Arcane Mage DPS Mythic+ Tips — The War Within (11.0.5)

• Try to use Arcane Surge immediately on the pulls so that Arcane Soul is up for the first adds.

• Use Shimmer when targeted by Burrow Charge, or use Greater Invisibility to completely cancel the ability.

• You can Blink to break the root of Grasping Blood. Shimmer can still be used while rooted to reposition, but it does not break the root.
• Use Alter Time before Cosmic Singularity goes out far away from the boss, and re-activate it when you get pulled close.

• You can Blink out of the root of Silken Restraints and Grasping Blood. Shimmer can still be used while rooted to reposition, but it does not break the root.

• Use Prismatic Barrier right before Shadows of Doubt to reduce the duration.

• Silk Binding from Sureki Silkbinder can be completely negated by casting Prismatic Barrier combined with Energized Barriers.
• Use Prismatic Barrier right before Shadows of Doubt from Herald of Ansurek to reduce the duration.

• Shimmer can bug out quite often while on the ship. You can still use it, but do not leave it for last second movement as it is quite likely to fail and simply not move you at all. Arcane Orb often does not work either on the ship.

• Mages are pretty good at delivering Arathi Bombs due to good mobility, so be ready to pick some of these up, especially outside of DPS cooldowns.

• Tormenting Ray from Nightfall Ritualist can be cancelled completely via Greater Invisibility.
• Tormenting Beam from Nightfall Darkcaster can be cancelled completely via Greater Invisibility.
• Ensnaring Shadows from Nightfall Shadowmage can be dispelled via Prismatic Barrier combined with Energized Barriers when on yourself, or Remove Curse when on anyone.
• You can Spellsteal Abyssal Howl from Nightfall Commander and Darkblade from Nightfall Curseblade.

• Greater Invisibility completely cancels Rock Spike by pressing it right as you get the circle.

• Note that the orc is not the main boss and usually dies very quickly. The main boss ends when dragon reaches 50% health, so do not use big DPS cooldowns right before that.

• Remove Curse should be used on Curse of Entropy.

• Blink / Ice Block can remove Depth's Grasp if you happen to be running these spells.

• Remove Curse Enveloping Shadowflame from Twilight Warlock.
• Greater Invisibility completely cancels Corrupt from Faceless Corruptor.

• Greater Invisibility makes Heaving Retch pick a new target. Careful using this as it might cause a party member to be caught off guard by the sudden target switch.

• Use Supernova on the adds right as Final Harvest is ending to avoid the explosion.

• Greater Invisibility cancels Morbid Fixation.
• Greater Invisibility makes Spew Disease pick a new target. Careful using this as it might cause a party member to be caught off guard by the sudden target switch.
• Shimmer can sometimes bug out on the platform so be careful relying on it too heavily.

• Greater Invisibility makes Dark Exile pick a new target. Careful using this as it might cause a party member to be caught off guard by the sudden target switch.

• Spellsteal Dark Shroud from Nar'zudah quickly, especially if you have physical DPS in the group.
• Greater Invisibility makes Drain Fluids (cast by multiple enemies) pick a new target. Careful using this as it might cause a party member to be caught off guard by the sudden target switch.
• Greater Invisibility cancels Morbid Fixation from Separation Assistant.

• Greater Invisibility makes Heaving Retch pick a new target. Careful using this as it might cause a party member to be caught off guard by the sudden target switch.

• Polymorph works on Freeze Tag to stop it from moving.

• Always be in melee range of Druid Spiteclaw to avoid getting 1-shot by Bloodletting.
• Dying Breath can be removed via Remove Curse if someone got hit.
• Greater Invisibility cancels Overgrowth from Tirnenn Villager.
• Greater Invisibility cancels Harvest Essence from Drust Harvester.
• Greater Invisibility cancels Expel from Mistveil Defender. Make sure to let the cast finish, and then activate Greater Invisibility.
• Spellsteal Bramblethorn Coat and Nourish the Forest (if not interrupted) from Mistveil Shaper/Tender
• You can spellsteal Stimulate Resistance from Spinemaw Staghorn, but since this is AoE, you will end up having to Spellsteal many times, so it is much better that your group interrupts it.

• If targeted by the fixate, the best solution is to simply kite the boss into a bomb. However, if for some reason you cannot do this, you can Greater Invisibility right before the end of the fixate to avoid the boss AoE damage.

• Greater Invisibility makes Fiery Ricochet pick a new target. Careful using this as it might cause a party member to be caught off guard by the sudden target switch.

• Shimmer generally does not work properly on many parts of this fight. The planks and the final boat almost never work, but even on the first two platforms it can bug out, so do not rely on it too heavily.
• Prismatic Barrier reduces the duration of Putrid Waters if you have it up before you get the debuff.

• Spellsteal Watertight Shell from Irontide Waveshaper.
• Spellsteal Bolstering Shout from Ashvane Commander.
• You can Remove Curse Cursed Slash from Irontide Curseblade if your tank struggles with survivability. (or just to be nice to your tank... never hurts)

• Quickly Shimmer into Counterspell when the boss jumps away.

• Remove Curse Void Infection from Cursedheart Invader.

Blast Wave and Dragon's Breath / Supernova are great at handling this affix.

We do not have anything of particular use here, simply use your mobility tools as needed to soak these.

Remove Curse should be used to remove Void Rift.