(MoP Heroics/LFR) - 3 DPS - Locks or Mages ?

[Flight]

Looking for 3 DPS to play just the three of them in lvl 90 LFR and to 5 box with a tank and healer in Heroics.


Haven't played for a few years so not sure where things are at atm. So the question is 3 Mages or 3 Locks ?

Main concern is how much DPS is dependent on procs and how easy this is to manage while boxing when spamming rotations across multiple characters.



All advice appreciated.

[Longshot17]

Looking for 3 DPS to play just the three of them in lvl 90 LFR and to 5 box with a tank and healer in Heroics.


Haven't played for a few years so not sure where things are at atm. So the question is 3 Mages or 3 Locks ?

Main concern is how much DPS is dependent on procs and how easy this is to manage while boxing when spamming rotations across multiple characters.



All advice appreciated.

Arcane Mage is a pretty reliable toon for multiboxing, you are more able to get near a Arcane Mages best output when multiboxing compared to other classes that rely more on proc based (rage/energy) abilities. Suicidesspyder posted a one button macro in the macros forum that is close to what I use.

I've recently started to gear out a Destro Lock, and am using the 1 button macro from lazymacros.com, and am surprised by how well my dps is so far, but much more difficult to approach your best output (ember generation being a big factor).

The most easiest and best DPS though is Survival Hunter both single and AoE damage via a 1 button macro, but I know that isn't part of your question :)

[RSM72]

I play 5 mages in LFR with some good success however I switched them from arcane to ice because they do slightly higher damage this way

[Sam DeathWalker]

I have 3 locks and 3 mages. Mages are better. Arcane is better when you have full mana.