Mage
Arcane
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Arcane Mage
The Arcane Mage specialization in Wrath of the Lich King relies on Arcane Blast2.5 sec castDeals 1185 to 1377 Arcane damage. Each cast increases the damage of your Arcane spells by 15% and the mana cost of Arcane Blast by 175%. Stacks up to 4 times; lasts 6 seconds or until you cast another Arcane damage spell., a powerful spell that empowers the following Arcane spells, and on Arcane MissilesChanneled · Duration 5 secChanneled: launches Arcane Missiles that deal 362 Arcane damage every second for 5 seconds., which spends this effect. It is the Mage specialization that deals the most damage in a short time.
The Mage deals ranged magic damage with Fire, Frost and Arcane spells, and has many crowd control tools. Arcane suits players who enjoy managing their mana and stacking their cooldowns to strike hard.
A playstyle built on arcane power
Missile BarrageArcane · Row 9 · 5 ranksGives Arcane Blast an 8% / 16% / 24% / 32% / 40% chance, and Arcane Barrage, Fireball, Frostbolt and Frostfire Bolt a 4% / 8% / 12% / 16% / 20% chance, to make your next Arcane Missiles cost no mana and channel 2.5 seconds faster, firing a missile every 0.5 seconds. can make Arcane MissilesChanneled · Duration 5 secChanneled: launches Arcane Missiles that deal 362 Arcane damage every second for 5 seconds. faster and free, and Arcane ConcentrationArcane · Row 2 · 5 ranksGives a 2% / 4% / 6% / 8% / 10% chance to enter Clearcasting after any damage spell hits, reducing the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%. can make your next damage spell free. Arcane MindArcane · Row 5 · 5 ranksIncreases your total Intellect by 3% / 6% / 9% / 12% / 15%. and Mind MasteryArcane · Row 8 · 5 ranksIncreases your spell power by 3% / 6% / 9% / 12% / 15% of your total Intellect. make the most of Intellect, and Arcane EmpowermentArcane · Row 7 · 3 ranksIncreases the damage of Arcane Missiles by 15% / 30% / 45% of your spell power and of Arcane Blast by 3% / 6% / 9% of your spell power. Also increases the damage of party and raid members within 100 yards by 1% / 2% / 3%. also increases the damage of the whole raid.
Arcane PowerArcane · Row 7 · 1 rankInstant · 2 min cooldown · Duration 15 secRequires: Arcane Instability (3 ranks)When activated, your spells deal 20% more damage but cost 20% more mana for 15 seconds. increases spell damage by 20% for 15 seconds, and Presence of MindArcane · Row 5 · 1 rankInstant · 2 min cooldownWhen activated, your next Mage spell with a cast time under 10 seconds becomes instant. makes your next spell instant. The final talent of the tree, Arcane BarrageArcane · Row 11 · 1 rankInstant · 3 sec cooldownLaunches several missiles at the enemy, dealing 936 to 1144 Arcane damage., is an instant spell you can cast while moving.
Its role in PvE
In PvE, Arcane deals very high damage at the start of fights, thanks to its stacked cooldowns. The Mage also brings Arcane IntellectInstant · Duration 30 minIncreases the target's Intellect by 60 for 30 minutes. to the group and can remove curses with Remove CurseInstantRemoves 1 curse from an ally..
