ARCANE MAGE
Arcane Mage is built on the Arcane talent tree and plays as a damage dealer in raids. The tree has 18 talents: 3 new in Forever, 13 changed from Classic.
ARCANE GUIDE
We'll write the Arcane Mage rotation, stat priority and recommended build as the beta data settles. For now, see the talent tree below, the talent calculator and the class discussions on the forum.
WHAT IT BRINGS TO A RAID
The catalogue has no raid contribution tied only to Arcane; the ones below apply to every Mage.
EVERY MAGE BRINGS
Intellect (Arcane Brilliance)DecurseInterruptWater and foodCC: Humanoid
DETAILS ON THE CLASS PAGE →TALENTS
Hover or tap a talent to read it below. Text is for the final rank.
2Wand Specialization
5Arcane Focus
5Improved Channeling
2Arcane Subtlety
2Magic Absorption
5Arcane Concentration
2Arcane Resilience
2Arcane Geometry
3Arcane Impact
1Arcane Blast
2Arcane Shielding
2Improved Counterspell
3Arcane Meditation
1Missile Barrage
1Presence of Mind
5Arcane Mind
3Arcane Instability
1Arcane Power- Wand SpecializationRow 1 · 2 rankMoved
Increases your damage with Wands by 25%.
- Arcane FocusRow 1 · 5 rankChanged
Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 5%.
- Improved ChannelingRow 1 · 5 rankChangedClassic name: Improved Arcane Missiles
Gives you a 100% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 70% chance while casting Arcane Blast.
- Arcane SubtletyRow 2 · 2 rankChanged
Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 15 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 30%.
- Magic AbsorptionRow 2 · 2 rankChanged
Increases all your resistances by 10 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 2% of your total mana. Cannot trigger more often than 1 time per sec.
- Arcane ConcentrationRow 2 · 5 rank
Gives you a 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%.
- Arcane ResilienceRow 2 · 2 rankChanged
Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 50% of your Intellect.
- Arcane GeometryRow 3 · 2 rankNew
Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 6 yards.
- Arcane ImpactRow 3 · 3 rankChangedClassic name: Improved Arcane Explosion
Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 6%.
- Arcane BlastRow 3 · 1 rank · activeNew
Blasts the target with energy, dealing 57 to 65 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage of all your other spells is increased by 10% and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 8 sec or until any other damage spell is cast.
- Arcane ShieldingRow 4 · 2 rankChangedClassic name: Improved Mana Shield
Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 33% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 50%.
- Improved CounterspellRow 4 · 2 rankChanged
Your Counterspell also Silences the target for 4 sec.
- Arcane MeditationRow 4 · 3 rankChanged
Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
- Missile BarrageRow 4 · 1 rankNew
Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 40% chance, and your Fireball, Frostbolt, and Frostfire Bolt spells a 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.
- Presence of MindRow 5 · 1 rank · active
When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 sec becomes an instant cast spell.
- Arcane MindRow 5 · 5 rankChanged
Increases your Intellect by 10% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 100%.
- Arcane InstabilityRow 6 · 3 rankChanged
Increases the damage done by your spells by 3% and your critical strike chance by 3%.
- Arcane PowerRow 7 · 1 rank · activeChanged
For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast.
Removed from Classic: Magic Attunement
Talent, spell, race and raid data: talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0), from the WoW Forever beta client; data date 2026-10-14. Numbers can lag live tuning. Spell names, icons and tooltip text belong to Blizzard Entertainment. Mage talent calculator.