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How the 35/0/16 build works
Arcane to Arcane Power with Presence of Mind, Arcane Mind and Arcane Instability. Forever's new Arcane Blast and Missile Barrage are both taken, with Improved Channeling, Arcane Geometry and Arcane Impact.
Sixteen Frost points buy Elemental Precision, Ice Shards, Piercing Ice and Frost Channeling.
Leveling a Arcane Mage
We don't give Arcane its own leveling route: most players level as another Mage spec and switch at 60. Level with one of these, one talent point a level from 10, then respec into the build above:
Every talent in the Arcane Mage build
Each talent with its Forever tooltip at the rank the build takes.
Arcane· 35 points
Arcane Focus 5/5
Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 5%.
Improved Channeling 5/5New in Forever
Gives you a 100% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 70% chance while casting Arcane Blast.
Arcane Concentration 5/5
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%.
Arcane Geometry 2/2New in Forever
Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 6 yards.
Arcane Impact 3/3New in Forever
Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 6%.
Arcane Blast 1/1New in Forever
Blasts the target with energy, dealing 54 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.
Arcane Meditation 3/3
Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Missile Barrage 1/1New in Forever
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.
Presence of Mind 1/1
When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 sec becomes an instant cast spell.
Arcane Mind 5/5
Increases your Intellect by 10% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 100%.
Arcane Instability 3/3
Increases the damage done by your spells by 3% and your critical strike chance by 3%.
Arcane Power 1/1
For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast.
Frost· 16 points
Elemental Precision 5/5
Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 5%.
Ice Shards 5/5
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%.
Piercing Ice 3/3
Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 6%.
Frost Channeling 3/3
Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 15% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 30%.
New Arcane talents in WoW Forever
The 6 talents in Forever's Arcane tree that Classic does not have, shown at full rank. Another 10 carry over from Classic with different ranks, positions or numbers.
Improved Channeling · row 1, 5 ranks
Gives you a 100% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 70% chance while casting Arcane Blast.
Arcane Geometry · row 3, 2 ranks
Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 6 yards.
Arcane Impact · row 3, 3 ranks
Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 6%.
Arcane Blast · row 3, 1 rank
Blasts the target with energy, dealing 54 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.
Arcane Shielding · row 4, 2 ranks
Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 33% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 50%.
Missile Barrage · row 4, 1 rank
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.
Questions
What are the best Arcane Mage talents in WoW Forever?
Our recommended Arcane Mage build is 35/0/16: Arcane to Arcane Power, Ice Shards from Frost. It is one of the Forever sim's preset builds. Nobody has played a level 60 yet, so treat it as a starting point until launch on 4 November.
Are WoW Forever's Arcane talents the same as Classic's?
No. Forever's Arcane tree has 18 talents, and 6 of them do not exist in Classic: Improved Channeling, Arcane Geometry, Arcane Impact, Arcane Blast, Arcane Shielding and Missile Barrage. Another 10 have different ranks, positions or numbers. The tree is still seven rows deep, and each row still needs five points spent above it.
What is the Arcane 31-point talent in WoW Forever?
Arcane Power. For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast.
How should I level a Arcane Mage in WoW Forever?
Level as Fire Mage or Frost Mage, then respec to Arcane at 60. Few players level as Arcane, so we give the leveling routes on those pages: one talent point a level from 10, with no respec on the way.
How many talent points do you get in WoW Forever?
51 at level 60, one per level from level 10, as in Classic. The Legacy perk Talented starts them at level 5 instead, which matters for alts while levelling.
Where does this talent data come from?
From the WoW Forever beta client's own talent tables (build 1.60.1.70338), not from Classic. Every tooltip on this page is rendered from the client's spell data, and we checked them against the numbers the beta's own tooltips show. The trees can still change before launch.
