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Arcane Mage

  • 2v2
  • 13 players
  • Last Updated: 21 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Arcane Mage on the 2v2 leaderboard. The data on this page is updated every 24 hours in order for the data to be as relevant as possible.

This page only shows what the best players in the world are using. This might not apply to every skill bracket in Mythic+. Use this page as the starting point of your journey, and don’t be afraid to stray away from what is presented on this page!

Players

Cvark

Cvark

<Humble>Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

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

Talents (spec)

Presence of Mind
Aegwynn's Technique

Talents (hero)

Attuned Familiar
Slippery Slinging
Phantasmal Image

Talents (pvp)

Improved Mass Invisibility
Chrono Shift
Overpowered Barrier
Elaeghis

Elaeghis

<triwizard champions>Stormrage (us)

Talents (class)

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

Talents (spec)

Presence of Mind
Aegwynn's Technique

Talents (hero)

Attuned Familiar
Slippery Slinging
Phantasmal Image

Talents (pvp)

Improved Mass Invisibility
Chrono Shift
Overpowered Barrier
Flopsy

Flopsy

<Que la famille>Garona (eu)

Talents (class)

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

Talents (spec)

Presence of Mind
Aegwynn's Technique

Talents (hero)

Attuned Familiar
Slippery Slinging
Reactive Barrier

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
Haste > Versatility > Mastery > Critical Strike

Best Races

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

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

46% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

23% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 176 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

8% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

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

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 176 primary stat for 20 sec.

Best Sockets

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

Flawless Quick Lapis

39%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

20%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

16%

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

Best 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

146%

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 28 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Wrist32%
  • Waist21%
  • Feet21%
  • Chest16%
  • Legs11%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

31%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,450 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Wrist50%
  • Waist25%
  • Feet25%
Hunt

Hunt

23%

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

  • Main Hand100%

Best Enchants

Percentages are calculated in relation to 50 players. If an enchant has a value of more than 100%, it means the enchant is found more than 50 times. This usually happens when the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

8%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

77%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

8%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

62%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

8%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

62%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

31%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

92%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

8%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

69%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

31%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

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 the popularity of the talent. The numbers below indicate the percentage of the top 50 players that have chosen this 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
100%
2 / 2
Winter's Protection
69.2%
2 / 2
Frost Conditioning
0%
Arcane Warding
100%
2 / 2
Inspired Intellect
100%
Mirror Image
23.1%
Spellsteal
100%
Quick Witted
100%
Dragon's Breath
100%
Remove Curse
100%
Improved Conjuration
7.7%
2 / 2
Improved Spellsteal
0%
Shimmer
100%
Improved Counterspell
53.8%
Overflowing Energy
92.3%
Improved Remove Curse
0%
Greater Invisibility
100%
Ice Ward
53.8%
Captured Thoughts
23.1%
Tome of Rhonin
100%
Tome of Antonidas
100%
Incantation of Swiftness
53.8%
2 / 2
Master of Escape
100%
Charm of Aegwynn
100%
Brainstorm
92.3%
Flow of Time
100%
Mana Confluence
53.8%
Charm of Medivh
100%
Permafrost Bauble
61.5%
Ice Nova
69.2%
Time Manipulation
76.9%
Ring of Frost
76.9%
Energized Barriers
100%
Mass Invisibility
84.6%
Barrier Diffusion
100%
Ice Cold
23.1%
Spatial Manipulation
100%
Improved Prismatic Barrier
69.2%

Spellslinger

Hero class image
Splinterstorm
100%
Spellfrost Teachings
100%
Controlled Instincts
100%
Signature Spell
100%
Archmage's Wrath
100%
Slippery Slinging
100%
Reactive Barrier
100%
Splintering Orbs
100%
Augury Abounds
100%
Force of Will
100%
Splintering Sorcery
100%
Polished Focus
100%
Infused Splinters
100%
Attuned Familiar
100%
Arcane Missiles
100%
Concentrated Power
100%
Arcane Salvo
100%
Amplification
100%
Improved Clearcasting
100%
Arcing Cleave
100%
Arcane Pulse
23.1%
Arcane Surge
100%
Arcane Orb
100%
Reverberate
23.1%
Presence of Mind
76.9%
Mana Bomb
46.2%
Arcane Familiar
92.3%
Charged Orb
100%
Intuition
100%
Touch of the Magi
100%
Energized Familiar
84.6%
Expanded Mind
100%
Consortium's Bauble
84.6%
Arcane Tempo
100%
Aether Attunement
15.4%
1 / 2
Aegwynn's Technique
100%
Resonance
100%
Impetus
53.8%
Mana Adept
23.1%
Enlightened
100%
Focusing Crystal
15.4%
Illuminated Thoughts
92.3%
Prodigious Savant
100%
2 / 2
Eureka
92.3%
Arcane Singularity
100%
2 / 2
High Voltage
15.4%
Overflowing Insight
69.2%
Overpowered Missiles
15.4%
Orb Mastery
84.6%
Orb Barrage
100%
Touch of the Archmage
284.6%

Best PvP Talents

Chrono Shift

Chrono Shift

92%

Arcane Barrage slows enemies by 50% and increases your movement speed by 10% for 5 sec.

Overpowered Barrier

Overpowered Barrier

85%

Your barriers absorb 100% more damage and have an additional effect, but last 4 sec. Prismatic Barrier If the barrier is fully absorbed, your next Blink or Shimmer within 15 sec grants Invisibility and immunity to damage for 3 sec. The damage reduction is lost if Invisibility ends.

Improved Mass Invisibility

Improved Mass Invisibility

77%

The cooldown of Mass Invisibility is reduced by 4 min and can affect allies in combat.

Ice Wall

Ice Wall

23%

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.

Master Shepherd

Master Shepherd

15%

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.

Ethereal Blink

Ethereal Blink

8%

Blink and Shimmer apply Slow at 100% effectiveness to all enemies you Blink through. For each enemy you Blink through, the cooldown of Blink and Shimmer are reduced by 1 sec, up to 5 sec.