Arcane Mage Guide for Midnight Season 2 (Patch 12.1)
viewsAbout the Class
The Arcane Mage is a ranged fighter who can wield either two one-handed weapons (wands, daggers, off-hand items) or a two-handed weapon (staves). The class boasts enormous burst damage both on single targets and in AoE.
Strengths
- Excellent damage on both single targets and in AoE.
- Simple rotation that lets you quickly grasp the specialization and put up good results.
- A raid buff that grants 30% haste for 30 seconds (Bloodlust, Heroism), as well as an Intellect buff for all raid/party members.
Weaknesses
- Heavy reliance on burst abilities. Without them the class's damage is mediocre.
- You need to watch your mana and restore it in time, which greatly affects damage when it runs out.
- Few abilities to control groups of enemies.
Stat Priority
Intellect
Haste
Critical Strike
Mastery
VersatilityTalents
Rotation (Ability Priority)
- 1
Arcane Surge - 2
Vial of the Sands - 3
Berserking - 4
Arcane Missiles - 5
Arcane Barrage - 6
Touch of the Magi
- Arcane Missiles — with
Clearcasting and fewer than 12 stacks of 
Arcane Charge - Arcane Barrage — when
Arcane Soul is active 
Arcane Orb — when available and you have 8 stacks of 
Burden of Power (4-piece set bonus; without the set — just on cooldown)- Arcane Barrage — at 4
Arcane Charges and 25 stacks of Arcane Charge - Arcane Barrage — at 4 Arcane Charges, 12 or more stacks of Arcane Charge and a Clearcasting proc
- Arcane Orb — as soon as it is available
Arcane Blast — when you have no Arcane Charges
Arcane Explosion — as a filler- Arcane Barrage — if you lack the mana for Arcane Explosion
Best in Slot (BiS)
Don't forget to explore our class pages, where not only the best items in the slot are available, but also other alternatives for any class, spec or situation:
Enchants, Gems, Consumables
Leveling Process
From the very first level you already have abilities to deal damage. Your main abilities in the early levels are Arcane Barrage and Arcane Missiles. As you level up you will gain new abilities, drawing closer to the core rotation. We recommend sticking to the ability priority from the rotation section.
Handy Tips for Mythic Keys
The 
Alter Time ability lets you quickly recover after taking heavy but non-lethal damage. If you know you are about to take damage, press this ability once before taking it and once after.
You can cast 
Shimmer while casting spells if you urgently need to leave the area you are in.
Always stay under the effect of 
Prismatic Barrier. The ability greatly increases your survivability, as it shortens the duration of magical effects applied to you.
Macros
#showtooltip Spellsteal /cast [@focus,exists] Spellsteal
#showtooltip Alter Time /cancelaura Alter Time
#showtooltip Remove Curse /cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Remove Curse
Author
Fouren
Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.
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