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Mages are sought after members of most groups in WoW. Their intelligence buff coupled with their ability to provide foods that regenerate health and mana are some of their most sought after characteristics. The Mage is also famous for its burst DPS.

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.

All WoW classes have 3 skill trees, Mages are no different. For the Mage these are: Arcane, Fire, and Frost. Arcane and Fire can do a lot of damage to opponents but lack control. Frost is the ability that gives most control.

When you’re specialized in the Frost skill tree you won’t have the same power as you would have had with Arcane or Fire but you will gain a heck of a lot of control. The Frost tree can be excellent when leveling solo, especially if you learn special talents that work to give your chill effects more chance to freeze the target for longer, lower the movement rate of your target, and stun your target.

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 scenario one we will assume I’m out fighting mobs my own level. Given I don’t have strong armor and the mobs hit hard, I’ll have to take them out one at a time. At an estimate lets say I can kill one every 3 minutes, that means I’d get through 20 in an hour all going well. At 200 points per kill, I’ll have a grand total of 4000 experience points after an hours killing.

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 is not as difficult as you might think. Sure they have low hit points, cannot heal, have cloth armor and no pet but if you learn to exercise the art of control you have the ability to destroy a large amount of creatures in a very short time.