Secrets to World of Warcraft Mage Leveling
The Mage is famous for its burst DPS in WOW and many different groups often want to have a Mage amongst their ranks. They have a good damage output, the ability to give health & mana regenerating foods and also have an intelligence buff.
While the Mage is definitely a power house in the DPS department they generally lack in hit points. Some classes such as a Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight wear heavy armor and have a large amount of hit points and can out last many mobs. Other classes like Priest, Druid, and Shaman have the ability to heal themselves when the going gets tough. Rogues can disappear, and Hunters and Warlocks have their pet to absorb damage. The Mage has none of these. They have low hit points, wear cloth armor, cannot heal themselves, and have no pet. What the Mage has is control and it is something that you must learn how to use when you are leveling your Mage.
Like all classes in World of Warcraft the Mage has three skill trees. These are Arcane, Fire, and Frost. The first two can inflict massive amounts of damage but lack control. In the Fire and Arcane trees there is little in the form of crowd control. Of course all Mage characters have the infamous “sheep” ability but only Frost gives even more control.
When specialized in frost you may not have the big punch of the other trees but you have much more control over the situation. Certain talents give your Chill effects a chance to freeze the target for a short period of time, increase your Chill effect time, lower the movement rate of the target, and stun your target. This tree is excellent for solo Mage Leveling.
One tactic that work extremely well when leveling Mage’s is to go to an area where there are a lot of mobs (best if they’re green to you). Gather them in and once you’re surrounded let them have your Frost Nova. This will keep them in one place which will allow you to do massive damage when you follow up with your Blizzard. This tactic is a personal favorite of mine and it works really well.
Many people argue that you should focus on mobs that are your own level, but I see it differently, let’s look at 2 scenarios.
In the first scenario we will head out to a zone that has mobs which are my level. Since they hit way too hard and I have tissue paper for armor I am not going to be able to area of effect hunt and will be forced to kill one at a time. Since they are my level they have more hit points and it takes longer to nuke them down, and after each kill I need to sit down and gulp some refreshments before I can engage the next one. For each of these kills we will say that I gain 200 experience points. For the sake of argument let’s say I can kill one mob every 3 minutes, so that would be 20 per hour. Total experience per hour would be 4,000.
Scenario two is going to be a bit different. I go to a zone with lots of mobs that are green to me. I grab 5 at a time, round them up, freeze them to the ground and use Blizzard. Each mob I kill only gives 100 experience points. In this zone I can do 1 pull every 3 minutes just like I did above, but for the same amount of mana I have killed 5 mobs compared to the one above. Sure they only give 100 experience points but 5 x 100 = 500 versus 200 as above. Now let’s assume I do as many pulls as I did above in an hour’s time. Instead of 4,000 experience points I have earned 10,000. Add to these numbers the fact that I have killed 100 mobs and looted each. Which method earns more cash?
Leveling a Mage in World of Warcraft can seem like an arduous task, especially given that Mages don’t have the abilities to heal themselves, don’t have pets, and have low hit points. It’s not as tough as it seems however. If you take the time to practice the art of control, you’ll see that you can do massive damage in short time periods.
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