Mage Glyphs, Level 80

Updated 4 November 2009 for Patch 3.2.2.

These tables show the most popular glyphs by spec. 'Popularity' compares the total count of glyphs to the count of characters who have at least one glyph. The glyph names are links to Wowhead. The sample size is 37941 level 80 Mages from the US and EU armouries.

Major Glyphs

Glyph Type Popularity
Arcane Builds
Glyph of Arcane Blast major 80 %
Glyph of Arcane Missiles major 78 %
Glyph of Molten Armor major 73 %
Glyph of Evocation major 37 %
Glyph of Living Bomb major 23 %
Glyph of Improved Scorch major 16 %
Glyph of Ice Barrier major 16 %
Glyph of Frostfire major 16 %
Glyph of Fireball major 15 %
Glyph of Mana Gem major 13 %
Fire Builds
Glyph of Molten Armor major 75 %
Glyph of Living Bomb major 54 %
Glyph of Improved Scorch major 52 %
Glyph of Frostfire major 45 %
Glyph of Fireball major 35 %
Glyph of Evocation major 33 %
Glyph of Arcane Missiles major 16 %
Glyph of Arcane Blast major 15 %
Glyph of Ice Barrier major 12 %
Frost Builds
Glyph of Evocation major 64 %
Glyph of Molten Armor major 47 %
Glyph of Ice Barrier major 42 %
Glyph of Arcane Missiles major 26 %
Glyph of Arcane Blast major 25 %
Glyph of Water Elemental major 23 %
Glyph of Frost Nova major 21 %
Glyph of Frostfire major 18 %
Glyph of Mana Gem major 18 %
Glyph of Living Bomb major 17 %
Glyph of Ice Lance major 16 %
Glyph of Improved Scorch major 15 %
Glyph of Icy Veins major 14 %
Glyph of Mirror Image major 12 %

Minor Glyphs

Glyph Type Popularity
Arcane Builds
Glyph of Slow Fall minor 93 %
Glyph of the Penguin minor 66 %
Glyph of Arcane Intellect minor 64 %
Glyph of Frost Ward minor 25 %
Glyph of Fire Ward minor 24 %
Glyph of Frost Armor minor 15 %
Fire Builds
Glyph of Slow Fall minor 91 %
Glyph of the Penguin minor 68 %
Glyph of Arcane Intellect minor 61 %
Glyph of Fire Ward minor 22 %
Glyph of Frost Ward minor 20 %
Glyph of Frost Armor minor 13 %
Frost Builds
Glyph of Slow Fall minor 90 %
Glyph of the Penguin minor 60 %
Glyph of Arcane Intellect minor 49 %
Glyph of Frost Ward minor 33 %
Glyph of Fire Ward minor 30 %
Glyph of Frost Armor minor 22 %