Mage in WoW Forever: talents, builds and changes from Classic

One button for both armors: Ice Armor for levelling and melee pressure; with Shift, Mage Armor for mana regeneration. Only one can be active at a time.

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Mage Armor; Ice Armor

Set your tank as focus and this macro takes the tank's target and casts Frostbolt on it: you always hit what the tank is hitting without hunting for it. Without a focus, it attacks your target.

#showtooltip Frostbolt
/assist [@focus,help,nodead]
/cast [harm,nodead] Frostbolt

For levelling: if your target is dead it drops it, if you have none it grabs the nearest enemy in front of you and casts Frostbolt.

#showtooltip Frostbolt
/cleartarget [dead]
/targetenemy [noexists]
/cast [harm,nodead] Frostbolt

Stops your current cast and finishes instantly with Fire Blast: for the enemy about to die or run away.

#showtooltip Fire Blast
/stopcasting
/cast Fire Blast

Out of combat it opens with Pyroblast; in combat it casts Fireball. With Shift, Pyroblast even in combat (for when your Fire talents shorten its cast). Pyroblast is a Fire talent.

#showtooltip
/cast [nocombat][mod:shift] Pyroblast; Fireball

Your main Frost spell and, with Shift, Ice Lance for when the target is frozen. Ice Lance is a Frost talent (level 20).

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Ice Lance; Frostbolt

Builds one Arcane Blast and spends it with Arcane Missiles; restarts on a new target or after 8 s, the stack duration. Arcane Blast is an Arcane talent.

#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=target/8 Arcane Blast, Arcane Missiles

Drops the area exactly where you point, no green circle: Blizzard; with Shift, Flamestrike.

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift,@cursor] Flamestrike; [@cursor] Blizzard

Pops both trinkets (slots 13 and 14) and casts Pyroblast with the extra power. If a trinket has no on-use effect or is on cooldown, that line does nothing. Pyroblast is a Fire talent.

#showtooltip Pyroblast
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Pyroblast

In combat it pops your trinkets and drops Blizzard where you point; out of combat it saves the trinkets (so you can pull without wasting them).

#showtooltip Blizzard
/use [combat] 13
/use [combat] 14
/cast [@cursor] Blizzard

Stops your own cast and counters the enemy under your mouse, your focus or, failing that, your target, without switching targets.

#showtooltip Counterspell
/stopcasting
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][@focus,harm,nodead][] Counterspell

Sheep whatever is under your mouse or your focus without losing your target; otherwise, your target.

#showtooltip Polymorph
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][@focus,harm,nodead][] Polymorph

With Shift your target becomes your focus and gets sheeped; without Shift you re-sheep the focus when it breaks while you keep hitting something else.

#showtooltip Polymorph
/focus [mod:shift]
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Polymorph

If you have no focus (or it died), your target becomes the focus and gets sheeped; if you already have a living focus, it re-sheeps that one even while you hit something else. No more losing the sheep by pressing on the wrong target.

#showtooltip Polymorph
/focus [@focus,noexists][@focus,dead]
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Polymorph

Freezes whatever is on you with Frost Nova; with Shift, Cone of Cold to slow what is in front of you.

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Cone of Cold; Frost Nova

First press puts you in Ice Block; press again while inside to leave early (once you are healed or the danger is over).

#showtooltip Ice Block
/cancelaura Ice Block
/cast Ice Block

A press stops your cast and puts you in Ice Block; pressing again by accident won't take you out. To leave early, hold Shift.

#showtooltip Ice Block
/cancelaura [mod:shift] Ice Block
/stopmacro [mod:shift]
/stopcasting
/cast Ice Block

Stops your current cast and blinks at once: if you get caught mid-cast, no waiting or double pressing.

#showtooltip Blink
/stopcasting
/cast Blink

Fire Ward; with Shift, Frost Ward. Put it up before the caster you know hits you.

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Frost Ward; Fire Ward

Ice Barrier; with Shift, Mana Shield while the barrier is on cooldown. Ice Barrier is a Frost talent (level 40); without it, just use Mana Shield.

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Mana Shield; Ice Barrier

Buffs whoever is under your mouse; if nobody, yourself.

#showtooltip Arcane Intellect
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][@player] Arcane Intellect

Removes the curse from whoever is under your mouse or your focus without switching targets; otherwise, your target.

#showtooltip Remove Lesser Curse
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][@focus,help,nodead][] Remove Lesser Curse

Dampen Magic (less spell damage, but less healing too) on whoever is under your mouse; with Shift, Amplify Magic for a group that heals a lot.

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift,@mouseover,help,nodead][mod:shift] Amplify Magic; [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Dampen Magic

Without looking at frames: Shift for party member 1, Ctrl for 2, Alt for 3 and right-click on the button for 4; with nothing, whoever is under your mouse or yourself. Member order follows your party frames.

#showtooltip Remove Lesser Curse
/cast [mod:shift,@party1][mod:ctrl,@party2][mod:alt,@party3][btn:2,@party4][@mouseover,help,nodead][@player] Remove Lesser Curse

From level 56: Arcane Brilliance for the whole group and, with Shift, Arcane Intellect on whoever is under your mouse (the late joiner).

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift,@mouseover,help,nodead][mod:shift,@player] Arcane Intellect; Arcane Brilliance

Out of combat only: each press casts, in order, Arcane Intellect on yourself, Ice Armor, water, food and a Mana Agate; it restarts after a minute. In combat it does nothing, so you can't press it by mistake.

#showtooltip Conjure Water
/stopmacro [combat]
/castsequence [@player] reset=60 Arcane Intellect, Ice Armor, Conjure Water, Conjure Food, Conjure Mana Agate

One button for both: first press conjures water, the next one food.

#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=10 Conjure Water, Conjure Food

Slow Fall on whoever is under your mouse (the friend jumping with you) or, if nobody, yourself.

#showtooltip Slow Fall
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][@player] Slow Fall

Stormwind; with Shift, Ironforge; with Ctrl, Darnassus (that one from level 30).

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:ctrl] Teleport: Darnassus; [mod:shift] Teleport: Ironforge; Teleport: Stormwind

Orgrimmar; with Shift, Undercity; with Ctrl, Thunder Bluff (that one from level 30).

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:ctrl] Teleport: Thunder Bluff; [mod:shift] Teleport: Undercity; Teleport: Orgrimmar

From level 40: portal to Stormwind; with Shift, Ironforge; with Ctrl, Darnassus (from 50).

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:ctrl] Portal: Darnassus; [mod:shift] Portal: Ironforge; Portal: Stormwind

From level 40: portal to Orgrimmar; with Shift, Undercity; with Ctrl, Thunder Bluff (from 50).

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:ctrl] Portal: Thunder Bluff; [mod:shift] Portal: Undercity; Portal: Orgrimmar