An Overview of Mage Class Changes in the War Within Patch 11.0.5

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• Arcane Intellect now costs 1% base mana (was 4%).
• Alter Time’s visuals have been updated.
• Shifting Power’s icon has been updated.
• Ice Floes now allows you to cast Portal and Teleport spells while moving.

• Excess Fire has been updated — No longer generates Living Bomb. Instead generates a Frostfire Burst, dealing moderate Frostfire damage in an 8-yard radius. Damage reduced beyond 8 targets.
• Frostfire Burst damage increased by 25%.
• Frostfire Burst’s visuals have been updated.
• Frostfire Infusion damage increased by 50%.
• Isothermic Core Meteor damage increased by 15%.
• Isothermic Core Comet Storm damage increased by 25%.

• New Talent: Signature Spell — Arcane: When Magi's Spark explodes, you conjure 6 Arcane Splinters. Frost: Consuming Winter's Chill with Glacial Spike conjures 2 additional Frost Splinters.
• Splintering Orbs can now generate a maximum of 6 Splinters (was 4 Splinters).
• Volatile Magic now correctly benefits from damage bonuses.
• Gravity Lapse cooldown increased to 40 seconds (was 30 seconds).

• Gravity Lapse target cap increased to 8 targets (was 5) and Gravity Lapse now stuns instead of rooting.
• Gravity Lapse now roots instead of stunning in PvP only.
• Gravity Lapse’s visual effects have been updated.
• Meteorites are now summoned instantly.
• Spellfire Spheres are now anchored relative to your chest’s position.

• New Talent: Aethervision — Consuming Nether Precision with Arcane Blast increases the damage of your next Arcane Barrage by 10% and causes it to generate 2 Arcane Charges. Stacks up to 2 times.
• Time Loop has been updated — Now also increases the duration of Arcane Debilitation by 2 seconds and its chance to trigger increased to 25% (was 15%).
• Leydrinker has been updated — No longer affects Arcane Barrage and casting Touch of the Magi now grants Leydrinker. Leydrinker’s chance to trigger increased to 25% (was 20%).
• Charged Orb has been updated — Now also increases the damage of Arcane Orb by 15%.
• Consortium's Bauble has been updated — Now increases Arcane Blast’s damage by 8% and reduces its mana cost by 5%. Consortium’s Bauble’s position in the tree has changed.
• Fixed an issue that caused Arcane Debilitation to contribute twice its damage increase.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to double dip the last stack of Nether Precision with a spell-queued Arcane Barrage.
• Arcane Missiles no longer consumes Ice Floes if you have Slipstream talented.
• Some talents have changed positions.
• Resonant Orbs has been removed.

• Arcane Splinter damage increased by 26%.
• Spellfrost Teachings chance to trigger reduced to 2%.
• Splinterstorm now has a 5% chance to generate Clearcasting.
• Unerring Proficiency damage bonus increased to 20% (was 16%).
• Spellfrost Teachings now properly increases your Arcane Orb damage by 10% for 10 seconds.
• Fixed an issue where Splinterstorm damage was not equal to Splinter damage.

• Glorious Incandescence has been updated — Now causes Arcane Barrage to deal 30% increased damage in addition to its previous effects.
• Memory of Al'ar’s Arcane Soul extension amount increased to 1 second (was 0.5 seconds).
• Ignite the Future now also increases the maximum stacks of Mana Cascade to 15.
• Burden of Power no longer affects Arcane Barrage.
• Fixed an issue that was causing Mana Cascade to grant 0.5% Haste per stack to Arcane instead of 1%.
• Arcane Soul’s overlay has been updated.

• Majesty of the Phoenix has been updated — Casting Phoenix Flames causes your next Flamestrike to have its critical strike chance increased by 20% and critical strike damage increased by 20%. Stacks up to 3 times.
• All ability damage reduced by 3%.
• Lit Fuse now has a 6% chance to trigger (was 4%).
• Explosive Ingenuity now increases Lit Fuse’s chance to trigger by 4% (was 3%).
• Explosive Ingenuity now increases Living Bomb’s damage by 50% (was 25%).
• Explosivo’s Living Bomb damage increase while in Combustion reduced to 30% (was 40%).
• Sparking Cinders now triggers 3 times per minute (was 2).
• Sparking Cinders damage bonus increased to 15% for Pyroblast and Flamestrike (was 10% for Pyroblast and 20% for Flamestrike).
• Heat Shimmer can once again trigger while casting Scorch.
• Heat Shimmer is no longer consumed when it triggers during a Scorch cast.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Pyromaniac from being able to trigger Hyperthermia.
• Fixed an issue that caused Controlled Destruction to increase Mastery: Ignite damage by an additional 0.5% per stack.
• Hyperthermia’s overlay has been updated.
• Lit Fuse no longer highlights Fire Blast.
• Lit Fuse is now displayed on the Personal Resource Display.
• Fuel the Fire is now shown in the spellbook.

• Glorious Incandescence has been updated — Now causes Fire Blast to hit up to 2 nearby targets in addition to its previous effects.
• Burden of Power now increases Pyroblast damage by 20% (was 15%).
• Burden of Power now increases Flamestrike damage by 30% (was 60%).
• Memory of Al'ar’s Hyperthermia extension amount increased to 1 second (was 0.5 seconds).
• Glorious Incandescence now highlights Fire Blast.

• Frost Splinter damage increased by 44%.
• Spellfrost Teachings chance to trigger reduced to 2.5%.
• Spellfrost Teachings Frozen Orb damage bonus on proc increased to 30% (was 20%).
• Unerring Proficiency damage bonus increased to 5% (was 3%).
• Splinterstorm no longer applies Winter's Chill.
• Splinterstorm now has a 5% chance to grant Brain Freeze.

• Gravity Lapse is now a Root while in PvP combat.
• Gravity Lapse now prioritizes targeting players over pets.

You can find other Patch 11.0.5 class changes linked below.