Beginner Guide to Manastorm

Do you want to:

- Push for your own Heroic/Mythic Tier Gear? (for normal T1/T2 gear go do dailies)
- Farm Gold?
- Farm Scrolls?
- Level 1-60 Spam in ~30 minutes?

Welcome to the Manastorm Funhouse Gulag!
The most optimal solo farming experience in Season 9.

Manastorm Cache:

Shout out to @Qt on DIscord for Providing this list.

0-50 Normal Dungeon
51-100 Heroic Dungeon
100-150 N ZG
150-200 H ZG
200-300 Mythic Dungeons
301-350 Mythic ZG
351-450 MC
451-500 MC HC
501-550 M1-10
551-600 Mythic MC
601-700 Normal Ony+MC
701-750 HC Ony+MC
751-800 M+11-20
801-900 Mythic Ony+MC
901-1000 Nm BWL
1001-1050 HC BWL
1051-1150 Mythic BWL (Current the highest level chest available)
1151-1250 AQR (not available yet until next tier, drops previous chests)
1251-1300 HC AQR
1301-1350 M+ 21-30
1351-1450 MYTHIC AQR
1451-1550 AQT
1551-1600 HC AQT
1601-1700 MYTHIC AQT
1701-1800 Nax
1801-1850 HC Nax
1851-1900 M+ 31-40
1901+ Mythic Nax

Also for every new level you clear you will get a Bonus Manastorm Cache

Manastorm Setup Tips:

* Prioritize getting the 2h "flasks", then the temporary booster
* Make sure to have the Potion and Cleanse Potion on your bar, you will be chugging the potion!
* For inventory sanity save gold to get a Cogsley (allows you to vendor in Manastorm) and a Bank Pet

Recommended Weak Auras (I use these):

* Greedy Demon WA https://db.ascension.gg/?weakaura=336.rev:2
* M+/MS Plate Fix https://db.ascension.gg/?weakaura=255.rev:5
* Affix Display https://db.ascension.gg/?weakaura=338.rev:3
* MS Debuff Tracker https://db.ascension.gg/?weakaura=409.rev:1#wa-description

Example Macro:

All The Long Buffs

#showtooltip
/cast Incantation Intensifier
/cast Rage Rush Solution
/cast Harm Repellant Remedy
/cast Long Haul Liquid

All The Pots + Spam Skill

#showtooltip
/cast Sinister Strike
/cast Motion Lotion
/cast Muscle Maxer
/cast Chakra Chug
/cast Genius Juice
/cast Reflex Booster

Manastorm FAQ:

• Do you get more scrolls at higher MS level?

Yes, someone did a trial and it appears so, but not significantly enough for the difficulty ramp you are better off doing more MS faster than higher levels slower.

• I want gear from X, should I farm that tier?

If you want specific tier gear (e.g. mythic zg), you are better off farming it from the next tier up (e.g. MC) because you are guaranteed the previous tier but not the current tier in the Cache.

• How often do I get a Cache?

If your Character is below lvl 60:
You get a regular manastorm cache every level with world/dungeon loot.

If your Character is lvl 60:
You get the Manastorm Cache based on your Manastorm level every 5 levels
Regardless of Character Level, for every NEW level you clear you will get a Bonus Manastorm Cache

• Does the Caches disappear on Prestige?

You can take manastorm caches with you on prestige, useful to twink a character for prestige runs (lvl 1 and lvl 30 are good break points, personally also do one at 50).

• Should I go out of my way to kill a Greedy Demon?

Greedy Demons are always worth killing for the 20-25 gold drop, also the dropped loot usually sells for ~9 gold.

• I am new, can I get good gear from Manastorms?

Not Really! You can get normal tier gier through daily quest chest, equip your highest level epic gear before opening them.
(as of this time, daily chests gives up to BWL gear which is Manastorm 900-1000)

• Is there anything else I can keep buying with the Bolts and Gears?

Once you've bought out everything from Millhouse and Cogsley that's it!

• Wiill build X work in Manastorm?

Most builds will work if you slap in self-heal and defensives and can even survive with just spamming the manastorm potion. For high level content you will probably build a self-healing-tank build (see builds below).

Common Manastorm Builds:

Most popular builds from this guide will work in Manastorm if you add in some self-heal procs and defensives.
https://db.ascension.gg/?guide=46

Here are some speed levelings / prestiging spam builds
If you are prestige spamming (1-60 repeatedly), here is another guide.
https://db.ascension.gg/?guide=65

The most common high level builds are Tanking builds with healing/dps integrated into the build
OWTL / CC Hybrid - https://db.ascension.gg/?guide=53
block version https://imgur.com/a/2c9FHaz
parry version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYNncauGuVc
Corrupted Bear - Prefekto's Powershifting Corrupted Bear (not recommended for the feint of heart)