Mage quick leveling? : World of Warcraft General Discussions

Hi, i was looking to make a mage cause it would be a nice change of pace but i duno how ppl lvl it soo fast. I saw one guy who i started with as UD mage and he got his to 70 in a month and im only lvl 34.. i do not know hwo he did it and he refuses to tell. so anyone have any suggestions. right now im fire specc'd fully. so any help would be nice. Thanks!

yeah i heard that too but im only a lvl 11 mage

The quickest way to level is quest. If you buy(or find a free version) joanna's leveling guide, you'll blow through quest pretty fast. I use this guide on my BE pally and was level 70 in about a month. The big part of leveling "fast" is the amount of time you put in. The more hours you play a day, the quicker you'll level when speaking days/weeks/months. Of course if your a casual player, it'll take long to level no matter what you do.

If you don't prefer doing quest, as a mage I would go frost. Grab improved blizzard and just find Melee mobs in your level range and grab as many as you can handle and Blizzard them down. AOE farming if down right can be very effective.

This strategy has been tested by many people and myself so it absolutely works great! On the down side this strategy only works with mages and priests. A group of a mage and a priest is the ideal way for this strategy to work.

Once mage gets instant arcane explosion then it is off to the races by killing groups of monsters slightly lower level than the mage/priest and be able to kill 10-20 of the mobs at once using AOE spells from the mage and the priest's flash heal spell but can also do it without the flash heal spell to some degree.


Here are the main spots to grind:

lvl 20-22 humaoids in mine in Windshear Crag, Stonetalon Mtns
lvl 24-30 furlbolg camps in Ashenvale
lvl 28-30 humamoids in Azureload mine
lvl 32-35 humanoid farms in Arathi Highlands (Dabryie's Farmstead is GREAT)
lvl 35-36 murlocks in northeastern dustwallow marsh.
lvl 35-39 trolls in northern Stranglethorn Vale.
lvl 36-40 Syndicate camps north of Tarren Mill and into Alterac Mountains (beware casters in some of the camps!).

lvl 44-45 humanoid pirates on the east coast of Tanaris.
lvl 46-48 Rage Scar Yetis in Feralas.
lvl 53-54 undead at Dalson's Tears in Western Plaguelands (great! but make sure you can ward off fear somehow).
lvl 57-60 Ogres in Deadwind pass.
Remember that there are many more great places that this will work (at some cases better) than the spots listed here. The only reason they are not listed is because they haven't been found yet! Here are a few pointers to keep in mind when finding a place to use this strategy.

Monsters that are ranged are tougher to do this strategy on, but not impossible.
Avoid monsters that silence, mana burn, fear, sleep, etc.
Target monsters a few levels lower than your mage for maximum XP yield.

Tips for the Mage
Use frost nova to root monsters so that you can AOE them without getting damaged as much. Also remember that you can combo frost nova with cone of cold for some massive damage if you are frost specced!
If the priest is getting hit you are both dead since his heals will be interrupted. Make sure you move around to keep aggro on all monsters.
Frost nova will also prevent mobs from running when they get low hp.

Mage Build
Pretty much any build will do, just make sure that you have improved arcane explosion. If you go frost make sure to get improved crit % of cone of cold as well as lower the cooldown on frost nova. If you go fire then combustion is nice for that initial bang.

Priest Build
Improved PW:S is a very wise investment. Also improved flash heal (70% chance to not be interrupted) is a good thing to have if you want your mage to be able to survive while you are getting hit, however it is not necessary if your mage is doing his job.

Finally, a mage can do this himself without a priest but it is much less efficient. Typically a mage can only do this to 3-5 monsters at a time maximum because of their low hp and no healing abilities. If you do the math, 5/1 is less than 20/2 so by duoing with a priest you are actually increasing your own profits! ]

tjis is gud if you can find a priest m8. you don't know mayb a nice piest will help you as it will help them lvl as well.

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http://www.carboniteaddon.com/

And b4 any one starts i am not advertising this.I am just making a suggestion
for a good addon that can help alot.