Mage

• Frostfire Bolt is baseline at 40 and uses the better of your Fire and Frost.
• Comprehension is a mage-only minor tradeskill: scrolls dropped by creatures can be read.
• Arcane: Arcane Blast and Missile Barrage early in the tree, Arcane Wrath at 16 points.
• Fire: Heating Up is Forever's Hot Streak, Improved Fire Blast and a redesigned Fire Power; Critical Mass takes three points.
• Frost: Ice Lance, Fingers of Frost, Cold Snap at 21 points, and a redesigned Winter's Chill built around Cone of Cold.
• Orcs and the High Order Skyborne can be mages now.

From Blizzard Class deep dive: Mage and Shaman ExternalDevelopment notes External

• Missile Barrage Changed in the Nov 3 update: new tooltip text
• Arctic Reach Changed in the Nov 3 update: new tooltip text
• Improved Frostbolt Changed in the Nov 3 update: new tooltip text
• Winter's Chill Changed in the Nov 3 update: new tooltip text

Alliance · 3

Human

Alliance

• Ruthless Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 1%.
• The Human Spirit Spirit increased by 10%.
• Perception Dramatically increases stealth detection for 20 sec.
• Will to SurviveNew Instantly removes all Stun effects.

Gnome

Alliance

• Escape Artist Instantly escape the effects of any movement impairing effect and gain immunity to those effects for 3 sec.
• Expansive Mind Maximum Mana increased by 5%.
• Engineering Specialization Your gnomish ingenuity reduces the rate of engineering devices failing or backfiring when you use them by 20%.
• Eureka!New Your damaging abilities have their Mana cost reduced by 10% and deal 10% more damage for 8 sec.

High Order Skyborne

Alliance

New pairing

• Walk on AirNew Glide downward through the air for 10 sec while controlling your direction of travel.
• Read LeylineNew Attempt to tap into the power of a nearby leyline, increasing your Health and Mana regeneration by 50% for 15 sec. If a leyline is nearby, you will become Attuned for the next 1 hr and the effect of this ability will be increased by 100%.
• Elemental InsightNew Damage dealt versus Elementals increased by 5%.
• Wind BlessedNew Increases your spellcasting, melee, and ranged Haste by 2%.

Horde · 3

Orc

Horde

New pairing

• Blood Fury Increases Attack Power and Spell Power by 10% for 15 sec.
• Hardiness Duration of Stun effects on you reduced by 20%.
• Command Damage dealt by Hunter and Warlock pets increased by 5%.
• Shatter CurseNew Instantly removes all Curses and Banes, and reduces all Magical damage taken by 5% for 8 sec.

Undead

Horde

• Underwater Breathing Underwater breath lasts 300% longer than normal.
• Will of the Forsaken Instantly removes all Charm, Fear and Sleep effects.
• Cannibalize When activated, regenerates 7% of total Health and 7% of total Mana every 2 sec for 10 sec. Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds. Any movement, action, or damage taken while Cannibalizing will cancel the effect.
• Touch of the GraveNew Your spells and attacks have a 30% chance to drain Health from the target, up to 5% of your maximum Health.

Troll

Horde

• Berserking Increases your spellcasting and attack speed by 10% for 15 sec.
• Regeneration Health regeneration rate increased by 20%. In addition, 20% of total Health regeneration will continue during combat.
• Beast Slaying Damage dealt versus Beasts increased by 5%.
• Rapid RegenerationNew Regenerate 50% of your maximum Health over 6 sec. Any movement, action, or damage taken will cancel the effect.

3 trees · 51 points at 60

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