Of all the classes that are there in Warcraft, mages happen to be the easiest to level. As they can create enough food and water for the entire group they are highly important for any group. And added to this their crowd control and damage ability makes them all the more valuable.

There are three talent specializations of Mages, namely Frost, Fire and Arcane. Of the three, Frost has highest survivability, while Fire and Arcane have high DPS with Fire also having a huge burst.

The most popular talent trees change with time as newer patches are rolled out that affect the talents. Right now Fire happens to be the most favoured raiding talent trees. However one can always choose any specialization and learn to benefit by playing with them over time.

Casters can increase their survivability with the help of Frost. Aided by the frost novas and bolts mages can keep mobs at a distance and kill them quite easily.

Although Fire and Frost happen to be the best choices that one can make, which one would prove to be the best cannot be said like that, and one will have to go ahead and try them to see which one would work best for them.

Mages need to react fast and the fact that they are cloth armoured makes it all the more important to insure that they do not face too much damage. This is why many people choose Frost as it helps them by allowing them to ensure that their mages can sustain a bit more damage to survive.

Although mages are quite easy to play one must play with a lot of concentration and attention to play well. They get easily damaged and can catch the attention of the monsters, and need to indulge in dumping aggro from time to time. Using invisibility and ice block can help in staying immune and dump aggro. However while staying invisible; one must take care to ensure that they do not meet up with any damage, which could cause them to lose their invisibility.

Another great ability that is possessed by mages is the ability to teleport, and they can do so not only on their own, but can also help entire groups to teleport. For this they need reagents, which can be obtained from any reagent vendor. Teleportation can be done to major cities like Ironforge, Shattrath, Exodar, Dalaran, Darnassus, Stormwind and Theramore for the Alliance by the level 80 mages. On the other hand, Horde mages help in teleportation to Thunder Bluff, Shattrath, Stonard, Silvermoon City, Undercity, Orgrimmar, Dalaran, and Thunder Bluff. You can in fact earn money by teleporting people while in a major city.

Just follow this guide and you will gain knowledge on how to handle one of the best DPS classes in Warcraft.

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