Introduction for Mages

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The Mage class is a class that focuses purely on the magical arts. From throwing fireballs, freezing their enemies in their tracks, or taping into the arcane powers the Mage class prevails when it comes to the non-demon magical arts. They can even summon their own food and water!

Anyone who likes to don a robe and wizard’s hat may find the Mage class to be the most attractive. They, like all cloth wearers, have some of the lowest defense in the game. They can magically enhance it, similar to Warlocks, but that doesn’t mean they can tank many enemies.

What is the mage class?

The first thing to consider, is the Mage class right for you? There is no sense at all in playing something that you won’t enjoy. The Mage class isn’t for everyone, so it’s always best to give a look over what the class does and see if it fits how you want to play the game. You can get a good grasp on how a class plays by taking it to level twenty. Sure, you won’t have all the available skills, but you will have a good idea of how the class works. If it isn’t for you, then you can make a new character and not worry about such a large time investment.

* Mages use magic to inflict the majority of their damage. They can do all kinds of spectacular spells, including inflicting large amounts of damage on multiple targets.
* Mages can tap into arcane magics and turn their enemies into animals. They can summon fiery infernos to engulf their enemies or conjure frosty shackles to lock their enemies into place. While many mages may only specialize in one form of magical destruction, they utilize all three types of magic to lock down and obliterate their enemy.
* While their magical damage is powerful, they are completely dependant on their mana for their damage. There is no magical auto-attack and their melee damage is horrible. When out of mana, a Mage must wait on it to regenerate or use a potion to continue their assault when in combat.
* Mages are very frail. Their damage is very high but they lack the defense of heartier classes like Warriors. Outside of soloing, Mages can’t stand at the front of battles. They stand in the back and lob magical spells at their enemies.
* Mages are masters of escaping. With various snares, roots, and ability to incapacitate their enemies they can get out of many tricky situations. Not only that, but they can easily kite their enemies around which gives them extra time to deal with them before they break through their defense.
* Can summon their own food and water to make leveling easier.

In a quick summary, you could say the Mage is the master of ranged offense. Pure ranged damage with some great utility.

race selection

Picking a race as a Mage can be really tough. There are a lot of good choices that can change how your Mage performs! Remember, it’s your character and you will be spending a lot of time with it, so make the choice by what you want. If you like a visually appealing (to you) race over one that seems “better”, then go for it.

Alliance

Human: Humans gain 5% spirit and the ability to actively seek out stealthed characters. They also gain faster reputation then other classes and get a bonus to swords (which is useless to a Mage). Humans are a fine choice for a Mage.

Gnome: They gain more starting Intelligence, a passive 5% bonus to Intelligence, and can flee from certain effects with Escape Artist. Gnomes are another fine choice for a Mage, if not better then Humans based purely on stats.

Horde

Blood Elves (Burning Crusade): Blood Elves may seem like the de facto choice for making a Mage, but remember they aren’t the best… even with their addiction to magic. Their mana tap ability grants them extra mana, but the amount is only worth a few spells at best. They do make excellent Mages though!

Undead (Forsaken): The Undead lack any purely Mage orientated racials, but are fine choices. Their cannibalize ability can decrease the time needed to regen after battles and the do look pretty cool!

Trolls: Trolls make great choices due to their beserk ability. This lets you cast faster for a short period of time depending on your health. This can be useful in many scenarios and makes Trolls another fine choice for Mages.
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