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Arcane Mage

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 27 players
  • Last Updated: 2 days ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Arcane Mage on the Rated Battlegrounds 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

Sírà

Sírà

<WoûkZîeû>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (class)

Time Walk
Dragon's Breath
Shimmer
Improved Frost Nova
Ice Nova
Ring of Frost
Spatial Manipulation

Talents (spec)

Slipstream
Aegwynn's Technique
High Voltage

Talents (hero)

Attuned Familiar
Slippery Slinging
Reactive Barrier

Talents (pvp)

Improved Mass Invisibility
Arcanosphere
Overpowered Barrier
Merlon

Merlon

<Gods of Fire>Dalaran (us)

Talents (class)

Time Walk
Dragon's Breath
Improved Blink
Ice Nova
Spatial Manipulation

Talents (spec)

Aegwynn's Technique
Mana Adept

Talents (hero)

Attuned Familiar
Slippery Slinging
Reactive Barrier

Talents (pvp)

Kleptomania
Ice Wall
Overpowered Barrier
Vainamoinen

Vainamoinen

<Insomniacs>Llane (us)

Talents (class)

Time Walk
Dragon's Breath
Improved Blink
Ice Ward
Ice Nova
Ring of Frost
Spatial Manipulation

Talents (spec)

Slipstream
Aegwynn's Technique
High Voltage

Talents (hero)

Attuned Familiar
Slippery Slinging
Reactive Barrier

Talents (pvp)

Arcanosphere
Chrono Shift
Overpowered Barrier

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 Human and for the Horde is Undead

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

37% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

11% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

Galactic Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 159 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

7% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

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

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 primary stat for 20 sec.

Best Sockets

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

Cognitive Heliotrope

14%

+23 Primary Stat and opponent's failed interrupt attempts grant Precognition

Versatile Peridot

Versatile Peridot

10%

+11 Haste & +4 Versatility

Flawless Deadly Amethyst

Flawless Deadly Amethyst

9%

+16 Mastery & +7 Critical Strike

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 Arcanoweave Lining on a Waist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

59%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to draw in a mana wyrm that will empower you and an ally with Arcanoweave Insight, increasing your Intellect by 28 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Waist31%
  • Wrist31%
  • Chest13%
  • Feet13%
  • Back13%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

37%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,450 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Wrist30%
  • Chest20%
  • Feet20%
  • Waist20%
  • Back10%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

15%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,152 Arcane damage every second for 4 sec. Each unique gem color you have socketed empowers the Iris, causing it to deal 1% additional damage per.

  • Ring 150%
  • Ring 225%
  • Neck25%

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.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

7%
Chant of Winged Grace

Chant of Winged Grace

4%

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.

Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

30%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

19%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

30%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

7%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

22%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

22%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

56%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

11%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

41%

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

37%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

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
96.3%
Alter Time
96.3%
Ice Block
96.3%
Time Walk
96.3%
Master of Time
92.6%
2 / 2
Winter's Protection
85.2%
2 / 2
Frost Conditioning
0%
Arcane Warding
96.3%
2 / 2
Inspired Intellect
96.3%
Mirror Image
48.1%
Spellsteal
92.6%
Quick Witted
96.3%
Dragon's Breath
96.3%
Remove Curse
96.3%
Improved Conjuration
11.1%
1 / 2
Improved Spellsteal
7.4%
Shimmer
96.3%
Improved Counterspell
55.6%
Overflowing Energy
88.9%
Improved Remove Curse
0%
Greater Invisibility
96.3%
Ice Ward
51.9%
Captured Thoughts
22.2%
Tome of Rhonin
96.3%
Tome of Antonidas
96.3%
Incantation of Swiftness
37%
2 / 2
Master of Escape
92.6%
Charm of Aegwynn
96.3%
Brainstorm
92.6%
Flow of Time
96.3%
Mana Confluence
55.6%
Charm of Medivh
96.3%
Permafrost Bauble
66.7%
Ice Nova
63%
Time Manipulation
63%
Ring of Frost
59.3%
Energized Barriers
96.3%
Mass Invisibility
51.9%
Barrier Diffusion
92.6%
Ice Cold
29.6%
Spatial Manipulation
96.3%
Improved Prismatic Barrier
81.5%

Spellslinger

Hero class image
Splinterstorm
100%
Spellfrost Teachings
100%
Controlled Instincts
100%
Signature Spell
100%
Archmage's Wrath
100%
Slippery Slinging
100%
Reactive Barrier
100%
Splintering Orbs
100%
Augury Abounds
100%
Force of Will
100%
Splintering Sorcery
100%
Polished Focus
100%
Infused Splinters
100%
Attuned Familiar
100%
Arcane Missiles
96.3%
Concentrated Power
96.3%
Arcane Salvo
96.3%
Amplification
96.3%
Improved Clearcasting
96.3%
Arcing Cleave
96.3%
Arcane Pulse
33.3%
Arcane Surge
96.3%
Arcane Orb
96.3%
Reverberate
25.9%
Slipstream
70.4%
Mana Bomb
22.2%
Arcane Familiar
88.9%
Charged Orb
96.3%
Intuition
96.3%
Touch of the Magi
96.3%
Energized Familiar
77.8%
Expanded Mind
92.6%
Consortium's Bauble
81.5%
Arcane Tempo
92.6%
Aether Attunement
40.7%
2 / 2
Aegwynn's Technique
96.3%
Resonance
88.9%
Impetus
70.4%
Mana Adept
40.7%
Enlightened
96.3%
Focusing Crystal
25.9%
Illuminated Thoughts
85.2%
Prodigious Savant
96.3%
2 / 2
Eureka
70.4%
Arcane Singularity
96.3%
2 / 2
High Voltage
37%
Overflowing Insight
25.9%
Overpowered Missiles
33.3%
Orb Mastery
77.8%
Orb Barrage
70.4%
Touch of the Archmage
266.7%

Best PvP Talents

Chrono Shift

Chrono Shift

78%

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

Overpowered Barrier

Overpowered Barrier

70%

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

44%

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

Ice Wall

Ice Wall

26%

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.

Arcanosphere

Arcanosphere

19%

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 13,569 Arcane damage.

Kleptomania

Kleptomania

19%

Unleash a flurry of disruptive magic onto your target, stealing a beneficial magic effect every 0.4 sec for 3.6 sec. Castable while moving, but movement speed is reduced by 40% while channeling.

Master Shepherd

Master Shepherd

19%

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.

Ethereal Blink

Ethereal Blink

4%

Blink and Shimmer apply Slow at 100% effectiveness to all enemies you Blink through. For each enemy you Blink through, the cooldown of Blink and Shimmer are reduced by 1 sec, up to 5 sec.