![]() Prepare for possible encounters with Stamina gear and a supply of Healing Potions.įrom a different point of view, never keep your Mana Shield up, unless your health has decreased disproportionally to your mana. Remember, don't panic and Blink tank some of his hits while saving Blink for when you know the big damage is coming. Frost Mages can use their Water Elemental's Freeze ability to great effect, or simply use Cold Snap. If he uses his PvP Trinket to escape your Frost Nova, use Cone of Cold to keep him at distance until the cooldown on Frost Nova is over. Usually it's much easier to burst the Rogue down at this point with instants and slow than to risk getting Kicked or being the target of a Deadly Throw while trying to Polymorph the Rogue. You have five seconds to run immediately away from the Rogue (flipped camera on keybind helps here) until the Cloak wears off don't stand still as five seconds is shorter than you think. This will usually prompt the Rogue to pop his Cloak of Shadows. When a Rogue opens on you with a Garrote Silence, immediately move away and Frost Nova. Save your Blink for his Cheap Shot/Kidney Shot. A Mage's best bet is to save Ice Block for these moments, as CoS makes Rogues extremely difficult opponents against Mages. This basically amounts to a 5 second stun as there isn't really much you can do except Blink away (and if you do you'll probably end up getting stunned). Since the new patch, Rogues can start popping Cloak of Shadows (CoS) on you once a minute. Most Mages consider Rogues an even matchup usually the one to initiate battle wins. However, if you can sheep him when he doesn't have his Vanish and Trinket, he is yours to play with. Assume all rogues have their PvP Trinkets, and watch for your opponent to use his. A Rogue can Sprint in Stealth and when Chilled, he can Vanish out of Frost Nova, and he will almost certainly Kick you when you're trying to Polymorph at point blank range. It's dangerous to Polymorph him without Presence of Mind. Once he's visible (and staying that way) work on keeping him under control. The DoT on Fireball, Pyroblast, and Frostfire Bolt are useful in keeping a Rogue visible. Remember, Rogues CAN Sprint while stealthed. If you're quick, he'll rarely get another jump on you via Vanish. Also, after he Vanishes, he'll likely be moving TOWARDS you anyway attempting to CS/Ambush you, so it's beneficial to use Arcane Explosion immediately after he uses Vanish. Since Rogues don't move as quickly in Stealth, he likely won't have gone far. If the Rogue manages to Vanish out of your Frost Nova before you can Polymorph him, stay as close as possible to the spot where he was and use Arcane Explosion as quickly as possible. Hyper-Vision Goggles and Elixir of the Searching Eye exist to increase stealth detection, and the Human racial passive Perception helps to a lesser extent. You should make quick work of him once you're at maximum range. Get to maximum range ASAP and begin to kite the Rogue. From this point on, it is literally almost the same as fighting a Warrior (especially for a Frost Mage). That move will effectively reset the battle, except now our Rogue friend is unstealthed and thus weakened. Then run just out of melee range and Polymorph the Rogue. Instead of Blinking initially, Frost Nova. Do not Blink out of the initial attack you won't gain much ground considering the Rogue will likely Sprint, and then you'll be unable to Blink out of the endless stun. After that if you miss just wait to be sapped, trust me on this, once they sap you wait till they come in range of your sight, have Freeze ready to pop because your Water Elemental will NOT be sapped, just you, and when they come in sight pop the Freeze on them before they can get to you to crit you and eventually your sap will run out and just blink away to gain some distance and hit him with Frostbolt to keep him slowed, he will probly then pop Sprint to get some speed or get out of it, by then your blink should be recharged, just go in melee range, pop Frost Nova, then blink away again, then just hit him with Freeze again to get your Fingers of Frost Proc and hit him with Ice Lance 2 times because your will get 2 procs. You're going to want to run to the spot you saw the rogue stealth if they stealth, which they will, and spam Frost Nova and Cone of cold first. Cone of Cold, Frost Nova, and Freeze from your Water Elemental. With frost, which is what I'm focusing on here, You're going to use your 3 rooting spells. Mage battle is predominantly based on who attacks who first. As soon as you have got rank 3 in Fingers of Frost put 3 in Improved Freeze so that every time your water elemental casts Freeze, it will give you a 100% chance to get a Fingers of Frost proc which improves damage of your Ice Lance by 25%, and you will most likely crit. First thing you wanna do is put the Freeze Spell from your Water Elemental on your hot bar or somewhere easy to click. ![]()
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