If you’ve been playing World of Warcraft Dragonflight from the very beginning or at least following the trends, you must have heard Arcane Mage is the best possible DPS spec you can play for competitive PvE. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case as Arcane Mage has heavily fallen off over the course of expansion.
When Dragonflight first launched on Nov. 28, 2022, and the season officially started on Dec. 13, 2022, it was all about Arcane Mages. Although having a demanding rotation, they could dish out incredible amounts of damage in Mythic+ dungeons and Vault of Incarnates, and no other DPS class—except for Rogues and Demon Hunters—could match. In fact, Arcane Mage was a top-of-the-pack DPS for the first five weeks of season one, including both single-target fights and AoE fights as you can see for yourself in weeks one, two, three, four, and five of Warcraft logs.