Mage

Last Updated: 11/11/08 (9138)

Notes on listed Abilities/Talents: Abilities and Talent description may not match WoWHead tooltips. All information listed here is based on the very latest updates to Blizzard's official talent calculators and patch notes, which are more up-to-date than the in-game builds from which WoWHead draws its data. We are not responsible for discrepancies in WoWHead's database.

New Trained Abilities

	Ability	Rank	Level	School	Description
	Polymorph: Black Cat	Rank 01	60	Arcane	Transforms the enemy into a harmless black cat, forcing it to pussyfoot around for up to 50 sec. While wandering, the cat 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, Humanoids and Critters. 2 sec cast time. (From Tome of Polymorph: Black Cat) (7% of base mana, 1.5 sec, 30 yd range)
	Polymorph: Serpent	Rank 01	60	Arcane	Transforms the enemy into a harmless serpent, forcing it to slither around for up to 50 sec. While wandering, the serpent 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, Humanoids and Critters. (From Tome of Polymorph: Serpent) (7% of base mana, 1.5 sec, 30 yd range)
	Dalaran Brilliance	Rank 03	80	Arcane	Infuses all party and raid members with brilliance, increasing their Intellect by 60 for 1 hour. (From Tome of Dalaran Brilliance) (81% of base mana, 30 yd range)
	Dalaran Intellect	Rank 07	80	Arcane	Increases the target's Intellect by 60 for 30 min. (From Tome of Dalaran Intellect) (31% of base mana, 30 yd range)
	Mirror Image	Rank 01	80	Arcane	Creates 3 copies of the caster nearby, which cast spells and attack the mage's enemies. Lasts 30 sec. (10% of Base Mana, 3 Minute Cooldown)
	Frostfire Bolt	Rank 02	75	Fire	Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing 722 to 838 Fire damage, slowing movement speed by 40% and causing an additional 90 Fire damage over 9 sec. If the target is more vulnerable to Frost damage, this spell will cause Frost instead of Fire damage. (14% of Base Mana, 3 sec, 40 yd Range)

New Talents

	Talent	Tier	Tree	Description
	Student of the Mind	03 (10 Pt Req)	Arcane	Increases your total Spirit by 4%/7%/10%. (3 Ranks)
	Focus Magic	03 (10 Pt Req)	Arcane	Increases the target's chance to critically hit with spells by 3%. When the target critically hits the caster's chance to critically hit with spells is increased by 3% for 10 sec. Cannot be cast on self. (1 Talented Rank) (6% of Base Mana, Instant, 30 yd Range)
	Torment the Weak	04 (15 Pt Req)	Arcane	Your Frostbolt, Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Arcane Missiles, and Arcane Barrage abilities deal 4/8/12% more damage to Snared targets. (3 Ranks)
	Incanter's Absorption	07 (30 Pt Req)	Arcane	When you absorb damage your spell damage is increased by 8/10/15% of the amount absorbed for 10 sec. (3 Ranks)
	Arcane Flows	08 (35 Pt Req)	Arcane	Reduces the cooldown of your Presence of Mind, Arcane Power, and Invisibility spells by 30/60 secs. (2 Ranks)
	Missile Barrage	09 (40 Pt Req)	Arcane	Gives your Arcane Blast, Arcane Barrage, Fireball, Frostbolt and Frostfire Bolt spells a 4/8/12/16/20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of the next Arcane Missiles spell by 2.5 secs and missiles will fire every .5 secs. (5 Ranks)
	Netherwind Presence	10 (45 Pt Req)	Arcane	Increases your spell haste by 2/4/6%. (3 Ranks)
	Arcane Barrage	11 (50 Pt Req)	Arcane	Rank 3: Launches several missiles at the enemy target, causing 936 to 1144 Arcane damage. (1 Talent Ranks/3 Trained Ranks) (Rank 3: Level 80, 592 Mana, Instant, 3 sec Cooldown, 30 yd Range)
	Burning Determination	02 (05 Pt Req)	Fire	When Interrupted or Silenced you have a 50/100% chance to become immune to both mechanics for 10 seconds. (2 Ranks)
	World in Flames	02 (05 Pt Req)	Fire	Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike, Pyroblast, Blast Wave, Dragon's Breath, Living Bomb, Blizzard and Arcane Explosion spells by 2/4/6%. (3 Ranks)
	Fiery Payback	08 (35 Pt Req)	Fire	When below 35% health all damage taken is reduced by 10/20% and your Pyroblast spell's cast time is reduced by 1.75/3.5 secs while the cooldown is increased by 2.5/5 secs. (2 Ranks)
	Hot Streak	09 (40 Pt Req)	Fire	Any time you score 2 spell criticals in a row using Fireball, Fire Blast, Scorch, or Frostfire Bolt, you have a 33/66/100% chance the next Pyroblast spell cast within 10 sec will be instant cast. (3 Ranks)
	Firestarter	09 (40 Pt Req)	Fire	Your damaging Blast Wave and Dragon's Breath spells have a 50/100% chance to make your next Flamestrike spell instant cast. Lasts 10 seconds. (3 Ranks)
	Burnout	10 (45 Pt Req)	Fire	Increases your spell critical damage bonus with all Fire spells by 10/20/30/40/50% but your spell criticals cost an additional 1/2/3/4/5% of the spell's cost. (5 Ranks)
	Living Bomb	11 (50 Pt Req)	Fire	Rank 3: The target becomes a Living Bomb, taking 1380 Fire damage over 12 sec. After 12 sec or when the spell is dispelled, the target explodes dealing 690 Fire damage to all enemies within 10 yards. This spell can only affect one target at a time. (1 Talent Rank/3 Trained Ranks) (Rank 3: Level 80, 22% of Base Mana, Instant, 35 yd Range)
	Cold as Ice	06 (25 Pt Req)	Frost	Reduces the cooldown of your Cold Snap, Ice Barrier, and Summon Water Elemental spells by 10/20%. Requires 1 point in Cold Snap and 25 points in Frost Talents. (Replaces Ice Floes.) (2 Ranks)
	Shattered Barrier	07 (30 Pt Req)	Frost	Gives your Ice Barrier spell a 50/100% chance to freeze all enemies within 10 yds for 8 sec when it is destroyed. (2 Ranks)
	Fingers of Frost	08 (35 Pt Req)	Frost	Gives your Chill effects a 7/15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 2 spells cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec. (2 Ranks)
	Brain Freeze	09 (40 Pt Req)	Frost	Your Frost damage spells with chilling effects have a 5/10/15% chance to cause your next Fireball spell to be instant cast and cost no mana. (3 Ranks)
	Improved Water Elemental	09 (40 Pt Req)	Frost	Increases the duration of your Summon Water Elemental spell by 5/10/15 sec and your Water Elemental restores mana to all party or raid members equal to 0.2/0.4/0.6% of their total mana every 5 secs. (3 Ranks)
	Chilled to the Bone	10 (45 Pt Req)	Frost	Increases the damage caused by your Frostbolt, Frostfire Bolt and Ice Lance spells by 1/2/3/4/5% and reduces the movement speed of all chilled targets by an additional 2/4/6/8/10%. (5 Ranks)
	Deep Freeze	11 (50 Pt Req)	Frost	Stuns the target for 5 sec. Only usable on Frozen targets. (1 Talent Rank) (9% of Base Mana, Instant, 30 sec Cooldown, 30 yd Range)

Arcane

Abilities

• Arcane Blast changed: Each time you cast Arcane Blast the damage is increased by 15% (down from 25%) and mana cost by 200% (down from 300%). Stacks up to 3 times and lasts 3 secs. Mana cost changed from 40% to 8% of base mana.
• Arcane Brilliance: Now affects the raid.
• Arcane Explosion: Mana cost changed to 22% base mana (down from 25%).
• Arcane Missiles: Mana cost changed to 31% base mana (down from 34%).
• Counterspell: Mana cost changed to 9% of base mana.
• Evocation: Cooldown reduced from 8 minutes to 5 minutes.
• Invisibility: Fade out time changed to 3 sec (down from 5).
• Mage Armor: Mana cost changed to 26%
• Mana Shield: 1 point of damage now drains 1.5 points of mana
• Polymorph: Mana cost changed from 12% to 7%
• Portal Mana cost changed to 18% of base mana.
• Remove Lesser Curse: Renamed Remove Curse. Functionality remains unchanged.
• Slow) reduces target's movement speed, time between ranged attacks, and casting time by 60% (up from 50%). Mana cost changed from 20% to 12%.
• Slow Fall: Mana cost changed to 6% of base mana.
• Teleport Mana cost changed to 9% of base mana.

Talents

• Arcane Focus: Now increases chance to hit with Arcane spells by 1%/2%/3% (down from 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%) and now reduces mana cost of all Arcane spells by 1%/2%/3%.
• Arcane Fortitude: Now increases armor by 50%/100%/150% of Intellect (was 100%). Moved to second tier.
• Arcane Impact: Renamed Spell Impact, now increases critical strike chance of Blast Wave, Fire Blast, Ice Lance, and Cone of Cold in addition to Arcane Explosion and Arcane Blast by 2%/4%/6%.
• Arcane Potency: Effect is now 15%/30% (was 10%/20%/30%). Requires 1 Point in Presence of Mind instead of 5 points in Arcane Concentration. Now only affects "damaging spells" vs "any spells".
• Arcane Shielding: Decreases the mana lost per point of damage taken when Mana Shield is active by 17/25% (up from 10/20%) and increases the resistance granted by Mage Armor by 25/50%.
• Arcane Subtlety: No longer grants 5/10 spell penetration, instead now reduces the chance your spells can be dispelled by 15%/30% in addition to reducing threat by 20%/40%.
• Empowered Arcane Missiles: Renamed Arcane Empowerment, now increases damage of Arcane Blast by 3%/6%/9% of your spell power in addition to increasing the damage of Arcane Missiles by 15%/30%/45% of your spell power. No longer increases mana cost.
• Improved Arcane Blast: Bonus reduced to 5% (down from 20%).
• Improved Arcane Missles renamed to Arcane Stability: Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Arcane Missiles and Arcane Blast by 20/40/60/80/100%. (Tier 1)
• Improved Blink: Now also reduces the mana cost of Blink by 25%/50%, hit chance reduction increased to 15%/30% (up from 10%/20%).
• Improved Counterspell now always silences the target for 2/4 seconds.
• Improved Mana Shield: Renamed Arcane Shielding, now increases resistances granted by Mage Armor by 25%/50% in addition to reducing the mana drained from Mana Shield by 10%/20%.
• Magic Absorption: Now increases all resistances by .5/1 (was 5/10, not modified by level) per level and upon fully resisting spells, grants 1%/2% of total mana (down from 1%/2%/3%/4%/5%).
• Magic Attunement: Now increases range of all Arcane spells by 3/6 yards in addition to increasing the effects of Dampen and Amplify Magic by 25%/50%.
• Mind Mastery reduced to 3/6/9/12/15% (down from 5/10/15/20/25%).
• Prismatic Cloak: Now reduces fade time of Invisibility by 1/2/3 sec, damage reduction to all increased to 2%/4%/6% (up from 2%/4%).
• Spell Impact - Now also affects scorch and fireball.
• Spell Power: moved from tier 7 to tier 10.
• Wand Specialization: Removed.

Fire

Abilities

• Blast Wave: Mana cost reduced from 930 to 620. Knockback added, now a wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 154 to 186 Fire damage, knocking them back and Dazing them for 6 seconds.
• Fireball: Mana cost reduced to 19% base mana (down from 21%).
• Flamestrike: Mana cost reduced. Now has a 2 sec cast time (down from 3 sec).
• Pyroblast: Cast time reduced to 5 sec (down from 6).

Talents

• Dragon's Breath: Disorient duration increased to 5 sec (up from 3).
• Empowered Fireball renamed Empowered Fire: Now affects Frostfire Bolt. Now grants same effect (5%/10%/15%) for fewer points (was 3%/6%/9%/12%/15%).
• Flame Throwing: Moved to third tier.
• Impact: Moved to Tier 2. Changed to a 3-point talent. Proc chance is now 4/7/10% (was 2/4/6/8/10%). Additionally, it now procs from ALL damaging spells, not just Fire spells.
• Improved Fire Blast: Cooldown reduction increased to 1/2 sec (up from .5/1/1.5). Moved to Tier 1, now 2 ranks.
• Improved Flamestrike: Functionality replaced by World in Flames. Now increases critical strike chance of Blast Wave, Dragon's Breath, Living Bomb, Blizzard, and Arcane Explosion as well as Flamestrike by 2%/4%/6% (was only Flamestrike by 5%/10%/15%). Moved to second tier.
• Improved Scorch: Now causes target to be vulnerable to spell damage, increasing spell critical strike chance of your damaging Scorch spells against that target by 2%. (Previously increased damage taken by the target and only affected Fire, Frost, and Arcane spells.)
• Incineration: Now includes Arcane Blast and Cone of Cold in addition to Fire Blast and Scorch. Critical Strike chance increased to 2%/4%/6% (up from 2%/4%). Moved to tier 1, now 3 ranks.
• Master of the Elements: Now refunds 10%/20%/30% of the base mana cost of all spell criticals (was only Frost and Fire spells).
• Molten Fury: Now increases damage of all spells against targets with less than 35% health by 6/12% from targets with less than 20% health by 10/20%.
• Molten Shields now gives Fire Ward and Frost Ward spells a 15/30% chance to reflect the warded spell. (Previously only worked on Fire Ward and was 10/20%)

Frost

Abilities

• Frost Armor: Mana cost changed to 34%.
• Frostbolt: Mana cost changed to 13%.
• Ice Armor: Mana cost changed to 28%.

Talents

• Arctic Reach now also affects Deep Freeze.
• Elemental Precision moved from Tier 1 to Tier 2. Reduces the mana cost and chance targets resist your Frost and Fire spells by 1/2/3%. (Formerly: increased your chance to hit by 1/2/3%.)
• Empowered Frostbolt reduced to 2 ranks, increases damage by 5/10% (was 2/4/6/8/10%) of spell power and increases critical hit chance by 2/4% (down from 1/2/3/4/5%).
• Frost Channeling now reduces mana cost of all spells by 4/7/10%. (Formerly only effected Frost spells.)
• Frost Warding: Moved from Tier 1 to Tier 2. Now increases armor and resistances of Frost/Ice Armor by 25/50% (up from 15/30%), now gives Frost Ward and Fire Ward a 15/30% chance to negate damage caused and restore mana equal to damage caused by the warded spell. (Formerly: gives your Frost Ward a 10/20% chance to reflect Frost spells and effects while active).
• Frostbite: Moved from Tier 2 to Tier 1
• Frozen Core: Now reduces damage taken by all spells (instead of just fire and frost).
• 'Ice Floes moved from Tier 6 to Tier 1 and increased to 3 ranks. Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova, Cone of Cold, Ice Block and Icy Veins spells by 7%/14%/20%. (Replaces Improved Frost Nova.) (Formerly: Reduces the cooldown of your Cone of Cold, Cold Snap, Ice Barrier and Ice Block spells by 10/20%.)
• Ice Shards: Reduced to 3 points from 5. Now increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 33/66/100%.
• Improved Frost Nova: Removed.
• Shatter: Reduced to 3 points from 5. Now increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against frozen targets by 17/34/50%. No longer has Improved Frost Nova as prerequisite.
• Winter's Chill reworked. Reduced to 3 ranks and now gives your Frost damage spells a 33/66/100% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect which increases the chance spells will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec (previously only increased spell critical strike chance of Arcane, Fire, and Frost spells). Stacks up to 5 times.

Notes on listed Abilities/Talents: Abilities and Talent description may not match WoWHead tooltips. All information listed here is based on the very latest updates to Blizzard's official talent calculators and patch notes, which are more up-to-date than the in-game builds from which WoWHead draws its data. We are not responsible for discrepancies in WoWHead's database.

New Ranks for All Abilities

	Ability	Rank	Level	School	Description
	Amplify Magic	Rank 07	77	Arcane	Amplifies magic used against the targeted party member, increasing damage taken from spells by up to 240 and healing spells by up to 480. Lasts 10 min. (835 Mana, Instant, 30 yd Range)
	Arcane Barrage	Rank 01	60	Arcane	Launches several missiles at the enemy target, causing 386 to 470 Arcane damage. (Talent: Tier 11) (325 Mana, Instant, 3 sec Cooldown, 30 yd Range)
	Arcane Barrage	Rank 02	70	Arcane	Launches several missiles at the enemy target, causing 709 to 865 Arcane damage. (Talent: Tier 11) (405 Mana, Instant, 3 sec Cooldown, 30 yd Range)
	Arcane Barrage	Rank 03	80	Arcane	Launches several missiles at the enemy target, causing 936 to 1144 Arcane damage. (Talent: Tier 11) (592 Mana, Instant, 3 sec Cooldown, 30 yd Range)
	Arcane Blast	Rank 02	71	Arcane	Blasts the target with energy, dealing 690 to 800 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage is increased by 15% and mana cost is increased by 200%. Effect stacks up to 3 times and lasts 3 sec. (8% Base Mana, 2.5 sec, 30 yd Range)
	Arcane Blast	Rank 03	76	Arcane	Blasts the target with energy, dealing 805 to 935 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage is increased by 15% and mana cost is increased by 200%. Effect stacks up to 3 times and lasts 3 sec. (8% Base Mana, 2.5 sec, 30 yd Range)
	Arcane Blast	Rank 04	80	Arcane	Blasts the target with energy, dealing 912 to 1058 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage is increased by 15% and mana cost is increased by 200%. Effect stacks up to 3 times and lasts 3 sec. (8% Base Mana, 2.5 sec, 30 yd Range)
	Arcane Brilliance	Rank 03	80	Arcane	Infuses all party and raid members with brilliance, increasing their Intellect by 60 for 1 hr. (2700 Mana, Instant, 40 yd Range)
	Arcane Explosion	Rank 09	76	Arcane	Causes an explosion of arcane magic around the caster, causing 481 to 519 Arcane damage to all targets within 10 yards. (22% of Base Mana, Instant)
	Arcane Explosion	Rank 10	80	Arcane	Causes an explosion of arcane magic around the caster, causing 538 to 582 Arcane damage to all targets within 10 yards. (22% of Base Mana, Instant)
	Arcane Intellect	Rank 07	80	Arcane	Increases the target's Intellect by 60 for 30 min. (1050 Mana, Instant, 30 yd Range)
	Arcane Missiles	Rank 12	75	Arcane	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 320 Arcane damage every 1 sec for 5 sec. (31% of Base Mana, Channeled, 30 yd Range)
	Arcane Missiles	Rank 13	79	Arcane	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 360 Arcane damage every 1 sec for 5 sec. (31% of Base Mana, Channeled, 30 yd Range)
	Conjure Refreshment	Rank 01	75	Arcane	Conjures 20 Mana Pies providing the mage and <his/her> allies with something to eat. (1100 Mana, 3 sec)
	Conjure Refreshment	Rank 02	79	Arcane	Conjures 20 Mana Strudels providing the mage and <his/her> allies with something to eat. (1245 Mana, 3 sec)
	Conjure Mana Gem	Rank 06	77	Arcane	Conjures a Mana Sapphire with 3 charges that can be used to instantly restore 3330 to 3500 mana. (2375 Mana, 3 sec)
	Dalaran Brilliance	Rank 03	80	Arcane	Infuses all party and raid members with brilliance, increasing their Intellect by 60 for 1 hour. (From Tome of Dalaran Brilliance) (81% of base mana, 30 yd range)
	Dalaran Intellect	Rank 07	80	Arcane	Increases the target's Intellect by 60 for 30 min. (From Tome of Dalaran Intellect) (31% of base mana, 30 yd range)
	Dampen Magic	Rank 07	76	Arcane	Dampens magic used against the targeted party member, decreasing damage taken from spells by up to 240 and healing spells by up to 480. Lasts 10 min. (810 Mana, Instant, 30 yd Range)
	Focus Magic	Rank 01	20	Arcane	Increases the target's chance to critically hit with spells by 3%. When the target critically hits the caster's chance to critically hit with spells is increased by 3% for 10 sec. Cannot be cast on self. (6% of Base Mana, Instant, 30 yd Range)
	Mage Armor	Rank 05	71	Arcane	Increases your resistance to all magic by 21 and allows 30% of your mana regeneration to continue while casting. In addition, the duration of all harmful Magic effects used against you is reduced by 50%. Lasts 30 min. (26% of Base Mana, Instant)
	Mage Armor	Rank 06	79	Arcane	Increases your resistance to all magic by 40 and allows 30% of your mana regeneration to continue while casting. In addition, the duration of all harmful Magic effects used against you is reduced by 50%. Lasts 30 min. (26% of Base Mana, Instant)
	Mana Shield	Rank 08	73	Arcane	Absorbs 1080 damage, draining mana instead. Drains 2 mana per damage absorbed. Lasts 1 min. (190 Mana, Instant)
	Mana Shield	Rank 09	79	Arcane	Absorbs 1330 damage, draining mana instead. Drains 2 mana per damage absorbed. Lasts 1 min. (235 Mana, Instant)
	Mirror Image	Rank 01	80	Arcane	Creates 3 copies of the caster nearby, which cast spells and attack the mage's enemies. Lasts 30 sec. (10% of Base Mana, 3 Minute Cooldown)
	Polymorph: Black Cat	Rank 01	60	Arcane	Transforms the enemy into a harmless black cat, forcing it to pussyfoot around for up to 50 sec. While wandering, the cat 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, Humanoids and Critters. 2 sec cast time. (7% of base mana, 1.5 sec, 30 yd range)
	Polymorph: Serpent	Rank 01	60	Arcane	Transforms the enemy into a harmless serpent, forcing it to slither around for up to 50 sec. While wandering, the serpent 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, Humanoids and Critters. (7% of base mana, 1.5 sec, 30 yd range)
	Portal: Dalaran	Rank 01	74	Arcane	Creates a portal, teleporting group members that use it to Dalaran. (18% of Base Mana, Instant, 1 min Cooldown, 10 yd Range, Requires Rune of Portals)
	Teleport: Dalaran	Rank 01	71	Arcane	Acquired through a Quest. (Horde - Alliance) Teleports the caster to Dalaran. (18% of Base Mana, Instant, 1 min Cooldown, 10 yd Range, Requires Rune of Teleportation)
	Blast Wave	Rank 08	75	Fire	A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 882 to 1038 Fire damage, knocking them back and Dazing them for 6 seconds. (795 Mana, 30 sec Cooldown, Instant)
	Blast Wave	Rank 09	80	Fire	A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 1047 to 1233 Fire damage, knocking them back and Dazing them for 6 seconds. (930 Mana, 30 sec Cooldown, Instant)
	Dragon's Breath	Rank 05	75	Fire	Targets in a cone in front of the caster take 935 to 1085 Fire damage and are Disoriented for 5 sec. Any direct damaging attack will revive targets. (900 Mana, 20 sec Cooldown, Instant)
	Dragon's Breath	Rank 06	80	Fire	Targets in a cone in front of the caster take 1101 to 1279 Fire damage and are Disoriented for 5 sec. Any direct damaging attack will revive targets. (1050 Mana, 20 sec Cooldown, Instant)
	Fire Blast	Rank 10	74	Fire	Blasts the enemy for 760 to 900 Fire damage. (575 Mana, 8 sec Cooldown, Instant, 20 yd Range)
	Fire Blast	Rank 11	80	Fire	Blasts the enemy for 925 to 1095 Fire damage. (695 Mana, 8 sec Cooldown, Instant, 20 yd Range)
	Fire Ward	Rank 07	78	Fire	Absorbs 1950 Fire damage. Lasts 30 sec. (520 Mana, 30 sec Cooldown, Instant)
	Fireball	Rank 15	74	Fire	Hurls a fiery ball that causes 783 to 997 Fire damage and an additional 100 Fire damage over 8 sec. (19% of Base Mana, 3.5 sec, 35 yd Range)
	Fireball	Rank 16	78	Fire	Hurls a fiery ball that causes 888 to 1132 Fire damage and an additional 116 Fire damage over 8 sec. (19% of Base Mana, 3.5 sec, 35 yd Range)
	Flamestrike	Rank 08	72	Fire	Calls down a pillar of fire, burning all enemies within the area for 688 to 842 Fire damage and an additional 620 Fire damage over 8 sec. (1565 Mana, 3 sec, 30 yd Range)
	Flamestrike	Rank 09	79	Fire	Calls down a pillar of fire, burning all enemies within the area for 873 to 1067 Fire damage and an additional 780 Fire damage over 8 sec. (1955 Mana, 3 sec, 30 yd Range)
	Frostfire Bolt	Rank 01	75	Fire	Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing 629 to 731 Fire damage, slowing movement speed by 40% and causing an additional 60 Fire damage over 9 sec. If the target is more vulnerable to Frost damage, this spell will cause Frost instead of Fire damage. (14% of Base Mana, 3 sec Cast, 40 yd Range)
	Frostfire Bolt	Rank 02	80	Fire	Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing 722 to 838 Fire damage, slowing movement speed by 40% and causing an additional 90 Fire damage over 9 sec. If the target is more vulnerable to Frost damage, this spell will cause Frost instead of Fire damage. (14% of Base Mana, 3 sec Cast, 40 yd Range)
	Living Bomb	Rank 01	60	Fire	The target becomes a Living Bomb, taking 612 Fire damage over 12 sec. After 12 sec or when the spell is dispelled, the target explodes dealing 306 Fire damage to all enemies within 10 yards. This spell can only affect one target at a time. (Talent: Tier 11) (22% of Base Mana, Instant, 35 yd Range)
	Living Bomb	Rank 02	70	Fire	The target becomes a Living Bomb, taking 1024 Fire damage over 12 sec. After 12 sec or when the spell is dispelled, the target explodes dealing 512 Fire damage to all enemies within 10 yards. This spell can only affect one target at a time. (Talent: Tier 11) (22% of Base Mana, Instant, 35 yd Range)
	Living Bomb	Rank 03	80	Fire	The target becomes a Living Bomb, taking 1380 Fire damage over 12 sec. After 12 sec or when the spell is dispelled, the target explodes dealing 690 Fire damage to all enemies within 10 yards. This spell can only affect one target at a time. (Talent: Tier 11) (22% of Base Mana, Instant, 35 yd Range)
	Molten Armor	Rank 02	71	Fire	Causes 130 Fire damage when hit, increases your chance to critically hit with spells by 3%, and reduces the chance you are critically hit by 5%. Lasts 30 min. (865 Mana, Instant)
	Molten Armor	Rank 03	79	Fire	Causes 170 Fire damage when hit, increases your chance to critically hit with spells by 3%, and reduces the chance you are critically hit by 5%. Lasts 30 min. (1125 Mana, Instant)
	Pyroblast	Rank 11	73	Fire	Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 1014 to 1286 Fire damage and an additional 384 Fire damage over 12 sec. (600 Mana, 5 sec Cast, 35 yd Range)
	Pyroblast	Rank 12	73	Fire	Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 1190 to 1510 Fire damage and an additional 452 Fire damage over 12 sec. (700 Mana, 5 sec Cast, 35 yd Range)
	Scorch	Rank 10	73	Fire	Scorch the enemy for 321 to 379 Fire damage. (215 Mana, 1.5 sec, 30 yd Range)
	Scorch	Rank 11	78	Fire	Scorch the enemy for 376 to 444 Fire damage. (250 Mana, 1.5 sec, 30 yd Range)
	Blizzard	Rank 08	74	Frost	Ice shards pelt the target area doing 2800 Frost damage over 8 sec. (2125 Mana, Channeled, 30 yd Range)
	Blizzard	Rank 09	80	Frost	Ice shards pelt the target area doing 3408Frost damage over 8 sec. (2570 Mana, Channeled, 30 yd Range)
	Cone of Cold	Rank 07	72	Frost	Targets in a cone in front of the caster take 559 to 611 Frost damage and are slowed by 50% for 8 sec. (840 Mana, Instant, 10 sec Cooldown)
	Cone of Cold	Rank 08	79	Frost	Targets in a cone in front of the caster take 707 to 773 Frost damage and are slowed by 50% for 8 sec. (1045 Mana, Instant, 10 sec Cooldown)
	Deep Freeze	Rank 01	60	Frost	Stuns the target for 5 sec. Only usable on Frozen targets. (Talent: Tier 11) (9% of Base Mana, Instant, 30 sec Cooldown, 30 yd Range)
	Frost Nova	Rank 06	75	Frost	Blasts enemies near the caster for 365 to 415 Frost damage and freezes them in place for up to 8 sec. Damage caused may interrupt the effect. (255 Mana, Instant, 25 sec Cooldown)
	Frost Ward	Rank 07	79	Frost	Absorbs 1950 Frost damage. (520 Mana, Instant, 30 sec Cooldown)
	Frostbolt	Rank 15	75	Frost	Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing 702 to 758 Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 40% for 9 sec. (13% of Base Mana, 3 sec, 30 yd Range)
	Frostbolt	Rank 16	79	Frost	Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing 799 to 861 Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 40% for 9 sec. (13% of Base Mana, 3 sec, 30 yd Range)
	Ice Armor	Rank 06	79	Frost	Increases Armor by 930 and frost resistance by 40. If an enemy strikes the caster, they may have their movement slowed by 30% and the time between their attacks increased by 25% for 5 sec. Lasts 30 min. (28% of Base Mana, Instant)
	Ice Barrier	Rank 07	75	Frost	Instantly shields you, absorbing 2800 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted. (725 Mana, Instant, 30 sec Cooldown)
	Ice Barrier	Rank 08	80	Frost	Instantly shields you, absorbing 3300 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted. (850 Mana, Instant, 30 sec Cooldown)
	Ice Lance	Rank 02	72	Frost	Deals 182 to 210 Frost damage to an enemy target. Causes triple damage against Frozen targets. (165 Mana, Instant, 30 yd Range)
	Ice Lance	Rank 03	78	Frost	Deals 221 to 255 Frost damage to an enemy target. Causes triple damage against Frozen targets. (180 Mana, Instant, 30 yd Range)

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Class Quests

Attunement to Dalaran

• Alliance: This quest is given by Image of Archmage Modera at Stars' Rest, located in western Dragonblight.
• Horde: This quest is given by Image of Archmage Aethas Sunreaver at Agmar's Hammer, located in western Dragonblight.
• Both will give you an attunement crystal that you must use under the surge needle of Moonrest Gardens not far southwest of the quest giver. The quest giver will teach you the spell Teleport: Dalaran upon returning with the crystal.
• This quest can be accepted at level 71, and rewards you with 20500 experience.

Quest Description

"Hello, mage. by now you must be wondering where Dalaran is and how to get there. I can help you with this if you can survive a simple test. Before I teach you how to teleport to our great city, you must attune yourself to the ley lines of Northrend. Otherwise, you will destroy yourself in the process! Take this attunement crystal and use it in the pit under the surge needle at the Moonrest Gardens to the southwest. Then you will be ready to learn what I have to teach."

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Frostfire Bolt / Arcane Barrage

51 Point Talents

Arcane Barrage

Deep Freeze

Living Bomb

3.0.2.9138 (October 25 2008)

Arcane

• Focus Magic - Cannot be cast on self added to tooltip. Wording change from "critically hit with all spells" to "critically hit with spells".

Fire

• Molten Shields - Rank 2 tooltip corrected to "100% chance to affect ranged and spell attacks." Previously said 50% on both ranks.
• Living Bomb - Higher ranks down to 22% base mana from 25%. Lower ranks down to 27% from 30% base mana.

Frost

• Brain Freeze - Now only procs off of Frost damage spells with chilling effects.
• Cold as Ice - No longer reduces the cooldown of Deep Freeze.

3.0.2.9095 (October 18 2008)

Arcane

• Arcane Blast - Down to 8% base mana from 9%.
• Arcane Missiles - Higher ranks down to 31% base mana from 34%. Lowest ranks down to 37% base mana from 41%.
• Arcane Explosion - Higher ranks down to 22% base mana from 25%. Lowest ranks down to 27% base mana from 30%.

Fire

• Frostfire Bolt - Down to 14% base mana from 16%.
• Living Bomb - Down to 25% base mana from 31%.
• Fireball - Higher ranks down to 19% base mana from 21%. Lowest ranks down to 23% mana from 25%.

Frost

• Frostbolt - Higher ranks down to 13% base mana from 15%. Lowest ranks down to 16% mana from 8%.

3.0.2.9038 (October 3 2008)

Arcane

• Missile Barrage - Gives your Arcane Blast, Arcane Barrage, Fireball, Frostbolt and Frostfire Bolt spells a 4/8/12/16/20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of the next Arcane Missiles spell by 2.5 secs and missiles will fire every .5 secs. Up from 3/6/9/12/20%.
• Torment the Weak - Changed to Your Frostbolt, Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Arcane Missiles, and Arcane Barrage abilities deal 4/8/12% more damage to Snared targets. Up from 2/4/6%.

3.0.2.9014 (September 30 2008)

Arcane

• Spell Sound Effects added for Polymorph Penguin and Polymorph Sheep.
• Evocation - Cooldown reduced from 8 minutes to 5 minutes.
• Missile Barrage - Now affects Arcane Barrage. Now has a 3/6/9/12/20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of the next Arcane Missiles spell by 2.5 secs and missiles will fire every .5 secs.

Fire

• Empowered Fireball - Renamed Empowered Fire. Now affects Frostfire Bolt.
• Hot Streak - Now also affects Fire Blast.
• Living Bomb - Now has no knockup.

Frost

• Deep Freeze - Now does no damage, just stuns.
• Frost Warding - Moved from Tier 1 to Tier 2
• Frostbite - Moved from Tier 2 to Tier 1

3.0.2.8982 (September 24 2008)

Arcane

• Arcane Blast - Mana cost increased on each cast changed to 200% down from 300%.

Fire

• Improved Scorch - Now only affects your damaging Scorch spells.

Frost

• Deep Freeze - Damage reduced.

3.0.2.8970 (September 19 2008)

Arcane

• Spell Impact - Now also affects scorch and fireball.
• Arcane Potency - Now only affects "damaging spells" vs "any spells".
• Polymorph - Black Cat - Transforms the enemy into a harmless black cat, forcing it to pussyfoot around for up to 50 sec. While wandering, the cat 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, Humanoids and Critters. 2 sec cast time.
• Dalaran Brilliance - Cosmetic version of Arcane Brilliance.

Fire

• World in Flames - Now also affects Pyroblast.

3.0.2.8962 (September 18 2008)

Arcane

• Arcane Blast: Now each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage is increased by 15% (down from 25%) and mana cost is increased by 30% (down from 75%).
• Arcane Brilliance: Now affects the raid.
• Focus Magic reworked: Now increases the target's chance to critically hit with all spells by 3%. When the target critically hits the caster's chance to critically hit with spells is increased by 3% for 10 sec.
• Improved Arcane Missles renamed to Arcane Stability: Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Arcane Missiles and Arcane Blast by 20/40/60/80/100%. (Tier 1)

Fire

• Flamestrike: Mana cost reduced. Now has a 2 sec cast time (down from 3 sec).

Frost

• Fingers of Frost: Now gives your Chill effects a 7/15% (uop from 5/10% on any frost spell) chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect.
• Frozen Core: Now reduces damage taken by all spells (instead of just fire and frost).
• Ice Shards: Reduced to 3 points from 5. Now increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 33/66/100%.
• Shatter: Reduced to 3 points from 5. Now increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against frozen targets by 17/34/50%.

3.0.2.8926 (September 10 2008)

Arcane

• Improved Arcane Blast - (Tier 5) Bonus reduced to 5% from 20%.

Frost

• Deep Freeze - Base damaged reduced to 1018 to 1182 from 1319 to 1531.

3.0.2.8905 (September 05 2008)

Arcane

• Mirror Image (NEW): (Level 80) Creates 3 copies of the caster nearby, which cast spells and attack the mage's enemies. Lasts 30 sec. 10% of base mana, Instant cast, 3 min cooldown.
• Conjure Food (Rank 9 and 10) and Conjure Water (Rank 10 and 11) have been combined. 2 ranks of Conjure Refreshment (Rank 1 and Rank 2) that conjures 20 food added.

Fire

• Molten Fury - Increases damage of all spells against targets with less than 35% health by 6/12% from targets with less than 20% health by 10/20%.

3.0.2.8885 (August 29 2008)

Arcane

• Arcane Blast (Rank 4): Mana cost changed from 40% to 9%
• Arcane Explosion (Rank 10): Mana cost changed to 25%
• Focus Magic (Tier 3) increases spell power of all party or raid members by 150. (Previously debuffed a single target and increased magic damage taken by that target). Mana cost changed to 24% .
• Mage Armor (Rank 5): Mana cost changed to 26%
• Polymorph (Rank 4): Mana cost changed from 12% to 7%
• Slow (Tier 9) reduces target's movement speed, time between ranged attacks, and casting time by 60%. (Previously 50%) Mana cost changed from 20% to 12%.

Fire

• Improved Scorch (Tier 4) causes target to be vulnerable to spell damage, increasing spell critical strike chance against that target by 2%. (Previously increased damage taken by the target and only affected Fire, Frost, and Arcane spells)
• Hot Streak (Tier 9) now triggers when you score 2 spell criticals in a row using Fireball, Scorch, or Frostfire Bolt. The effect now makes the next Pyroblast spell cast within 10 sec instant cast. (Previously increased spell critical strike chance of the next spell cast within 10 sec by 100% and triggered off of 3 spell criticals by any spell cast)
• Firestarter (Rank 2): Description changed from 'Your Blast Wave and Dragon's Breath spells have a 100% chance to make your next Flamestrike spell instant cast. Lasts [DURATION].' to 'Your damaging Blast Wave and Dragon's Breath spells have a 100% chance to make your next Flamestrike spell instant cast. Lasts [DURATION].'

Frost

• Deep Freeze (Rank 1): Mana cost changed from 8% to 9%.
• Fingers of Frost (Tier 8) treats your next 2 Frost spells cast on the target as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec. (Previously affected all Frost spells cast on the target for 4 seconds)
• Frost Armor (Rank 2): Mana cost changed to 34%
• Ice Armor (Rank 6): Mana cost changed to 28%
• Improved Water Elemental (Tier 9) restores mana to all party or raid members an amount equal to 0.2/0.4/0.6% of their total mana every 5 secs. (Previously 1/2/3% of total mana)
• Winter's Chill (Tier 6) increases the chance spells will critically hit the target by 2%. (Previously only increased spell critical strike chance of Arcane, Fire, and Frost spells)

3.0.1.8788 (August 13 2008)

Arcane

• Torment the Weak (Tier 4) increases all damage caused to ensnared targets by 2/4/6%. (Previously worked only on slowed targets)

Frost

• Fingers of Frost (Tier 8 ) now treats all Frost spells cast on the target as if they were frozen, however the duration has been changed to 4 seconds. (Previously duration was 10 seconds, and only worked on the first 2 frost spells)

3.0.1.8770 (August 08 2008)

Arcane

• Arcane Blast changed. Each time you cast Arcane Blast the damage is increased by 25% (instead of 15%) and mana cost by 75%. Stacks up to 3 times and lasts 3 secs.

Fire

• Molten Shields now includes both Fire Ward and Frost Ward, and now increases chance to reflect the incoming spell by 15/30%. (Previously only worked on Fire Ward and was 10/20%)
• Living Bomb changed : The target becomes a Living Bomb, taking 1380 Fire damage over 12 sec. After 12 sec or when the spell is dispelled, the target explodes dealing 690 Fire damage to all enemies within 10 yards and knocking all targets up in the air. This spell can only affect one target at a time. (1010 Mana, 35 yd range, Instant cast)
• Fiery Payback changed to include all damage, and now increases the cooldown of pyroblast by 2.5/5 secs when below 35% health. (Previously only worked on physical and fire damage, and did not increase cooldown time)
• Firestarter is now a 2 point talent and was changed to 50/100% chance to make your next Flamestrike instant cast. (Previously was 15/30/45% and a 3 point talent)
• Burnout has been increased to 10/20/30/40/50% critical damage bonus to all fire spells. (Previously 5/10/15/20/25%)

Frost

• Fingers of Frost now works on 2 frost spells. (Previously only affected the first one)
• Deep Freeze is now Instant Cast. (Previously had a 1.5sec cast time)
• Freeze is now 25% base mana of the Water elemental, up from 14%
• Waterbolt is now 5% base mana of the Water elemental, down from 10%

Talent Changes (August 07 2008)

Arcane

• Arcane Shielding: Decreases the mana lost per point of damage taken when Mana Shield is active by 17/25% (was 10/20%) and increases the resistance granted by Mage Armor by 25/50%.
• Torment of the Weak: New Talent! All damage done to slowed targets is increased by 1/2/3 %.
• Spell Power: moved from tier 7 to tier 10.
• Incanter´s Absorption: moved from tier 9 to tier 7.
• Missile Barrage: moved from tier 10 to tier 9
• Netherwind Presence: moved from tier 9 to tier 10.

Fire

• Impact proc chance changed from 2/4/6/8/10% and is now 4/7/10%. Additionally, it now procs from ALL damaging spells and isn't restricted to fire spells anymore.
• Blast Wave: mana cost reduced from 930 to 620.
• Fiery Payback: reworked: When below 35% health all damage taken is reduced by 10/20% and your Pyroblast spell´s cast time is reduced by 1.8 seconds while the cooldown is increased by 2.5 seconds. (Previously: When below 35% health all physical and Fire damage taken is reduced by 10/20% and your Pyroblast spell´s cast time is reduced by 1.75 seconds.
• Living Bomb: mana cost reduced from 1010 to 980. Now does 115 Fire damage every 2 seconds for 6 seconds ( previously 130 Fire damage every 2 seconds for 6 seconds), range increased from 10 yards to 35 yards, explodes after 12 seconds for 759 Fire damage (previously 520 Fire damage) and will now knock all targets up in the air( previously burned mana and damaged equal to the amount drained ).

Frost

• Frost Warding: Increased the armor and resistances given by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 25/50%. In addition, gives your Frost Ward and Fire Ward a 15% chance to negate the warded damage spell and restore mana equal to the damage caused. (Previously increased the armor and resistances given by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 15/30%. In addition, gave your Frost Ward a 10/20% chance to reflect Frost spells and effects while active)
• Improved Water elemental: Now increases the Raid members mana by 1/2/3% every 5 seconds instead of health.

Talent Changes (August 05 2008)

Arcane

• Missile Barrage: Arcane Blast replaced with Arcane Barrage (Gives your Arcane Barrage, Fireball, Frostbolt and Frostfire Bolt spells a 3/6/9/12/15% chance to reduce the channeled duration of the next Arcane Missiles spell by 2.5 secs and fire missiles every .5 sec.).
• Arcane Barrage: Mana cost reduced for all ranks (rank 1: 335 > 325, rank 3: 610 > 592).

3.0.1.8714 (August 01 2008)

Arcane

• Arcane Barrage: Mana cost on Rank 3 reduced from 610 to 592.
• Improved Counterspell now always silences the target for 2/4 seconds.
• Mind Mastery reduced to 3/6/9/12/15%.

Fire

• Fiery Payback now reduces the cast time of Pyroblast by 1.8/3.5 seconds when below 35% health and also increases it's cooldown by 2.5/5 seconds.
• Molten Shields now gives Fire Ward and Frost Ward spells a 15/30% chance to reflect the warded spell.

Frost

• Arctic Reach now also affects Deep Freeze.
• New Talent: Cold as Ice: Reduces the cooldown of your Cold Snap, Ice Barrier, Deep Freeze and Summon Water Elemental spells by 10/20%. Requires 1 point in Cold Snap and 25 points in Frost Talents. (Replaces Ice Floes.)
• Elemental Precision is now a Tier 2 talent instead of Tier 1. The new description is: Reduces the mana cost and chance targets resist your Frost and Fire spells by 1/2/3%. Before this patch it increased your chance to hit by 1/2/3%.
• Empowered Frostbolt reduced to 2 ranks, increases damage by 5/10% of spell power and increases critical hit chance by 2/4%.
• Frost Channeling now reduces mana cost of all spells by 4/7/10%.
• Frost Warding now increases armor and resistances of Frost/Ice Armor by 25/50%, now gives Frost Ward and Fire Ward a 15/30/5 chance to negate damage caused and restore mana equal to damage caused by the warded spell.
• Ice Floes is now a Tier 1 talent instead of Tier 6. The new description is: Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova, Cone of Cold, Ice Block and Icy Veins spells by 7%/14%/20%. (Replaces Improved Frost Nova.)
• Improved Frost Nova removed.
• Shatter no longer has Improved Frost Nova as prerequisite.
• Shattered Barrier description changed to: Gives your Ice Barrier spell a 50/100% chance to freeze all enemies within 10 yds for 8 sec when it is destroyed.
• Winter's Chill talent reworked. It is now a 3 point talent instead of 5 points and now gives your Frost damage spells a 33/66/100% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect which increases the chance Arcane, Fire and Frost Spells will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.

3.0.1.8681 (July 28 2008)

Arcane

• Arcane Subtley: Lower your target's resistances by 5/10 changed to 15/30% dispel resist
• Wand Specialization: Removed
• Arcane Fortitude: Moved to Wand Specialization's spot, changed to 3 ranks, now provides 50/100/150% of your Intellect into armor.
• Magic Absorption: Changed to 2 ranks, increases resistances by .5/1 per level, now only restores 1/2% of mana on full resist.
• Arcane Impact: Renamed Spell Impact. Now increases the damage of your Arcane Explosion, Arcane Blast, Blast Wave, Fire Blast, Ice Lance, and Cone of Cold by 2/4/6%.
• Student of the Mind: Moved to Tier 3
• Focus Magic: New Tier 3 talent, increases magic damage taken by the target by 150, lasts 1 min or 50 charges.
• Improved Mana Shield: Renamed Arcane Shielding, now increases the armor and resistances gained by the mage by 25/50%.
• Improved Blink: Now reduces the mana cost of Blink by 25/50%, and chance to be hit for 4 sec after Blink by 15/30%.
• Prismatic Cloak: Now reduces damage taken by 2/4/6% and Invisibility fade time by 1/2/3 sec
• Arcane Potency: Reduced to 2 ranks, connected to Presence of Mind instead of Clearcasting, Increases critical strike chance of any spell by 15/30% when Clearcasting or Presence of Mind is active.
• Empowered Arcane Missiles: Renamed Arcane Empowerment, now Increases the damage of your Arcane Missiles spell by an amount equal to 15/30/45% of your spell power and the damage of your Arcane Blast by 3/6/9% of your spell power.
• Potent Spirit: Removed, replaced by Arcane Flows. Reduces the cooldown of your Presence of Mind, Arcane Power and Invisibility spells by 30/60 secs.
• Netherwind Presence: Reduced to 3 ranks and moved up a tier, now increases your spell haste by 2/4/6%.
• Missile Barrage: Added in place of Netherwind Presence. Gives your Arcane Blast, Fireball, Frostbolt and Frostfire Bolt spells a 15% chance to reduce the channeled duration of the next Arcane Missiles spell by 2.5 secs and fire missiles every .5 secs.

Fire

• Improved Fire Blast: Moved to Tier 1, now 2 ranks, Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 1/2 sec.
• Incineration: Moved to tier 1, now 3 ranks, Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Scorch, Arcane Blast and Cone of Cold spells by 2/4/6%.
• Burning Determination: New Tier 2 talent, When Interrupted or Silenced you have a 50/100% chance to become immune to both mechanics for 10 seconds.
• World in Flames: Moved to Tier 2, Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike, Blast Wave, Dragon's Breath, Living Bomb, Blizzard and Arcane Explosion spells by 2/4/6%.
• Flame Throwing: Moved to Tier 3
• Impact: Moved to Tier 3
• Pyroblast: Cast time reduced to 5 seconds
• Improved Scorch: More damage types added, now your Scorch spells have a 33/66/100% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire, Frost and Arcane damage, increasing damage taken by 2/4/6/8/10% and lasts 30 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times.
• Master of Elements: Fire and frost wording removed, now your spell criticals will refund 10% of their base mana cost.
• Blast Wave: Knockback added, now a wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 154 to 186 Fire damage, knocking them back and Dazing them for 6 seconds.
• Fiery Payback: Changed to, When below 35% health all Physical and Fire damage taken is reduced by 10/20% and your Pyroblast spell's cast time is reduced by 1.75/3.5 secs.
• Empowered Fireball: Changed to 3 ranks, Increases the damage of your Fireball spell by an amount equal to 5/10/15% of your spell power.
• Firestarter: New talent added, Your Blast Wave and Dragon's Breath spells have a 15/30/45% chance to make your next Flamestrike spell instant cast. Lasts 10 seconds.
• Dragon's Breath: Disorient changed from 3 sec to 5 sec
• Burnout: Talent changed to read, Increases your spell critical damage bonus with all Fire spells by 5/10/15/20/25% but your spell criticals cost an additional 1/2/3/4/5% of the spell's cost.
• Living Bomb: Mana drain added, The caster becomes a living bomb, causing 51 Fire damage to all enemies within 10 yards every 2 sec. After 6 seconds, a fiery explosion occurs causing 212 Fire damage to all enemies within 10 yards and burning 106 mana, dealing damage equal to the amount drained.

Frost

• Shattered Barrier: New Tier 6 talent that gives your Ice Barrier spell a 50/100% chance to trigger a Frost Nova when it is destroyed.
• Winter's Grasp: Renamed to Fingers of Frost, which gives your Frost damage spells a 5/10% chance to apply the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next Frost spell cast on the target as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 10 seconds.
• Brain Freeze: Changed to give your Frost damage spells have a 5/10/15% chance to cause your next Fireball spell to be instant cast and cost no mana.
• Improved Water Elemental: Changed to increase the duration of your Summon Water Elemental spell by 5/10/15 sec and your Water Elemental heals all party or raid members 1/2/3% of their total health every 5 secs.
• Chilled to the Bone: Changed to increase the damage caused by your Frostbolt, Frostfire Bolt and Ice Lance spells by 1/2/3/4/5% and reduces the movement speed of all chilled targets by an additional 2/4/6/8/10%.
• Deep Freeze: Damage added, causes 694 to 806 Frost damage and stuns the target for 5 seconds. Only usable on Frozen targets.
• Shatter Shield: Instantly shields you, absorbing 2000 Physical damage. Lasts 1 min. When the shield is destroyed, all enemies within 10 yards are frozen for 8 sec. Removed.

Talent Changes (July 25 2008)

See: MMO-Champion
See Also: Official Calculator Updates

Arcane

• Arcane Impact is now called Spell Impact and increases the critical strike chance of Arcane Explosion, Arcane Blast, Blast Wave, Fire Blast, Ice Lance, and Cone of Cold by 2/4/6% (Old version : Was only affecting Arcane Explosion / Arcane Blast)
• New Talent - Student of the Mind (Tier 3) - Increases your total spirit by 4/8/12%
• Arcane Potency now requires 1 Point in Presence of Mind instead of 5 points in Arcane Concentration
• Potent Spirit has been removed
• New Talent - Arcane Flows (Tier 8, requires 1 point in Arcane Power) - Reduces the cooldown of your Presence of Mind, Arcane Power, and Invisibility spells by 30 secs.
• Netherwind Presence now increases your spell haste by 2/4/6% (Old version : Gives your Arcane Missiles, Arcane Barrage, Arcane Blast, Fireball, Frostbolt, and Forstfire Bolt spells a 1/2/3/4/5% chance to cause the next Arcane Blast, Fireball, Frostbolt or Frostfire Bolt to be instant.)
• Missile Barrage (Arcane) - New Tier 10 Talent.

3.0.1.8634 (July 17 2008)

General

• Frost Armor, Ice Armor, Mage Armor and Molten Armor are no longer Magic effects and cannot be dispelled.

Arcane

• Arcane Focus is now 3 ranks and increases chance to hit and reduces mana cost of Arcane spells by 1/2/3%.
• Counterspell now costs 9% of base mana.
• Invisibility now makes the caster invisible after 3 seconds, reduced from 5 seconds.
• Magic Attunement now also increases the range of your Arcane spells by 3/6 yards.
• Polymorph now costs 12% of base mana.
• Teleport spells now cost 9% of base mana.
• Portal spells now cost 18% of base mana.
• Prismatic Cloak now also reduces the fade time of Invisibility by 1/2 seconds.
• Slow Fall now costs 6% of base mana.

Worldwide Invitational Information (June 28-29 2008)

(From WoWInsider's coverage)

• Mages' AOE damage is being buffed in WotLK because Warlocks AOE was too strong in TBC. Mages should be the dominant AOE damage dealer. Warlock damage wont be going down, Mage damage will be going up. This will help to compensate for other classes getting stronger CC, as well..
• Frostfire Bolt: Benefits from talents enhancing both frost and fire damage, enhancing elementalist builds.
• Mage Armor: Shortens the duration of magical effects afflicting the mage by 50%.

3.0.1.8471 (June 12 2008)

• Counterspell - Counters an enemy's spell, preventing the enemy from casting that spell again for $d. Generates a high amount of threat. (New rank?)

3.0.1.8391 (May 30 2008)

Arcane

• Evocation - Mana restored increased to 75% (up from 60) and duration increased to 10 seconds (up from 8 seconds).
• Invisibility - Fade out time changed to 3 sec (down from 5).

3.0.1.???? (2008)

Arcane

• Arcane Focus - now only gives 1% Arcane spell hit chance per point, but will now reduce mana cost of Arcane spell by 1% per point as well.
• Conjure Mana <gem name> - renamed to simply "Conjure Mana Gem (Rank #)".
• Magic Attunement - now increases your Arcane spells ranges by 3/6 yards, in addition to it's old effect.
• Polymorph - now has a percentage of base mana cost instead of fixed cost.
• Portal: <destination> - now uses a percentage of base mana cost instead of fixed cost.
• Prismatic Cloak - now reduces the fade time on your Invisibility spell by 1/2 seconds in addition to it's old effect.
• Slow Fall - now has a percentage of base mana cost instead of fixed cost.
• Teleport: <destination> - now uses a percentage of base mana cost instead of fixed cost.

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Magi are wizards of immense knowledge and skill. Their obvious physical frailty is deceptive, for they can call upon the cosmic energies of the Twisting Nether. Rarely do Magi engage in physical combat. Instead, they prefer to attack from a distance, hurling powerful bolts of frost and flame at their enemies.

The very first mages were night elves who used the immense power from the well of eternity to create wonderous spells ten thousand years ago. The well of eternity was full and well back then so the power they could draw from it is much more than what is used by current mages. These night elven mages were known as the highborne and many of them lived in Azshara's (the queen of the night elves) castle overlooking the well of eternity.

Eventually a group of the highborne lead by one in particular named Xavius made the first contact in Azeroth's history with the Burning Legion. They slowly started summoning agents of the Legion through the minor portal they had created. Sargaeras, the leader of the Burning Legion could not enter through such a meager portal and ordered his agents and the Highborne to make a portal out of the well of eternity itself.

The Legion and the Highborne nearly had the portal complete but the combined efforts of the other night elves, the bronze and red dragonflights, and heroes known as Illidan and Malfurion Stormrage, Tyrande whisperwind, Krasus/korialstrasz, Broxigar and Rhonin the portal ultimately failed.

The fluxes of power caused the Well of Eternitys shores to expand rapidly consuming anything in it's path. This event would later be called "The Sundering". The shores eventually did stop expanding but never receded making the seas and continents we know today as well as what we call "The Maelstrom" inbetween the two continents. This also greatly reduced the powre of the well of eternity and so the level of power the mages could use in their spells was reduced substantially.

The Highborne, being shunned from their Night Elven bretheren fled to the Eastern Kingdoms and started their own society, losing affiliations with the night and becoming High Elves. While the Night Elves switched over to the newfound power of druidic magic and the allready existing priest magic of their goddess Elune.

The High Elves created their own fountain of power for their magic, the Sunwell and became very adept magi. Eventually they were approached by the Alliance and asked to teach magic to the other races. They eventually accepted and the humans grasped and learned magic astonishingly quickly and together they and built the magical city of Dalaran where wizards for many years to come would go and study and hone their skills for years to come until its destruction (for more on dalaran visit the dalaran lore page )

Now many races have the ability to train themselves to become a mage and weild mastery over fire, ice and arcane. With the entire scourge army and the Lich King himself ready to strike at the horde and the alliance, these brave souls must lend their immense magical knowledge and powerful spells to the battle as they will be needed more than ever.