WOTLK Builds

Updated 12-15-08 Here are the top WoW Mage Builds for level 80 but there is not a lot known in World of Warcraft about new builds and how they work out but I have provided the best builds known for level 80 Mages. This covers both PvE and PvP aspects and is described in detail about why that build is chosen for the situation. It use to be mostly fire builds were PvP and frost builds were PvE but that has all changed in Wrath of the Lich King.
Do you get tired of your raid leader yelling at you for not holding your own in a raid? Maybe you constantly hear, “Are you even trying?”, well say bye bye to the wipes and hello to the epics. The builds below are for pure mage ownage, and by that I mean, down a raid in 10minutes. (not really)

Frost

[11/10/50] - This build consists of spamming Frostbolt till you soil yourself and make sure you pop out the Water Elemental whenever your cooldown is ready and while doing this stack up your Icy Veins. If this build is executed correctly you should see a major improvement in dps along with survivability even though we all know how much a Mage loves his healer.

Fire

[18/51/0] (+2 left over) - If you do this build you will be spamming Fireball just like you would Frostbolt in the previous build while casting Scorch every 30 seconds to keep up the Improved Scorch debuff on the monsters you are attacking. When you have Hotstreak be sure to shoot out the infamous Pyroblast. There are two points left over in this build allowing you to personalize it to your needs, after you have set it up how you like it this build is golden, or should I say, slightly burned? (bad humor)

Arcane

[53/18/0] - This is a pattern build as I like to call it, which means of course you will repeat a pattern throughout the fight in the same order over and over, but it will have great success. In this build you will alternate between Arcane Barrage and Fireball but make sure you Scorch the enemy 5 times at the begining and then throughout the fight every 5 seconds.

PVP BUILDS

Ring of Fire

[All Fire] - Yes as gruesome as the title sounds this is a full Mage Fire build which wreaks havoc and conquers cities with flames of your right hand! You will spend all your points in this building acquring all talents except Improved Fireball, Burning Soul, and Empowered Fire. Along with this specific build it is highly recommended you wear high stamina gear as this fight will be heated up! (I need to get better in humor)

Ice,Ice Baby

[7/0/54] - Good thing this is the last section of the builds as my titles are getting worse each time. As you can see this build consists of deep Frost talents with a hint of Arcane talent points, making the ultra Frost PvP build known. This build will allow improved snares with Permafrost and Chilled to the Bone, and your burst damage will be helped by Fingers of Frost and Brain Freeze.

For arcane, basically all you do is put every single point into arcane tree, with a few left over for frost or fire... if I see you with arcane fort, i'm going to nuke your ass faster than you can say OUCH!
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