Mage ability · learned at level 30 · Arcane
Arcane Blast Rank 2
Arcane BlastRank 2
15% of base Mana30 yd range
2.5 sec cast
Blasts the target with energy, dealing 131 to 152 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage of all your other spells is increased by 10% and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 8 sec or until any other damage spell is cast. [level-scaled values shown at level 38]
In Blizzard's notes
What Blizzard said about Arcane Blast, each line checked against the files.
- Matches the files
Arcane Blast: (New 11-point gold medal talent. New spell.) This version of Arcane Blast is a redesign of the one known from early World of Warcraft expansions. It deals immediate damage with a 2.5 second cast, and then increases the damage done by all other Mage spells and increases its own Mana cost. These increases stack up to 4 times and last 8 seconds or until any other spell is cast. Older versions of Arcane Blast encouraged Mages to only cast that one spell. This new version encourages Mages to make use of other spells in their toolkit after increasing their damage by building an Arcane Blast stack.
The files Arcane Blast (400574) is a 1-point talent in Arcane row 3, the 11th point, with a 2.5 sec cast. Each cast adds 10% damage to your other spells and 175% to its own mana cost, stacking 4 times for 8 sec, and the tooltip ends it when any other damage spell is cast.
Arcane Blast (rank 1)Arcane BlastArcane Blast (rank 2)Arcane Blast (rank 3)Arcane Blast (rank 4)Arcane Blast (rank 5)Class deep dives: Mage and Shaman - Matches the files
Improved Channeling: (Formerly Improved Arcane Missiles.) Now also grants Arcane Blast protection against spellcasting interruption from taking damage.
The files Improved Channeling (11237, Classic's Improved Arcane Missiles) keeps 20-100% for Arcane Missiles and adds a 14/28/42/56/70% chance to avoid interruption while casting Arcane Blast (tooltip, second effect curve).
Improved ChannelingArcane BlastClass deep dives: Mage and Shaman - Matches the files
Arcane Resilience: Moved from row 3 up to row 2. No longer a gold medal talent. Now 2 talent points for the same effect.
The files Arcane row 2 in 70291 (Classic row 3), 2 ranks for armor equal to 25/50% of Intellect where Classic gave 50% from 1 point. Row 3's 1-point slot belongs to Arcane Blast.
Arcane ResilienceArcane BlastClass deep dives: Mage and Shaman
History
- 69876 Sep 16First beta build we archived. No changes in the client files since.