Mage Season 2 Dragonflight Tier Set Bonuses Reviewed - Guide Writer First Impressions

PTR Pubblicato 19/03/2023 alle 19:15 da Jaydaa

Dragonflight Season 2 Tier Set bonuses

We've datamined Dragonflight Tier Set bonuses for all 38 specializations in the Patch 10.1 PTR. Check out all the bonuses and armor models below.

Dragonflight Season 2 Tier Set Bonuses & Models for All Classes & Specializations

Our Guide Writers have provided initial first impressions on the Dragonflight Season 2 Tier Set bonuses. Check out all of our released opinion articles below.
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First Impressions of the Dragonflight Season 2 Tier Set BonusesArcane Mage Season 2 Tier Set First Impression

2-Set - Mage Arcane 10.1 Class Set 2pc - Arcane Surge increases Spell Damage by an additional 5% and its duration is increased by (s3 / 1000) sec.

4-Set - Mage Arcane 10.1 Class Set 4pc - For every 20000 mana spent during Arcane Surge, your Spell Damage is increased by 1% for 12 seconds after Arcane Surge fades, stacking up to 30 times.

Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Tier Set Bonuses for Arcane Mage

For Arcane Mages in Aberrus, our tier set bonus revolves around Eruzione Arcana and the window of time following Surge’s expiration.

Underlight Conjurer’s Brilliance

2-Set - Mage Arcane 10.1 Class Set 2pc – Eruzione Arcana increases spell damage by an additional 5% and its duration is increased by 3 seconds.
4-Set - Mage Arcane 10.1 Class Set 4pc – For every 20,000 mana spent during Eruzione Arcana, your spell damage is increased by 1% for 12 seconds after Eruzione Arcana fades, stacking up to 30 times.

30 second Tempesta d'Aspirazione buff from Evocation

12 second Runa del Potere buff

5 spell cast Scintilla Radiante debuff

10 second Tocco del Magus debuff

18 second Eruzione Arcana buff (which drops a 12 second Runa del Potere as well)

12 second Mage Arcane 10.1 Class Set 4pc buff that happens post-Surge

Potere MutevolePotere MutevoleRuna del PotereTempesta d'AspirazioneScintilla RadianteFire Mage Season 2 Tier Set First Impression

2-Set - Mage Fire 10.1 Class Set 2pc - Phoenix Flames applies Charring Embers to all enemies it damages, increasing their damage taken from you by 6% for 10 sec.

4-Set - Mage Fire 10.1 Class Set 4pc - When your direct damage spells hit an enemy affected by Charring Embers 30 times, gain Hyperthermia for 6 sec.

Acume dell'Evocatore di Sottoluce

Fiamme della FeniceIpertermiaMaestria: IncendioFiamme della FeniceCombustioneDalle CeneriFiamme della FeniceFiamme della FeniceFiamme della FeniceInferno di FuocoFiamme della FeniceDalle CeneriPotere MutevoleIpertermiaInferno di FuocoIpertermiaCombustioneBenedizione del Re del SoleIpertermiaBenedizione del Re del SoleIpertermiaBenedizione del Re del SoleFiamme della FeniceFiamme della FeniceBruciaturaFiamme della Fenice

It isn't guaranteed to crit unless you take a dead talent (Furia di Alexstrasza).

In most cases, the incentive to not press it is higher than the incentive to press it due to Dalle Ceneri.

Fiamme della FeniceDalle CeneriFrost Mage Season 2 Tier Set First Impression

2-Set - Mage Frost 10.1 Class Set 2pc - Flurry and Frostbolt damage increased by 20%. Flurry causes an explosion on impact, dealing 50% of its damage to nearby enemies, damage reduced beyond 5 targets.

4-Set - Mage Frost 10.1 Class Set 4pc - Casting Ice Lance on a frozen target has a 8% chance to trigger Brain Freeze.

The Frost Mage Season 2 tier set bonuses largely reinforce the talents and playstyles that are already the best and most popular by amplifying the spells that these playstyles most rely on. Particularly, there is a strong variant of Frost that focuses on talents like Frantumazione Profonda to amplify Dardo di Gelo damage that almost entirely ignores casting Lancia di Ghiaccio, including entirely ignoring it when Dita di Gelo is available but Gelo Invernale is not active. With this "no Dita di Gelo" variant, Lancia di Ghiaccio is only needed to launch Frammenti di Ghiaccio into Gelo Invernale and most time is spent casting Dardo di Gelo and Raffica di Colpi. The 2 piece bonus of this new set only increases the damage of Dardo di Gelo and Raffica di Colpi, which further incentivizes playing the "no Dita di Gelo" variant. The 4 piece bonus does help to offset this a little, but it is not strong enough to make the variant worse than more conventional playstyles and it is only available once you get 4 set pieces. This means the variant is far stronger when only the 2 pieces have been collected early on in the season.

In single target situations, early simulations show that the 2-piece bonus can be expected to increase damage by around 5% for the standard Frost playstyle and around 7% for the "no Dita di Gelo" variant. The 4-piece bonus can be expected to increase damage for the two playstyles by a further 2.7% and 1.1%, respectively. In total, this is around 8% damage for the standard Frost playstyle and 8.5% for the "no Dita di Gelo" variant. This is generally comparable to the value gained from the Season 1 set. Unfortunately, this is not the case in AoE. Against five targets, the Season 2 bonuses increase damage by only around 4.6% (2 piece) and 2.9% (4 piece) compared to 5.5% (2 piece) and 7.5% (4 piece) for the Season 1 set. In total, this is an increase of 7.7% for the Season 2 set compared to 13.4% for the Season 1 set. This gap is significant enough that at least early on, some players may opt to use the Season 1 set in Mythic+ and on AoE raid encounters instead of the Season 2 set.

Overall, this new set bonus appears to be a step down from the Season 1 tier set bonus thanks to three major issues that can hopefully be addressed before the release of 10.1.

The 2-piece bonus incentivizes dropping Lancia di Ghiaccio from the rotation.
The 4-piece bonus is weak in general due to its low proc chance and can mostly be ignored.
Both bonuses are relatively weak in AoE situations.

Lastly, once again this bonus further incentivizes not playing the already weak Aculeo Glaciale talent. This talent is weak in part because any time spent casting Aculeo Glaciale is spent not casting Dardo di Gelo, Raffica di Colpi, and Lancia di Ghiaccio; and these three spells are all further amplified by this set bonus.

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