Mage Talent Ratings - Revision history

Onderduiker at 19:39, 18 May 2011

2011-05-18T19:39:15Z

Jini: updated tier 1&2 for the arcane tree

2006-09-11T20:28:39Z

updated tier 1&2 for the arcane tree

KurganXXL at 16:51, 28 June 2006

2006-06-28T16:51:31Z

KurganXXL at 16:51, 28 June 2006

2006-06-28T16:51:20Z

Ferret mandy: /* Tier 6 - Frostbite */

2004-12-11T17:45:36Z

Tier 6 - Frostbite

Wim: /* Tier 6 - Frostbite */

2004-12-10T14:17:27Z

Tier 6 - Frostbite

Ferret mandy: /* Tier 5 - Ice Block/Improved Cone of Cold */

2004-12-09T20:55:14Z

Tier 5 - Ice Block/Improved Cone of Cold

Ferret mandy: /* Tier 6 - Frostbite */

2004-12-09T20:46:39Z

Tier 6 - Frostbite

Nvts: pretty sure it was a type, fixed it.

2004-11-22T03:37:59Z

pretty sure it was a type, fixed it.

Wim: /* Tier 4 - Requires 15 points in Frost */ corrected section title

2004-11-22T00:35:14Z

Tier 4 - Requires 15 points in Frost: corrected section title

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	When activated, this spell gives your next fire damage spell a 100% critical strike chance.<br>		When activated, this spell gives your next fire damage spell a 100% critical strike chance.<br>
	''Ability to force a Critical strike. Great Talent.''		''Ability to force a Critical strike. Great Talent.''
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 '''This page should be updated post 1.11 Mage talent changes.'''
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 ==Arcane==
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 '''Arcane Subtlety'''<br>
-Reduces the threat generated by your offensive arcane spells by 10% plus 10% per point.<br>
+Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 5 per point and reduces threat of Arcane spells by 20% per point.<br>
-''Limited use.  Threat can be managed without threat reduction Talents.  The late changes to Taunt may make these more useful but they are strictly for PvE.''
+''Went from Limited use prior to 1.11 to almost a must have due to the 10 points of spell penetration.  ''
 '''Arcane Focus'''<br>
 Reduces the chance that the opponent can resist your arcane spells by 2% per point.<br>
-''Limited use.  Resists are not an issue in AvH play.  May prove to be of marginal value in top end play. ''
+''Limited use.  Resists are not an issue in AvH play.  May prove to be of marginal value in top end play. Often three points are spent here to get you up the tree.  ''
 '''Improved Arcane Missiles'''<br>
 Gives you a 20% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles.<br>
-''Makes your most used AvH spell uninterruptible.  Almost a must have.  Also makes a good entry tier Talent.''
+''Arcane Missiles are rarely used and Mages are rarely hit while raiding.  Not much use overall.''
 ===Tier 2 - Wand Specialization/Arcane Concentration===
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 Prereq: 5 points Arcane
-Increases your damage with Wands by 5% per point.<br>
+Increases your damage with Wands by 12.5% per point.<br>
-''Virtually useless.  Wands have sub-optimal DPS due to a lack of autofire.  Improving a sub-optimal ability is not so useful.''
+''Not a great talent but not a horrendous one.  Arcane Concentration is much better in this same tier.''
 '''Arcane Concentration'''<br>

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 Gives your chill effects a 3% chance per point to freeze the target for 5 seconds.<br>
-''More CC.  Blizzard matched with this = lots of foes dead in their tracks. Important to note that this affects *all* of your chill effects: e.g. Frost Bolt, Frost/Ice Armor, Cone of Cold, Blizzard.''
+''More CC.  Important to note that this affects *all* of your chill effects: e.g. Frost Bolt, Frost/Ice Armor, Cone of Cold. This is also very effective with Blizzard, as long as you have at least a point in the Improved Blizzard talent.''
 ===Tier 7 - Ice Barrier===

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 Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 5% + 10% per point.<br>
-''35% increased damage for an AoE spell.  Nice.  Get a crit with this and Ice Shards and you'll see some really big numbers.  The only drawback to this is that it only affects one spell.  It is a big boost tho.
+''35% increased damage for an AoE spell.  Nice.  Get a crit with this and Ice Shards and you'll see some really big numbers.  The only drawback to this is that it only affects one spell.  It is a big boost tho. Also helps efficiency; by maxing this out, you turn a horrible damage to mana ratio against a single target with CoC to something much more usable.''
 ===Tier 6 - Frostbite===

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 Gives your chill effects a 3% chance per point to freeze the target for 5 seconds.<br>
-''More CC.  Blizzard matched with this = lots of foes dead in their tracks.''
+''More CC.  Blizzard matched with this = lots of foes dead in their tracks. Important to note that this affects *all* of your chill effects: i.e. Frost Bolt, Frost/Ice Armor, Cone of Cold, Blizzard.''
 ===Tier 7 - Ice Barrier===

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 A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 160 to 192 fire damage, and dazing them for 6 seconds.<br>
-''Great AoE spell.  Big damage plus snare.  With this you have Fire Storm, Blastwave, Cone of Cold, Blizzard and Arcane Explosion all available.''
+''Great AoE spell.  Big damage plus snare.  With this you have Flamestrike, Blastwave, Cone of Cold, Blizzard and Arcane Explosion all available.''
 ===Tier 6 - Fire Power===

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-===Tier 4 - Requires 15 points in Frost===
+===Tier 4 - Arctic Reach/Frost Channeling/Improved Frost Ward/Shatter===
 '''Arctic Reach'''<br>
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 Increases the critical strike chance of your frost spells against frozen targets by 10% per point.<br>
 ''This is a nice to have Talent.  Remember it only affects frozen targets so should be paired up with Frostbite.''
 ===Tier 5 - Ice Block/Improved Cone of Cold===