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Wizard / Wizard DPS in The Darkened Sea
« on: May 02, 2015, 05:19:34 AM »
I've played wizard for 129 full days and I pretty much top every parse. This has very little do do with skill and more to do with the knowledge that I have accumulated.
Basically I will post my setup and spell priorities here.
I have two main spellsets. One is low mana for when I need to conserve mana (I try not to use low mana if I can help it) and the other one incorporates cloudburst stormstrike. The differences between the two spellsets are highlighted in red.
Hotkeys:
Regular Spellset
1- Force of Will
2- Force of Flame
3 - Force of Ice
4- claw of flameweaver
5- cloudburst stormstrike
6- wildflash barrage
7- ethereal fuse
8- magmatic burst
9- ethereal skyblaze
10- ethereal hoarfrost
11-synapsefreeze (depends on the event)
12-macro with /xtar 1
spells not in hotkeys but on spellbar
twincast
bucolic harvest
bucolic gambit
shield of consequence
Low Mana Spellset
1- Force of Will
2- Force of Flame
3 - Force of Ice
4- claw of flameweaver
5- wildflash barrage
6- chaos incadescence
7- ethereal fuse
8- magmatic burst
9- ethereal skyblaze
10- ethereal hoarfrost
11-synapsefreeze (depends on the event)
12-macro with /xtar 1
spells not in hotkeys but on spellbar
twincast
bucolic harvest
bucolic gambit
shield of consequence
Im going to list the casting order that you should follow in terms of spell priorities. Spell priority means that if something is higher in terms of priority like Claw of Flame > wildflash barrage you should cast claw of flame before wildflash barrage if they are both up.
There are discs that you need to concern yourself with. The first is the full burn which is
*******************FULL BURN*******************************
Prolonged destruction
silent casting
second spire of arcanum
improved twincast
arcane fury
fury of kerafyrm
empowered focus or arcanum
This gives you a 91 percent chance to crit and a 600% crit multiplier (250% (second spire) + 250% (passive aa) +100%(base)) and +15% percent additional dmg and mana cost (arcane fury)
This is your full burn. During this burn the spell priority is as follows:
Ethereal Fuse > Magmatic Burst (AE) > Ethereal Skyblaze > Ethereal Hoarfrost
Don't ask why this is the spell priority just use it. This has been determined to be the best spell priority after extensive testing during a full burn.
When you can't use AE do the following spell priority
Ethereal Fuse > Ethereal Skyblaze > Ethereal Hoarfrost
*****************Every Other time*******************
Disc combinations that fall under this category
Arcane destruction + Fury of Ro + Ordinary twincast (Secondary Burn)
Prolonged destruction + ordinary twincast
Prolonged destruction
Arcane destruction
No Discs
Everything outside of the usage of improved twincast falls under this category.
The following spell priority is to be used at all times except when improved twincast is up in which case you will use the full burn spell priority.
Claw of the Flameweaver > Ethereal Fuse > Cloudburst Stormstrike > Magmatic Burst > Ethereal Skyblaze > Ethereal Hoarfrost
This has been tested extensively. There are many reasons why this is the best setup but I don't feel like listing them
****************************The Forces**********************
Global Cooldown - Spells have something called a global cooldown. This is a 1.5s delay after casting a spell during which you are unable to cast any other spells.
You cannot cast any spells during this cooldown but you can use the forces. By this I mean the AAs Force of Will, Force of Flame, and Force of Ice. They should always be casted in between spells. So for example if you were going to cast claw of flame and then Cloudburst stormstrike you should insert a force in between them.
So "Claw of Flameweaver - Force of Will - Cloudburst stormstrike" would be the spell order.
Always use the forces when you can. They cost no mana and they do not consume counters. They are essentially free dps when they are up since they can be casted during the global cooldown.
*********************Claw of the Flameweaver****************************
This spell is so central to wizard dps that I have an entire section devoted to it.
Claw of the Flameweaver always procs beneficial effects. The chances and effects are listed below:
5: 10% Chance to trigger: Twincast
8: 6% Chance to trigger: Syllable of Refreshment
Not only can you proc twincast (twincast is the best thing ever created for casters. You basically spend 1x mana and 1x counter for 2x damage) but you can proc forceful rejuvination which will refresh your harvests.
Note:
One of the most important things about claw is that during ordinary twincast (the 18s to 21s one) it should be spammed as many times as possible. If used consecutively 3x times during twincast there is a 50 percent chance of another twincast. There have been times where I've chained twincasts for an entire raid boss. This doesn't happen often but when the stars align it can be a significant boost to dps.
General Guidelines:
Wizards do more damage when they are aggresive. Therefore you should seek to burn as many times as you can during a fight. The earlier you burns are used the earlier they will be up again and 2-3 burns are better than one burn during a fight. Therefore burning early and often is better than burning late and the same principal applies to harvests and clickies.
With this in mind however wizards are mainly useful for the ability to do major amounts of damage in short periods of time. Dpsing during dps totems on lucia and during spark workers on calix is far more important that doing sustained dps on a raid boss. Try to balance burning early with making sure burns are up for these critical moments.
****************A note on ADPS********************
Don't even bother trying to control this because trying to get adps to use certain discs during certain times in an open raid force is like herding cats. Just pray that you get a pro like Sirenea or Baghdaddy.
If you do want to try and optimize ADPS though the following website will provide all the information you need on certain adps discs
http://www.elitegamerslounge.com/home/eqwizards/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26
*******************Procs****************************
I haven't done a lot of legwork on procs. Basically just try to use ancient Hedgewizard Brew if you can.
http://www.eqtraders.com/items/show_item.php?item=42140
Wizard procs do more damage than procs for other classes. This is mainly because of the Fury Line of AAs including Fury of Ro and Fury of Kerafyrm. Instead of critting for 6k a staff of first life will crit for 20k and an ancient hedgewizard brew will crit for 40k instead of 10k. Therefore always be sure to do the brew and to make sure your fury discs are up as much as possible.
Another important note on fury discs. They don't stack with each other so use them seperately.
**************************Glyphs*******************************
Use Glyph of Lost Secrets unless you have a bard in which case you should use Glyph of the cataclysm when no burns are running.
This has been a general guide to wizarding. I have not posted any of my secret sauces but if you send me an email I will be more than happy to go into more detail.
Basically I will post my setup and spell priorities here.
I have two main spellsets. One is low mana for when I need to conserve mana (I try not to use low mana if I can help it) and the other one incorporates cloudburst stormstrike. The differences between the two spellsets are highlighted in red.
Hotkeys:
Regular Spellset
1- Force of Will
2- Force of Flame
3 - Force of Ice
4- claw of flameweaver
5- cloudburst stormstrike
6- wildflash barrage
7- ethereal fuse
8- magmatic burst
9- ethereal skyblaze
10- ethereal hoarfrost
11-synapsefreeze (depends on the event)
12-macro with /xtar 1
spells not in hotkeys but on spellbar
twincast
bucolic harvest
bucolic gambit
shield of consequence
Low Mana Spellset
1- Force of Will
2- Force of Flame
3 - Force of Ice
4- claw of flameweaver
5- wildflash barrage
6- chaos incadescence
7- ethereal fuse
8- magmatic burst
9- ethereal skyblaze
10- ethereal hoarfrost
11-synapsefreeze (depends on the event)
12-macro with /xtar 1
spells not in hotkeys but on spellbar
twincast
bucolic harvest
bucolic gambit
shield of consequence
Im going to list the casting order that you should follow in terms of spell priorities. Spell priority means that if something is higher in terms of priority like Claw of Flame > wildflash barrage you should cast claw of flame before wildflash barrage if they are both up.
There are discs that you need to concern yourself with. The first is the full burn which is
*******************FULL BURN*******************************
Prolonged destruction
silent casting
second spire of arcanum
improved twincast
arcane fury
fury of kerafyrm
empowered focus or arcanum
This gives you a 91 percent chance to crit and a 600% crit multiplier (250% (second spire) + 250% (passive aa) +100%(base)) and +15% percent additional dmg and mana cost (arcane fury)
This is your full burn. During this burn the spell priority is as follows:
Ethereal Fuse > Magmatic Burst (AE) > Ethereal Skyblaze > Ethereal Hoarfrost
Don't ask why this is the spell priority just use it. This has been determined to be the best spell priority after extensive testing during a full burn.
When you can't use AE do the following spell priority
Ethereal Fuse > Ethereal Skyblaze > Ethereal Hoarfrost
*****************Every Other time*******************
Disc combinations that fall under this category
Arcane destruction + Fury of Ro + Ordinary twincast (Secondary Burn)
Prolonged destruction + ordinary twincast
Prolonged destruction
Arcane destruction
No Discs
Everything outside of the usage of improved twincast falls under this category.
The following spell priority is to be used at all times except when improved twincast is up in which case you will use the full burn spell priority.
Claw of the Flameweaver > Ethereal Fuse > Cloudburst Stormstrike > Magmatic Burst > Ethereal Skyblaze > Ethereal Hoarfrost
This has been tested extensively. There are many reasons why this is the best setup but I don't feel like listing them
****************************The Forces**********************
Global Cooldown - Spells have something called a global cooldown. This is a 1.5s delay after casting a spell during which you are unable to cast any other spells.
You cannot cast any spells during this cooldown but you can use the forces. By this I mean the AAs Force of Will, Force of Flame, and Force of Ice. They should always be casted in between spells. So for example if you were going to cast claw of flame and then Cloudburst stormstrike you should insert a force in between them.
So "Claw of Flameweaver - Force of Will - Cloudburst stormstrike" would be the spell order.
Always use the forces when you can. They cost no mana and they do not consume counters. They are essentially free dps when they are up since they can be casted during the global cooldown.
*********************Claw of the Flameweaver****************************
This spell is so central to wizard dps that I have an entire section devoted to it.
Claw of the Flameweaver always procs beneficial effects. The chances and effects are listed below:
5: 10% Chance to trigger: Twincast
8: 6% Chance to trigger: Syllable of Refreshment
Not only can you proc twincast (twincast is the best thing ever created for casters. You basically spend 1x mana and 1x counter for 2x damage) but you can proc forceful rejuvination which will refresh your harvests.
Note:
One of the most important things about claw is that during ordinary twincast (the 18s to 21s one) it should be spammed as many times as possible. If used consecutively 3x times during twincast there is a 50 percent chance of another twincast. There have been times where I've chained twincasts for an entire raid boss. This doesn't happen often but when the stars align it can be a significant boost to dps.
General Guidelines:
Wizards do more damage when they are aggresive. Therefore you should seek to burn as many times as you can during a fight. The earlier you burns are used the earlier they will be up again and 2-3 burns are better than one burn during a fight. Therefore burning early and often is better than burning late and the same principal applies to harvests and clickies.
With this in mind however wizards are mainly useful for the ability to do major amounts of damage in short periods of time. Dpsing during dps totems on lucia and during spark workers on calix is far more important that doing sustained dps on a raid boss. Try to balance burning early with making sure burns are up for these critical moments.
****************A note on ADPS********************
Don't even bother trying to control this because trying to get adps to use certain discs during certain times in an open raid force is like herding cats. Just pray that you get a pro like Sirenea or Baghdaddy.
If you do want to try and optimize ADPS though the following website will provide all the information you need on certain adps discs
http://www.elitegamerslounge.com/home/eqwizards/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26
*******************Procs****************************
I haven't done a lot of legwork on procs. Basically just try to use ancient Hedgewizard Brew if you can.
http://www.eqtraders.com/items/show_item.php?item=42140
Wizard procs do more damage than procs for other classes. This is mainly because of the Fury Line of AAs including Fury of Ro and Fury of Kerafyrm. Instead of critting for 6k a staff of first life will crit for 20k and an ancient hedgewizard brew will crit for 40k instead of 10k. Therefore always be sure to do the brew and to make sure your fury discs are up as much as possible.
Another important note on fury discs. They don't stack with each other so use them seperately.
**************************Glyphs*******************************
Use Glyph of Lost Secrets unless you have a bard in which case you should use Glyph of the cataclysm when no burns are running.
This has been a general guide to wizarding. I have not posted any of my secret sauces but if you send me an email I will be more than happy to go into more detail.