WoW Mage Guide

Mages are a very fun class to play. They rival their brethren, the warlock, in dps with powerful fire, arcane, and ice spells. They are also great players for crowd control in both PVP and PVE, and all parties can benefit from a good mage. Of course, what people like the most about a mage is the ability to sheep. This WoW Mage guide will give you an overall idea of playing a mage and help you make the decision if this class is best for you.

Mages are the burst power for raids, five man dungeons, and even PVP. Mages are also good to have in five man dungeons for their ability to buff the healer with intellect giving them more mana. A good mage can crowd control and damage a target so that they don’t even reach the mage for a counterattack. Some people consider mages to be overpowered, but because of their ability to only use cloth armor, the mage needs to be able to get away from an attacker. A warlock has pets to stun an assailant, a priest has fear and healing, so a mage’s only defense is the ability to keep targets from reaching him.

WoW Mage Guide – Professions

Most mages decide to use tailoring as a main profession. Tailoring armor throughout the leveling process greatly increases your survival rate and it can help you level faster. Many of the tailoring equipment bring extra intellect (mana) and extra spell power. Mages with tailoring can also sell a lot of their equipment for extra money.

A great way to make extra gold and increase stats is to take on enchanting as a secondary profession. The items made through tailoring can be disenchanted and the materials used to enchant your items. You can also increase enchanting by asking other party members if they would like a free enchant. Most players will oblige and you will level enchanting faster.

WoW Mage Guide – Abilities

Mages have three trees to choose from – fire, frost, or arcane. Depending on which area of World of Warcraft you want to play (arenas vs. raids) will help you decide which tree you prefer. Most mages go frost or fire and use the arcane tree as a supportive, secondary tree.

Fire mages have ultimate burst damage. Their fireball damage is amazingly potent. Fire spells may take a little longer to cast, but their massive damage can take down an enemy before they realize where the fireball came from. Fire is probably the easiest to of the mage talents to play.

Frost is secondary to fire. Frost may not bring the damage like a fire mage, but the benefits of the crowd control can cause an enemy to slow while you just blast frost bolts at them. A melee character has little chance against a frost mage that continually slows them down eliminating the chance for them to even hit the mage.

Arcane is a tree that is relatively great for raiding. The reason it is used secondary to frost or fire is that it does not give the extra damage bonuses, but it fortifies the mage in mana reserves allowing the mage to last longer in raids. Playing a mage in mana intensive, so the arcane tree gives them the ability to conserve mana and be able to continue damage throughout a long fight.

WoW Mage Build

The WoW Mage Build below is the recommended solo leveling build. There are many different builds you can choose depending on your personal playing style.

Fire

Level 10: Improved Fireball (1/5)
Level 11: Improved Fireball (2/5)
Level 12: Improved Fireball (3/5)
Level 13: Improved Fireball (4/5)
Level 14: Improved Fireball (5/5)
Level 15: Ignite (1/5)
Level 16: Ignite (2/5)
Level 17: Ignite (3/5)
Level 18: Ignite (4/5)
Level 19: Ignite (5/5)
Level 20: Burning Determination (1/2)
Level 21: Burning Determination (2/2)
Level 22: World in Flames (1/3)
Level 23: World in Flames (2/3)
Level 24: World in Flames (3/3)
Level 25: Pyroblast (1/1)
Level 26: Improved Scorch (1/3)
Level 27: Improved Scorch (2/3)
Level 28: Improved Scorch (3/3)
Level 29: Master of Elements (1/3)
Level 30: Master of Elements (2/3)
Level 31: Master of Elements (3/3)
Level 32: Playing with Fire (1/3)
Level 33: Playing with Fire (2/3)
Level 34: Playing with Fire (3/3)
Level 35: Critical Mass (1/3)
Level 36: Critical Mass (2/3)
Level 37: Critical Mass (3/3)
Level 38: Fire Power (1/5)
Level 39: Fire Power (2/5)
Level 40: Fire Power (3/5)
Level 41: Fire Power (4/5)
Level 42: Fire Power (5/5)
Level 43: Pyromaniac (1/3)
Level 44: Pyromaniac (2/3)
Level 45: Pyromaniac (3/3)
Level 46: Combustion (1/1)
Level 47: Molten Fury (1/2)
Level 48: Molten Fury (1/2)
Level 49: Empowered Fire (1/3)
Level 50: Empowered Fire (2/3)
Level 51: Empowered Fire (3/3)
Level 52: Hot Streak (1/3)
Level 53: Hot Streak (2/3)
Level 54: Hot Streak (3/3)
Level 55: Burnout (1/5)
Level 56: Burnout (2/5)
Level 57: Burnout (3/5)
Level 58: Burnout (4/5)
Level 59: Burnout (5/5)
Level 60: Living Bomb (1/1)

Arcane

Level 61: Arcane Focus (1/3)
Level 62: Arcane Focus (2/3)
Level 63: Arcane Focus (3/3)
Level 64: Arcane Subtlety (1/5)
Level 65: Arcane Subtlety (2/5)
Level 66: Arcane Subtlety (3/5)
Level 67:: Arcane Subtlety (4/5)
Level 68:: Arcane Subtlety (5/5)
Level 69:: Arcane Fortitude (1/2)
Level 70:: Arcane Fortitude (2/2)
Level 71:: Arcane Concentration (1/5)
Level 72:: Arcane Concentration (2/5)
Level 73:: Arcane Concentration (3/5)
Level 74:: Arcane Concentration (4/5)
Level 75:: Arcane Concentration (5/5)
Level 76:: Student of the Mind (1/2)
Level 77:: Student of the Mind (2/2)
Level 78:: Spell Impact (1/3)
Level 79:: Spell Impact (2/3)
Level 80:: Spell Impact (3/3)

The WoW Mage build above is a great build for solo leveling. Using this WoW Mage build you will be able to easily destroy mobs and hopefully level in no time.

I hope this WoW Mage guide helps you out. Be wise and use what you have learned to dominate the World of Warcraft.

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