. (rotate tranquility, spirit link totem, bloodlust, etc)
If you must spread, then be sure to taunt the cats that spawn and try and dps them down if you have steady boss aggro. They have almost no health and tend to jump around on your DPS. Don't forget to keep taunting them.
If you happen to be standing in a pool of fire, move.

A note on the Pre-Majordomo Staghelm adds:

These wiped us more cleanly than any other boss in the instance the first time we encountered them, and they can still pose a challenge in our 6th-7th run of the week where healers are not very geared. The DPS has to be VERY careful about their debuff on this fight. The more you attack, the more stacks of a fire dot you get on you. This does massive damage and is unhealable above 3 stacks, so don't push it over 1 if your health is low.

Also, kill the humanoid add first, since he does the "sunfire" AoE. Once he is dead, it makes things much easier.

The cats will also jump and AoE stun anyone in the area that they land, so having a priest with glyph of mass dispel or anyone that can do the job is very handy.

Kite these adds, do not tank them in one place. Even auto attacks will build stacks.

Ragnaros

Set focus on the other tank, and make sure to taunt switch at 4 stacks of the debuff.
In the transition phases use your stuns- you will have nothing to do in the first one so stun and dps as many Sons of Flame as you possibly can. Make sure you have Holy Wrath glyphed for this fight.
In the second transition phase, if you are not tanking the boss then make sure you pick up the Scions that spawn a second or two before the Sons of Flame do, and drag them away from the raid but not too far, not out of range of your healers.
When you're stacking in the molten seeds phase, make sure you get a hit or two with your hammer of the righteous and drop a consecration, because people underestimate the damage 20 of those adds can do to one squishy hunter, and you don't want their death to be on your conscience.

Blacksmithing & Jewelcrafting seem to be the best possible combination for a Paladin tank (or for that matter, any tank), however- Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, Inscription, Leatherworking and Enchanting are very similar in the stat bonuses you gain. If you absolutely must get a gathering profession, then take Mining. Mining+Jewelcrafting is a good alternative, since you can pre-mine the mats and then abandon it for Blacksmithing.

Blacksmithing: You gain two additional gemming slots. When epic gems come out, the stat value will be around 100, vs the 80ish you gain from other professions.

Jewelcrafting: Apart from being a useful profession to have (which only gets better with time), it's going to provide around 81 stat points with the jewelcrafter only gems.

Enchanting: Provides +60 stamina to each ring, for a total of 120 stamina.

Inscription: Provides a shoulder enchant which provides the same bonus as enchanting. This is an alternative to the Therazane rep reward, but not optimal.

Leatherworking: Draconic Embossment for bracers give you 195 stamina, which is a huge improvement over the alternative, which is the 50 dodge enchant.

Alchemy: The crafted trinket (Lifebound Alchemist Stone) is quite good early on, and it gives you Mixology which increases the duration of your flasks to 2 hours instead of 1.

Engineering: This is mostly a utility profession, which should only be considered for the helm and cogwheel enchants, which are currently not very attractive.

Mining: 80 stamina and the ability to mine, this is by far the best gathering profession for us.

Herbalism: A small self heal and a haste boost. The haste buff is okay for Retribution, but terrible for tanks. Unless you plan to heavily use your offspec, this is a bad idea.

Skinning: It gives you critical strike rating, which us basically useless for a paladin tank.

Tailoring: None of the enchants are optimal for tanks.

Most consumables are optional, but I recommend always having a stamina scroll on, and a flask for difficult instances (such as Firelands). Scrolls are really cheap, and even easier to get if you ask a scribe friend to make you a big batch.

Flasks:

Flask of Steelskin +450 Stamina for 1 hour.

Scrolls:

Scroll of Stamina IX +150 Stamina (Guardian Elixir)

Runescroll of Fortitude II +468 Stamina to the whole raid, stacks with Priest's fortitude buff.

Food:

Seafood Magnifique Feast: +90 Dodge and +90 Stamina

Lavascale Minestrone: +90 Mastery rating and +90 Stamina

Mushroom Sauce Mudfish: +90 Dodge rating and +90 Stamina

Blackbelly Sushi: +90 Parry rating and +90 Stamina

Potions:

Earthen Potion: +4800 armor for 25 seconds

Elixirs:

Elixir of Deep Earth: +900 Armor (Guardian Elixir)

Prismatic Elixir: +90 to all Resistances (Guardian Elixir)

Elixir of the Master: +225 Mastery rating (Battle Elixir)

My guild Care for being awesome and providing a great learning environment where everyone strives to be better.

Noobert: For looking over it in its earliest stages and helping me proof read and improve it.

Schakall: A tank supremist that looked over this guide and gave me some very useful tips.

Chea: Another guildie, for mentioning a few things I missed out and providing the ctc macro.

Epic: For managing to be more picky than I am about the little details, and help fix a lot of minor issues.

Lynea: Random forum fairy that did the links in the glyph section for me!

Resources:

http://www.wowpedia.org

http://elitistjerks.com/

Changelog:

Monday, July 08 2013 - Added a few improvements to the section about Consecration, and also added links to the glyphs.

Tuesday, July 09 2013 - Fixed the section about Glyph of Divine Protection. It's on a 60 second cooldown, not 30. Also added information about racial passive expertise gain.

Monday, July 29 2013 - Updated to include sections on professions and consumables, and also included boss tips for Alysrazor, Baleroc, and Majordomo Staghelm.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - Added a video to go with the guide.

Monday, September 16, 2013: A long overdue section on handling Ragnaros as a paladin tank has been added.

If you would like to check the newest changelog of this guide you can visit it here.

This is not owned by us this was just copied from molten wow official list of guides.

Source: http://forum.molten-wow.com/showthread.php?t=227749

[Guide] PvE Survival Hunter 4.3.4

2013-09-09T00:04:00.000+08:00

Let me first start off by saying I am not the best Hunter or player in the world. I have just recently come from Ragnaros with my guild <Care> to join Sargeras and progress into Cataclysm as we had cleared all content on Ragnaros and it posed no fun for our guild anymore. I am learning Survival just as everyone else, but I thought I could be of help with my current knowledge to Hunter's who are learning just as I am. The reason I am writing this guide is because I remember when I started Cataclysm on Sargeras, I came looking for a guide and found nothing with great detail so I decided that it was time this section for such an amazing class had one. This guide will contain information that may help any new Hunter's on the path to enjoying one of the most fun classes in the game. Currently Survival is the best tree available to Hunter's for most encounters inside of Cataclysm 4.3.4 but each is viable to be played and maintain high damage per second output with the current available gear. I will test each specialization as more content is released and update accordingly.

Talent Tree
Glyphs
Stat Priority (w/ enchants)
Gemming
Rotation
Pet Choices
Pet Talents
BiS List - Non-Donor, Donor, and End Game
Professions
Macros
Skill Knowledge
Ending

The talent tree I am currently using is this. I will explain why below.

http://db.mmo-champion.com/utils/talents/#k=pwgq-BZ8.bqj.hunter

The reason I chose to take Point of No Escape over Survival Tactics is because you encounter more instances where you will need to be using Multi-Shot as well as Frost Trap to help the tank as well as nuking the adds that spawn not to mention trash clearing. Another reason is because you do not receive resists on Molten, for some reason.

Encounters where this may occur are, in instance order:

Blackwing Descent - Magmaw, Omnitron Defense System, Maloriak, and Nefarian.

Bastion of Twilight - Halfus Wyrmbreaker, Cho'gall and Sinestra.

Firelands - Beth'tilac, Lord Rhyolith and Ragnaros.

Dragon Soul - Yor'sahj, Hagara Stormbinder, Warmaster Blackhorn, Spine of Deathwing and Madness of Deathwing.

**Note: This is only if you fire/drop the Ice or Freezing Trap, otherwise it is a useless talent and you should take Survival Tactics.

The reason I took a point in Sic Em' and maximized Serpent Spread over taking two points in Careful Aim is based off personal preference because the overall damage in most fights will be much higher due to the opening ten percent health being shaved off fairly quickly currently with the available progression content (Firelands being only 10-man). I will more than likely change this on bosses with insanely large healthpools like Ragnaros and Deathwing. However, if you want to take the higher opening burst build rather than lengthy DPS - take this one below.

http://db.mmo-champion.com/utils/talents/#k=pwA9Zc_N.bqj.hunter

The glyphs you will want will change as content is released, but I will again explain that below after I have listed what glyphs you want.

Prime Glyphs:

Glyph of Explosive Shot

Glyph of Kill Shot

Glyph of Serpent Sting

Major Glyphs:

Glyph of Ice Trap

Glyph of Mending

Glyph of Trap Launcher

Minor Glyphs:

Glyph of Feign Death

Glyph of Aspect of the Pack

Glyph of Revive Pet

These are currently the best glyphs available to a Survival Hunter Guide. However, with the release of Dragon Soul gear you will obtain the Haste soft cap with your T13 fairly easily and it will cause you to remove the Glyph of Serpent Sting and replace it with Glyph of Arcane Shot due to the amount of focus you generate.

Glyph of Mending is to help sustain your pet in fights where you will be required to heal him since Molten is bugged on certain aspects of pet damage. This is also the reason for the Glyph of Revive Pet as if you do not have a pet, you will lose an insane amount of damage.

Stat Priority is tricky. Personally, I currently maintain a balance between Haste and Critical Strike rating due to being unable to hit the Haste cap which is 2665 but at the same time I aim for Haste before Critical Strike. I will be adding enchant selection within this sub-section as well.

Agility > 8% Ranged Hit > Haste Cap > Critical Strike > Mastery > Haste

The reason you want to be hitting the Haste Cap is to make sure you can fit in 3 Cobra Shots between each Explosive Shot cooldown. However, once Tier 13 becomes available you will want to drop that Haste down to 757 total Haste once you obtain 4 Pieces of T13. Sadly, it will be impossible to go that low but still try to minimize the total Haste at this point by reforging to Critical Strike and then Mastery.

The haste you want is 29.17% (1794 Haste Rating - This is the lowest I got it to without breaking the 1.5 to 1.6 barrier) total Haste to obtain a 1.5 second cast on your Cobra Shot. Once you hit this percentage, it is more profitable to stack Critical Strike or Mastery. Credit to Skiploom for finding out what percentage of Haste you want.

Enchants:

Head - Arcanum of the Ramkahen

Shoulders - Greater Inscription of Shattered Crystal OR Greater Inscription of Vicious Agility

Chest - Enchant Chest - Peerless Stats

Back - Enchant Cloak - Greater Critical Strike

Wrist - Enchant Bracer - Agility

Gloves - Enchant Gloves - Haste

Belt - Ebonsteel Belt Buckle

Legs - Dragonscale Leg Armor

Feet - Enchant Boots - Major Agility OR Enchant Boots - Assassin's Step

Weapon - Enchant 2H Weapon - Mighty Agility

Ranged Weapon - Gnomish X-Ray Scope

Gemming is very easy and straight forward, I will list both the current available gems and the ones you will want in the future once Dragon Soul gems become available.

Meta Gem:

Agile Shadowspirit Diamond - 54 Agility and 3% Increased Critical Effect.

Pre-Dragon Soul Gems:

Red Socket - Delicate Inferno Ruby - 40 Agility.

Yellow Socket - Deft Ember Topaz/Deadly Ember Topaz - 20 Agility and 20 Haste/Critical Strike Rating.

Blue Socket - Delicate Inferno Ruby/Glinting Demonseye - 40 Agility/20 Agility and 20 Hit Rating.

You can socket determining on what you require most. Remember to look for beneficial socket bonuses that will give you that increase in agility as well as another stat for free.

Dragon Soul Gems:

Red Socket - Delicate Queen's Garnet - 50 Agility

Yellow Socket - Deft Lava Coral/Deadly Lava Coral - 25 Agility and 25 Haste/Critical Strike Rating.

Blue Socket - Delicate Queen's Garnet/Glinting Shadow Spinel - 50 Agility/25 Agility and 25 Hit Rating.

Same rules apply from the above gemming.

The rotation is a fairly simple one but I will start with the priority and work from there.

1) Explosive Shot

2) Kill Shot

3) Black Arrow

4) Serpent Sting

5) Cobra Shot

6) Arcane Shot

Explosive is the highest priority in the rotation because it will be your number one damage output. You want to keep this always on cooldown. You will be using Arcane Shot, Killshot, and Cobra Shot as fillers between Lock and Loads procs to minimize dot clipping.

The opening rotation I use is Serpent Sting -> Hunter cooldowns (listed below) -> Explosive Shot -> Black Arrow -> Cobra Shot <Lock and Load Proc> Explosive Shot -> Arcane Shot -> Explosive Shot -> Cobra Shot -> Explosive Shot -> Cobra Shot <Lock and Load Proc> Repeat Prior.

The standard rotation for me is Explosive Shot -> Black Arrow -> Cobra Shot <Lock and Load Proc> Explosive Shot -> Arcane Shot -> Explosive Shot -> Cobra Shot -> Explosive Shot -> Cobra Shot <Lock and Load Proc> Repeat Prior -> Cobra Shot -> Cobra Shot -> Cobra Shot -> Black Arrow -> Explosive Shot -> Repeat Prior.

The AoE rotation is Misdirection -> Trap Launcher -> Explosive Trap -> Multi-Shot until out of focus -> Cobra Shot -> Explosive Shot -> Cobra Shot -> Multi-Shot -> Rinse and repeat.

**Note** If you do not misdirect, you will more than likely strip aggro from the tank unless they are very aware as to what they are doing.

The Hunter ability you should use before the fight begins is Hunter's Mark. Make sure it is always on the target you plan on DPSing.

The Hunter cooldowns you should use at the beginning of the fight are Rapid Fire, Call of the Wild, Engineering Abilities, Trinkets, Potion of the Tol'vir, etc. to maximize how many times you may use these during the entire encounters duration. Be sure to use them each time they are available to maximize your damage per second!

Pet choices will come down to raid composition and players within the raid, as well as what is stackable on Molten itself as well as the base overall damage.

Using a Cat is only beneficial to the raid if you do not have a Warrior, Death Knight or Shaman within the raid.

Using a Wolf is only beneficial to the raid if you do not have a Subtlety Rogue, Fury Warrior, Elemental Shaman, or a Feral Druid within the raid.

Using a Dragonhawk or Wind Serpent is only beneficial to the raid if you do not have a Warlock or Unholy Death Knight within the raid.

Using a Raptor is only beneficial to the raid if you do not have a Protection Warrior or Arms Warrior within the raid.

What pet do you choose when all of the above are within your raid? Make your decision based off the raid members and who is most likely to die, or if you just want straight damage - either a Cat or a Wolf is fine.

Cat provides - Roar of Courage - 549 Agility and Strength.

Wolf provides - Furious Howl - 5% Critical Strike.

Wind Serpent provides - Lightning Breath - 8% Increased Magical Damage.

Raptor provides - Tear Armor - 12% Reduced Armor.

There are other various abilities that are the same as the listed above but these are the most common you will see on Hunter's as they are currently the best available abilities out there.

These are just my personal preferences which I will explain below.

Cat:

The reason I choose Wild Hunt over Shark Attack is that your pet will maintain high focus due to Sic 'Em! proccing often.

Wolf:

The same talent tree and reason as the Cat's tree.

Wind Serpent:

These talents I chose to maximize damage output, sadly though, Wolverine Bite is bugged and does not always cast making it a pet that does less damage overall but still offers the 8% Spell Damage increase when your raid lacks a Warlock or an Unholy Death Knight.

Raptor:

The same talent tree and reason as the Cat's tree.

Non-Donor BiS List:

Head - Ragnaros - Helm of the Fiery Protector turns into Flamewaker's Headguard ** BELOW

Neck - Justice Points - Necklace of Smoke Signals

Shoulders - Majordomo Staghelm - Flickering Shoulders ** BELOW

Chest - Justice Points - Flamewaker's Tunic

Back - Lord Rhyolith/Avengers of Hyjal - Dreadfire Drape/Sleek Flamewrath Cloak

Wrist - Justice Points or Firelands Trash - Bracers of Forked Lightning OR Hide-Bound Chains

Gloves - Justice Points - Flamewaker's Gloves

Belt - Avengers of Hyjal - Firearrow Belt

Legs - Justice Points - Flamewaker's Legguards

Feet - Fireland's Leatherworking Pattern - Earthen Scale Sabatons

Weapon - Firelands Trash Drop or Majordomo Staghelm - Ranseur of Hatred OR Fandral's Flamescythe

Ranged Weapon - Ragnaros - Arathar, the Eye of Flame

Ring #1 - Avengers of Hyjal - Viridian Signet of the Avengers

Ring #2 - Justice Points or Beth'tilac- Splintered Brimstone Seal OR Widow's Kiss

** You have a choice, based off the Haste or Critical Strike Rating you need. However, my suggestion is to take the Tier Helmet as well as Flickering Shoulders with 192 Haste, Critical, or Mastery (depending on your luck or desire) but you can take Tier Shoulders and Shannox's Helmet.

Trinkets are based off of your own preference, the current best ones available are:

Matrix Stabilizer from Ragnaros.

The Hungerer from Majordomo Staghelm.

Ancient Petrified Seed from the Avengers of Hyjal.

Essence of the Cyclone from Halfus Wyrmbreaker.

Fluid Death from Justice Points.

Key to the Endless Chamber from Corborus in Stonecore Heroic mode.

Current Donor BiS:

Head - Wyrmstalker's Headguard

Neck - Cameo of Terrible Memories

Shoulders - Wyrmstalker's Spaulders

Chest - Wyrmstalker's Tunic

Back - Dreadfire Drape/Sleek Flamewrath Cloak ** These can be obtained in-game **

Wrist - Bracers of Looming Darkness

Gloves - Sporebeard Gauntlets

Belt - Belt of the Beloved Companion

Legs - Wyrmstalker's Legguards

Feet - Treads of Dormant Dreams

Weapon - Spire of Coagulated Globules

Ranged Weapon - Horrifying Horn Arbalest ** Read Below ** OR Arathar, The Eye of Flame

Ring #1 - Signet of Grasping Mouths/Emergency Descent Loop

Ring #2 - Viridian Signet of the Avengers ** You can farm this reputation **

Trinket #1 - Vial of Shadows

Trinket #2 - Wrath of Unchaining

The Horrifying Horn Arbalest currently is showing 583.6 damage per second on the coin shop which is wrong, even for Raid Finder gear so be warned when purchasing this that it may not be correct.

End Game BiS List:

Head - Warmaster Blackhorn - Wyrmstalker's Headguard

Neck - Valor Points - Cameo of Terrible Memories

Shoulders - Hagara the Stormbinder - Wyrmstalker's Spaulders

Chest - Ultraxion - Wyrmstalker's Tunic

Back - Lord Rhyolith - Dreadfire Drape

Wrist - Ultraxion - Bracers of Looming Darkness ** Below **

Gloves - Morchok - Sporebeard Gauntlets

Belt - Warmaster Blackhorn - Belt of the Beloved Companion

Legs - Yor'sahj - Wyrmstalker's Legguards

Feet - Hagara the Stormbinder - Treads of Dormant Dreams

Weapon - Madness of Deathwing - Kiril, Fury of Beasts

Ranged Weapon - Madness of Deathwing - Vishanka, Jaws of the Earth

Ring #1 - Hagara the Stormbinder - Signet of Grasping Mouths

Ring #2 - Valor Points - Emergency Descent Loop ** No Heroic Available*

Trinket #1 - Shared Boss Loot - Vial of Shadows

Trinket #2 - Spine of Deathwing - Wrath of Unchaining

** NOTE **

This is different from Molten's server, this is comparative to retail. I compared a planned setup and my current setup has more damage output than what this planner would say. This has only the two buffs shown on the screen, just like in-game as well.

** Note ** All of the above items except the marked one are Heroic quality.

* Bracers are difficult to weigh up as the crafted bracers have more agility, yet Bracers of Looming Darkness from Ultraxion have more secondary stats leading to easier reforging optimization (no haste so it gets you closer to the ~758 cap).

These are the benefits to our class, choose which one you think is the most beneficial to you.

Alchemy - 80 Agility with the use of the flask.

Blacksmithing - 80 or100 Agility based on the gems you use.

Enchanting - 40 Agility per ring.

Engineering - 480 Agility for 10 seconds on a one minute cooldown.

Inscription - 130 Agility and 25 Mastery to shoulders.

Jewelcrafting - 27 stats per gem, maximum of three gems, which equals 81 bonus stats.

Leatherworking - 130 Agility to Bracers.

Tailoring - 1000 Attack Power for 15 seconds.

Herbalism - 480 Haste for 20 seconds, two minute cooldown.

Mining - 120 base stamina.

Skinning - 80 base Critical Strike rating.

Personally, I would use Tailoring and Engineering just for the extra burst damage over the fight when it is needed most. Even then, most of the professions come out to be equal at 80 bonus stats so it is not a huge loss to take any of the professions (except Mining and Skinning).

In this section, I will go through some macros that I use with the explanation as to why. I do not use many macros yet but I will update as the need arises for them.

#showtooltip

/cast [target=focus] Misdirection

This macro will help enable you to have an easier time Misdirecting your target.

#showtooltip

/cast [@targettarget] Misdirection

This macro will Misdirect the target of the person or mob you are currently targeting, allowing you to have two quick Misdirection macros available if you have to swap tanks.

/petfollow [@pettarget,exists]

/petattack [@pettarget,noexists]

This macro will either make your pet attack the current target you are attacking, or pull him back to you.

#showtooltip Rapid Fire

/cast Call of the Wild

/use Potion of the Tol'vir

/cast Rapid Fire

This is the macro to use your cooldowns, as well as a Potion of the Tol'vir that gives you 1200 Agility for 20 seconds.

/script SetCVar ("cameraDistancemax" ,50)

This is the max camera distance macro and it will help you be more aware of what is going on around you.

/script RepopMe();

If you ever get stuck falling the world or unable to release - use this macro. It will save your unstuck on the website to enable you to hunt more pets efficiently.

Every skill in the Hunter spellbook is useful, even right down to the most unused talents. Do not forget to go through your book and read the use of every skill as it will improve your ability to play a Hunter ten fold.

Disengage - Currently one of the best gap closes, and gap making ability in the game. This ability will save you countless times during your Hunter career.

Deterrence - The best avoidance skill, in my mind, currently available to classes as it allows you to take next to no damage from almost any skill in the game if you use the ability at the right time.

Feign Death - You will use this if you happen to pull aggro or a mob randomly targets you. It will save you almost as much as the above two skills will.

Camouflage - This is the best addition to Hunter's in Cataclysm. You can Feign Death and Camouflage right away, enabling you to remain out of combat for a fair duration until you are Healed or until an AoE ability hits you.

Trap Launcher - Ever since The Burning Crusade I have wished for this, and finally it is given to us. This makes our lives as Hunter's so much easier without having to get into a bad position to place a trap.

Scatter Shot - This is useful even in raid content, especially on mobs that need to be interrupted like on the Alysrazor. It may not always work though.

Wyvern Sting - Same as Scatter Shot, it helps you disable a mob that needs to be interrupted when you lack the ability. It may not always work though.

Explosive Trap - This trap, in combination with Serpent Spread and Multi-Shot makes Hunter's the best AoE damage available in the game currently.

Ice Trap - This skill is simply beautiful. Who does not want a massive AoE slow for an encounter where mobs must be kited or killed?

Distracting Shot - Tank is about to die? Save him for a few seconds with this skill and Deterrence by taunting the boss, or a mob off him. Feign Death drops aggro and the mob will run to a random raid member, not the tank like it normally would had the effect of the skill wore off.

Tranquilizing Shot - You will not use this skill that much in 4.3.4 but it is still a good skill to have on your bars for moments where you wish to dispel a buff that a mob or the boss has that is dispellable.

Master's Call - During encounters like Hagara Stormbinder, you can use this skill during the Frost Phase to clear your slowing debuff. It is just an amazing skill, it even removes daze effects.

Widow Venom - This is a useful thing to have on a boss like Maloriak where he will heal if it not dispelled by Tranquilizing Shot or a Mage's Spellsteal.

This completes the guide. Thank you for reading and I hope you will learn as much as I did while making this guide.

Skiploom and I went out to investigate and make certain that all of what I wrote here was correct and I was not leading anyone on or making them purchase an item incorrectly. Currently everything I have wrote is correct and in working condition unless specified.

I hope it teaches you a lot and you enjoy reading it as much as I did typing it.

If you have any questions, comments, etc. I will happily answer them as I see them.

Noobert

Credit goes to..

Wolololol for the Banners and Headers design and my guildies on <Care> for the support and dedication to make me a better player and person.

This is not owned by us this was just copied from molten wow official list of guides.

Source: http://forum.molten-wow.com/showthread.php?t=226553&highlight=cataclysm+guide

Tailoring Guide 1 - 450

2013-07-31T20:10:00.000+08:00

This WoW Tailoring guide will show you the fastest and easiest way how to get your Tailoring skill up from 1 to 450. Updated for WoW patch 3.3

If you want to level your Tailoring, you will need thousands of cloths and cloths are not cheap. You can farm them or buy them from the auction house, if you buy the Cloths you will need a lot of gold. Tailoring is the best combined with Enchanting, because you will be able to disenchant most of the items you make, however an Enchanter friend can do it for you too. Check out my Enchanting guide if you are interested in leveling Enchanting.

Keep in mind, this WoW Tailoring guide is made to level your profession as fast as possible, so sometimes the cloths you will make might not be the best items for your level or they won't be really profitable if you want to sell them.

Tailoring guide sections:

Tailoring Apprentice 1 - 75

Tailoring Journeyman 75 - 125

Tailoring Expert 125 - 200

Tailoring Artisan 200 - 300

Tailoring Master 300 - 350

Tailoring Grand Master 350 - 450

Approximate Materials Required for 1-450:

* 250 Linen Cloth

* 50 Coarse Thread

* 135 Wool Cloth

* 90 Fine thread

* 760 Silk Cloth

* 30 Blue Dye

* 396 Mageweave Cloth

* 45 Silken Thread

* 60 Red Dye

* 106 Heavy Silken Thread

* 780 Runecloth

* 131 Rune Thread

* 725 Netherweave Cloth

* 30 Arcane Dust

* 20 Knothide Leather

* 2975 Frostweave Cloth - You shouldn't buy all of these at once

* 240 Infinite Dust

* 96 Eternium Thread

* 440-450 is not included, due the insane amount of gold and materials needed for it

Related Guides:

WoW Enchanting Guide 1-450

WoW Tailoring Leveling Guide 1 - 450

First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Apprentice Tailoring.

* 1 - 45

130 x [Bolt of Linen Cloth] - 260 Linen Cloth

Stop making these if you reach Tailoring 45, and make more only if you need it.

* 45 - 70

35 x [Heavy Linen Gloves] - 70 Bolt of Linen Cloth, 35 Coarse Thread

* 70 - 75

5 x [Reinforced Linen Cape] - 10 Bolt of Linen Cloth, 15 Coarse Thread

75 - 125

Learn Tailoring Journeyman.

* 75 - 100

45 x [Bolt of Woolen Cloth] - 135 Wool Cloth

* 100 - 110

13 x [Simple Kilt] - 52 Bolt of Linen Cloth, 13 Fine Thread

* 110 - 125

15 x [Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders] - 45 Bolt of Woolen Cloth, 30 Fine Thread

125 - 200

Learn Tailoring Expert.

* 125 - 145

190 x [Bolt of Silk Cloth] - 760 Silk Cloth

* 145 - 160

15 x [Azure Silk Hood] - 30 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 30 Blue Dye, 15 Fine Thread

* 160 - 170

10 x [Silk Headband] - 30 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 20 Fine Thread

* 170 - 175

5 x [Formal White Shirt] - 15 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 10 Bleach, 5 Fine Thread

* 175 - 185

99 x [Bolt of Mageweave] - 396 Mageweave Cloth

* 185 - 200

15 x [Crimson Silk Vest] - 60 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 30 Fine Thread, 30 Red Dye

200 - 300

Learn Tailoring Artisan.

* 200 - 215

15 x [Crimson Silk Pantaloons] - 60 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 30 Red Dye, 30 Silken Thread

* 215 - 220

5 x [Black Mageweave Leggings] - 10 Bolt of Mageweave, 15 Silken Thread

* 220 - 230

10 x [Black Mageweave Gloves] - 20 Bolt of Mageweave, 20 Heavy Silken Thread

* 230 - 250

23 x [Black Mageweave Headband] - 69 Bolt of Mageweave, 46 Heavy Silken Thread

* 250 - 260

195 x [Bolt of Runecloth] - 780 Runecloth

* 260 - 280

25 x [Runecloth Belt] - 75 Bolt of Runecloth, 25 Rune Thread

* 280 - 295

18 x [Runecloth Gloves] - 90 Bolt of Runecloth, 36 Rune Thread

Recipe goes yellow at 290, get enough materials for 18.

* 295 - 300

5 x [Runecloth Headband] - 30 Bolt of Runecloth, 10 Rune Thread

300 - 350

Go to Outland or Northrend and learn Tailoring Master.

* 300 - 325

145 x [Bolts of Netherweave] - 725 Netherweave Cloth

* 325 - 335

If you are Enchanter or you know someone who can disenchant items, make [Netherweave Gloves] instead of [Bolts of Imbued Netherweave].

15 x [Bolts of Imbued Netherweave] - 45 Bolts of Netherweave, 30 Arcane Dust

Pattern location

* 335 - 345

10 x [Netherweave Boots] - 60 Bolts of Netherweave, 20 Knothide Leather, 10 Rune Thread

* 345 - 350

5 x [Netherweave Tunic] - 40 Bolts of Netherweave, 10 Rune Thread

Pattern location

Tailoring specializations

Tailors of lvl 60 or higher with a skill of 350 or greater now can choose a Tailoring Specialization. Each of these three specializations allow the tailor access to a number of self only recipes and will allow the tailor to make twice as much of one kind of new cloth as a tailor without this Specialization. Each specialization also provides recipes specific bind-on-pickup cloth gear.

* Mooncloth tailoring (Healing): Allows the tailor access to learn the patterns for the Bind on Pickup Primal Mooncloth Set, and to create an additional primal mooncloth at a moonwell.

* Shadoweave tailoring (Shadow / Frost): Allows the tailor to learn the patterns for the Bind on Pickup Shadow's Embrace set, and to create an additional shadowcloth at the Altar of Shadows.

* Spellfire tailoring (Fire / Arcane): Allows the tailor to learn the patterns for the Bind on Pickup Wrath of Spellfire set, and to create an additional spellcloth in Netherstorm.

(source: wowwiki)

350 - 450

Go to Northrend and learn Tailoring Grand Master.

* 350 - 375

595 x [Bolt of Frostweave] - 2975 Frostweave Cloth

* 375 - 380

5 x [Frostwoven Belt] - 15 Bolt of Frostweave, 5 Eternium Thread

* 380 - 385

5 x [Frostwoven Boots] - 20 Bolt of Frostweave, 5 Eternium Thread

* 385 - 395

13 x [Frostwoven Cowl] - 65 Bolt of Frostweave, 13 Eternium Thread

* 395 - 400

5 x [Duskweave Belt] - 35 Bolt of Frostweave, 5 Eternium Thread

* 400 - 405

120 x [Bolt of Imbued Frostweave] - 240 Bolt of Frostweave, 240 Infinite Dust

* 405 - 410

5 x [Duskweave Wristwraps] - 40 Bolt of Frostweave, 5 Eternium Thread

* 410 - 415

5 x [Duskweave Gloves] - 45 Bolt of Frostweave, 5 Eternium Thread

* 415 - 425

13 x [Duskweave Boots] - 130 Bolt of Frostweave, 13 Eternium Thread

* 425 - 440

20 x [Frostweave Bag] - 120 Bolt of Imbued Frostweave, 40 Eternium Thread

You should make around 20 of these, it depends on your luck. The recipe goes yellow at 430 and green at 440, but you should make these because you will sell them at AH anyway, so you will get most of your gold back. Don't flood the AH, only put in a few bags at once. It might take weeks or even months before you sell all of them. Try to make Bags for your friends, tell them to bring the materials for it.

Per Frostweave Bag:

60 x Frostweave Cloth

12 x Infinite Dust

2 x Eternium Thread

* 440 - 450

When you reach 440 you will be able to make new epic recipes, try to find players who need those epic items and craft the items for them if they bring the materials. You can also continue to make [Frostweave Bags].

I hope you liked this Tailoring Guide, GZ to 450!

Information Acquired From: http://www.wow-professions.com

How to get out of Worgen Starting Zone

2013-07-18T02:56:00.000+08:00

So, after seeing a lot of people get stuck I thought I would make a little guide to show you how to leave Gilneas after completing all the quests.

This image shows two things: one the red circle showing where you will probably be when you have finished all the quests. The last quests as I remember are within Emberstone Mill circled with the orange, and the quest givers are where the red circle are. So, if you get no other quests they are done!

So, after you finish them you are going to be confused.

The next thing you should do is head back into the city and towards Cathedral Quarter (This is the part where you blew the Worgens up earlier). The bridge to get into Merchant Square is to the left from where the red circle is in the first image.

The image also shows the bridge as if you were looking at it (it is locked here but won't be when you go to it).

Then head across the bridge north of Cathedral Quarter.

This image shows the path that you will take from the Cathedral Quarter bridge. The blue line is where you have to swim across due to the bridge being broken.

You are heading towards Keel Harbour, the purple blob represents the purple boat which is situated there. (It is a Night Elf boat).

This is a screenshot of Keel Harbour that I grabbed from the internet. The path which is closest is where you will be walking up and the boat you see is the one you will board. The two red blobs are where two NPC's the closest is a complete quest (***) and the one on the boat is Admiral Nightwind, who gives you a quest which teleports you to Rut'theran Village.

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Additional Information:

When you are in Rut'theran Village go to the most southern dock to get the boat to Stormwind. When there, set your Hearthstone in the Trade District.

- Do NOT use your Hearthstone before setting it somewhere like in Stormwind, this can cause problems are require you to restart your character.

*** I am taking knowledge from my time on Greymane realm and when I levelled my Worgen Rogue. If there is something incorrect within this guide please post so I can fix.

Source: http://forum.molten-wow.com/showthread.php?t=169340

How to - Getting Exalted With Therazane Without Having To Grind Reputation

2013-07-09T10:51:00.000+08:00

As for now, this guide will be halted so please don't say "OMG WHY IS THE CHAIN QUEST BUGGED UR GUIDE SARKS!" until I can get a hold of how to trigger the chain quest as stated below.

Hello there! For this guide, I will be sharing on how to get Exalted status with Therazane, one of the factions in Cataclysm. This guide is created for new people who are not sure on how to do as title above.

1. What is the Therazane?

According, to Wowhead, The faction Therazane, named after its leader Therazane the Stonemother, consists of all the earth elementals "living" in Deepholm. The story players can witness starts off with Therazane and her elementals being hostile towards all creatures, including the Earthen Ring and their attempts to restore the World Pillar. As time passes, Therazane's lieutenants and ultimately the Stonemother herself will start looking more favorably at the group of shamans and their chosen champions. At the end, a few selected members of the Earthen Ring and their allies will be allowed to remain in Deepholm and continue their effort to bring balance to the domain of earth.

2. So, how does the rep works?

As said above, you will initially be "Hated" with Therazane. It works pretty much like the Sons of Hodir in the WotLK expansion. You will need to do a chain quest in order to soften the hearts of Therazane's lieutenants, and eventually, the Stonemother herself.

In retail, after completing a rather long chain quest, you can actually do dailies in order to gain their trust. In here, you'll just need 3-4 quests and you're done! Awesome right?

3. What are the possible rewards from Therazane?

Upon getting Friendly, you can buy a Tabard to raise your reputation with them whenever you are doing any HC dungeons.

Upon getting Honored, you can buy a variety of shoulder enchants:

- Lesser Inscription of Charged Lodestone - Caster DPS/healer

- Lesser Inscription of Jagged Stone - Plate DPS

- Lesser Inscription of Shattered Crystal - Non-Plate DPS

- Lesser Inscription of Unbreakable Quartz - Tank

Upon getting Revered, you can buy iLevel 346 rings:

- Diamant's Ring of Temperance - Caster DPS/healer

- Felsen's Ring of Resolve - Tank

- Gorsik's Band of Shattering - Plate DPS

- Terrath's Signet of Balance - Non-Plate DPS

Upon getting Exalted, you can buy the improved shoulder enchants. They are the same name (with Lesser changed to Greater), so I won't list them down here.

NOTE: Please MAKE SURE that you have unchecked "At War" with Therazane at your reputation bar. (At least Neutral standing required) Otherwise, you cannot buy the great stuffs from the quartermaster even when you are Exalted with them. This box will always be "checked" everytime you log in, so get used to uncheck that box.

4. How to start?

UPDATE: I have a suspicion that you need to be up to a certain point of time where you spend your time in Deepholm (A.K.A phased quests) where you can finally go to Earthmender Norsala to take up the start of Therazane chain quest. Until I can get a hold of it, this paragraph will stay.

First, do this Imposing Confrontation. You can find the troll lady at the outer edges (Please please read this part! Not inside the temple!)of the temple (try going northwest). NOTE: Please take note that she will appear at 2 different locations, however only one of the clones will have the quest.

Then, simply head to where Gorsik is, dismount and use the quest item. You will have a short chat with him, before you are getting knocked back at a random location. Don't worry, you won't get killed by it. Go back to the troll lady and turn in the quest.

She'll give you Rocky Relations quest next. This is just simply finding Diamat who will help you gain the trust of the Stonelords. He will give you the following 2 quests:

- Hatred Runs Deep. The mobs are a plenty. As for Dragul, you can find him in the middle tent.

- Unsolid Ground. The crystals are again a plenty. Once you collect 6 of them, combine them to craft an item, then head to one of the towers just a little north within the Lorthuna's Gate. Then, use the item. It might not work sometimes, so you need to scout around that particular area until you can get it.

After completing 2 quests, Diamat will give you another quest called Violent Gale. At this point, you should be Neutral with Therazane. (That was at least in Frostwolf. For Neltharion and Sargares, you are one step further to getting exalted with Therazane!) Previously, this quest doesn't work, however there is an apparent loophole that allows you to auto-complete the quest. Head northwest and look for Felsen. (Don't go up to Therazane's Throne! Although he is there as well, you will not complete your quest there.) He is hostile, but supposingly if you can fly around somewhere west of him, an auto-complete quest will pop out. About 40-60 yards from him should do the trick. Try not to fly too far up or you will not be able to tell the distance. Accept the autocomplete, and head back to Diamat.

Your last quest is Depth of the Depths. Simply go to where the quest ender is, dismount and talk to the crystal. Please take note that the crystal is outside the cave, NOT inside!

And you're done! You are now Exalted with Therazane, without even needing to grind rep. Congratulations!

If you are around level 82/83 though, there is an optional quest that you can take, Wayward Child. You can take this from the Stonemother at Therazane's Throne (make sure you have unchecked "At War" with Therazane first), head into The Stonecore dungeon and kill Ozruk. Then, just turn in the quest. It doesn't gain a lot of rep, but it certainly helps when it comes to Dungeon quests.

Also, if you are still at the process of levelling to 85, this is a good chance to continue the chain quest even when you don't need anymore rep with them. Be aware that you can skip some of the quests and still continue with the chain since there are a few side quests that are bugged. Also, it works up to the area where there are bog spores. (Yes, dem bog spores from Zangarmarsh has somehow migrated there. Kidding.) It is the part where another stonelord will refer you to a nearby Draenei ER member that gives a bugged quest.

5. If I'm an inscriber, I can always get my own shoulder enchant that is much better than Therazane! What is the point of getting Exalted with Therazane then?

This will be the question that many inscribers will ask. To answer this question, it is true that Inscribers can enchant their own shoulders. They are better than the ones that Therazane has to offer. But, you should consider the fact that they give iLevel 346 rings to help boost your gear. Also, if you are looking for reputation achievement, this is one of them that you will want to do, even when you are an Inscriber.

Conclusion? While you do not need to be exalted with Therazane, you must get to at least Revered in order to buy their rings.

6. Credits

- Wowhead, where all of the quests and items are linked here.

- angelfire, for giving the exact coordinates for Norsala, where you can start the chain quest.

- OriginalDarkway, for giving the exact coordinates for the quest ender of Depth of the Depths

Source: http://forum.molten-wow.com/showthread.php?t=172295

Newbie Warmane Guide

2013-07-01T23:23:00.000+08:00

I noticed a lot of people in the community forums, including myself just last week, asking questions about gear and what plans should be made when leveling on this Server. So I will suggest a few tips which has gotten all of my toons to near-top gear as soon as they hit level 80, allowing my guys to run the instances and enjoy endgame immediately, without having to worry with dead time and depression of not being allowed in runs due to 'Gear Score'.

This is written for Horde namely, as I don't know the issues or zones for Alliance. And for any other case, I play only on Deathwing.

Contents:

I - VotePoints

II - Your UI

III - Levels, Gold, and You

IV - Gear

V - Guild

VI - Reroll

Instance I - Vote Points

Vote points can make and break you. A lot of newer players will spend their Vote Points as they get them, maybe saving up to 20-30 to get some purple item at some random level (often, 20, 40, 60's). Don't do this. Your gear has no real matter. If anything, just buy the cheap stuff on the AH (note that due to the intense economy, cheap rides on the lines of 1-20 gold). The gear you need to be at all effective to get to 80 will be provided through quests, random drops, and the AH (or a friendly donation).

You can technically get to level 80 Naked. This has been done many times, although it can slow you down a bit and many people like to look pretty while they fight. Whatever your persuasion is, DON'T SPEND YOUR VOTE POINTS!!! SAVE THEM FOR LEVEL 80.

### - You can vote every 12 hours. Make sure you take advantage of this if you're serious about playing. This can net you 10 VP a day, this will be very useful to you end game. You'll want AT LEAST 90 VP by the time you hit Endgame. That or be super friggin rich (which isn't too difficult to do)

Exceptions to spend VP on: Frostweave Bags. These cost 2 points each. And can be a worthy buy as soon as you make your toon. This gives you 40 more slots to put items. More items to place, more to sell. Even junk has a price.

Another good spend is Insignia of the Horde (or Alliance). This is a nice little starter trinket for 1 VP that can break any Stun/Fear/Polymorph/Rooting/Snaring effects on you with a 5 minute cooldown. Only needed if you plan on avoiding ganks. This is really 95% PvP.

Instance II - Your UI

When I see screenshots and videos of people who don't use a UI, it blows my mind. Because they usually have maybe HALF of their screen visible, at the most. I myself like to have as much of my screen visible as possible, so I use UI Mods. Or better known as AddOns. You can make your life a lot easier by using AddOns, you can make it even easier by downloading and installing the Curse Client v4 auto-installer. This will allow you to just click a button and the Curse Client will install everything for you, so you don't have to go through the steps of 'installing' your AddOns.

If you don't want AddOns, then that is your loss. If you're afraid of them due to their technical uses, calm down. They're not that difficult to get. Curse.com has a wide assortment of very useful addons that not only help you see what you're doing, but they can help you macromanage your common issues and boost your gold big time. (I have made around 100k Gold [in about 2 weeks of casual gaming] due to a few AddOns helping me out).

Some suggested AddOns?

-Bartender v4 (Allows full customization of your action-bars/menubar/petbar actionbar/totems/stances/vehicle/etc. This includes, size, padding, placement, and disabling certain bars)

-Prat 3.0 (A very simple Chat-Addon that colors posts in chat to identify class, and can do much more if messed around with)

-Auctioneer (Got some gold you're not gonna spend anytime soon? Play the AH. This will determine what items are selling high or low. You can sort things by not only their buyout cost, but their fluctuation of prices and by 'per item' instead of stacks. This is how I make a lot of my gold.)

-Talented (This gives you a massive overview of your Talents, showing all three talent trees at once, and allows you to create templates. A great thing to play with when bored since you can create any 'talent build' in it's fake-talent-tree creator)

-TipTac (A tooltip editor, it allows you to move where your tool tip is and makes it look a lot sleeker. I love my tooltips. A tooltip is what pops up when you hoverover objects in the game, including items and spells)

-Omen3 (This is the most used Threat Meter, it tells you how much Threat Per Second you've developing, along with everyone else in the party, so you know if you can crank up your pace, or slow it down a bit.)

-XLoot (Gives you a much sleeker looking loot bar, along with strong color identifiers to rarity of items)

-Carbonite (If you want to breeze through quests, know what enemies are around, and have a great companion for your navigation, Carbonite does it all. It has a navigation system to tell you what quests are close by, their 'area' and common quest givers and returns. It also will alert you when any PvP players are running amuck. A MUST HAVE!!!)

-ArkInventory (If you want a very organized bag-mod, this is the one. It allows you to set up your bags the way you want. It first makes it so your bags appear as one window. You can then set rules to certain 'areas' of the inventory, so you can keep your Quest Items away from the main bag, or seperate trade-skill items from other items. Everything!

Instance III - Leveling, Gold, and You

The three most important things in WoW, right? Level, Gold, and NUMERO UNO. Well it is important if you want to get what you want, FAST. Heck, you doing this could even help out your party/raid. It may even make you a better person. It will definitely make you a better WoWer, that's for sure, if you continue reading.

If you want to Level fast, you can make 80 in just a few days of casual playing. But if you want Gold too? Well, you may have to enjoy the other parts of WoW to really capitalize. Now note, I am setting the following standards of this guid with Auctioneer and Carbonite addons. Please get these as my techniques can only really work with them.

Zones to Level:

Stop what you're doing, if you're not a Humany-Fellow, get out of Eastern Kingdoms. It's slow leveling. Anyone who argues this is simply boasting. There is a reason why it's called Eastern Kingdoms. Because Ally's play there. So once you get to level 10-20 (you may want to level to 20 if you're Undead or Blood Elf, so you can save yourself the trip to get your Mount. But meh, you can get to 20 a lot faster in Kalimdor). Besides, if you want your Flying Mount discounts, you need Exalted with Ogrimmar. You're not gonna do that by helping out the fleshies on Eastern Kingdoms. So do whatever easy quests are over in EK and get to Kalimdor and begin questing in Crossroads (XRs).

Now if you want to chop the head off the snake of the worry of having enough gold for a Flying Mount and an Epic Mount (you can save about 1k gold doing this), you need Exalted with Ogrimmar, so please, complete the bulk of the quests in the starting areas in Kalimdor. Or, OR! you can come back and probably finish them super fast. You should be exalted by level 40-50 with Ogrimmar if you've done at least 10 quests in the starting area. (When I say starting area, I mean STARTING AREA. Go get those apples, kill boars, wake up Peons with a club, and moar!

10-20 :: Barrens/Ratchet

21-25(28) :: Southern Barrens

25(28)-35 :: 1k Needles/Salt Flats

36 - 40 :: Salt Flats/STV/Booty Bay

(Optional, Badlands, SUPER SUGGESTED FOR MINERS)

41-50 :: STV/Booty Bay/Hinterlands(Great for Herbalists)

(Optional Searing Gorge, MINERS AGAIN!)

51-60 :: Gadgetzan/Wintersprings/Felwood

Now, that guide ain't great, but you should just know to collect all the quests you can and just do them smartly. When I say smartly? Quests are bugged, have slow spawns, and other people are doing them too. So let's say you have a collection quest with a slow spawn? Go do a quest somewhere else in the same zone!

Example: 1k Needles, you get the Wyvern Eggs collection quest along with a quest to collect reeds in the small oasis. You can also get another quest that requires you kill an Elite Panther. Rotate these if people are doing those quests while you're trying to. Knockout those quests, they supply a generous amount of EXP.

Need more help with leveling? Many many walkthrus are supplied. I may make one for Molten-WoW a little later if enough people like my explanations.

GOLD!!!

We all want Gold, even though, wth are you gonna spend it on? You spend it on enchantments! And Slotted jewels! That's right. Well they are costly. You can find yourself pumping out hundreds and often times thousands of gold to get what you want. Right now I have about 10k Gold on my toon, and I feel poor. Wanna feel like me? Well, you may have to be devious.

There is no wrecked Economy on Deathwing! Everything levels out. Sometimes prices spike, but so do things in the real world. I was selling Knothide Leather for 2k one day and the next day it was 500g a stack! That's just how it works. So don't be depressed, get a job! Get a profession. What are the best jobs? To be honest, the best money maker to me is between: Blacksmithing and Jewelcrafting. MAYBE TAILORING. All I know is Tanks NEED good gear and you can give them great armor at end game that they really really need. Is it hard? Yes. Jewelcrafting is the same way. I hate JC'ers, you rip us off. But whatever. Give me your gems.

DO NOT GO INTO A PROFESSION THINKING YOU WILL GEAR YOURSELF AS YOU LEVEL!!! THIS RARELY WORKS OUT. Your gear you can make is usually devastatingly lower than your level and your current gear. You may get lucky and get a piece of gear you can make that is of your level. But more often than not, the gear you wish to make is either too low level, or too high level of items you need to fetch. Like skinning and especially tailoring.

If you want a money maker toon with no intention of being a useful Samaritan (unless you donate your goods) you'll probably want Mining and Skinning. Why not Herbalism? Because I don't care about Herbalism. Sure, end game Veins for Titanium is rare, but trust me, it's worth it. Again, Tanks are the biggest gear whores because THEY NEED GEAR to be starter tanks. And guess who they come to? Blacksmiths who use your Bars of Metal. Skinning because you can kill stuff, get exp, and get their carcasses to sell or donate.

Now, for whatever you choose as your profession, this is where Auctioneer addon comes to use. Just open up the auction house, click the POST tab, drag and drop the item in the box, click refresh, and then it will show you the suggested price to sell something to undercut your competition, almost guaranteeing you a sale. "What if everyone starts using this?!"

A-They won't. B-Doesn't matter.

DON'T BUY BAGS NEWB!

YOU!!!

Alright, sorry, I feel long winded, but I hope I am of help. Finally to conclude this chapter, YOU. You have to understand your limitations and attitude to an MMO like WoW. But thankfully this WoW isn't Blizzlike aka 3rd Job. But an MMO is work, it's fun work though. If it wasn't work, it wouldn't take so long. And in this, you should understand that researching is your friend.

What tools? NOT THOTTBOT. Thottbot is dumb, horribly designed, slow, and has false information. WoWHead.com. Bookmark it, make it home page, donate, do whatever you gotta do to understand that's the place to go for information. Namely WoW based information. If you want classguides, just google it. But you will want to read class guides, even if you're not rolling that class.

Anyways, if you have played MMO's you should already know what you're looking at and what you want.

RDPS/DPS/Healer/Tank, (Ranged Damage, Melee Damage: respectively)

If you're new to WoW or MMO's for that matter, your personality will really develop what kind of player you are. What I have found, each class has a certain personality strapped on, but I won't go through stereotypes. Just know, each one requires a certain amount of perspective and intelligence. Especially in Raids. There is no best class. I can tell you the best aggro class is Hunter. So if you want to steal Aggro, be a hunter. Lol. Seriously. Hunters, stop clicking so fast and breathe.

There is nothing wrong with rerolling. This is a funserver, leveling is fast, so if you drop a toon at 40, don't feel bad. Just transfer over gold. And you still get to keep your VP, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T SPEND IT, RITE?!

Finally. Are you PvP or PvE? Me, I am PvE, because I like healing and Tanking, and that just doesn't happen in PvP. Tanks get burned down nearly as fast as your lower armored guys. And don't lie and say you don't get burned down. The only thing hard to burn down quicker than usual are feral-druids. Don't be an elitest. I've seen 5k+ GS Platies get served a pie in the face and bucket of urine over their head just as fast as leatherheads and clothies.

Can you do both? Sure, but don't start gearing up for both at the same time. I would strongly suggest PvE first, then jump into PvP. But if you have a ton of VP to spend, sure, start with PvP, hell, you may just stick with it. More power to you. I'll be the Tank getting burned down.

All in all, this will get you to end game with relative ease. (Except gankers, don't worry, you'll be ganking their lowbies soon enough, god knows I do. YEA, I'M THE GUY IN RED RIDGE MOUNTAINS KILLING YOUR PEOPLE! Call me a newb, w/e, it passes the time while I LFG).

Instance IV - Gear

There is nothing wrong with Blues! There is everything wrong with greens! I am speaking endgame of course. Don't walk to Endgame with green items. It's just bad edict. Am I being a GS whore? No, because I ran HC Chains with way lower GS than requested. But I knew better to get suitable gear for my class. And greens are drastically weak when compared to blues and of course purples. I say Blue ain't bad because you may be covered in blue when you start in your endgame pursuit. This is fine, you'll get your Purps soon enough.

What gear is most important? I'd generally say because of the Private Server, this would be constructed into two separate catagories. Gold and VP. VP should be used to get your most rare and difficult items to get. Please please please research the starter instances before deciding. (VH [blah], UK, UP, HoL, HoS, ToC, etc) It will tell you what drops there, so you can save your VP for that item slot. If you're too lazy, then I would say spend your VP on a weapon. I spent 18 VP on my weapon surprisingly enough. You may not be that lucky. Abuse WoWHead and it's filters to find a suitable weapon.

Another thing to think about is crafted items. More often than not, your crafted items cannot be VP'd for. This is to induce economical balance. And I agree with it. (It may not be for that reason, that reason just helps me sleep at night). So crafted items, you may have to shovel a few thousand gold for. But if you have followed my above guide, you should have plenty of Gold.

All in all, you want AT LEAST 2.2k GS by the time you're geared out. I was 2.9k when I geared myself out with AH, crafters, and VP.

IMPORTANCE OF GS: GearScore has mixed reviews, most people hate on it. But I find many of those people are the lazy people who just don't want to expand their gear with VP or what not. I was against GS and currently am slightly against it. I do believe GS helps us have an overview of your capacity. However, some people ask for ******ed GS requirements. Like 4k+ for Violet Hold. Come on now. The reasoning behind this is to get it done with fast. But people are acting like they have appointments. Get over yourself. Either way, have a decent GS to show off and get you into Pugs if nothing else.

(How can I see my GS? You need an addon called GearScore (imagine that).

So again, at endgame, only buy blue items on the AH, find a friendly crafter, bring mats if possible, it will make it a lot easier.

TIP: If you want your gear fast for endgame, find some standard crafted items. And start AHing it from level 50-60 (when you have gold to spend). Track the auction house for DROPS in prices and take advantage. Example? Titansteel was selling 1200g one day, the next day someone was selling 500g each. I bought them out. Put these in the bank so you're not tempted to resell. Do this till you get to endgame and you will save yourself gold, time, and tears.

Instance V - Guild

You don't need a Guild as soon as you enter the game. Hell, I'd suggest against it. Get your feel for the game before you worry about interacting with random personalities. However if you're desperate for help, then whore yourself out to a Guild. Myself, I have a strong issue with edict and when I choose a Guild, I generally don't leave it till it dies.

A guild provides you with a lot. Sometimes it can provide you nothing but a headache. I am currently in a FANTASTIC guild where generally the regulars help everyone out and has an open bank. And most people practice the take and donate policy. (I removed an iridescent pearl, I replaced with a few Saronite bars).

The Guild should be respectful to all players in their Guild, accepting the role they have chosen. At the same time, the player should understand that they should spec to help the Guild out. You a DPS Shammy but they need a healer? Hey mang, Dual Spec. Hell, a good guild will donate some gold to help with it and run you through some instances to get you geared. Help the Guild and the game becomes funner. Also, find a good Guild. This can be difficult. I got lucky.

What should you look for in a Guild? Activity, Population of 80's, and Leadership.

Activity: This really means is it active during the hours you play? There are a lot of foreigners playing. Choose the right Guild. If only 5 people or less are playing when you play, find a new Guild. You generally want AT LEAST 10 players active. A nice chatty Guild is generally a healthy Guild.

Population of 80's: You want 80's, because that means there are plenty of experienced players to get advice from. It also means they may have extra gold to help out. And even bigger than that, they should be 450 in their professions to offer you gear (so long as you supply mats) with no price. This is especially fruitful with JC'ers.

Leadership: If your leader or at least the officers doesn't maintain some welcoming demeanor, leave immediately. You want the higher ups to be offering help, suggestions, and good humor. Officers that treat you like garbage, well, the Guild is crap. /gleave immediately.

Instance VI - Reroll

Rerolling is fun, do it, it allows you to understand other classes. I went through all the classes to level 70 before I chose my Paladin to be my main. Just know, to be successful, you will need to reheat your VP's and have additional gold to support him/her. So what I did when I rerolled a new guy to hit 80, is I roll my Paladin for a while to stack up my VP and gold, and have it ready for when my alt-main hits 80.

Source: http://forum.molten-wow.com/showthread.php?t=10561

Warmane Gold Guide

2013-06-12T21:15:00.001+08:00

I see lot players on Molten Wow strugle to earn some gold. Gold is everywhere around you just waiting for you to pick it up

I made this guide for palyers who have around 2-3 hours free wow time.

Just 2-3 hours a day and for a week or two you can reach the gold cap.

Professions

My sugestion for choosing proffesion is on your main you should have Alchemy and Jewelcrafting, and then you should make an alt with gathering proffesions like Herbalism and Mining. These proffesions working great together because for alchemy u need herbs to make flasks and potions and for jc u need mining. Also with alchemy u can daily transmute 1 cardinal ruby or other gems wich u need for jc. And mining is usefull for alchemy because you can make saronite bars, and then later transmute them in titanium bars. Also u can mine lot of usefull things which u can use for alchemy (eternal fire,air,earth,chalcedony,bloodstone etc).

Imo these proffesions are easiest and best for fast gold and a nice proffesions bonus (like Flask of the north from alchemy and jewelrcrafter gems). Because on my main char i have alch/herb and a mining on my alt i wont be explaining the jc money making strategy.

Alchemy

The first thing you should do when u raise your Alchemy to 450 is to go to visit Alchemist Gribble in Honor hold and take the quest Master of transmutation. Then you should get 4 primal mights, you can get the mats for it and make them, or you can buy it from ah(i sugest to farm the mats it takes only 30 mins ). Then you should go to Zarevhi in Netherstorm to turn in quest, and then he will give you the quest where u need to get him 4 primal mights. Turn in that and you will become Transmutation master. This is a great money maker since u can now get better results when transmuting gems, saronite bars, or making meta.

How to make gold with alchemy?

Do your daily transmutes every day! It simple and easy and it gives you 1.5k+ gold every day (depends on transmutation master proc).

Another great money maker is Flasks. Flask of the endless rage and the Flask of the frost wyrm. Stack of these flask sells in ah for 8-9k gold depend on the market( i usualy sell those for 9k per stack).

Pygmy oil will also get u nice amount of money. To make this you need to get pygmy suckerfish, wich sometims u can find in ah for a very nice price like 100 gold per stack, and for a one stack of pygmy suckerfish you can get around 30 or more pygmy oil. Pygmy oil sells in ah for 500 gold stack sometimes even more! Thats a nice profit for around 10 mins of work.

Transmute meta. These transmutes dont have cooldown so you can make dozen of this per day. Skyflare diamond and Earthsiege diamond. If you have mining alt you you can mine eternal air, eternal fire, blodstone or chalcedony wich you need for this transmute. If you dont have mining alt ill show you later where is best place for farming eternals. Skyflare diamonds sells in ah for around 500 gold and Eartsiege for 700-800 for an awesome profit.

Transmute Saronite bars. Transmute 8 saronite bars into one (depends on trans master proc)titanium bar. Today i made around 50 titanium bars and sold them in ah for like 12k gold. For this you will need lot of farming because for 50 titanium bars u need like 200+ saronite bars But its a great money maker.

Primal might. This one sells in ah for around 1.3k gold and doesnt have cd. U can easily get the mats for this for about 30 min of farming. U need one primal mana,water,fire,earth and air(U can check on wowhead where u can farm them).

You can also earn money by selling potion of speed.

Herbalism

If you have alchemy herbalism is a must. You can earn lot of money by selling herbs that you find in northrend like goldclover, adders tongue, icethorn, lichbloom. But the great thing is that every herb in northrend drops Crystalized life. When you get ten of those u can then make 1 eternal life. And a stack of eternal life sells in ah for 3000k gold! You can farm a stack of these in 30 mins. Its great coz every herbs drops 1-3 crystalized life. Most important herb that you can find is Lichbloom. You can farm these and then sell it in ah for 1.5k-2k stack, but the best thing to do with these is to keep them and make flasks which sells for lot more.

Here are routes that i use when i farm icethorn and lichbloom.

These routes can be used for farming saronite and titanium veins as well.

Farming Eternals

Great and easy way to make lot of money. Stack of eternal fire sells in ah for 8-9k gold! Stack of eternal air is around 3k. Eternal earth and water doesnt have such a nice price like these two so they are not realy worth farming.

Ok here are the location where i farm them.

Eternal Air

Eternal fire

Addons

The addons that i recommend for you to use are:

Auctioneer - is a very detailed AH mod which lets you scan the AH for ongoing auctions, compare prices, then set up your own auctions ( if i get enough requests ill make separate guide how to proprely use auctioneer). This is imo by far best addon ever made. Most of money that i earn is because i use this addon. It has some nice features and it really makes your life easier.

Postal - offers enhanced mailbox support by providing the following features:

BlackBook: Adds a contact list next to the To: field. Tracks all your characters (as you log each one on) and list them if they are on the same realm/faction on an "Alts" list

Tracks the last 10 players you mailed on a "Recently Mailed" list.

Autocomplete names from Alts/Recently Mailed/Contacts/Friends/Guild list. You can choose which of these lists to use.

Option to autofill in the last person mailed to the To: field.

Option to disable Blizzard's name auto-completion popup.

You can download these on WowCurse.com

Auction House

As is said before if you guys like this guide and make reqests i will make a separate detailed guide how to use auctioneer and how to rule the market and auction house.

Auctioning items depends on couple of things:

Demand - How bad players want or need your item.

Rarity of the item - Items that are more rare will typically sell for more. Its very important to look over the auction house by using the scan button on your auctioneer mod.

Level of the item - Higher level items sell for more money.

Auction house availability - If there are a lot of the items in the auctionhouse, it may drive the price down.If the auction house is full with those items at the moment you want to sell them, take into consideration how their price varies and sell them another time.

Trade items - If the item requires rare or expensive components, the item will typically be sold for more money.

Level of the person who will be using the item (for example twink items

are sold for very high prices).

Vanity items – Items that have no real use other than showing off or whichare considered cute: Orb of Deception, Blood Elf Bandit Mask, various pets these sell for a high amount of gold.

Some Useful Tips

Always have some alts placed near the auction house. This will allow you to buy and sell while your character is far away from a capital city.

You can use an alt to store the gold on him, this will help you keep the money if you are the type who wastes it all a.s.a.p.

An alt can be used as a warehouse for your materials and items you want to keep and you dont have enough room for in your bank.

Dont buy mats from the ah to level up your profession, grind for them and sell the surplus.

Theres a one more nice trick that i use when i need fast money.

Theres a one place in Sholazar Basin where you can find lot of of frozentribe warriors. Now the thing is that they are easy to kill and there are lot of them (when i say a lot i really mean it) and they drop like 1 gold, but every one of them drops either runic mana potion or runic healing potion or even both. So in 10 mins of farming you can get like 60 runic mana potion and 60 runic healing potion. Mana potion sells in ah 1k per stack, and healing potion sells around 500 gold stack. Another nice way to make easy money.

You should always pay attention to global channel. Most of people use this channel for selling items. And there are loooooot of dumb people selling awesome items for low price. For example there was guy today selling 3x cardinal ruby's for 150 gold . So you should really pay attention to this and you need to be fast when you see nice offer.

With my main charr i got to the point where i dont need any gear that you can buy with emblem of triumph or emblem of frost. So now when i get around 50 eots i turn them in for dreadstone or amretine. Imo best gem to get with eots are these 2, because cardinal ruby cost 20 emblems of heroism and you can get 1600 gold for it, and dreadstone and amretine costs 10 eohs and you can get like 1.5k for them. With emblems of frost i get primordial saronite which cost 23 eofs and can be sold in ah for 18k gold.

Also you can get gems with honor. 1 gem = 10k honor. You can get gems in Stormwind or Ogrimmar for horde where you change honor for pvp gear.

If you like running the rdf the great thing to do is to need on all the boe blue items that mobs in dangeons. Most of people dont really pay attention on these items, but they can be sold for a nice price in ah.

I hope you liked this guide. I will probably add some more tips later.

Chilipepper.

Source: http://forum.molten-wow.com/showthread.php?t=59630

Markmanship PvE Guide 3.3.5a

2013-06-09T15:53:00.000+08:00

Hey everyone! Here is Version 2! Now, along with the release of the guide, I am also revealing something else that I've made to assist me in presenting the hunter forum community with the most accurate, up-to-date , and useful hunter information possible.

I have made a separate hunter resource site run by myself so that I could pull large chunks of information about side topics that needed a more in-depth explanation that I couldn't include with my first attempt due to space and organization considerations.

I also plan to update the site every now and again with more hunter information that may not necessarily belong specifically to Marksman PvE. Eventually I plan to offer coverage on Cataclysm material. PvP material, and even some MoP related topics once Molten decides to make the change. While other servers are more than welcome to use these resources, all of this information is Molten-specific. I made this to help Molten's hunters. It will never be modified, or otherwise adapted to fit other Private Servers.

Donorbashed's Hunter Emporium

I have had the help of two hunters during my work on this release. Both of them have been good to me, and demonstrate exceptional skill with the hunter class. These two hunters are very cool people who deserve credit where it's due. A special thanks to Goony, and Vocaloids for assisting me start this project.

My Armory Link: http://armory.molten-wow.com/character-profile/Donorbashed/Lordaeron/

Table of Contents:

Foreword
What Is MM?
Movement Management
Talent Builds
Rotation/Shots
Armor Penetration and Hunters: Bad Marriage 101
Dropping Arcane Shot
AddOns
Glyphs
Stats
BiS Gear Listing
Gems
Professions
Macros
Bugs
Pets/Pet Talents

A. Foreword:

So I was thinking about what to say about my guide for the second revision. The one thing that I can say is “wow”. When I was originally writing this guide I had no idea that it would blow up as big as it did, nor did I realize how much of an effect it would have on my WoW experience, and on the Molten hunter community.

When I wrote the guide originally I was younger and less experienced with the hunter class and Molten in general. Through the almost 500 responses to my guide I’ve gained the information on how to fully complete this guide. With this version 2, I want to become the most accurate resource on Molten for MM PvE!

Thank you guys!

B. What is MM?

The hunter class has three specs. These are Beast Mastery, Survival, and Marksmanship. As of WotLK 3.3.5a, Marksman is your top spec for PvE, though Survival and BM are both very close in comparison to the point that really all three specs are completely viable. However what sets MM apart is that it is the easiest out the three.

Does this mean it’s bad? No, it doesn’t Infact the best hunters on Molten use MM in both PvE and PvP. Obviously I do, because I’m writing this guide. I play MM because I like the playstyle, and its challenging for me because I play one-handed, and it helps me improve my performance.

Among the three specs, Survival is about magic damage, Beast Mastery is about physical damage, and Marksmanship is about a mix of the two. When you’re MM 35-50% of all your DPS comes directly from Auto Shot.

This means two things: Marksman hghly dependent on physical damage, and is also very dependent on your standing still during the whole fight. To really get the full potential that MM has, minimization of movement is absolutely essential, and not everyone can do it effectively.

C. Movement Management

Everyone on Molten says “What is the best gear set for the MM hunter?” and “What is the best pet for me?” I’ll be the first to tell you that gear and pets are not nearly as important once you get into the endgame as movement management. Even if you have full heroic gear you can’t pull more than 14k DPS without efficient movement management.

Here are my tips for movement management: Whichever D-Pad you use to move, either WASD or the arrow keys, change the keys you use to turn left and right to strafe left, and strafe right. That way, when you need to move to the side, you’re not jumping over to scoot, or turning and running manually. Instead, you’re simply moving to the right.

Another thing you can do is make plans about every fight in ICC. For example, when I’m on LK, I stand in between the ranged and melee dps so I have a good focus view of the big guys, and LK which gives me an easier viewpoint so I can target switch with the least amount of interruption of the DPS.

D. Talent Builds

The talent builds listed here are pretty standard, but each are customized for different ingame uses.

The first talent build is for newly turned 80 hunters who want to begin farming for gear in instances such as FoS/PoS. This is also a decent 10Man build that can be used with instances like VoA, OS, and Onyxia. This build should be used as long as your passive ArP (ArP without gems) is below 400.

http://wotlk.openwow.com/?talent#cxbZ0eVsRhzGIoguqox00b

This second build is strictly an introductory 10-Man and beginning ICC build. This is to be used after you have above 400 ArP. You’ll notice that it drops Imp. Arcane Shot. I’ll explain this in the ArP Section. I’ve kept Rapid Recuperation because in this gear stage (If you’re using this when I’m telling you) hunters generally do not have enough of a mana pool to DPS to the end of any encounter without going OOM.

http://wotlk.openwow.com/?talent#cxbZzeVoRhzGIkguAox00b

This third build is my build for ICC-10 and 25, as well as any HC I might do. Any hunter in the know can see that it is just the normal endgame spec that drops RR in favor of Wild Quiver and Imp. Steady Shot.

http://wotlk.openwow.com/?talent#cxbZceVoRhzGIsxuAox00b

E. Rotation/Shot Priority/DPS System

The main abilities used as MM are:

Serpent Sting

Chimera Shot

Aimed Shot

Steady Shot

Auto Shot

Kill Shot

Readiness

Other guides tell you that MM is a shot-priority spec, where you shouldn’t fire in a set repetition of shots, but instead prioritize the highest damaging shots. Since I’ve come to Molten, I’ve realized that this isn’t exactly right. While it does have certain aspects of a shot-priority system, it is actually primarily a rotation spec.

Allow me to explain: MM does the highest DPS when you prioritize shots. This is true. But, because of the way the shot cooldowns line up, and the number of shots, MM really starts to take on properties of a Rotation. There are still rotation properties, where if Kill Shot is ready, then it takes priority over everything else, and if Serpent Sting isn’t on the target, but Chimera Shot is ready, Serpent Sting still takes priority.

That being said the general shot rotation goes something like this:

Rapid Fire > Serpent Sting > Chimera Shot > Aimed Shot > Arcane Shot(if below 400 ArP.) > Readiness > Refresh Rapid Fire (Don’t cut it off.) > Chimera Shot > Aimed Shot > Arcane > Steady Shotx4 > Repeat.

F. Armor Penetration and Hunters: Bad marriage 101

Hunters and ArP have had a bad marriage since ArP was released. Sometimes it’s good for us, sometimes it sucks, and sometimes it will give us 204573567345357564657 extra DPS(not really but you get the point).

The reason ArP is sometimes good for us, and yet sometimes bad is because unlike Warriors and Rogues who only have abilities that cause physical damage(poisons aside), us hunters have a mix of physical (Steady Shot, Auto Shot, Aimed Shot, Multi Shot, Volley, Wild Quiver) and magic-based damaged(MM’s magic based damage is primarily Nature and Arcane based – Chimera Shot, Arcane Shot, Serpent Sting). This means that we have to balance our two damage types – physical and magic based.

Before explaining any further, please read http://www.donorbashed.com/2013/01/3...ing-explained/

So that you understand exactly what ArP is, and so we are all on the same page. If you understood about the ArP, good job! You just became a better player than 50% of the Molten Community! ArP is a hard concept to understand, yet it is one that I personally believe is necessary to play this class effectively.

Because this guide is tailored towards new hunters, I will simplify the concept a little bit. Since we have two different damage types, that means we have a ratio of physical:magic damage. ArP will only increase our physical DPS. (Our physical DPS is about 55-60% of our DPS without ArP) so we can figure a ratio of about 60:40, or 6:4.

Since ArP benefits us more, and more as we get more of it(explained in the link above), that means we can’t get any real benefit over using Agility until we can get to about 800 passive(the ArP we have on our gear without using gems) ArP, after which point we start seeing more and more of a benefit from using ArP. So if you want to use ArP endgame, you need to focus on getting gear with ArP on it. I would recommend getting up to 950 passive ArP before you start to change over your gems because at 800 passive ArP exactly, the benefit from ArP and Agility is about the same.

CAUTION:

Since ArP only increases our physical DPS, and most of our physical DPS requires us to be standing still (Steady Shot, Auto Shot) Any amount of movement whatsoever will severely limit your DPS to about 30-40% of what it should be. You should only move when absolutely necessary.

G. Dropping Arcane Shot

Everyone seems to have an affinity for Arcane Shot. It was your buddy, and your protector while leveling. The amount of beasts, and nagas you’ve slain with it is innumerable. Sadly, and I know it sucks, everything has an end.

As you get more ArP, the damage from your Steady Shot increases, and at a point Steady Shot will begin to do more damage than Arcane Shot. Once this happens, Arcane’s viability as a damage shot goes to near 0. Zip. Gone. Once you get passed 400 passive ArP you need to stop using Arcane Shot unless you have to move, or for some reason can’t fire Steady Shot(Casting Speed Slows).

H. AddOns and Making an Effective UI

Here is the list of AddOns that I use in raids every day. Most of the them can be found on the AddOn list(http://forum.molten-wow.com/showthread.php?t=51521). If it’s not listed I’ve given an independent link.

Little Trouble - http://www.wowinterface.com/download%E2%80%A6uble.html#info Ignore the outdated warnings. This is the version I use. It works fine.

SimpleUnitFrames – These are the player frames I use. WoW vets may have noticed I have all kinds of things in the frame, percentages, and the like. It’s lightweight, minimalist, and functional. A+ Hunter addon.

Heatsink – I really only use this so that OmniCC can display my item’s internal CDs. It’s a pretty nifty feature I discovered when I first came here. http://www.wowinterface.com/download%E2%80%A60310&aid=46890

Mik’s Scrolling Battle Text – Excellent Addon for raiding. If you are savy with this addon already, create a new trigger called Exploit Weakness. This is the T10 2piece set bonus, and it will tell you know when it procs so you can refresh serpent sting.

Recount – Necessary if you want to track your progress.

TidyPlates – Helpful in add fights like LDW and Ony.

OmniCC – Shows the cooldown on the action bars. You can see it in my screenshot below.

Snowfall Key Express – Triggers your spells when you click the key, not when you release it. Useful with high latency.

NPCScan/NPCScan Overlay – Generally only for pet collectors. I like it because it shows me my tracking radius.

Bartender/Dominoes – An action bar addon really is essential for a hunter of any spec. Too many things to click, and not enough room. We operate best with a minimalistic UI.

Here is my AddOn and bartender set up:

I. Glyphs

Glyphs are an important part of being a hunter, as with any class. The glyphs that all MM hunters should have are Glyph of Steady Shot, Glyph of Serpent Sting, and Glyph of Kill Shot. I don’t think I really need to explain why exactly these are considered by me and the majority of the hunter community the best, but if there are a lot of questions about it later I will.

J. Stats

There is a lot to explain about stats, so I’ve put it here: http://www.donorbashed.com/2013/02/07/gems-and-stats-pve/

K. BiS Gear List

I decided to use Vocaloid's Ultimate Gear List instead. Thanks man!

http://www.donorbashed.com/2013/02/14/vocaloids-bis-hunter-gear-for-wotlk-special-edition/

L. Gems

Generally you go with one Nightmare Tear, and the rest are full Fractured Cardinal Rubies, or Delicate Cardinal Rubies depending on whether you are stacking one or the other. If you happen to go above 1400 ArP and are 10 or more ArP over the cap, simply replace an ArP gem with an agility gem. It’s better to be 10 under the cap, than 10 over.

More information on the hunter Gem choices can be found here http://www.donorbashed.com/2013/02/07/gems-and-stats-pve/

M. Professions

The best professions for an Endgame Geared MM Hunter are Jewelcrafting, and Engineering. I would recommend also using both the nitroboosts, and parachutes for raids. Both are extremely viable and can increase your DPS more than any other enchant, particularly in high movement fights, or fights with high AoE mitigation needed. Nitroboosts will mean the difference between a live hunter and a dead hunter. Obviously the parachute is a safety feature for when the boosts shoot you into the air, in addition to the +23 agi it gives ya.

For more in-depth information about my position on professions please view http://www.donorbashed.com/2013/02/02/professions-explained/

N. Macros

I have an arsenal of macros that I use in all my raids and encounters. I’ve also integrated a large amount of PvP functionality into a system that I really like. These are made personally for me, so please feel free to edit them to git you wherever you need. Also, if you adopt my system of macros as is, you must use most of the shot macros because they are designed to work together.

Rapid Fire:

#showtooltip Rapid Fire

/cast Prowl

/cast Rapid Fire

/cast !Kill Command

/cast Rabid

/cast Furious Howl

/cast Call of the Wild

/cast Serpent Sting

/petattack

This macro is a general opener macro, that uses all of your damaging CDs, and utilizes every little ability that your pet has to increase its damage. Most hunters overlook them.

Chimera Shot:

#showtooltip Chimera Shot

/cast !auto shot

/cast Chimera Shot

/cast !Kill Command

/cast !silencing shot

/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Aimed Shot:

#showtooltip Aimed Shot

/cast Aimed Shot

/cast !Auto Shot

/cast !silencing Shot

/cast !Kill Command

/petattack

/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Arcane Shot:

#showtooltip Arcane Shot

/cast !Kill Command

/cast !Silencing Shot

/cast Arcane Shot

/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Kill Shot(I added cancelaura lines in there for PvP ^^):

#showtooltip Kill Shot

/cancelaura Deterrence

/cancelaura Hand of Protection

/cast Kill Shot

/cast !Kill Command

/cast !Silencing Shot

/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Steady Shot:

#showtooltip Steady Shot

/cast !auto shot

/cast Steady Shot

/cast !Kill Command

/cast !Silencing Shot

/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Tranqulization Shambling Horror Macro(Used in the Lich king fight.):

#showtooltiip Tranquilizing Shot

/target Shambling Horror

/cast Tranquilizing Shot

Aspect Switch Macro w/ Trueshot Aura:

#showtooltip

/castsequence Aspect of the Dragonhawk, Aspect of the Viper

/cast Trueshot Aura

Misdirection:

#showtooltip Misdirection

/target focus

/cast Misdirection

/assist

Master’s Call:

#showtooltip Master’s Call

/target DonorBashed

/cast Master’s Call

/targetlasttarget

/target Donorbashed

/cast Roar of Sacrifice

/targetlasttarget

Set Tracking Type Macro:

/run for i=1,GetNumTrackingTypes() do local n, t, a, c = GetTrackingInfo(i); if string.find(n, UnitCreatureType(“target”)) then if t~=GetTrackingTexture(i) then SetTracking(i); end end end

I like to pair this with my hunter's mark macro.

O. Bugs

One of the more heated discussions on hunters are the bugs. Thankfully, most of this is PvP stuff. The only real bugs that affect the MM PvE hunter are the pet scaling, wild hunt, auto shot, and MD Bugs.

Pet Scaling: Pet scaling is the term for the transfer of stats from hunter to pet. Even though this has been bugged since Molten Day One, it’s not been fixed. The common sense of this issue is not for me to debate, but regardless it hurts us. Should pet scaling be fixed, hunters should expect about a 5-10% increase on their DPS. Pet scaling was partly fixed about 6+ months ago, but only for stamina. We still get no resilience, hit, and only a part of our attack power transferred to our pets.

Wild Hunt: Wild Hunt is the top tier pet talent of the ferocity pet tree. It should increase our pet’s attack power and stamina scaling by 15% and 20%, (1/2) and 30% and 40% (2/2) it gives us somewhere around 10% with 1/2.

Auto Shot: At times, our autoshots doesn’t stop firing once we switch targets, and though you still receive the damage, certain recount like addons don’t count the auto shots because they aren’t hitting the boss, and since auto shots make up generally 30-50% of your DPS depending on gear, this is a big hit.

P. Pets and their talents

Pets are a large and complex part of a hunter. There are large debates about which pet is the best to have as a DPS class, but the community consensus is the Ferocity Wolf (please see http://www.donorbashed.com/2013/02/01/the-ultimate-post-about-pets/.) Though you should really pick the pet that benefits your raid’s overall DPS over your own personal.

Here is the optimal Ferocity pet talent build:

Source: http://forum.molten-wow.com/showthread.php?t=199061