WoW Forever Mage builds, the most popular from 6,805 planned here

2,798 of the 6,805 Mage builds with 41 or more points planned here (41%) lead in Frost, 2,057 in Arcane and 1,950 in Fire. Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Frost has 38%, Arcane 36% and Fire 26%. At the level 30 cap the most made 21-point build also leads in Frost. 49.5% of the Mage leveling orders people recorded lead in Frost. Every build below opens in the Mage calculator, and the Mage leveling order shows the order people place these points in.

Counted on 1 Nov 2026, recounted a few times a day.

• Frost 41%
• Arcane 30%
• Fire 29%

WoW Forever Frost Mage build

2,798 of the 6,805 Mage builds with 41 or more points (41%) lead in Frost; the most used is 0/0/46 (#3), going to Ice Barrier. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Frost builds take.

WoW Forever Arcane Mage build

2,057 of the 6,805 Mage builds with 41 or more points (30%) lead in Arcane; the most used is 38/10/3 (#1), going to Arcane Power. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Arcane builds take.

WoW Forever Fire Mage build

1,950 of the 6,805 Mage builds with 41 or more points (29%) lead in Fire; the most used is 16/32/3 (#8), going to Combustion. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Fire builds take.

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The 5 most popular level 60 Mage builds Arcane / Fire / Frost points

Builds of 45 points or more of the 51 a level 60 Mage has.

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   Arcane Mage 38/10/3

   #1 by what people did with it since the Oct 28 hotfixes Arcane 38 / Fire 10 / Frost 3 0.3% of every Mage share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 23 · saved 58 · opened 158 · across 42 close builds · tagged PvE Takes Presence of Mind, Arcane Mind 5/5, Arcane Instability 3/3 and Arcane Power. Maxes Improved Channeling, Arcane Subtlety, Magic Absorption, Arcane Concentration, Missile Barrage, Arcane Geometry and 12 more.
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   Arcane Mage 32/16/3

   #2 by what people did with it since the Oct 28 hotfixes Arcane 32 / Fire 16 / Frost 3 0.1% of every Mage share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 5 · saved 17 · opened 57 · across 36 close builds · tagged PvE Takes Presence of Mind, Arcane Mind 5/5, Arcane Instability 3/3 and Arcane Power. Maxes Improved Channeling, Arcane Subtlety, Arcane Concentration, Missile Barrage, Arcane Impact, Arcane Blast and 11 more.
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   Frost Mage 0/0/46

   #3 by what people did with it since the Oct 28 hotfixes Arcane 0 / Fire 0 / Frost 46 1.2% of every Mage share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 28 · saved 73 · opened 948 · across 21 close builds Takes Improved Cone of Cold 3/3, Cold Snap, Fingers of Frost 2/2, Winter's Chill 5/5 and Ice Barrier. Maxes Improved Frostbolt, Precision, Ice Shards, Frostbite, Improved Frost Nova, Permafrost and 11 more.
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   Arcane Mage 42/3/0

   #4 by what people did with it since the Oct 28 hotfixes Arcane 42 / Fire 3 / Frost 0 0.5% of every Mage share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 17 · saved 87 · opened 306 · across 38 close builds · tagged PvE Takes Presence of Mind, Arcane Mind 5/5, Arcane Instability 3/3 and Arcane Power. Maxes Wand Specialization, Improved Channeling, Arcane Subtlety, Magic Absorption, Arcane Concentration, Arcane Geometry and 9 more.
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   Fire Mage 16/32/3

   seated so every spec has a row Arcane 16 / Fire 32 / Frost 3 0% of every Mage share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 4 · saved 15 · opened 11 · across 36 close builds Takes Critical Mass 3/3, Fire Power 3/3 and Combustion. Maxes Improved Channeling, Arcane Subtlety, Arcane Concentration, Missile Barrage, Arcane Blast, Incineration and 11 more.
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Builds within a few points of each other count as one family, shown by its most used member. The rows and the spec split come from the 6,805 Mage builds with 41 or more points planned here since the Oct 28 hotfixes to build 70630, ranked by what people did with each family since then: a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2 and a view 1. The shared, saved and opened counts run from 13 Sep, before the beta: a row's share is its family's shares, saves and link opens over every Mage build's (3,351 shares, 8,052 saves, 73,191 link opens since 13 Sep), so a row can hold a larger share than one ranked above it.

Since 13 Sep, 89,228 Mage builds were made, shared, saved or opened here and 9,928 of them have all 51 points, those today's trees no longer allow included; this list counts the 6,805 with 41 or more points that today's trees allow, since the Oct 28 hotfixes to build 70630.

This is a count of what people plan on this site, not a tier list. When a beta build moves, adds, removes or renames a Mage talent or changes what it needs first, the count starts again from the day after that build and shows once 1,000 builds with 41 or more points are made on the new trees, as it did after the Oct 28 hotfixes to build 70630.

Mage talents by pick rate, most and least taken

Most taken: Precision 82% (Frost), Improved Channeling 64% (Arcane), Missile Barrage 63% (Arcane), Arcane Concentration 62% (Arcane), Ice Lance 61% (Frost). Least taken: Improved Fire Ward 2% (Fire), Improved Flamestrike 6% (Fire), Arcane Shielding 10% (Arcane), Combustion 13% (Fire), Impact 18% (Fire). Share of Mage builds with 41 or more points that have a point in the talent, each build counted once.

Mage builds at level 30, the beta cap 21 points

The beta cap rose to level 30 on 1 Oct, so 21 points. These are the 21-point Mage builds people set at level 30 most often between 1 and 16 Oct 2026, counted once per visitor per day on builds somebody made, shared or saved here (329 in all; builds within four points count as one, and a family is shown once it has five or more people-days and its most-made build was made, shared or saved by at least two people on one day and three people-days in all).

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   Level 30 Frost Mage build, 21 points

   Arcane 0 / Fire 0 / Frost 21 3.3% of the level 30 Mage builds in the window · 11 people-days · across 4 close builds Maxes Ice Shards, Frostbite, Ice Lance, Ice Block, Shatter. Since this count, Piercing Ice was taken out of the trees. Load opens it on today's trees, and the calculator lists every point that comes back to spend.
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No Arcane 21-point build has reached the floor yet (92 people-days in the window).

No Fire 21-point build has reached the floor yet (56 people-days in the window).

Each spec's first 21 points, as the leveling orders place them: Frost 0/0/21, from 37,584 Frost orders; Arcane 21/0/0, from 23,150; Fire 0/21/0, from 15,261. Recorded 18 Sep to 16 Oct 2026; the Mage leveling order has every bracket.

Questions

Which Mage spec do people build most in WoW Forever?

2,798 of the 6,805 Mage builds with 41 or more points planned here (41%) lead in Frost, 2,057 in Arcane and 1,950 in Fire, counted since the Oct 28 hotfixes to build 70630. Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Frost has 38%, Arcane 36% and Fire 26%. At the level 30 cap the most made 21-point build also leads in Frost. 49.5% of the Mage leveling orders people recorded lead in Frost.

What is the most popular Mage build at level 30, the beta cap?

Frost 0/0/21: 3.3% of the 329 level 30 Mage builds counted between 1 and 16 Oct 2026 (11 people-days), maxing Ice Shards, Frostbite, Ice Lance, Ice Block and Shatter. Since this count, Piercing Ice was taken out of the trees.

What is the most popular Mage build at level 60?

Arcane Mage 38/10/3, ranked first by what people did with each build since the Oct 28 hotfixes (a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2, a view 1). It holds 0.3% of every Mage share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 23, saved 58, opened 158).

Which Mage talents are taken most and least?

Most taken: Precision (82%), Improved Channeling (64%) and Missile Barrage (63%). Least taken: Improved Fire Ward (2%), Improved Flamestrike (6%) and Arcane Shielding (10%). The percentages are the share of Mage builds with 41 or more points that have at least one point in the talent, each build counted once.

Which Mage build is for raids, PvP or dungeons?

The counter records the builds people plan, not what they plan them for, so no build here is marked raid, PvP or dungeon. The 5 most used builds above come from all 6,805 Mage builds with 41 or more points planned here since the Oct 28 hotfixes to build 70630. What the beta files say for each use: Arcane Brilliance reaches the target's party and raid (in Classic, the party), Improved Scorch raises the Fire damage you deal to the target by 3% a stack (Classic's text: the Fire damage dealt to your target) and Improved Counterspell always silences, 2 seconds at rank 1 and 4 at rank 2 (Classic's: a 50% chance of 4 seconds).

Will these Mage builds change at launch?

The count restarts when a patch changes the talents. This list counts since the Oct 28 hotfixes to build 70630 and is recounted a few times a day. The game launches 4 November 2026.

Is this a Mage tier list?

No. The builds are ranked by what people did with them on this site (shared, saved, opened by link, made or viewed), not by how strong they are.

Where do these Mage build numbers come from?

From this site's own counter, which keeps counts only and no identities: every Mage build planned in the calculator, and how often each was shared, saved or opened by link. Builds within a few points of each other count as one family, shown by its most used member, and every spec gets at least one row. The list is rebuilt a few times a day, last on 1 Nov 2026.

Also for Mages: the leveling order, every talent in words, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, questions answered from the data, and the Mage calculator. The most popular builds of every class.