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Originally Posted by Lhivera
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Originally Posted by silya
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Originally Posted by Lhivera
Are you accounting for Judgement of Wisdom on the target? Arcane Missiles gets five times the benefit from it of any other nuke. If you're horde, that doesn't help you now, but it will in TBC.
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Not 5 times. JoW does not proc on every hit. |
Yes, 5 times. It's a 50% proc, and can proc on each missile volley. There are five volleys.
Scorch, Fireball, and Frostbolt can all expect to receive 74 * 0.5 = 37 mana per cast on average. Arcane Missiles can expect to receive 74 * 0.5 * 5 = 185 mana per cast on average. |
Sure, per cast. But measuring mana per cast is the wrong metric. You want to measure how much mana you get back per unit time. Specifically, you want expected mana back per second.
Assuming 50% proc, you get:
Arcane missile: 74 * 0.5 = 37 mana per second
Frost bolt: 74 * 0.5 / 2.5 = 14.8 mana per second
Fireball: 74 * 0.5 / 3 = 12.3 mana per second
Scorch: 74 * 0.5 / 1.5 = 24.7 mana per second
The actual numbers are a little different due to the well known phenomenon of casting lag.
Clearly, the claimed '5 times the benefit' thing is wrong, but AM does get more benefit from JoW.