Hardcore WoW Mage Leveling Guide - 1-60 WoW Classic

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DurtyrandyTwitchYoutubeIntroduction to Mage in Hardcore WoWBest Builds and Talents for Mage Leveling in Hardcore WoWSingle Target Frost Damage BuildDardo di GeloCono di FreddoEsplosione GelidaFire Pump BuildMetamorfosiEsplosione GelidaTraslazioneCono di FreddoPirosferaPalla di FuocoPirosferaSafety First Frost BuildVene GelideGeneral Leveling Tips for a Mage in Hardcore WoW

Keep rank 1 of your frost abilities handy to quickly slow mobs when needed, especially Dardo di Gelo, Cono di Freddo, Esplosione Gelida. Also rank 1 of is very handy in dungeons if you take the talent.

Ensure that you are buffed and have mana gem(s) available before each encounter.

Don't forget to level your defense skill! This is often overlooked and you should be letting mobs hit you sometimes (safely of course).

Learn new rank of spells ASAP to increase kill speed, do this easily with being able to teleport to your trainer.

With the above, you can save a lot of gold by learning only abilities you plan to use (for example I typically never learn arcane missiles in most my runs).

MP5 is important to help with sustain, try to finish mobs with wand to start letting your mana regen.

Grabbing a wand off the auction house early (if not making your own or finding one) will greatly help your sustain (finish mobs to let mana start regening).

Using Flusso dell'Incantatore will quickly drain your mana and is not recommended to use unless in trouble

Though making food and water is great, if you want to decrease your downtime you can use better food and water from vendors earlier if you are willing to pay.

Leveling Difficulty of Mage in Hardcore WoWStrengths of Mage in Hardcore WoW

Great safety and escape ability with many crowd control and protection abilities

Quality of life with ability to make your food and water and teleport around the world

Take down tough quests even solo with slowing and crowd control abilities

Versatile in single target and AOE builds based on playstyle

Typically one of the most sought after DPS for groups, including dungeons

Not very gear dependent, inherently strong as long as you have mana

Weaknesses of Mage in Hardcore WoW

Average burst damage (unless going with a fire build)

Lower sustain, aka more downtime required to drink between killing mobs

DPS only, so it's harder to fill in dungeon or elite quest groups than other versatile classes

Best Races for Mage Leveling in Hardcore WoW

Race

UmanoGnomoNon MortoTrollBest Alliance Race for Mage Leveling in Hardcore WoWGnomo

Apertura Mentale increases your mana pool, which lets you either continue to finish off mobs in tough fights, or get off one last Esplosione Gelida or Metamorfosi in order to get away from a sticky situation. Also, though minor, it does increase your crit chance on spells which certainly adds up over the course of your journey to 60.

Artista della Fuga is super handy for getting out of webs, nets, and even remove poisons that slow. It's a short cooldown and costs no mana. Though mages also have Traslazione, it is quite mana expensive and should be used as a second option for escape if you roll gnome.

UmanoSpirito UmanoBest Horde Race for Mage Leveling in Hardcore WoWTrollBest Professions for Mage Leveling in Hardcore WoWPrimary Professions

Sartoria paired with Scuoiatura is a common and powerful choice. Skinning makes great gold, whether sold to vendors or on the auction house, and is used in a few tailoring recipes. Sartoria can makes moderate upgrades in early levels, even more with frost builds with items such as Veste di Seta Azzurra. This profession really pays off later when you can craft items such as the Dreamweave set (Tiara di Tessuto Onirico, Guanti di Tessuto Onirico, Veste di Tessuto Onirico). These kind of items are massive for you or can make you a good bit of gold on the auction house. Also all mages can start dreaming about making their own Tonaca dell'Arcimago if they make it to 60.

Estrazione paired with Ingegneria is a strong combo, particularly with AOE builds or playstyles that don't go deep into the frost talents and lack the protection and additional crowd control it provides. Items like Manichino a Molla can be made fairly early and can save your life in bad spots, as well as grenades like Bomba di Rame Grezza provide stuns (including interrupting enemy casts) and more damage. Also Occhiali della Tigre Volante is one of the first headpieces available and have upgrade options as you level.

Alchimia paired with Erbalismo is also viable. Extra mana potions for yourself and boosts like Elisir Arcano and Elisir della Potenza del Fuoco (for fire mages) certainly are great. Also you will benefit from selling potions (and leftover herbs) on the auction house. One downside is items like Elisir della Saggezza do not stack with your Intelletto Arcano, so mages don't benefit as greatly from alchemy as other casters.

Secondary Professions

is certainly the most valuable for almost every class in hardcore, including mage. The ability to use Metamorfosi or Esplosione Gelida and bandage to recover a significant amount of health is very valuable. Also bandaging is way faster recovery between mobs than eating (if you do not need more mana as well). One thing to keep in mind is if you plan to go Sartoria it will require lots of cloth, but auction house is always an option here if you do not want to grind humanoids.

Cucina is viable, but up to you if worth the time to level. AOE mages will likely find most useful for the stamina buff as they take quite a bit of damage, but most other mages are quite powerful and safe and should not often need the buffs here.

Pesca is the most time intensive secondary profession. Most players will likely prefer to skip leveling this unless paired with Cucina for consumes like Pescesalvia Affumicato or Alchimia for potions like Elisir del Respiro Acquatico

Spells To Buy While LevelingSome spells that are important no matter your build:

Make sure to grab Dardo di Gelo or Palla di Fuoco even if you build the opposite talents for mobs that are resistant

upgrades should be grabbed ASAP, where upgrades you can typically wait a few levels

Evocazione Gemma di Mana upgrades are important, and remember you can have gems of multiple kinds up at once

is great for sustain, and is what you will likely be primarily wearing once available

Spells that are easy skips while leveling:

is so situational you will likely never find a time to cast this

will likely never help

Missili Arcani is fun, but if not going an arcane build is an easy pass

, and are really helpful when up against other casters, but can wait on learning higher ranks

Rotations While Mage Leveling in Hardcore WoWSingle Target Frost Rotation

Put Barriera di Ghiaccio on (when available at 40)

Dardo di Gelo once or twice until mob reaches you

Rank 1 Esplosione Gelida

Move back and Dardo di Gelo

Repeat until mob is dead, look to finish with wand to start mana regen

Fire Rotation

Pop if not already running

Pirosfera from max distance

Palla di Fuoco until mob reaches you

If not in danger, let the mob hit you to gain defense skill and will help with pushback

Move back and Dardo di Gelo and/or if needed to gain distance

Can mix in and then wand to start letting mana regen

BruciaturaGearing Your MageStat Priorityyour stat priority should be:

Intellect

Spirit

Stamina

IntellectFlusso dell'IncantatoreSpiritStaminaArmatura Gelida+spell damage (and +crit chance)Notable Quest and Dungeons Items

Level 6-10 - A wand is the most important thing early. Look to buy Bacchetta Magica Inferiore from the auction house ASAP if not making your own

Level 13-18 - Bacchetta Magica Superiore is your next big wand upgrade, or look to get Fiammante Nanica or Bacchetta Luminosa later from quests

Level 18-22 - Deadmines is great for mages, look to get Verga da Cucina di Dolcetto, Anello Sontuosamente Ingioiellato, and either Bastone di Pietrardente or Bastone delle Marche Occidentali

Level 21-24 - Though the earlier staves with more stats are recommended, Verga Stalattite is a decent early option for frost mages

Level 25-30 - If frost, Azure silk items like Veste di Seta Azzurra are typically worth making or buying if you can

Level 26-30 - Coprispalle di Seta di Gamn are typically your first great shoulders

Level 26-30 - Blackfathom Deeps is great for getting the quest reward Scettro di Pietra di Lapide

Level 28-32 - Make sure to do Stockades after Deadmines to get Sigillo di Wrynn

Level 38-42 - Later its important to get Bacchetta della Furia del Ghiaccio or its counterpart for your spec as it's your best till 60

Level 40-46 - Dreamweave items such as Veste di Tessuto Onirico are huge if you do not already have better head, chest, or gloves.

Commenti

Commento di Splitterr

Wheres the rest? Ends at noteable items level 40ish

Commento di theconfessor

I would love to hear why the author chose 3/3 FrostBite instead of 3/3 Permafrost.

The last thing you should want is an RNG root while either trying to pull or separate single mobs or worse be doing ANY KIND of AoE and have 2 mobs get rooted but the others keep running. Speccing into permafrost slows the mobs (and more important ALL MOBS) by a superb amount and causes the slow to last longer.

I have seen plenty of mages die because a mob got rooted and a pat caught it.. Where as simply a more powerful slow would have kept the mage out of danger AND allowed the mob to continue moving and thus NOT be noticed by the patrol.

Commento di lildudejr

I think staying in the Frost Tree and putting points into Frost Warding, Improved Cone of Cold, and Permafrost (instead of Frostbite) until you get closer to 60 is much safer for solo leveling.

Commento di Lalamage

These guides seem to be very alliance-centric with the gearing. It would be nice to see the options for horde.

Hardcore WoW Mage Leveling Guide - 1-60 WoW Classic

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