Mage Skill Glossary

Last updated on Jan 13, 2025 at 00:00 by Crix

Welcome to the Ashes of Creation skill glossary for Mage! This page is great for people new to the Mage Archetype, as it contains the basic information players need to know to excel at both PvE and PvP.

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1. List of All Mage Spells

List of All Mage Spells

Below is a list of all the spells available to Mages in Ashes of Creation. Each spell includes a short breakdown of important information regarding it's cast time, cooldown and much more.

1.1.

Arcane Volley

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Arcane Volley	Cast: 1.2s Cooldown: 10s	67 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: 5m	Fire a volley of 7 arcane missiles at your target, dealing (35%🢆) Arcane damage each.

1.2.

Frostbolt

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Frostbolt	Cast: 1.5s Cooldown: 12s	100 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	Launch a bolt of frost towards your target, dealing (250%🢆) Ice damage and applying Chilled.

Upgrade	Description
Shattering Shards	If Frostbolt hits a Shocked target, frost shards will splinter off, hitting the original target and up to 3 additional nearby enemies for (150%🢆) Ice damage.

1.3.

Lightning Strike

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Lightning Strike	Cast: 2.2s Cooldown: 12s	100 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	Held ability: Charge up a bolt of lightning to unleash upon your target, dealing (100%🢆) Lightning damage based on how long it was charged. Applies 15 stacks of Shocked to target.

Upgrade	Description
Amplified Lightning Strike	Lightning Strike applies up to 10 additional stacks of Shocked based on its charge level when cast. Additionally, if cast at full charge, Lightning Strike will also hit other nearby targets at base power.

1.4.

Elemental Empowerment

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Elemental Empowerment	Cast: 0s Cooldown: 1s	0	Range: N/A Radius: N/A	You become empowered by the element of your last cast elemental ability, gaining an empowerment buff based upon whichever magical element you casted last, applying the appropriate debuff depending on your Element.

1.5.

Firebolt

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Firebolt	Cast: 0s Cooldown: 6s	54 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	Hurl a bolt of fire toward your target, dealing (150%🢆) Fire damage and applying Burning for (75%🢆) Fire damage. 3 charges.

Upgrade	Description
Bombardment	Fireball and Firebolt now also apply Staggered. Firebolt gains bonus 25% direct damage. Fireball gains bonus 100% Burning damage.

1.6.

Fireball

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Fireball	Cast: 2.2s Cooldown: 12s	100 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	Hurl a ball of fire toward your target, dealing (350%🢆) Fire damage and applying Burning for (200%🢆) Fire damage.

Upgrade	Description
Bombardment	Fireball and Firebolt now also apply Staggered. Firebolt gains bonus 25% direct damage. Fireball gains bonus 100% Burning damage.

1.7.

Combustion

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Combustion	Cast: 0s Cooldown: 10s	100 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	Instantly combust your target, dealing (125%🢆) Fire damage and applying Conflagrating if they are Burning.

1.8.

Cone of Cold

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Cone of Cold	Cast: 0s Cooldown: 20s	133 Mana	Range: N/A Radius: 10m	Blast a vortex of freezing wind in a cone in front of you, dealing (125%🢆) Ice damage and applying Frozen to targets with Chilled.

Upgrade	Description
Tempestuous Cone of Cold	Cone of Cold pushes back enemies.

1.9.

Shell

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Shell	Cast: 0s Cooldown: 45s	67 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	Applies Shell: A protective Magical shell surrounds you. Absorbs 500% Magical Power worth of damage before breaking. Last 8 seconds.

1.10.

Blink

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Blink	Cast: 0s Cooldown: 30s	67 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	Instantly teleport 20 meters in the direction you are moving. Breaks all rooting effects.

Upgrade	Description
Accelerative Blink	After casting Blink, your next Fireball, Frostbolt, or Lightning Strike cast within 3 seconds casts instantly.
Unyielding Blink	Blink breaks all disabling effects on the caster.

1.11.

Slumber

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Slumber	Cast: 2s Cooldown: 30s	166 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: 5m	Applies Incapacitated to targets in a small area around the primary target. Lasts 10.5 seconds.

1.12.

Enchant Weapon

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Enchant Weapon	Cast: 0s Cooldown: 0s	34 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	Enchant up to one ally's weapon to match your current set of elemental empowerments. The enchantment will favor the greater of their magical or physical power stat. The enchantment will last one hour with a single empowerment or 30 seconds if multiple are applied.

1.13.

Hoarfrost

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Hoarfrost	Cast: 0s Cooldown: 20s	133 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	Unleash a blast of icy wind at target location, dealing (125%🢆) Ice damage and applying Chilled.

1.14.

Shatter

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Shatter	Cast: 0s Cooldown: 0s	0 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	When you deal Lightning damage to a recently Frozen target, they are dealt a bonus (300%🢆) Ice damage. Shattered can only be triggered once every 4 seconds per caster against the same target.

1.15.

Ball Lightning

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Ball Lightning	Cast: 2.4s Cooldown: 12s	7.5 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	Create a large ball of charged electricity that travels slowly forward, rapidly dealing (50%🢆) Lightning damage and applying Volatile to enemies it overlaps with.

1.16.

Magma Field

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Magma Field	Cast: 1.1s Cooldown: 30s	166 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: 5m	Erupts the earth at target location, forming a boiling pool of lava that deals (50%🢆) Fire damage and applies Burning at (50%🢆) Fire damage power every second to enemies within the area. Lasts 7 seconds.

Upgrade	Description
Pyromania	Magma Field casts faster and ticks two additional times.

1.17.

Chain Lightning

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Chain Lightning	Cast: 2.4s Cooldown: 12s	7.5 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	Release a powerful streak of lightning that hits your primary target and then chains outward to up to 5 nearby enemies from that target, dealing (225%🢆) Lightning damage to each and applies 10 stacks of Shocked to targets with Volatile.

Upgrade	Description
Aftershock	Casting Chain Lightning on a primary target with Staggered causes the attack to trigger twice..

1.18.

Fuse

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Fuse	Cast: 2.4s Cooldown: 12s	7.5 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	Your applied Burning statuses are 50% more powerful when applied to targets with Shocked.

1.19.

Arcane Circle

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Arcane Circle	Cast: 0s Cooldown: 60s	133 Mana	Range: N/A Radius: 5m	Place a powerful rune of magic upon the ground beneath you that grants you Arcane Might while standing within. Lasts 15 seconds.

1.20.

Prismatic Beam

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Prismatic Beam	Cast: 2.4s Cooldown: 12s	7.5 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	Channel a powerful beam in front of you that periodically deals (50%🢆) Magical damage and has additional effects based on your Elemental Empowerment: Fire: 25% chance to apply Burning per hit. Ice: Applies Chilled for 1 second per hit. Lightning: 33% chance to trigger an arcing bolt that bounces up to 2 times, dealing (35%🢆) Lightning damage and applying Volatile to each hit target for 1.5 seconds. Arcane (no empowerment): Each hit drains 13 Mana per target, returning up to 66 Mana to the caster.

1.21.

Blizzard

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Blizzard	Channel 7.8s Cooldown: 90s	332 Mana	Range: N/A Radius: 10m	Channel a massive blizzard around you, raining a barrage of hail shards upon your enemies while channeling. Periodically pulses Chilled to targets within the area. Each shard impact deals (50%🢆) Ice damage in a small area around it and applies Frozen to targets with Chilled.

1.22.

Thermal Equilibrium

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Thermal Equilibrium	Cast: 2.4s Cooldown: 12s	7.5 Mana	Range: 30m Radius: N/A	Whenever you apply Frozen to a target, refresh the duration of your applied Conflagrating statuses on that target.

1.23.

Arcane Eye

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Arcane Eye	Cast: 0s Cooldown: 45s	166 Mana	Range: Radius: 20m	Conjure a magical eye above you, that reveals any camouflaged enemies within a 20 meter radius to you and your party. Lasts 10 seconds.

1.24.

Illuminate

Action Name	Timers	Cost	Range & Radius	Description
Illuminate	Cast: 0s Cooldown: 0s	34 Mana	Range: N/A Radius: N/A	Conjure a circle of light around you that lights up your surroundings.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

This guide has been written by Crix, Co-Admin of the Warlock Discord and long time Warlock player. He raids with the guild Fusion and has cleared all WOTLK content as a Warlock, as well as makes Warlock related content on YouTube for Warlocks and streams Warlock gameplay daily over at Twitch.

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