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Arcane Mage

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  • Last Updated: 12 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Arcane Mage on the Blitz 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

Pepsibottle

Pepsibottle

<Higga Neroes>Argent Dawn (eu)

Talents (class)

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Talents (spec)

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Talents (hero)

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Talents (pvp)

Cringedork

Cringedork

Argent Dawn (eu)

Talents (class)

Temporal Realignment
Dragon's Breath
Shimmer
Ice Ward
Ring of Frost
Spatial Manipulation

Talents (spec)

Slipstream
Aegwynn's Technique
High Voltage

Talents (hero)

Shifting Shards
Slippery Slinging
Reactive Barrier

Talents (pvp)

Improved Mass Invisibility
Ice Wall
Chrono Shift
Styler

Styler

<Feeling Glad>Tichondrius (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
Reactive Barrier

Talents (pvp)

Ice Wall
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 Undead

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

32% 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)

27% 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.

8% of the best players use this combination
Vaelgor's Final Stare

Vaelgor's Final Stare

Use: Seize the eye's draconic power, granting you 1,267 Mastery diminishing over 15 sec and allowing you to see hidden enemies. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Gaze of the Alnseer

Gaze of the Alnseer

Equip: Your damage and healing has a chance to grant you Alnsight for 12 sec. While active, casting spells and abilities manifests unstable Alnscorned and consumes their essence to grant you 31 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

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

38%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

16%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

15%

+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 Devouring Banding on a Wrist item
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

65%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,463 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Wrist31%
  • Feet26%
  • Waist18%
  • Chest15%
  • Back8%
  • Main Hand3%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

53%

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.

  • Wrist28%
  • Waist25%
  • Chest22%
  • Feet9%
  • Back9%
  • Shoulders3%
  • Legs3%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

43%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,142 Arcane damage every second for 4 sec. Each unique gem color you have socketed empowers the Iris, causing it to deal 1% additional damage per.

  • Ring 246%
  • Ring 138%
  • Neck15%

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

15%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

60%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

18%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

58%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

7%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

3%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

62%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

22%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

85%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

3%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

50%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

42%

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 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
86.7%
Alter Time
86.7%
Ice Block
86.7%
Time Walk
86.7%
Master of Time
80%
2 / 2
Winter's Protection
76.7%
2 / 2
Frost Conditioning
5%
Arcane Warding
86.7%
2 / 2
Inspired Intellect
86.7%
Mirror Image
30%
Spellsteal
85%
Quick Witted
85%
Dragon's Breath
86.7%
Remove Curse
83.3%
Improved Conjuration
8.3%
1 / 2
Improved Spellsteal
0%
Improved Blink
86.7%
Improved Counterspell
56.7%
Overflowing Energy
85%
Improved Remove Curse
3.3%
Greater Invisibility
86.7%
Ice Ward
58.3%
Captured Thoughts
23.3%
Tome of Rhonin
83.3%
Tome of Antonidas
86.7%
Incantation of Swiftness
21.7%
2 / 2
Master of Escape
85%
Charm of Aegwynn
86.7%
Brainstorm
80%
Flow of Time
86.7%
Mana Confluence
31.7%
Charm of Medivh
86.7%
Permafrost Bauble
65%
Ice Nova
66.7%
Time Manipulation
65%
Ring of Frost
73.3%
Energized Barriers
85%
Mass Invisibility
68.3%
Barrier Diffusion
76.7%
Ice Cold
10%
Spatial Manipulation
86.7%
Improved Prismatic Barrier
71.7%

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
86.7%
Concentrated Power
86.7%
Arcane Salvo
86.7%
Amplification
86.7%
Improved Clearcasting
86.7%
Arcing Cleave
86.7%
Arcane Pulse
13.3%
Arcane Surge
86.7%
Arcane Orb
86.7%
Reverberate
11.7%
Slipstream
76.7%
Mana Bomb
28.3%
Arcane Familiar
71.7%
Charged Orb
85%
Intuition
86.7%
Touch of the Magi
86.7%
Energized Familiar
56.7%
Expanded Mind
85%
Consortium's Bauble
66.7%
Arcane Tempo
85%
Aether Attunement
38.3%
2 / 2
Aegwynn's Technique
86.7%
Resonance
83.3%
Impetus
61.7%
Mana Adept
28.3%
Enlightened
83.3%
Focusing Crystal
40%
Illuminated Thoughts
66.7%
Prodigious Savant
86.7%
2 / 2
Eureka
83.3%
Arcane Singularity
85%
2 / 2
High Voltage
36.7%
Overflowing Insight
43.3%
Overpowered Missiles
38.3%
Orb Mastery
50%
Orb Barrage
78.3%
Touch of the Archmage
221.7%

Best PvP Talents

Chrono Shift

Chrono Shift

73%

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

Improved Mass Invisibility

Improved Mass Invisibility

53%

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

Ice Wall

Ice Wall

48%

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.

Overpowered Barrier

Overpowered Barrier

35%

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.

Master Shepherd

Master Shepherd

23%

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

12%

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

12%

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 13,677 Arcane damage.

Ethereal Blink

Ethereal Blink

3%

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.