What Forever changes
Arcane Blast and Missile Barrage reshape Arcane, Heating Up makes Pyroblast part of the Fire rotation, and Frost gains Ice Lance and Fingers of Frost. Frostfire Bolt and Teleport: Dalaran are new trainer spells. Orcs can now be Mages, and the High Order Skyborne bring the class to a new race.
- 11
- new talents
- 26
- reworked
- 6
- removed
- 2
- new trainer spells
Arcane
Specializations
Each tree with its role, its capstone and a build to start from.
Arcane
Arcane Blast stacks and Missile Barrage, with Arcane Power for burst.
Arcane PowerFor the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast.
Fire
Fireball and Scorch crits feeding Heating Up and Combustion.
CombustionWhen activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells.
Frost
Frostbolt, Ice Lance and Fingers of Frost; the safest leveling spec.
Ice BarrierInstantly shields you, absorbing 448 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage.
Trainer changes
Spells the trainer teaches differently in Forever, compared with Classic.
New spells
Frostfire BoltLevel 40
Teleport: DalaranLevel 50
Former talents, now trained
Magic AttunementLevel 1
Races
Who can be a Mage. Marked races are new to the class in Forever.
Perception
Will to Survive
Sword Specialization
The Human Spirit
Escape Artist
Eureka!
Engineering Specialization
Expansive Mind
Read Ley Line
Walk on Air
Elemental Insight
Wind Blessed
Blood Fury
Shatter Curse
Axe Specialization
Hardiness
Cannibalize
Will of the Forsaken
Touch of the Grave
Underwater Breathing
Berserking
Rapid Regeneration
Beast Slaying
RegenerationGrimoire builds
Starting points for level 60, built on the Forever trees. Each one loads straight into the calculator.
Arcane
41 / 0 / 10Arcane Blast stacks into Missile Barrage procs; Arcane Power trades 30% more mana for 30% more damage over 15 seconds.
- Arcane Mind doubles the crit damage bonus of Arcane spells on top of the Intellect.
Fire
0 / 41 / 10Heating Up makes Pyroblast a real rotational spell: crits from Fireball, Fire Blast and Scorch cut its cast time by 25% a stack.
- Elemental Precision is the only hit talent for Fire, so the Frost dip is mandatory.
Frost
16 / 0 / 35Fingers of Frost and Ice Lance give Frost a burst window even against bosses that cannot be frozen.
- Arcane Concentration is the classic pick for free Frostbolts.
Abilities by level
Every rank the trainer teaches, with what changed in Forever marked.
- Arcane IntellectRank 1
FireballRank 1
Frost ArmorRank 1
Improved BlinkRank 2- Magic AttunementRank 2Was a talent
Conjure WaterRank 1- FrostboltRank 1
Conjure FoodRank 1
Fire BlastRank 1- FireballRank 2
Arcane MissilesRank 1- FrostboltRank 2
PolymorphRank 1
Conjure WaterRank 2- Frost ArmorRank 2
Frost NovaRank 1
Conjure FoodRank 2- Dampen MagicRank 1
- FireballRank 3
Slow Fall
Arcane ExplosionRank 1- Arcane IntellectRank 2
- Fire BlastRank 2
- FrostboltRank 3
- Arcane MissilesRank 2
FlamestrikeRank 1
Amplify MagicRank 1- FireballRank 4
Remove Lesser Curse
Blink
BlizzardRank 1
Conjure WaterRank 3
Evocation
Fire WardRank 1- Frost ArmorRank 3
- FrostboltRank 4
Mana ShieldRank 1- PolymorphRank 2
Teleport: Ironforge
Teleport: Orgrimmar
Teleport: Stormwind
Teleport: Undercity
- Arcane ExplosionRank 2
Conjure FoodRank 3- Fire BlastRank 3
Frost WardRank 1
ScorchRank 1
- Arcane MissilesRank 3
Counterspell- Dampen MagicRank 2
- FireballRank 5
- FlamestrikeRank 2
PyroblastRank 2
Cone of ColdRank 1- Frost NovaRank 2
- FrostboltRank 5
- Arcane IntellectRank 3
- BlizzardRank 2
Conjure Mana Agate
Ice LanceRank 2New spell- Mana ShieldRank 2
- ScorchRank 2
- Amplify MagicRank 2
Arcane BlastRank 2New spell- Arcane ExplosionRank 3
Conjure WaterRank 4- Fire BlastRank 4
- Fire WardRank 2
- FireballRank 6
- Ice ArmorRank 1
- PyroblastRank 3
Teleport: Darnassus
Teleport: Thunder Bluff
- Arcane MissilesRank 4
Conjure FoodRank 4- FlamestrikeRank 3
- Frost WardRank 2
- FrostboltRank 6
- Cone of ColdRank 2
- Ice LanceRank 3New spell
Mage ArmorRank 1- ScorchRank 3
Blast WaveRank 2- BlizzardRank 3
- Dampen MagicRank 3
- FireballRank 7
- Mana ShieldRank 3
- PyroblastRank 4
- Arcane ExplosionRank 4
Conjure Mana Jade- Fire BlastRank 5
- FrostboltRank 7
- Arcane BlastRank 3New spell
- Arcane MissilesRank 5
Conjure WaterRank 5- Fire WardRank 3
- FlamestrikeRank 4
- Frost NovaRank 3
- Frostfire BoltRank 1New spell
- Ice ArmorRank 2
- PolymorphRank 3
Portal: Ironforge
Portal: Orgrimmar
Portal: Stormwind
Portal: Undercity- ScorchRank 4
- Amplify MagicRank 3
- Arcane IntellectRank 4
- Cone of ColdRank 3
Conjure FoodRank 5- FireballRank 8
- Frost WardRank 3
- Ice LanceRank 4New spell
- PyroblastRank 5
- Blast WaveRank 3
- BlizzardRank 4
- FrostboltRank 8
- Mana ShieldRank 4
- Arcane ExplosionRank 5
- Fire BlastRank 6
- Ice BarrierRank 2
- Mage ArmorRank 2
- ScorchRank 5
- Arcane MissilesRank 6
Conjure Mana Citrine- Dampen MagicRank 4
- FireballRank 9
- FlamestrikeRank 5
- Ice LanceRank 5New spell
- PyroblastRank 6
- Arcane BlastRank 4New spell
- Cone of ColdRank 4
Conjure WaterRank 6- Fire WardRank 4
- FrostboltRank 9
- Frostfire BoltRank 2New spell
- Ice ArmorRank 3
Portal: Darnassus
Portal: Thunder Bluff- Teleport: DalaranNew spell
- Blast WaveRank 4
- BlizzardRank 5
Conjure FoodRank 6- Frost WardRank 4
- Ice BarrierRank 3
- Mana ShieldRank 5
- ScorchRank 6
- Amplify MagicRank 4
- Arcane ExplosionRank 6
- Fire BlastRank 7
- FireballRank 10
- Frost NovaRank 4
- PyroblastRank 7
Arcane Brilliance- Arcane IntellectRank 5
- Arcane MissilesRank 7
- Arcane MissilesRank 8
- FlamestrikeRank 6
- FrostboltRank 10
- Ice LanceRank 6New spell
- Cone of ColdRank 5
Conjure Mana Ruby- Ice BarrierRank 4
- Mage ArmorRank 3
- ScorchRank 7
- Arcane BlastRank 5New spell
- Blast WaveRank 5
- BlizzardRank 6
Conjure FoodRank 7
Conjure WaterRank 7- Dampen MagicRank 5
- Fire WardRank 5
- FireballRank 11
- FireballRank 12
- Frost WardRank 5
- FrostboltRank 11
- Frostfire BoltRank 3New spell
- Ice ArmorRank 4
- Mana ShieldRank 6
PolymorphPig- PolymorphRank 4
PolymorphTurtle
Polymorph: Cow- PyroblastRank 8
Arcane, Fire and Frost in World of Warcraft: Forever. Arcane Blast and Missile Barrage, Heating Up, Ice Lance and Fingers of Frost, Frostfire Bolt, three builds, stat priorities and leveling.