Mage talent build..

[Starburn]

Hey.. just wondering anybody with mage experience what do you think of this tree:

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• Arcane Focus - 5/5 points
Reduces the chance that the opponent can resist your arcane spells by 10%.
• Arcane Concentration - 5/5 points
Gives you a 10% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.
• Evocation - 1/1 point
While channeling this spell, your mana regeneration is active and increased by 1500%. Lasts 8 seconds.
• Improved Arcane Explosion - 5/5 points
Reduces the casting time of your Arcane Explosion by 1.5 seconds.
• Improved Mana Shield - 2/2 points
Decreases the mana lost per point of damage taken when Mana Shield is active by 20%.
• Improved Counterspell - 2/2 points
Gives your Counterspell a 100% chance to silence the target for 4 seconds.

• Impact - 5/5 points
Gives your fire spells a 10% chance to stun the taget for 2 seconds.
• Ignite - 5/5 points
Your critical strikes from fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 40% of your spell's damage over 4 seconds.
• Flame Throwing - 2/2 points
Increases the range of your fire spells by 6 yards.
• Incinerate - 2/2 points
Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast and Scorch spells by 4%.
• Burning Soul - 3/3 points
Gives your fire spells a 65% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
• Improved Scorch - 5/5 points
Your Scorch spells have a 100% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases the Fire damage dealt to your target by 2% and lasts 15 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times.
• Critical Mass - 3/3 points
Increases the critical strike chance of your fire spells by 6%.
• Fire Power - 5/5 points
Increases the damage done by your fire spells by 10%.
• Combustion - 1/1 point
When activated, this spell gives your next fire damage spell a 100% critical strike chance.
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I left the descriptions in as I don't think most people remember what everything does
I'm worried as I haven't reduced the cast time of fireball or cooldown of fireblast.. but the other things seemed more important..
I'm lvl25 atm & spent everything but 1 point in fire (as arcane, i.e. IAE doesn't seem to become usefull until late 30's); considering spending it all in fire up until then actually and then just paying 5g to reset to put 15points in arcane for the IAE

Er yeah anyway, comments/suggestions welcome

[Mblaster]

This is the talent biuld my mage will most likly be using for comparision:

Arcane Talents (21 points)

Improved Arcane Missiles - 5/5 points
Gives you a 100% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles.

Arcane Concentration - 5/5 points
Gives you a 10% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.

Evocation - 1/1 point
While channeling this spell, your mana regeneration is active and increased by 1500%. Lasts 8 seconds.

Improved Arcane Explosion - 5/5 points
Reduces the casting time of your Arcane Explosion by 1.5 seconds.

Improved Mana Shield - 2/2 points
Decreases the mana lost per point of damage taken when Mana Shield is active by 20%.

Improved Counterspell - 2/2 points
Gives your Counterspell a 100% chance to silence the target for 4 seconds.

Presence of Mind - 1/1 point
When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 seconds becomes an instant cast spell.

Frost Talents (0 points)

None

Fire Talents (30 points)

Improved Fireball - 5/5 points
Reduces the casting time of your Fireball by 0.5 seconds.

Impact - 5/5 points
Gives your fire spells a 10% chance to stun the taget for 2 seconds.

Flame Throwing - 2/2 points
Increases the range of your fire spells by 6 yards.

Ignite - 5/5 points
Your critical strikes from fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 40% of your spell's damage over 4 seconds.

Pyroblast - 1/1 point
Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 148 to 195 fire damage and an additional 56 damage over 12 seconds.

Improved Flamestrike - 3/3 points
Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 15%.

Blast Wave - 1/1 point
A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 160 to 192 fire damage, and dazing them for 6 seconds.

Critical Mass - 3/3 points
Increases the critical strike chance of your fire spells by 6%.

Fire Power - 5/5 points
Increases the damage done by your fire spells by 10%.

[daverobev]

Are the end tree-talents for mages not all that? And, is fire that much better than Frost/Arcane? As everyone seems to be a fire-based mage..?

[Butcher]

Burning soul is a waste of points IMO, though I guess it might be useful while levelling. Other than that they look like fairly standard fire/arc builds. The basic choice is combustion or presence of mind. I prefer POM myself, it's just a lot more versatile. Though a combusted blastwave is vicious.

My spec is completely different though, and tuned to my particular activites (PvE raiding primarily):

Arcane Magic 28 Pts

Arcane Subtlety 2/3
Arcane Focus 5/5
Arcane Concentration 5/5
Improved Arcane Explosion 5/5
Evocation 1/1
Improved Counterspell 2/2
Presence of Mind 1/1
Arcane Mind 4/4
Arcane Instability 3/3


Frost Magic 23 Pts

Improved Frostbolt 5/5
Ice Shards 5/5
Piercing Ice 3/3
Cold Snap 1/1
Improved Blizzard 1/3
Arctic Reach 2/2
Frost Channeling 3/3
Ice Block 1/1
Improved Cone of Cold 2/3