Arcane Mage DPS Buffs, Debuffs, and Useful Abilities (WoW MoP 5.3)
Last updated by Damien on 8 Oct. 2012
In this article, we list the buffs, debuffs and useful abilities that an Arcane Mage brings to a raid in WoW MoP 5.3. We also list equivalent buffs and debuffs that other classes provide.
The other articles of our Arcane Mage guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.
This guide has been reviewed and approved by Blatty, one of the best Mages in the world, who raids in Method, the currently ranked #1 guild on WoWProgress. He has been contributing a lot to the community through his streams on Twitch and now works for Millenium, his new streaming platform.
| Buffs | |
|---|---|
 Arcane Brilliance |
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 Time Warp |
Equivalent of  Heroism and  Bloodlust |
| Debuffs | |
 Slow |
Slows the casting speed of bosses by 50% — does not stack with
 Necrotic Strike,  Lava Breath,  Spore Cloud,
 Mind-numbing Poison, and  Curse of Enfeeblement
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| Utility | |
 Counterspell |
Interrupt, 24-second cooldown |
 Remove Curse |
Removes all Curse effects from a friendly target (8-second cooldown) |
 Spellsteal |
Enemy Dispell, steal beneficial effect |
| Crowd Control | |
 Frostfire Bolt |
Slow, single-target |
 Cone of Cold |
Slow, conic area of effect |
 Blizzard |
Slow, AoE effect |
 Frost Nova |
Root, 8-second duration and 10-yard radius area of effect |
 Deep Freeze |
Stun, 5-second duration, only works on frozen targets |
 Polymorph |
Incapacitate, 50-second duration |
| Survival | |
 Blink |
Teleport forward 20 yards |
 Ice Block |
10-second immunity |
 Invisibility |
Threat reset and 20-second invisibility |
 Mirror Image |
This spell can be used to prevent a wipe when the tank dies and you are the next player on the aggro list. In this case, the boss will attack the images and waste a few useful seconds during which the boss can be killed or the tank resurrected. |
 Slow Fall |
Fall damage prevention |
