Mage Talents, Level 80

Updated 5 November 2009 for Patch 3.2.2.

The sample size is 37941 level 80 Mages from the US and EU armouries.

Overall Spec Popularity

This table shows the overall spec distribution for level 80 Mages.

Arcane Fire Frost
38.9% 32.5% 28.5%

Dual and Single Spec Distribution

This table shows the distribution of dual and single specs for level 80 Mages.

Specs Popularity
Arcane and Frost 22%
Arcane and Fire 20%
Fire and Frost 14%
Two of Arcane 3%
Two of Fire 2%
One Arcane 15%
One Fire 14%
One Frost 9%

Most Popular Builds

This table lists the builds that make up at least 1% of all builds held by level 80 Mages.

Arcane Fire Frost
57/3/11 -- 25.1% 0/53/18 -- 8.9% 20/0/51 -- 11.9%
56/3/12 -- 1.9% 20/51/0 -- 7.7% 0/0/71 -- 3.2%
71/0/0 -- 1.5% 18/53/0 -- 4.7% 18/0/53 -- 2.2%
60/0/11 -- 1.3% 19/52/0 -- 1.9%
68/3/0 -- 1.1% 0/51/20 -- 1.7%

Overall Talent Popularity

This table shows the percentage of builds held by level 80 Mages which contain at least one point put into the talent.

Tree Tier Talent Popularity
Arcane 1 Arcane Focus 72 %
Arcane 1 Arcane Subtlety 69 %
Arcane 1 Arcane Stability 20 %
Arcane 2 Arcane Concentration 65 %
Arcane 2 Magic Absorption 28 %
Arcane 2 Arcane Fortitude 15 %
Arcane 3 Spell Impact 69 %
Arcane 3 Focus Magic 64 %
Arcane 3 Student of the Mind 44 %
Arcane 3 Magic Attunement 34 %
Arcane 4 Torment the Weak 65 %
Arcane 4 Arcane Meditation 39 %
Arcane 4 Improved Counterspell 21 %
Arcane 4 Arcane Shielding 6 %
Arcane 5 Presence of Mind 40 %
Arcane 5 Arcane Mind 38 %
Arcane 5 Improved Blink 5 %
Arcane 6 Arcane Instability 39 %
Arcane 6 Arcane Potency 38 %
Arcane 6 Prismatic Cloak 7 %
Arcane 7 Arcane Power 39 %
Arcane 7 Arcane Empowerment 38 %
Arcane 7 Incanter's Absorption 10 %
Arcane 8 Mind Mastery 39 %
Arcane 8 Arcane Flows 38 %
Arcane 9 Missile Barrage 38 %
Arcane 9 Slow 18 %
Arcane 10 Spell Power 39 %
Arcane 10 Netherwind Presence 37 %
Arcane 11 Arcane Barrage 38 %
Fire 1 Incineration 56 %
Fire 1 Improved Fire Blast 24 %
Fire 1 Improved Fireball 21 %
Fire 2 Ignite 35 %
Fire 2 World in Flames 34 %
Fire 2 Burning Determination 4 %
Fire 3 Pyroblast 35 %
Fire 3 Burning Soul 30 %
Fire 3 Flame Throwing 21 %
Fire 3 Impact 5 %
Fire 4 Improved Scorch 32 %
Fire 4 Master of Elements 32 %
Fire 4 Molten Shields 3 %
Fire 5 Critical Mass 33 %
Fire 5 Playing with Fire 30 %
Fire 5 Blast Wave 12 %
Fire 6 Fire Power 32 %
Fire 6 Blazing Speed 3 %
Fire 7 Pyromaniac 32 %
Fire 7 Molten Fury 31 %
Fire 7 Combustion 30 %
Fire 8 Empowered Fire 32 %
Fire 8 Fiery Payback 4 %
Fire 9 Hot Streak 32 %
Fire 9 Dragon's Breath 12 %
Fire 9 Firestarter 4 %
Fire 10 Burnout 32 %
Fire 11 Living Bomb 32 %
Frost 1 Ice Floes 73 %
Frost 1 Frostbite 70 %
Frost 1 Improved Frostbolt 32 %
Frost 2 Ice Shards 62 %
Frost 2 Precision 61 %
Frost 2 Permafrost 27 %
Frost 2 Frost Warding 24 %
Frost 3 Icy Veins 73 %
Frost 3 Piercing Ice 42 %
Frost 3 Improved Blizzard 16 %
Frost 4 Shatter 30 %
Frost 4 Arctic Reach 28 %
Frost 4 Frost Channeling 27 %
Frost 5 Cold Snap 29 %
Frost 5 Improved Cone of Cold 11 %
Frost 5 Frozen Core 7 %
Frost 6 Winter's Chill 28 %
Frost 6 Cold as Ice 27 %
Frost 7 Ice Barrier 28 %
Frost 7 Shattered Barrier 24 %
Frost 7 Arctic Winds 19 %
Frost 8 Empowered Frostbolt 28 %
Frost 8 Fingers of Frost 28 %
Frost 9 Summon Water Elemental 28 %
Frost 9 Brain Freeze 23 %
Frost 9 Enduring Winter 18 %
Frost 10 Chilled to the Bone 28 %
Frost 11 Deep Freeze 23 %