Post by ProphetManX
I'm not sure about all you other Magi out there, but I've been wondering about the stat squish, and what that means for our damage numbers. I understand they're going to scale nicely, and I've seen how they're multiplied on the Beta when you attack low level mobs (crazy damage to the bosses in Firelands). So upon realizing I can copy my Live toon over multiple times to the Beta, I've decided to initially do a solid damage run for 1 minute, catch all the details in recount, and then report my findings. Hopefully someone else finds this information useful or at least interesting too... =)
Live 5.4.8 Damage Meters (via Recount)
DPS Rank Spell Name Avg Hit Dmg Avg Crit Dmg 1
Pyroblast (dot)
27,513
52,838
2
Pyroblast
179,101
248,815
3
Fireball
78,909
212,495
4
Ignite (dot)
66,702
5
Combustion (dot)
33,404
69,215
6
Living Bomb (dot)
46,155
97,620
7
Essence of Yu'lon
27,628
46,132
8
Living Bomb
22,207
59,114
9
Inferno Blast
78,496
WoD Beta 6.0.1 Damage Meters (via Recount)
liable to change in further patches
DPS Rank Spell Name Avg Hit Dmg Avg Crit Dmg 5
Pyroblast (dot)
1,011
2,173
3
Pyroblast
8,931
15,814
4
Fireball
3,296
7,637
1
Ignite (dot)
1,790
2
Combustion (dot)
1,764
3,655
8
Living Bomb (dot)
401
871
7
Essence of Yu'lon
967
2,040
6
Living Bomb
3,295
7,256
9
Inferno Blast
5,778
I did think it was interesting how the rank changed, I would have figured that the spells would rank the same, just with lower numbers across the board, however in WoD, Ignite was the most damage overall in that minute (I'm speculating that because I was going after target dummies, the aoe spread by Inferno Blast is the culprit of this anomaly).
My character is decently geared, you can find his
Armory Page Here to check out my gear and build. When I copied him to the Beta server, the only change I made was to select the Living Bomb talent, I didn't select any other talents, nor did I use any cooldowns in the rotation.
I took video of the two runs, but it's pretty dry content, so I am holding back on posting it for now. If anyone would like me to try a build/rotation out, just let me know and I'll respec (not regear tho) and do another set of runs for ya.
p.s.
Any tips on how to better format this information would be greatly appreciated. I have it stored locally in a spreadsheet for now.