Students gifted with a keen intellect and unwavering discipline may walk the path of the mage. The arcane magic available to magi is both great and dangerous, and thus is revealed only to the most devoted practitioners. To avoid interference with their spellcasting, magi wear only cloth armor, but arcane shields and enchantments give them additional protection. To keep enemies at bay, magi can summon bursts of fire to incinerate distant targets and cause entire areas to erupt, setting groups of foes ablaze.

Masters of ice can command blizzards that tear into flesh and limit movement. Should enemies manage to survive this assault, the mage can shrink them into harmless sheep in the blink of an eye.

Powerful magi can even generate enhancements and portals, assisting allies by sharpening their minds and transporting them instantly across the world.

Mage Information

Mages demolish their foes with arcane incantations. Although they wield powerful offensive spells, mages are fragile and lightly armored, making them particularly vulnerable to close-range attacks. Wise mages make careful use of their spells to keep their foes at a distance or hold them in place.

  • Type Ranged Magic Damage Dealer
  • Standard Bars Health, Mana
  • Available Armor Cloth
  • Available Weapons Wands, Daggers, One-Handed Swords, Staves
Mage Talents

Mage talents focus on enhancing individual schools of magic – quick, aggressive Fire spells; efficient, controlling Frost spells and punishing Arcane spells.

Mage Talent Specialization
Mage Features
Ranged damage

Mages can expend mana in order to deal high amounts of damage with amazing speed, though they must be wary of exhausting themselves.

Area of effect spells

By calling upon sheets of ice, columns of flame, and waves of arcane power, mages can effectively attack multiple foes at the same time.

Control

A mage has many options for controlling the battlefield, from freezing enemies in place to transforming them into helpless critters.

Teleportation

Mages possess the ability to transport themselves and their allies between cities and can summon replenishing food and water.

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Azzopardi
Kazzak
Azzopardi
18/04/2013
you can not love these Class :D EASY TO PLAY BUT HARD TO MASTER !!! ( these is class is op under the right skills :P )
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Badkid
Archimonde
Badkid
18/04/2013
Frost Mages and Rogues , My favorite classes.
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Shakor
Burning Legion
Shakor
27/03/2013
I do not know if anyone can help me, but I'm lvl 70 and have won 2 areana battles with no deaths. but when it was over, I got nothing? is it only at level 90 you get something for areana battles?
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Mikefreedom
Drak'thul
Mikefreedom
25/03/2013
really good class!! :)
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Alecxy
Draenor
Alecxy
24/03/2013
stop...tell who op are mages and learn to play your class.each class have good and bad parts.and blizzard nerf fire,10% less damage for pyroblast and fire blast dont speard living bomb any more(kill fire aoe dps).but still good on frost and arcane...
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Voxelrage
Stormscale
Voxelrage
14/03/2013
mage is best class ever
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Szajbuskaa
Burning Legion
Szajbuskaa
13/03/2013
Love Gnome Mage :)
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Namio
Silvermoon
Namio
01/03/2013
I actually love this class so so so much! <3'.
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Nioda
Emerald Dream
Nioda
06/03/2013
@Namio: What about today?
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Juicybabe
Laughing Skull
Juicybabe
21/02/2013
My fav class :) Although people hate arcane, I think it's pretty cool, especially now in mop. If you make a mage, go for blood elf or night elf!!!
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Aleswall
Argent Dawn
Aleswall
10/02/2013
Boom, love my Mage, had him just over a year. Recommended Tailoring and Enchanting for people.. I have Worgen simply for t'giggles of robe Worgen.. Human and Gnome are good, increased mana pool and spirit is quite useful between quick combats if no time for drinks.. Arcane is top for endgame right now. I miss Fire </3
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Hanraneqedk
Frostmane
Hanraneqedk
03/02/2013
what is the best arcane mage pve race?
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My favorite class ever!
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Lolpicks
Bloodfeather
Lolpicks
26/01/2013
mage need nerf they to op i cant kill them whit my pet nerf them blizz
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Aleswall
Argent Dawn
Aleswall
10/02/2013
@Lolpicks: You're complaining.. Because you can't kill something at level 10? They're probably in the higher levels of the bracket, around 17-19. Classes are pretty balanced at low level, just faceroll the keyboard.
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Emelly
Vek'nilash
Emelly
07/01/2013
@Marzoria: if you mean a lvling guide... wowpro... works perfect i use it too... and all free
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Gworyn
Defias Brotherhood
Gworyn
07/01/2013
As a rogue i really hate them and at the same time i admire their firepower..... I remember the old Mages of Warcraft 2 who can annhilate an entire unit with a good placed Blizzard... and they're still lethal even now.
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Marzoria
Outland
Marzoria
17/12/2012
anyone has a guide for my newb friend?
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Vipyro
Darkmoon Faire
Vipyro
10/12/2012
Buff mages
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Scyrog
Grim Batol
Scyrog
09/12/2012
nerf mages so hard i hate class
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Augrennel
Argent Dawn
Augrennel
02/02/2013
@Scyrog: You're a death knight, buck up.
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Mirasavia
Quel'Thalas
Mirasavia
28/11/2012
best class Evar (just rerolled)
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Fnargie
Sporeggar
Fnargie
24/11/2012
IS VERY GOOD
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Grayster
Moonglade
Grayster
20/11/2012
the best two 2 *
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Grayster
Moonglade
Grayster
20/11/2012
Hey can anybody tell, which is the best profession for an Arcane mage lvl 90, which I will use only for Pve?
thanks.
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Psychokîller
Stormrage
Psychokîller
11/11/2012
in arena when you cauterize and join the next arena its still on cooldown can blizzard fix this plz?
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React
Earthen Ring
React
07/11/2012
After MoP Mages make so much DPS as Frost
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Aregna
Auchindoun
Aregna
04/11/2012
My first and favourite class. Enjoyable and powerful. Useful on battlegrounds.
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Frostblast
Hellscream
Frostblast
20/10/2012
Mages are great, there are very cool and i love them :) thank you blizz
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Swiftjheera
Bloodhoof
Swiftjheera
13/10/2012
95% of the mages are unskilled but can still kill people and why is that you ask ? cause every kid can push 3 damn buttons !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no really i hate this class cause they mostly are unskilled while skilled players need to watch mages pwn oh and btw blizz a great idea give mages an attack where for the next 20 seconds frost bombs can be stacked and have no cooldown !
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Xervensa
Ahn'Qiraj
Xervensa
19/10/2012
@Swiftjheera: Agreed, you can't tell the difference between a skilled mage (if there is such a thing) and a bad one...
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Aunera
Laughing Skull
Aunera
25/10/2012
@Xervensa: Agreed. They also QQ when they can't faceroll someone.
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Búddah
Chamber of Aspects
Búddah
03/11/2012
@Swiftjheera: are you retarded, i play mainly dk, but just started at my 85 mage and planning on twinking it 85. it does takes much more skill then a warrior with second wind... stop qq and learn your class, when i play warrior i take mages so stop being bad and get some skills? oh wait its not about skill. its about common sence and logical thinking (my english is bad) you can say classes are overpowered but to be really pro you need to think and not (for example as dk) pop your anti magic shell the first thing you do, stop qqing, if you wanna qq do it about preists and bm hunters
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Fantastriker
Wildhammer
Fantastriker
05/11/2012
@Búddah: Totally agree with Buddah! Mages are good but require skills, cuz i remember when i started playing a mage, i kept forgeting that i need to have the shields turned on etc. another thing is that mages die fast, so you have to know how to get away from someone.
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Synysteer
Kilrogg
Synysteer
09/11/2012
@Swiftjheera: Dude, if i stood there and let u attack me.... i would be dead in a couple of seconds... know why? because mages are easier to kill than a knife through hot butter... its our spells that allow us to survive.... imagine how anoying it is trying to get a cast off knowing that there is a warrior charging up to you... mages have to think about a lot more than you do..... stop QQing
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Yuuren
Quel'Thalas
Yuuren
17/11/2012
@Swiftjheera: and the award for most retarded comment goes to you my friend... you don't even know how much of a hypocrite you are, because at the moment warriors are probably easier to play than mages, i can already tell by your name u kiss !@# to swifty so you are 100% using his one shot macro with 5 stacks of taste for blood critting 300k no problem, talking about skill, you don't even play arena, ur just another random battleground scrub. so you wouldn't even know what skill is.
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Puresa
Laughing Skull
Puresa
02/12/2012
@Swiftjheera: you really think the glass cannon is bad really i have had very little pvp practice and next to no pvp gear on any of my characters despite being in a pvp realm and yet i have killed many mage's and only died to them about 3 times due to ganking and accidental dismount landing next to the mage i even defeat them as holy priest with the same lvl so don't say there op or non skilled as melee classes tend more often then not to take the least skill (wow is one of the few that isent click click)
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Krigarn
Dunemaul
Krigarn
01/01/2013
@Swiftjheera: Says the warrior xDDDD
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Cobalion
Khadgar
Cobalion
05/10/2012
Most hated (by me) class in the WHOLE game!!! i think you can gues why........if not then hint: Frost spec!
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Cingozrecai
Magtheridon
Cingozrecai
24/08/2012
yea when begin battle frost mage attack freeze me then rouge sap then it kill me