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title: "Classic Hardcore Mage Talents – WoWCensus"
description: "Mage talent picks observed in Classic Hardcore nearby-player inspections, ranked by popularity within each spec."
url: "https://wowcensus.io/hardcore/mage/"
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# Classic Hardcore Mage Talents – WoWCensus
[Paladin](/hardcore/paladin/)[Warrior](/hardcore/warrior/)[Druid](/hardcore/druid/)[Hunter](/hardcore/hunter/)[Shaman](/hardcore/shaman/)[Priest](/hardcore/priest/)[Rogue](/hardcore/rogue/)[Mage](/hardcore/mage/)[Warlock](/hardcore/warlock/)

## Mage talents

Among Mages we've inspected, **Frost** (84%) is the most common build, followed by **Fire** (16%).

**37**Mages with talents

## Spec split

**Arcane** 0 · 0%**Fire** 6 · 16%**Frost** 31 · 84%

#### Arcane

**0**0%

No Arcane Mages in this sample.

No players classified

#### Fire

**6**16%

1.  1**Improved Fireball****100%**
    
2.  2**Blast Wave****83%**
    
3.  3**Critical Mass****83%**
    
4.  4**Fire Power****83%**
    
5.  5**Ignite****83%**
    
6.  6**Master of Elements****83%**
    
7.  7**Pyroblast****83%**
    
8.  8**Burning Soul****67%**
    
9.  9**Combustion****67%**
    
10.  10**Flame Throwing****67%**
     
11.  11**Impact****50%**
     
12.  12**Improved Flamestrike****50%**
     
13.  13**Improved Scorch****50%**
     
14.  14**Incinerate****50%**
     

Median level 44

#### Frost

**31**84%

1.  1**Elemental Precision****90%**
    
2.  2**Improved Frost Nova****84%**
    
3.  3**Improved Frostbolt****81%**
    
4.  4**Cold Snap****77%**
    
5.  5**Ice Shards****71%**
    
6.  6**Improved Blizzard****68%**
    
7.  7**Permafrost****68%**
    
8.  8**Ice Block****65%**
    
9.  9**Piercing Ice****61%**
    
10.  10**Ice Barrier****58%**
     
11.  11**Arctic Reach****55%**
     
12.  12**Frost Channeling****52%**
     
13.  13**Shatter****48%**
     
14.  14**Frost Warding****39%**
     
15.  15**Improved Cone of Cold****39%**
     
16.  16**Frostbite****29%**
     
17.  17**Winter's Chill****23%**
     

Median level 45