Mages Strengths and Weaknesses
Class Strengths and Weaknesses
Mages do amazing damage, and have some of the best crowd control in the game. They are also the easiest class to die. Essentially, Mages are glass cannons.
Mages do damage with direct spells, they can unleash huge damage in a little time and they have effective area of effect (AOE) spells that slow and damage every enemy in a certain radius.
Mages have great crowd control. Their enemies are left to wander around lost and dazed as they are polymorphed by the Mage into sheep and other critters. They can slow enemies in a blizzard of frost. In either PVE or PVP game play, the Mages crowd control functions well.
In groups (instances and raids) Mages are expected to do high damage, give out Intellect buffs to all casters, set a nice table (the Table of Refreshment that a Mage conjures provides food that restores both health and mana), and polymorph key targets.
Suggested Professions
Tailoring with Enchanting is a good choice for a Mage (if you have lots of gold to level these expensive professions). You are able to make fabulous armor that will not be exceled until you get raid gear.
An excellent choice for various buff is Alchemy which will either compensate for you deficienies (more life, damage absorption) or improve your strengths (more spell damage).
Noticably, unless you can turn them into mega gold getting professions, leatherworking and blacksmithing have not much to offer.
Mage Talent Build
When you level you get a talent point starting at level 10. Talent trees allow you to customize your character. There are differing abilities in the 3 talent trees that there are to choose from. Ensure that each talent point you get is spent every time you level.
Careful planning of what tree or trees to spend your points on is vital. You have to pay gold to get talent points refunded. A few suggestions for the best mage builds are made for your class in World of Warcraft Mastery guides.
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