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Arcane Mage

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 47 players
  • Last Updated: 59 minutes ago

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

Idospeedxo

Idospeedxo

<Women of PVP>Tichondrius (us)

Talents (class)

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

Talents (spec)

Presence of Mind
Aegwynn's Technique

Talents (hero)

Attuned Familiar
Look Again
Phantasmal Image

Talents (pvp)

Improved Mass Invisibility
Chrono Shift
Overpowered Barrier
Merlon

Merlon

<Gods of Fire>Dalaran (us)

Talents (class)

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

Talents (spec)

Aegwynn's Technique
Mana Adept

Talents (hero)

Attuned Familiar
Slippery Slinging
Reactive Barrier

Talents (pvp)

Kleptomania
Ice Wall
Overpowered Barrier
Arcánè

Arcánè

<First Regiment>Velen (us)

Talents (class)

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

Talents (spec)

Presence of Mind
Aegwynn's Technique
High Voltage

Talents (hero)

Time Twist
Lessons in Debilitation
Savor the Moment

Talents (pvp)

Improved Mass Invisibility
Ice Wall
Chrono Shift

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 Human and for the Horde is Nightborne

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

55% 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.

9% 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)

6% of the best players use this combination
Vaelgor's Final Stare

Vaelgor's Final Stare

Use: Seize the eye's draconic power, granting you 1,327 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 32 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

31%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

18%

+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 Feet item
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

55%

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.

  • Feet31%
  • Wrist27%
  • Waist19%
  • Chest15%
  • Back4%
  • Head4%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

55%

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.

  • Chest31%
  • Waist27%
  • Feet27%
  • Wrist12%
  • Back4%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

19%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,152 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 244%
  • Ring 133%
  • Neck22%

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

6%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

62%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

9%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

53%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

6%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

6%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

49%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

21%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

72%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

6%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

77%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

30%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

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
97.9%
2 / 2
Winter's Protection
76.6%
2 / 2
Frost Conditioning
0%
Arcane Warding
100%
2 / 2
Inspired Intellect
100%
Mirror Image
31.9%
Spellsteal
97.9%
Quick Witted
100%
Dragon's Breath
100%
Remove Curse
100%
Improved Conjuration
8.5%
1 / 2
Improved Spellsteal
10.6%
Improved Blink
100%
Improved Counterspell
70.2%
Overflowing Energy
97.9%
Improved Remove Curse
0%
Greater Invisibility
100%
Ice Ward
61.7%
Captured Thoughts
27.7%
Tome of Rhonin
97.9%
Tome of Antonidas
100%
Incantation of Swiftness
29.8%
1 / 2
Master of Escape
100%
Charm of Aegwynn
100%
Brainstorm
93.6%
Flow of Time
100%
Mana Confluence
61.7%
Charm of Medivh
100%
Permafrost Bauble
66%
Ice Nova
72.3%
Time Manipulation
70.2%
Ring of Frost
76.6%
Energized Barriers
100%
Mass Invisibility
76.6%
Barrier Diffusion
97.9%
Ice Cold
21.3%
Spatial Manipulation
100%
Improved Prismatic Barrier
74.5%

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
21.3%
Arcane Surge
100%
Arcane Orb
100%
Reverberate
19.1%
Slipstream
83%
Mana Bomb
38.3%
Arcane Familiar
91.5%
Charged Orb
93.6%
Intuition
100%
Touch of the Magi
100%
Energized Familiar
72.3%
Expanded Mind
97.9%
Consortium's Bauble
83%
Arcane Tempo
100%
Aether Attunement
51.1%
2 / 2
Aegwynn's Technique
97.9%
Resonance
89.4%
Impetus
44.7%
Mana Adept
25.5%
Enlightened
100%
Focusing Crystal
31.9%
Illuminated Thoughts
83%
Prodigious Savant
100%
2 / 2
Eureka
93.6%
Arcane Singularity
100%
2 / 2
High Voltage
51.1%
Overflowing Insight
53.2%
Overpowered Missiles
53.2%
Orb Mastery
53.2%
Orb Barrage
72.3%
Touch of the Archmage
270.2%

Best PvP Talents

Overpowered Barrier

Overpowered Barrier

77%

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.

Chrono Shift

Chrono Shift

72%

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

Improved Mass Invisibility

Improved Mass Invisibility

72%

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

Ice Wall

Ice Wall

34%

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

17%

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.

Arcanosphere

Arcanosphere

13%

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 14,891 Arcane damage.

Kleptomania

Kleptomania

6%

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.

Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire

4%

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