Arcane Mage Talents

The War Within Pre-Patch

Talents in World of Warcraft define your character's gameplay. They offer active abilities for offense and defense, major cooldowns, or passive enhancements to your stats and spells. Here are the current Arcane Mage talents for The War Within Pre-Patch.

Where to Find Talents

Talents can be found in the talent menu, which is accessible by pressing the N key (default) or by clicking the target icon in the micro menu:

Screenshot of the talents button in the micro menu

Class Talents

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Mage specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Mage class, offering a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Mage's overall capabilities.

Name	Cast	Effect
Prismatic Barrier	Instant - 25 Sec Cooldown	Shields you with an arcane force, absorbing 39,468 damage and reducing magic damage taken by 25% for 1 min. The duration of harmful Magic effects against you is reduced by 40%.
Ice Block	Instant - 4 Min Cooldown	Encases you in a block of ice, protecting you from all attacks and damage for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move, or cast spells. Causes Hypothermia, preventing you from recasting Ice Block for 30 sec.
Overflowing Energy	Passive	Your spell critical strike damage is increased by 10%. When your direct damage spells fail to critically strike a target, your spell critical strike chance is increased by 2%, up to 10% for 8 sec. When your spells critically strike Overflowing Energy is reset.
Incanter's Flow	Passive	Magical energy flows through you while in combat, building up to 10% increased damage and then diminishing down to 2% increased damage, cycling every 10 sec.
Winter's Protection	Passive	The cooldown of Ice Block is reduced by 60 sec.
Spellsteal	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Steals a beneficial magic effect from the target. This effect lasts a maximum of 2 min.
Tempest Barrier	Passive	Gain a shield that absorbs 6% of your maximum health for 15 sec after you Blink.
Incantation of Swiftness	Passive	Invisibility increases your movement speed by 80% for 6 sec.
Remove Curse	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 8 Sec Cooldown	Removes all Curses from a friendly target.
Arcane Warding	Passive	Reduces magic damage taken by 4%.
Mirror Image	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Creates 3 copies of you nearby for 40 sec, which cast spells and attack your enemies. While your images are active damage taken is reduced by 20%. Taking direct damage will cause one of your images to dissipate.
Shifting Power	Channeled - 1 Min Cooldown	Draw power from within, dealing 13,566 Arcane damage over 3.6 sec to enemies within 18 yds. While channeling, your Mage ability cooldowns are reduced by 12 sec over 3.6 sec.
Alter Time	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	Alters the fabric of time, returning you to your current location and health when cast a second time, or after 10 sec. Effect negated by long distance or death.
Cryo-Freeze	Passive	While inside Ice Block, you heal for 50% of your maximum health over the duration.
Reduplication	Passive	Mirror Image's cooldown is reduced by 10 sec whenever a Mirror Image dissipates due to direct damage.
Reabsorption	Passive	You are healed for 3% of your maximum health whenever a Mirror Image dissipates due to direct damage.
Quick Witted	Passive	Successfully interrupting an enemy with Counterspell reduces its cooldown by 4 sec.
Mass Polymorph	1.7 Sec Cast - 1 Min Cooldown	Transforms all enemies within 10 yards into sheep, wandering around incapacitated for 15 sec. While affected, the victims cannot take actions but will regenerate health very quickly. Damage will cancel the effect. Only works on Beasts, Humanoids and Critters.
Slow	Instant - 35 Yd Range	Reduces the target's movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.
Master of Time	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Alter Time by 10 sec. Alter Time resets the cooldown of Blink and Shimmer when you return to your original location.
Diverted Energy	Passive	Your Barriers heal you for 40% of the damage absorbed.
Ring of Frost	2 Sec Cast - 30 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Summons a Ring of Frost for 10 sec at the target location. Enemies entering the ring are incapacitated for 10 sec. Limit 10 targets. When the incapacitate expires, enemies are slowed by 65% for 4 sec.
Ice Nova	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 25 Sec Cooldown	Causes a whirl of icy wind around the enemy, dealing 7,649 Frost damage to the target and reduced damage to all other enemies within 8 yds, and freezing them in place for 2 sec.
Shimmer	Instant - 0.5 Sec Cooldown	Teleports you 20 yds forward, unless something is in the way. Unaffected by the global cooldown and castable while casting.
Ice Floes	Instant	Makes your next Mage spell with a cast time shorter than 10 sec castable while moving. Unaffected by the global cooldown and castable while casting.
Blast Wave	Instant - 30 Sec Cooldown	Causes an explosion around yourself, dealing 2,987 Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yds, knocking them back, and reducing movement speed by 70% for 6 sec.
Improved Frost Nova	Passive	Frost Nova duration is increased by 2 sec.
Rigid Ice	Passive	Frost Nova can withstand 80% more damage before breaking.
Tome of Rhonin	Passive	Increases Critical Strike chance by 2%.
Dragon's Breath	Instant - 45 Sec Cooldown	Enemies in a cone in front of you take 3,645 Fire damage and are disoriented for 4 sec. Damage will cancel the effect.
Supernova	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Pulses arcane energy around the target enemy or ally, dealing 2,304 Arcane damage to all enemies within 8 yds, and knocking them upward. A primary enemy target will take 100% increased damage.
Tome of Antonidas	Passive	Increases Haste by 2%.
Volatile Detonation	Passive	Greatly increases the effect of Blast Wave's knockback. Blast Wave's cooldown is reduced by 5 sec
Energized Barriers	Passive	When your barrier receives melee attacks, you have a 10% chance to be granted Clearcasting. Casting your barrier removes all snare effects.
Frigid Winds	Passive	All of your snare effects reduce the target's movement speed by an additional 10%.
Flow of Time	Passive	The cooldowns of Blink and Shimmer are reduced by 4 sec.
Temporal Velocity	Passive	Increases your movement speed by 20% for 3 sec after casting Blink and 40% for 6 sec after returning from Alter Time.
Ice Ward	Passive	Frost Nova now has 2 charges.
Freezing Cold	Passive	Enemies hit by Cone of Cold are frozen in place for 5 sec instead of snared. When your roots expire or are dispelled, your target is snared by 80%, decaying over 3 sec.
Time Manipulation	Passive	Casting Clearcasting Arcane Missiles reduces the cooldown of your loss of control abilities by 2 sec.
Displacement	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Teleports you back to where you last Blinked and heals you for 39,468 health. Only usable within 8 sec of Blinking.
Accumulative Shielding	Passive	Your barrier's cooldown recharges 30% faster while the shield persists.
Greater Invisibility	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Makes you invisible and untargetable for 20 sec, removing all threat. Any action taken cancels this effect. You take 60% reduced damage while invisible and for 3 sec after reappearing.
Barrier Diffusion	Passive - 100 Yd Range	Whenever one of your Barriers is removed, reduce its cooldown by 4 sec.
Ice Cold	Passive	Ice Block now reduces all damage taken by 70% for 6 sec but no longer grants Immunity, prevents movement, attacks, or casting spells. Does not incur the Global Cooldown.
Time Anomaly	Passive	At any moment, you have a chance to gain Arcane Surge for 4 sec, Clearcasting, or Time Warp for 6 sec.
Inspired Intellect	Passive	Arcane Intellect grants you an additional 3% Intellect.
Mass Invisibility	Instant - 5 Min Cooldown	You and your allies within 40 yards instantly become invisible for 12 sec. Taking any action will cancel the effect. Does not affect allies in combat.
Mass Barrier	Instant - 3 Min Cooldown	Cast Prismatic Barrier on yourself and 4 allies within 40 yds.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Arcane Mages with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. These talents differentiate Arcane Mages from other Mage specializations, maximizing effectiveness in combat.

Name	Cast	Effect
Arcane Missiles	Channeled - 40 Yd Range	Only castable when you have Clearcasting. Launches five waves of Arcane Missiles at the enemy over 2.3 sec, causing a total of 18,592 Arcane damage.
Amplification	Passive	Arcane Missiles fires 3 additional missiles.
Nether Precision	Passive	Consuming Clearcasting increases the damage of your next 2 Arcane Blasts or Arcane Barrages by 20%.
Charged Orb	Passive	Arcane Orb gains 1 additional charge.
Arcane Tempo	Passive	Consuming Arcane Charges increases your Haste by 2% for 12 sec, stacks up to 5 times.
Concentrated Power	Passive	Arcane Missiles channels 20% faster. Clearcasting makes Arcane Explosion echo for 40% damage.
Consortium's Bauble	Passive	Reduces Arcane Blast's mana cost by 3% and increases its damage by 3%.
Arcing Cleave	Passive	For each Arcane Charge, Arcane Barrage hits 1 additional nearby target for 40% damage.
Arcane Familiar	Passive	Casting Arcane Intellect summons a Familiar that attacks your enemies and increases your maximum mana by 10% for 1 hour.
Arcane Surge	2.5 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Expend all of your current mana to annihilate your enemy target and nearby enemies for up to 28,319 Arcane damage based on Mana spent. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Generates Clearcasting. For the next 15 sec, your Mana regeneration is increased by 425% and spell damage is increased by 35%.
Improved Clearcasting	Passive	Clearcasting can stack up to 2 additional times.
Big Brained	Passive	Gaining Clearcasting increases your Intellect by 1% for 8 sec. Multiple instances may overlap.
Energized Familiar	Passive	During Arcane Surge, your Familiar fires 4 bolts instead of 1. Damage from your Arcane Familiar has a small chance to grant you up to 2% of your maximum mana.
Presence of Mind	Instant - 45 Sec Cooldown	Causes your next 2 Arcane Blasts to be instant cast.
Surging Urge	Passive	Arcane Surge damage increased by 5% per Arcane Charge.
Slipstream	Passive	Arcane Missiles can now be channeled while moving. Evocation can be channeled while moving.
Static Cloud	Passive	Each time you cast Arcane Explosion, its damage increases by 25%. Bonus resets after reaching 100% damage.
Resonance	Passive	Arcane Barrage deals 10% increased damage per target it hits.
Impetus	Passive	Arcane Blast has a 10% chance to generate an additional Arcane Charge. If you were to gain an Arcane Charge while at maximum charges instead gain 10% Arcane damage for 10 sec.
Touch of the Magi	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Applies Touch of the Magi to your current target, accumulating 20% of the damage you deal to the target for 12 sec, and then exploding for that amount of Arcane damage to the target and reduced damage to all nearby enemies. enerates 4 Arcane Charges.
Dematerialize	Passive	Spells empowered by Nether Precision cause their target to suffer an additional 8% of the damage dealt over 6 sec.
Resonant Orbs	Passive	Arcane Orb damage increased by 10%.
Illuminated Thoughts	Passive	Clearcasting has a 5% increased chance to proc.
Evocation	Channeled	Increases your mana regeneration by 1,500% for 2.7 sec and grants Clearcasting. While channeling Evocation, your Intellect is increased by 2% every 0.5 sec. Lasts 20 sec.
Improved Touch of the Magi	Passive	Your Touch of the Magi now accumulates 25% of the damage you deal.
Eureka	Passive	When a spell consumes Clearcasting, its damage is increased by 10%.
Energy Reconstitution	Passive	Damage from Dematerialize has a small chance to summon an Arcane Explosion at its target's location at 50% effectiveness. Arcane Explosions summoned from nergy Reconstitution do not generate Arcane Charges.
Reverberate	Passive	If Arcane Explosion hits at least 3 targets, it has a 50% chance to generate an extra Arcane Charge.
Arcane Debilitation	Passive	Damaging a target with Arcane Missiles increases the damage they take from Arcane Missiles, Arcane Barrage, and Arcane Blast by 1.0% for 6 sec. Multiple instances may overlap.
Arcane Echo	Passive	Direct damage you deal to enemies affected by Touch of the Magi, causes an explosion that deals 656 Arcane damage to all nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
Prodigious Savant	Passive	Arcane Charges further increase Mastery effectiveness of Arcane Blast and Arcane Barrage by 40%.
Time Loop	Passive	When you apply a stack of Arcane Debilitation, you have a 10% chance to apply another stack of Arcane Debilitation. This effect can trigger off of itself.
Aether Attunement	Passive	Every 3 times you consume Clearcasting, gain Aether Attunement. ether Attunement: Your next Arcane Missiles deals 100% increased damage to your primary target and fires at up to 4 nearby enemies dealing 50% increased damage.
Enlightened	Passive	Arcane damage dealt while above 70% mana is increased by 6%, Mana Regen while below 70% is increased by 20%.
Arcane Bombardment	Passive	Arcane Barrage deals an additional 100% damage against targets below 35% health.
Leysight	Passive	Nether Precision damage bonus increased to 30%.
Concentration	Passive	Arcane Blast has a small chance to make your next cast of Arcane Blast free.
High Voltage	Passive	Damage from Arcane Missiles has a 10% chance to grant you 1 Arcane Charge. Chance is increased by 10% every time your Arcane Missiles fails to grant you an Arcane Charge.
Arcane Harmony	Passive	Each time Arcane Missiles hits an enemy, the damage of your next Arcane Barrage is increased by 5%. This effect stacks up to 20 times.
Magi's Spark	Passive	Your Touch of the Magi now also conjures a spark, causing the damage from your next Arcane Barrage, Arcane Blast, and Arcane Missiles to echo for 100% of their damage. Upon receiving damage from all three spells, the spark explodes, dealing 22,385 Arcane damage to all nearby enemies.
Nether Munitions	Passive	When your Touch of the Magi detonates, it increases the damage all affected targets take from you by 8% for 12 sec.
Orb Barrage	Passive	Arcane Barrage has a 10% chance per Arcane Charge consumed to launch an Arcane Orb in front of you at 100% effectiveness.
Leydrinker	Passive	Consuming Nether Precision has a 20% chance to make your next Arcane Blast or Arcane Barrage echo, repeating its damage at 60% effectiveness to the primary target and up to four nearby enemies.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow for deeper customization of the Arcane Mage class fantasy, further enhancing its combat effectiveness.

Sunfury

Name	Cast	Effect
Spellfire Spheres	Passive	Every 6 times you cast Arcane Blast or Arcane Barrage, conjure a Spellfire Sphere. While you're out of combat, you will slowly conjure Spellfire Spheres over time. pellfire Sphere Increases your spell damage by 2%. Stacks up to 3 times.
Mana Cascade	Passive	Casting Arcane Blast or Arcane Barrage grants you 1.0% Haste for 10 sec. Stacks up to 10 times. Multiple instances may overlap.
Invocation: Arcane Phoenix	Passive	When you cast Arcane Surge, summon an Arcane Phoenix to aid you in battle. rcane Phoenix Your Arcane Phoenix aids you for the duration of your Arcane Surge, casting random Arcane and Fire spells.
Burden of Power	Passive	Conjuring a Spellfire Sphere increases the damage of your next Arcane Blast by 30% or your next Arcane Barrage by 30%.
Merely a Setback	Passive	Your Prismatic Barrier now grants 5% avoidance while active and 5% leech for 5 seconds when it breaks or expires.
Lessons in Debilitation	Passive	Your Arcane Phoenix will Spellsteal when it is summoned and when it expires.
Gravity Lapse	Passive	Your Supernova becomes Gravity Lapse. ravity Lapse The snap of your fingers warps the gravity around your target and 4 other nearby enemies, suspending them in the air for 3 sec. Upon landing, nearby enemies take 3,281 Arcane damage.
Glorious Incandescence	Passive	Consuming Burden of Power causes your next cast of Arcane Barrage to grant 4 Arcane Charges and call down a storm of 4 Meteorites on its target.
Savor the Moment	Passive	When you cast Arcane Surge, its duration is extended by 0.5 sec for each Spellfire Sphere you have, up to 2.5 sec.
Sunfury Execution	Passive	Arcane Bombardment damage bonus increased to 130%. rcane Bombardment Arcane Barrage deals an additional 100% damage against targets below 35% health.
Codex of the Sunstriders	Passive	Over its duration, your Arcane Phoenix will consume each of your Spellfire Spheres to cast an exceptional spell. Upon consuming a Spellfire Sphere, your Arcane Phoenix will grant you Lingering Embers. ingering Embers Increases your spell damage by 2%.
Rondurmancy	Passive	Spellfire Spheres can now stack up to 5 times.
Ignite the Future	Passive	Generating a Spellfire Sphere while your Phoenix is active causes it to cast an exceptional spell.
Memory of Al'ar	Passive	While under the effects of a casted Arcane Surge, you gain twice as many stacks of Mana Cascade. When your Arcane Phoenix expires, it empowers you, granting Arcane Soul for 3 sec, plus an additional 0.5 sec for each exceptional spell it had cast. rcane Soul: Arcane Barrage grants Clearcasting and generates 4 Arcane Charges.

Spellslinger

Name	Cast	Effect
Splintering Sorcery	Passive	When you consume Nether Precision, conjure 2 Arcane Splinters that fire at your target. rcane Splinter: Conjure raw Arcane magic into a sharp projectile that deals 1,522 Arcane damage. rcane Splinters embed themselves into their target, dealing 1,086 Arcane damage over 18 sec. This effect stacks.
Augury Abounds	Passive	Casting Arcane Surge conjures 8 Arcane Splinters. During Arcane Surge, whenever you conjure an Arcane Splinter, you have a 100% chance to conjure an additional Arcane Splinter.
Controlled Instincts	Passive	For 8 seconds after being struck by an Arcane Orb, 20% of the direct damage dealt by an Arcane Splinter is also dealt to nearby enemies. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets.
Splintering Orbs	Passive	The first enemy damaged by your Arcane Orb conjures 2 Arcane Splinters. Arcane Orb damage is increased by 10%.
Slippery Slinging	Passive	You have 40% increased movement speed during Alter Time.
Look Again	Passive	Displacement has a 50% longer duration and 25% longer range.
Reactive Barrier	Passive	Your Prismatic Barrier can absorb up to 50% more damage based on your missing Health. Max effectiveness when under 50% health.
Phantasmal Image	Passive	Your Mirror Image summons one extra clone. Mirror Image now reduces all damage taken by an additional 5%.
Volatile Magic	Passive	Whenever an Embedded Arcane Splinter is removed, it explodes, dealing 552 Arcane damage to nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Unerring Proficiency	Passive	Each time you conjure an Arcane Splinter, increase the damage of your next Supernova by 16%. Stacks up to 30 times.
Shifting Shards	Passive	Shifting Power fires a barrage of 8 Arcane Splinters at random enemies within 40 yds over its duration.
Force of Will	Passive	Gain 2% increased critical strike chance. Gain 5% increased critical strike damage.
Spellfrost Teachings	Passive	Direct damage from Arcane Splinters has a small chance to launch an Arcane Orb at 50% effectiveness and increase all damage dealt by Arcane Orb by 10% for 10 sec.
Splinterstorm	Passive	Whenever you have 8 or more active Embedded Arcane Splinters, you automatically cast a Splinterstorm at your target. plinterstorm: Shatter all Embedded Arcane Splinters, dealing their remaining periodic damage instantly. Conjure an Arcane Splinter for each Splinter shattered, then unleash them all in a devastating barrage, dealing 1,522 Arcane damage to your target for each Splinter in the Splinterstorm.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with War Mode enabled, these talents optimize a Arcane Mage 's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players.

Name	Cast	Effect
Master of Escape		Reduces the cooldown of Greater Invisibility by 45 sec.
Improved Mass Invisibility		The cooldown of Mass Invisibility is reduced by 4 min and can affect allies in combat.
Temporal Shield		Envelops you in a temporal shield for 4 sec. 60% of all damage taken while shielded will be instantly restored when the shield ends.
Kleptomania		Unleash a flurry of disruptive magic onto your target, stealing a beneficial magic effect every 0.5 sec for 3.6 sec. Castable while moving, but movement speed is reduced by 40% while channeling.
Arcanosphere		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 39,285 Arcane damage.
Ice Wall		Conjures an Ice Wall 30 yards long that obstructs line of sight. The wall has 40% of your maximum health and lasts up to 15 sec.
Ring of Fire		Summons a Ring of Fire for 8 sec at the target location. Enemies entering the ring burn for 18% of their total health over 6 sec.
Master Shepherd		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		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.
Chrono Shift		Arcane Barrage slows enemies by 25% and increases your movement speed by 50% for 5 sec.