Arcane Mage DPS Amirdrassil Raid Guide — Season 4

Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Amirdrassil. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope guides.

On this page, you will find information and guidance for each boss individually in Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope as a Arcane Mage. These are not complete encounter guides but provide specific tips for any Arcane Mage on each boss.

The boss has two distinct phases, one that is add control and the other that is all about bursting the boss. For the highest overall DPS, the AoE build is the best, but we generally suggest going the single-target with cleave talents here for a good mix.

Make sure you line yourself up properly so that Arcane Orb hits as many targets as possible.

Ensure you have all your cooldowns ready before the boss reaches 100 energy. This means you can do one big burn at the start of the fight, and then use one small burn (so without Evocation and Arcane Surge) as it becomes available.

Pop Mirror Image and Prismatic Barrier slightly before the second phase so you do not waste the GCDs during the burn phase itself. Use Evocation when about half of the roots are burned during the intermission, and then when almost all the roots are burned, apply Radiant Spark on the boss and begin your burn phase. The burn lasts 20 seconds, so you should begin your burn slightly before the phase starts to ensure you get the entire rest of the burn in it.

For more information, please refer to our Gnarlroot guide.

Run the single target build.

You can swap Shimmer for Ice Floes here to have the stun removal from Blink. This has relatively limited use, but if you do not have any meaningful preference between Shimmer and Ice Floes, Ice Floes would be the way to go here.

Ensure you position yourself so Arcane Orb hits as many spears as possible.

Try and have a minor defensive up, such as Prismatic Barrier for Blistering Spear.

You can Blink the stun left from soaking Umbral Destruction.

For more information, please refer to our Igira guide.

Single target.

You can swap between Shimmer and Ice Floes based on preference. Shimmer allows you to quickly reposition after certain mechanics, but Ice Floes makes dodging the smaller, more frequent mechanics easier without losing DPS.

Knockback direction from Flood of the Firelands is based on position versus center of soak circle. Aim yourself accordingly, and pop a defensive of some nature. You can use Shimmer mid-air to immediately position yourself and not have to wait to finish flying through the air, or if you went with Ice Floes make sure to pop it before the knockback happens so you can continue casting during it.

This is pretty much a pure DPS fight where the goal is to do as much damage as possible.

For more information, please refer to our Volcoross guide.

The bosses are too far apart for us to really benefit from running the AoE build, so run the single-target build.

If you are targeted by the Javelin, activate Alter Time before you get the damage over time effect and re-activate it when you are low.

Ensure you use a defensive if soaking Barreling Charge. Ice Block with Ice Cold is very strong for this, but Greater Invisibility works well as well.

For more information, please refer to our Council of Dreams guide.

Single-target build.

Blazing Coalescence is a very strong buff for us, so you should try to soak as many as you can afford without risk of dying.

Make sure to have a defensive cooldown active for Raging Inferno. You can use Mass Barrier as well for additional defensiveness for the group.

For more information, please refer to our Larodar guide.

Single target.

Use a defensive like Prismatic Barrier when soaking Surging Growth or crossing the Verdant Matrix. You can Shimmer across any line of the Verdant Matrix without taking any damage.

Likewise, you can Shimmer over Impending Loom beams.

For more information, please refer to our Nymue guide.

Single target.

You can use Ice Block combined with Ice Cold and Cryo-Freeze to remove the healing absorb from Cauterizing Wound.

Intermission gives you a 100% damage buff if you soak all five of your orbs and starts just over 1 minute into the fight. This means you can use a mini-burn at the start of the fight, but save your big burn for this burn phase. As the knockback of World in Flames happens, begin channel Evocation. During the Evocation channel, you should be able to pick up the 5 orbs and start your burn phase.

For more information, please refer to our Smolderon guide.

Single-target/cleave build.

You can swap Conjure Mana Gem to Orb Barrage for more AoE damage, at the cost of a tiny bit of single-target DPS. We generally recommend this, but based on your group's needs, swap between them.

You can opt to swap out Shimmer for Ice Floes so you have an additional way to break Mass Entanglement via Blink if you feel you need this.

You can use Prismatic Barrier combined with Energized Barriers to get rid of Mass Entanglement.

Make sure to have your big burn available for the intermission phases. This will mean that you end up sitting on Evocation and Arcane Surge a bit, but between the damage buff from Dream Essence and the DPS race to break Supernova, it is worth the uptime loss. Make sure you immediately begin casting Evocation as you land on the intermission platform, and then start moving to the boss, as you have no preparation time at all before Supernova starts casting.

For more information, please refer to our Tindral guide.

Single-target/cleave build.

If you are targeted by Firestorm, you can activate Alter Time before running out to drop off the meteor, and then Alter Time back into proper position. On heroic, the same can be done for Blaze. (which is active in all phases)

Ensure you line yourself up properly so that Arcane Orb hits as many adds as possible. Make sure you have 4 Arcane Charges ready before they spawn so you can quickly Arcane Barrage -> Arcane Orb -> Arcane Barrage them. Generally, your cooldowns will automatically line up correctly so that your Touch of the Magi explodes on the adds, however you might have to delay by a few seconds to ensure it does properly. Otherwise, this phase is pretty much just a "dodge the fire" phase.

This phase is very much a "dodge the fire" phase. We do not have specific Arcane tips for this phase at this current point in time..

For more information, please refer to our Fyrakk guide.