Hurling arcane fire and frost in all directions, teleporting over short distances with Blink, and possessing some of the most dangerous abilities in the game, mages in World of Warcraft Cataclysm are also weak melee combatants if they cannot keep their enemies at a distance. The advice of a WoW mage guide is indispensable if you are new to playing the class, while veterans already know the unique style of play that is needed to make a mage effective, and to keep them alive in Azeroth's perilous situations.
Mages are incapable of tanking due to their inability to survive melee for more than a second or two, and can only heal themselves using Evocation - and then only when they have a specific glyph for that purpose (useful for all mage specs). Their role in the game is as a pure damage dealer, although they do offer quite a bit of utility in the form of crowd controls and conjured food and drink as well.
"Sheeping" opponents, which involves use of the Polymorph spell to turn a hostile creature or player into a harmless sheep for some time, is useful to reduce the odds when fighting several monsters or a group of "trash mobs" in a dungeon. Frost Nova is another crowd control spell, while conjured water is a free alternative to vendor-bought mana drinks that is appreciated by all dungeon groups.
Frost is the talent specialization that most WoW mage guides recommend both for leveling and for PvP. Although it does somewhat less damage than the other two specs, "less" is relative in this case. Frost has the highest survivability in both situations because mages specced into this talent tree have many different ways to slow or completely immobilize their enemies. This allows them to keep melee foes at a distance better than the other specs, enhancing their ability to stay alive.
Since the release of Cataclysm, the signature moves of this spec include the ability to summon a water elemental that fires water bolts, which helps to offset the spec's slightly lower damage.
Fire mages are enjoyable for those who want to deal a lot of damage while moving swiftly over the field of conflict. If you read many WoW mage guides, you will know that this is the specialization that deals the most damage of any of the three talent specs of mages. It lacks heavy duty survival spells like frost has, however, meaning that leveling as fire is likely to be fraught with more deaths.
Fire spec is very poor for PvP, both battlegrounds and arenas, due to a lack of enemy-slowing spells and panic buttons. Dragon's Breath and Blast Wave offer a bit of crowd control potential, but nothing like frost offers. It is a spec for endgame raids and those who enjoy PvE content rather than PvP.
Arcane mages can be a very powerful spec now thanks to the renovations of Cataclysm, and this WoW mage guide suggests it for those who enjoy a very versatile play style. Its damage is lower than fire but its survivability is closer to frost. The damage potential is high enough to make arcane viable for endgame raiding, while survival abilities are good enough to keep your mage alive in PvP as well.
Mages are incapable of tanking due to their inability to survive melee for more than a second or two, and can only heal themselves using Evocation - and then only when they have a specific glyph for that purpose (useful for all mage specs). Their role in the game is as a pure damage dealer, although they do offer quite a bit of utility in the form of crowd controls and conjured food and drink as well.
"Sheeping" opponents, which involves use of the Polymorph spell to turn a hostile creature or player into a harmless sheep for some time, is useful to reduce the odds when fighting several monsters or a group of "trash mobs" in a dungeon. Frost Nova is another crowd control spell, while conjured water is a free alternative to vendor-bought mana drinks that is appreciated by all dungeon groups.
Frost is the talent specialization that most WoW mage guides recommend both for leveling and for PvP. Although it does somewhat less damage than the other two specs, "less" is relative in this case. Frost has the highest survivability in both situations because mages specced into this talent tree have many different ways to slow or completely immobilize their enemies. This allows them to keep melee foes at a distance better than the other specs, enhancing their ability to stay alive.
Since the release of Cataclysm, the signature moves of this spec include the ability to summon a water elemental that fires water bolts, which helps to offset the spec's slightly lower damage.
Fire mages are enjoyable for those who want to deal a lot of damage while moving swiftly over the field of conflict. If you read many WoW mage guides, you will know that this is the specialization that deals the most damage of any of the three talent specs of mages. It lacks heavy duty survival spells like frost has, however, meaning that leveling as fire is likely to be fraught with more deaths.
Fire spec is very poor for PvP, both battlegrounds and arenas, due to a lack of enemy-slowing spells and panic buttons. Dragon's Breath and Blast Wave offer a bit of crowd control potential, but nothing like frost offers. It is a spec for endgame raids and those who enjoy PvE content rather than PvP.
Arcane mages can be a very powerful spec now thanks to the renovations of Cataclysm, and this WoW mage guide suggests it for those who enjoy a very versatile play style. Its damage is lower than fire but its survivability is closer to frost. The damage potential is high enough to make arcane viable for endgame raiding, while survival abilities are good enough to keep your mage alive in PvP as well.
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