skribs wrote:
As I level my mage, the concept of using different abilities in different situation intruiges me. I'm guessing that in end-game, scorch is more mana-efficient (albeit a lot weaker DPS) than fireball, and fire blast is just the opposite. Thus, on fights where I need high mana efficiency (such as magtheridon, or maybe trash if we're powering through) scorch spam would be best, on really short fights a 2xBall 1xBlast rotation would be best (with 1 point in imp blast, of course), and then for other fights either just fireball spam or scorch x5 (then hold) and fireball spam.
I could be completely wrong, but that's my guess. If I am wrong, PLEASE correct me, so that I may learn.
Fire Blast is less DPS due to the global cooldown and lesser +damage scaling than Fireball. Fire Blast is to be used in group situations only when:
1) The mob is close to death, and it would take too long to pull off a Fireball.
2) You are about to move, or are moving.
You'll use Fire Blast plenty, but it should only be done when you're getting up to relocate for any reason.
Edit: As for mana efficiency, Scorch spam is a higher efficiency, but it's a pretty big DPS drop. Generally, you should be safe in most situations to Fireball spam in terms of mana efficiency.
Edited, Apr 6th 2008 10:03pm by Raglu