Something about Wizard DPS on TLP

Depends on your play style, you can really push Wizard to be the #1 DPS. It can be challenging at times but I think that’s where fun is. As an outsider, it was funny to see how some (including TLP vet, so call ‘top’ OW guild leadership, etc.) view Wizard especially when it comes down to their DPS and related raid composition…

Regarding to wizard dps on trash mob. My stands are always:
* While I agree on everyone should contribute to killing trash in some degree, the mana regen mechanics in this game make it almost irrelevant for wizard.
* Sure I can maintain out of mana as a wizard during the entire duration of a raid. It doesn't take much skill to do that. If you are trying to be the best, you ain't proving anything by showing me a zone parse. In fact if you are interested in zone parse, there is a good chance that you don't really understand individual boss encounter.

Anyway, these are my notes:

Clarifications:
· Since Aradune is the only TLP I played on, all data are based on settings on that server, such as Mitigation of the Mighty (70% actual spell damage), sword pet can’t be buffed, focus effects unlocks in Luclin, and etc.
· All parses below are from Open World targets (you can tell by kill times). I personally don’t count DZ mainly because people end up in different splits, and many of these encounters originally were not designed to be killed with a lot less people.
· GamParse (for parse) and GINA (for AE triggers) are a must. I have custom GINA triggers on each encounter only for AEs that affect Wizard.

General Tips:
· Wizard is all about managements: mana, aggro, and resists.
· No bard, no parse. The most crucial part of Wizard DPS is having a Bard in your group, hands down. Resisted songs + regen + debuff chants are your best friends. I’ll let my 401k goes first before letting a Bard goes.
· General speaking, wait for debuff (such as Malo) before start DPSing.
· If tank dies, you may want to slow down DPS for a few seconds.
· If a mob is a Belly caster, meaning you must be standing right next to mob in order land spells.
· Always turn on auto-attack for extra melee damage and weapon proc.
· Use Harvest often and wisely.
· Buff from your EPIC staff create tons of aggro, avoid using it mid-fight.
· Pay close attention to ratio between your mana and boss HP. Your goal should always be using mana the most effective way (rain) while be able to empty all your mana. This is especially important during a long fight where raid DPS is very high. In this case, you should use other damage spells in between rains.
· Getting a sense of how fast a boss HP is dropping. This is useful toward the end of the fight, where if you cast a rain, it may only have time to land once. In this case, a single big DD definitely give you more DPS.
· I personally do not recommend the following tricks (It is like asking your partner how good you are during sex): Having Necromancer to be your personal mana battery; Getting CoTH mid fight by Mage, cancelling all aggro; Name a pet from other character to match your character so all damage count toward you; Manaburn, die, get full mana rez by Cleric, then continue to DPS; and etc.
Don’t forget food and drink with stats.
Misty Thicket Picnic (STR/STA/WIS/INT +5, HP +20, Mana +30)
Qeynos Afternoon Tea (DEX/WIS/INT/AGI +5)
Holy Cake (All Resist + 5)
Kaladim Constitutional (STA +5, All Resist + 5) – unlocks in Luclin
Don’t forget Potions, they add up. I dedicate a hot bar entirely just for them!
Elixir of Divine Endurance (All Resist + 10)
Null Potion (Magic Resist + 25)
Potion of Antibody (Disease Resist + 25)
Potion of Cold (Skip this one, it doesn’t stack with Elemental Armor for whatever reason)
Potion of Heat (Cold Resist + 25)
Potion of Purity (Poison Resist + 25)
Greater Mystical Infusion (Mana pool + 100)
Elixir of Greater Concentration (Mana regen)
Cold Awareness (Cold spell mana preservation)
Heat Awareness (Fire spell mana preservation)
Magic Awareness (Magic spell mana preservation)
Ethira's Poison Antidote (Cure Poison)
Kithar's Disease Treatment (Cure Disease)
Distillate of Divine Healing (Direct heal) – this is great when you pull aggro
Distillate of Celestial Healing (Dot heal)
Potion of Greater Rejuvenation (HP regen) – Skip this one once you have the Fungus staff
Distillate of Spirituality (Mana regen) - unlocks in PoP

This is a DPS rating I use to measure how well Wizard parse on each encounter:
A - There is no reason you can’t top the parse. Worst case, you’ll still be in top 3
B - There is a good chance you can top the parse, but usually end up around top 5
C – It is theoretically possible (remember that girl you had a huge crash on). Usually stay within top 10
D – Why don’t you go level up your 2H Blunt instead?!

Classic
DPSing in classic is pretty straightforward. With Shadow Knight tanking, you don’t need to worry about pulling aggro 95% of the time. You can even begin your spell rotation as soon as the tank is in position. Also, parsing in classic is very much based on luck, this is especially true when competing with other Wizards. If your spells are resisted or partially resisted. Other wizards WILL parse better than you.

Nagafen (A) - Rotation: Frost Storm > Ice Comet > Ice Comet > Repeat
Note: Belly caster. With MR songs/buffs/potions/gears, you can fully resist AE fear
Lord Nagafen in 96s, 96128 @1001 | Wizard 7421 | Wizard 7257 | Wizard 7003 | Wizard 6645 | Wizard 5382 | Wizard 4044 | Necromancer 2904 | ShadowKnight 2752 {H} | Unknown + pets 2531 | Monk 2402 | Unknown 2360 | ShadowKnight 2258 {H} | Unknown 2215 | Monk 2186 | Monk 2154

Vox (A) - Rotation: Lava Storm > Conflagration > Conflagration > Repeat
Note: Belly caster. With MR songs/buffs/potions/gears, you can fully resist AE fear
Lady Vox in 70s, 96304 @1375 | Wizard 4683 | Wizard 4628 | Wizard 4582 | Wizard 4496 | Wizard 4150 | Wizard 4088 | Wizard 4004 | Wizard 3934 | Wizard 3846 | Wizard 3827 | Wizard 3223 | Unknown Class 3030 | Unknown 2989 | Wizard 2788 | Unknown 2569

Cazic-Thule (A) - Rotation: Frost Storm > Ice Comet > Ice Comet > Repeat
Note: Belly caster. Don’t forget to levitate yourself to avoid knockback. Also, duck (cancel casting) as soon as you get dispel (interrupt) then immediately recast, don’t wait till the casting bar to finish since it will end up being interrupt anyway. You can setup GINA to track when boss casts Avatar Power.
Cazic-Thule in 68s, 93121 @1369 | Wizard 4644 | Wizard 4581 | Wizard 4571 | Wizard 4312 | Wizard 4193 | Wizard 4126 | Wizard 4123 | Wizard 4113 | Wizard 3788 | Wizard 3469 | Unknown + pets 2832 | Wizard 2687 | Unknown + pets 2592 | Shaman 2588 | Unknown + pets 2232

Dracoliche (B) - Rotation: Conflagration> Repeat
Note: Belly caster. You will need MR songs/buffs/potions/lots of gears to be able to fully resist its AE fear. You also need some lucks to fully land all your Conflagration. Don’t plan on raining (Lava storm), too much resists plus belly range is too small, not worth it. Get heal if possible, for its Poison DoT.
A dracoliche in 102s, 93920 @920 | Wizard 3435 | Necromancer 3237 | Unknown 3011 | Unknown 2781 | Monk 2738 | Unknown + pets 2691 | Unknown 2686 | Unknown 2670 | Unknown 2613 | Monk 2490 | Warrior 2396 | Wizard 2390 | Cleric 2334 | ShadowKnight 2318 {H} | Monk 2157

Innoruuk (A) - Rotation: Rend > Repeat
Note: Belly caster. Don’t forget to levitate yourself to avoid knockback. Also, duck (cancel casting) as soon as you get dispel (interrupt) then immediately recast, don’t wait till the casting bar to finish since it will end up being interrupt anyway. You can setup GINA to track when boss casts Avatar Power.
Innoruuk in 84s, 97408 @1159 | Wizard 5152 | Unknown 4866 | Wizard 4816 | Wizard 4714 | Unknown + pets 4017 | Unknown 3857 | Wizard 3649 | Wizard 3309 | Wizard 3260 | Wizard 3058 | ShadowKnight 2892 {H} | Wizard 2784 | Unknown 2709 | Necromancer 2641 | ShadowKnight 2544 {H}

Phinigel (A) - Rotation: Lava Storm > Conflagration > Conflagration >Repeat
Phinigel Autropos in 87s, 49080 @564 | Wizard 6132 | Wizard 5949 | Wizard 5052 | Wizard 5052 | Wizard 4445 | Wizard 4409 | Wizard 3814 | Wizard 3780 | Wizard 2169 | Rogue 1162 | Unknown 1154 | Unknown 982 | Unknown Class 982 | Bard 925 | Warrior 892

Yael (B) - Rotation: Rend > Repeat
Note: You need luck (Rend not getting resisted) to top this one.
Master Yael in 75s, 92015 @1226 | Wizard 5092 | Wizard 4775 | Unknown 3902 | Unknown + pets 3610 | Unknown 3564 | Wizard 3388 | Wizard 3111 | Unknown 3082 | Wizard 2931 | Wizard 2768 | Unknown 2758 | Necromancer 2745 | ShadowKnight 2609 | Wizard 2486 | Monk 2162

Plane of Sky (E) – What is this? I don’t recognize this place. Seriously tho, for Protector of Sky, both Rend or Ice Comet works. For Gorgalosk, use Conflagration. Other than that, you won’t be able to land any spells on other Boss, so this is THE best zone to level up your weapon skills such as 1H Blunt, which you will need for the extra auto-attack melee damage and weapon proc between casting. I will cover the rest of the PoS in Kunark (where Lure becomes available)

Buff: Remember your MR potions (Elixir of Divine Endurance and Null Potion). You don’t really need other resists (maybe PR for Draco DoT) in classic.
Must - Clarity (Mana regen), Brilliance (INT). Resist buffs such as Group Resist Magic (MR), Resistant Skin (PR/DR), Dead Man Floating (PR),
Optional - HP/STA buffs such as Resolution, Symbol, Skin, etc.

Itemization: Focus on getting Magic Resisted jewelries and gears, even if they don’t come with any Intelligence or Mana. All dragons AE fear are magic based. If you are feared, you don’t DPS, period. Many of the so called ‘Best in Slot’ items only focus on INT/Mana, which don’t increase your DPS at all. None of the raid loots matter for Wizard in Classic, you can also skip White Dragon Hide if Focus Effects unlocks in Luclin or later.


Kunark
Kunark is such an interesting expansion for Wizard. For the very first time, you don’t need to pray for your spells not getting resisted. The ‘luck’ portion from Classic matters a lot less. Why? Aggro management! With Warrior being the main tank instead of SK, you really need to start “learning” how to DPS with different Warrior. I have very different spell rotations on the same mob depends on which Warrior is tanking. Ranging from Rain > Sunstrike > Repeat, Rain > Draught x 2 > Repeat, to Rain > Concussion x 3 > Repeat. That being said, get your Concussion quest done ASAP, you will heavily rely on it.
In addition, I highly recommend you have live DPS enable from GamParse. Ideally, at the beginning of the fight, you want to be the 2nd highest DPS wizard, then slowly passing the 1st later. This way, if the 1st Wizard die due to aggro issue, then you can react accordingly. Another strategy if you can land Sunstrike is to wait even longer before DPSing. That way, you can pump out Tears of Solusek / Sunstrike without worrying too much about aggro, and quickly catch up to the top. One more thing, If Lure is all you will be using, you can DPS asap without aggro problem.
Also, make friends with Cleric, ask for HP buffs and even Divine Intervention. Last but not least, prepare to die a lot more than Classic, especially during the beginning of the expansion where Warrior is adjusting to being main tank and you are learning how individual perform differently. There is a saying as a Wizard in Kunark, “If you ain’t dying, you ain’t trying.”

Severilous (B) - Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) > Lure of Ice x N > Tears of Solusek > Repeat
Note: Semi belly caster. MR songs/buffs/potions/gears to resist dragon AE fear. If you have a tank who can hold aggro and mob is being fully Fire debuff, you can use Tears of Solusek which can easily put it back to A rate. If not, Melee usually out DPS you here.
Severilous in 64s, 95752 @1496 | Wizard 5703 | Monk 5358 | ShadowKnight 5170 {H} | Wizard 5105 | Monk 4673 | ShadowKnight 4419 {H} | Rogue 4297 | Monk 4081 | Rogue 3485 | Wizard 3308 | Monk 3067 | Unknown + pets 2842 | Wizard 2626 | Wizard 2163 | Rogue 2136

Venril Sathir (C) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) > Lure of Ice > Repeat
Note: Only Lure lands. Melee usually parse higher than you. I parsed 3rd couple times and that’s my personal best.
Venril Sathir in 40s, 55146 @1378 | Rogue 4730 | ShadowKnight 3961 {H} | Wizard + pets 3110 | Wizard + pets 2883 | Wizard 2830 | Wizard 2593 | Wizard 2383 | Wizard 2300 | Warrior 2231 | Warrior 1984 | Wizard 1915 | Unknown Class 1898 | Wizard 1770 | Warrior 1640 | Monk 1590

Trakanon (B) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) > Tears of Solusek > Sunstrike > Tears of Solusek > Repeat > Draught of Fire (at the very end for short cast time)
Note: Belly caster. Stack Poison resist. A challenging boss to parse for Wizard. That being said, with a good tank and perfect aggro management, you can absolutely top the parse. SK / Monk usually parses very high on this one.
Trakanon in 119s, 113k @950 | Wizard + pets 9549 | ShadowKnight + pets 9289 {H} | Monk 8537 | ShadowKnight 8272 {H} | ShadowKnight 7118 {H} | Wizard 6396 | Monk 6288 | ShadowKnight 5993 | Wizard 5618 {X} | Unknown 5387 | Monk 5246 | Ranger 3842 | Warrior 3537 | Necromancer 3531 | Warrior 3250

Talendor (A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Prexus > Draught of Ice x 2 > Tears of Prexus > Repeat
Note: Belly caster. Stack MR to avoid being fear. This is the Kunark version of Nagafen. Aggro management.
Talendor in 89s, 96943 @1089 | Wizard 5717 | Monk 5310 | Wizard + pets 4148 | Wizard 3808 | Wizard 3665 | Rogue 3587 | Monk 3455 | Wizard 3180 | Rogue 3128 | Wizard 3042 | Monk 2841 | Monk 2757 | Wizard 2566 | Unknown 2518 | ShadowKnight 2472

Gorenaire (A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) > Tears of Solusek > Sunstrike > Tears of Solusek > Repeat > Draught of Fire (at the very end for short cast time)
Note: Belly caster. Stack MR to avoid being fear. This is the Kunark version of Vox. Aggro management
Gorenaire in 48s, 103k @2140 | Wizard + pets 6382 | Wizard 5124 | Wizard 5098 | ShadowKnight 5073 {H} | Wizard 4476 | Wizard + pets 4391 | Wizard 4374 | ShadowKnight 4214 | Wizard 3712 | Unknown 3412 | Wizard 3228 | Wizard 2958 | Wizard 2682 | Monk 2590 | ShadowKnight 2572 {H}


Veeshan's Peak
VP is by far one of my favorite zones to DPS. Between the fact that Warrior can’t hold much aggro in Kunark and the massive resists some of these encounters require, it’s satisfying to top the parse when you have everything lined up (bard, resist gears, and accurate assessment of aggro management).

Silverwing (B) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Lure of Ice x N > Tears of Solusek >Repeat
Note: Semi belly caster. MR (If I remember correctly you only need 200 which can be easily achieve). If you Lure of Ice very early. Hold on Tears of Solusek until HP 60% or so. Pay attention to your live DPS chart and watch out for aggro once you start using Tears of Solusek.
Silverwing in 99s, 152k @1540 | Wizard + pets 6559 | Unknown 6251 | Necromancer 6206 | Wizard 5830 | Rogue 5463 | Wizard + pets 5371 | Monk 4833 | ShadowKnight 4818 | Monk 4801 | Monk 4631 | Wizard 4534 | Monk 4387 | Monk 4251 | Monk 4199 | Monk 4185

Phara Dar(C) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Lure of Lightning / Lure of Flame > Repeat
Note: Semi belly caster. Only need 200 MR to fully resist its AE stun, you don’t even need a Bard to reach that. Also, most Wizard will just use Lure of Flame, but if coordinate with a Bard correctly and let him play Denon's Bereavement full time, with some luck, you can land Lure of Lightning fully, which offer more base damage than fire lure. Melee DPS dominates this fight, highest I ever parse was 4th.
Phara Dar in 142s, 184k @1297 | Monk 10525 | Necromancer 10311 | Monk 8989 | Wizard + pets 8278 | Monk 8021 | Wizard 6552 | Monk 6483 | Rogue 6401 | Rogue 6277 | ShadowKnight 6261 | Monk 5755 | ShadowKnight 5685 {H} | Wizard 5670 | Monk 5212 | Monk 4612

Hoshkar (A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) > Tears of Solusek > Sunstrike > Tears of Solusek > Repeat > Draught of Fire (at the very end for short cast time)
Note: Semi belly caster. Stack disease resist to fully resist its AE. If not, with enough HP regen / heals, you can ‘semi-dodge’ this fight, meaning you cast Tears of Solusek, wait 3 waves to land, then dodge instead of following the timer (which only have time for 2 waves of rain to land).
Hoshkar in 190s, 154k @812 | Wizard + pets 12848 | Wizard 10355 | Rogue 9515 | Wizard 9194 | Monk 7904 | Monk 7558 | Warrior 6898 | Ranger 6736 | Rogue 6206 | ShadowKnight 5235 | Monk 5024 | Wizard 4428 | Rogue 4328 | Unknown 4261 {X} | Monk 4224

Nexona (A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Prexus > Draught of Ice x 2 > Tears of Prexus > Repeat
Note: Semi belly caster. Stack Fire resist. You should be able to get above 400+ with buffs/potions/songs. You do NOT need to dodge its nasty AE DoT if you have 400+ FR. If you need to dodge, keep your top buff slot open, if you get hit, you can dispel yourself with Annul Magic.
Nexona in 141s, 153k @1086 | Wizard + pets 11026 | Rogue 9310 | ShadowKnight 7245 {H} | Rogue 7103 | Wizard 6651 {X} | Wizard 6451 | Wizard 5265 | ShadowKnight 5130 | Wizard 4762 | Wizard 4594 | Wizard 4557 | Monk 4214 | Wizard 3808 | Unknown 3318 | Unknown 3314

Xygoz (A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Prexus > Draught of Ice x 2 > Tears of Prexus > Repeat
Note: Semi belly caster. Stack MR, you should be able to fully resist its AE silence. This boss has less HP, meaning less time to DPS, meaning you will need to DPS sooner, harder to manage aggro. Use Concussion wisely.
Xygoz in 92s, 152k @1653 | Wizard + pets 9580 | Wizard 7940 | Monk 7863 | Monk 7509 | Rogue 6874 | Necromancer 6640 | Wizard 6616 | Rogue 5468 | Rogue 5181 | Rogue 5151 | Wizard 4810 | Monk 4364 | Wizard 3963 | Wizard 3803 | Wizard 3642

Druushk (A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) > Tears of Solusek > Sunstrike > Tears of Solusek > Repeat > Draught of Fire (at the very end for short cast time)
Note: Semi belly caster. Stack MR, you should be able to fully resist its lighting AE. Watch out for aggro, you will do awesome on this fight.
Druushk in 207s, 155k @751 | Wizard + pets 14517 | Rogue 12996 | Monk 10048 | Wizard 8924 {X} | Rogue 8735 | Monk 8684 | Wizard + pets 8287 | Monk 8020 | Wizard + pets 7778 {X} | ShadowKnight 7742 {H} | Ranger 7401 | Wizard 6166 | ShadowKnight 5459 | Warrior 5236 | Monk 4809

Buff: Don’t forget potions for extra mana regen, mana pool, and mana preservation. Also resist potions. If you get a Bard, double mana songs and all kind of resist songs.
Must - Gift of Pure Thought (Mana regen), Enlightenment (INT), Resist buffs such as Group Resist Magic (MR), Resistant Skin (PR/DR), Elemental Armor (FR/CR), O'Keil's Radiation (FR), Circle of Winter/Summer (FR/CR), Talisman of Shadoo (PR), Talisman of Jasinth (DR), Dead Man Floating (PR), etc.
Optional - HP/STA buffs such as Heroism, Symbol of Marzin, Riotous Health, Natureskin, Talisman of the Brute, and etc. Also, Divine Intervention plays a significant role when you pull aggro, literally the difference between parse or no-parse.

Itemization: Get yourself a Manarobe, seriously, that’s the only must-bid item in this expansion. Other than that, focus on getting resist jewelries and gears, even if they don’t come with any Intelligence or Mana. You WILL need them in order to parse well in VP.

Bonus
I did a few mana regen tests in Kunark with Manarobe, Enchanter buff (C - Gift of Pure Thought), and Bard song (SONG - Cantata of Replenishment): Cast Shield of Magi twice, then time how long it takes mana regen back to 100%. There are three parts in this test, “sit” means simply meditate and wait; “manarobe” means using manarobe non-stop; “sit + manarobe” on the other hand, is aiming to receive server mana tick then use manarobe immediately. Meaning sit > receive server mana tick (once every 5 sec) > use manarobe (3 sec cast time) > sit > repeat. Similar to ‘Canni-Dance’ from Shaman.

Sit
1:58 (epic buff)
2:05 (epic buff)
2:01 (epic buff)
2:03 (epic buff)
2:01 (epic buff)

2:13 (w/o epic buff)
2:12 (w/o epic buff)
2:14 (w/o epic buff)
2:11 (w/o epic buff)
2:18 (w/o epic buff)

2:02 (epic buff, in-combat)
2:00 (epic buff, in-combat)
2:01 (epic buff, in-combat)

2:11 (w/o epic buff, in-combat)
2:16 (w/o epic buff, in-combat)

1:20 (C, in-combat)
1:16 (C, in-combat)
1:19 (C, in-combat)
1:23 (C, in-combat)

57s (SONG, C)
59s (SONG, C)
1:01 (SONG, C)

1:00 (SONG, C, in-combat)
59s (SONG, C, in-combat)


Sit + Manarobe
1:24 (w/o epic buff)
1:19 (w/o epic buff)
1:28 (w/o epic buff)
1:22 (w/o epic buff)
1:28 (w/o epic buff)
1:17 (w/o epic buff)
1:30 (w/o epic buff)
1:11 (epic buff)
1:16 (epic buff)
1:40+
1:40+
1:40+
1:40+
1:40+
1:40+


Manarobe
1:37
1:37
1:35
1:38
1:37

1:32 (in-combat)
1:31 (in-combat)

1:06 (C, in-combat)
1:05 (C, in-combat)
1:08 (C, in-combat)

50s (SONG, C, in-combat)
56s (SONG, C, in-combat)
52s (SONG, C, in-combat)
53s (SONG, C, in-combat)
51s (SONG, C, in-combat)
54s (SONG, C, in-combat)

These finding shows couple things: A, it seems there is no difference between in-combat and out-of-combat mana regen. B, using Manarobe non-stop is better than just meditate. C, “sit + manarobe” is a huge hit or miss. Sometimes when you aren’t getting mana from manarobe after the mana tick; Sometimes after you got mana from manarobe the server will tick backward (lose mana) before the next server tick.

Velious
Both raid quality and quantity go up a notch in Velious, it has a lot to offer. As a wizard, the very first thing you should keep in mind is getting these 5 new spells as soon as possible: Porlos' Fury (An upgrade version of Sunstrike for dragons in Temple of Veeshan, easiest to get, no need faction as you can charm a quest NPC); Ice Spear of Solist (3rd best cold spells in terms of damage per mana, also second easiest to get as it has a chance to dropped from over 100 different mobs in multiple zones); Hsagra's Wrath (An upgrade version of Sunstrike for giants. You need to grind Claws of Veeshan faction for this quest); Ancient Greater Concussion (You’ll need high raid attention and luck to get this. This in my opinion is by far the most important Velious wizard spell. 2 Greater Concussion = 3 regular Concussion, only with 2/3 amount of mana. YOU NEED THIS BADBOY!); Ancient Destruction of Ice (This has the lowest drop rate, so it’s the hardest to get. It complements Tears of Prexus really well. If you are waiting to get this, use Ice Spear of Solist as a replacement. Once you own both Ancient Destruction of Ice and Ice Spear of Solist, you can truly maximum your cold DPS).
In addition, thanks to how encounters are designed, raid is able to pre-build aggro on a lot of boss. Using Mage EPIC pet to build aggro on dragons that don’t move, or kiting giants in Kael to build aggro. Either way, it’s a great news for Wizard. Please keep in mind that I personally time how long we build aggro on each boss. My spell rotation looks very different when we pre-build aggro for 1 minute, 2 minutes, or 4 minutes. As you can tell, there is no ‘static’ or ‘set’ spell rotations, I may begin with a familiar rotation but the rest often changes depends on raid DPS (ratio between boss HP and my remaining mana), or who’s tanking, etc.
Always summon your sword pet behind the boss (or risk it getting killed). Also remember to turn on auto-attack, especially once you have Staff of the Silent Star, that 280 fire Lure proc add up quick with DEX buffs. Another thing you want to watch out is how fast a boss HP is dropping compare to your remaining mana. Your goal should always be emptying all your mana without pulling aggro, while at the same time using Manarobe to regen mana.
Finally, I would like to talk about how you integrate rain spells with Concussion and Manarobe since both will be a key part of your DPS in Velious. As always, since rain spells offer the best DPM (damage per mana), maximum its usage is your number one goal, meaning use it as soon as it comes off cooldown. Now if managing aggro is your priority, after casting rain, you will Concussion three times, there will be a 2 seconds delay to start your next rain, and that’s okay. If you want to keep your next rain on schedule, you can Concussion twice Manarobe once, or Concussion once Manarobe twice, spell order makes no difference here. If conserving mana is your priority, you would Manarobe three times, next rain will be on schedule. Now there is trick here, you can actually ‘sneak-in’ a Concussion between Manarobe x 3 and has very little delay with a specific rotation: Rain > Manarobe > Concussion > Manarobe > Manarobe or Rain > Manarobe > Manarobe > Concussion > Manarobe ONLY delay your next rain by 0.5 second. Consider Manarobe does generate aggro, and that 0.5 second delay totally worth a Concussion in my opinion. Similarly, you can actually fit two Manarobe here as well: Tears of Prexus > Ancient Destruction of Ice > Manarobe > Manarobe.
The following chart shows casting order and delay on the next rain:
rain > concus > concus > concus > 2s

rain > manaro > manaro > manaro > no delay

rain > manaro > concus > concus > no delay
rain > concus > manaro > concus > no delay
rain > concus > concus > manaro > no delay
rain > concus > manaro > manaro > no delay
rain > manaro > concus > manaro > no delay
rain > manaro > manaro > concus > no delay

rain > manaro > manaro > manaro > manaro > 2s

rain > concus > manaro > manaro > manaro > 2s
rain > manaro > concus > manaro > manaro > 0.5s
rain > manaro > manaro > concus > manaro > 0.5s
rain > manaro > manaro > manaro > concus > 2s

rain > manaro > concus > concus > concus > 4s
rain > concus > manaro > concus > concus > 4s
rain > concus > concus > manaro > concus > 4s
rain > concus > concus > concus > manaro > 4s

rain > concus > concus > manaro > manaro > 4s
rain > concus > manaro > concus > manaro > 2s
rain > concus > manaro > manaro > concus > 4s
rain > manaro > concus > concus > manaro > 2s
rain > manaro > concus > manaro > concus > 2s
rain > manaro > manaro > concus > concus > 4s

DPM (damage per mana) with 235 Specialize Evocation. TLDR, cold > fire in long fight for mana efficiency; Fire > cold in short fight for burst damage.
Tears of Solusek 7.32
Tears of Prexus 7.32
Tears of Druzzil 7.12
Ancient Destruction of Ice 6.60
Ice Spear of Solist 5.60
Porlos' Fury 5.10
Hsagra's Wrath 5.10
Sunstrike 4.59
Voltaic Draught 4.49
Draught of Ice 4.21
Draught of Fire 4.06
Draught of Jiva 4.06
Lure of Ice 3.26
Lure of Lightning 3.26
Lure of Flame 2.48


Wuoshi (B) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) > Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x 3>Tears of Solusek > Sunstrike > Draught of Fire
Note: Need MR for his fear and PR for stun. Both fire and cold works, but he has little hp, so I prefer fire for burst damage. No parse for this since I only fight him once the entire expansion.

Zlandicar (B) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) > Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x 3>Tears of Solusek > Sunstrike > Draught of Fire, or Lure of Ice x N
Note: Full MR for fear / stun, DR for DoT if possible. When he is fully debuff and with luck, rain does fully land, but a lot of time is hit or miss. All spells work (fire / cold / magic). I personally prefer fire due to his low HP. You can use lure but won’t be able to parse high. I killed him only a few times and didn’t have many lucks with rains / parses.
Zlandicar in 52s, 194k @3735 | Monk 9202 | ShadowKnight 7797 {B} | Monk 7292 | Monk 7263 | Monk 7116 | Monk 7115 | Monk 6910 | ShadowKnight 6669 | Monk 5923 | Rogue 5515 | Monk 5274 | Rogue 5256 | Monk 5204 | Rogue 4617 | Wizard 4362

Klandicar (B) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) > Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x 3>Tears of Solusek > Sunstrike > Draught of Fire, or Lure of Ice x N
Note: Full MR for fear. He randomly dispels. Other than that, he is similar to Zlandicar.When he is fully debuff and with luck, rain does fully land, but a lot of time is hit or miss. All spells work (fire / cold / magic). I personally prefer fire due to his low HP. You can use lure but won’t be able to parse high.
Klandicar in 95s, 173k @1817 | Rogue 11306 | Monk 10491 | Wizard 10323 | Necromancer 10078 | Monk 9440 | Monk 9212 | Monk 7922 | Rogue 7739 | Wizard 7093 | Warrior 5923 | Wizard + pets 5864 | Ranger 5428 | Necromancer 5065 | Monk 4914 | Monk 4726

Sontalak (C) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Lure of Ice x N
Note: He has a frontal dispel. Need MR for fear, FR for his AE (another dispel). He also has higher resists compare to Zlandicar & Klandicar. So I wouldn’t recommend rains here. Use cold lure full time instead.
Sontalak in 124s, 174k @1401 | ShadowKnight 12994 {B} | Monk 12075 | Rogue 10928 | ShadowKnight 8516 | Wizard 8256 | Monk 7944 | Rogue 7917 | Monk 7762 | Wizard 7303 | Monk 7220 | Wizard + pets 6842 | Warrior 6358 | Wizard 5898 {X} | Wizard 5650 | Warrior 5101

Tunare(D) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl >Lure of Lightningx N
Note: Since magic lure is the only spell that fully lands, why bothers? PoG raid is what I call “National Park Tour”, so many wildlife to see! The best you can parse is around top 20.
Tunare in 170s, 899k @5285 | Monk 24975 | Monk 24654 | Monk 24590 | Monk 21803 | Rogue 20862 | Monk 20709 | Monk 20147 | Monk 20096 | Monk 20038 | Monk 19081 | Rogue 19036 | ShadowKnight 18181 {B} | Monk 18038 | Monk 17361 | Monk 16547 | ShadowKnight 16223 | Wizard 15181

Cazic-Thule 2.0(C) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >(Tears of Prexus > Ancient Greater Concussion x 3) x N> (Tears of Prexus > Ancient Destruction of Ice > Ancient Greater Concussion) x N> Tears of Prexus > Ancient Destruction of Ice > Ice Spear of Solist or Draught of Ice
Note: Wizard on paper can top CT 2.0, on paper… This is one of those encounters which it is rain-able but extremely difficult to top parse. Mainly because there is no pre-build aggro; its AE (Avatar Power) constantly interrupt your cast and you need to ducked it (if not waste even more DPS time). It is easy to get aggro, and get feared by him. My personal best is #2, and parse within top 5 only a few times, mostly staying within top 10.
Cazic-Thule in 158s, 727k @4603 | Monk 23593 | Wizard 22843 | Monk 21718 | Wizard 21684 | Monk 21405 | Monk 20941 | Monk 20567 | Monk 20520 | Wizard 19292 | Wizard 18839 | Rogue 18079 | ShadowKnight 17566 {B} | ShadowKnight 17479 {B} | Rogue 17466 | Wizard + pets 16840

Lord Yelinak(B) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Prexus > Manarobe > Ancient Greater Concussion > Manarobe > Manarobe> … depends …
Note: I think most raids tend to underestimated Wizard on this fight. With 500 MR resist (bard and everything), you CAN fully resist her mana drain (Ice Breath)! Yes, it is MR not CR despite the name, Ice Breath can also be self-dispelled with Annul Magic. I rarely had bard on this fight so my best parse was #7 with me dying early. Getting into top 5 and even top 3 are every doable as a Wizard in my opinion. because fire rain + Porlos' Fury,
Lord Yelinak in 258s, 901k @3493 | Monk 29063 | Monk 26688 | Rogue 25801 | Monk 25550 | Monk 25297 | Monk 24568 | Wizard 23939 {X} | Monk 23809 | Monk 23001 | Monk 22465 | Monk 22185 | Rogue 21185 | ShadowKnight 20961 | ShadowKnight 20001 {B} | Monk 19938

Dain Frostreaver IV (A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x N>… depends …
Note: Depends on who’s tanking, start with Concussion x N. Slowly open up with Sunstrike. Also remember no melee.
Dain Frostreaver IV in 204s, 616k @3021 | Wizard 21340 {X} | Necromancer 21055 | Wizard + pets 20662 | Wizard 19300 {X} | Wizard 19086 {X} | Unknown 18639 | Wizard 18326 | Necromancer 17730 | Monk 16831 | ShadowKnight 16365 | Unknown 15675 | Rogue 15176 | ShadowKnight 14702 | Monk 14676 | Wizard 14404 {X}

Velketor the Sorcerer (A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x 3>Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x 3 > … depends …
Note: : Depends on who’s tanking, start with Concussion x N. Slowly open up with Hsagra's Wrath. Also remember he is a belly caster.
Velketor the Sorcerer in 125s, 357k @2854 | Wizard 14821 | Monk 12568 | Wizard 12140 | Rogue 11676 | Monk 11407 | ShadowKnight 11273 | Rogue 11231 | Monk 10258 | Monk 9704 | Unknown 9409 | Unknown 9396 | Unknown 9312 | ShadowKnight 9220 | Rogue 9164 | Monk 8743

Kael Drakkel
Well, Wizard owns all bosses in Kael, period.
King Tormax (A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x 3>Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x 3 > … depends …
Note: There is usually no kiting for KT. So, after opening up with (Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x 3) x 2, depends on how fast its HP is dropping, we can either go straight into Tears of Solusek>Hsagra's Wrath (Sunstrike) > Ancient Greater Concussion if raid DPS is high, or we can do one more Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x 3 if I don’t trust the tank, or if raid DPS looks a bit low, I would go Tears of Solusek > Manarobe > Ancient Greater Concussion > Manarobe > Manarobe conserving mana. Once I feel comfortable nuking, then Tears of Solusek>Hsagra's Wrath (Sunstrike) > Ancient Greater Concussion. I would even switch to Tears of Solusek>Hsagra's Wrath (Sunstrike) > Draught of Fire If I have mana toward the end. Generally speaking, Wizard is able to stay in top 1-3 with ease.
King Tormax in 150s, 807k @5381 | Wizard 20274 {X} | Monk 18730 | Rogue 17965 | Wizard 16631 {X} | Necromancer 16587 | Wizard 15950 {X} | Monk 15834 | Monk 15763 | Monk 15494 | Wizard 15386 | Unknown 14992 | Monk 14977 | Monk 14843 | Rogue 14430 | Wizard 14350

Derakor the Vindicator (A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek>… depends …
Note: With enough kiting time to build aggro, you can start nuking as soon as it’s in position. That means Tears of Solusek>Hsagra's Wrath (Sunstrike) > Ancient Greater Concussion. If you are not sure about aggro, go with (Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x 3) x N before putting Hsagra's Wrath (Sunstrike) and Draught of Fire into your rotation. This is going to be a very short fight, so you won’t have too much time to DPS.
Derakor the Vindicator in 68s, 318k @4677 | Wizard 11264 | Wizard 10631 | Monk 9825 | Monk 9224 | Wizard 8810 | Monk 8753 | Monk 8702 | Rogue 8303 | Monk 8164 | Rogue 7834 | Wizard 7749 {X} | Monk 7648 | Wizard 7609 | Necromancer 7525 | Necromancer 7293

The Statue of Rallos Zek (A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek>… depends …
Note: Similar to Vindi, with enough kiting time to build aggro. I would go hard on de-aggro with (Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x 3) x 1/2 first. Then transitioning into Tears of Solusek > Sunstrike > Ancient Greater Concussion base on raid DPS, ratio of Statue HP and your remaining mana. You should end up with Tears of Solusek>Sunstrike > Draught of Fire toward the end. It has twice amount of HP compare to Vindi, but you shouldn’t run out of mana on this fight. Please keep in mind that Hsagra's Wrath won’t work on Statue, so you will be using Sunstrike instead.
The Statue of Rallos Zek in 120s, 668k @5566 | Wizard 17071 | Wizard 15881 | Necromancer 15706 | Wizard 14369 | Wizard 13986 | Wizard 13092 | Necromancer 12868 | Monk 12549 | Monk 12334 | Necromancer 12061 | Monk 11927 | Monk 11727 | Monk 11438 | Necromancer 11183 | Monk 11116

The Idolof Rallos Zek (A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek> Manarobe > Ancient Greater Concussion > Manarobe > Manarobe> … depends …
Note: Idol has 400k more HP than Statue. I definitely prefer a more mana conserving approach. Opening up with (Tears of Solusek> Manarobe > Ancient Greater Concussion > Manarobe > Manarobe) x N, then transitioning into Tears of Solusek > Sunstrike > Ancient Greater Concussion base on raid DPS, ratio of Statue HP and your remaining mana. Keep in mind no auto-attack here since Idol melee range is smaller than rain. The rest are similar to Statue. Hsagra's Wrath won’t work on Idol either. Use Harverst and Modulating Rod (mage summon) wisely.
The Idol of Rallos Zek in 202s, 1173k @5806 | Wizard 28760 | Wizard 26881 | Necromancer 25933 | Monk 24961 | Wizard 24406 | Monk 22953 | Monk 22213 | Monk 22202 | Monk 21945 | Monk 21697 | Wizard 21544 | Monk 21411 | Unknown 21055 | Monk 20490 | Monk 19612

Avatar of War (A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >… depends on how long it has been pre-build aggro (kite) …
Note: There are reasons why some wizards love parsing on AoW (and Vulak). With enough time to kite to pre-build aggro, this fight is all about mana management. The followings are my prefer approaches from the beginning to end. Hsagra's Wrath won’t work and don’t forget to use Harverst and Modulating Rod.

1a, Tears of Prexus > Ancient Greater Concussion x 3 (1 min kite)
1b, Tears of Prexus > Ancient Greater Concussion x 2 > Manarobe (2 mins kite)
1c, Tears of Prexus > Manarobe > Ancient Greater Concussion > Manarobe > Manarobe(3 mins+ kite)
2, Tears of Prexus > Manarobe > Manarobe > Manarobe>
3, Tears of Prexus > Ancient Destruction of Ice > Ancient Greater Concussion or Manarobe x2 >
4, Tears of Prexus > Ancient Destruction of Ice > Ice Spear of Solist >
5, Draught of Ice on the very last few percentages if both Ancient Destruction of Ice & Ice Spear of Solist are down.

The Avatar of War in 236s, 1541k @6528 | Wizard 34133 | Wizard 33334 | Wizard 30541 | Warrior 29228 | ShadowKnight + pets 28171 {B} | Monk 25231 | ShadowKnight 25155 {B} | Monk 24496 | ShadowKnight + pets 24468 {B} | Monk 24166 | Monk 23957 | Wizard 23917 | ShadowKnight 23801 {B} | Monk 23233 | Monk 23194

Temple of Veeshan
Almost all of the ToV targets are semi-belly caster, and you can top about 75% of all the dragons. A fun zone! Don’t forget to use Porlos' Fury.
Dozekar the Cursed(D) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) > Porlos' Fury / Ancient Destruction of Ice> Ancient Greater Concussion x N> … depends …
Note: Dozek is one of the few bosses you won’t be able to top since it’s a belly caster with an extremely small melee range, so no rain. It also has an Unresistable random dispel, plug a MR based mana drain (Thunder Blast).
Dozekar the Cursed in 135s, 626k @4636 | Monk 21369 | Monk 21291 | Monk 20174 | Necromancer 20113 | Monk 19803 | ShadowKnight + pets 18823 | Monk 18699 | Monk 18591 | ShadowKnight 18004 | Monk 17549 | Monk 16981 | Monk 15971 | Wizard 15326 | Monk 14860 | Unknown 14723

Telkorenar(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek>… depends …
Note: It has a FR based dispel, which can be fully resisted. With enough pre-build aggro, slowly transitioning into Tears of Solusek > Porlos' Fury > Ancient Greater Concussion, while mixing with Draught of Fire close to the end.
Telkorenar in 193s, 540k @2798 | Wizard 22290 {X} | Monk 20519 | Monk 20412 | Monk 20173 | Monk 19253 | Monk 18866 | Monk 17914 | Rogue 17463 | Wizard 16971 | Rogue 16657 | Wizard 16427 | Monk 15992 | Monk 13877 | Wizard 13659 | Rogue 13068

Gozzrem (A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Prexus > … depends …
Note: This is very similar to Telkorenarbut with CR and using cold spells. I only have one parse, but you should be able to top it with Tears of Prexus >Porlos' Fury > Draught of Ice combo.
Gozzrem in 292s, 550k @1883 | Monk 33601 | Monk 32465 | Monk 26623 | Monk 25795 | Monk 23088 | Monk 22727 | Rogue 22251 | Monk 21551 | Monk 20244 | Wizard 19342 | Warrior 18819 | Wizard 18438 {XX} | Monk 17505 {X} | Monk 16710 | ShadowKnight 14517

Lendiniara the Keeper(B) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Prexus > … depends …
Note: LTK has an unresistable dispel. With enough pre build aggro, you should have a good chance to top it with a Tears of Prexus >Porlos' Fury > Draught of Ice combo.
Lendiniara the Keeper in 178s, 465k @2610 | ShadowKnight 17750 {H} | Wizard 15708 | Monk 14592 | Rogue 14235 | Monk 14218 | Monk 13596 | Monk 13357 | ShadowKnight 13210 {H} | Wizard 12268 | Monk 12220 | Monk 12173 | Monk 11974 | Wizard 11639 | Monk 10361 | Ranger 9402

Ikatiar the Venom(B) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x N > … depends …
Note: This one is possible to top but unlikely, also no melee thanks to its small melee range. Porlos' Fury doesn’t work.
Ikatiar the Venom in 81s, 417k @5151 | Monk 15983 | Monk 15614 | Monk 12775 | Monk 12064 | Monk 11974 | Wizard 11670 | Monk 10994 | Monk 10649 | ShadowKnight 10591 | Monk 10313 | Necromancer 9871 | Warrior 9587 | ShadowKnight 9031 | Monk 8907 | Monk 8787

Eashen of the Sky (B) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x N > … depends …
Note: It has FR/CR ae but doesn’t do much. Other than that, Eashen is similar to Ikatiar, difficult to top. You can melee tho, but no Porlos' Fury.
Eashen of the Sky in 131s, 446k @3406 | Monk 20802 | Monk 16817 | Monk 16039 | Monk 15557 | Monk 14552 | Wizard 12936 {X} | Wizard 12782 | ShadowKnight 12336 | Monk 11149 | Monk 10298 | Rogue 10147 | Rogue 9452 | Wizard 9398 | Wizard 9372 {X} | Rogue 9165

Aaryonar(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x 3 > … depends …
Note: Aaryonar is a fun one! You definitely can top as a Wizard but challenging, but you need 450+ MR (500 to be safe) in order to fully resist its nasty mana drain (can be self-dispel). I parsed top 3 multiple times. Watch out for aggro and slowly transitioning into Tears of Solusek > Porlos' Fury > Ancient Greater Concussion, while mixing with Draught of Fire close to the end.
Aaryonar in 203s, 723k @3562 | Monk 23796 | Wizard 22135 | Monk 21489 | Necromancer 20237 | Wizard 18767 | Wizard 18662 | Monk 17872 | ShadowKnight + pets 17012 {H} | Wizard 16817 | ShadowKnight 16049 {H} | Rogue 14321 | Monk 13989 | Wizard 13610 | ShadowKnight + pets 13187 {H} | Monk 13015

Dagarn the Destroyer(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Prexus > Ancient Greater Concussion x 3 > … depends …
Note: Its fire ae doesn’t hurt too much, slowly transitioning into Tears of Prexus > Ancient Destruction of Ice> Ancient Greater Concussion, with Draught of Iceclose to the end.
Dagarn the Destroyer in 225s, 544k @2417 | Wizard 25333 | Wizard 24558 | Wizard 23309 | Wizard 20649 | Necromancer 20512 {X} | Necromancer 20369 | Unknown 20176 | Wizard 19909 | Monk 18827 | Monk 18631 | Monk 17830 | ShadowKnight 17816 {H} | ShadowKnight 16552 | ShadowKnight + pets 16280 | Rogue 16240

Lord Feshlak(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek> … depends …
Note: FR/CR are not 100% required, Tears of Solusek + Porlos' Fury to victory!
Lord Feshlak in 147s, 716k @4871 | Wizard 20870 | Monk 20203 | Wizard 18512 | Necromancer 18298 | Wizard 16840 | Monk 16822 | Rogue 16516 | Monk 15750 | Wizard 15699 | Monk 15241 | Monk 14970 | Monk 14608 | Unknown 14426 | Monk 14376 | Necromancer 14190

Lord Vyemm(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek> … depends …
Note: 500 MR is highly recommended to resist its knockback, Tears of Solusek + Porlos' Fury to victory!
Lord Vyemm in 212s, 625k @2949 | Wizard 22346 {X} | Wizard 15714 {X} | Wizard 15547 | Wizard 15366 | Wizard 15008 | Wizard 14658 | Monk 14508 | Monk 13637 | Rogue 13389 | Rogue 13167 | Monk 12876 | Monk 12810 | Monk 12791 | Monk 12269 | Wizard 11944 {X}

Lord Kreizenn(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Druzzil > … depends …
Note: You need FR to resist its AE interrupt. Tears of Druzzil + Porlos' Fury + Voltaic Draught to victory!
Lord Kreizenn in 172s, 629k @3656 | Wizard 20079 | Monk 18867 | Monk 16722 | Necromancer 16506 | Rogue 16296 | Monk 16082 | Necromancer 15847 | Monk 15322 | Necromancer 15291 | Monk 14297 | Monk 14254 | Monk 13821 | Monk 13811 | Monk 12640 | Necromancer 12625

Lady Mirenilla(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek> … depends …
Note: Need MR (350+) to resist her ae silence, Tears of Solusek + Porlos' Fury to victory!
Lady Mirenilla in 208s, 686k @3296 | Wizard 21763 {X} | Monk 20920 | Monk 19959 | Wizard 19126 | Monk 18958 | Wizard 18611 {X} | Wizard 17831 | Monk 17722 | Wizard 17631 | Monk 17378 | Monk 17212 | Monk 17204 | Monk 16354 | Necromancer 16299 | Monk 16290

Lord Koi`Doken(B) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x 3 > … depends …
Note: Koi is hard to parse, mainly due to his cold base interrupt, which waste tons casting time / DPS. It can’t be fully resisted with 450 CR (not sure with 500 CR), also no pre-build aggro, you can get into top 5 depends on how many times you got interrupt and when. Porlos' Fury works on him.
Lord Koi`Doken in 325s, 1107k @3407 | Monk 30841 | Necromancer 30187 | Monk 28881 | Wizard 26569 | Monk 25574 | Monk 24340 | Rogue 24179 | Monk 23444 | Monk 23384 | Monk 23289 | Monk 22749 | Wizard 22282 | Unknown 21736 | Necromancer 21012 | Monk 20706

Zlexak(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x N > … depends …
Note: It has a nasty Disease AE, need DR, Tears of Solusek + Sunstrike to victory!
Zlexak in 137s, 178k @1302 | Wizard 10303 | Wizard 9174 | Necromancer 7874 {X} | Monk 7527 | Monk 7357 | Rogue 6582 | Monk 6409 | Monk 6081 | Monk 5838 | Wizard 5507 | Necromancer 5251 | Necromancer 5062 {X} | Wizard 5024 | Spank 4936 | Ranger 4520

Sevalak(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek> Sunstrike > … depends …
Note: It has little HP, Tears of Solusek + Sunstrike to victory!
Sevalak in 52s, 160k @3077 | Wizard 5953 | Monk 5510 | Ranger 5492 | Rogue 4994 | Monk 4973 | Monk 4898 | Monk 4857 | Monk 4845 | Wizard 4227 | Monk 4140 | Monk 3943 | Monk 3827 | Monk 3784 | Necromancer 3680 | Wizard 3505 {X} | Brady 3273 | Rogue 3237 | Necromancer 3177 | Wizard 3144 | Ranger 3086

Cekenar(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x N > … depends …
Note: Need MR to deal with its small mana drain, Tears of Solusek + Sunstrike to victory!
Cekenar in 208s, 904k @4346 | Wizard 23053 | Necromancer 22301 | Wizard + pets 21485 | Wizard 21474 | Monk 21174 | Monk 20724 | Monk 19747 | Monk 19742 | Wizard 19638 | Monk 19326 | Monk 18960 | Monk 18861 | Rogue 18753 | Monk 18136 | Rogue 18071

Jorlleag(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek>Ancient Greater Concussion x N > … depends …
Note: It has a CR based dispel, Tears of Solusek + Sunstrike to victory!
Jorlleag in 200s, 398k @1987 | Wizard 20494 | Wizard 18985 | Monk 18222 | Monk 16912 | Wizard 15843 | Rogue 14959 | Monk 14833 | Necromancer 14687 | ShadowKnight 14354 | Necromancer 14144 | Rogue 14041 | Warrior 13872 | Necromancer 12971 | Wizard 12473 | Rogue 11862

Lady Nevederia(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek> … depends …
Note: MR 500 is highly recommended in order to resist its AE spin, Tears of Solusek + Porlos' Fury to victory!
Lady Nevederia in 319s, 1009k @3162 | Wizard 33854 | Monk 32591 | Wizard 31959 | Wizard 30545 | Monk 30490 | Monk 28966 | Wizard + pets 27424 | Monk 26397 | Monk 25366 | Necromancer 25131 | Monk 24148 | Monk 23779 | Monk 23137 | Rogue 23042 | Unknown 22746

Vulak`Aerr(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) > … depends …
Note: I personally prefer cold spells here due to mana efficiency.

1a, Tears of Prexus > Ancient Greater Concussion x 3 (1 min kite)
1b, Tears of Prexus > Ancient Greater Concussion x 2 > Manarobe (2 mins kite)
1c, Tears of Prexus > Manarobe > Ancient Greater Concussion > Manarobe > Manarobe(3 mins+ kite)
2, Tears of Prexus > Manarobe > Manarobe > Manarobe>
3, Tears of Prexus > Ancient Destruction of Ice > Ancient Greater Concussion or Manarobe x2 >
4, Tears of Prexus > Ancient Destruction of Ice > Ice Spear of Solist >
5, Draught of Ice on the very last few percentages if both Ancient Destruction of Ice & Ice Spear of Solist are down.

Vulak`Aerr in 379s, 1667k @4399 | Wizard 44247 | Wizard 42648 | Wizard 40714 | Wizard 39186 | Necromancer 37803 | Wizard 36383 | Necromancer 35982 | Wizard 34521 | Monk 34183 | Monk 33972 | Monk 33574 | ShadowKnight 33162 {B} | Monk 32299 | Rogue 30191 | Monk 29808

Sleeper's Tomb
I do NOT have enough OW data to draw from here. I also didn’t have Porlos' Fury when I was here, hypothetically Wizard should do okay. In addition, I believe Tears of Druzzil works on Master of the Guard & The Progenitor. For The Final Arbiter, only Lure of Lightning works.
Nanzata the Warder(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Prexus> Ancient Greater Concussion x N > Tears of Prexus> Porlos' Fury > … depends …
Note: Fire AE, you should be able to top the with Tears of Prexus/ Porlos' Fury
Nanzata the Warder in 164s, 356k @2173 | Monk 23807 | Monk 23750 | Monk 21813 | Monk 20848 | Monk 20174 | Monk 19445 | Monk 17754 | Rogue 17360 | Wizard 15772 | Rogue 15497 | Rogue 14068 | Rogue 14033 | Wizard 13008 | ShadowKnight 12015 | Ranger 11731

Ventani the Warder(B) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek> Ancient Greater Concussion x N > Tears of Solusek> Porlos' Fury > … depends …
Note: It has a cold based AE, and Xygoz silence which require MR to resist. Tank get silence/slow so watch your DPS initially. I can see Wizard potentially parsing in top 5 or even top 3.
Ventani the Warder in 584s, 382k @653 | Monk 47548 | Monk 47272 | Monk 37126 | Rogue 29457 | Monk 26112 | Monk 17994 | ShadowKnight 16789 | Rogue 16757 | Wizard 14513 | ShadowKnight 13961 | Monk 13827 | Rogue 13407 | Unknown 10535 | Monk 10389 | Rogue 9537

Hraashna the Warder(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Druzzil> Ancient Greater Concussion x N > Tears of Druzzil> Porlos' Fury > … depends …
Note: It has Nexona AE, it can be self-dispelled, or fully resist with 400+ FR. Tears of Druzzil + Porlos' Fury.
Hraashna the Warder in 235s, 362k @1540 | Monk 28273 | Monk 27763 | Monk 26303 | Monk 24818 | Rogue 24482 | Monk 23563 | Rogue 18540 | Rogue 18328 | Monk 18282 | Wizard 15343 | Warrior 12855 | Rogue 11331 | Wizard 10837 | Warrior 9430 | Warrior 9014

Tukaarak the Warder(A) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Solusek> Ancient Greater Concussion x N > Tears of Solusek> Porlos' Fury > … depends …
Note: It uses Xygoz silence, MR to resist. You should be able to top the parse with Tears of Solusek/ Porlos' Fury.
Tukaarak the Warder in 208s, 360k @1732 | Monk 25737 | Monk 24184 | Monk 23348 | Monk 22029 | Rogue 19293 | Monk 18968 | Monk 18565 | Rogue 18398 | Monk 18115 | Monk 17772 | Rogue 17283 | ShadowKnight 13653 {B} | Monk 13395 | Warrior 13360 | ShadowKnight 13135

Vyskudra the Ancient(B) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >… depends …
Note: You need MR. Porlos' Fury+Lure of Lightning + Ancient Greater Concussion
Vyskudra the Ancient in 144s, 357k @2475 | Monk 16712 | Monk 16697 | Monk 16179 | Wizard 15697 | Monk 14897 | Monk 14497 | Monk 14288 | Monk 14135 | Monk 13960 | Rogue 13864 | Rogue 13492 | Wizard 13452 | Monk 13304 | Monk 12184 | Rogue 12133

Kildrukaun the Ancient(B) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >Tears of Prexus > Manarobe > Ancient Greater Concussion > Manarobe > Manarobe> … depends … depends …
Note: If I remember correctly, you need dodge. Porlos' Fury+Lure of Lightning + Ancient Greater Concussion
Kildrukaun the Ancient in 272s, 595k @2189 | Monk 25490 | Monk 24584 | Monk 20902 | Rogue 20137 | Monk 19764 | Wizard 19724 | Monk 19717 | Monk 18685 | Monk 18599 | Monk 18061 | Monk 17992 | Monk 16308 | Rogue 16063 | Necromancer 14544 | Ranger 14337

Tjudawos the Ancient(C) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >… depends …
Note: MR. Porlos' Fury+Lure of Lightning + Ancient Greater Concussion
Tjudawos the Ancient in 516s, 615k @1192 | Monk 43952 | Monk 41375 | Monk 39912 | Rogue 35006 | Rogue 34174 | Monk 32968 | Monk 31143 | Monk 29822 | Rogue 28197 | Monk 26199 | Rogue 25571 | ShadowKnight 24510 | ShadowKnight 23089 | Warrior 21627 | Wizard 19905

Zeixshi`Kar the Ancient (C) – Rotation: Flaming Sword of Xuzl (can’t be buffed, cast as soon as mob in position) >… depends …
Note: FR. Porlos' Fury+Lure of Lightning + Ancient Greater Concussion
Zeixshi`Kar the Ancient in 260s, 565k @2174 | Monk 32165 | Rogue 30552 | Monk 30302 | Monk 28325 | Monk 28287 | Monk 26978 | Monk 26085 | Monk 25610 | Monk 24804 | Monk 24725 | Monk 24295 | Monk 23320 | Wizard 21561 {X} | Necromancer 15840 | Warrior 15637


Buff: Don’t forget potions for extra mana regen, mana pool, and mana preservation. Also resist potions. If you get a Bard, double mana songs and all kind of resist songs.
Must - Gift of Pure Thought (Mana regen), Gift of Brilliance (Mana regen/pool), Protection of the Glades (Mana regen). Resist buffs such as Group Resist Magic (MR), Resistant Skin (PR/DR), Elemental Armor (FR/CR), Circle of Winter/Summer (FR/CR), O'Keil's Flickering Flame (FR), Talisman of Shadoo (PR), Talisman of Jasinth (DR), Dead Man Floating (PR),
Optional - HP/STA buffs such as Symbol of Naltron, Divine Strength, Talisman of the Brute. If you have Staff of the Silent Star, ask for DEX buffs (Mortal Deftness, Primal Essence/Avatar) for increase proc chance.

Itemization: Manarobe + Staff of the Silent Star. If focus effects enable in Luclin, get yourself Improved Damage III (Harla Dar's Talisman / Fedora Secundae / Mask of the Dragon Slayer); Spell Haste III (Frostreaver's Embroidered Cloak / Hand of the Master / Valtron's Necklace of Wonder); Mana Preservation III (Sky Watcher's Monocle / Nevederia's Left Eye / Obulus Death Shroud)


Wizard should be able does wonders in Luclin and PoP especially with focus effects. Good luck!

Wow, all that rambling because TEB?

it really isnt that complicated my dude

Thats a lot of writing for someone who probably did sub par dps in my guild

No shaman on the dain parse, for shame.

I don't think anyone is really disputing the fact that wizards are routinely the top raid DPS from classic->velious (and they do pretty well in luclin as well). But meleequest is right around the corner so hope you enjoyed your 9 months in the sun.

Nice post.

Well-written & detailed post that could prove helpful to other wizards who may be struggling, clearly a lot of effort went into that.
Unless someone can do a better post and show better results from their methods then they should maybe keep a lid on their derision, anyone can point & jeer from the side-lines, actual worthwhile critique that offers a way to improve takes way more effort & opens them up to criticism too.

I have no idea what drama caused this post but it's one of the most comprehensive posts I've ever seen. Hope you keep updating this as expansions progress.

If only you invested as much time actually playing, then writing this up.

I can respect the post and information behind this, not the player.

You forgot your #1 Rule - Never DPS Trash.

Post Selo LDoN era Time clear parses.

Meleequest doesn't really start until GoD

Ooh, now post a full raid parse and watch as you're insignificant.

This

AFKs most of the raids until the bosses, never helps clear, then wonders why he isnt picked as one of the wizards to take into VT and then rage quits the guild

Didnt notice anything about that in your write up lol

It's no wonder everyone just plays monks.

Here's the write up. Face mob, turn auto attack on. Mash hotkey with combat abilities.

Top parse.

So, you only count the parses that you’re on top? DZs don’t count because the fights last too long? It doesn’t count, if you don’t have a bard?

This is one of the most informative posts on this forum. I'm gob stomped many of the responses are negative.

Who cares if a wizard preserves their mana on trash pulls in order to save it for raid encounters? Wouldn't expect a wizzy to dump their mana bar too low on trash. Just low enough to where it can quickly recover.There would be a bigger issue if the opposite was true.

I can taste the salt.

So your problem is that you made the wrong choice on the very most important choice there is?

I care, if by doing so the wizard slows down the raid from completing everything in a timely manner and keeps me and 71 others from going to bed early. The trash is not insignificant . Raids generally spend far more time on trash than on bosses. If you are playing a class that could contribute significantly on trash but decide not to, because you only want to maximize your boss parse, that's bs. I'm going to build my raids around people who help me send everyone home early.

No problem with wizards pacing themselves on trash so they are ready to go hard when the boss comes. But sitting afk on all the trash as this guy reportedly did? .

I didnt say I had a problem nor did I say I was a wizard.

Was simply making a joke that wizard dps write up is like a novel where as monks just face roll and top parses.