Arcane Mage endgame PvE build (31/0/20)

How to play it

• Arcane Blast stacks (12% more damage and cost each cast), Arcane Wrath to spend, Missile Barrage procs into free Arcane Missiles with Improved Channeling.
• Arcane Mind doubles Arcane crit damage; Arcane Power with Presence of Mind for burst.

Talents taken

Arcane (31)

• Improved Channeling 5/5: 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 Subtlety 2/2: Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 15 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 30%.
• Arcane Concentration 5/5: 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 Barrage 2/2: 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 Impact 3/3: Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 6%.
• Arcane Blast 1/1: Blasts the target with energy, dealing 34 to 38 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 Meditation 3/3: Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
• Arcane Wrath 1/1: Launches a projectile of pure Arcane energy at the enemy target, causing 122 to 146 Arcane damage. This spell gains additional Spell Damage equal to 5% of your maximum Mana.
• Presence of Mind 1/1: When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 sec becomes an instant cast spell.
• Arcane Mind 5/5: Increases your Intellect by 10% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 100%.
• Arcane Instability 2/3: Increases the damage done by your spells by 2% and your critical strike chance by 2%.
• Arcane Power 1/1: For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast.

Frost (20)

• Improved Frostbolt 5/5: Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.5 sec.
• Precision 3/3: Improves your chance to hit with all spells by 6%.
• Ice Shards 5/5: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%.
• Frost Channeling 3/3: Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 15% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 30%.
• Ice Lance 1/1: Deals 28 to 32 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets.
• Ice Block 1/1: 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 2/3: Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 33%.

Point order by level

First point at level 10 (set the Talented perk in the calculator if you start earlier).