Mage Abilities (WoW)  

The three paths of specialisation that Mages can pursue are Arcane, Fire and Frost.

Arcane is more of an utility and support tree. While it does deal with damage, it mostly bolster the Mage's mana generation and abilities. Arcane is the also the path with the most non-damage dealing abilities.

Fire is a heavy destruction path, dealing on ability with powerful front load damage as well as long lasting burning effect.

Frost is about survability. While Frost mage can still dish out punishement, they are mostly known for being incredibly resilient and hard to corner.

Frost

The following abilities are all damage dealing abilities or damage enablers that deal Frost Damage.

• Frostbolt (level 2) -
• Frost Nova (level 10) -
• Icy Veins (Frost, level 20) -
• Blizzard (level 20) -
• Cone of Cold (level 26) -
• Summon Water Elemental (Frost, level 50) -
• Ice Lance (level 66) -

Fire

The following abilities are all damage dealing abilities or damage enablers that deal Fire Damage.

• Fireball (level 1) -
• Fire Blast (level 6) -
• Flamestrike (level 16) -
• Pyroblast (Fire, level 20) -
• Scorch (level 22) -
• Blast Wave (Fire, level 30) -
• Combustion (Fire, level 40) -
• Dragon's Breath (Fire, level 50) -

Arcane

The following abilities are all enemy affecting abilities or damage enablers, those who deals damage deal Arcane Damage.

• Arcane Missiles (level 8) -
• Polymorph (level 8) -
• Arcane Explosion (level 14) -
• Counterspell (level 24) -
• Presence of Mind (Arcane, level 20) -
• Arcane Power (Arcane, level 30) -
• Slow (Arcane, level 40) -
• Arcane Blast (level 64) -
• Spell Steal(WoW) (level 70) -

Defense

Those spells focus on keeping the Mage and his allies alive.

• Dampen Magic (level 12) -
• Slow Fall (level 12) -
• Amplify Magic (level 18) -
• Fire Ward (level 20) -
• Mana Shield (level 20) -
• Blink (level 20) -
• Frost Ward (level 22) -
• Ice Block (level 30) -
• Ice Barrier (Frost, level 40) -

Armor

Armor spells are self buff that last for 30 minutes. While they do bolster the mage's survability, most of them also provide an extra offensive benefit.

• Frost Armor (level 10) -
• Ice Armor (level 30) -
• Mage Armor (level 34) -
• Molten Armor (level 62) -

Utility

Those spells allows the mage to help himself and his allies with various effects and objects.

• Arcane Intellect (level 1) -
• Arcane Brilliance (level 56) -
• Conjure Food (level 6) -
• Conjure Water (level 4) -
• Remove Lesser Curse (level 18) -
• Conjure Mana Gem (level 28) -
• Ritual of Refreshment (level 70) -

Teleport And Portal

The Teleport and Portal line are spells that allow the mage (for teleports) and his allies (for portals) to travel immediatly to one of the capital city in the world.

Do note that those spells are faction specific,

Alliance can travel to Ironforge, Stormwind, The Exodar and Darnassus.

Horde can travel to Orgrimmar, Undercity, Silvermoon and Thunder Bluff.

Both faction can travel to Shattrath City.

• Teleport: Ironforge & Portal: Ironforge (level 20 & 40) -
• Teleport: Stormwind & Portal: Stormwind (level 20 & 40) -
• Teleport: Orgrimmar & Portal: Orgrimmar (level 20 & 40) -
• Teleport: Undercity & Portal: Undercity (level 20 & 40) -
• Teleport: Exodar & Portal: Exodar (level 20 & 40) -
• Teleport: Silvermoon & Portal: Silvermoon (level 20 & 40) -
• Teleport: Thunder Bluff & Portal: Thunder Bluff (level 30 & 50) -
• Teleport: Darnassus & Portal: Darnassus (level 30 & 60) -
• Teleport: Shattrath City & Portal: Shattrath City (level 60 & 65) -