Battle Mage

Mage primary archetype combined with Fighter secondary is a Battle Mage class.^[1]

Skills/abilities

Mage combat abilities

This section contains information from Alpha-1 testing. It will be updated when new information is made available.

Skill	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3
Arcane Empowerment	Temporarily dramatically increased cast time while active. Consume all spell charges for increased duration per charge consumed. Spell charges are generated whenever you cast an offensive mage spell while not under the effects of Arcane Empowerment. Each cast generates 1 charge, up to a maximum of 10 charges.^[2]	-	-
Arcane Volley	Fires a volley of arcane missiles at your target, dealing arcane damage with each hit.^[3]^[4]	-	-
Ball Lightning	Creates a large ball of highly charged electricity that travels slowly forward, dealing rapid periodic lightning damage to enemies it overlaps with and applying an Electrified stack to targets with each hit.^[5]^[6]	-	-
Black Hole	Summon a black hole at the target location that reduces movement speed of enemies in the area.^[7]^[8]^[9]	Increased duration.^[7]^[10]	Explodes for area damage upon expiration.^[7]^[10]
Blink	Instantly teleport a set distance in the direction you are moving.^[11]^[12]	-	-
Blizzard	Channel a massive blizzard around you, raining a barrage of hail shards upon your enemies while channeling. Each shard impact deals ice damage in a small area around it. All enemies in the blizzard also accumulate a stack of Chilled periodically. Activate the ability again to end the channel early.^[13]^[14]	-	-
Chain Lightning	Release a powerful stream of lightning that hits your primary target and then chains outward to all nearby enemies from that target, dealing lightning damage and applying 3 stacks of Electrified to each target hit.^[15]^[16]	-	-
Cone of Cold	Blasts a cone of cold in front of the caster, dealing ice damage and applying a stack of Chilled to each enemy hit. The blast also leaves behind a field of ice mines that explode on proximity contact, causing additional ice damage and Chilled stacks to nearby enemies.^[17]^[18]	-	-
Drain Essence	Drain your target for damage over time, and gain return mana to yourself over the duration.^[19]^[8]^[20]	Heals you over the duration.^[19]^[21]	Reduced cooldown.^[19]^[21]
Elemental Empowerment	Whenever you cast an elemental spell, your weapon attacks deal additional damage of that spell's element and apply a stack of the corresponding elemental status effects to targets hit. Casting a spell of a different element switches this effect to the new element.^[22]^[23]	-	-
Fireball	Instantly hurl a ball of fire toward your target, dealing fire damage and applying one stack of Burning to target on impact.^[24]	-	-
Fissure	Calls forth a series of jagged spikes of earth in a line in front of the caster, dealing earth damage and applying two stacks of Earthen to each enemy hit along its path, and then launching them in the air.^[25]	-	-
Frostbolt	Launch a bolt of frost towards your target, dealing ice damage and applying two Chilled stacks to the target on impact.^[26]^[27]	-	-
Gift of the Magi	Restores mana upfront, plus an additional amount over time, to you and a friendly target.^[28]^[8]^[29]^[30]	Increased duration.^[28]^[29]^[21]	Increased initial amount restored.^[28]^[29]^[21]
Lava Storm	Creates a field of lava at the selected location. Deals area damage over time.^[8]^[31]^[32]	Increased damage. Increased duration.^[31]^[21]	Increased damage. Increased duration.^[31]^[21]
Lightning Strike	Call down a bolt of lightning upon your target, dealing lightning damage and applying two stack of Electrified to the target.^[33]^[34]	-	-
Magma Field	Erupts the earth at target location, forming a boiling pool of lava that deals fire damage to enemies per tick while periodically applying a stack of Burning to enemies within the area.^[35]	-	-
Meteor	Conjures a massive flaming rock before sending it hurling toward target location. Upon impact, it deals major fire damage while knocking foes flying, and then continues to roll forward for its remaining distance, dealing additional fire damage while applying stacks of Burning to enemies along its path.^[36]	-	-
Meteor Storm	Summons forth a Meteor Storm, dropping 3 meteors in the target location.^[37]^[8]^[38]	Adds an extra meteor.^[37]^[21]	Adds an extra meteor.^[37]^[21]
Prismatic Beam	Spawns a giant prismatic beam of energy that can be aimed around you. Deals large damage to enemy targets.^[39]^[8]^[40]	Increased damage.^[39]^[41]	Snares hit targets.^[39]^[42]^[41]
Shell	Create a protective magical shell around yourself that absorbs a large amount of damage before breaking.^[43]^[44]	-	-
Slumber	Applies the sleeping condition to targets affected within a small area around the primary target, rendering them unable to move or take any action. Any damage dealt to a sleeping target will break the effect.^[45]^[46]	-	-
Thundershock	Shoots forward a beam of lightning that damages enemies in a line in front of you.^[47]^[8]^[48]	Increased damage.^[47]^[49]	Now knocks down hit targets.^[47]^[49]

Mage passive abilities

This section contains information from Alpha-1 testing. It will be updated when new information is made available.

Skill	Icon	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3
Attack Damage		Increases attack damage by 5.^[50]
Cooldown Reduction		Reduce all ability cooldowns by 5%.^[50]
Critical Hit Damage		Increase the damage and healing bonus from critical hits by 20%.^[50]
Critical Hit Rate		Increase the chance for damage and healing abilities to critically hit by 5%.^[50]
Defense Mitigation		Increase defense mitigation by 4.^[50]
Disable Chance		Increase chance to disable by 15%.^[50]
Health Regeneration		Generate an additional 1.5% of your maximum health per second.^[50]
Mana Regeneration		Generate an additional 1% of your maximum mana per second.^[50]
Maximum Health		Increase maximum health by 75.^[50]
Movement Speed		Increase movement speed by 5%.^[50]