Mage

Arcane combines cost management, casting support, and temporary power. Its central tradeoff is how long to build an effect before spending it, while preserving enough Mana for the rest of the encounter.

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  Arcane Blast

  1 rank

  Repeated casts raise the cost of Arcane Blast and the damage of other spells. Casting a different damage spell consumes the effect.

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  15% of base mana | 30 yd range | 2.5 sec cast

  1. Rank 1

     Blasts the target with energy, dealing 57 to 65 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage of all your other spells is increased by 10% and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 8 sec or until any other damage spell is cast.

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  Missile Barrage

  1 rank

  Listed direct-damage spells can trigger a faster, Mana-free Arcane Missiles channel. Arcane Blast has the higher trigger chance.

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  1. Rank 1

     Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 40% chance, and your Fireball, Frostbolt, and Frostfire Bolt spells a 20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of your next Arcane Missiles spell by 50%, reduce the Mana cost by 100%, and missiles fire every 0.5 sec.

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  Arcane Concentration

  5 ranks

  Damage spells can grant Clearcasting, removing the Mana cost of the next damage spell.

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  1. Rank 1

     Gives you a 2% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.

  2. Rank 2

     Gives you a 4% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.

  3. Rank 3

     Gives you a 6% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.

  4. Rank 4

     Gives you a 8% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.

  5. Rank 5

     Gives you a 10% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.

Fire links direct hits, lingering burns, and critical-strike effects. Several talents change what a successful cast enables next, making the timing of a follow-up spell part of the tree's appeal.

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  Ignite

  5 ranks

  Fire spell critical strikes add a burn, connecting a direct hit with damage over the following seconds.

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  1. Rank 1

     Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 8% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.

  2. Rank 2

     Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 16% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.

  3. Rank 3

     Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 24% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.

  4. Rank 4

     Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 32% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.

  5. Rank 5

     Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 40% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.

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  Hot Streak

  1 rank

  Specified non-periodic critical strikes shorten Pyroblast's cast time in stacks. Three stacks total a 75% reduction.

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  1. Rank 1

     Your non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch grant Hot Streak for 15 sec. Hot Streak reduces the cast time of Pyroblast by 25%, stacking up to 3 times.

  Source-reported prerequisite: Pyroblast. Required rank: unknown.

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  Combustion

  1 rank

  Successive Fire hits build critical-strike chance until the effect has produced four non-periodic Fire critical strikes.

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  Instant | 3 min cooldown

  1. Rank 1

     When 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 4 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells.

  Source-reported prerequisite: Critical Mass. Required rank: unknown.

Frost connects Chills and Frozen-target bonuses with shields and defensive cooldowns. It offers several ways to preserve casting space, although a creature's susceptibility to control still matters.

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  Ice Lance

  1 rank

  A direct Frost attack with a substantial damage bonus against Frozen targets.

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  45 Mana | 30 yd range | Instant

  1. Rank 1

     Deals 28 to 32 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets.

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  Fingers of Frost

  2 ranks

  Chill effects can make the next spell treat its target as Frozen, or the next two spells at maximum rank.

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  1. Rank 1

     Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 1 spell cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec.

  2. Rank 2

     Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 2 spells cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec.

  Source-reported prerequisite: Ice Lance. Required rank: unknown.

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  Ice Barrier

  1 rank

  An absorb shield that protects spellcasting from damage-related interruption or delay while it holds.

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  305 Mana | Instant | 30 sec cooldown

  1. Rank 1

     Instantly shields you, absorbing 447 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage.

  Source-reported prerequisite: Cold Snap. Required rank: unknown.