Fire, frost and arcane. Conjure food, open portals, freeze the room. Three trees and 51 points at level 60. Here’s every talent in our own words; open the Theorycrafter to spend points, see your trainer’s next spells and save the build to your character.
MovedFrostbite(Frost) Moved to another spot in row 2.
MovedPermafrost(Frost) Moved to another spot in row 2.
MovedFrost Channeling(Frost) Moved to another spot in row 3.
MovedImproved Blizzard(Frost) Moved to another spot in row 3.
RemovedArcane Focus(Arcane) Removed from the tree.
RemovedPiercing Ice(Frost) Removed from the tree.
Arcane
Ranged · Mana, Presence of Mind and Arcane Power.
Row 1Wand Specialization 2 ranksMore damage with wands, the caster’s trusty backup between spells.
Row 1Improved Channeling 5 ranksArcane Missiles, Arcane Blast and Arcane Wrath are harder to push back when you’re hit.
Row 1Arcane Resilience 3 ranksTurns part of your Intellect into armor, so a mage can take a hit or two.
Row 2Arcane Subtlety 2 ranksLowers your targets’ resistance to your spells, and your Arcane spells draw less threat.
Row 2Magic Absorption 2 ranksRaises all your resistances, and spells you fully resist give you a little mana back.
Row 2Arcane Concentration 5 ranksDamaging spells can make your next damage spell free (Clearcasting).
Row 2Missile Barrage 2 ranksArcane Blast, Arcane Wrath, Fireball, Frostbolt and Frostfire Bolt can make your next Arcane Missiles faster and cheaper.
Row 3Arcane Geometry 2 ranksLonger range on your Arcane spells; the second rank also strengthens Amplify and Dampen Magic.
Row 3Arcane Impact 3 ranksYour Arcane spells crit more often.
Row 3Arcane Blast 1 rank · an ability you pressLearn Arcane Blast: each cast hits harder but costs more mana, stacking.
Row 4Arcane Shielding 2 ranksMana Shield burns less mana per hit, and Mage Armor grants more resistance.
Row 4Improved Counterspell 2 ranksCounterspell also silences the target for a few seconds.
Row 4Arcane Meditation 3 ranks · needs Arcane ConcentrationPart of your mana regeneration keeps going while you cast.
Row 4Arcane Wrath 1 rank · an ability you press · needs Arcane BlastLearn Arcane Wrath: an arcane bolt that grows stronger the bigger your mana pool.
Row 5Presence of Mind 1 rank · an ability you pressYour next mage spell with a cast time becomes instant. A lifesaver and a burst button.
Row 5Arcane Mind 5 ranksMore Intellect, and your Arcane spells crit for more.
Row 6Arcane Instability 3 ranksSmall boosts to all spell damage and critical strike chance.
Row 7Arcane Power 1 rank · an ability you press · needs Presence of MindFor a short time your spells hit much harder but cost more mana. Arcane’s big cooldown.
Fire
Ranged · Crits, Ignite and Combustion. Big numbers.
Row 1Incineration 5 ranksFire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast and Scorch crit more often.
Row 2Ignite 5 ranksFire critical strikes set the target burning for extra damage over time.
Row 2Flame Throwing 2 ranksLonger range on your Fire spells.
Row 2Impact 3 ranksFire spells can briefly stun the target.
Row 3Burning Soul 3 ranksFire spells are less likely to be pushed back when you’re hit, and draw less threat.
Row 3Improved Flamestrike 3 ranksFlamestrike crits more often.
Row 3Pyroblast 1 rank · an ability you pressLearn Pyroblast: a long cast that lands a huge fireball and leaves the target burning.
Row 3Improved Fire Blast 2 ranksFire Blast comes back sooner and reaches further.
Row 4Improved Scorch 3 ranksScorch makes the target take more Fire damage from you, stacking up to a cap.
Row 4Improved Fire Ward 2 ranksFire Ward can reflect Fire spells back at the caster.
Row 4Heating Up 1 rank · needs PyroblastCrits with your fire spells make your next Pyroblast cast faster, stacking.
Row 4Master of Elements 3 ranksFire and Frost critical strikes refund part of their mana cost.
Row 5Critical Mass 3 ranksYour Fire spells crit more often.
Row 5Blast Wave 1 rank · an ability you pressLearn Blast Wave: a ring of flame that damages and slows everything around you.
Row 6Fire Power 3 ranksFire spells deal more damage for each of your Fire effects already on the target.
Row 7Combustion 1 rank · an ability you press · needs Critical MassLearn Combustion: every Fire hit raises your Fire crit chance until you’ve landed a few crits.
Frost
Ranged · Slows, freezes and Shatter. Safe, controlled leveling.
Row 1Frost Warding 2 ranksFrost and Ice Armor protect more, Frost Ward can negate the spell it wards, and Ice Barrier and Frost Ward absorb more.
Row 1Precision 3 ranksAll your spells miss less often.
Row 2Ice Shards 5 ranksFrost critical strikes hit much harder.
Row 2Frostbite 3 ranksYour chilling effects can freeze the target in place.
Row 2Improved Frost Nova 2 ranksFrost Nova comes back sooner.
Row 2Permafrost 3 ranksChill effects last longer and slow the target more.
Row 3Frost Channeling 3 ranksFrost spells cost less mana and draw less threat.
Row 3Improved Blizzard 3 ranksBlizzard also slows everything caught inside it.
Row 3Ice Lance 1 rank · an ability you pressLearn Ice Lance: an instant shard that hits much harder on frozen targets.
Row 4Arctic Reach 2 ranksLonger range on Frostbolt, Ice Lance and Blizzard, and a wider Frost Nova and Cone of Cold.
Row 4Ice Block 1 rank · an ability you pressLearn Ice Block: become immune to everything for a few seconds, at the cost of doing nothing.
Row 4Shatter 3 ranksYour spells crit far more often against frozen targets. The heart of a Frost mage.
Row 5Improved Cone of Cold 3 ranksCone of Cold deals more damage.
Row 5Cold Snap 1 rank · an ability you pressLearn Cold Snap: instantly reset your other Frost cooldowns.
Row 5Fingers of Frost 2 ranks · needs Ice LanceYour chill effects can make your next couple of spells treat the target as frozen.
Row 6Winter's Chill 5 ranksFrostbolt and empowered Ice Lance can apply Winter’s Chill, making your next Cone of Cold hit the target harder, stacking.
Row 7Ice Barrier 1 rank · an ability you press · needs Cold SnapLearn Ice Barrier: a shield that soaks damage, raises your Frost damage, and stops hits pushing back your casts while it holds.
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