TBC Mage Talent Calculator
Click talents in the Arcane, Fire & Frost trees to plan your TBC Mage. You have 61 points at level 70; the planner checks tier and prerequisite rules, shows the level your build needs and gives you a link to share it.
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TBC Mage talent trees
In The Burning Crusade a Mage has 61 talent points at level 70, spread over three trees: Arcane (23 talents), Fire (22 talents), Frost (22 talents). The deepest talent in each tree needs 40 points in that tree, so a build can reach only one of Slow, Dragon's Breath, Summon Water Elemental.
The tables list every Mage talent with its tier, number of ranks and what each rank does. Values separated by a slash are rank 1 / rank 2 / and so on.
Arcane · 23 talents, 65 points to learn them all
| Tier | Talent | Ranks | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (0 pts) | Arcane Subtlety | 2 | Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 5 / 10 and the threat of your Arcane spells by 20 / 40%. |
| 1 (0 pts) | Arcane Focus | 5 | Reduces the chance your Arcane spells are resisted by 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10%. |
| 1 (0 pts) | Improved Arcane Missiles | 5 | Gives a 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100% chance to avoid interruption while channeling Arcane Missiles. |
| 2 (5 pts) | Wand Specialization | 2 | Increases your damage with wands by 13 / 25%. |
| 2 (5 pts) | Magic Absorption | 5 | Increases all resistances by 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 and restores mana when you resist a spell. |
| 2 (5 pts) | Arcane Concentration | 5 | Gives a 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10% chance after any damage spell hit to enter a Clearcasting state. |
| 3 (10 pts) | Magic Attunement | 2 | Increases the effect of Amplify Magic and Dampen Magic by 25 / 50%. |
| 3 (10 pts) | Arcane Impact | 3 | Increases the critical strike chance of Arcane Explosion and Arcane Blast by 2 / 4 / 6%. |
| 3 (10 pts) | Arcane Fortitude | 1 | Increases your armor by an amount equal to 50% of your Intellect. |
| 4 (15 pts) | Improved Mana Shield | 2 | Decreases the mana lost per point of damage taken while Mana Shield is active by 10 / 20%. |
| 4 (15 pts) | Improved Counterspell | 2 | Gives Counterspell a 50 / 100% chance to silence the target for 4 sec. |
| 4 (15 pts) | Arcane Meditation | 3 | Allows 10 / 20 / 30% of your mana regeneration to continue while casting. |
| 5 (20 pts) | Improved Blink | 2 | For 4 sec after Blink, the chance you are hit by attacks and spells is reduced by 13 / 25%. |
| 5 (20 pts) | Presence of Mind | 1 | Your next Mage spell with a casting time under 10 sec becomes instant. |
| 5 (20 pts) | Arcane Mind | 5 | Increases your total Intellect by 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 15%. |
| 6 (25 pts) | Prismatic Cloak | 2 | Reduces all damage taken by 2 / 4%. |
| 6 (25 pts) | Arcane Instability | 3 | Increases your spell damage and critical strike chance by 1 / 2 / 3%. Requires Presence of Mind. |
| 6 (25 pts) | Arcane Potency | 3 | Increases the critical strike chance of spells cast while Clearcasting by 10 / 20 / 30%. Requires Arcane Concentration. |
| 7 (30 pts) | Empowered Arcane Missiles | 3 | Arcane Missiles gains an extra 15 / 30 / 45% of your spell damage bonus but costs 2 / 4 / 6% more mana. |
| 7 (30 pts) | Arcane Power | 1 | Increases your spell damage by 30% and mana cost by 30% for 15 sec. Requires Arcane Instability. |
| 7 (30 pts) | Spell Power | 2 | Increases the critical strike damage bonus of all your spells by 25 / 50%. |
| 8 (35 pts) | Mind Mastery | 5 | Increases your spell damage by up to 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25% of your total Intellect. |
| 9 (40 pts) | Slow | 1 | Reduces the target's movement speed by 50%, attack speed by 30% and casting speed by 30% for 15 sec. |
Fire · 22 talents, 62 points to learn them all
| Tier | Talent | Ranks | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (0 pts) | Improved Fireball | 5 | Reduces the casting time of Fireball by 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.5 sec. |
| 1 (0 pts) | Impact | 5 | Gives your Fire spells a 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10% chance to stun the target for 2 sec. |
| 2 (5 pts) | Ignite | 5 | Your Fire spell crits make the target burn for an extra 8 / 16 / 24 / 32 / 40% of the spell's damage over 4 sec. |
| 2 (5 pts) | Flame Throwing | 2 | Increases the range of your Fire spells by 3 / 6 yards. |
| 2 (5 pts) | Improved Fire Blast | 3 | Reduces the cooldown of Fire Blast by 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 sec. |
| 3 (10 pts) | Incineration | 2 | Increases the critical strike chance of Fire Blast and Scorch by 2 / 4%. |
| 3 (10 pts) | Improved Flamestrike | 3 | Increases the critical strike chance of Flamestrike by 5 / 10 / 15%. |
| 3 (10 pts) | Pyroblast | 1 | Hurls an immense fiery boulder that deals Fire damage plus damage over 12 sec. |
| 3 (10 pts) | Burning Soul | 2 | Gives your Fire spells a 35 / 70% chance to resist interruption and reduces their threat by 5 / 10%. |
| 4 (15 pts) | Improved Scorch | 3 | Your Scorch has a 33 / 66 / 100% chance to make the target vulnerable to Fire damage. |
| 4 (15 pts) | Molten Shields | 2 | Makes Fire Ward reflect Fire spells and Molten Armor affect ranged and spell attacks. |
| 4 (15 pts) | Master of Elements | 3 | Your Fire and Frost spell crits refund 10 / 20 / 30% of the spell's base mana cost. |
| 5 (20 pts) | Playing with Fire | 3 | Increases all spell damage you deal by 1 / 2 / 3% and all spell damage you take by 1 / 2 / 3%. |
| 5 (20 pts) | Critical Mass | 3 | Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 2 / 4 / 6%. |
| 5 (20 pts) | Blast Wave | 1 | A wave of flame that damages nearby enemies and dazes them for 6 sec. Requires Pyroblast. |
| 6 (25 pts) | Blazing Speed | 2 | Gives a 5 / 10% chance when hit by a melee or ranged attack to increase your speed by 50% for 8 sec. |
| 6 (25 pts) | Fire Power | 5 | Increases the damage of your Fire spells by 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10%. |
| 7 (30 pts) | Pyromaniac | 3 | Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 1 / 2 / 3% and reduces their mana cost by 1 / 2 / 3%. |
| 7 (30 pts) | Combustion | 1 | Each Fire spell you cast increases your Fire critical strike chance by 10% until 3 crits land. Requires Critical Mass. |
| 7 (30 pts) | Molten Fury | 2 | Increases damage of all spells against targets below 20% health by 10 / 20%. |
| 8 (35 pts) | Empowered Fireball | 5 | Your Fireball gains an extra 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 15% of your spell damage bonus. |
| 9 (40 pts) | Dragon's Breath | 1 | Fire damage in a cone that disorients targets for 3 sec. Requires Combustion. |
Frost · 22 talents, 66 points to learn them all
| Tier | Talent | Ranks | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (0 pts) | Frost Warding | 2 | Increases the armor and resistances given by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor by 15 / 30% and gives Frost Ward a chance to reflect Frost spells. |
| 1 (0 pts) | Improved Frostbolt | 5 | Reduces the casting time of Frostbolt by 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.5 sec. |
| 1 (0 pts) | Elemental Precision | 3 | Reduces the mana cost and the chance targets resist your Fire and Frost spells by 1 / 2 / 3%. |
| 2 (5 pts) | Ice Shards | 5 | Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100%. |
| 2 (5 pts) | Frostbite | 3 | Gives your Chill effects a 5 / 10 / 15% chance to freeze the target for 5 sec. |
| 2 (5 pts) | Improved Frost Nova | 2 | Reduces the cooldown of Frost Nova by 2 / 4 sec. |
| 2 (5 pts) | Permafrost | 3 | Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 1 / 2 / 3 sec and reduces the target's speed by an extra 4 / 7 / 10%. |
| 3 (10 pts) | Piercing Ice | 3 | Increases the damage of your Frost spells by 2 / 4 / 6%. |
| 3 (10 pts) | Icy Veins | 1 | Increases your casting speed by 20% and resistance to interruption for 20 sec. |
| 3 (10 pts) | Improved Blizzard | 3 | Adds a chill effect to Blizzard that slows targets by 30 / 50 / 65%. |
| 4 (15 pts) | Arctic Reach | 2 | Increases the range of Frostbolt and Blizzard and the radius of Frost Nova and Cone of Cold by 10 / 20%. |
| 4 (15 pts) | Frost Channeling | 3 | Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 5 / 10 / 15% and their threat by 4 / 7 / 10%. |
| 4 (15 pts) | Shatter | 5 | Increases the critical strike chance of your spells against frozen targets by 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50%. Requires Improved Frost Nova. |
| 5 (20 pts) | Frozen Core | 3 | Reduces the damage you take from Frost and Fire effects by 2 / 4 / 6%. |
| 5 (20 pts) | Cold Snap | 1 | Finishes the cooldown of all your Frost spells. |
| 5 (20 pts) | Improved Cone of Cold | 3 | Increases the damage of Cone of Cold by 15 / 25 / 35%. |
| 6 (25 pts) | Ice Floes | 2 | Reduces the cooldown of Cone of Cold, Cold Snap, Ice Barrier and Ice Block by 10 / 20%. |
| 6 (25 pts) | Winter's Chill | 5 | Gives your Frost damage spells a 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100% chance to raise the target's Frost critical chance taken, stacking up to 5 times. |
| 7 (30 pts) | Ice Barrier | 1 | Shields you, absorbing damage for 1 min. Requires Cold Snap. |
| 7 (30 pts) | Arctic Winds | 5 | Increases your Frost damage by 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5% and reduces the chance melee and ranged attacks hit you by 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5%. |
| 8 (35 pts) | Empowered Frostbolt | 5 | Your Frostbolt gains an extra 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10% of your spell damage bonus and has 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5% more critical chance. |
| 9 (40 pts) | Summon Water Elemental | 1 | Summons a Water Elemental to fight for you for 45 sec. |
Planning a TBC Mage build
Many builds put 41 points or more into one tree to reach its deepest talent, then spend the remaining 20 points on the strongest talents near the top of a second tree. Points in the first few tiers are cheap and often give flat bonuses, so "dipping" into another tree is usually better than spreading points evenly.
If you are levelling, check the required level in the summary bar: it tells you the level at which the build is complete (your number of points plus 9). Use Copy build link to save the build, and plan a second one for another role.
Other TBC classes
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Frequently asked questions
How many talent points does a TBC Mage have?
A level 70 Mage in The Burning Crusade has 61 talent points: the first at level 10 and one more each level after that.
What are the Mage talent trees in The Burning Crusade?
The Mage has three trees: Arcane, Fire and Frost. The deepest talent of each is Slow (Arcane), Dragon's Breath (Fire) and Summon Water Elemental (Frost), and each needs 40 points spent in its tree first.
Can a Mage take two 41-point talents?
No. Reaching a 41-point talent uses 41 of your 61 points, which leaves 20 for the other two trees. That is why most TBC builds are one deep tree plus a few useful talents from a second tree.
How do I share my TBC Mage build?
Click "Copy build link" above the trees. The link stores every point you spent, so it opens the same build for anyone. Your last Mage build is also kept in your browser.