Real mage AOE grinding : World of Warcraft General Discussions

I'm not sure if this has been posted before, but I saw a thread on it that used IAE. I assure you, if you want to AOE grind, you want a pure frost spec. You must have improved blizzard maxxed out.

The correct order of spells:

Mana shield
-This is where you gather up mobs
Frost nova
Blink
-Turn around and face the frozen mobs
Blizzard
Blizzard
Cone of Cold
Frost Nova
Run back/Blink
Blizzard
Blizzard

Rince and Repeat.

Frost snap is an EXCELLENT talent to have if you want to make those HUGE pulls because if frost nova doesn't stick, you're SoL. If a few mobs aren't held by frost nova, you use cold snap and use frost nova again to catch the ones that where not frozen.

works well but you need crazy inteleect to have enough mana for this

works very well, but as the poster above said u need alot of mana

i see 50+ frostspec mages do this all the time w/ 3-8 mobs at a time, in theory u could pull an unlimited # at a time since its all AOE anyways, they just need to all stick very close together, but.. since ur soloing that shouldn't be a concern - frostspec mages rock at the end - but getting to that lvl is the most frustrating thing ever.

getting to lvl 60 on a mage is the most simple thing compared to a druid:/

You don't need a lot of mana if you kill everything on the second blizzard, you just need a lot of +damage gear like I have.

If wear +frost spell gear while you're AoE grinding, you are a !@#$%^&*. AoE spells barely make use or spell power, unlike single cast spells such as frostbolt.

Example: If you have 150 frost spell damage. You frostbolt with hit for arround 150 more. If you cast Cone of Cold on ONE mob, it will hit for like 5 more damage, insead of 150.

The correct gear to use for AoE grinding is INT. Not Eagle, Owl, Stamina, +frost, or anything else. Once you know what you're doing, the mobs will do little or no damage to you at all.

To the OP:

I'm going to rewrite my own version of this guide. This guide is very unrealistic, and would require you to use a mana ruby and mana pot each time you do it.

First, you do not use mana shield. You use Ice Barrier. Ice barrier absorbs more damage, and doesnt use your mana when you take damage.

Second, no level 50 mage has enough mana to cast all the spells you suggest.

Blizzard x 4 = 3200 mana each cast (15% reduction in cost of frost spells from talent)
Mana shield = 880 (100 to cast, 780 for absorbsion)
Blink X 2 = 700 (I don't know exactl how much Blink costs at level 50, it is about 425 at level 60. I just chose 350 mana at level 50 in estimation)
CoC x 2 = 650 (323 mana each, with 15% reduction in frost spells)

Grand Total of = 5430 mana per kite. The only way anyone would ever get this much mana at level 50, is if they had ALL max level int gear, gnomish racial, the 8% increase in mana from arcane, and full raid buffs.