Not all classes received massive adjustments, but Mage certainly saw a fair amount of class changes (although Frost received the fewest changes). Below is the full list of class changes made to Mage in the Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 pre-expansion. For the full patch notes, be sure to check out the link here, where additional class changes are listed.
Mage - Shadowlands update 9.0.1 class changes
GENERAL
- Mirror Image is no longer a talent and is learned by all mages at level 44. Mirror Image damage is greatly reduced, Frostbolt is added to all Mirror Images, and while your images are active, damage taken are reduced by 20%. If you suffer direct damage, one of your images will dissipate.
- All mages can now use the following abilities:
- Arcane Blast - Causes magic to explode around the caster, inflicting Arcane damage to all enemies within 10 yards.
- Frostbolt - Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, dealing Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 50% for 8 seconds.
- Fire Blast - Blast enemy for fire damage
- The following talents have been adjusted:
- New Talent: Focus Magic - Increases the target's chance to be critically hit with spells by 5% for 30 minutes. When the target hits a critical hit, your chance to be critically hit with spells is increased by 5% for 10 seconds. Cannot be cast on oneself. Limit of one target.
- Shimmer's cooldown has been increased to 25 seconds (was 20 seconds).
- Rune of Power now places a Rune of Power on the ground for 15 seconds (was 10 seconds) and has an additional effect: Casting Arcane Power, Combustion, or Frozen Veins will also create a Rune of Power at your location.
- Ring of Frost Disability duration in PvE increased by 50% and has an additional effect - When the incapacity expires enemies are slowed by 65% for 4 seconds.
ESOTERIC
- New Ability: Alter Time - Changes the structure of time, returning you to your current location and health when you cast a second time, or after 10 seconds. Effect canceled by long distance or death.
- Mastery: Scholar now has an additional effect - Increases all other Arcane damage.
- Clearcasting now has additional effects - Stacks up to 3 times and fires 1 additional missile from your Arcane Missiles.
- Arcane Power cooldown reduced to 2 minutes (was 3 minutes).
- Touch of the Magi is no longer a talent and is learned by all Arcane Mages at level 33. Touch of the Magi has been redesigned - Applies Touch of the Magi to your current target, accumulating 25% of the damage you deal to the target for 8 seconds, then detonate for that amount of Arcane damage dealt to the target and reduce damage dealt to all nearby enemies. Generates 4 Arcane Charges on cast and has a 45 second cooldown.
- Arcane Power no longer has a global cooldown.
- The following talents have been adjusted:
- New Talent: Master of Time (Replaces Mana Shield) - Reduces the cooldown of Alter Time by 30 seconds. Alter Time resets Blink's cooldown when you return to your original location.
- New Talent: Arcane Echo (Replaces Charged Up) - Direct damage you deal to enemies affected by Touch of the Magi causes an explosion that deals Arcane damage to 8 nearby enemies.
- Amplification allows Arcane Missiles to fire 2 additional missiles when Clearcast (was 1).
- Resonance damage per target hit with Arcane Barrage has been increased to 15% (was 10%).
- Temporal Anomaly now grants Temporal Warp for 6 seconds and no longer grants 4 Arcane Charges.
- Void Storm now deals reduced damage to secondary targets.
- PvP talent changes:
- The rewind time has been removed.
FEU
- Mastery: Ignite now allows your Phoenix Flames to diffuse your Ignites on 8 nearby enemies. Ignite no longer propagates to a nearby enemy every 2 seconds.
- Phoenix Flames is no longer a talent and is learned by all fire mages at level 19. Now Phoenix Flames has a 25 second cooldown (was 30 seconds), damage increased by 15% and no guarantee plus a critical hit.
- Improved Pyrotechnics is now Fireball (Rank 2).
- Phoenix Flames now deals reduced damage to secondary targets.
- The following talents have been adjusted:
- New Talent: From the Ashes (Passive) - Increases Phoenix Flames' Mastery by 2% for every charge outside of cooldown, and your direct damage critical hits reduce its cooldown by 1 second.
- Explosive Wave damage increased by 5% and duration increased to 6 seconds (was 4 seconds).
- Alextrasza's Fury now always strikes critically and increases critical hit damage by 50% and has an additional effect - The damage dealt by your next Pyroblast or Flamestrike is increased by 35%.
- Ignite now reduces the remaining cooldown on Combustion by 1,5 seconds (was 1 second).
- Pyroclasm now increases Pyroblast bonus damage by 250% (was 225%).
- Living Bomb now deals reduced damage to secondary targets.
GEL
- Flurry now slows the target's movement speed by 80% (was 70%).
- Icy Veins no longer has a global cooldown.
- Frozen Orb now limited to 8 targets.
- The following talents have been adjusted.
- Frigid Winds' additional movement speed reduction is now 10% (was 15%).
- Ice Nova now deals reduced damage to secondary targets.
