User:Piumosso-Uldum/Mage project

Welcome to the Wowpedia Mage Project, an effort to improve all mage-related articles on Wowpedia.

Project scope
The Mage Project exists to improve and maintain Wowpedia articles related to the mage class. This includes mage spells, talents, builds, tactics, theorycraft, famous mages in Lore, quests, items, gear, and anything else essential to the discriminating arcanist.

Project membership
To join, post a message on the project talk page and put on your user page to signify your membership.

Mage ability articles
Good mage ability articles should meet each of these criteria. Add your improvements and check off articles that meet criteria in the table below.


 * 1) Uses boilerplate Help:Ability articles.
 * 2) Article lead should describe the ability in one or two sentences, then describe primary uses generally.
 * 3) Correct rank table. Be sure training costs do not have faction discounts applied.
 * 4) Talent improvements described thoroughly in plain English.
 * 5) Damage spells should have correct spell damage coefficients.
 * 6) Tips and tactics for PvE (solo and raid) and PvP.
 * 7) Past changes from patch notes.
 * 8) A good image demonstrating the ability.

Arcane Spells

 * Baseline:
 * Arcane Blast
 * Arcane Brilliance
 * Arcane Explosion
 * Arcane Missiles
 * Blink
 * Conjure Refreshment
 * Conjure Mana Gem
 * Counterspell
 * Evocation
 * Invisibility
 * Mage Armor
 * Mage Ward
 * Mana Shield
 * Mirror Image
 * Polymorph
 * Portal
 * Remove Curse
 * Slow Fall
 * Spellsteal
 * Teleport
 * Time Warp
 * Talented:
 * Arcane Barrage
 * Arcane Power
 * Focus Magic
 * Presence of Mind
 * Slow

Fire Spells

 * Baseline:
 * Fireball
 * Fire Blast
 * Flame Orb
 * Flamestrike
 * Frostfire Bolt
 * Molten Armor
 * Scorch
 * Talented:
 * Pyroblast
 * Blast Wave
 * Combustion
 * Dragon's Breath
 * Living Bomb

Frost Spells

 * Baseline:
 * Cone of Cold
 * Frost Nova
 * Frostbolt
 * Ice Lance
 * Ice Block
 * Blizzard
 * Frost Armor
 * Ring of Frost
 * Talented:
 * Cold Snap
 * Deep Freeze
 * Frostfire Orb
 * Ice Barrier
 * Icy Veins
 * Summon Water Elemental

Mage builds, playstyles, tactics
Add to this list any article that documents a mage build, a playstyle, or specific mage tactic in detail. Eventually, Mage builds and Mage tactics should be updated. Suggest any new articles that are not covered.


 * Mage builds - update for level 70
 * Mage tactics - needs considerable cleanup
 * Frost AoE grinding
 * Three-Minute Mage
 * Frost mage
 * Fire mage
 * Arcane mage
 * Elementalist - stub, needs expansion