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Arcane Mage

  • 2v2
  • 38 players
  • Last Updated: 3 days ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Arcane Mage on the 2v2 leaderboard. The data on this page is updated every 24 hours in order for the data to be as relevant as possible.

This page only shows what the best players in the world are using. This might not apply to every skill bracket in Mythic+. Use this page as the starting point of your journey, and don’t be afraid to stray away from what is presented on this page!

Players

Canetoad

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<dgb>Kel'Thuzad (us)

Talents (class)

Time Walk
Dragon's Breath
Improved Blink
Ice Ward
Freezing Cold
Ring of Frost
Reflection

Talents (spec)

Slipstream
Aegwynn's Technique
High Voltage

Talents (hero)

Merely a Setback
Sunfury Execution

Talents (pvp)

Improved Mass Invisibility
Chrono Shift
Overpowered Barrier
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<Дреджены>Gordunni (eu)

Talents (class)

Temporal Realignment
Supernova
Improved Blink
Spatial Manipulation

Talents (spec)

Slipstream
Aegwynn's Technique
Mana Adept
High Voltage

Talents (hero)

Merely a Setback
Lessons in Debilitation
Savor the Moment

Talents (pvp)

Chrono Shift
Overpowered Barrier
Nether Flux
Titleist

Titleist

Dentarg (us)

Talents (class)

Ring of Frost
Shimmer
Dragon's Breath
458437

Talents (spec)

Presence of Mind
384581

Talents (hero)

Look Again
Phantasmal Image

Talents (pvp)

Ice Wall
Overpowered Barrier
Nether Flux

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Arcane Mage is
Haste > Versatility > Mastery > Critical Strike

Best Races

The best race for a Arcane Mage for the Alliance is Night Elf and for the Horde is Orc

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

92% of the best players use this combination
Astral Gladiator's Medallion

Astral Gladiator's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 55 primary stat for 20 sec.

3% of the best players use this combination
Azhiccaran Parapodia

Azhiccaran Parapodia

Equip: Your damaging spells have a chance to attract mites to feast on your target, inflicting up to 2,480 Shadow damage over 5 sec. Well-fed mites share their meal with you, each increasing your Intellect by 33 for 30 sec.

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 55 primary stat for 20 sec.

3% of the best players use this combination
Azhiccaran Parapodia

Azhiccaran Parapodia

Equip: Your damaging spells have a chance to attract mites to feast on your target, inflicting up to 3,696 Shadow damage over 5 sec. Well-fed mites share their meal with you, each increasing your Intellect by 44 for 30 sec.

Astral Antenna

Astral Antenna

Equip: The antenna has a chance to detect and draw ambient arcane energy towards you, granting 147 Critical Strike for 10 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

Best Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Arcane Mage is Quick Sapphire
Quick Sapphire

Quick Sapphire

42%

+147 Versatility and +49 Haste

Cognitive Bloodstone

Cognitive Bloodstone

11%

+181 Primary Stat and opponent's failed interrupt attempts grant Precognition

Versatile Onyx

Versatile Onyx

11%

+10 Mastery and +3 Versatility

Best Embellishments

Embellishments are specific abilities that can be added onto a piece of gear or weapons to add an equip bonus. The most popular embellishment for a Arcane Mage is Elemental Focusing Lens on a Ring 1 item
Elemental Focusing Lens

Elemental Focusing Lens

155%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to deal 670 damage to your target. The magic school chosen is based upon your selection of socketed Khaz Algar gems.

  • Ring 141%
  • Ring 241%
  • Neck10%
  • Feet5%
  • Waist3%
Writhing Armor Banding

Writhing Armor Banding

16%

Equip: Embrace the darkness. Double the effects of your other Nerubian embellished item, positive and negative.

  • Feet67%
  • Wrist17%
  • Head17%
Ascendance

Ascendance

16%

Equip: Gain Ascendance every 8 seconds spent in combat. Ascendance grants 1 of a random secondary stat for 15 sec, stacking up to 10 times. This is a Nerubian embellishment.

  • Main Hand67%
  • Off Hand33%

Best Enchants

Percentages are calculated in relation to 50 players. If an enchant has a value of more than 100%, it means the enchant is found more than 50 times. This usually happens when the same enchant is applied to both rings.
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Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

76%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 12 Speed and causing the cooldown of your Hearthstone to recover 15% faster while in Khaz Algar. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Chant of Winged Grace

Chant of Winged Grace

3%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 25 Avoidance and reducing fall damage by 10%. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Chest

Crystalline Radiance

Crystalline Radiance

97%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece with Earthen rune magic to increase your Intellect by 34. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Waking Stats

Waking Stats

3%

Use: Permanently enchants a chestpiece to increase your primary stats by 6. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 10.

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Feet

Scout's March

Scout's March

71%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a scout's swiftness, increasing Speed by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Defender's March

Defender's March

8%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a defender's tenacity, increasing Stamina by 41. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Legs

Sunset Spellthread

Sunset Spellthread

82%

Use: Apply Sunset Spellthread to your leggings, permanently increasing its Intellect by 8 and Stamina by 8.

Daybreak Spellthread

Daybreak Spellthread

13%

Use: Apply Daybreak Spellthread to your leggings, permanently increasing its Intellect by 8 and increasing the wearer's maximum mana by 5%.

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Main Hand

Authority of Radiant Power

Authority of Radiant Power

42%

Permanently enchants a weapon with the Authority of Radiant Power. Dealing damage has a chance to call upon that authority, smiting your target for 998 Radiant damage and temporarily increasing your Primary stat by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Oathsworn's Tenacity

Oathsworn's Tenacity

32%

Permanently enchants a weapon to sometimes grant you Forged Tenacity, bestowing 21 Versatility to you for 12 sec. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Ring

+21 Versatility

+21 Versatility

84%

Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Versatility by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Cursed Mastery

Cursed Mastery

37%

Permanently infuses a ring with a cursed chant, sapping 3 of your Critical Strike while granting 16 Mastery. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Wrist

+66 Speed

+66 Speed

84%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 46 Speed. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

+47 Avoidance

+47 Avoidance

3%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that whispers of power, granting 25 Avoidance. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Talents

The new talent system is not as straight-forward as the talent systems from previous expansions. Many talents are situational, and choosing your talents should be done based on the content you are doing. This heat map will show what talents are must-picks, which ones are situational, and which ones are rarely chosen.

Colors

The colors indicate the popularity of the talent. The numbers below indicate the percentage of the top 50 players that have chosen this talent.

  • 90% - 100% (best)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Prismatic Barrier
94.7%
Alter Time
94.7%
Ice Block
94.7%
Time Walk
71.1%
Master of Time
94.7%
2 / 2
Winter's Protection
52.6%
2 / 2
Frost Conditioning
13.2%
Arcane Warding
84.2%
2 / 2
Inspired Intellect
68.4%
Mirror Image
50%
Spellsteal
81.6%
Quick Witted
84.2%
Dragon's Breath
78.9%
Remove Curse
78.9%
Improved Conjuration
13.2%
2 / 2
Improved Spellsteal
2.6%
Shimmer
84.2%
Improved Counterspell
44.7%
Overflowing Energy
63.2%
Improved Remove Curse
2.6%
Greater Invisibility
84.2%
Ice Ward
21.1%
Captured Thoughts
23.7%
Tome of Rhonin
71.1%
Tome of Antonidas
84.2%
Incantation of Swiftness
18.4%
2 / 2
Master of Escape
50%
Charm of Aegwynn
65.8%
Brainstorm
36.8%
Flow of Time
84.2%
Mana Confluence
26.3%
Charm of Medivh
68.4%
Permafrost Bauble
31.6%
Ice Nova
42.1%
Time Manipulation
55.3%
Ring of Frost
63.2%
Energized Barriers
84.2%
Mass Invisibility
55.3%
Barrier Diffusion
50%
Ice Cold
7.9%
Spatial Manipulation
78.9%
Improved Prismatic Barrier
57.9%

Sunfury

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Ashes of Inspiration
83.3%
Burden of Power
77.8%
Codex of the Sunstriders
100%
Memory of Al'ar
100%
Spellfire Spheres
100%
Rondurmancy
50%
Merely a Setback
94.4%
Savor the Moment
94.4%
Lessons in Debilitation
55.6%
Invocation: Arcane Phoenix
100%
Mana Cascade
100%
Spellfire Salvo
44.4%
Pyrocosm
44.4%
Glorious Incandescence
44.4%
Arcane Missiles
94.7%
Concentrated Power
71.1%
Arcane Salvo
71.1%
Amplification
84.2%
Improved Clearcasting
84.2%
Arcing Cleave
84.2%
Arcane Pulse
31.6%
Arcane Surge
84.2%
Arcane Orb
84.2%
Reverberate
7.9%
Slipstream
81.6%
Mana Bomb
21.1%
Arcane Familiar
81.6%
Charged Orb
65.8%
Intuition
84.2%
Touch of the Magi
84.2%
Energized Familiar
42.1%
Expanded Mind
71.1%
Consortium's Bauble
60.5%
Arcane Tempo
39.5%
Aether Attunement
42.1%
2 / 2
Aegwynn's Technique
78.9%
Resonance
65.8%
Impetus
50%
Mana Adept
26.3%
Enlightened
73.7%
Focusing Crystal
36.8%
Illuminated Thoughts
50%
Prodigious Savant
73.7%
2 / 2
Eureka
52.6%
Arcane Singularity
60.5%
2 / 2
High Voltage
31.6%
Overflowing Insight
21.1%
Overpowered Missiles
26.3%
Orb Mastery
34.2%
Orb Barrage
39.5%
Touch of the Archmage
0%

Best PvP Talents

Chrono Shift

Chrono Shift

89%

Arcane Barrage slows enemies by 50% and increases your movement speed by 10% for 5 sec.

Overpowered Barrier

Overpowered Barrier

89%

Your barriers absorb 100% more damage and have an additional effect, but last 4 sec. Prismatic Barrier If the barrier is fully absorbed, your next Blink or Shimmer within 15 sec grants Invisibility and immunity to damage for 3 sec. The damage reduction is lost if Invisibility ends.

Improved Mass Invisibility

Improved Mass Invisibility

32%

The cooldown of Mass Invisibility is reduced by 4 min and can affect allies in combat.

Master Shepherd

Master Shepherd

21%

While an enemy player is affected by your Polymorph or Mass Polymorph, your movement speed is increased by 25% and your Versatility is increased by 12%. Additionally, Polymorph and Mass Polymorph no longer heal enemies.

Ice Wall

Ice Wall

8%

Conjures an Ice Wall 30 yards long that obstructs line of sight. The wall has 30% of your maximum health and lasts up to 15 sec.

Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire

3%

Summons a Ring of Fire for 8 sec at the target location. Enemies entering the ring are disoriented and burn for 3% of their total health over 3 sec.

Arcanosphere

Arcanosphere

3%

Builds a sphere of Arcane energy, gaining power over 4 sec. Upon release, the sphere passes through any barriers, knocking enemies back and dealing up to 3,919 Arcane damage.