Compare 1.60.1.70425 with Classic Era 1.15.9.70003
Mage changes in World of Warcraft: Forever
Arcane
16
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.

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.

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.

Reduces the chance that the opponent can resist your Arcane spells by 10%.
Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 5%.
Arcane r1c1 → Arcane r2c1Reduces 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%.
5 → 2 ranksIncreases 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%.
1 → 2 ranksArcane r3c3 → Arcane r2c4Increases your armor by an amount equal to 50% of your Intellect.
Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 50% of your Intellect.

Increases the effect of your Amplify Magic and Dampen Magic spells by 50%.
Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 6 yards.

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 r4c4 → Arcane r4c3prerequisite changedAllows 15% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
prerequisite changedIncreases your maximum Mana by 10%.
Increases your Intellect by 10% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 100%.
Arcane r6c2 → Arcane r6c3prerequisite changedIncreases 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%.
prerequisite changedWhen 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 r1c1Increases your damage with Wands by 25%.
Increases your damage with Wands by 25%.
Fire
12
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 r1c1Reduces 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.
2 → 3 ranksFire r3c1 → Fire r1c2Increases 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%.
Fire r1c2 → Fire r1c3Reduces 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.

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.
5 → 3 ranksFire r1c3 → Fire r2c3Gives 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.
2 → 3 ranksFire r3c4 → Fire r3c1Gives 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%.

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.

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.
3 → 5 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 6%.
Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 10%.
prerequisite changedA 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.
5 → 3 ranksIncreases 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
14
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 ranksReduces 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%.
Frost r2c4 → Frost r2c2Increases 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%.
Frost r2c2 → Frost r2c4Gives 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.

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

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.
Frost r5c2 → Frost r4c2You 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.
5 → 3 ranksFrost r4c3 → Frost r4c4prerequisite changedIncreases 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 r5c1Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 35%.
Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 35%.
Frost r3c2 → Frost r5c2When activated, this spell finishes the cooldown on all of your Frost spells.
Finishes the remaining cooldown on all your other Frost spells.

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.
prerequisite changedInstantly 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 r3c2Reduces 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%.
Ability170
Expanded IntellectNew
Fire VulnerabilityNew
Living FlameNew
Magic AbsorptionNew
Arcane BarrageNew
Arcane Intellect (Rank 1)Changed
Arcane SurgeNew
Balefire BoltNew
Frost Armor (Rank 1)Changed
Frozen OrbNew
Icy VeinsNew
Living BombNew
Living FlameNew
Mass RegenerationNew
RegenerationNew
Rewind TimeNew
Spellfrost BoltNew
Fire Blast (Rank 1)Changed
Fireball (Rank 2)Changed
Frostbolt (Rank 2)Changed
Frost Armor (Rank 2)Changed
ImpactNew
Dampen Magic (Rank 1)Changed
Fireball (Rank 3)Changed
Arcane Explosion (Rank 1)Changed
Arcane Intellect (Rank 2)Changed
Fire Blast (Rank 2)Changed
Fire Blast (Rank 2)Changed
Frostbolt (Rank 3)Changed
Arcane Missiles (Rank 2)
Flamestrike (Rank 1)Changed
Amplify Magic (Rank 1)Changed
Fireball (Rank 4)Changed
Remove Lesser Curse
Blink
Blizzard (Rank 1)Changed
Fire Ward (Rank 1)Changed
Frost Armor (Rank 3)Changed
Frostbolt (Rank 4)Changed
Arcane Explosion (Rank 2)Changed
Fire Blast (Rank 3)Changed
Fire Blast (Rank 3)Changed
Frost Ward (Rank 1)Changed
Scorch (Rank 1)Changed
Arcane Missiles (Rank 3)
Dampen Magic (Rank 2)Changed
Fireball (Rank 5)Changed
Flamestrike (Rank 2)Changed
Frost Blast (Rank 1)New
Pyroblast (Rank 2)Changed
Cone of Cold (Rank 1)Changed
Frost Nova (Rank 2)Changed
Frostbolt (Rank 5)Changed
Arcane Intellect (Rank 3)Changed
Blizzard (Rank 2)Changed
Ice Lance (Rank 2)New
Scorch (Rank 2)Changed
Amplify Magic (Rank 2)Changed
Arcane Blast (Rank 2)New
Arcane Explosion (Rank 3)Changed
Fire Blast (Rank 4)Changed
Fire Blast (Rank 4)Changed
Fire Ward (Rank 2)Changed
Fireball (Rank 6)Changed
Ice Armor (Rank 1)Changed
Pyroblast (Rank 3)Changed
Arcane Missiles (Rank 4)
Flamestrike (Rank 3)Changed
Frost Ward (Rank 2)Changed
Frostbolt (Rank 6)Changed
Cone of Cold (Rank 2)Changed
Ice Lance (Rank 3)New
Mage Armor (Rank 1)Changed
Scorch (Rank 3)Changed
Arcane Wrath (Rank 2)New
Blast Wave (Rank 2)Changed
Blizzard (Rank 3)Changed
Dampen Magic (Rank 3)Changed
Fireball (Rank 7)Changed
Frost Blast (Rank 2)New
Pyroblast (Rank 4)Changed
Arcane Explosion (Rank 4)Changed
Fire Blast (Rank 5)Changed
Fire Blast (Rank 5)Changed
Frostbolt (Rank 7)Changed
Arcane Blast (Rank 3)New
Arcane Missiles (Rank 5)
Fire Ward (Rank 3)Changed
Flamestrike (Rank 4)Changed
Frost Nova (Rank 3)Changed
Frostfire Bolt (Rank 1)New
Ice Armor (Rank 2)Changed
Portal: IronforgeChanged
Portal: OrgrimmarChanged
Portal: StormwindChanged
Portal: UndercityChanged
Scorch (Rank 4)Changed
Amplify Magic (Rank 3)Changed
Arcane Intellect (Rank 4)Changed
Cone of Cold (Rank 3)Changed
Fireball (Rank 8)Changed
Frost Ward (Rank 3)Changed
Ice Lance (Rank 4)New
Pyroblast (Rank 5)Changed
Blast Wave (Rank 3)Changed
Blizzard (Rank 4)Changed
Frostbolt (Rank 8)Changed
Arcane Explosion (Rank 5)Changed
Fire Blast (Rank 6)Changed
Fire Blast (Rank 6)Changed
Ice Barrier (Rank 2)Changed
Mage Armor (Rank 2)Changed
Scorch (Rank 5)Changed
Arcane Missiles (Rank 6)
Arcane Wrath (Rank 3)New
Dampen Magic (Rank 4)Changed
Fireball (Rank 9)Changed
Flamestrike (Rank 5)Changed
Frost Blast (Rank 3)New
Ice Lance (Rank 5)New
Pyroblast (Rank 6)Changed
Arcane Blast (Rank 4)New
Cone of Cold (Rank 4)Changed
Fire Ward (Rank 4)Changed
Frostbolt (Rank 9)Changed
Frostfire Bolt (Rank 2)New
Ice Armor (Rank 3)Changed
Portal: DarnassusChanged
Portal: Thunder BluffChanged
Teleport: DalaranNew
Blast Wave (Rank 4)Changed
Blizzard (Rank 5)Changed
Frost Ward (Rank 4)Changed
Ice Barrier (Rank 3)Changed
Scorch (Rank 6)Changed
Amplify Magic (Rank 4)Changed
Arcane Explosion (Rank 6)Changed
Fire Blast (Rank 7)Changed
Fire Blast (Rank 7)Changed
Fireball (Rank 10)Changed
Frost Nova (Rank 4)Changed
Pyroblast (Rank 7)Changed
Arcane Brilliance
Arcane Intellect (Rank 5)Changed
Arcane Missiles (Rank 7)
Arcane Missiles (Rank 8)
Flamestrike (Rank 6)Changed
Frostbolt (Rank 10)Changed
Ice Lance (Rank 6)New
Cone of Cold (Rank 5)Changed
Ice Barrier (Rank 4)Changed
Mage Armor (Rank 3)Changed
Scorch (Rank 7)Changed
Arcane Blast (Rank 5)New
Arcane Wrath (Rank 4)New
Blast Wave (Rank 5)Changed
Blizzard (Rank 6)Changed
Conjure Water (Rank 8)New
Dampen Magic (Rank 5)Changed
Fire Ward (Rank 5)Changed
Fireball (Rank 11)Changed
Fireball (Rank 12)Changed
Frost Ward (Rank 5)Changed
Frostbolt (Rank 11)Changed
Frostfire Bolt (Rank 3)New
Ice Armor (Rank 4)Changed
Pyroblast (Rank 8)Changed
Chilled (Rank 2)Removed
Chilled (Rank 3)Removed
Detect MagicRemoved
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.

