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How you play Arcane Mage

You build 4 Arcane Charges and Arcane Salvo stacks, then unload them in one big Arcane Barrage.

Your buttons, most important first

  1. Your big moment: Arcane Surge and Touch of the Magi together. In between, one more Touch of the Magi every 45 seconds; never late.
  2. Clearcasting lit up? Arcane Missiles: it is free.
  3. Prismatic Bolt lit up in place of Arcane Blast? Cast it soon: it hits very hard.
  4. 4 Arcane Charges and a full Arcane Salvo (25 stacks): Arcane Barrage.
  5. At 0 Arcane Charges: Arcane Orb. Otherwise fill with Arcane Blast.
More enemies: Arcane Orb whenever it is ready. Below 4 Arcane Charges, Arcane Pulse instead of Arcane Blast.
Biggest mistake: Pressing Arcane Surge and Touch of the Magi apart. Together they hit much harder.

Hero talents

Sunfury (best this season): when Arcane Surge ends, you get Arcane Soul. Press Arcane Barrage again and again while it lasts.
Spellslinger: Arcane Barrage at 20 Arcane Salvo instead of 25.

From the guides: Icy Veins 15 Aug · Method 13 Sep · Wowhead 4 Sep 2026. A patch can change this.

Group

Buttons you press for someone else or for the whole group. For one person: click their name first, then press the button. The grey note says when a button works differently.

helps everyone near you at once
makes someone else stronger for a while

Consumables

What to bring for this spec. Point at an item for its tooltip.

Dispel

From your group: debuffs you can remove
From enemies: buffs you can take off

In the game this card knows your character. Every button shows the key it is on for you right now, the lists above drop whatever you have not learned, and your bags are checked for the consumables.

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