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Azeroth Survivors Mage Build

TL;DR

Mage is S-tier on the strength of 6 tagged AOE spells in an 11-spell cloth pool — the widest kit in the file, at 120 HP and 7.5 yd/s. Frostbolt is the opener (12 damage, 1.3s, 1 target, 24 yards, Slow(0.5, 2.5)); Blink teleports 18 yards forward once F unlocks at level 5. Built for push-high waves with six AOE tools, not a plate soak.

  • Opener: Frostbolt — 12 damage every 1.3s at 24 yards, Slow(0.5, 2.5) attached.
  • AOE tags (6): Frost Nova, Arcane Explosion, Blizzard, Flamestrike, Cone of Cold, Blast Wave.
  • Clocks — first boss 2:15, win 15:00. Blink on F: Teleport 18 yards forward. 10s cooldown.

Mage build at a glance

RoleRanged AOE control
Featured kitFrost Control
Starting spellFrostbolt · 12 dmg · 1.3s · 1 target · 24 yd
AOE count6 tagged AOE spells
Max HP120
Move speed7.5 yd/s
F abilityBlink at level 5 · 10s · Teleport 18 yards forward.
Spell pool / cap11 in pool · cap 6
Difficulty5/5 — 120 HP, eleven-spell pool, six AOE — heaviest draft
Best forPushing high waves with six AOE tools

Full kit numbers live on the Mage class page. Slow or Root rides on five of the eleven spells, so the pool below is as much a control kit as a damage one. The nine-class directory is on /builds.

Core combo and skill priority

The run plays itself between levels — casts fire on their own and the draft is the input. Frost Control is the four-spell frame (Blizzard, Frost Nova, Cone of Cold, Blast Wave), drawn from three-card offers weighted toward what you already own: 1.2 for owned-spell upgrades, 1.0 for new class spells, 0.8 for passive upgrades, 0.5 for new passives per the card table. One level-up will not finish the set.

  1. 0–5 min. Open on Frostbolt (12 damage, 1.3s, 1 target, 24 yards, Slow(0.5, 2.5)). Draft Frost Nova (8 damage, 9-yard nova, Root(2.5)) and Blizzard (7 damage over a 7-yard circle for 6s, Slow(0.6, 1.5)) as they appear; Blink arrives at level 5, an 18-yard teleport on a 10s cooldown. First boss lands at 2:15.
  2. Mid run. Cone of Cold (14 damage, 11-yard cone, Slow(0.5, 3.0)) and Blast Wave (18 damage, 8-yard nova, Slow(0.6, 2.0)) finish Frost Control. Keep ranking Frostbolt — its extra targets come from card ranks 3, 5, and 7. Pyroblast waits until the control four are in.
  3. Late run. Give Pyroblast (70 damage, 6s, 30 yards) the last slot once the slows are set; Arcane Explosion and Flamestrike are the fallback AOE tags if a core card never shows. The run closes at 15:00.

Other names in the 11-spell pool, outside Frost Control: Pyroblast (70 damage, 6/s, 6s, 30 yards); Fireball (20 damage, 2.4s, 26 yards); Fire Blast (26 damage, 3.5s, 18 yards); Flamestrike (14 damage, 8s, 20 yards); Arcane Explosion (10 damage, 2.8s, 20 yards); Arcane Missiles (6 damage, 1.9s, 22 yards, 3 targets).

Another named kit is Mage Pyro Burst build.

Pyro Burst kit

Pyroblast is the highest base single-hit spell in the Mage pool (70 damage). Fireball, Fire Blast and Flamestrike share the fire kit. Core cards: Pyroblast, Fireball, Fire Blast, Flamestrike.

CardRanks
Pyroblast (70 damage)R2: Damage 70 » 91 · Cooldown 6s » 5.58s · Lasts 6s » 6.6s · R3: Damage 91 » 112 · Cooldown 5.58s » 5.19s · Targets 1 » 2 · Lasts 6.6s » 7.2s · R4: Damage 112 » 133 · Cooldown 5.19s » 4.83s · Lasts 7.2s » 7.8s · R5: Damage 133 » 154 · Cooldown 4.83s » 4.49s · Targets 2 » 3 · Lasts 7.8s » 8.4s · R6: Damage 154 » 175 · Cooldown 4.49s » 4.17s · Lasts 8.4s » 9s · R7: Damage 175 » 196 · Cooldown 4.17s » 3.88s · Targets 3 » 4 · Lasts 9s » 9.6s · R8: Damage 196 » 217 · Cooldown 3.88s » 3.61s · Lasts 9.6s » 10.2s
Fireball (20 damage)R2: Damage 20 » 26 · Cooldown 2.4s » 2.23s · Area 3.5 » 3.78 yd · R3: Damage 26 » 32 · Cooldown 2.23s » 2.08s · Targets 1 » 2 · Area 3.78 » 4.06 yd · R4: Damage 32 » 38 · Cooldown 2.08s » 1.93s · Area 4.06 » 4.34 yd · R5: Damage 38 » 44 · Cooldown 1.93s » 1.8s · Targets 2 » 3 · Area 4.34 » 4.62 yd · R6: Damage 44 » 50 · Cooldown 1.8s » 1.67s · Area 4.62 » 4.9 yd · R7: Damage 50 » 56 · Cooldown 1.67s » 1.55s · Targets 3 » 4 · Area 4.9 » 5.18 yd · R8: Damage 56 » 62 · Cooldown 1.55s » 1.44s · Area 5.18 » 5.46 yd
Fire Blast (26 damage)R2: Damage 26 » 33.8 · Cooldown 3.5s » 3.26s · R3: Damage 33.8 » 41.6 · Cooldown 3.26s » 3.03s · Targets 1 » 2 · R4: Damage 41.6 » 49.4 · Cooldown 3.03s » 2.82s · R5: Damage 49.4 » 57.2 · Cooldown 2.82s » 2.62s · Targets 2 » 3 · R6: Damage 57.2 » 65 · Cooldown 2.62s » 2.43s · R7: Damage 65 » 72.8 · Cooldown 2.43s » 2.26s · Targets 3 » 4 · R8: Damage 72.8 » 80.6 · Cooldown 2.26s » 2.11s
Flamestrike (14 damage)R2: Damage 14 » 18.2 · Cooldown 8s » 7.44s · Area 5 » 5.4 yd · Lasts 4s » 4.4s · R3: Damage 18.2 » 22.4 · Cooldown 7.44s » 6.92s · Targets 1 » 2 · Area 5.4 » 5.8 yd · Lasts 4.4s » 4.8s · R4: Damage 22.4 » 26.6 · Cooldown 6.92s » 6.43s · Area 5.8 » 6.2 yd · Lasts 4.8s » 5.2s · R5: Damage 26.6 » 30.8 · Cooldown 6.43s » 5.98s · Targets 2 » 3 · Area 6.2 » 6.6 yd · Lasts 5.2s » 5.6s · R6: Damage 30.8 » 35 · Cooldown 5.98s » 5.57s · Area 6.6 » 7 yd · Lasts 5.6s » 6s · R7: Damage 35 » 39.2 · Cooldown 5.57s » 5.18s · Targets 3 » 4 · Area 7 » 7.4 yd · Lasts 6s » 6.4s · R8: Damage 39.2 » 43.4 · Cooldown 5.18s » 4.81s · Area 7.4 » 7.8 yd · Lasts 6.4s » 6.8s

What to level first

Take Frostbolt upgrades on sight: the bolt is equipped from spawn, owned-spell ranks carry the 1.2 offer weight, and card ranks 3, 5, and 7 add a target each. A Frost Control card still outranks a stray single-target pick — the four named slows are the build, everything else is filler.

11 pool names against a 6-spell, rank-8 cap means 5 stay home. Lock Blizzard, Frost Nova, Cone of Cold, and Blast Wave first; only then weigh Pyroblast's 70-damage hit or the fire line for the last seats.

Passives draw from the same 10-card pool every class uses — 6 held at rank 5, no mage tree in this snapshot. Blink never shows on a card; it lands at level 5 on the unlock timer.

PassiveStatPer rankCap
Blessing of MightMight0.10.5
Power Word: FortitudeMaxHp0.21
Aspect of the PackSpeed0.10.5
RenewRegen0.52.5
Arcane IntellectHaste0.080.4
Amplify MagicArea0.10.5
Detect Lesser InvisibilityMagnet0.42
Blessing of WisdomGrowth0.080.4
Mark of the WildArmor15
Blessing of KingsCrit0.050.25

Mage's kit matchups

The Mage row reads 120 HP, 7.5 yd/s, Frostbolt out to 24 yards, 6 AOE tags — and Blink, a flat 18-yard teleport rather than a speed buff. The table below stacks those extracted rows against four other kits; it is kit data, not a timed ladder.

Bosses start at 2:15 on every map in this file, HP grows x(1+0.75*progress), damage x(1+0.9*progress), and the run ends at 15:00.

How Mage changed in v1

v1 marks this site's data snapshot — Aethus publishes no numbered changelog for it. The Mage rows above come straight from the extracted kit: 11 spells, Frostbolt start, Blink at 5, 120 HP, 7.5 yd/s, 6 tagged AOE. Source commit eb9bbe3 (2026-10-13); the Windows file we extracted is stamped 2026-10-19 18:26 GMT.

If a newer client shows different numbers, the Mage spell table is what the next extraction updates — check it first.

Mage vs the other classes

ClassHPAOEStartBuild
Mage1206FrostboltThis page
Warrior1604CleaveWarrior build
Hunter1352Arcane ShotHunter build
Warlock1202Shadow BoltWarlock build
Priest1202SmitePriest build

Warrior is the plate soak on 160 HP. Hunter is the other long-range start. Warlock is the DoT spread on cloth. Priest is the shield kit. For the S/A/B/C board, open the tier list.

Mage talents (checked in game 0.130.1)

Source: our playtest of wow.aethus.pl on 2026-10-30. This talent tree snapshot is 0.130.1. Effects are copied from the in-game tooltip with no points spent. Talents change often — check the in-game tree.

Arcane
  1. Row 1
  2. Arcane Focus (5 ranks) — Arcane spells deal 5% more damage.
  3. Arcane Subtlety (5 ranks) — Increases your luck by 8%.
  1. Row 2
  2. Improved Arcane Explosion (3 ranks) — Arcane Explosion reaches 12% farther.Requires 5 points in Arcane
  3. Magic Absorption (5 ranks) — Increases your maximum health by 4%.Requires 5 points in Arcane
  1. Row 3
  2. 10-point milestone: Arcane Concentration (1 rank) — Clearcasting: every spell you cast has a 30% chance to set off a free Arcane Explosion.Requires 10 points in Arcane
  3. Arcane Meditation (3 ranks) — Regenerate 0.6 more health per second.Requires 10 points in Arcane
  1. Row 4
  2. Arcane Mind (5 ranks) — Your cooldowns recover 2.5% faster.Requires 15 points in Arcane
  3. Improved Blink (3 ranks) — Increases your movement speed by 3%.Requires 15 points in Arcane
  1. Row 5
  2. 20-point milestone: Presence of Mind (1 rank) — Arcane Missiles fires 2 more missiles, and each missile leaps on to another enemy for its full damage.Requires 20 points in Arcane · Requires 1 rank in Arcane Concentration
  3. Arcane Instability (3 ranks) — Increases all damage and your critical strike chance by 2%.Requires 20 points in Arcane
  1. Row 6
  2. Arcane Fortitude (3 ranks) — Reduces all damage taken by 2.5%.Requires 25 points in Arcane
  3. Arcane Reach (3 ranks) — 2.5% chance for any spell to strike twice.Requires 25 points in Arcane
  1. Row 7
  2. Capstone: Arcane Power (1 rank) — You start every run with Arcane Missiles instead of Fireball, and your spells strike twice 20% more often. Your echoes cascade: a spell that strikes twice by chance rolls again to strike once more, up to 3 more times in a row.Requires 30 points in Arcane · Requires 1 rank in Presence of Mind
Fire
  1. Row 1
  2. Improved Fireball (5 ranks) — Fireball's cooldown is 4% shorter.
  3. Impact (5 ranks) — Your Fire spells have a 2% chance to stun what they hit for 1 sec.
  1. Row 2
  2. Flame Throwing (2 ranks) — Fire spells cover 6% more ground.Requires 5 points in Fire
  3. Improved Flamestrike (5 ranks) — Flamestrike and Blast Wave deal 6% more damage.Requires 5 points in Fire
  1. Row 3
  2. 10-point milestone: Ignite (1 rank) — Your Fire critical strikes ignite the target for 80% of the hit over 4 sec.Requires 10 points in Fire
  3. Incinerate (3 ranks) — Fire Blast deals 12% more damage.Requires 10 points in Fire
  1. Row 4
  2. Master of Elements (3 ranks) — Increases your critical strike damage by 8%.Requires 15 points in Fire
  3. Critical Mass (3 ranks) — Increases your critical strike chance by 1.5%.Requires 15 points in Fire
  1. Row 5
  2. 20-point milestone: Hot Streak (1 rank) — Every fourth Fire critical strike casts a free Pyroblast, at most twice a second.Requires 20 points in Fire · Requires 1 rank in Ignite
  3. Fire Power (5 ranks) — Fire spells deal 4% more damage.Requires 20 points in Fire
  1. Row 6
  2. Burning Soul (3 ranks) — Increases your maximum health by 3%.Requires 25 points in Fire
  3. Improved Blast Wave (3 ranks) — Blast Wave and Pyroblast cooldowns are 8% shorter.Requires 25 points in Fire
  1. Row 7
  2. Capstone: Pyroclasm (1 rank) — You start every run with Pyroblast, and enemies killed by your Fire spells explode for 25% of their maximum health on everything within 6 yd, at most 3 a second.Requires 30 points in Fire · Requires 1 rank in Hot Streak
Frost
  1. Row 1
  2. Frost Warding (5 ranks) — Reduces all damage taken by 1%.
  3. Improved Frostbolt (5 ranks) — Frostbolt's cooldown is 4% shorter.
  1. Row 2
  2. Elemental Precision (3 ranks) — Increases all damage by 2%.Requires 5 points in Frost
  3. Ice Shards (5 ranks) — Increases your critical strike damage by 6%.Requires 5 points in Frost
  1. Row 3
  2. 10-point milestone: Frostbite (1 rank) — Your Frost spells have a 40% chance to freeze what they hit in place for 1.5 sec.Requires 10 points in Frost
  3. Piercing Ice (3 ranks) — Frost spells deal 5% more damage.Requires 10 points in Frost
  1. Row 4
  2. Shatter (5 ranks) — You deal 5% more damage to frozen, stunned, slowed or fleeing enemies.Requires 15 points in Frost
  3. Arctic Reach (2 ranks) — Frost Nova, Cone of Cold and Blizzard reach 10% farther.Requires 15 points in Frost
  1. Row 5
  2. 20-point milestone: Splitting Ice (1 rank) — Frostbolt splinters on impact: 100% of its damage to every enemy within 5 yd of its target.Requires 20 points in Frost · Requires 1 rank in Frostbite
  3. Frost Channeling (3 ranks) — Your cooldowns recover 2.5% faster.Requires 20 points in Frost
  1. Row 6
  2. Permafrost (3 ranks) — Increases your maximum health by 3%.Requires 25 points in Frost
  3. Improved Ice Barrier (3 ranks) — Ice Barrier absorbs 20% more.Requires 25 points in Frost
  1. Row 7
  2. Capstone: Summon Water Elemental (1 rank) — You start every run with Frostbolt instead of Fireball. A Water Elemental fights at your side, hurling Frostbolts, and a free Frost Nova bursts from you every 8 sec.Requires 30 points in Frost · Requires 1 rank in Splitting Ice
Mage talent trees, in-game screenshot
Mage talent trees, in-game screenshot · game 0.130.1

FAQ

What is the best Mage build in Azeroth Survivors?
Frost Control — Blizzard, Frost Nova, Cone of Cold, Blast Wave — is the featured set: four slows and roots from an 11-spell cloth pool on 120 HP, 6 of them tagged AOE. Frostbolt opens every run, Blink unlocks on F at level 5, and Pyro Burst (Pyroblast, Fireball, Fire Blast, Flamestrike) is the second named line.
What should Mage level first?
Frostbolt ranks whenever offered — equipped from the start at 12 damage on a 1.3s cycle out to 24 yards, Slow(0.5, 2.5) attached. Frost Nova (8 damage, 9-yard nova, Root(2.5)) and Blizzard (7 damage, 7-yard ground for 6s) are the next picks, ahead of spare bolts; the cap stops you at six.
When does Mage Blink unlock?
Level 5, like every class's F spell. Blink teleports 18 yards on a 10s cooldown — before it, the kit walks at 7.5 yd/s behind a 24-yard Frostbolt.
Can you play Mage without Blizzard?
Yes — the pool carries 5 more AOE tags (Frost Nova, Arcane Explosion, Flamestrike, Cone of Cold, Blast Wave) plus the Frostbolt opener. Blizzard is Frost Control's ground circle, not a requirement; Pyroblast's 70-damage hit lives on the Pyro Burst side.

Data from the game's open-source build, updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: GitHub rebuild data and in-game playtests.