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Mage · Arcane · row 2

Missile Barrage

New in Forever2 ranksHotfix 2026-11-02

Missile Barrage

Rank 2/2Arcane

Requires 5 points in Arcane Talents

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.

Every rank of Missile Barrage

Rank	Effect	Source
1	Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 20% chance, and your Arcane Wrath, Fireball, Frostbolt, and Frostfire Bolt spells a 10% 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.	client
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.	client

Requirements and position

Tree: Arcane, row 2, column 4. Needs 5 points in Arcane first. The earliest you can finish all 2 ranks is level 16 if you put every point into this tree.
Competes with: Arcane Subtlety, Magic Absorption, Arcane Concentration in the same row.

Classic comparison

Missile Barrage is new in WoW Forever. Nothing in Classic 1.12 does this for Mages.

Spells this talent affects

Arcane Blast · 5 ranks, learned at 20
Arcane Missiles · 8 ranks, learned at 8
Arcane Wrath · 4 ranks, learned at 25
Fireball · 12 ranks, learned at 1
Frostfire Bolt · 3 ranks, learned at 40
Frostbolt · 11 ranks, learned at 4

Builds that take Missile Barrage

Arcane Mage endgame PvE build (31/0/20) · 2/2

Questions players ask

Where is Missile Barrage in the Mage talent tree?

Arcane tree, row 2, column 4. You need 5 points spent in Arcane before you can learn it.

Is Missile Barrage new in WoW Forever?

Yes. Missile Barrage has no Classic 1.12 counterpart.

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.