Mage Armor

Mage Armor is a self-only armor-buff that improves the mage's resistance to all magical schools and restores 3% of the mage's maximum mana every 5 seconds. In addition, the duration of all harmful Magic effects used against the mage is reduced by 35%.

Tips and tactics

 * This spell is the armor of choice for arcane and frost mages in PvE. It can be argued to switch to Molten Armor for very short fights.


 * Unlike Frost Armor, this will not snare or slow your attackers, so don't leave this up when running through a dangerous area.


 * In PvP the 35% debuff time reduction can be a life-saver, especially when facing Warlocks, since a great deal of their damage comes from damage over time effects and dispellable curses.

Glyph improvement

 * Glyph of Mage Armor makes Mage Armor generate 20% more mana, increasing the regeneration to 3.6% of the mage's maximum mana every 5 seconds.
 * Glyph of Armors increases the buff duration to 60 minutes.