Arcane Mage

The order abilities first landed across 4 top-parsing pulls, with the median time into the fight. The percentage is how many of those parses used the ability at all — a step at 100% is the opener, one at 60% is a choice some players make.

1. 1Arcane Surge+0.8s100%
2. 2Arcane Blast+1.4s75%
3. 3Light's Potential+1.4s75%
4. 4Arcane Missiles+2.5s100%
5. 5Arcane Barrage+3.4s100%
6. 6Touch of the Magi+3.5s100%
7. 7Prismatic Bolt+7.3s50%

What was pressed next, counted over every observed pair. This is the closest a log gets to a priority list — but it describes behaviour, not a rule: a player casting Execute because it lit up looks the same here as one following a plan.

• Arcane Missiles67 casts→Arcane Barrage34%Arcane Missiles26%Prismatic Bolt26%
• Arcane Barrage62 casts→Arcane Missiles50%Arcane Barrage24%Touch of the Magi10%
• Arcane Blast40 casts→Arcane Blast74%Arcane Barrage10%Arcane Orb5%
• Prismatic Bolt38 casts→Prismatic Bolt47%Arcane Barrage42%Arcane Missiles8%
• Touch of the Magi8 casts→Arcane Missiles75%Arcane Barrage13%
• Arcane Orb7 casts→Arcane Blast33%Arcane Missiles33%Light's Potential17%

Casts per minute across 20 top-parsing kills in The Venomous Abyss. Per minute rather than totals, so a long fight does not read as a heavily used ability.

Fights are sorted by how much damage landed on boss units rather than by a hand-kept list of which encounter is the AoE one, so the split stays right after a retune. Fights in between are left out of both columns.

Updated 31/08/2026. These are observed casts, not a recommended priority — the order reflects how often an ability came up, which is not the same as when to press it.

Secondary stat split across the 100 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

• Haste37.7%921 avg
• Versatility25.4%600 avg
• Critical Strike19.8%502 avg
• Mastery17.1%429 avg