WoW Mage Guide

Adam last updated this WoW Mage Guide on: Sunday, Mar 7th 2010

Hi, good .  Say hello to The Mage. This character class is one of the biggest damage dealers in the game World of Warcraft. As you read this WoW Mage Guide, you will begin to see the powers this arcane caster possesses.

The Mage is a master of burst damage and area of effect spells. Burst damage is that which delivers a large amount of damage in a short period of time. Area of effect spells are those that affect multiple targets at the same time. These spells often rain down from afar, making them excellent range fighters. Being a range fighter is a good thing for the Mage.

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Melee fighting is no place for them, as they are able to wear only Cloth armor. A Mage must also demonstrate escape skills in order to stay alive. Due to this, in PvP mode, Magi are often referred to as "glass cannons." Powers such as Presence of Mind and Arcane Power enable the Mage to deliver terrible damage, but at the cost of health and armor.

Mage spells are elemental and ancient, so it is a good probability that these casters will have something up their robe sleeve that is unfamiliar, and therefore unstoppable, to the enemy. Crowd control spells are another specialty of the Mage, which keeps the enemy at bay. At lower levels, Magi use Polymorph for crowd control. This spell changes beasts and humanoids into babies. Okay, not literally, but you get the idea.

Magi also possess the capabilities to conjure food and drink to restore fellow group members. They may also open portals and instantly travel to any point on Azeroth. They may even open these doors for party members.

As you read this WoW Mage Guide, you are probably wondering what races are able to assume the class of Mage. Alliance races include:

Draenei

Gnomes

Humans

Allowable Horde races are:

Blood Elves

Trolls

Undead

At first, Magi can only handle staves and wands. Later, weapon masters can teach the methods of using daggers and one-handed swords. Alliance members learn from masters in Darnassus, Exidar, and Stormwind. Horde members will travel to Silvermoon and Undercity.

Magi can cast a number of spells which fit into three schools of magic:

Arcane

Fire

Frost

The elemental spells of Fire and Frost often are the spells that bring the pain. They are also both single target and area of effect spells.

Though Arcane spells sometimes include damage dealers such as Arcane Explosion, it is pure mana energy and yields a great many utility spells. With them, a Mage may remove curses, perform crowd control, teleport (either himself or others), summon food and water, save mana for later use, and a number of additional tasks that make the Mage so desirable.

Just as with many things in life, you have to take the good and the bad with a Mage and find the balance between amazing damage dealing and meager defense. Use the information in the WoW Mage Guide to help you find it.

I hope you found this WoW Mage Guide helpful.

All the best
Adam

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