Warcraft Forever

Classes in WoW: Forever

Mage in WoW: Forever

11 new talents, 31 changed and 6 removed across Arcane / Fire / Frost compared to Classic Era, as seen in the BlizzCon 2026 demo.

Who can be a Mage

Race and class combinations confirmed for launch; highlighted pairs did not exist in Classic. Click a race for name ideas.

Talent trees

Rank-1 tooltips from the BlizzCon demo captured 2026-09-13; higher ranks are filled from Classic Era where the talent is unchanged. Values may change before release.

  • New in Forever (6)
  • Changed or moved (11)
  • Removed from Classic: 4

New talents

  • Improved ChannelingGives you a 20% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 14% chance while casting Arcane Blast.
  • Arcane GeometryIncreases the range of your Arcane spells by 3 yards.
  • Arcane ImpactIncreases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 2%.
  • Arcane Blast122 Mana 30 yd range 2.5 sec cast Blasts the target with energy, dealing 95 to 104 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage of all your other spells is increased by 10% and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 8 sec or until any other damage spell is cast.
  • Arcane ShieldingDecreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 17% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 25%.
  • Missile BarrageGives your Arcane Blast spell a 40% chance, and your Fireball, Frostbolt, and Frostfire Bolt spells a 20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of your next Arcane Missiles spell by 50%, reduce the Mana cost by 100%, and missiles will fire every 0.5 sec.

Changed

Wand Specialization · Arcane Focus · Arcane Subtlety · Magic Absorption · Arcane Resilience · Improved Counterspell · Arcane Meditation · Presence of Mind · Arcane Mind · Arcane Instability · Arcane Power

Removed from Classic

Improved Arcane Missiles · Magic Attunement · Improved Arcane Explosion · Improved Mana Shield

  • New in Forever (3)
  • Changed or moved (8)
  • Removed from Classic: 2

New talents

  • Wake of FireReduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 1 sec. Killing a non-trivial target increases the critical strike chance of your next Fire Blast cast within 20 sec by 25%.
  • IncinerationIncreases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 2%.
  • Hot StreakYour non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch grant Hot Streak for 15 sec. Hot Streak reduces the cast time of Pyroblast by 25%, stacking up to 3 times.

Changed

Improved Fireball · Impact · Burning Soul · Pyroblast · Improved Scorch · Master of Elements · Blast Wave · Combustion

Removed from Classic

Improved Fire Blast · Incinerate

  • New in Forever (2)
  • Changed or moved (12)
  • Removed from Classic: 0

New talents

  • Ice Lance45 Mana 30 yd range Instant Deals 28 to 33 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets.
  • Fingers of FrostGives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 1 spell cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec.

Changed

Frost Warding · Elemental Precision · Permafrost · Frostbite · Frost Channeling · Improved Blizzard · Ice Block · Shatter · Improved Cone of Cold · Cold Snap · Winter's Chill · Ice Barrier

Other classes

Demo values — everything here can change before launch.