Mage specialization

Arcane Mage in WoW Forever

Mana management and Arcane spells.

  • Your role: Ranged spell damage
  • Advice for every level to 60
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Level 45 · Damage in a group

How to play dungeons at level 45

Your combat loop

Press the first one that is ready.

Arcane’s own loop, from level 20. Before that every Mage plays the same loop.

Own loop from: Fire level 13Frost level 13Arcane level 20

  1. Arcane Blast Rank 3 3× every 18 sec

    Cast it 3 times in a row, then again when its 18 sec buff runs out.

    17% of your damage
  2. Arcane Wrath Rank 1 Every 6 sec

    Use it whenever it is ready, every 6 sec.

    52% of your damage
  3. Arcane Missiles Rank 5 Filler

    Cast it whenever nothing above is ready.

    31% of your damage

The first 30 seconds

When to press each one from the pull. The blue line under a press is the global cooldown (1.5 sec) or cast it holds: nothing else on the global cooldown can go until it ends, so of two that are ready together the higher one goes first.

In the gaps
Arcane Missiles

How MaxDPS works this out

Talents at level 45

36 points at level 45: the first at level 10, then one every level.

The MaxDPS build at this level, in the game’s talent frame. Click a talent to learn it and right click to unlearn it, as in the game.

Talents
Unspent Talents
Point order: when each point goes in
  1. Improved Channeling 5/5 · levels 10–14 not counted here
  2. Missile Barrage 2/2 · levels 15–16 +18.9% damage
  3. Arcane Concentration 5/5 · levels 17–19, 24 and 26 not counted here
  4. Arcane Blast 1/1 · level 20 +17.4% damage
  5. Arcane Impact 3/3 · levels 21–23 +5.4% damage
  6. Arcane Wrath 1/1 · level 25 +13.9% damage
  7. Arcane Meditation 3/3 · levels 27–29 +0.1% damage
  8. Arcane Mind 5/5 · levels 30–34 +10.6% damage
  9. Arcane Instability 3/3 · levels 35–37 +5.7% damage
  10. Presence of Mind 1/1 · level 38 not counted here
  11. Arcane Subtlety 1/2 · level 39 not counted here
  12. Arcane Power 1/1 · level 40 +2.5% damage
  13. Precision 3/3 · levels 41–43 +5.3% damage
  14. Accelerant 2/5 · levels 44–45 +5.5% damage

Every Mage talent

Preliminary item rankings · Dungeons

Arcane Mage gear rankings

Arcane spell damage · Level 45 · Calculated defaults

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Legs 153 items · Updating…

Where it comes from
Auction prices from

Materials: . Each reagent counts at the lower of a vendor’s price and its lowest buyout.

Key stats show the stats behind the three largest score contributions, as the game tooltip states them; open an item’s details for every value and source.

Legs items with imported stats, weighted scores and acquisition sources.
Rank Item Score (pts) Where to get it Actions
1 in this filtered list
Red Mageweave Pants Cloth · iLvl 43 · Req. 38 · Crafted Key stats: 14 Spell power12 Intellect49 Armor
23.40
TailoringCrafted
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house Materials about

Score breakdown

  • Spell power: 14 × 0.9854 = 13.80 pts
  • Intellect: 12 × 0.7861 = 9.43 pts
  • Armor: 49 × 0.0034 = 0.17 pts

Uncommon

Source

TailoringCrafted
2 in this filtered list
Violet Sorcerer's Leggings Cloth · iLvl 34 · Req. 29 · Other drop Key stats: 12 Spell power13 Intellect44 Armor
22.19
Fallen MageNPC drop · 0.4% · Alterac Mountains
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Spell power: 12 × 0.9854 = 11.82 pts
  • Intellect: 13 × 0.7861 = 10.22 pts
  • Armor: 44 × 0.0034 = 0.15 pts

Rare

2 sources

Fallen MageNPC drop · 0.4% · Alterac Mountains
Dark CasterNPC drop · 0.2% · Alterac Mountains
3 in this filtered list
Pearly Leggings Cloth · iLvl 30 · Req. 25 · Crafted Key stats: 14 Arcane spell power7 Intellect7 Stamina
20.76
TailoringCrafted
Materials about

Score breakdown

  • Arcane spell power: 14 × 0.9854 = 13.80 pts
  • Intellect: 7 × 0.7861 = 5.50 pts
  • Stamina: 7 × 0.1884 = 1.32 pts
  • Armor: 41 × 0.0034 = 0.14 pts

Rare

Source

TailoringCrafted
4 in this filtered list
Hippogryph Down Leggings Cloth · iLvl 50 · Req. 45 · Other drop Key stats: 16 Intellect7 Spell damage57 Armor
19.67
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 16 × 0.7861 = 12.58 pts
  • Spell power: 7 × 0.9854 = 6.90 pts
  • Armor: 57 × 0.0034 = 0.19 pts

Uncommon

Source

5 in this filtered list
Crimson Silk Pantaloons Cloth · iLvl 39 · Req. 34 · Crafted Key stats: 13 Intellect8 Spell power45 Armor
18.26
TailoringCrafted
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house Materials about

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 13 × 0.7861 = 10.22 pts
  • Spell power: 8 × 0.9854 = 7.88 pts
  • Armor: 45 × 0.0034 = 0.15 pts

Uncommon

Source

TailoringCrafted
6 in this filtered list
Magistrate's Pantaloons Cloth · iLvl 29 · Req. 24* · Quest · Alliance only Key stats: 13 Intellect7 Spell power41 Armor
17.26

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 13 × 0.7861 = 10.22 pts
  • Spell power: 7 × 0.9854 = 6.90 pts
  • Armor: 41 × 0.0034 = 0.14 pts

Rare

Source

7 in this filtered list
Stromgarde Librarian Leggings Cloth · iLvl 37 · Req. 32* · Quest · Alliance only Key stats: 9 Spell power9 Intellect6 Stamina
17.22

Score breakdown

  • Spell power: 9 × 0.9854 = 8.87 pts
  • Intellect: 9 × 0.7861 = 7.07 pts
  • Stamina: 6 × 0.1884 = 1.13 pts
  • Armor: 43 × 0.0034 = 0.15 pts

Uncommon

Source

8 in this filtered list
Filigreed Pearly Leggings Cloth · iLvl 25 · Req. 20 · Crafted Key stats: 11 Arcane spell power6 Intellect5 Stamina
16.62
TailoringCrafted
Materials about

Score breakdown

  • Arcane spell power: 11 × 0.9854 = 10.84 pts
  • Intellect: 6 × 0.7861 = 4.72 pts
  • Stamina: 5 × 0.1884 = 0.94 pts
  • Armor: 37 × 0.0034 = 0.13 pts

Rare

Source

TailoringCrafted
9 in this filtered list
Apprentice Sorcerer's Slacks Cloth · iLvl 41 · Req. 36* · Quest · Alliance only Key stats: 8 Spell damage9 Intellect52 Armor
15.13

Score breakdown

  • Spell damage: 8 × 0.9854 = 7.88 pts
  • Intellect: 9 × 0.7861 = 7.07 pts
  • Armor: 52 × 0.0034 = 0.18 pts

Rare

Source

10 in this filtered list
Stoneweaver Leggings Cloth · iLvl 42 · Req. 37 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 7 Spell damage8 Intellect9 Stamina
15.06
IronayaBoss drop · 38% · Uldaman

Score breakdown

  • Spell power: 7 × 0.9854 = 6.90 pts
  • Intellect: 8 × 0.7861 = 6.29 pts
  • Stamina: 9 × 0.1884 = 1.70 pts
  • Armor: 53 × 0.0034 = 0.18 pts

Rare

Source

IronayaBoss drop · 38% · Uldaman
11 in this filtered list
Beggar's Leggings Cloth · iLvl 44 · Req. 39* · Quest Key stats: 14 Spell power51 Armor
13.97

Score breakdown

  • Spell power: 14 × 0.9854 = 13.80 pts
  • Armor: 51 × 0.0034 = 0.17 pts

Uncommon

12 in this filtered list
Pristine Leggings Cloth · iLvl 30 · Req. 25 · Crafted Key stats: 7 Spell damage7 Intellect7 Stamina
13.86
TailoringCrafted
Materials about

Score breakdown

  • Spell power: 7 × 0.9854 = 6.90 pts
  • Intellect: 7 × 0.7861 = 5.50 pts
  • Stamina: 7 × 0.1884 = 1.32 pts
  • Armor: 41 × 0.0034 = 0.14 pts

Rare

Source

TailoringCrafted
13 in this filtered list
Ti'ik's Tattered Trousers Cloth · iLvl 49 · Req. 44* · Quest · Horde only Key stats: 16 Intellect56 Armor
12.77

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 16 × 0.7861 = 12.58 pts
  • Armor: 56 × 0.0034 = 0.19 pts

Uncommon

Source

14 in this filtered list
Shadecaster's Leggings Cloth · iLvl 45 · Req. 40 · Other drop Key stats: 10 Intellect21 Stamina57 Armor
12.01

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 10 × 0.7861 = 7.86 pts
  • Stamina: 21 × 0.1884 = 3.96 pts
  • Armor: 57 × 0.0034 = 0.19 pts

Rare

Source

15 in this filtered list
Gaze Dreamer Pants Cloth · iLvl 28 · Req. 23 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 12 Spell power40 Armor
11.96

Score breakdown

  • Spell power: 12 × 0.9854 = 11.82 pts
  • Armor: 40 × 0.0034 = 0.14 pts

Rare

Source

16 in this filtered list
Filigreed Pristine Leggings Cloth · iLvl 25 · Req. 20 · Crafted Key stats: 6 Spell damage6 Intellect5 Stamina
11.70
TailoringCrafted
Materials about

Score breakdown

  • Spell power: 6 × 0.9854 = 5.91 pts
  • Intellect: 6 × 0.7861 = 4.72 pts
  • Stamina: 5 × 0.1884 = 0.94 pts
  • Armor: 37 × 0.0034 = 0.13 pts

Rare

Source

TailoringCrafted
17 in this filtered list
Necromancer Leggings Cloth · iLvl 35 · Req. 30 · Other drop Key stats: 11 Intellect12 Stamina45 Armor
11.06
Sorrow SpinnerWorld drop · 0.3% · also from 40 other creatures
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 11 × 0.7861 = 8.65 pts
  • Stamina: 12 × 0.1884 = 2.26 pts
  • Armor: 45 × 0.0034 = 0.15 pts

Rare

43 sources

Sorrow SpinnerWorld drop · 0.3% · also from 40 other creatures
Horde ChestObject loot · 0.2% · Arathi Highlands
Gelkis MaulerNPC drop · 0.2% · Desolace
Kegan DarkmarNPC drop · <0.1% · Alterac Mountains
Withered WarriorNPC drop · <0.1% · Razorfen Downs
Murkgill HunterNPC drop · <0.1% · Stranglethorn Vale
Boulderfist MagusNPC drop · <0.1% · Arathi Highlands
Dustbelcher WarriorNPC drop · <0.1% · Badlands
All 43 sources
18 in this filtered list
Pale Leggings Cloth · iLvl 46 · Req. 41 · Vendor · Horde only Key stats: 13 Intellect53 Armor
10.40
ThraloshVendor · 3g 70s 44c · Swamp of Sorrows
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 13 × 0.7861 = 10.22 pts
  • Armor: 53 × 0.0034 = 0.18 pts

Uncommon

2 sources

ThraloshVendor · 3g 70s 44c · Swamp of Sorrows
Tor'phanVendor · 3g 68s 28c · Orgrimmar
19 in this filtered list
Depth-Risen Leggings Cloth · iLvl 40 · Req. 35 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 10 Spell power51 Armor
10.03
Chasm CrawlerNPC drop · 0.6%
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Spell power: 10 × 0.9854 = 9.85 pts
  • Armor: 51 × 0.0034 = 0.17 pts

Rare

3 sources

Chasm CrawlerNPC drop · 0.6%
Brinescale SorceressNPC drop · 0.4%
20 in this filtered list
Windchaser Woolies Cloth · iLvl 46 · Req. 41 · Other drop Key stats: 12 Intellect53 Armor
9.61
Sister of CelebrianNPC drop · 0.3% · Maraudon
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 12 × 0.7861 = 9.43 pts
  • Armor: 53 × 0.0034 = 0.18 pts

Uncommon

79 sources

Sister of CelebrianNPC drop · 0.3% · Maraudon
RuuzluBoss drop · 0.2% · Zul'Farrak
Celebrian DryadNPC drop · 0.1% · Maraudon
Lurking Feral ScarNPC drop · 0.1% · Feralas
Sandfury ShadowhunterNPC drop · <0.1% · Zul'Farrak
Hydromancer VelrathaBoss drop · <0.1% · Zul'Farrak
Constrictor VineNPC drop · <0.1% · Maraudon
Sandfury Soul EaterNPC drop · <0.1% · Zul'Farrak
Sul'lithuz SandcrawlerNPC drop · <0.1% · Zul'Farrak
Creeping SludgeNPC drop · <0.1% · Maraudon
All 79 sources

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