Pit Lord Argaloth

Pit Lord Argaloth is the first and only boss currently in Baradin Hold. Whichever factions controls Tol Barad has access to this boss similar to Vault of Archavon from WOTLK.  This is a pretty easy fight especially for us mages. 

Split your raid in two equally-size groups, one on each side of the boss. You can use the metal grid on the floor to align the groups. Every time Argaloth casts Meteor Slash, you want the tanks to switch. Half of your raid being stacked will help minimize the damage, and the tank rotation will make sure that nobody eats a second Meteor Slash while the increased Fire damage taken debuff is still on. Consuming Darkness is a fairly nasty DoT that should be removed as quickly as possible.

At 66% and 33% Argaloth will start channeling Fel Firestorm. Simply run around (individually, not as a group) without stopping for the duration of the spell, making sure you are back near your assigned position when it's over.

The 5-minute Berserk timer requires each one of your 6 DPS to pull about 10k on average.  This fight is basically a DPS check with fairly easy mechanics.  This is defiantely puggable as long as you have DPS that can put out the required amount.

Both 10 man and 25 man drop the same loot.  Make sure your doing this every week so you can get awesome PvE and PvP gear!

Cataclysm New Mage Spells

It's been almost a month now since Cataclysm was released and I can't stop playing!!  I am going to start dedicating myself to making more quality in-depth posts about mages from this point forward.  The first thing I need to do is start covering some of the changes to our class.  This post will cover the new abilities that have been added with the new expansion.

Portal: Tol Barad.

Unlocked at Level 85.
Creates a portal, teleporting level 85+ group members that use it to Tol Barad.
18% of base mana, 10 yd range, 10 sec cast, 1 min cooldown.
Reagents: Rune of Portals.

Teleport: Tol Barad.
Unlocked at Level 85.
Teleports the caster to Tol Barad.
8% of base mana, 10 sec cast.
Reagents: Rune of Teleportation.

Time Warp
Unlocked at Level 85.
Warp the flow of time, increasing melee, ranged, and spell casting speed by 30% for all party and raid members. Lasts 40 sec.  Allies receiving this effect will become unstuck in time, and be unable to benefit from Bloodlust, Heroism, or Time Warp again for 10 min.
                        26% of base mana, Instant cast, 5 min cooldown.

Ring of Frost
Unlocked at Level 83.
Summons a Ring of Frost, taking 3 sec to coalesce. Enemies entering the fully-formed ring will become frozen for 10 sec. Lasts 12 sec. 10 yd radius.
7% of base mana, 30 yd range, Channeled, 3 min cooldown.

Flame Orb
Unlocked at Level 81.
Launches a Flame Orb forward from the Mage's position, dealing 228.01 Fire damage every second to the closest enemy target for 15 secs.
6% of base mana, 40 yd range, Channeled, 1 min cooldown.