There is a variety of races one can choose if he wants to build up a mage – Human, Gnome and Draenei race (Alliance) and Blood Elf, Troll and Undead race (Horde). A Mage is a nice class to play and is often warmly welcomed by other players in groups and raids. He has a few buffs he can cast and the most popular one is definitely the Arcane Brilliance popularly called the Intelect Buff. However, the Int buff is just one of the reasons why the Mage class is so popular. Click here to watch the video WoW Mage Leveling Guide
A mage is also famous for his “consumables”, meaning he can make food & water for his own purposes and for other players as well. These consumables restore both mana and hit points. It is also nice to have Mages in the group because they can Polymorph Humanoids and Beasts. Even though you will find a lot of easy tank & spank fights these days it is sometimes still nice to crowd control a few mobs.
Mages buffs, spells that can create and transform are all nice but they don’t make him the best player in the game and it is that his damage spells and abilities make him a great damage dealer. His spells are based on Arcane, Fire and Frost damage. Spells like Blizzard, Flame Strike, Arcane Explosion, Cone of Cold and other damaging spells do damage on multiple mobs and can place a Mage on top of the damage meters. He also possesses AoE spells like Arcane Explosion, Blizzard, Cone of Cold and Flame Strike which cause quite nice amount of damage to multiple enemies and also contribute to the overall amount of damage Mage does in a raid. Through time the Arcane talent tree became more popular and better. If you would like more information on WoW guides check out one of our popular guides here: Ultimate WoW Guide Review
The Fire talent tree has always been seen as the talent tree which should be followed by Mages that look purely at the damage output. Today, Arcane is used for in PvP as well as in PvE and it offers some useful talents that have mana efficiency and improved damage output. The Frost talent tree is a great talent tree if one enjoys to PvP. If you follow the talent build you will find out that the tree can provide you with burst damage and yet give you protective shield and slow your targets a lot.
If you like to PvP more than PvE then the Frost talent tree would be suitable for you. The Frost talent build has many AoE spells in store for you, as well as the Crowd Control spells and even a protective shield!. This. With Frost, you will be able to stun players, summon a special Water Elemental to assist you in a fight which all is quite useful for PvP and it can prove to be fun in PvE as well. If you follow the talent build you will find out that the tree can provide you with burst damage and yet give you protective shield and slow your targets a lot.
It might take you some experimenting but once you find the talent tree that suits your style best the Mage class is very nice to play. If you would like more information on WoW guides check out one of our popular guides here: Joana’s Horde Guide Review
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