WoW Forever Mage Talents & Talent Tree

Mage talent reference

Arcane talents

1. Wand Specialization Moved
   Increases your damage with Wands by 13/25%.
2. Arcane Focus
   Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 1/2/3/4/5%.
3. Improved Channeling
   Gives you a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 14/28/42/56/70% chance while casting Arcane Blast or Arcane Wrath. Classic name: Improved Arcane Missiles.
4. Missile Barrage New
   Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 20/40% chance, your Arcane Missile hits a 5/10% chance, and your Arcane Wrath, Fireball, Frostbolt, and Frostfire Bolt spells a 10/20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of your next Arcane Missiles spell by 50%, reduce the Mana cost by 100%, and missiles fire every 0.5 sec.
5. Arcane Subtlety
   Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 8/15 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 15/30%.
6. Magic Absorption
   Increases all your resistances by 5/10 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 1/2% of your total mana. Cannot trigger more often than 1 time per sec.
7. Arcane Concentration
   Gives you a 2/4/6/8/10% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.
8. Arcane Resilience
   Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 25/50% of your Intellect.
9. Arcane Geometry New
   Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 3/6 yards.
10. Arcane Impact
    Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 2/4/6%. Classic name: Improved Arcane Explosion.
11. Arcane Blast New
    15% of base mana | 30 yd range | 1.5 sec cast
    Blasts the target with energy, dealing 34 to 38 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, you gain 15% of your Intellect as Spell Damage and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 15 sec from time of initial application.
12. Arcane Shielding
    Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 17/33% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 25/50%. Classic name: Improved Mana Shield.
13. Improved Counterspell
    Your Counterspell also Silences the target for 2/4 sec.
14. Arcane Meditation (needs Arcane Concentration)
    Allows 17/33/50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
15. Arcane Wrath (needs Arcane Blast) New
    140 Mana | 30 yd range | 3.5 sec cast | 6 sec cooldown
    Launches a projectile of pure Arcane energy at the enemy target, causing 122 to 146 Arcane damage. This spell gains additional Spell Damage equal to 5% of your maximum Mana.
16. Presence of Mind
    Instant | 3 min cooldown
    When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 sec becomes an instant cast spell.
17. Arcane Mind
    Increases your Intellect by 2/4/6/8/10% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 20/40/60/80/100%.
18. Arcane Instability
    Increases the damage done by your spells by 1/2/3% and your critical strike chance by 1/2/3%.
19. Arcane Power (needs Presence of Mind)
    Instant | 3 min cooldown
    For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast.

Classic talents removed in Forever: Arcane

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

Fire talents

1. Improved Fire Blast
   Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 1/2 sec and increases its range by 8/15 yards.
2. Incineration
   Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 2/4/6%. Classic name: Incinerate.
3. Improved Fireball
   Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 sec.
4. Ignite
   Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 8/16/24/32/40% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.
5. Flame Throwing
   Increases the range of your Fire spells by 3/6 yards.
6. Impact
   Gives your Fire spells a 3/7/10% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.
7. Burning Soul
   Gives your Fire spells a 23/47/70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 10/20/30%.
8. Improved Flamestrike
   Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 5/10/15%.
9. Pyroblast
   125 Mana | 35 yd range | 6 sec cast
   Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 101 to 131 Fire damage and an additional 44 Fire damage over 12 sec.
10. Improved Scorch
    Your Scorch spell has a 33/67/100% 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.
11. Improved Fire Ward
    Causes your Fire Ward to have a 10/20% chance to reflect Fire spells while active.
12. Heating Up (needs Pyroblast) New
    Non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch reduce the cast time of your next Pyroblast cast within 20 sec by 25%, stacking up to 3 times. Fire Blast grants an additional stack every time it deals damage.
13. Master of Elements
    Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 10/20/30% of their base mana cost.
14. Critical Mass
    Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 2/4/6/8/10%.
15. Blast Wave
    215 Mana | Instant | 45 sec cooldown
    A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 154 to 184 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.
16. Fire Power
    Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 1/2/3% per your Fire effects on the target, up to a maximum increase of 4/8/12%. Effects which mix multiple schools of magic do not qualify.
17. Combustion (needs Critical Mass)
    Instant | 3 min cooldown
    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 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells.

Frost talents

1. Frost Warding
   Increases the Armor and resistance given by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 15/30%. In addition, gives your Frost Ward a 10/20% chance to reflect Frost spells and effects while active.
2. Improved Frostbolt
   Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt and Frost Blast spells by 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 sec.
3. Elemental Precision
   Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 1/2/3/4/5%.
4. Ice Shards
   Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 20/40/60/80/100%.
5. Permafrost
   Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 11/22/33% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 3/7/10%.
6. Improved Frost Nova
   Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova spell by 2/4 sec.
7. Frostbite Moved
   Gives your Chill effects a 5/10/15% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.
8. Piercing Ice
   Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 2/4/6%.
9. Frost Channeling Moved
   Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 5/10/15% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 10/20/30%.
10. Ice Lance New
    45 Mana | 30 yd range | Instant
    Deals 28 to 32 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 200% increased damage to Frozen targets.
11. Improved Blizzard
    Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 15/25/40% for 1.5 sec.
12. Arctic Reach
    Increases the range of your Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Blizzard spells and the radius of your Frost Nova and Cone of Cold spells by 10/20%.
13. Ice Block Moved
    15 Mana | Instant | 5 min cooldown
    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.
14. Shatter
    Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 17/33/50%.
15. Improved Cone of Cold
    Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 12/23/35%.
16. Cold Snap
    Instant | 10 min cooldown
    Finishes the remaining cooldown on all your other Frost spells.
17. Fingers of Frost (needs Ice Lance) New
    Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 1 spell cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec. / Gives your Chill effects a 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.
18. Winter's Chill
    Gives your Frost damage spells a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the damage done by your Cone of Cold spell to the target by 40%, stacking up to 5 times.
19. Ice Barrier (needs Cold Snap)
    305 Mana | Instant | 30 sec cooldown
    Instantly shields you, absorbing 447 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage.