Saturday, April 14, 2012

Arcane or Frost for leveling?

[:1]I know this question probably gets asked a lot, but I just started a goblin mage, and I've been deciding on a talent spec to level with.

I tried searching, and I didn't really see sample builds or anything concerning the most helpful talents to level with, so I was wondering...which spec is better for leveling? and would it be possible to link a sample build for me to see?

EDIT: keep in mind, I have a couple heirlooms, and plan to be doing questing/queuing for instances all the way up to 85. maybe pvp here and there, but nothing serious
From what I've read on the forums, it's said that Frost for Solo Leveling concentration, and Arcane for Instance leveling.

Personally, I leveled this toon purely Arcane; and I'm leveling a second toon purely on Fire.

Go with what makes you happy :) You can always re-spec if you go the wrong way.
Doesn't really matter. They're both fantastic for leveling.
Frost is better overall with survivability and decent damage, but any of the three specs work for leveling, chose what you prefer.
thanks for the quick replies guys. I think I'll go with frost for now.
I leveled this character over the last couple of weeks, almost entirely as arcane, and it was mostly a breeze. 1-80, everything died before it reached me, never ran out of mana.

I switched to frost from 80-81, because the Hyjal mobs were painful in quest greens from Northrend, and I needed the added survivability of frost. Once I had picked up a bunch of Hyjal quest greens, I switched back to arcane and it worked quite well.

I like frost, but I'm always clicking on my water elemental when I try to loot mobs. He likes to stand in just the wrong spot.
They all work. Leveled my first mage as frost, leveled this mage as fire, friend recently leveled his as arcane.
All 3 mage trees work fine for leveling. Just use whichever one you like playing most.

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