| In this Mage Leveling Guide I'm going to give you some | | | | because of the lack of skill that many mages possess |
| tips on how to play a mage in an instance group. If you | | | | some healers hate them in groups and won't hesitate |
| want to level a Mage all the way to 80 in the World of | | | | to let them bite it if they pull agro from the tank. |
| War Craft be prepared to sit through most of it. | | | | If you have pulled agro on the mob it is usually not the |
| Mages require a LOT of mana to be efficient. At | | | | tanks fault it's yours, even the best tanks can't do their |
| lower levels you will probably die quite often Mages | | | | job if you are nuke happy and blast the mob right |
| wear cloth armor and are easy to kill when they are | | | | when it is pulled to the group. A dead mage cannot top |
| completely out of mana, however loaded with mana | | | | the damage meters and the group needs your |
| watch out because one nuke from a well geared | | | | damage so pace your nukes. Don't worry this will |
| mage can take more than half your hit points! As you | | | | come easier with practice. |
| are leveling your mage try to pace yourself so that | | | | If you do find yourself grouping in an instance for the |
| you never go out of mana. It's a good idea to take up | | | | first time on your mage remember to do baby nukes |
| alchemy as one of your wow professions so you can | | | | until the tank has established agro, depending on the |
| make mana potions. You will go through them a lot and | | | | mobs hit points a good rule of thumb is once the mob |
| they are great to have on hand in sticky situations. | | | | is at 50% you can nuke away. Grouping in Instances is |
| Mages can solo just fine but if you can, try to group up | | | | an important part of any Mage Leveling Guide. It not |
| with a healer as much as possible - it will speed up | | | | only gives you easy experience, it is also great |
| your leveling. | | | | practice for future raids and helps upgrade your gear. |
| The mage class is great for burst damage as well as | | | | Mages are one of the slower classes to begin leveling |
| crowd control. They can sheep monsters and also | | | | but if you stick with it they are a lot of fun at higher |
| freeze them in place until the tank can get to them. A | | | | levels and can dish out some serious damage. |
| well played mage is a healers' best friend, however | | | | |