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Best Covenant for Arcane Mages in Shadowlands - Shadowlands 9.0.2
来自 Malon
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A core choice at the start of your journey in the Shadowlands will have you decide where your allegiance lies; would you rather support the Kyrian of Bastion, the Necrolords of Maldraxxus, the Night Fae of Ardenweald, or the Venthyr of Revendreth?
Choosing a covenant is the most important decision your character will make in Shadowlands, as the covenant abilities and soulbinds will significantly impact your spec's gameplay and performance. Through this choice, your rotation changes, certain bonuses appear in dungeons for your entire group, and you are able to follow the story in different paths.
In this Shadowlands guide, we will help you choose the right covenant for your playstyle, based on how much they impact your performance as a Arcane Mage, updated for .
If you need to learn more about the basics of Covenants, Soulbinds, and Conduits, we have other pages that explain the mechanics of these new systems:
Covenant Overview
explains basics of the Covenant system and rewards
How to Change Covenants?
details how to swap covenants, which requires special tasks over time.
Soulbinds Overview
explains the basics of this new system including how to unlock and swap Soulbinds.
Conduit Overview
details these items which allow an additional level of customization to your Soulbind, and how you can upgrade and replace them.
Wowhead's
Soulbind Calculator
allows you to create your own soulbind path including conduits to share with friends.
Furthermore, if you are interested in a list of class-specific abilities for your Mage, we have compiled several references:
Mage Covenant Abilities
details the class-specific abilities unlocked upon choosing a specific covenant.
Mage Conduits
lists all available mage conduits, organized by type, and their ranks.
Overview
NEW
NEW Best Covenant
Gear
Talent Builds
NEW Legendaries
NEW Twisting Corridors
NEW Conduits
NEW Kyrian
NEW Necrolord
NEW Night Fae
NEW Venthyr
Pre-Patch
Beginners
Rotation, Priority, and Abilities
Advanced Concepts
Stats
Consumables
Macros & Addons
WeakAuras
Common Terms
NEW Castle Nathria Tips
NEW Mythic+
Common Questions
NEW Simulations
About the Author
Malon has been throwing spells at bad guys since 2005. He raids with <Emerald Omen> on Stormscale-EU, and dreams of having a Mage trainer named after him. He would also like to get the Warlock class renamed to 'Fuzzy Cuddlebears'. He's not sure which is more realistic.
Malon is a moderator on the Mage Discord server,
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Best Covenants for Arcane Mages
As a quick recap, we've created the table below to highlight the notable differences between Covenants. Don't hesitate to click the headers to go to their respective guides!
Best Raid Covenants
Covenants
Rating
Best Soulbind
Night Fae
Excellent
Niya
Venthyr
Good
Theotar
Kyrian
Good
Pelagos
Necrolord
Mediocre
Emeni
Best Mythic+ Covenants
Covenants
Rating
Best Soulbind
Night Fae
Low Keys
: Excellent
High Keys
: Excellent
Korayn
Korayn
Venthyr
Low Keys
: Poor
High Keys
: Good
Draven
*
Nadjia
Kyrian
Low Keys
: Decent
High Keys
: Poor
Kleia
**
Pelagos
Necrolord
Low Keys
: Decent
High Keys
: Decent
Emeni
Emeni
* Only when you can unlock
为战而生
. Otherwise, use Nadjia or Theotar - both are equal.
** Only when you can unlock
勇气外露
. Otherwise, use Pelagos.
Best Arcane Mage Covenants for Raiding
Raiding normally values single-target damage, but the Covenants with single-target spells (Venthyr and Kyrian) don't play into Arcane's strengths. The spec focuses on short cooldowns, making the Night Fae the best choice thanks to
变易幻能
. The Covenant's Signature ability,
灵魂变形
, also helps to address Arcane's short-range mobility weakness.
As for the other Covenants: the Kyrian's
璀璨火花
doesn't match the cooldown of any other Arcane abilities, and discourages using
奥术飞弹
; the Venthyr's
折磨之镜
deals high damage, but the mana return effect is very weak; and the Necrolord's
死神之躯
is strong but only useful in cleave fights. None of these are 'bad' options, but they play poorly with Arcane's mechanics.
Best Arcane Mage Covenants for Mythic+
Depending on the week (
残暴
or
强韧
), Mythic+ dungeons can place a higher importance on single-target or AoE damage - but the Night Fae perform equally well in either situation thanks to
变易幻能
, and should always be the top choice for Arcane Mages.
死神之躯
makes the Necrolords a great choice for small packs - especially for Arcane as the spec's filler spell,
奥术冲击
, makes up so much of its damage. The strength of this Covenant falls off quickly at 4+ targets, though.
The Venthyr and Kyrian abilities only affect one target, so are okay to use on Tyrannical weeks, but weak when AoE is needed. If the pulls are small and you can focus on a single enemy, they'll still perform reasonably well.
Arcane Mage Covenant Popularity
Below you can see the data on what are the most picked Covenants for Arcane Mages. This data updates automatically and comes directly from Blizzard's API.
Arcane Mage Raiding Covenant Analysis
Night Fae
变易幻能
is a fantastic spell, and you should use it any time your major abilities (
奥术强化
,
唤醒
,
大法师之触
and
能量符文
) are on cooldown and not active; it'll take about 10 seconds off their respective cooldowns. If you can also hit an enemy with it, that's a bonus, but don't reposition just for that; the cooldown reduction is the important part of the spell. You can also activate Shifting Power very briefly (one tick) before casting any other spells in your opener, to activate Dreamweaver's
繁华原野
.
After completing the Night Fae campaign,
Korayn
is the strongest Night Fae Soulbind, against a single target and in AoE (you can take
争先打击
against multiple targets, but even without it Korayn is still the best choice). Her opening trait,
荒猎团战术
, plays well with Arcane's bursty playstyle, and is especially strong in add fights and Mythic+.
Niya
performs well and is very close to Korayn in theoretical damage output; and while
Dreamweaver
is behind in terms of damage on a single target, he has the advantage of adding a cheat death mechanic (
灵茧守护者
).
灵魂变形
is a pretty great spell for Arcane, giving us short-range mobility (up to four teleports in 12 seconds) to enable repositioning. The minigame of collecting new forms is also cool! We can't cast our normal damage spells while shapeshifted, but don't let that put you off using the spell for minor repositioning.
Venthyr
The Venthyr have a strong ability for damage, but it has almost no interaction with Arcane's core mechanics. It does have two strong Soulbinds and a good Signature ability, though.
Use
折磨之镜
on your primary DPS target, before
大法师之触
and
奥术强化
. Always hold it to use with your major cooldown, unless the fight will end before Arcane Power is ready. Mirrors grants 4% mana every time a stack is consumed, which is really weak (barely enough for a single 4-stack
奥术冲击
once all three stacks are used), but the damage is high and buffed by Arcane Power.
Both
Theotar
and
Nadjia
are great early Soulbinds, with Theotar's
Mastery buff
giving him a slight edge until Nadjia's second Potency slot is unlocked at Renown 25 - though Theotar jumps ahead again at Renown 28 with his own second Potency slot. At maximum Renown, Theotar is ahead on a single target and
General Draven
, with
为战而生
, against multiple targets.
The Venthyr Signature ability,
暗影之门
, is great for repositioning, but not a reason to choose Venthyr by itself as Mages have a lot of mobility spells already.
Necrolord
The Necrolord Covenant has one strong Soulbind - strong enough to carry the Covenant by herself. Its class ability is weak for single-target raiding, though very powerful for cleave fights due to how much of Arcane's damage comes from
奥术冲击
. You should always use
死神之躯
with
奥术强化
, casting Deathborne before anything else.
In terms of Soulbinds, you should always use
Emeni
-
Marileth
and
Heirmir
aren't worth considering compared to the strength of
身先士卒
.
血肉铸造
is a strong defensive, but we already have plenty of ways to survive big, telegraphed hits.
Kyrian
The Kyrian ability,
璀璨火花
, goes against Arcane's normal playstyle and is only useful on a single target. The Covenant has a strong Signature ability for Castle Nathria, but overall the Kyrian are one of our weakest choices.
璀璨火花
is a pure single-target ability on a low cooldown. However, it doesn't match the 45-second cooldown of
大法师之触
or
能量符文
, and discourages using
奥术飞弹
as each Missile eats a stack. You'll simply use the ability on cooldown, but
don't
use it with Touch of the Magi if you're using
奥能回响
(as with Echo we just spam-cast Missiles until Touch fades). With Echo talented, cast Rune and Touch, Missiles until Touch fades, then cast Radiant Spark and use Arcane Blast.
Pelagos
is the best Kyrian Soulbind, until Renown 34.
战斗冥想
is a really strong starting ability, especially in AoE (though a hassle to play with on a single target), and
放下过去
is a decently defensive capstone talent.
Kleia
leaps ahead when you can unlock
勇气外露
, but that requires entirely filling out her tree.
Mikanikos
isn't worth using at all.
The Kyrian Signature ability is
召唤执事者
. The Phial's ability to heal, as well as cleanse harmful debuffs, is very useful - especially with the number of Bleeds in Castle Nathria - but Mages are already a very defensive class and unlikely to die from most DoT effects.
Arcane Mage Mythic+ Covenant Analysis
Thanks to the generally smaller play areas and more plentiful AoE, the Night Fae are Arcane's strongest choice in Mythic+. The spell deals a lot of AoE damage as well as reducing cooldowns. In AoE we just use it in the same way as on a single target, when Arcane Power, Evocation, Touch of the Magi and Rune of Power are not active and on cooldown. As a bonus, a single channel will mostly refresh
奥术宝珠
, allowing great AoE burst with
奥术弹幕
> Arcane Orb > Arcane Barrage > Shifting Power > Arcane Orb > Arcane Barrage. And as a final cherry on top, the strongest Night Fae Soulbind,
Korayn
, has two great traits for Mythic+:
荒猎团战术
and
争先打击
.
The other Covenant choices don't change much. The Necrolord are strong against small packs, though only when its cooldown is available, with the Venthyr and Kyrian ahead against a single/priority target - but none really shine in AoE content.
Arcane Mage Covenant and Soulbind Guides
Now that we have highlighted each Covenant's strengths and abilities for you to decide which is best, you can read our in-depth Covenant guides below. These pages detail the best soulbind paths for Shadowlands PvE as well as optimal covenant ability usage for each covenant.
Kyrian Arcane Mage GuideNecrolord Arcane Mage Guide
Night Fae Arcane Mage GuideVenthyr Arcane Mage Guide
Arcane Mage Soublind Simulations
Here is a preview of how Arcane Mage Soulbinds stack against each other in terms of raw power, powered by
Bloodmallet
. Make sure to check the individual Covenant pages for more details about each of them.
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评论
评论来自
Winner392
灵魂变形
is a pretty great spell for Arcane, giving us short-range mobility (up to four teleports in 12 seconds) to enable repositioning. We're also able to cast normal Mage spells while shapeshifted, so don't worry about being locked out of your damage rotation while using it. The minigame of collecting new forms is also cool!
Casting normal spells does in fact knock us out of Soulshape now. Just tested with Shimmer and Prismatic Barrier.
评论来自
lokomoma
one thing that should be noted is that if you use the time warp legendary you can get more uses of it with night fae since shifting power reduce the cd on timewarp aswell
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