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n0slet3
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So instead of fussing about how Tier 2's are too difficult I figured I'd just ask for help. 
I am currently 9300 some gear score, have mid range 3k power, and 1kish crit, nearly 3k recovery I believe, and about 21ish k HP. I have another mage buddy I routinely group with, who is pretty much just like me gear/stat wise, and a cleric with even higher gear score. We seem to have no luck at all in tier 2 instances. We get ridiculous amounts of adds and simply can't deal with it with most groups even with a good tank. Primarily what kills us is the adds not bosses.
Myself and the other mage are both thaum mages, we typically run conduit of ice, time stop,ray of enfeeblement, and rotate another skill out depending on the fight, sometimes shield, sometimes chill strike, sometimes repell. I've tried the shard as well occasionally which seems to work well for certain fights. We both use arcane singularity and ice knife as our daily skills.
And we both work with voice communication to try and time our CC/AOE abilities. But it just seems like we still get overrun by adds due to the sheer volume of HP they have in tier 2's. We wind up being fussed at for not dealing with the adds and we literally have tried every combo of skills at our disposal to bring stuff down or at least control it or push it way for more breathing room all to no avail. I've yet to complete more then 1 boss in any tier 2 instance after probably 20ish attempts.
So does anyone have any constructive suggestions for us as to how we can deal with the tier 2 stuff better? =D I appreciate any help/suggestions.
I am currently 9300 some gear score, have mid range 3k power, and 1kish crit, nearly 3k recovery I believe, and about 21ish k HP. I have another mage buddy I routinely group with, who is pretty much just like me gear/stat wise, and a cleric with even higher gear score. We seem to have no luck at all in tier 2 instances. We get ridiculous amounts of adds and simply can't deal with it with most groups even with a good tank. Primarily what kills us is the adds not bosses.
Myself and the other mage are both thaum mages, we typically run conduit of ice, time stop,ray of enfeeblement, and rotate another skill out depending on the fight, sometimes shield, sometimes chill strike, sometimes repell. I've tried the shard as well occasionally which seems to work well for certain fights. We both use arcane singularity and ice knife as our daily skills.
And we both work with voice communication to try and time our CC/AOE abilities. But it just seems like we still get overrun by adds due to the sheer volume of HP they have in tier 2's. We wind up being fussed at for not dealing with the adds and we literally have tried every combo of skills at our disposal to bring stuff down or at least control it or push it way for more breathing room all to no avail. I've yet to complete more then 1 boss in any tier 2 instance after probably 20ish attempts.
So does anyone have any constructive suggestions for us as to how we can deal with the tier 2 stuff better? =D I appreciate any help/suggestions.
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Skills I always have on my bar as a CW: shield, steal time, arcane singularity, magic missle.
Situational skills: ray of enfeeblment (great on bosses), conduit of ice(procs buff from shadow weaver set) chill strike (mastery for trash killing) repel (boss of spell plague if I am solo CW,mastery) icy terrain (procs shadow weaver damage buff), entangling force (mastery for additional ap gen) ice storm (spider boss) ice knife (daily up and no need for AS)
Only problem I ever ran into was running pug with a CW that kept pushing adds away so I couldnt group them. But seeing as you two work together on voice you guys should have no problem.
Mostly what I do, except I use Ray on tab for boss fights ... debuff is sweetness.