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Mage changes in World of Warcraft: Forever

Arcane

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  • Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 40% chance, your Arcane Missile hits a 10% chance, and your Arcane Wrath, Fireball, Frostbolt, and Frostfire Bolt spells a 20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of your next Arcane Missiles spell by 50%, reduce the Mana cost by 100%, and missiles fire every 0.5 sec.

  • Arcane Blast

    Newrow 3

    Blasts the target with energy, dealing 32 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, you gain 15% of your Intellect as Spell Damage and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 15 sec from time of initial application.

  • Arcane Wrath

    Newrow 4

    Launches a projectile of pure Arcane energy at the enemy target, causing 120 Arcane damage. This spell gains additional Spell Damage equal to 5% of your maximum Mana.

  • Arcane Focus

    Changedrow 1

    Reduces the chance that the opponent can resist your Arcane spells by 10%.

    Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 5%.

  • Arcane Subtlety

    Changedrow 2
    Arcane r1c1 → Arcane r2c1

    Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 10 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 40%.

    Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 15 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 30%.

  • Magic Absorption

    Changedrow 2
    5 → 2 ranks

    Increases all resistances by 10 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 5% of your total mana. 1 sec. cooldown.

    Increases all your resistances by 10 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 2% of your total mana. Cannot trigger more often than 1 time per sec.

  • Gives you a 10% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.

    Gives you a 10% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.

  • Arcane Resilience

    Changedrow 2
    1 → 2 ranksArcane r3c3 → Arcane r2c4

    Increases your armor by an amount equal to 50% of your Intellect.

    Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 50% of your Intellect.

  • Arcane Geometry

    Changedrow 3

    Increases the effect of your Amplify Magic and Dampen Magic spells by 50%.

    Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 6 yards.

  • Arcane Shielding

    Changedrow 4

    Decreases the mana lost per point of damage taken when Mana Shield is active by 20%.

    Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 33% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 50%.

  • Gives your Counterspell a 100% chance to silence the target for 4 sec.

    Your Counterspell also Silences the target for 4 sec.

  • Arcane Meditation

    Changedrow 4
    Arcane r4c4 → Arcane r4c3prerequisite changed

    Allows 15% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

    Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

  • Arcane Mind

    Changedrow 5
    prerequisite changed

    Increases your maximum Mana by 10%.

    Increases your Intellect by 10% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 100%.

  • Arcane Instability

    Changedrow 6
    Arcane r6c2 → Arcane r6c3prerequisite changed

    Increases your spell damage and critical strike chance by 3%.

    Increases the damage done by your spells by 3% and your critical strike chance by 3%.

  • Arcane Power

    Changedrow 7
    prerequisite changed

    When activated, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast. This effect lasts 15 sec.

    For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast.

  • Arcane r2c1 → Arcane r1c1

    Increases your damage with Wands by 25%.

    Increases your damage with Wands by 25%.

Fire

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  • Heating Up

    Newrow 4

    Non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch reduce the cast time of your next Pyroblast cast within 20 sec by 25%, stacking up to 3 times. Fire Blast grants an additional stack every time it deals damage.

  • 3 → 2 ranksFire r2c3 → Fire r1c1

    Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 1.5 sec.

    Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 2 sec and increases its range by 15 yards.

  • Incineration

    Changedrow 1
    2 → 3 ranksFire r3c1 → Fire r1c2

    Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast and Scorch spells by 4%.

    Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 6%.

  • Improved Fireball

    Changedrow 1
    Fire r1c2 → Fire r1c3

    Reduces the casting time of your Fireball spell by 0.5 sec.

    Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.5 sec.

  • Ignite

    Changedrow 2

    Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 40% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.

    Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 40% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.

  • Impact

    Changedrow 2
    5 → 3 ranksFire r1c3 → Fire r2c3

    Gives your Fire spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.

    Gives your Fire spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.

  • Burning Soul

    Changedrow 3
    2 → 3 ranksFire r3c4 → Fire r3c1

    Gives your Fire spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 30%.

    Gives your Fire spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 30%.

  • Pyroblast

    Changedrow 3

    Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 164 Fire damage and an additional 56 Fire damage over 12 sec.

    Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 110 Fire damage and an additional 44 Fire damage over 12 sec.

  • Improved Scorch

    Changedrow 4

    Your Scorch spells have a 100% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases the Fire damage dealt to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.

    Your Scorch spell has a 100% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

  • Critical Mass

    Changedrow 5
    3 → 5 ranks

    Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 6%.

    Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 10%.

  • Blast Wave

    Changedrow 5
    prerequisite changed

    A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 170 Fire damage, and dazing them for 6 sec.

    A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 163 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.

  • Fire Power

    Changedrow 6
    5 → 3 ranks

    Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 10%.

    Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 3% per your Fire effects on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%. Effects which mix multiple schools of magic do not qualify.

Frost

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  • Ice Lance

    Newrow 3

    Deals 28 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 200% increased damage to Frozen targets.

  • Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 2 spells cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec.

  • 3 → 5 ranks

    Reduces the chance that the opponent can resist your Frost and Fire spells by 6%.

    Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 5%.

  • Permafrost

    Changedrow 2
    Frost r2c4 → Frost r2c2

    Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 3 secs and reduces the target's speed by an additional 10%.

    Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 33% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 10%.

  • Frostbite

    Changedrow 2
    Frost r2c2 → Frost r2c4

    Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to freeze the target for 5 sec.

    Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.

  • Piercing Ice

    Changedrow 3

    Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 6%.

    Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 6%.

  • Improved Blizzard

    Changedrow 3

    Adds a chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 65%. Lasts 1.5 sec.

    Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 40% for 1.5 sec.

  • Ice Block

    Changedrow 4
    Frost r5c2 → Frost r4c2

    You become encased in a block of ice, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move or cast spells.

    You become encased in a block of ice, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move, or cast spells.

  • Shatter

    Changedrow 4
    5 → 3 ranksFrost r4c3 → Frost r4c4prerequisite changed

    Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against frozen targets by 50%.

    Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 50%.

  • Frost r5c3 → Frost r5c1

    Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 35%.

    Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 35%.

  • Cold Snap

    Changedrow 5
    Frost r3c2 → Frost r5c2

    When activated, this spell finishes the cooldown on all of your Frost spells.

    Finishes the remaining cooldown on all your other Frost spells.

  • Winter's Chill

    Changedrow 6

    Gives your Frost damage spells a 100% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance a Frost spell will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.

    Gives your Frost damage spells a 100% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the damage done by your Cone of Cold spell to the target by 40%, stacking up to 5 times.

  • Ice Barrier

    Changedrow 7
    prerequisite changed

    Instantly shields you, absorbing 438 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted.

    Instantly shields you, absorbing 431 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage.

  • Frost r4c2 → Frost r3c2

    Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 15% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 30%.

    Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 15% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 30%.

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Questions about Mage in Forever

How many Mage talents changed in World of Warcraft: Forever?

Compared with Classic Era 1.15.9.70003, 6 Mage talents are new, 36 were changed or moved and 0 were removed or made baseline (beta build 1.60.1.70425).

Which Mage talents are new in Forever?

Missile Barrage, Arcane Blast, Arcane Wrath, Heating Up, Ice Lance, Fingers of Frost.

What are the Mage talent trees in Forever?

Arcane (19 talents), Fire (17 talents), Frost (19 talents); 51 points at level 60.