07-18-2005, 01:04 PM
As I understand it, there's no one mage build that beats all classes
Arcane/Fire gives you enough burst to kill healers
Arcane/Cold gives you control to kill warriors rogues and hunters more easily
As for the issue of not dying I don't really see the advantage. Paladins are great at not dying - so what? For pvp you want to be good at killing and losing out on killing for safety is a mistake imo. If you look at mages and rogues being very dominant in the recent list of top pvpers it's because of their offence
I can see that in a big zerg you can move into a massed group of enemies, aoe until they focus on you, iceblock to get them to stop focussing then aoe again. So it's like 2 goes at aoe-ing. If your main killing tactic is aoe-ing packed enemies then iceblock probably beats anything in fire
My mage is on hold now and I'm working on my priest. My view is that a similarly levelled mage is no threat unless they have silence and very high damage, or unless I'm fighting other people when they join in. 31 Arcane 20 Fire is probably the build most likely to kill me
Arcane/Fire gives you enough burst to kill healers
Arcane/Cold gives you control to kill warriors rogues and hunters more easily
As for the issue of not dying I don't really see the advantage. Paladins are great at not dying - so what? For pvp you want to be good at killing and losing out on killing for safety is a mistake imo. If you look at mages and rogues being very dominant in the recent list of top pvpers it's because of their offence
I can see that in a big zerg you can move into a massed group of enemies, aoe until they focus on you, iceblock to get them to stop focussing then aoe again. So it's like 2 goes at aoe-ing. If your main killing tactic is aoe-ing packed enemies then iceblock probably beats anything in fire
My mage is on hold now and I'm working on my priest. My view is that a similarly levelled mage is no threat unless they have silence and very high damage, or unless I'm fighting other people when they join in. 31 Arcane 20 Fire is probably the build most likely to kill me