I'm in the process of AE farming SM cathedral for XP and got annoyed with the wizards farming me instead - so I decided just for kicks to try and see if I could make something work with Blizzard / Rain of Fire instead of Arcane Explosion / Hellfire. And much to my surprise it worked rather well.

Sharing a couple of pulls in case someone should find themselves in a similar situation:

https://youtu.be/QeutWmA91Rw

https://youtu.be/PRz9wqhIbmw

Mage talent build: https://classic.wowhead.com/talent-c...--033030300303