Mage abilities
- For mage abilities and talents on Classic servers, see Mage abilities (Classic).
Mage abilities are abilities used by mages. Most abilities are shared between all specializations, while some are only specific to one (or two) specializations. Mage abilities use three schools of magic: Arcane, Fire, and Frost.
Class abilities
All mages automatically learn the following spells at the specified level, regardless of specialization.
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Abilities Spell Level [Frostbolt] 1 [Fire Blast] 2 [Frost Nova] 3 [Blink] 4 [Conjure Refreshment] 5 [Arcane Explosion] 6 [Counterspell] 7 [Arcane Intellect] 8 [Slow Fall] 9 [Polymorph] 10/ [1-10] A Mage's Knowledge [Invisibility] 16 [Cone of Cold] 18 [Teleport] 21 [Portal] 24 [Time Warp] 49 -
Portal Ability Level Source [Portal: Stonard] 1 Portal Trainer [Portal: Boralus] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Dalaran - Broken Isles] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Dalaran - Northrend] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Darnassus] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Dazar'alor] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Exodar] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Ironforge] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Orgrimmar] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Shattrath] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Silvermoon] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Stormshield] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Stormwind] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Theramore] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Thunder Bluff] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Tol Barad] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Undercity] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Vale of Eternal Blossoms] 24 Portal Trainer [Portal: Warspear] 24 Portal Trainer [Ancient Portal: Dalaran] 35 [Ancient Tome of Portal: Dalaran] [Portal: Oribos] 58 Portal Trainer [Portal: Valdrakken] 68 Alregosa
Specialization abilities
The three mage specializations are Arcane, Fire, and Frost (all caster DPS).
For a summary of the character and strengths of each spec, see Mage specializations.
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Arcane Name Level [Arcane Blast] 10 [Clearcasting] 10 [Improved Prismatic Barrier] 10 [Mastery: Savant] 10 [Arcane Barrage] 11 [Arcane Orb] 45 -
Fire Name Level [Fireball] 10 [Mastery: Ignite] 10 [Flamestrike] 12 [Hot Streak] 14 [Cauterize] 19 -
Frost Name Level [Mastery: Icicles] 10 [Blizzard] 12 [Cold Snap] 19
Talents
Talents become available at level 10. They can be changed at any time outside of combat, except during a PvP match or Mythic+ dungeon. A talented ability cannot be changed while it is on cooldown.
Row 5 is locked until 8 points are spent, and row 8 is locked until 20 points are spent.
Class talents
Row | Talent | Ranks | Requirement |
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1 | [Prismatic Barrier] | 1 | Arcane only; automatic |
[Blazing Barrier] | 1 | Fire only; automatic | |
[Ice Barrier] | 1 | Frost only; automatic | |
2 | [Ice Block] | 1 | Prismatic Barrier OR Blazing Barrier OR Ice Barrier |
[Overflowing Energy] | 1 | Prismatic Barrier OR Blazing Barrier OR Ice Barrier | |
[Incanter's Flow] | 1 | Prismatic Barrier OR Blazing Barrier OR Ice Barrier | |
3 | [Winter's Protection] | 2 | Ice Block |
[Spellsteal] | 1 | Ice Block | |
[Tempest Barrier] | 2 | Ice Block | |
[Incantation of Swiftness] | 2 | Incanter's Flow | |
[Remove Curse] | 1 | Incanter's Flow | |
[Arcane Warding] | 2 | Incanter's Flow | |
4 | [Mirror Image] | 1 | Winter's Protection OR Spellsteal OR Tempest Barrier |
[Shifting Power] | 1 | Tempest Barrier OR Overflowing Energy OR Incantation of Swiftness | |
[Alter Time] | 1 | Incantation of Swiftness OR Remove Curse OR Arcane Warding | |
5 | [Cryo-Freeze] | 2 | Mirror Image |
[Reduplication]/ [Reabsorption] |
1 | Mirror Image | |
[Quick Witted] | 1 | Mirror Image OR Shifting Power | |
[Mass Polymorph] | 1 | Shifting Power | |
[Slow] | 1 | Shifting Power OR Alter Time | |
[Master of Time] | 1 | Alter Time | |
[Diverted Energy] | 2 | Alter Time | |
6 | [Ring of Frost]/ [Ice Nova] |
1 | Cryo-Freeze OR Reduplication/Reabsorption OR Quick Witted |
[Shimmer]/ [Ice Floes] |
1 | Quick Witted OR Mass Polymorph OR Slow | |
[Blast Wave] | 1 | Slow OR Master of Time OR Diverted Energy | |
7 | [Improved Frost Nova] | 1 | Cryo-Freeze OR Ring of Frost/Ice Nova |
[Rigid Ice] | 1 | Ring of Frost/Ice Nova | |
[Tome of Rhonin] | 1 | Ring of Frost/Ice Nova OR Shimmer/Ice Floes | |
[Dragon's Breath]/ [Supernova] |
1 | Shimmer/Ice Floes | |
[Tome of Antonidas] | 1 | Shimmer/Ice Floes OR Blast Wave | |
[Volatile Detonation] | 1 | Blast Wave | |
[Energized Barriers] | 1 | Diverted Energy OR Blast Wave | |
8 | [Frigid Winds] | 2 | Improved Frost Nova OR Rigid Ice OR Tome of Rhonin |
[Flow of Time] | 2 | Tome of Rhonin OR Dragon's Breath/Supernova OR Tome of Antonidas | |
[Temporal Velocity] | 2 | Tome of Antonidas OR Volatile Detonation OR Energized Barriers | |
9 | [Ice Ward] | 1 | Frigid Winds |
[Freezing Cold] | 1 | Frigid Winds | |
[Time Manipulation] | 1 | Frigid Winds OR Flow of Time | |
[Displacement] | 1 | Flow of Time | |
[Accumulative Shielding] | 1 | Flow of Time OR Temporal Velocity | |
[Greater Invisibility] | 1 | Temporal Velocity | |
[Barrier Diffusion] | 1 | Temporal Velocity | |
10 | [Ice Cold] | 1 | Ice Ward OR Freezing Cold |
[Time Anomaly]/ [Inspired Intellect] |
1 | Time Manipulation OR Displacement OR Accumulative Shielding | |
[Mass Invisibility]/ [Mass Barrier] |
1 | Greater Invisibility OR Barrier Diffusion |
Specialization talents
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Arcane Row Talent Ranks Requirement 1 [Arcane Missiles] 1 2 [Amplification] 1 Arcane Missiles [Nether Precision] 1 Arcane Missiles 3 [Charged Orb] 1 Amplification [Arcane Tempo] 1 Amplification [Concentrated Power] 1 Arcane Missiles [Consortium's Bauble] 1 Nether Precision [Arcing Cleave] 1 Nether Precision 4 [Arcane Familiar] 1 Charged Orb OR Arcane Tempo [Arcane Surge] 1 Concentrated Power [Improved Clearcasting] 1 Consortium's Bauble OR Arcing Cleave 5 [Big Brained] 1 Arcane Familiar [Energized Familiar] 1 Arcane Familiar [Presence of Mind] 1 Arcane Familiar OR Arcane Surge [Surging Urge] 1 Arcane Surge [Slipstream] 1 Arcane Surge OR Improved Clearcasting [Static Cloud] 1 Improved Clearcasting [Resonance] 1 Improved Clearcasting 6 [Impetus] 1 Big Brained OR Energized Familiar OR Presence of Mind [Touch of the Magi] 1 Presence of Mind OR Slipstream [Dematerialize] 1 Slipstream OR Static Cloud OR Resonance 7 [Resonant Orbs] 1 Big Brained OR Impetus [Illuminated Thoughts] 1 Impetus [Evocation] 1 Impetus OR Touch of the Magi [Improved Touch of the Magi] 1 Touch of the Magi [Eureka] 1 Touch of the Magi OR Dematerialize [Energy Reconstitution] 1 Dematerialize [Reverberate] 1 Resonance OR Dematerialize 8 [Arcane Debilitation] 2 Resonant Orbs OR Illuminated Thoughts OR Evocation [Arcane Echo] 1 Improved Touch of the Magi [Prodigious Savant] 2 Eureka OR Energy Reconstitution OR Reverberate 9 [Time Loop] 1 Arcane Debilitation [Aether Attunement] 1 Arcane Debilitation [Enlightened] 1 Arcane Debilitation OR Arcane Echo [Arcane Bombardment] 1 Arcane Echo OR Prodigious Savant [Leysight] 1 Prodigious Savant [Concentration] 1 Prodigious Savant 10 [High Voltage] 1 Time Loop OR Aether Attunement [Arcane Harmony] 1 Enlightened [Magi's Spark]/
[Nether Munitions]1 Arcane Echo [Orb Barrage] 1 Arcane Bombardment [Leydrinker] 1 Leysight OR Prodigious Savant -
Fire Row Talent Ranks Requirement 1 [Pyroblast] 1 2 [Fire Blast] 1 Pyroblast [Firestarter] 1 Pyroblast [Phoenix Flames] 1 Pyroblast 3 [Pyrotechnics] 1 Fire Blast [Fervent Flickering] 1 Fire Blast [Call of the Sun King] 1 Phoenix Flames [Majesty of the Phoenix] 1 Phoenix Flames 4 [Scorch] 1 Pyrotechnics OR Fervent Flickering [Surging Blaze] 1 Fervent Flickering OR Pyrotechnics OR Call of the Sun King [Lit Fuse] 1 Call of the Sun King OR Majesty of the Phoenix 5 [Improved Scorch]/
[Scald]1 Scorch [Heat Shimmer] 1 Scorch [Flame On] 1 Scorch OR Surging Blaze [Flame Accelerant] 1 Surging Blaze [Critical Mass] 1 Surging Blaze OR Lit Fuse [Sparking Cinders] 1 Lit Fuse [Explosive Ingenuity] 1 Lit Fuse 6 [Inflame] 1 Improved Scorch/Scald [Ashen Feather]/
[Alexstrasza's Fury]1 Improved Scorch/Scald OR Heat Shimmer OR Flame On [Intensifying Flame] 1 Flame On [Combustion] 1 Flame On OR Flame Accelerant OR Critical Mass [Controlled Destruction] 1 Critical Mass [Flame Patch]/
[Quickflame]1 Critical Mass OR Sparking Cinders OR Explosive Ingenuity [Convection] 1 Explosive Ingenuity 7 [Master of Flame] 1 Inflame OR Ashen Feather/Alexstrasza's Fury [Wildfire] 1 Ashen Feather/Alexstrasza's Fury OR Intensifying Flame OR Combustion [Improved Combustion]/
[Spontaneous Combustion]1 Combustion [Feel the Burn] 1 Combustion OR Controlled Destruction OR Flame Patch/Quickflame [Mark of the Fire Lord] 1 Flame Patch/Quickflame OR Convection 8 [Fevered Incantation] 2 Ashen Feather/Alexstrasza's Fury OR Master of Flame OR Wildfire [Kindling] 1 Improved Combustion/Spontaneous Combustion [Fire's Ire] 2 Flame Patch/Quickflame OR Feel the Burn OR Mark of the Fire Lord 9 [Pyromaniac] 1 Fevered Incantation [Molten Fury] 1 Fevered Incantation [From the Ashes] 1 Fevered Incantation OR Kindling [Fiery Rush] 1 Kindling [Meteor] 1 Fire's Ire [Firefall] 1 Fire's Ire [Explosivo] 1 Fire's Ire 10 [Hyperthermia] 1 Pyromaniac [Phoenix Reborn] 1 From the Ashes [Sun King's Blessing]/
[Unleashed Inferno]1 Fiery Rush [Deep Impact] 1 Meteor [Blast Zone] 1 Explosivo -
Frost Row Talent Ranks Requirement 1 [Ice Lance] 1 2 [Frozen Orb] 1 Ice Lance [Fingers of Frost] 1 Ice Lance 3 [Flurry] 1 Frozen Orb [Shatter] 1 Fingers of Frost 4 [Brain Freeze] 1 Flurry [Everlasting Frost] 1 Flurry [Winter's Blessing] 1 Flurry OR Shatter [Frostbite] 1 Shatter [Piercing Cold] 1 Shatter 5 [Perpetual Winter] 1 Brain Freeze OR Everlasting Frost [Lonely Winter] 1 Winter's Blessing [Permafrost Lances] 1 Winter's Blessing [Bone Chilling] 1 Frostbite OR Piercing Cold 6 [Comet Storm] 1 Perpetual Winter [Frozen Touch] 1 Perpetual Winter OR Lonely Winter [Wintertide] 2 Lonely Winter [Ice Caller] 1 Permafrost Lances [Flash Freeze] 1 Permafrost Lances OR Bone Chilling [Subzero] 2 Bone Chilling 7 [Deep Shatter] 2 Frozen Touch [Icy Veins] 1 Wintertide OR Ice Caller [Splintering Cold] 2 Flash Freeze 8 [Glacial Assault] 1 Comet Storm OR Deep Shatter [Freezing Rain] 1 Deep Shatter OR Icy Veins [Thermal Void] 1 Icy Veins [Splitting Ice] 1 Icy Veins OR Splintering Cold [Chain Reaction] 1 Subzero OR Splintering Cold 9 [Fractured Frost] 1 Glacial Assault OR Freezing Rain [Freezing Winds] 1 Freezing Rain OR Thermal Void [Slick Ice] 1 Thermal Void [Hailstones] 1 Thermal Void OR Splitting Ice [Ray of Frost] 1 Splitting Ice OR Chain Reaction 10 [Death's Chill] 1 Fractured Frost [Cold Front] 1 Fractured Frost [Coldest Snap] 1 Freezing Winds [Glacial Spike] 1 Hailstones [Cryopathy] 1 Ray of Frost [Splintering Ray] 1 Ray of Frost
Hero talents
Hero talents become available at level 71. They can be changed at any time outside of combat, except during a PvP match or Mythic+ dungeon. A talented ability cannot be changed while it is on cooldown.
A new point is gained at each level, so that every talent node can be unlocked at level 80.
PvP talents
PvP talents become available at level 20. Up to 3 PvP talents may be active at any given time (with additional slots becoming available at levels 30 and 40).
These talents are active in the open world with War Mode turned on, as well as during instanced PvP. They have no effect in dungeons and raids.
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Arcane Talent Level [Ethereal Blink] 20 [Improved Mass Invisibility] 20 [Master Shepherd] 20 [Temporal Shield] 30 [Chrono Shift] 40 [Kleptomania] 40 [Master of Escape] 48 [Arcanosphere] 55 [Ice Wall] 55 [Ring of Fire] 55 -
Fire Talent Level [Ethereal Blink] 20 [Glass Cannon] 20 [Improved Mass Invisibility] 20 [Master Shepherd] 20 [World in Flames] 20 [Fireheart] 30 [Greater Pyroblast] 40 [Ice Wall] 55 [Ring of Fire] 55 -
Frost Talent Level [Ethereal Blink] 20 [Frost Bomb] 20 [Icy Feet] 20 [Improved Mass Invisibility] 20 [Master Shepherd] 20 [Snowdrift] 20 [Ice Form] 30 [Concentrated Coolness] 40 [Ice Wall] 55 [Ring of Fire] 55
Glyphs
Glyphs are items that can change a spell or ability's visual appearance. Most glyphs are crafted by scribes, are color-coded by class, and can be applied as early as level 11. They can be removed at any time outside of combat using [Vanishing Powder] (level 80 and lower) or the [Dust of Disappearance] (level 81 and higher).
Variant spells
These spells are alternate versions of trainable spells, with identical functionality but possessing a different icon or other cosmetic difference. There are also several other miscellaneous spells which provide other effects. They are learned through books, items, or given as quest rewards.
Polymorph
Miscellaneous
Ability | Min Level | Taught by |
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[Arcane Momentum] | 4 | Almost any Mage Trainer |
[Dalaran Brilliance] | 8 | [Glyph of Dalaran Brilliance] |
[Arcane Linguist] | 10 | [Mystical Tome: Arcane Linguist] |
[Illusion] | 10 | [Mystical Tome: Illusion] |
See also
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