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title: "Classic Era Mage Talents – WoWCensus"
description: "Mage talent picks observed in Classic Era nearby-player inspections, ranked by popularity within each spec."
url: "https://wowcensus.io/classic/mage/"
---

# Classic Era Mage Talents – WoWCensus
[Paladin](/classic/paladin/)[Warrior](/classic/warrior/)[Druid](/classic/druid/)[Hunter](/classic/hunter/)[Shaman](/classic/shaman/)[Priest](/classic/priest/)[Rogue](/classic/rogue/)[Mage](/classic/mage/)[Warlock](/classic/warlock/)

## Mage talents

Among Mages we've inspected, **Frost** (58%) is the most common build, followed by **Fire** (28%) and **Arcane** (7%).

**362**Mages with talents

## Spec split

**Arcane** 25 · 7%**Fire** 103 · 28%**Frost** 210 · 58%**Hybrid** 24 · 7%

#### Arcane

**25**7%

1.  1**Arcane Subtlety****80%**
    
2.  2**Arcane Concentration****76%**
    
3.  3**Arcane Focus****72%**
    
4.  4**Arcane Instability****64%**
    
5.  5**Arcane Mind****64%**
    
6.  6**Arcane Resilience****64%**
    
7.  7**Improved Arcane Explosion****64%**
    
8.  8**Presence of Mind****64%**
    
9.  9**Arcane Meditation****60%**
    
10.  10**Arcane Power****60%**
     
11.  11**Magic Absorption****56%**
     
12.  12**Improved Arcane Missiles****36%**
     
13.  13**Wand Specialization****12%**
     
14.  14**Improved Counterspell****8%**
     
15.  15**Improved Mana Shield****0%**
     
16.  16**Magic Attunement****0%**
     

Median level 60

#### Fire

**103**28%

1.  1**Improved Fireball****96%**
    
2.  2**Ignite****91%**
    
3.  3**Flame Throwing****83%**
    
4.  4**Burning Soul****83%**
    
5.  5**Pyroblast****82%**
    
6.  6**Master of Elements****81%**
    
7.  7**Critical Mass****77%**
    
8.  8**Improved Scorch****74%**
    
9.  9**Fire Power****73%**
    
10.  10**Combustion****71%**
     
11.  11**Blast Wave****70%**
     
12.  12**Incinerate****64%**
     
13.  13**Improved Flamestrike****42%**
     
14.  14**Improved Fire Blast****34%**
     
15.  15**Impact****29%**
     
16.  16**Improved Fire Ward****4%**
     

Median level 60

#### Frost

**210**58%

1.  1**Elemental Precision****86%**
    
2.  2**Improved Frostbolt****79%**
    
3.  3**Ice Shards****77%**
    
4.  4**Piercing Ice****74%**
    
5.  5**Improved Frost Nova****73%**
    
6.  6**Permafrost****68%**
    
7.  7**Cold Snap****67%**
    
8.  8**Frost Channeling****66%**
    
9.  9**Arctic Reach****65%**
    
10.  10**Improved Blizzard****64%**
     
11.  11**Ice Block****64%**
     
12.  12**Ice Barrier****55%**
     
13.  13**Frost Warding****44%**
     
14.  14**Shatter****37%**
     
15.  15**Frostbite****36%**
     
16.  16**Improved Cone of Cold****34%**
     
17.  17**Winter's Chill****31%**
     

Median level 53