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Arcane Mage

  • 3v3
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 2 hours ago

See what 50 high-rated 3v3 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
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
Lessons in Debilitation
Savor the Moment

Talents (PvP)

Improved Mass Invisibility
Chrono Shift
Overpowered Barrier
Aóshima

Aóshima

Ravencrest (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
Supernova
Shimmer
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

Stat Priority

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

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

36% 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)

18% of the best players use this combination
Gebbo's Bottomless Bag

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag

Equip: You have a chance to pull an artifact of questionable value out of the bag when casting spells and abilities, enhancing your secondary stats in various ways. There are probably no fish left in the bag, but it's hard to be sure.

Freightrunner's Flask

Freightrunner's Flask

Use: Take a sip of the drink you swiped from the freight, increasing your Critical Strike by 653 for 15 sec. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

8% 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 314 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

32%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

25%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

15%

+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

98%

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.

  • Wrist43%
  • Back19%
  • Feet18%
  • Waist10%
  • Chest6%
  • Legs3%
Hunter's Ritual Stone

Hunter's Ritual Stone

30%

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.

  • Main Hand67%
  • Off Hand33%
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 Hand100%

Most Used Enchants

Percentages use the 50 characters in this dataset. A value above 100% means the enchant appears more than 50 times, usually because the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

4%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

90%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

4%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

50%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

18%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

84%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

12%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

82%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Rite of the Hash'ey

16%

Rite of the Hash'ey

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

64%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

54%

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 50 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
96%
2 / 2
Winter's Protection
82%
2 / 2
Frost Conditioning
22%
Arcane Warding
100%
2 / 2
Inspired Intellect
100%
Mirror Image
96%
Spellsteal
94%
Quick Witted
100%
Dragon's Breath
96%
Remove Curse
68%
Improved Conjuration
90%
2 / 2
Improved Spellsteal
0%
Improved Blink
98%
Improved Counterspell
56%
Overflowing Energy
82%
Improved Remove Curse
0%
Greater Invisibility
100%
Ice Ward
18%
Captured Thoughts
10%
Tome of Rhonin
100%
Improved Warding
46%
Tome of Antonidas
100%
Incantation of Swiftness
6%
2 / 2
Master of Escape
74%
Charm of Aegwynn
100%
Brainstorm
96%
Flow of Time
100%
Mana Confluence
10%
Charm of Medivh
100%
Permafrost Bauble
52%
Ice Nova
60%
Time Manipulation
48%
Ring of Frost
66%
Energized Barriers
94%
Mass Invisibility
50%
Barrier Diffusion
94%
Ice Cold
38%
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
2%
Arcane Familiar
46%
Charged Orb
100%
Intuition
100%
Amplification
100%
Touch of the Magi
100%
Energized Familiar
36%
Expanded Mind
100%
Consortium's Bauble
64%
Arcane Tempo
100%
Aether Attunement
100%
2 / 2
Aegwynn's Technique
100%
Resonance
90%
Impetus
6%
Evocation
0%
Enlightened
100%
Focusing Crystal
98%
Illuminated Thoughts
8%
Prodigious Savant
100%
2 / 2
Eureka
100%
Arcane Singularity
100%
2 / 2
High Voltage
98%
Overflowing Insight
0%
Overpowered Missiles
98%
Orb Mastery
20%
Orb Barrage
80%
Prismatic Bolt
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Overpowered Barrier

Overpowered Barrier

88%

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

88%

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

Improved Mass Invisibility

Improved Mass Invisibility

62%

The cooldown of Mass Invisibility is reduced by 3 min and it can affect allies in combat.

Master Shepherd

Master Shepherd

38%

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

8%

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.

Arcanosphere

Arcanosphere

6%

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 19,177 Arcane damage.

Ice Wall

Ice Wall

6%

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 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.

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.