#MAGE GLYPHS FULL#

Glyph of Slow This is a must-have for PvP mages, and though it provides no measurable damage increase, even some PvE arcane mages might find themselves taking it for the kiting utility.

Glyph of Mana Gem Boring glyph, but more charges for your Mana Gem translates into more damage thanks to Mana Adept, as long as the fight is long enough to burn through any of the extra charges.

This will save you a few global cooldowns, and even if you find yourself choosing Nether Tempest or Frost Bomb, this will give those talents a boost too. It will spread your Living Bomb, which is the tier 5 talent your arcane mage will probably be using.

Glyph of Fire Blast So Fire Blast is by no means an arcane spell, but this glyph will make it become part of your rotation.

It's situational at best, but you'll be surprised how often those situations pop up.

Glyph of Arcane Explosion This one may not sound like much, but in a fight where you have a large group of kill targets and they are just refusing to bunch together the way you need them to, this will increase your AoE damage.

You'll be burning through mana, but that's a significant DPS increase if you use your mana return options judiciously.

#MAGE GLYPHS FULL#

Glyph of Arcane Power This doubles the duration of Arcane Power, meaning that in a four minute fight, your uptime could be a full minute.It's fast and easy to do, and these glyphs are designed to be less mandatory and more situationally useful.

If I forget one of your favorites, just use it with a smug look on your face that says 'I know something you don't, Belt.' And be aware that in this expansion more than ever before, you'll find yourself wanting to switch glyphs from fight to fight pretty often. Just know going in that I won't be listing every glyph available. Still, each spec will find that certain glyphs work better for them than others, and in the guide that follows, I will endeavor to advise you as best I can on which glyphs look most attractive for each school of mage. Cookie-cutter, must-have glyphs are by and large a thing of the past, and I submit that this is a positive change. Instead of being forced to choose between damage increase glyph A and damage increase glyph B, you will now find yourself choosing the glyphs that appeal to you most or fit your playstyle best. And the majors have been redesigned in an attempt to make them more situational and utilitarian, and this attempt seems to have been largely successful. This particular system has changed a bit from what we're used to. I know Josh Myers previewed glyphs during my absence a few months back, but a whole lot has changed since then. Good thing we can Alter and Warp time, right?

Question: where do we keep our glyphs? Are they semi-permanent tattoos? Are they inscribed upon our clothing somewhere? Do we carry around a piece of paper with all our runes scrawled upon it? And if so, what happens to that scrap of paper when we forget to take it out of our pants before we run them through the laundry? The practical mechanics of inscription intrigue me.Īs time marches forward, I find myself staring intently down the barrel of my wand at the approaching pandaren invasion, realizing with each passing moment that I am entirely unprepared.

This week, we're talking glyphs and the mages who love them. Every week, WoW Insider brings you Arcane Brilliance for arcane, fire and frost mages.

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