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Arcane Mage

  • 2v2
  • 45 players
  • Last Updated: 9 hours ago

See what 45 high-rated 2v2 characters are using, based on PvPLeaderboard’s EU and US rankings.

Where these stats come from

Starting at the top of the rankings, we work down until we have everything we need for 50 characters.

A character is ignored if their Battle.net profile is missing or incomplete, if they aren’t max level, or if their talents don’t fit the current talent tree.

Use this as a starting point, then adjust your setup for your bracket, comp, rating, and matchup.

Sources: PvPLeaderboard; Battle.net

Players

Arnoldkelly

Arnoldkelly

<shag some keys>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (Class)

Time Walk
Supernova
Shimmer
Spatial Manipulation

Talents (Specialization)

Slipstream
Aegwynn's Technique
High Voltage

Talents (Hero)

Merely a Setback
Lessons in Debilitation
Savor the Moment

Talents (PvP)

Improved Mass Invisibility
Chrono Shift
Overpowered Barrier
Numbing

Numbing

<Sanctimonious>Sargeras (us)

Talents (Class)

Time Walk
Dragon's Breath
Improved Blink
Ice Nova
Ring of Frost
Spatial Manipulation

Talents (Specialization)

Slipstream
Aegwynn's Technique
High Voltage

Talents (Hero)

Merely a Setback
Explosive Potential
Savor the Moment

Talents (PvP)

Improved Mass Invisibility
Chrono Shift
Overpowered Barrier
Shoop

Shoop

<Blood borne>Saurfang (us)

Talents (Class)

Time Walk
Dragon's Breath
Shimmer
Ice Ward
Ice Nova
Ring of Frost
Spatial Manipulation

Talents (Specialization)

Slipstream
Aegwynn's Technique
High Voltage

Talents (Hero)

Time Twist
Explosive Potential
Sunfury Execution

Talents (PvP)

Improved Mass Invisibility
Chrono Shift
Overpowered Barrier

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Arcane Mage is
Versatility > Haste > Mastery > Critical Strike

Most Used Races

The best race for a Arcane Mage for the Alliance is Night Elf and for the Horde is Highmountain Tauren

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

44% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 314 primary stat for 20 sec.

13% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 206 primary stat for 20 sec.

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

9% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 270 primary stat for 20 sec.

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Most Used Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Arcane Mage is Flawless Versatile Peridot
Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

36%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

26%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

16%

+23 Primary Stat and opponent's failed interrupt attempts grant Precognition

Most Used Embellishments

Embellishments are specific abilities that can be added onto a piece of gear or weapons to add an equip bonus. The most popular embellishment for a Arcane Mage is Arcanoweave Lining on a Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

91%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to draw in a mana wyrm that will empower you and an ally with Arcanoweave Insight, increasing your Intellect by 44 and your ally's Primary Stat by 11.

  • Wrist37%
  • Feet32%
  • Back21%
  • Waist8%
  • Chest3%
Hunter's Ritual Stone

Hunter's Ritual Stone

7%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to grant 101 of a random secondary stat for 15 sec. While on a Prey Hunt this effect is increased by 50%. This bonus is only available outdoors while hunting prey.

  • Off Hand100%
Hunt

Hunt

4%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have the chance to grant 85 secondary stats for 15 sec based on the target creature's type.

  • Main Hand50%
  • Off Hand50%

Most Used Enchants

Percentages use the 45 characters in this dataset. A value above 100% means the enchant appears more than 45 times, usually because the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

96%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

69%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

7%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Hands icon

Hands

Heat Wave

2%

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Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

84%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

11%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

89%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Rite of the Hash'ey

9%

Rite of the Hash'ey

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

58%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

49%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Talents

The new talent system is not as straight-forward as the talent systems from previous expansions. Many talents are situational, and choosing your talents should be done based on the content you are doing. This heat map will show what talents are must-picks, which ones are situational, and which ones are rarely chosen.

Colors

The colors indicate talent popularity. The percentages show how many of the 45 characters in this dataset selected each talent.

  • 90% - 100% (best)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Prismatic Barrier
100%
Alter Time
100%
Ice Block
100%
Time Walk
100%
Master of Time
97.8%
2 / 2
Winter's Protection
71.1%
2 / 2
Frost Conditioning
22.2%
Arcane Warding
100%
2 / 2
Inspired Intellect
100%
Mirror Image
86.7%
Spellsteal
97.8%
Quick Witted
100%
Dragon's Breath
100%
Remove Curse
64.4%
Improved Conjuration
80%
2 / 2
Improved Spellsteal
6.7%
Improved Blink
100%
Improved Counterspell
53.3%
Overflowing Energy
97.8%
Improved Remove Curse
0%
Greater Invisibility
100%
Ice Ward
35.6%
Captured Thoughts
13.3%
Tome of Rhonin
97.8%
Improved Warding
26.7%
Tome of Antonidas
100%
Incantation of Swiftness
4.4%
1 / 2
Master of Escape
68.9%
Charm of Aegwynn
100%
Brainstorm
95.6%
Flow of Time
95.6%
Mana Confluence
8.9%
Charm of Medivh
100%
Permafrost Bauble
35.6%
Ice Nova
75.6%
Time Manipulation
77.8%
Ring of Frost
80%
Energized Barriers
88.9%
Mass Invisibility
80%
Barrier Diffusion
91.1%
Ice Cold
20%
Spatial Manipulation
100%
Improved Prismatic Barrier
100%

Sunfury

Hero class image
Ashes of Inspiration
100%
Burden of Power
100%
Codex of the Sunstriders
100%
Memory of Al'ar
100%
Spellfire Spheres
100%
Rondurmancy
100%
Merely a Setback
100%
Savor the Moment
100%
Lessons in Debilitation
100%
Invocation: Arcane Phoenix
100%
Mana Cascade
100%
Spellfire Salvo
100%
Pyrocosm
100%
Glorious Incandescence
100%
Arcane Missiles
100%
Concentrated Power
100%
Arcane Salvo
100%
Improved Clearcasting
100%
Refractive Images
100%
Arcing Cleave
100%
Arcane Pulse
0%
Arcane Surge
100%
Arcane Orb
100%
Reverberate
0%
Slipstream
100%
Mana Bomb
13.3%
Arcane Familiar
33.3%
Charged Orb
100%
Intuition
100%
Amplification
100%
Touch of the Magi
100%
Energized Familiar
15.6%
Expanded Mind
100%
Consortium's Bauble
73.3%
Arcane Tempo
97.8%
Aether Attunement
100%
2 / 2
Aegwynn's Technique
100%
Resonance
97.8%
Impetus
0%
Evocation
0%
Enlightened
100%
Focusing Crystal
88.9%
Illuminated Thoughts
13.3%
Prodigious Savant
100%
2 / 2
Eureka
100%
Arcane Singularity
100%
2 / 2
High Voltage
100%
Overflowing Insight
2.2%
Overpowered Missiles
100%
Orb Mastery
6.7%
Orb Barrage
88.9%
Prismatic Bolt
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Overpowered Barrier

Overpowered Barrier

91%

Your barriers absorb 60% more damage and have an additional effect, but last 4 sec. Prismatic Barrier If the barrier is fully consumed, gain Time Warp for 6 sec.

Chrono Shift

Chrono Shift

80%

Arcane Barrage slows enemies by 30% and increases your movement speed by 10% for 5 sec.

Improved Mass Invisibility

Improved Mass Invisibility

73%

Mass Invisibility's cooldown is reduced by 3 min, and it can affect allies in combat.

Master Shepherd

Master Shepherd

24%

While an enemy player is affected by your Polymorph or Mass Polymorph, your movement speed is increased by 25% and your Versatility is increased by 12%. Additionally, Polymorph and Mass Polymorph no longer heal enemies.

Kleptomania

Kleptomania

11%

Unleash a flurry of disruptive magic onto your target, stealing a beneficial magic effect every 0.4 sec for 3.6 sec. Castable while moving, but movement speed is reduced by 40% while channeling.

Ice Wall

Ice Wall

7%

Conjures an Ice Wall 30 yards long that obstructs line of sight. The wall has 30% of your maximum health and lasts up to 15 sec.

Ethereal Blink

Ethereal Blink

2%

Blink applies Slow at 100% effectiveness to all enemies you Blink through. For each enemy you Blink through, the cooldown of Blink is reduced by 1 sec, up to 5 sec. Slow Reduces the target's movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.

Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire

2%

Summons a Ring of Fire for 8 sec at the target location. Enemies entering the ring are incapacitated and burn for 3% of their total health over 4 sec.

Arcanosphere

Arcanosphere

2%

Builds a sphere of Arcane energy, gaining power over 4 sec. Upon release, the sphere passes through any barriers, knocking enemies back and dealing up to 18,971 Arcane damage.