Mage in WoW Forever

Overview

Damage · Mana

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 melee combat. Instead, they prefer to attack from a distance, hurling powerful bolts of frost and flame at their unsuspecting enemies.

Beta build 1.60.1.69913, compared against Classic Era 1.15.9.69722. Read from the client on September 22, 2026.

Playable races

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Every race and its racial abilities

Talent trees

• Arcane

  18 talents — 2 new, 13 changed

• Fire

  17 talents — 1 new, 10 changed

• Frost

  19 talents — 2 new, 10 changed

What changed from Classic Era

Every Mage talent and ability the beta altered or added, with the Classic Era wording beside it. Numbers that moved are marked inside the sentence.

Talents

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  Arcane Focus

  Arcane, tier 1 · 5 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 1%.

  In Classic Era

  Reduces the chance that the opponent can resist your Arcane spells by 2%.

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  Improved Channeling

  Arcane, tier 1 · 5 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Gives you a 20% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 14% chance while casting Arcane Blast.

  In Classic Era

  Gives you a 20% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles.

• 

  Arcane Subtlety

  Arcane, tier 2 · 2 ranksChanged

  Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 58was 5, now 8 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 2015was 20, now 15%.

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  Magic Absorption

  Arcane, tier 2 · 2 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Increases all your resistances by 5 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 1% of your total mana. Cannot trigger more often than 1 time per sec.

  In Classic Era

  Increases all resistances by 2 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 1% of your total mana. 1 sec. cooldown.

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  Arcane Resilience

  Arcane, tier 2 · 2 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 25% of your Intellect.

  In Classic Era

  Increases your armor by an amount equal to 50% of your Intellect.

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  Arcane Geometry

  Arcane, tier 3 · 2 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 3 yards.

  In Classic Era

  Increases the effect of your Amplify Magic and Dampen Magic spells by 25%.

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  Arcane Impact

  Arcane, tier 3 · 3 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 2%.

  In Classic Era

  Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane Explosion spell by an additional 2%.

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  Arcane Shielding

  Arcane, tier 4 · 2 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 17% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 25%.

  In Classic Era

  Decreases the mana lost per point of damage taken when Mana Shield is active by 10%.

• 

  Improved Counterspell

  Arcane, tier 4 · 2 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Your Counterspell also Silences the target for 2 sec.

  In Classic Era

  Gives your Counterspell a 50% chance to silence the target for 4 sec.

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  Arcane Meditation

  Arcane, tier 4 · 3 ranksChanged

  Allows 517was 5, now 17% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

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  Arcane Mind

  Arcane, tier 5 · 5 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Increases your Intellect by 2% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 20%.

  In Classic Era

  Increases your maximum Mana by 2%.

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  Arcane Instability

  Arcane, tier 6 · 3 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Increases the damage done by your spells by 1% and your critical strike chance by 1%.

  In Classic Era

  Increases your spell damage and critical strike chance by 1%.

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  Arcane Power

  Arcane, tier 7 · 1 rankChanged
  In Forever

  For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast.

  In Classic Era

  When activated, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast. This effect lasts 15 sec.

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  Wake of Fire

  Fire, tier 1 · 2 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 1 sec. Killing a non-trivial target increases the critical strike chance of your next Fire Blast cast within 20 sec by 25%.

  In Classic Era

  Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 0.5 sec.

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  Incineration

  Fire, tier 1 · 3 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 2%.

  In Classic Era

  Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast and Scorch spells by 2%.

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  Improved Fireball

  Fire, tier 1 · 5 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.1 sec.

  In Classic Era

  Reduces the casting time of your Fireball spell by 0.1 sec.

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  Impact

  Fire, tier 2 · 3 ranksChanged

  Gives your Fire spells a 23was 2, now 3% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.

• 

  Burning Soul

  Fire, tier 3 · 3 ranksChanged

  Gives your Fire spells a 3523was 35, now 23% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 1510was 15, now 10%.

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  Pyroblast

  Fire, tier 3 · 1 rankChanged

  Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 141100was 141, now 100 to 187132was 187, now 132 Fire damage and an additional 5644was 56, now 44 Fire damage over 12 sec.

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  Improved Scorch

  Fire, tier 4 · 3 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Your Scorch spell has a 33% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

  In Classic Era

  Your Scorch spells have a 33% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases the Fire damage dealt to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.

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  Master of Elements

  Fire, tier 4 · 3 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 10% of their base mana cost.

  In Classic Era

  Your Fire and Frost spell criticals will refund 10% of their base mana cost.

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  Blast Wave

  Fire, tier 5 · 1 rankChanged
  In Forever

  A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 153 to 185 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.

  In Classic Era

  A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 154 to 186 Fire damage, and dazing them for 6 sec.

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  Combustion

  Fire, tier 7 · 1 rankChanged
  In Forever

  When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 4 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells.

  In Classic Era

  When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 critical strikes with Fire spells.

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  Frost Warding

  Frost, tier 1 · 2 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Increases the Armor and resistance given by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 15%. In addition, gives your Frost Ward a 10% chance to reflect Frost spells and effects while active.

  In Classic Era

  Increases the armor and resistances given by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 15%. In addition, gives your Frost Ward a 10% chance to reflect Frost spells and effects while active.

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  Elemental Precision

  Frost, tier 1 · 5 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 1%.

  In Classic Era

  Reduces the chance that the opponent can resist your Frost and Fire spells by 2%.

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  Permafrost

  Frost, tier 2 · 3 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 11% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 3%.

  In Classic Era

  Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 1 sec and reduces the target's speed by an additional 4%.

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  Improved Blizzard

  Frost, tier 3 · 3 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 15% for 1.5 sec.

  In Classic Era

  Adds a chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 30%. Lasts 1.5 sec.

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  Ice Block

  Frost, tier 4 · 1 rankChanged
  In Forever

  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.

  In Classic Era

  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.

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  Shatter

  Frost, tier 4 · 3 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 17%.

  In Classic Era

  Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against frozen targets by 10%.

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  Improved Cone of Cold

  Frost, tier 5 · 3 ranksChanged

  Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 1512was 15, now 12%.

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  Cold Snap

  Frost, tier 5 · 1 rankChanged
  In Forever

  Finishes the remaining cooldown on all your other Frost spells.

  In Classic Era

  When activated, this spell finishes the cooldown on all of your Frost spells.

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  Winter's Chill

  Frost, tier 6 · 5 ranksChanged
  In Forever

  Gives your Frost damage spells a 20% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance your Ice Lance and Frostbolt spells will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 1 times.

  In Classic Era

  Gives your Frost damage spells a 20% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance a Frost spell will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.

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  Ice Barrier

  Frost, tier 7 · 1 rankChanged
  In Forever

  Instantly shields you, absorbing 448 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage.

  In Classic Era

  Instantly shields you, absorbing 438 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted.

Abilities

• Arcane Intellect

  Arcane · rank 1 at level 1Changed
  In Forever

  Increases the target's Intellect by 2 for 1 hour.

  In Classic Era

  Increases the target's Intellect by 2 for 30 min.

• Fireball

  Fire · rank 2 at level 6Changed

  Hurls a fiery ball that causes 3132was 31, now 32 to 4547was 45, now 47 Fire damage and an additional 3 Fire damage over 6 sec.

• Frostbolt

  Frost · rank 3 at level 14Changed

  Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing 5147was 51, now 47 to 5752was 57, now 52 Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 40% for 6 sec.

• Fire Blast

  Fire · rank 2 at level 14Changed

  Blasts the enemy for 5756was 57, now 56 to 7170was 71, now 70 Fire damage.

• Arcane Missiles

  Arcane · rank 2 at level 16Changed

  Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 3633was 36, now 33 Arcane damage each second for 4 sec.

• Frost Nova

  Frost · rank 2 at level 26Changed

  Blasts enemies near the caster for 3334was 33, now 34 to 3739was 37, now 39 Frost damage and freezes them in place for up to 8 sec. Damage caused may interrupt the effect.

• Impact

  Fire · rank 1 at level 10Changed
  In Forever

  Fire spells have a chance to stun the target for 2 sec.

  In Classic Era

• Dampen Magic

  Arcane · rank 1 at level 12Changed

  Dampens magic used against the targeted party member, decreasing damage taken from spells by up to 1015was 10, now 15 and healing spells by up to 2030was 20, now 30. Lasts 10 min.

• Arcane Explosion

  Arcane · rank 1 at level 14Changed
  In Forever

  Causes an explosion of arcane magic around the caster, causing 32 to 36 Arcane damage to all targets within 10 yards.

  In Classic Era

  Causes an explosion of arcane magic around the caster, causing 32 to 36 Arcane damage to all targets within 10 yards.

• Flamestrike

  Fire · rank 1 at level 16Changed
  In Forever

  Calls down a pillar of fire, burning all enemies within the area for 55 to 71 Fire damage and an additional 44 Fire damage over 8 sec. Only one Flamestrike can be active per Mage at a time.

  In Classic Era

  Calls down a pillar of fire, burning all enemies within the area for 52 to 68 Fire damage and an additional 48 Fire damage over 8 sec.

• Amplify Magic

  Arcane · rank 1 at level 18Changed

  Amplifies magic used against the targeted party member, increasing damage taken from spells by up to 1523was 15, now 23 and healing spells by up to 3045was 30, now 45. Lasts 10 min.

• Remove Lesser Curse

  Arcane · rank 1 at level 18Changed
  In Forever

  Removes 1 Curse or Bane from a friendly target.

  In Classic Era

  Removes 1 Curse from a friendly target.

• Blink

  Arcane · rank 1 at level 20Changed
  In Forever

  Teleports the caster 20 yards forward, unless something is in the way. Also frees the caster from Stuns and Immobilizes.

  In Classic Era

  Teleports the caster 20 yards forward, unless something is in the way. Also frees the caster from stuns and bonds.

• Blizzard

  Frost · rank 1 at level 20Changed
  In Forever

  Ice shards pelt the target area doing 200 Frost damage over 8 sec.

  In Classic Era

  Ice shards pelt the target area doing 200 Frost damage over 8 sec.

• Fire Ward

  Fire · rank 1 at level 20Changed

  Absorbs 165162was 165, now 162 Fire damage. Lasts 30 sec.

• Frost Ward

  Frost · rank 1 at level 22Changed

  Absorbs 165162was 165, now 162 Frost damage. Lasts 30 sec.

• Scorch

  Fire · rank 1 at level 22Changed

  Scorch the enemy for 5338was 53, now 38 to 6546was 65, now 46 Fire damage.

• Pyroblast

  Fire · rank 2 at level 24Changed

  Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 180125was 180, now 125 to 236164was 236, now 164 Fire damage and an additional 7256was 72, now 56 Fire damage over 12 sec.

• Cone of Cold

  Frost · rank 1 at level 26Changed

  Targets in a cone in front of the caster take 9896was 98, now 96 to 108106was 108, now 106 Frost damage and are slowed by 5040was 50, now 40% for 86was 8, now 6 sec.

• Ice Lance

  Frost · rank 2 at level 28Changed
  In Forever

  Deals 34 to 41 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets.

  In Classic Era

  Deals 26.92 to 31.81 Frost damage to an enemy target. Causes 400% damage against Frozen targets. When your other frost spells deal damage to a non-player controlled target, they increase the target's damage taken from your next Ice Lance by 20%. This effect stacks up to 5 times and requires the Winter's Chill talent.

• Mage Armor

  Arcane · rank 1 at level 34Changed

  Increases your resistance to all magic by 5 and allows 3050was 30, now 50% of your mana regeneration to continue while casting. Only one type of Armor spell can be active on the Mage at any time. Lasts 30 min.

• Blast Wave

  Fire · rank 2 at level 36Changed
  In Forever

  A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 199 to 239 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.

  In Classic Era

  A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 201 to 241 Fire damage, and dazing them for 6 sec.

• Frostfire Bolt

  Fire · rank 1 at level 40Changed
  In Forever

  Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing 102 to 119 Frostfire damage, slowing movement speed by 40% and causing an additional 27 Frostfire damage over 9 sec. This spell will be checked against the lower of the target's Frost and Fire resists and counts as both Frost and Fire damage.

  In Classic Era

  Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing 276.8 to 322.79 Frostfire damage, slowing movement speed by 40% and causing an additional 30.66 Frostfire damage over 9 sec. This spell will be checked against the lower of the target's Frost and Fire resists and counts as both Frost and Fire damage.

• Ice Barrier

  Frost · rank 2 at level 46Changed
  In Forever

  Instantly shields you, absorbing 561 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage.

  In Classic Era

  Instantly shields you, absorbing 549 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted.

• Arcane Brilliance

  Arcane · rank 1 at level 56Changed
  In Forever

  Infuses the target's party and raid with brilliance, increasing their Intellect by 31 for 1 hour.

  In Classic Era

  Infuses the target's party with brilliance, increasing their Intellect by 31 for 1 hour.

Top of the ability ladder

The last ranks this class trains, highest level first.

• Arcane Blast

  Rank 5 at level 60

• Blast Wave

  Rank 5 at level 60

• Blizzard

  Rank 6 at level 60

• Conjure Food

  Rank 7 at level 60

• Conjure Water

  Rank 7 at level 60

• Dampen Magic

  Rank 5 at level 60

• Fire Ward

  Rank 5 at level 60

• Fireball

  Rank 12 at level 60

Every Mage ability, rank by rank

Known from the start

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  Fireball

  Hurls a fiery ball that causes 14 to 22 Fire damage and an additional 2 Fire damage over 4 sec.

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  Frost Armor

  Increases Armor by 30. 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. Only one type of Armor spell can be active on the Mage at any time. Lasts 30 min.