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Mage Specialization

Arcane Mage

The DPS specialization of the Mage class. Its ladders, talent tree, and the class page are below.

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Arcane Mage at a glance

Class
Mage
Role
DPS
Armor
Cloth
Resource
Mana
Introduced in
Classic
Sibling specs
2

Other Mage specializations

ArcaneDPSFireDPSFrostDPS

Mage appearance sets

Galactic Gladiator's Silk ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Silk ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Silk ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Silk ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Silk ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Silk ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Silk ArmorMidnightPrimal Leywarden's AttireMidnight

237 more Mage appearance sets

Pieces of Galactic Gladiator's Silk Armor.

Recent Arcane Mage hotfixes

  • September 10, 2026 Classes › Mage › Hero Talents › Spellslinger

    Fixed an issue causing Splinters from Augury Abounds to sometimes strike crowd-controlled targets when other non-crowd controlled targets are available.

  • September 1, 2026 Player versus Player › Mage

    Developers’ notes: Mages have been extending the duration of PvP matches with frequent access to strong defensive abilities, so we’re reducing the effectiveness of their barriers and the cooldown of Ice Block. Fire damage is also being reduced to bring them in line with other specializations.

  • September 1, 2026 Player versus Player › Mage

    Improved Conjuration reduces the cooldown of Mirror Image by 15 sec in PvP combat.

  • September 1, 2026 Player versus Player › Mage

    Winter’s Protection reduces Ice Block cooldown by 15/30 sec in PvP combat. Tooltip in PvP will be updated in a later patch.

  • September 1, 2026 Player versus Player › Mage › Arcane

    Prismatic Barrier absorb reduced by 25% in PvP combat.

  • August 18, 2026 Classes › Mage › Arcane

    Developers’ notes: The Venomous Abyss set bonus is overperforming our target tuning for set bonuses. However, the amount we need to reduce its value by would be a greater impact than intended to Arcane’s overall damage, so we are also making a small positive adjustment to Arcane’s baseline.

  • August 18, 2026 Classes › Mage › Arcane

    All ability damage increased by 3%.

  • August 18, 2026 Classes › Mage › Arcane

    Venomous Abyss 2-piece set bonus updated - Arcane Missiles damage bonus reduced to 5% (was 20%).

Blizzard Entertainment's official hotfix notes, shown in full at the hotfix tracker.

Every Mage hotfix, by date: Mage hotfixes.

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