Arcane rotation at lvl 30?

I'm new to playing a mage. I have just come back to my parked lvl 30 mage.

I have done a bit of homework on what spec to level up with, and I've decided on Arcane for now.

But I have never played my mage with the new changes.

How do you play an Arcane mage at lvl 30? What's our rotation? Does one still exist?

I've tried to comb for answers. I've come up with a few things.. such as:

- 4x Arcane Blasts, then either a Arcane Barrage or a Arcane Missle. But I have no clue what else to throw in there and how.

I know I'm arcane spec, but do I ever use any of my other spells? Any of the Frost, or Fire based spells? Like Cone of Cold, or Frost Nova..or Scortch. Do any of these ever fit in to any sortof rotation?

Also I am not sure how do you apply it to Dungeons at lvl 30? With my old Frost spec, I was using mostly using AOE's in Dungeon's.. ie: Flame Strike and Blizzard.. But I noticed they are now both lvl 50 + spells. So I am not sure what we do in dungeons now with multiple mobs.

Thanks, Yewlin.
arcane is centered very much around arcane blast and how much mana you are using. You should be able to blow most everything up with 2-3 arcane blast and an arcane missile. Missiles are free cast so it saves mana in more ways then one.

Barrage is fine if you wanna get moving to the next target and you just need a little to finish the mob off.

For soloing, you will be able to start chaining 4x blast on multiple mobs when you get mage armor (It has ALOT of regen) but any time you are in an instance, just let lose with arcane blast at 4x. You can drink when ever, but if you let down the dps to conserve mana the mob will fall and you'll just be at the bottom of the dps meters. ;) Switch to missiles when your threat gets to high.


At level 30 you don't have a rotation. Just use arcane blast and arcane barrage as much as possible. Use arcane missiles whenever it procs. Have fun when you play, stop worrying about being perfect.