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Freeze, burn or blast enemies from range, then Blink away.
You fight from range with Frost, Fire and Arcane spells and keep enemies away with slows, Frost Nova and Blink. You conjure your own food and water, turn one enemy into a sheep with Polymorph and hit whole packs with area spells in dungeons. Cloth armor means you drop fast when something reaches you, so control is part of every fight.
Best to level: FrostFrostbolt slows everything you hit, Frost Nova buys time and Ice Lance at 20 punishes frozen enemies, so most mobs die before they reach you. Also good: Fire.
Damage
You stack Arcane Blast to power up your next spell, then cash in with fast, free Arcane Missiles when Missile Barrage triggers. It burns through mana and levels slowly, so most Mages switch to it later for dungeons and burst.
Damage
You cast Fireball and Fire Blast, and your critical hits add Ignite burns and speed up your next Pyroblast through Hot Streak. It kills single targets quickly while leveling and grows stronger as your gear adds crit chance.
Damage
You slow enemies with Frostbolt, freeze them with Frost Nova and hit frozen targets with Ice Lance for heavy bonus damage. Ice Block and later Ice Barrier keep you alive, which makes Frost the safest way to level a Mage.
Drag to your level: the talent to take now, your newest abilities and the dungeons that fit.
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These races can play a Mage. Hover a racial icon for the details.
Human
Alliance
Will to Survive breaks any stun the instant you need to Blink or reposition, and The Human Spirit adds Spirit for both your regeneration and Arcane Meditation.
Gnome
Alliance
Eureka! cuts the mana cost of your next three hits, which pairs perfectly with stacking Arcane Blast, and Expansive Mind plus Escape Artist round out a strong all-purpose kit.
Skyborne
Alliance
Read Ley Line doubles your mana and health regeneration and is always active in the Skyborne starting zone, making this the easiest race to level a Mage with, even if Wind Blessed's haste stays modest later on.
Orc
Horde
Blood Fury now grants Spell Power as well as Attack Power, a straight damage cooldown for a caster, and Hardiness shortens every stun you eat.
Undead
Horde
Will of the Forsaken is usually called the strongest Mage PvP racial in the game, breaking or preventing Charm, Fear and Sleep, while Cannibalize restores mana as well as health between pulls.
Troll
Horde
Berserking speeds up your casting for 10 seconds on demand, and the reworked Rapid Regeneration channels back half your health, a real defensive tool Mages otherwise lack.
Rotation Trainer
See every button with the reason behind it, your Mana live and all presses on a timeline. Then take over with keys 1 to 9 and compare your damage.
The builds players plan for level 60, under the names you hear in chat. One click opens the full build in the talent calculator.
Damage·Raid and dungeon damage with strong control
Arcane 16Fire 0Frost 35
5/5
2/3
2/2
Winter's Chill and Fingers of Frost keep Ice Lance hitting like a Frozen target even on bosses, while Missile Barrage from the Arcane side adds free Arcane Missiles between casts.
Damage·Raid damage that scales hard with gear
Arcane 12Fire 34Frost 5
5/5
3/3
3/3
3/3Improved Scorch stacks a Fire vulnerability debuff, Hot Streak shortens your Pyroblast casts, and Combustion guarantees a run of critical strikes to cash it all in, all backed by Master of Elements.
Damage·Raid burst damage for guilds that manage mana breaks
Arcane 32Fire 19Frost 0
3/3
5/5
3/3You stack Arcane Blast and cash it in with Arcane Missiles, then use Arcane Power and Presence of Mind together for the single biggest burst window a Mage has.
Damage·Battlegrounds and world PvP control
Arcane 20Fire 0Frost 31
4/52/32/2
Ice Barrier keeps your casts alive under focus fire, Improved Counterspell punishes anyone who tries to heal or reset through your silence, and Fingers of Frost keeps Ice Lance dangerous even without a Frost Nova.
Damage·Battleground burst on a single target
Arcane 31Fire 0Frost 20
3/35/5Presence of Mind turns your next spell instant and Arcane Power adds 30% damage on top, a burst combo few targets survive, backed by a Frost half for Ice Block and Shatter when things go wrong.
Level 60 is not open in the beta yet, so these builds can still change. Builds as published on wowforeverbuilds.com.
Rare and epic armor (Cloth) and weapons you can use, dungeon by dungeon by level. Armor and weapon types as in Classic.
Crystalline CuffsWrist
Cursed FelbladeMain Hand
Robe of EvocationChest
Chanting BladeOne-Hand
Slime-encrusted PadsShoulder
Serpent GlovesHands
Living RootTwo-Hand
FirebelcherRanged
Robe of the MoccasinChest
Tail SpikeOne-Hand
Night Watch ShortswordOne-Hand
Cruel BarbOne-HandBuzz SawOne-Hand
Gold-flecked GlovesHandsThief's BladeOne-Hand
Emberstone StaffTwo-Hand
Corsair's OvershirtChest
Cookie's Stirring RodRanged
Buzzer BladeMain HandFeline MantleShoulder
Robes of ArugalChest
Belt of ArugalWaistMeteor ShardOne-Hand
Odo's Ley StaffTwo-HandBloody ApronChest
Eerie Stable LanternHeld In Off-hand
Butcher's SlicerOne-Hand
Rod of the SleepwalkerTwo-Hand
Leech PantsLegs
Gaze Dreamer PantsLegs
Bite of Serra'kisOne-Hand
Ghamoo-ra's BindWaist
Darkwater TalwarMain Hand
Prison ShankOne-Hand
Spidertank OilragWrist
Electrocutioner LegMain Hand
Acidic WalkersFeet
HydrocaneTwo-Hand
Toxic RevengerOne-Hand
Swinetusk ShankMain HandBatwing MantleShoulderThornspikeOne-Hand
Death Speaker MantleShoulder
Death Speaker RobesChest
Orb of the Forgotten SeerHeld In Off-handBloodmage MantleShoulder
Necrotic WandRanged
Blighted LeggingsLegs
Embalmed ShroudHead
Torturing PokerOne-Hand
Hypnotic BladeMain HandIllusionary RodTwo-Hand
Loksey's Training StickTwo-Hand
Robes of the LichChest
Coldrage DaggerOne-HandDeathmage SashWaist
Grimlok's Tribal VestmentsChest
Revelosh's GlovesHands
Stoneweaver LeggingsLegsStonevault ShivOne-Hand
The Chief's EnforcerTwo-Hand
Bad Mojo MaskHead
Zum'rah's Vexing CaneTwo-HandGahz'rilla FangOne-Hand
Eye of TheradrasHead
Charstone DirkMain Hand
Inventor's Focal SwordMain HandRotgrip MantleShoulderNoxious ShooterRangedVinerot SandalsFeet
Nature's EmbraceChestSatyrmane SashWaist
WidowmakerOne-HandOmnicast BootsFeet
Lord General's SwordMain Hand
Senior Designer's PantaloonsLegsPyric CaduceusRangedKindling StaveTwo-Hand
Magister's CrownHead
Dreadmist MaskHeadDevout CrownHead
Dreadmist MantleShoulder
Magister's MantleShoulderMagister's GlovesHands
Dreadmist WrapsHands
Magister's LeggingsLegs
Devout SkirtLegsDreadmist LeggingsLegsDreadmist SandalsFeetDevout SandalsFeet
Dreadmist RobeChest
Magister's RobesChest
Devout RobeChest
Devout MantleShoulderSeen in the beta, unless it says otherwise.
Frost gets Ice Lance, an instant spell that hits frozen enemies much harder, and later Fingers of Frost, which makes your next spells treat the target as frozen, even bosses that cannot be frozen.
Arcane is a real damage spec now. Arcane Blast at 20 makes your next spell hit harder, and Missile Barrage later makes Arcane Missiles fast and free.
Frostfire Bolt is a new spell at level 40. It counts as both Fire and Frost, slows the target and uses whichever of the two resistances is lower.
Not tested yetHot Streak works differently from later versions. Each direct crit from Fireball, Fire Blast or Scorch adds a stack that makes your next Pyroblast cast faster, not instant, and Ignite and Improved Scorch now only boost your own damage.
Not tested yetImproved Blizzard slows far less than before, so large area farming pulls are harder than in Classic.
From level 6 you can read the untranslated scrolls that enemies drop with Comprehend Scroll and turn them into buffs, weapon enchants or consumables. Detect Magic is gone.
6 of 54 talents are new
Arcane3 new, 13 changed, 18 in total
Fire1 new, 10 changed, 17 in total
Frost2 new, 11 changed, 19 in total
Frost. Frostbolt slows everything you hit, Frost Nova buys time and Ice Lance at 20 punishes frozen enemies, so most mobs die before they reach you. Also good: Fire.
. Races that can play it: Human, Gnome, Skyborne, Orc, Undead and Troll.
Damage. Arcane: damage. Fire: damage. Frost: damage.
Frost. Frost brings heavy slows for the whole group, is just as strong in AoE as on a single target, and keeps Ice Barrier and Ice Block up its sleeve if a pull goes wrong.
Frost. Slows, Frost Nova and Ice Block let you control a fight from range and simply not die, exactly what a Mage wants in an open world duel or a battleground.
For example Frost at level 60: open with Frostbolt, Frost Nova, Ice Lance, Frostbolt. Then your main buttons are Ice Lance, Frost Nova and Frostbolt. The Rotation Trainer shows every button with the reason behind it and lets you play it yourself.
Frost Raid, Fire Raid, Arcane Raid, Frost PvP and Arcane PvP. Each one opens in the talent calculator with one click. Level 60 is not open in the beta yet, so these builds can still change.
The Mage is medium to start with. Your rotation stays short, but you wear cloth, drink often and have to keep enemies at range with slows and Frost Nova.
Cloth. Armor types as in Classic.
Daggers, One-Handed Swords, Staves, Wands.
As of Sep 23, 2026. Beta values, things can still change until launch. Talent tree data: talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0)
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Inquisitor's Shawl
Kilt of the Atal'ai Prophet
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