how to get 5k dmgFollow

He was probably deep enough into arcane to get AP, had a ton of +spell damage and wound up a Frost Bolt and got a crit. Now, I'm not an expert on these things so don't flame me if I'm wrong but that's how I'd do it. If it's even possible, that is.

it seemed like it was pvp.

Edited, Nov 19th 2007 2:56am by dxrules

I think we should institute a new rule. If you want to know how somebody did something in a video, link the the video.

Just sayin'.

He has his macros for the spells right in the video....just hit pause I think you can figure it out.

That video is kinda old, pre-TBC even(October 2006). Not sure if that was before or after they removed the ability to use the ZHC and ToEP concurrently, but if it was before, then that would likely explain it(his macro seems to suggest that it was before the change).

I could be wrong, but his helm was a BWL item(Mish'undare, I think), which means his gear was likely rather good for the time period. I'd imagine a mage specced for it could do much more than that nowadays(I know I've heard of 7k+ pyro crits).

I hit just under 10k last night against netherspite (9846), PoM, Adepts Elixir, Elixir of Draenic Wisdom, Poached Bluefish buff, and 12 ticks from the blue beam, crit him nice.

On average with just normal grinding buffs I crit around 3500 (not using PoM).

It helps having almost 1k spl damage with only AI on.

Avg on a normal boss (not have the Netherspite buff) is around 4300 if I pop PoM, and closer to 5k if I use my Scryers Bloodgem which I replaced last night with a kara epic.

Edited, Nov 19th 2007 3:05pm by compgenius
Edit : wrong boss

Edited, Nov 19th 2007 3:06pm by compgenius

That's always hilarious.

We had a good laugh when he related the incident to me. Plus the crazy teasing that takes place on Gchat when you do this kind of ****.

We stopped mentioning how a pally DIed our tank at Maiden during Kara 2 weeks back.



I really do not dare unless I am using the same pole as the tank or the aggro is just too much to bear.

As 40/21/0 it's actually easy to get crits for more than 5-6k.
I have taken a pic with me criting an Arcane Protector in kara for exactly 8272 dmg.
also two days ago in curator i crited on an evocation for 20700 but didn't take a pic since you will see many crits like that on these bosses.
as for pvp my highest is ~6900 with pom pyro ofc.

as for the mage on the video..i don't think he could do a crit like that without the berserker buff from bg's.

Celebratory Nietherspite-death SWD'ing is fun with a full 50 stacks. I've hit myself for just over 34000 on a crit.

I actually had the most fun PvPing with a deep arcane build (50/11/0) and used empowered arcane missiles as my main nuke. ;-) Slow is really nice in PvP as well. Additionally, you have improved counterspell and once every 3 minutes, POM Pyro. I actually found that I only used POM Pyro as an 'execute' button. With this I was the most successful in BGs. I don't arena too much though, so I cannot comment on how deep arcane does there. My only thought is that in arena you tend to see more resilience and mages tend to get focus-fired after the healer goes away.

first off, that video was made BEFORE burning crusade. the guy is level 60, mostly in BWL gear (mantle of the blackwing cabal, ringo's blizzard boots, t2 gloves, mish'undare from what i can tell). he had a pom/frost build (21/0/30).
then it was actually something to get a 5k crit. at 70 in decent gear and with the right spec, it's not really a big achievement.
also, resilience was not in the game at the time this video was made. hp numbers were much lower (hence the many one-hits).
important: stacking two burst damage trinkets at the same time is no longer possible, so the macro is largely useless.

secondly, quoting your largest crits says little about your overall damage output, especially against mobs with damage debuffs or vulnerabilities (like bog striders in SSC, first mecha boss, curator, magtheridon while banished, even the drakonids in BWL). in this vid it's pvp which would mean little to no pots, buffs, debuffs.
in a raid setting with a fire spec and around 1k spd, you do 7k+ crits including ignite if the target is below 20%.

thirdly, buffs that reduce cast-time (like pom) or increase crit chance (like moonkin aura) will NOT make your crits bigger. just faster or more of them. it will obviously increase your dps, though. don't mix up the maths. he frosts his targets to increase his crit chance, NOT his damage.

getting your biggest ever crits, pulling aggro and dieing or causing a wipe doesn't make you a good mage, because once dead, you do zero damage.