Mage Talent Calculator

Rotations & Guide · Builds · Abilities · Talent Calculator · Changes vs Classic

Mages are pure ranged casters with strong AoE, crowd control and burst. Forever adds Arcane Blast (stacking buff to your other spells), Ice Lance (300% more damage on frozen targets) and Frostfire Bolt (a frost and fire hybrid bolt with a DoT and slow), each feeding its tree's talents.

Arcane (Caster DPS)

Arcane in Forever is built around Arcane Blast: each cast stacks up to 4 times, increasing your other spells' damage by 10% per stack while raising Arcane Blast's own mana cost. Build stacks, then spend them on Arcane Missiles or another big spell. Arcane Power, Presence of Mind and Evocation drive burst and mana.

Fire (Caster DPS)

Fire stacks Improved Scorch and Ignite and uses Combustion for burst. Forever's Frostfire Bolt is a level 40 Fire spell that counts as both frost and fire, checks the lower resistance and adds a DoT and slow; Improved Fireball speeds it up just like Fireball. Incineration now boosts Fire Blast and Scorch crit.

Frost (Caster DPS)

Frost is the safe, mana-efficient spec with Frostbolt spam, shields and control. Forever's Ice Lance deals 300% more damage to frozen targets and gains crit from Winter's Chill, so the shatter combo (freeze, then Ice Lance) is now a big part of both PvE trash and PvP. Cold Snap resets your defensive and freeze cooldowns.

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