Master World of Warcraft

Roles: Damage

Notes for WotLK Expansion

If you have ever played ‘World in Conflict’ you’ll know about tactical nukes, well Mages are the tactical nukes of World of Warcraft. Before WotLK Mages were a powerful class and nothing has really changed on this front, just some nice new offensive capabilities.

The new Frost Bolt spell can damage both Frost-immune and Fire-immune targets at the same time and there are also talent improvements regardless of the specification you have chosen.

Mirror Image is perhaps the most notable addition to the Mage’s bag of tricks, this is a spell where the mage and make three copies of him or herself to defeat foes. These mirror images act similar to a hunters pet, set on aggression, somewhat uncontrollable but deal of a heap of damage.

Mages have access to Portal and Teleport spells, making it easy to move around the Azeroth, Outland and the new Dalaran at level 71 and at level 74 you can tag some friendsalong with you with the upgrade to the portal spell.

As conjured food and water is vital to a Mage this has also seen an upgrade with a new level added, similar to mana biscut it replenishes mana and health in one shot, but you need to be level 75

WoW Mage Class Overview

Mages, the users of the elements, fire, frost and the arcane to vanquish their foes. The class that excels in dealing damage from afar, if you get into melee you are on your way to the graveyard.

Because of the large amount of damage dealt, one of the main challenges when playing a mage is managing monster hate, that is if you do to much damage the monsters focus will come on you, particularly for area of effect spells, where you will need it to remain on the tank in your group.

One of the main skills to master with a Mage is managing your mana, you need to ensure that you do enough damage with an initial burst, typically something like Frost Blot to damage and slow, then additional damage, to ensure you stand a chance if you get into melee or for your teammates to assist

Mages are cloth wearers, much like Warlocks and Priests, however unlike both these classes we do not possess the adequate survivability to make up for our lack of armor, no healing and no massive health pools. Instead Mages rely entirely on ‘not getting hit.’

Strengths:

• Excellent at being able to damage multiple opponents at once with area of effect spells.
• Can escape from enemies with spells such as Blink, Frost Nova and Ice Armour
• Excellent long range damage capabilities
• Can transport self and others to major cities with portals
• Great at crowd control

Weaknesses:

• Restricted to wearing cloth armour
• Poor melee capabilities and low hit points
• Has no healing capabilities

Allowed races: Human, Gnome, Undead, Troll, Blood Elf, Draenei

Equipment: Cloth

Weapons: Staves, Wands, Daggers (with training), Swords (with training)

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