From 14436686941d65563a98b8abebadb004868c2e8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dillyns <49765217+dillyns@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2026 00:47:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make arcane barrage the alternate for arcane blast for level
 60 mages (#2401)

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## Pull Request Description
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Adds arcane barrage as the alternate for arcane blast so level 60 arcane
mages who dont have arcane blast yet will use arcane barrage whenever
available.
For level 60 arcane mages, its actually better dps to alternate between
arcane barrage and arcane missiles to fish for Missile Barrage procs.

Before:
<img width="576" height="403" alt="Screenshot_20260518_024601"
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After:
<img width="579" height="381" alt="Screenshot_20260518_025040"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/803f5380-58d3-490a-a3b1-e2941e2f0048"
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Have a level 60 arcane mage dps a dummy. To compare to the old
"rotation" of just using arcane missiles you can "ss Arcane Barrage"

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Co-authored-by: Keleborn <22352763+Celandriel@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../Mage/Strategy/ArcaneMageStrategy.cpp      | 24 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Ai/Class/Mage/Strategy/ArcaneMageStrategy.cpp b/src/Ai/Class/Mage/Strategy/ArcaneMageStrategy.cpp
index 4ba7d42b9..b9ed1e3dd 100644
--- a/src/Ai/Class/Mage/Strategy/ArcaneMageStrategy.cpp
+++ b/src/Ai/Class/Mage/Strategy/ArcaneMageStrategy.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,31 @@
 #include "ArcaneMageStrategy.h"
 #include "Playerbots.h"
 
+// ===== Action Node Factory =====
+class ArcaneMageStrategyActionNodeFactory : public NamedObjectFactory<ActionNode>
+{
+public:
+    ArcaneMageStrategyActionNodeFactory()
+    {
+        creators["arcane blast"] = &arcane_blast;
+    }
+
+private:
+    // Arcane Barrage is the alternate for Arcane Blast (cast while moving, or
+    // when Arcane Blast is unavailable - e.g. not yet learned at low levels).
+    static ActionNode* arcane_blast([[maybe_unused]] PlayerbotAI* botAI)
+    {
+        return new ActionNode("arcane blast",
+                              /*P*/ {},
+                              /*A*/ { NextAction("arcane barrage") },
+                              /*C*/ {});
+    }
+};
+
+// ===== Single Target Strategy =====
 ArcaneMageStrategy::ArcaneMageStrategy(PlayerbotAI* botAI) : GenericMageStrategy(botAI)
 {
-    // No custom ActionNodeFactory needed
+    actionNodeFactories.Add(new ArcaneMageStrategyActionNodeFactory());
 }
 
 // ===== Default Actions =====