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PlaybookUndead Mage's full plan for launch

How to play each spec once the talents are in: rotations, stat priorities and the core tools.

Arcane leveling loop

  1. Stand at max range (Arcane Geometry opens combat at 36 yards).
  2. Rank 1 Frostbolt to slow the target.
  3. Arcane Blast two or three times, or until Missile Barrage procs.
  4. Arcane Missiles on the proc, then repeat; wand the last sliver of health.
  5. Do not spend Clearcasting while Missile Barrage is up; drink conjured water between pulls.

Icy Veins and Mobalytics Reported.

Milestones

  • Level 20: Arcane Blast.
  • Level 25: Missile Barrage (row 1 since Oct 15; the tree here still shows its old row).
  • Level 30: Presence of Mind, an instant Arcane Blast to finish a pull.
  • Level 40: Arcane Power, Frostfire Bolt.

Icy Veins Reported.

Stat priority (Arcane)

Spell Power › Intellect › Hit › Crit › Haste › Spirit Reported. Intellect counts twice for Arcane: mana for the Arcane Blast stacks, and the spell damage each stack adds.

When Arcane struggles

Arcane has no slow of its own and the City of Dalaran devourers are arcane-immune, so keep Frost Nova and Rank 1 Frostbolt on the bar, and set Frost up as the second spec at 40 for control-heavy dungeons.

Polymorph
dungeons

Your crowd control from level 8. Mark your target before the pull.

Teleports and portals
travel

Orgrimmar, Undercity and Thunder Bluff. Reagent Economy (Legacy, after a rank of The Quick and the Dead) makes them free; it is not in his launch build.