Mage in WoW Forever

Arcane Blast and Missile Barrage give the tree a real rotation, and Arcane Mind now gives Intellect.

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  NewArcane Blast

  11-point talent. 2.5-second cast that raises the damage of other Mage spells and its own mana cost, stacking up to 4 times for 8 seconds.

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  NewMissile Barrage

  16-point talent. Arcane Blast, Fireball, Frostbolt and Frostfire Bolt can make the next Arcane Missiles free and twice as fast; Arcane Blast has double the chance.

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  NewArcane Geometry

  Row 3. More range on Arcane spells.

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  ChangedArcane Impact

  Was Improved Arcane Explosion. Now raises critical strike chance on all Arcane spells.

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  ChangedArcane Mind

  Raises Intellect instead of maximum mana, and Arcane critical damage. No longer needs Arcane Resilience.

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  ChangedImproved Channeling

  Was Improved Arcane Missiles. Also protects Arcane Blast from pushback.

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  ChangedArcane Focus

  Redesigned to add hit chance with Arcane spells.

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  ChangedArcane Resilience

  Moved to row 2, no longer a milestone talent, 2 points for the same effect.

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  ChangedArcane Meditation

  More mana regeneration while casting; now requires Arcane Concentration.

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  ChangedArcane Shielding

  Was Improved Mana Shield. Bigger Mana Shield discount, and it boosts Mage Armor resistances.

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  ChangedImproved Counterspell

  One point now always applies a shorter Silence instead of a 50% chance.

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  ChangedArcane Power and Arcane Instability

  Arcane Power now requires Presence of Mind; Arcane Instability no longer does.

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  ChangedWand Specialization

  Same benefit for 2 points.

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  ChangedMagic Absorption and Arcane Concentration

  Magic Absorption gets a 1-second cooldown; Arcane Concentration triggers less from low-rank spells.

Heating Up turns crits into faster Pyroblasts, and Ignite becomes personal to each Mage.

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  NewHeating Up

  Row 4, requires Pyroblast. Direct crits from Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast and Scorch cut the next Pyroblast cast by 25%, stacking 3 times to a 1.5-second cast.

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  ChangedIgnite

  A separate debuff per Mage instead of one shared one, with timing fixed so close crits are not lost.

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  ChangedWake of Fire

  Was Improved Fire Blast, now row 1. Shorter Fire Blast cooldown, and kills give the next Fire Blast a large crit bonus.

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  ChangedIncineration

  Was Incinerate, now row 1. Also adds crit to Ice Lance and Arcane Blast.

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  ChangedImproved Fireball

  Also shortens the Frostfire Bolt cast.

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  ChangedImproved Scorch

  The debuff only benefits the Mage who applied it.

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  ChangedBlast Wave

  No longer requires Pyroblast.

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  ChangedImpact and Burning Soul

  Impact triggers less from low-rank spells; Burning Soul now takes 3 points.

Ice Lance and Fingers of Frost add a shatter game, while Blizzard and Cold Snap are toned down.

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  NewIce Lance

  11-point talent. Instant, low damage, tripled against Frozen targets or with Fingers of Frost.

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  NewFingers of Frost

  Row 5. Chill effects give 1 or 2 charges that let your spells treat the target as Frozen.

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  ChangedIce Block

  Moved to row 4 as the 16-point talent.

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  ChangedCold Snap

  Moved to row 5 as the 21-point talent; cooldown 10 minutes instead of 5.

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  ChangedImproved Blizzard

  Slow cut from 65% to 40%, to weaken area farming.

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  ChangedWinter’s Chill

  Only helps the caster, and only Frostbolt and Ice Lance crit chance.

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  ChangedElemental Precision

  Adds hit chance with Fire and Frost spells instead of lowering resistances.

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  ChangedPermafrost

  Extends Chill effects by 11, 22 or 33% instead of a flat 1 to 3 seconds.

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  ChangedShatter and Frost Channeling

  Shatter no longer requires Improved Frost Nova; Frost Channeling moves to row 3.