[Mage] Arcane Levelling Build

[pantryboy]

I'm a diehard Arcane Mage fan. I love them. And I'm not really a fan of Fire and Frost, so I decided to put together a build for me to level with.

For the first 64 levels, your main nuke will be Frostbolt. During a Clearcasting proc, you're free to cast your most expensive spell that you have (I usually choose Arcane Missiles).

Build: 55/3/12 +2

Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft

Frost Tree:
10: Imp Frostbolt 1/5
11: Imp Frostbolt 2/5
12: Imp Frostbolt 3/5
13: Imp Frostbolt 4/5
14: Imp Frostbolt 5/5

Arcane Tree:
15: Arcane Focus 1/3
16: Arcane Focus 2/3
17: Arcane Focus 3/3
18: Arcane Stability 1/5
19: Arcane Stability 2/5
20: Arcane Concentration 1/5
21: Arcane Concentration 2/5
22: Arcane Concentration 3/5
23: Arcane Concentration 4/5
24: Arcane Concentration 5/5
25: Spell Impact 1/3
26: Spell Impact 2/3
27: Spell Impact 3/3
28: Arcane Stability 3/5
29: Arcane Stability 4/5
30: Torment the Weak 1/3
31: Torment the Weak 2/3
32: Torment the Weak 3/3
33: Arcane Meditation 1/3
34: Arcane Meditation 2/3
35: Presence of Mind 1/1
36: Arcane Mind 1/5
37: Arcane Mind 2/5
38: Arcane Mind 3/5
39: Arcane Mind 4/5
40: Arcane Potency 1/3
41: Arcane Potency 2/3
42: Arcane Potency 3/3
43: Arcane Instability 1/3
44: Arcane Instability 2/3
45: Arcane Power 1/1
46: Arcane Empowerment 1/3
47: Arcane Empowerment 2/3
48: Arcane Empowerment 3/3
49: Arcane Mind 5/5
50: Mind Mastery 1/5
51: Mind Mastery 2/5
52: Mind Mastery 3/5
53: Mind Mastery 4/5
54: Mind Mastery 5/5
55: Missile Barrage 1/5
56: Missile Barrage 2/5
57: Missile Barrage 3/5
58: Missile Barrage 4/5
59: Missile Barrage 5/5
60: Netherwind Presence 1/3
61: Netherwind Presence 2/3
62: Netherwind Presence 3/3
63: Spell Power 1/2
64: Spell Power 2/2
65: Arcane Barrage 1/1

Fire Tree:
66: Incineration 1/3
67: Incineration 2/3
68: Incineration 3/3

Frost Tree:
69: Precision 1/3
70: Precision 2/3
71: Precision 3/3
72: Ice Floes 1/3
73: Ice Floes 2/3

Note that the below talents have no specific order.
Arcane Tree:
74: Arcane Instability 3/3
75: Arcane Stability 5/5
76: Arcane Meditation 3/3
77: Arcane Flows 1/2
78: Arcane Flows 2/2


And there you go You're free to move the extra two points around to suit your needs.


Solo:
Under level 64:
Spam Frostbolt until the mob gets in range; Frost Nova at this point, Blink away. If you have a clearcasting proc, be sure to use Arcane Missiles if you're at a decent distance, Arcane Barrage or Frostbolt if not (AB and FB are down to situational and personal preference). Arcane Missiles if you have a Missile Barr proc.
After level 64:
Frostbolt until the mob is in range, Frost Nova -> Blink -> Arcane Blast if you've got a clearcasting proc, Arcane Missiles if you have a Missile Barr proc or Arcane Barrage otherwise.

Groups:
Generally there is no rotation for levelling in groups. You won't get kicked for your DPS, so choose something that fits your mana pool and won't gobble it all up after one pull. Most places are essentially a AoE fest now-a-days anyway.

I won't share a Heroic DPS rotation as this is a levelling build. You can do some searching around for a raiding build with rotations for that

[Stans Dad]

I've always leveled as frost. Just because I like the constant AOE pulls and the steady experience.

Any who, +Rep x 1 for the contribution.

[pantryboy]

Added a solo/group DPS 'mini-guide'. It's mostly situational with this build, really, and you want to choose something that fits your mana pool. There's no cookie-cutter rotation to a non-cookie-cutter build

[ThePieGuy]

I gave this build to a friend of mine, she's using this and loves it. Thanks.