If you use the Chaotic Skyflare you need the two dreadstones (well two blues but purified dreadstones seemed the best option to me) for the meta bonus, that meta bonus is worth socketing for.

You *can* do AP with Icy Veins and trinks, I just found it handy to have on the first set of cooldowns so it’s cooling down as I’m popping Icy Veins/trinks. AP is only a dmg buff, not a haste buff. http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=12042

Yep try AB as the only spell when IV and Potion of Speed are up.

If it’s going to be a really long DPS fight, do the Potion of Speed before the tank attacks, that way you have a 2nd one to use during the fight (if you don’t need the mana potion option handy). Potion of Speed has a 1 minute cooldown between uses. Of course you can only use 1 potion during each fight.

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How important are the 2 dreadstones? Will the 20 spirit make a difference, or would I be better off using those slots for Reckless to get the haste? Btw, I haven’t even cared about INT since I landed in Northrend ;)

So you suggest only using my haste talents (AP and IV) one at a time? Do they stack, or have I been wasting them? Basically, while these buffs are up, Arcane Blast is the only spell I should be casting?

This definitely gives me something to work on; I’ll be hitting the training dummies next chance I get. I really appreciate your help!

And since I don’t see your Arcane spec anymore I’m going to go by my own: Kaisura of Arathor.

The rundown:

Gem for SP and Haste, skip crit. Between Focus Magic and Arcane Empowerment with Molten Armor, you’ll need haste more. Glyph for Arcane Missiles, AB, and Molten Armor.

Don’t get gear with MP5 on it, stick with spirit but don’t gear for spirit either.

Fill all slots with SP gems, make sure you have a chaotic skyflare and two purified dreadstones and then fill out the rest with Runed Cardinals or Reckless as you mentioned above. Don’t socket for INT.

Run randoms like crazy for new gear. :) I love the dungeon finder too.

My rotation:

Before the fight, right before engage, drink potion of speed. Then open with Arcane Power and Mirror Images (to kill threat). Spam AB. Even if MB procs, spam AB until the potion of speed cooldown is gone, then discharge with MB. Watch your timer for the MIs to die too expect threat to come back when they’re down. Then pop a macro of trinks, Icy Veins and whatever else you can pop. Again, AB spam until Icy Veins fades. Then discharge with MB again.

When all of your stuff is on cooldown, just do a regular rotation. ABx4 then when MB procs, discharge.

I found this super helpful. You may not have the mana pool depending on what you’re running but if you test on dummies it might work out for you.

Your chants look okay except boots I’d go with Icewalker instead.

And when you’re facerolling a dungeon and can’t keep a rotation down, AoE with POM + Flamestrike then Blizzard.

Hope this helps if a bit jumbled.