Mage build advice sought

[Watto44]

One of my favorite pasttimes on my mage. Respeccing.:D

Hehe, for sure. I couldn't even guess how much gold I've spent just moving a couple of talent points around.:)

An option you might want to consider is going frost for twenty points to pick up shatter and then pumping fire. A nice nova+fireball+fire blast kills things very quickly. Additionally, cold snap is very useful when an add (or two) sneaks up on you, and frostbite is handy for rank1 frostbolt kiting. (Elite mobs and whatnot.) Of course, the big downside of this build is its mana inefficiency. However, it's definately a fun build and something to consider. Another downside to this build is that it will be garbage for instancing, given that it's build around shatter and most bosses are immune to freeze effects.

0/10/20 (level 39): http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=kZxxZVVr0o0x
I picked up ice shards and frostbite here because you'll be using a lot of frost based spells to get to this level. You're fire will still be a little weak at this point, so it's probably worth having them, but obviously elemental precision and permafrost (for that frostbolt kiting) are options.

0/21/20 (level 50): http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=kZxgR0bczZVVr0o0x
I skipped on impact and chose master of elements over imp. scorch here. IMO impact isn't going to help as much with this build as with an arc/fire build. Imp. scorch is great and is definately worth thinking about if you're going to be running instances, but I chose MoE to help with the mana situation.

0/31/20 (level 60): http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=kZxgG0bcc0xoZVVr0o0x
I chose not to grab pyro or blastwave here, and went full fire power over grabbing blazing speed, but again that's personal preference. I feel that blastwave is far too mana inefficient for grinding and having cold snap in frost will get you out of most sticky situations that arise as you're grinding. (That's assuming you're on a PvE server and adds are your biggest worry.)

The last 10 points should be fairly self explanitory, with room to pick up various bits and bobs that I've missed on the way up or go deeper into fire.

As I said earlier, this build is not as good for grinding as arc./fire. You simply don't have the mana efficiency. Although master of elements helps, it's no substitute for clear casting and arcane meditation. What this build is good for is blowing things up. Getting shatter procs on both fireball and fire blast is a lot of fun and worth experiencing for at least a little while on your mage.:D