Mage Talents
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Mage talent list
Every talent, tree by tree and row by row, with its max-rank effect.
Arcane
- Wand SpecializationRow 1 · 2 ranks
- Increases your damage with Wands by 25%.
- Improved ChannelingRow 1 · 5 ranks
- Gives your Arcane Missiles spell a 100% chance and your Arcane Blast and Arcane Wrath spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
- Arcane ResilienceRow 1 · 3 ranks
- Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 75% of your Intellect.
- Arcane SubtletyRow 2 · 2 ranks
- Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 15 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 30%.
- Magic AbsorptionRow 2 · 2 ranks
- 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.
- Arcane ConcentrationRow 2 · 5 ranks
- 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%.
- Missile BarrageRow 2 · 2 ranks
- Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 40% 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 GeometryRow 3 · 2 ranks
- Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 6 yards.
- Arcane ImpactRow 3 · 3 ranks
- Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 6%.
- Arcane BlastRow 3 · 1 ranks
- Blasts the target with energy, dealing 179 to 175 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, you gain 12% of your Intellect as Spell Damage and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 100%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 18 sec from time of initial application.
- Arcane ShieldingRow 4 · 2 ranks
- 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%.
- Improved CounterspellRow 4 · 2 ranks
- Your Counterspell also Silences the target for 4 sec.
- Arcane MeditationRow 4 · 3 ranks
- Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
- Arcane WrathRow 4 · 1 ranks
- Launches a projectile of pure Arcane energy at the enemy target, causing 422 to 458 Arcane damage. This spell gains additional Spell Damage equal to 5% of your maximum Mana.
- Presence of MindRow 5 · 1 ranks
- When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 sec becomes an instant cast spell.
- Arcane MindRow 5 · 5 ranks
- Increases your Intellect by 10% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 100%.
- Arcane InstabilityRow 6 · 3 ranks
- Increases the damage done by your spells by 3% and your critical strike chance by 3%.
- Arcane PowerRow 7 · 1 ranks
- For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast.
Fire
- IncinerationRow 1 · 5 ranks
- Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 10%.
- AccelerantRow 1 · 5 ranks
- Reduces the casting time of your Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, and Arcane Wrath spells by 0.5 sec.
- IgniteRow 2 · 5 ranks
- Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 40% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.
- Flame ThrowingRow 2 · 2 ranks
- Increases the range of your Fire spells by 6 yards.
- ImpactRow 2 · 3 ranks
- Gives your Fire spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.
- Burning SoulRow 3 · 3 ranks
- 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%.
- Improved FlamestrikeRow 3 · 3 ranks
- Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 15%.
- PyroblastRow 3 · 1 ranks
- Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 405 to 456 Fire damage and an additional 236 Fire damage over 12 sec.
- Improved Fire BlastRow 3 · 2 ranks
- Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 2 sec and increases its range by 15 yards.
- Improved ScorchRow 4 · 3 ranks
- 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.
- Improved Fire WardRow 4 · 2 ranks
- Causes your Fire Ward to have a 20% chance to reflect Fire spells while active.
- Heating UpRow 4 · 1 ranks
- 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.
- Master of ElementsRow 4 · 3 ranks
- Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 30% of their base mana cost.
- Critical MassRow 5 · 3 ranks
- Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 6%.
- Blast WaveRow 5 · 1 ranks
- A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 192 to 230 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.
- Fire PowerRow 6 · 3 ranks
- 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.
- CombustionRow 7 · 1 ranks
- When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells.
Frost
- Frost WardingRow 1 · 2 ranks
- Increases the Armor and resistances granted by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 30%, gives your Frost Ward a 20% chance to negate the warded damage spell, and increases the amount absorbed by your Ice Barrier and Frost Ward by 20%.
- Improved FrostboltRow 1 · 5 ranks
- Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt and Frost Blast spells by 0.5 sec.
- PrecisionRow 1 · 3 ranks
- Improves your chance to hit with all spells by 6%.
- Ice ShardsRow 2 · 5 ranks
- Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%.
- FrostbiteRow 2 · 3 ranks
- Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.
- Improved Frost NovaRow 2 · 2 ranks
- Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova spell by 4 sec.
- PermafrostRow 2 · 3 ranks
- Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 33% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 10%.
- Frost ChannelingRow 3 · 3 ranks
- Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 15% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 30%.
- Improved BlizzardRow 3 · 3 ranks
- Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 40% for 1.5 sec.
- Ice LanceRow 3 · 1 ranks
- Deals 28 to 33 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets.
- Arctic ReachRow 4 · 2 ranks
- Increases the range of your Frostbolt, Frost Blast, Ice Lance, and Blizzard spells and the radius of your Frost Nova and Cone of Cold spells by 20%.
- Ice BlockRow 4 · 1 ranks
- 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.
- ShatterRow 4 · 3 ranks
- Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 50%.
- Improved Cone of ColdRow 5 · 3 ranks
- Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 35%.
- Cold SnapRow 5 · 1 ranks
- Finishes the remaining cooldown on all your other Frost spells.
- Fingers of FrostRow 5 · 2 ranks
- 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.
- Winter's ChillRow 6 · 5 ranks
- Gives your Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Fingers of Frost empowered Ice Lance spells a 100% chance to apply Winter's Chill, increasing the target's damage taken from your next Cone of Cold by 20% and it gains an additional 7% of your spell damage, stacking up to 5 times.
- Ice BarrierRow 7 · 1 ranks
- Shield yourself, absorbing 480 damage and increasing your Frost damage by 15% for 1 min. While shielded, your Frost damage is increased by an additional 5% and you do not lose casting time when you take damage.