Mage
Available Races: Human, Gnome, Troll, Undead

The Mage:

Mages mages are masters of damage, and more specific area effect damage. These masters of the elements can cover a battle field with constant damage. Their area of effect spells also do things like Root & Snare to help even more. A high level mage with wise talent placement can really put out incredable ammounts of damage. This can be a bad thing though. You will want to be careful and aware of your threat level. Do to much damage to fast and you'll have a very angry monster on you with an angry warrior chewing you out as he tries to save your life. So you must pay attention and be careful. The art of a mage is to know how to keep yourself optimal about damage vs mana cost vs threat. It will take some expirmenting to get it all down.

Mages also get a large number of buffs, most are self buffs however. But they assist the mage in surviving. Without these buffs the mage would be quite weak, but they offer the mage a chance to escape melee combat if needed. Mages also have a nice arsenal of instant damage spells. These are nice when the mob gets to close and you just want to finish it off.

Lastly, mages have the ability to summon food, water and mana stones. Food is consumed outside of combat to regenerate health rapidly, water is consumed outside of combat to regenerate mana rapidly. Mana stones are clickable inventory items that give you an instant boost to your mana and can be used in battle.

Mages are also the only ones in the game with teleports, see the section to the right for more info.


Class Travel: Teleportation

Mages are the only class in the game that gets to teleport around. They can teleport to major cities and forward a short distance. However that teleport forward has a cool down timer on it to prevent you from using it to travel. Its meant to be a "oh @!#* run!" spell. Upon reaching level 20 you unlock several major cities to teleport yourself to, then you unlock 2 more at level 30. At level 40 you unlock the level 20 cities again, but for group teleport. Level 50 unlocks the level 30 levels, but in group teleport.

You will still want a mount though, just to get to dungeons and specific locations that arrent major cities. Check below under the teleports section for more information on the spells.

Class Popularity

Here are some statistics for how popular the mage was in the 9 day Stress Test. The full of this information can be found here

12% of characters on alliance were mages
11% of characters on horde were mages.

Out of 8 classes Mage is the 4th most played on Alliance
Out of 8 classes Mage is the 6th most played on Horde

Armor & Defense


Cloth

Hopefully you wont be taking many hits as a mage, cloth & no shield isnt exactly very protective. Especially since you will mainly be focused on getting armor with +int/spr and not armor with high armor rating. But mages do have a few tricks up their sleeve if caught in melee combat. But you better act fast on those tricks!

Weapons

Starting Weapon Skills
Unarmed
Staves
Wands
Learnable Weapon Skills
Daggers
Swords
Mage Abilities & Spells

Here are some things to note when looking through the Mage's abilities. Any attack/spell that's labeled as an Instant, is just that, Instant, and is not affected or does not affect any other combat/casting timers. What this means is, you don't have to stop and cast the spell. You could cast it while running, or meleeing.

Also, as you will see, there is a # of Ranks next to each ability. For example, Fireball has 11 ranks. This means there are11 upgrades that follow from the level you get the ability to level 60. You can see what level you get Rank 1 of an ability by looking at the level under the picture for each ability. I did it this way so you could just skim through what a Mage can do, without having to filter through just basic upgrades. There are other sites out there that have this information. This page is intended to help you choose a race and a class, and fill you in on the capabilities of a Mage.

Interrupting a spell in World of Warcraft just means prolonging the time it takes to cast it by X seconds. Where as stun, will completely stop and abort a spell from being cast and needs to be cast again.

Of course all spells below cost mana. The mana cost & strength for each gets higher with each rank of the spell. Again I chose not to display mana cost details due to simplifying reasons of quickly browsing a mages abilities. Though I did Italic the portion of the spell that grows stronger with each rank. Some spells may list something like 2-3 sec cast time in Italic. This means the spell starts at 2 seconds to cast at rank 1, then grow to 3 with higher ranks.

Spells that can be cast Instantly have their cast time of "Instant" underlined to stress the power of the spell. Instant spells are by far more powerful the spells that take time to cast, so I felt it must be noted when browsing through.

Some abilities are upgradable with talents. There will be something that looks like this: Upgradable: +15% Damage to show what the ability will max out at if upgraded with talents. You will not be able to get all of the upgrades. You earn one talent point a level starting at 10-60. So thats 50 points you can put towards talents, or only about 1.5 talent trees. Use talent calculator websites to determine what you want, talents listed here are for browsing use.

Nukes & DoTs
Note - Italiced words show what is improved with each rank.

Fireball (11 Ranks)

Level 1

Category: DD + DoT
Cast Time: 2 - 3.5 (1.5 - 3) sec
Duration: 4-8 sec
Range: 35 (41) yard
Type: Fire Magic
Description: Hurls a fiery ball that causes fire damage (+15%) and does additional damage over 4-8 seconds
Upgradable: +15% dmg
Upgradable: +6 yard range
Upgradable: -0.5 sec cast time
Upgradable: +5% critical chance
Upgradable: +10% chance to stun for 2 sec
Upgradable: +40% dmg over 4 seconds if crit
Upgradable: +65% chance to avoid interruption
Upgradable: +10% chance to have next damage spell cost no mana

Frostbolt (9 Ranks)

Level 4

Category: DD + Snare
Cast Time: 1.5 - 3 (1 - 2.5) sec
Duration: 5-9 sec
Range: 30 (33) yard
Type: Frost Magic
Description: Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing frost damage (+10%) and slowing movement speed for 5-9 (8-11) seconds
Upgradable: +10% damage
Upgradable: +10% range
Upgradable: -15% mana cost
Upgradable: -0.5 sec cast time
Upgradable: +3 sec to chill duration
Upgradable: +10% snare
Upgradable: +100% critical strike dmg
Upgradable: +50% critical strike chance against frozen targets
Upgradable: +15% chance to freeze target for 5 seconds
Upgradable: +10% chance to have next spell cost no mana

Fire Blast (7 Ranks)

Level 6

Category: DD
Cast Time: 2 - 3.5 sec
Range: 20 (26) yard
Cool Down: 8 (6.5) sec
Type: Fire Magic
Description: Hurls a fiery ball that causes fire damage (+15%) and does additional damage over 4-8 seconds
Upgradable: +15% dmg
Upgradable: +6 yard range
Upgradable: -1.5sec cool down
Upgradable: +5% critical chance
Upgradable: +10% chance to stun for 2 sec
Upgradable: +40% dmg over 4 seconds if crit
Upgradable: +65% chance to avoid interruption
Upgradable: +10% chance to have next spell cost no mana

Arcane Missles (7 Ranks)

Level 8

Category: DD Rain
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 3-5 sec
Range: 30 yard
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing Arcane damage (+5%) each second for 3-5 sec
Upgradable: +5% damage
Upgradable: -40% threat
Upgradable: -15% chance of resist
Upgradable: +100% chance to avoid interruption
Upgradable: +10% chance to have next spell cost no mana

Frost Nova (9 Ranks)

Level 10

Category: PBAoE DD + Root
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 8 sec
Cool Down: 25 (22) sec
Type: Frost Magic
Description: Blasts enemies near the caster for frost damage (+10%) and freezes them in place for up to 8 sec.
Upgradable: +10% damage
Upgradable: +10% AoE range
Upgradable: -15% mana cost
Upgradable: -3 seconds cool down
Upgradable: +100% critical strike dmg
Upgradable: +50% critical strike chance against frozen targets
Upgradable: +10% chance to have next spell cost no mana

Arcane Explosion (6 Ranks)

Level 14

Category: PBAoE DD
Cast Time: 1.5 sec (Instant)
Range: 10 yard
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Causes an explosion of arcane magic around the caster, causing Arcane damage (+5%) to all targets within 10 yards
Upgradable: +5% damage .
Upgradable: -1.5 sec cast time
Upgradable: -40% threat
Upgradable: -15% chance of resist
Upgradable: +10% chance to have next spell cost no mana

Flamestrike (6 Ranks)

Level 16

Category: AoE DD + DoT
Cast Time: 3 sec
Duration: 8 sec
Range: 30 (36) yard
Type: Fire Magic
Description: Calls down a pillar of fire, burning all enemies within the area for fire damage (+15%) and does additional damage over 8 sec.
Upgradable: +15% dmg
Upgradable: +6 yard range
Upgradable: +20% critical chance
Upgradable: +10% chance to stun for 2 sec
Upgradable: +40% dmg over 4 seconds if crit
Upgradable: +65% chance to avoid interruption
Upgradable: +10% chance to have next spell cost no mana

Blizzard (6 Ranks)

Level 20

Category: DD Rain
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 8 sec
Range: 30 yard
Type: Frost Magic
Description: Ice shards pelt the target area doing frost damage (+10%) over 8 sec
Upgradable: +10% damage
Upgradable: +3 sec to chill duration
Upgradable: +10% snare
Upgradable: -15% mana cost
Upgradable: +100% critical strike dmg
Upgradable: Add chill effect to blizzard snaring its victoms for 25% of normal speed or 15% of normal speed with extra talent, virtually rooting them.
Upgradable: +50% critical strike chance against frozen targets
Upgradable: +15% chance to freeze target for 5 seconds
Upgradable: +10% chance to have next spell cost no mana

Scorch (6 Ranks)

Level 22

Category: DD
Cast Time: 1.5 sec
Range: 30 (36) yard
Type: Fire Magic
Description: Scorch the enemy for fire damage. (+15%)
Upgradable: +15% dmg
Upgradable: +6 yard range
Upgradable: +5% critical chance
Upgradable: +25% dmg over 5 seconds
Upgradable: +10% chance to stun for 2 sec
Upgradable: +40% dmg over 4 seconds if crit
Upgradable: +65% chance to avoid interruption
Upgradable: +10% chance to have next spell cost no mana

Pyroblast (1 Rank Talent)

Level 25

Category: DD + DoT
Cast Time: 6 sec
Duration: 12 sec
Range: 35 (41) yard
Cool Down: 6 min
Type: Fire Magic
Description: Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 200 to 259 (230 to 298) fire damage and an additional 76 damage over 12 seconds.
Upgradable: +15% dmg
Upgradable: +6 yard range
Upgradable: +5% critical chance
Upgradable: +10% chance to stun for 2 sec
Upgradable: +40% dmg over 4 seconds if crit
Upgradable: +65% chance to avoid interruption
Upgradable: +10% chance to have next spell cost no mana

Cone of Cold (5 Ranks)

Level 26

Category: Cone DD + Snare
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 8-11 sec
Cool Down: 10 sec
Type: Frost Magic
Description: Targets in the path of a blast cone in front of the caster take frost damage (+5%) and are slowed to 50-40% (40-30%) of normal speed for 8-11 (11-14) sec.
Upgradable: +45% damage
Upgradable: +10% snare
Upgradable: -15% mana cost
Upgradable: +10% AoE range
Upgradable: +3 sec to chill duration
Upgradable: +100% critical strike dmg
Upgradable: +50% critical strike chance against frozen targets
Upgradable: +15% chance to freeze target for 5 seconds
Upgradable: +10% chance to have next spell cost no mana

Blast Wave (1 Rank Talent)

Level 30

Category: PBAoE DD + Mez
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 6 sec
Type: Fire Magic
Description: A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 160 to 192 (184 to 221) fire damage, and dazing them for 6 seconds.
Upgradable: +15% dmg
Upgradable: +6 yard range
Upgradable: +5% critical chance
Upgradable: +10% chance to stun for 2 sec
Upgradable: +40% dmg over 4 seconds if crit
Upgradable: +10% chance to have next spell cost no mana
Buffs
Note - Italiced words in the cast time & description show what is improved/changed with each rank.

Frost Armor (3 Ranks)

Level 1

Buff: Self Armor + Slow/Snare Shield
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 30 min
Range: 40 yard
Type: Frost Magic
Description: Increases armor. If an enemy strikes the mage, they may have their movement slowed to 70% (60%) and attacks slowed by 20%
Upgradable: +10% snare.
Upgradable: -15% mana cost
Upgradable: +3 sec to chill duration

Arcane Intellect (5 Ranks)

Level 1

Buff: Intellect
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 30 min
Range: 30 yard
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Increases the target's Intellect

Slow Fall

Level 12

Buff: Self Feather Fall
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 30 sec
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Slows falling speed for 30 sec

Dampen Magic (4 Ranks)

Level 12

Buff: Heal/Dmg Dampen
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 3 min
Range: 30 yard
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Dampens magic used against the targeted party member, decreasing damage taken from spells by X (+50%) and healing spells by X.(+50%)
Upgradable: +50 effect of dampen magic
Upgradable: -15% chance of resist
Upgradable: -40% threat

Amplify Magic (4 Ranks)

Level 18

Buff: Heal/Dmg Amplification
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 3 min
Range: 30 yard
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Amplifies magic used against the targeted party member, increasing damage taken from spells by X and healing spells by X
Upgradable: -15% chance of resist
Upgradable: -40% threat

Fire Ward (5 Ranks)

Level 20

Buff: Self Dmg Absorb
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 30 sec
Cool Down: 30 sec
Type: Fire Magic
Description: Absorbs fire damage. (& reflects a percent of it back at caster)
Upgradable: +35% of dmg absorbed is reflected back at caster

Mana Shield (6 Ranks)

Level 20

Buff: Self Dmg Absorb
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 1 min
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Absorbs physical damage (+75%), draining mana instead. Drains 2.0 mana per damage absorbed.
Upgradable: +75% dmg absorbed

Frost Ward (4 Ranks)

Level 22

Buff: Self Dmg Absorb
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 30 sec
Cool Down: 30 sec
Type: Frost Magic
Description: Absorbs frost damage.
Upgradable: -15% mana cost
Upgradable: 50% of damage absorbed is added to mana

Iceblock (1 Rank Talent)

Level 25

Category: Self Invulnerablity
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 10 sec
Cool Down: 5 min
Type: Frost Magic
Description: You become encased in a block of ice, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move or cast spells.
Upgradable: -15% mana cost

Evocation (1 Rank Talent)

Level 25

Buff: Self Mana Regen Burst
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 8 sec
Cool Down: 6 min
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: While channeling this spell, your mana regeneration is active and increased by 1000%. Lasts 8 seconds.

Presence of Mind (1 Rank Talent)

Level 30

Buff: Self Instant Spell
Cast Time: Instant
Cool Down: 3 min
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 seconds becomes an instant cast spell.

Ice Armor (3 Ranks)

Level 30

Buff: Self Armor + Slow/Snare Shield
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 30 min
Range: 40 yard
Type: Frost Magic
Description: Increases armor and frost resistance. If an enemy strikes the caster, they may have their movement slowed to 70-60% (60-50%) and attacks slowed by 20%
Upgradable: +10% snare .
Upgradable: +3 sec to chill duration
Upgradable: -15% mana cost

Arcane Power (1 Rank Talent)

Level 40

Buff: Self Dmg Burst
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 15 sec
Cool Down: 3 min
Description: When activated, your spells deal 35% more damage while costing 35% more mana to cast. This effect lasts 15 seconds.

Ice Barrier (1 Rank Talent)

Level 40

Buff: Self Dmg Absorb + No Interrupts
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 1 min
Cool Down: 2 min
Type: Frost Magic
Description: Instantly shields you, absorbing 455 damage. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted.
Upgradable: -15% mana cost

 

Conjuration/Summons
Note - Italiced words in the cast time & description show what is improved/changed with each rank.
Conjured items disappear if logged out for more than 15 minutes

Conjure Water (6 Ranks)

Level 4

Category: Summon Drink
Cast Time: 3 sec
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Conjures 2 bottles of water, providing the mage and his allies with something to drink. Each rank increases the ammount of mana regenerated when drinking.
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Conjure Food (6 Ranks)

Level 6

Category: Summon Food
Cast Time: 3 sec
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Conjures 2-4 food items, providing the mage and his allies with something to eat. Each rank increases the ammount of health regenerated when eating

Conjure Mana Agate

Level 28

Category: Summon Mana Potion
Cast Time: 3 sec
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Conjures a mana agate that can be used to instantly restore 375 to 425 mana.

Conjure Mana Jade

Level 38

Category: Summon Mana Potion
Cast Time: 3 sec
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Conjures a mana jade that can be used to instantly restore 550 to 650 mana.

Conjure Mana Citrine

Level 48

Category: Summon Mana Potion
Cast Time: 3 sec
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Conjures a mana citrine that can be used to instantly restore 775 to 925 mana.

Conjure Mana Ruby

Level 58

Category: Summon Mana Potion
Cast Time: 3 sec
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Conjures a mana ruby that can be used to instantly restore 1000 to 1200 mana.
Teleports
 

Blink

Level 20

Category: Self Warp
Cast Time: Instant
Cool Down: 1 min (30 sec)
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Teleports the caster 20 yards forward, unless something is in the way. Also frees the caster from any bonds
Upgradable: -30 sec cool down

 

Teleport: Orgrimmar

Level 20

Category: Self Teleport
Cast Time: 10 sec
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Teleports the caster to Orgrimmar

Teleport: Stormwind

Level 20

Category: Self Teleport
Cast Time: 10 sec
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Teleports the caster to Stormwind

Teleport: Undercity

Level 20

Category: Self Teleport
Cast Time: 10 sec
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Teleports the caster to Undercity

Teleport: Ironforge

Level 20

Category: Self Teleport
Cast Time: 10 sec
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Teleports the caster to Ironforge

Teleport: Darnassus

Level 30

Category: Self Teleport
Cast Time: 10 sec
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Teleports the caster to Darnassus

Teleport: Thunder Bluff

Level 30

Category: Self Teleport
Cast Time: 10 sec
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Teleports the caster to Thunder Bluff

Portal: Orgrimmar

Level 40

Category: Group Teleport
Cast Time: 10 sec
Effect Range: 10 yard
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Teleports the caster & his group to Orgrimmar

Portal: Stormwind

Level 40

Category: Group Teleport
Cast Time: 10 sec
Effect Range: 10 yard
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Teleports the caster & his group to Stormwind

Portal: Undercity

Level 40

Category: Group Teleport
Cast Time: 10 sec
Effect Range: 10 yard
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Teleports the caster & his group to Undercity

Portal: Ironforge

Level 40

Category: Group Teleport
Cast Time: 10 sec
Effect Range: 10 yard
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Teleports the caster & his group to Ironforge

Portal: Darnassus

Level 50

Category: Group Teleport
Cast Time: 10 sec
Effect Range: 10 yard
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Teleports the caster & his group to Darnassus

Portal: Thunder Bluff

Level 50

Category: Group Teleport
Cast Time: 10 sec
Effect Range: 10 yard
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Teleports the caster & his group to Thunder Bluff

Other Spells
Note - Italiced words anywhere in the totem stats show what is improved with each rank.

Polymorph (4 Ranks)

Level 8

Category: Mez
Cast Time: 1.5 sec
Duration: 20-50 sec
Range: 30 yard
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Transforms the enemy into a sheep, forcing it to wander around for up to 20-50 sec. While wandering, the sheep cannot attack or cast spells but will regenerate very quickly. Any damage will transform the target back into its normal form. Only one target can be polymorphed at a time. Only works on Beasts, Dragons, Giants, Humanoids and Critters
Upgradable: -15% chance of resist
Upgradable: -40% threat

Detect Magic

Level 16

Category: Buff Inspection
Cast Time: Instant
Range: 40 yard
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Detects beneficial magic effects on the target for 2 min.
Upgradable: -15% chance of resist
Upgradable: -40% threat

Remove Lesser Curse

Level 18

Category: Cure
Cast Time: Instant
Range: 30 yard
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Removes 1 lesser curse from a friendly target.

Counterspell

Level 24

Category: Spell Debuff
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 15 sec
Range: 30 yard
Cool Down: 30 sec (25 sec)
Type: Arcane Magic
Description: Counters the enemy's spell, preventing him from casting that spell again for 15 sec. Generates a high amount of threat.
Upgradable: -15% chance of resist
Upgradable: -40% threat
Upgradable: -5 sec cool down

Cold Snap (1 Rank Talent)

Level 35

Category: Reset Cool Down Timers
Cast Time: Instant
Cool Down: 10 min
Type: Frost Magic
Description: When activated, this spell finishes the cooldown on all of your cold spells.
Upgradable: -15% mana cost

 

Mage Talents
Fire
Frost
Arcane

Improved Fireball (5 Ranks)
Reduces the casting time of Fireball by

Level 10

Rank 1: 0.1 sec
Rank 2: 0.2 sec
Rank 3: 0.3 sec
Rank 4: 0.4 sec
Rank 5: 0.5 sec

Improved Frostbolt (5 Ranks)
Reduces the casting time of Frostbolt by

Level 10

Rank 1: 0.1 sec
Rank 2: 0.2 sec
Rank 3: 0.3 sec
Rank 4: 0.4 sec
Rank 5: 0.5 sec

Arcane Subtlety (3 Ranks)
Reduces the threat generated by offensive Arcane spells by

Level 10

Rank 1: 20%
Rank 2: 30%
Rank 3: 40%

Impact (5 Ranks)
Gives your fire spells a chance to stun the taget for 2 seconds.

Level 10

Rank 1: 2%
Rank 2: 4%
Rank 3: 6%
Rank 4: 8%
Rank 5: 10%

Permafrost (5 Ranks)
Increases the duration of your chill effects by

Level 10

Rank 1: 1 sec
Rank 2: 1.5 sec
Rank 3: 2 sec
Rank 4: 2.5 sec
Rank 5: 3 sec

Arcane Focus (5 Ranks)
Lowers resist chance of arcane spells

Level 10

Rank 1: 2%
Rank 2: 4%
Rank 3: 6%
Rank 4: 8%
Rank 5: 10%

Critical Mass (5 Ranks)
Increases critical strike chance of fire spells by

Level 15

Rank 1: 1%
Rank 2: 2%
Rank 3: 3%
Rank 4: 4%
Rank 5: 5%

Ice Shards (5 Ranks)
Increases the critical strike damage done by frost dmg spells

Level 15

Rank 1: 20%
Rank 2: 40%
Rank 3: 60%
Rank 4: 80%
Rank 5: 100%

Improved Arcane Missles (5 Ranks)
Gives you a chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles.

Level 10

Rank 1: 20%
Rank 2: 40%
Rank 3: 60%
Rank 4: 80%
Rank 5: 100%

Improved Fire Blast (5 Ranks)
Reduces the cooldown of Fire Blast by

Level 15

Rank 1: 0.5 sec
Rank 2: 0.75
Rank 3: 1 sec
Rank 4: 1.25 sec
Rank 5: 1.5 sec

Winter's Chill (3 Ranks)
Increases the power of your chill effects by slowing the target's movement by an additional

Level 15

Rank 1: 4%
Rank 2: 7%
Rank 3: 10%

Wand Specialization (5 Ranks)
Increases your damage with wands by

Level 15

Rank 1: 5%
Rank 2: 10%
Rank 3: 15%
Rank 4: 20%
Rank 5: 25%

Ignite (5 Ranks)
Critical strikes from fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional percent of your spell's damage for 4 seconds.

Level 20

Rank 1: 8%
Rank 2: 16%
Rank 3: 24%
Rank 4: 32%
Rank 5: 40%

Improved Frost Nova (3 Ranks)
Reduces the cooldown of Frost Nova by

Level 15

Rank 1: 1 sec
Rank 2: 2 sec
Rank 3: 3 sec

Arcane Concentration (5 Ranks)
Gives you a chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.

Level 15

Rank 1: 2%
Rank 2: 4%
Rank 3: 6%
Rank 4: 8%
Rank 5: 10%

Flame Throwing (2 Ranks)
Increases the range of your fire spells by

Level 20

Rank 1: 3 yards
Rank 2: 6 yards

Arctic Reach (2 Ranks)
Increases the range of Frostbolt and the radius of Frost Nova and Cone of Cold by

Level 20

Rank 1: 10%
Rank 2: 20%

Improved Arcane Explosion (3 Ranks)
Reduces the casting time of Arcane Explosion by

Level 20

Rank 1: 0.5 sec
Rank 2: 1 sec
Rank 3: 1.5 sec

Improved Flamestrike (3 Ranks)
Increases critical strike chance of Flamestrike by

Level 20

Rank 1: 5%
Rank 2: 10%
Rank 3: 15%

Piering Ice (5 Ranks)
Increases the damage done by frost spells by

Level 20

Rank 1: 1%
Rank 2: 2%
Rank 3: 3%
Rank 4: 4%
Rank 5: 5%

Improved Dampen Magic (2 Ranks)
Increases the effect of Dampen Magic by

Level 20

Rank 1: 25%
Rank 2: 50%

Burning Soul (3 Ranks)
Gives your fire spells a chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.

Level 20

Rank 1: 25%
Rank 2: 50%
Rank 3: 65%

Improved Blizzard (3 Ranks)
Adds a chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed to a percent of of normal. Lasts 9 sec.

Level 20

Rank 1: 60%
Rank 2: 40%
Rank 3: 25%

Improved Blink (2 Ranks)
Reduces the cooldown of Blink by

Level 20

Rank 1: 15 sec
Rank 2: 30 sec

Improved Scorch (5 Ranks)
Burns the target for an additional percent of Scorch damage for 5 seconds

Level 25

Rank 1: 5%
Rank 2: 10%
Rank 3: 15%
Rank 4: 20%
Rank 5: 25%

Frost Channeling (3 Ranks)
Reduces the mana cost of frost spells by

Level 25

Rank 1: 5%
Rank 2: 10%
Rank 3: 15%

Improved Mana Shield (2 Ranks)
Increases the damage absorbed by Mana Shield by

Level 25

Rank 1: 50%
Rank 2: 75%

Pyroblast
Gives New Nuke

Level 25

Category: Nuke + Dot
Cast Time: 6 sec
Duration: 12 sec
Range: 35 yard
Cool Down: 6 min
Type: Fire Magic
Description: Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 200 to 259 fire damage and an additional 76 damage over 12 seconds.

Iceblock
Gives New Buff

Level 25

Category: Self Invulnerablity
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 10 sec
Cool Down: 5 min
Type: Frost Magic
Description: You become encased in a block of ice, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move or cast spells.

Evocation
Gives New Buff spell

Level 25

Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 8 sec
Cool Down: 6 min
Description: While channeling this spell, your mana regeneration is active and increased by 1000%. Lasts 8 seconds.

Improved Fire Ward (2 Ranks)
Causes your fire ward to reflect a percent of the damage absorbed back to the caster.

Level 30

Rank 1: 20%
Rank 2: 35%

Shatter (5 Ranks)
Increases the critical strike chance of your frost spells against frozen targets by

Level 25

Rank 1: 8%
Rank 2: 16%
Rank 3: 24%
Rank 4: 32%
Rank 5: 50%

Improved Counterspell (5 Ranks)
Reduces the cooldown of your Counterspell by

Level 25

Rank 1: 1 sec
Rank 2: 2 sec
Rank 3: 3 sec
Rank 4: 4 sec
Rank 5: 5 sec

Blast Wave
Gives New PBAoE Nuke/Mez

Level 30

Category: PBAoE Nuke + Mez
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 6 sec
Description: A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 160 to 192 fire damage, and dazing them for 6 seconds.

Improved Frost Ward
50% of the damage absorbed by your Frost Ward is added to your mana

Level 25

 

Presence of Mind
Gives New Buff Spell

Level 30

Buff: Instant Spell
Cast Time: Instant
Cool Down: 3 min
Description: When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 seconds becomes an instant cast spell.

Fire Power (5 Ranks)
Increases the damage done by your fire spells by

Level 35

Rank 1: 2%
Rank 2: 4%
Rank 3: 6%
Rank 4: 8%
Rank 5: 10%

Improved Cone of Cold (3 Ranks)
Increases the damage dealt by Cone of Cold by

Level 30

Rank 1: 15%
Rank 2: 25%
Rank 3: 35%

Arcane Instability (5 Ranks)
Increases your spell damage by

Level 30

Rank 1: 1%
Rank 2: 2%
Rank 3: 3%
Rank 4: 4%
Rank 5: 5%

Combustion
Gives New Self Buff

Level 30

Category: PBAoE Nuke + Mez
Cast Time: Instant
Cool Down: 5 min
Description: When activated, this spell gives your next fire damage spell a 100% critical strike chance.

Cold Snap
Gives New Cooldown Reset

Level 35

Category: Reset Cool Down
Cast Time: Instant
Cool Down: 10 min
Description: When activated, this spell finishes the cooldown on all of your cold spells.

Arcane Mind (5 Ranks)
Increases your maximum Mana by

Level 35

Rank 1: 2%
Rank 2: 4%
Rank 3: 6%
Rank 4: 8%
Rank 5: 10%
 

Frostbite (5 Ranks)
Gives your chill effects a chance to freeze the target for 5 sec.

Level 35

Rank 1: 3% chance
Rank 2: 6%
Rank 3: 9%
Rank 4: 12%
Rank 5: 15%

Arcane Power
Gives New Buff Spell

Level 40

Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 15 sec
Cool Down: 3 min
Description: When activated, your spells deal 35% more damage while costing 35% more mana to cast. This effect lasts 15 seconds.


Ice Barrier
Gives New Buff

Level 40

Buff: Self Dmg Absorb + No Interrupts
Cast Time: Instant
Duration: 1 min
Cool Down: 2 min
Type: Frost Magic
Description: Instantly shields you, absorbing 455 damage. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted.

 

 

Which Race to Choose...

Both horde and alliance get 2 races that may be mage. Alliance used to have dwarves as mages, but the option to make a dwarf mage was removed via a recent patch. Each race has its advantages and disadvantages to being mage, and each race is a viable choice, you can not gimp yourself by choosing the wrong race. The races were balanced well. One of the most important factors in choosing a race is choosing one you like the look and feel of. Get a few choices in mind then look at the charts below to help you finalize that decision.
Mage Stats by Realm
Green - Best
Alliance
Race
HP
MP
STR
AGI
STA