Mage AoE Grinding?!

[Freak]

This is me playing on my cousin's level 41 mage. I specced him AoE, for you that don't play WoW AoE stands for Area of Effect. This means this ability does damage to all enemies in that area. "AoE Grinding" can get your XP/Hour at 100k even at low levels, like level 40. Simply put, i can take on multiple mobs (enemies) at one time, increasing the rate i level at. This is my Current Spec at lvl 41, i want to end of up withing like this for my Level 60 Spec and for level 70, ill just add talent points into frost, to get the Water Elemental.

THIS TAKES PRACTICE! Don't go out and try taking on 20 mobs at one time, start with 2 or 3 untill you can get the strategy down.

The basic strategy for aoe grinding is:
1.) Gather all the mobs up in a nice group
2.) Frost Nova them to the ground
3.) Get at max range for blizzard spell (I use blink)
4.) Cast blizzard, but put the back of the casting area on the farthest back mob
5.) Cast blizzard again after the channel runs out
6.) Cone of Cold
7.) Frost Nova
8.) Blizzard them again or just cast Arcane Explosion

Quick Instructions
Group them up
Frost Nova
Blizzard 2x
CoC
Finish them off

If you don't understand these directions, watching the video will most likely help.



But anyways, this is my cousin's mage on Black Dragonflight (Horde) named Maude.

I think that you will enjoy watching this vid. (I'm still trying to figure out fraps, so there is no audio... ) I am trying to get some WoW Videos going.

http://useruploads.mythica.org/view/AoE.wmv

Edit: Guide on places to Aoe: Horde, Alliance

[Totalbodygym]

the few times i did play smeagz' mage, i miserably failed at this.. mainly because nobody actually showed me how to do it... definately useful

[SmeaGz]

this fire mage showed his spec/instructions how to aoe farm sunfury signets in shadowmoon...he got exalted with scryers in a weekend by doin it. good stuff freak

[Freak]

Originally Posted by SmeaGz

this fire mage showed his spec/instructions how to aoe farm sunfury signets in shadowmoon...he got exalted with scryers in a weekend by doin it. good stuff freak

i know how to do it with a fire mage too, it's almost the same, but instead of blizzard, you use flamestrike and you just aoe with an arcane explosion, i don't like it as much, this way, with the spec im using, you can take on villages of murlocs, or pirates, or anything

[Freak]

I Found Places to Grind With (I didn't make these, i found them on a post on the forums)

Alliance

(Level: 24-26) Shadowhide Gnoll Encampments in the Redridge Mountains

(Level: 24-28) Gnoll camps in wetlands, near the entrance to loch modan - Few Casters

(Level: 24-30) Furbolg Camps Suggestion: bring a healer 24-28

(Level: Late 20s) Raven Hill cemetary in Duskwood

(Level: 30?) Humans in Hillsbrad (Azureload mine)

(Level: 30?) Worgen camp near Rotting Orchard in Duskwood

(Level: 30-31) Angerfang Encampment in Wetlands (Few Casters/Warlocks/Rooters) Suggestion: Bring a Priest

(Level: 32-36) Yetis in Hillsbrad

(Level: 33-36?) Shimmering Flats in Thousand Needle. Scorpids, Turtles, Vultures.

(Level: 36) Syndicate camps north of Tarren Mill

(Level: 36) The orcs at Go'shek Farm, and no casters. (Arathi)

(Level: 36+) Trolls at Witherbark, casters are there though. (Arathi)

(Level: 36?) Spiders north of the horde city in dustwallow

(Level: 36-39+) Badlands - NW corner Lesser Rock Elementals (36-39)Earth Elementals (39+)

(Level: 38+) Water & Fire Elementals. Earth Element are melees too, but their knock downs are brutal without IAE.

(Level 38-40) Raptors in Duskwallow Marsh. Northeast of the Horde camp (Brakenwall?)

(Level: 38-40) Dustwallow Marsh: Mirefin Murlocs in the north eastern part of the zone, on the top of the penninsula.

(Level 40-42) Syndicate camps in Alterac Mountain zone. Be careful of the casters - one per camp.

(Level: 43) Murkdwellers in Swamp of Sorrows

(Level: 42-45) Badlands

(Level: 45) woodpaws in Feralas

(Level: 48-50) Southsea Pirate Compound (Great writeup on Page 2 of this thread! Post #36)

(Level: 50-53) Searing Gorge - The Cauldron (Level 46-48 Dwarves) (See post #78)

(Level: 50-53) Burning Steppes- Various Areas (Level 50-53 Imps) (See post #78)

(Level: 50-53) Feralas- Rage Scar Cave (Level 46-48 Rage Scar Yetis) (See post #78)

(Level: 50-53) Feralas- Northspring (Level 47-50 Harpies) (See post #78)

(Level: 50-53) Tanaris- Thistleshrub Valley (Level 48-50 Nature Elementals) (See post #78)

(Level: 52-53) Blood something pirates behind the caverns of time in taranis

(Level: 50-55) Castergrips (the blue caster class hippos), northern azshara peninsula

(Level: 57+) Felwood

(Level: 57+) Ogres in Deadwind Pass

(Level: 55-60) ice thistle yettis, eastern winterspring

(Level: 50-60) Sorrow Hill

(Level: 50-60) Western Plaguelands Scarlet Lumberjacks

[Freak]

Horde

(Level: 14-15) Savannah Lions - SW of Sludge Fen (Barrens)

(Level: 16-18) Venture Co. - Boulderlode Mine (Barrens)

(Level: 16-22) Rot Hide Gnolls - Fenris Isle\Keep (Silverpine Forest)

(Level: 17-19) Stonesplinter Troggs - Ironband Excavation Site (Loch Modan)

(Level: 17-23) Mosshide Gnolls - Near Loch Modan Entrance [Few Casters] (Wetlands)

(Level: 19-21) Ravenclaw Undead - Beren's Peri (Silverpine Forest)

(Level: 19-29) Skeletal Undead - Raven Hill Cemetary (Duskwood)

(Level: 21-23) Bael'dun Dwarves - Bael'Dun Dig Site (Barrens)

(Level: 21-25) Foulweald Furbolgs [Bring a Healer] (Ashenvale)

(Level: 21-26) Shadowhide Gnolls (Redridge Mountains)

(Level: 22-25) Hillsbrad Farmers/Peasants - Hillsbrad Fields (Hillsbrad Foothills)

(Level: 23-31) Highperch Wyverns (Thousand Needles)

(Level: 25-32) Dragonmaw Orcs - Angerfang Encampment [Few Casters/Bring Healer] (Wetlands)

(Level: 26-28) Plague Spreaders - Raven Hill Tomb (Duskwood)

(Level: 26-28) Hillsbrad Miners/Sentrys- Azureload Mine (Hillsbrad Foothills)

(Level: 28-30) Nightbane Worgens - Near Rotting Orchard (Duskwood)

(Level: 29-33) Syndicate Humans - North of Tarren Mill (Alterac Mountains)

(Level: 29-35) Sparkleshell Turtles - Shimmering Flats (Thousand Needles)

(Level: 30-32) Cave Yeti's (Hillsbrad Foothills)

(Level: 30-33) Mountain Yeti's (Alterac Mountains)

(Level: 30-34) Salt Flats Vultures/Scavengers - Shimmering Flats (Thousand Needles)

(Level: 32-36) Witherbark Trolls [Some Casters] (Arathi Highlands)

(Level: 33-35) Dabyrie Humans - Dabryie's Farmstead (Arathi Highlands
This spot is amazing, I would advise doing this area until 37-38


(Level: 33-35) Hammerfall Orcs - Go'shek Farm (Arathi Highlands)

(Level: 33-36) Silithids - Shimmering Flats (Thousand Needles)
Shimmering flats is to spread out i never did it

(Level: 33-36) Crushridge Ogres (Alterac Mountains)
I've ran through here, I never personally grinded here but it is a viable spot, the mobs are kinda spread out though

(Level: 33-36) Scorpid Reavers/Terrors - Shimmering Flats (Thousand Needles)
same as before

(Level: 33-40) Saltstone Basilisks - Shimmering Flats (Thousand Needles)
The Basilisks are grouped nicely but personally there are not enough to make it worthwhile

(Level: 33-38) Lost One Muckdwellers (Swamp of Sorrows)
Now this spot is amazing. I catagorized this spot into 5 pulls. 2 up at the top camp and three down at the camp below. I did this area until level 41-42

(Level: 35-38) Mirefin Murlocs - NE of Zone (Dustwallow Marsh)
The next best spot, For a frost mage i'd advise doing this spot until 44, just a filler until you get your next blizzard

(Level: 35-38) Syndicate Humans - North of Zone [One Caster per Camp] (Alterac Mountains)
Never liked it, tried it a little bit

(Level: 35-39) Darkmist Spiders - North of Brackenwall Village (Dustwallow Marsh)

(Level: 36-39) Lesser Rock Elementals - NW Corner (Badlands)
Not enough mobs to make worthwhile

(Level: 36-40) Bloodfen Raptors - NE of Brackenwall Village (Duskwallow Marsh)
Seem to be spread out

(Level: 37-39) Elementals [Various Locations & Types] (Arathi Highlands)


(Level: 37-40) Shadowforge Dwarves - Agnar Fortress [Few Casters] (Badlands)
The casters make this a pain

(Level: 39-44) Woodpaw Gnolls (Feralas)
The gnolls have a few ranged mobs, so as a frost mage I did not find this spot to be suitable

(Level: 40-43) Grimtotem Tauren (Feralas)
Again some casters, not advisable, depending on your aoe spec

(Level: 40-45) Wastewater Bandits (Tanaris)
The bandits have casters mixed in, to me there was not enough of these mobs to make it worthwhile, I'd advise doing the murlocks

(Level: 40-45) Southsea Pirates (Tanaris)
Ahhh now LOST RIGGER COVE is where its at. On my server not many people grind this area. I catagorized the area into 5 pulls, will last me until 52. At level 51 im able to grind 40k/hr.

(Level: 41-47) Green Sludges (Hinterlands)

(Level: 41-48) Dark Iron Dwarves [Various Locations] (Searing Gorge)

(Level: 42-48) Dunemaul Ogres (Tanaris)

(Level: 45-50) Thistleshrub Elementals (Tanaris)

(Level: 46-47) Rage Scar Yeti's (Feralas)
(Level: 46-51) Nethergarde Humans (Blasted Lands)
Good spot to level besides the fact of not being able to mount in the mine, a few ranged mobs, not advised unless you have no other option

(Level: 47-50) Northspring Harpies (Feralas) Have alot of casters mixed in with them

(Level: 47-50) Ravasaur Raptors (Un'goro Crater)

(Level: 47-50) Deadwood Furbolgs (Felwood)
Have ranged

(Level: 48-54) Jadefire Saytrs [Various Locations] (Felwood)

(Level: 49-50) Saltwater Snapjaw- East Coast (Hinterlands)

(Level: 49-54) Thunderhead Hippogryphs - Northern Peninsula (Azshara)

(Level: 49-55) Jaedenar Forces (Felwood)
Just a bad spot

(Level: 50-52) Felstone Fields [Few Casters] (Western Plaguelands)
The casters don't make it worthwhile in my opinion

(Level: 50-53) Flamekin Imps [Various Locations] (Burning Steppes)

(Level: 50-54) Warpwood Elementals (Felwood)

(Level: 52-56) Sorrow Hill [SE of Anderhol] (Western Plaguelands)

(Level: 52-58) Ice Thistle Yeti's (Winterspring)

(Level: 53-54) Dalson's Tears [Fear] (Western Plaguelands)
Very good area, being UD and having WOTF helps alot. I do 4 pulls in this area, and since wotf is a 2 minute cooldown i have it for both of the fear pulls that i do. Personally i will be doing this area until 60 probaly, unless i find somewhere else. I may try Writhing Haunt, dunno though.

(Level: 54-56) Scarlet Lumberjacks (Western Plaguelands)

(Level: 55-58) Deadwind Ogres [Some Casters] (Deadwind Pass)

[An Uber Noob]

crazy vid, and now i can convince my mage friend to go frost spec.. hehe

[ImDyxlesic]

Note to self: frost spec from now on.

[UNEEDJESUS108]

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