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53 talents · 7 new · 32 changed · 3 moved

Mage talents

Every talent, tree by tree, with its highest rank. Open a talent for all ranks, the Classic 1.12 version and the builds that use it.

Arcane

Row	Talent	Ranks	Effect at max rank	Classic
1	Wand Specialization	2	Increases your damage with Wands by 25%.	moved
1	Improved Channeling	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.	changed
1	Arcane Resilience	3	Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 75% of your Intellect.	changed
2	Arcane Subtlety	2	Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 15 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 30%.	changed
2	Magic Absorption	2	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.	changed
2	Arcane Concentration	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%.	same
2	Missile Barrage	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.	new
3	Arcane Geometry	2	Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 6 yards.	new
3	Arcane Impact	3	Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 6%.	changed
3	Arcane Blast 15% of base mana \| 30 yd range \| 1.5 sec cast	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.	new
4	Arcane Shielding	2	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%.	changed
4	Improved Counterspell	2	Your Counterspell also Silences the target for 4 sec.	changed
4	Arcane Meditation Requires Arcane Concentration	3	Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.	changed
4	Arcane Wrath Requires Arcane Blast 140 Mana \| 30 yd range \| 3.5 sec cast \| 6 sec cooldown	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.	new
5	Presence of Mind Instant \| 3 min cooldown	1	When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 sec becomes an instant cast spell.	same
5	Arcane Mind	5	Increases your Intellect by 10% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 100%.	changed
6	Arcane Instability	3	Increases the damage done by your spells by 3% and your critical strike chance by 3%.	changed
7	Arcane Power Requires Presence of Mind Instant \| 3 min cooldown	1	For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast.	changed

Fire

Row	Talent	Ranks	Effect at max rank	Classic
1	Incineration	5	Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 10%.	changed
1	Accelerant	5	Reduces the casting time of your Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, and Arcane Wrath spells by 0.5 sec.	changed
2	Ignite	5	Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 40% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.	same
2	Flame Throwing	2	Increases the range of your Fire spells by 6 yards.	same
2	Impact	3	Gives your Fire spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.	changed
3	Burning Soul	3	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%.	changed
3	Improved Flamestrike	3	Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 15%.	same
3	Pyroblast 125 Mana \| 35 yd range \| 6 sec cast	1	Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 101 to 131 Fire damage and an additional 44 Fire damage over 12 sec.	changed
3	Improved Fire Blast	2	Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 2 sec and increases its range by 15 yards.	changed
4	Improved Scorch	3	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.	changed
4	Improved Fire Ward	2	Causes your Fire Ward to have a 20% chance to reflect Fire spells while active.	same
4	Heating Up Requires Pyroblast	1	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.	new
4	Master of Elements	3	Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 30% of their base mana cost.	changed
5	Critical Mass	3	Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 6%.	same
5	Blast Wave 215 Mana \| Instant \| 45 sec cooldown	1	A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 154 to 184 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.	changed
6	Fire Power	3	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.	changed
7	Combustion Requires Critical Mass Instant \| 3 min cooldown	1	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.	changed

Frost

Row	Talent	Ranks	Effect at max rank	Classic
1	Frost Warding	2	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%.	changed
1	Improved Frostbolt	5	Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.5 sec.	same
1	Precision	3	Improves your chance to hit with all spells by 6%.	changed
2	Ice Shards	5	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%.	same
2	Frostbite	3	Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.	same
2	Improved Frost Nova	2	Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova spell by 4 sec.	same
2	Permafrost	3	Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 33% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 10%.	changed
3	Frost Channeling	3	Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 15% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 30%.	moved
3	Improved Blizzard	3	Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 40% for 1.5 sec.	changed
3	Ice Lance 45 Mana \| 30 yd range \| Instant \| 8 sec cooldown	1	Deals 28 to 32 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets.	new
4	Arctic Reach	2	Increases the range of your Frostbolt, Ice Lance, and Blizzard spells and the radius of your Frost Nova and Cone of Cold spells by 20%.	changed
4	Ice Block 15 Mana \| Instant \| 5 min cooldown	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.	moved
4	Shatter	3	Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 50%.	changed
5	Improved Cone of Cold	3	Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 35%.	changed
5	Cold Snap Instant \| 10 min cooldown	1	Finishes the remaining cooldown on all your other Frost spells.	changed
5	Fingers of Frost Requires Ice Lance	2	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.	new
6	Winter's Chill	5	Gives your Frostbolt 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.	changed
7	Ice Barrier Requires Cold Snap 305 Mana \| Instant \| 30 sec cooldown	1	Shield yourself, absorbing 447 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.	changed

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753. Plan with the Mage calculator.