Mage Overview for Last Epoch

"An Elder cresting his prime, the Mage wields the power of the arcane to make up for his past wrongs and to give the world a new future."

In Last Epoch, the Mage is a master of arcane and elemental magic, who uses magical power to shape the world and fight enemies. This class can be both a melee fighter with a sword and spells or a ranged caster with powerful attacks. Mages are able to use runes to create defensive and offensive wards, elemental walls, and more. Whether it's the raw power of the arcane or the refined art of runes, the Mage is a versatile and fun class that can adapt to any situation. Mages can specialize in one of the following sub-classes, once you've unlocked the ability to choose a Mastery:

Regardless of the Mastery you choose to spec into, the Mage class comes with a handful of skills that can be used by all three. These skills are either unlocked by player level, or by placing Passive Points into the Mage Skill Tree.

Description	Hurl a bolt of lightning at the target.
Scaling Tags	Lightning, Spell, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Lightning
Base Cooldown	N/A
Base Mana Cost	3 Mana

Description	Cast a ball of fire towards the target. Has 40% chance to ignite on hit. Added spell damage applies at 125% effectiveness.
Scaling Tags	Fire, Spell, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Fire
Base Cooldown	N/A
Base Mana Cost	3 Mana

Description	Freezes enemies in a cone in front of you. Freeze lasts for 2 seconds. 20% of its remaining cooldown is recovered whenever you freeze an enemy, including with Snap Freeze itself. This effect can occur a maximum of two times each second.
Scaling Tags	Cold, Spell, Area, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Cold
Base Cooldown	18 seconds
Base Mana Cost	30 Mana

Description	Casts a nova around you that deals fire, cold and lightning damage. All types of Elemental Nova that you have enabled have an equal chance to be cast.
Scaling Tags	Spell, Lightning, Cold, Fire, Area, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Lightning, Cold, Fire
Base Cooldown	N/A
Base Mana Cost	11 Mana

Description	A melee attack that hits all enemies in an area in front of you, returning 15 mana if it hits an enemy. Deals 15 base lightning damage.
Scaling Tags	Lightning, Melee, Area, intelligence, Dexterity
Possible Damage Types	Lightning
Base Cooldown	N/A
Base Mana Cost	N/A

Description	Grants a burst of 400 ward. Then for 3 seconds, hits deal 30% less damage to you and cause a retaliatory burst of flames.
Scaling Tags	Fire, Spell, Buff, Area, Instant Cast, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Fire
Base Cooldown	14.29 seconds
Base Mana Cost	25 Mana

Description	Teleport to target location.
Scaling Tags	Spell, Movement, Traversal, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	N/A
Base Cooldown	5 seconds/td>
Base Mana Cost	28 Mana

Description	Three projectiles arc to the target location to create a burst of frost. Added spell damage applies to the burst at 100% effectiveness and it has a freeze rate of 40.
Scaling Tags	Cold, Spell, Area, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Cold
Base Cooldown	N/A
Base Mana Cost	12 Mana

Description	Static charges up as you move or when you get hit. Activate Static to discharge what you have built up, striking up to 5 nearby enemies with lightning. 100 charges maximum. Deals 4% more damage per charge.
Scaling Tags	Lightning, Spell, Instant Cast, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Lightning
Base Cooldown	4 seconds
Base Mana Cost	15 Mana

Description	Creates three successively larger ice explosions in the target direction. Each explosion deals more damage than the last.
Scaling Tags	Cold, Spell, Area, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Cold
Base Cooldown	N/A
Base Mana Cost	65 Mana

Description	Channel to create a beam of pure energy in the target direction. The beam deals fire and lightning damage to all enemies caught in it. You have no mana-regen while channeling.
Scaling Tags	Lightning, Fire, Spell, Damage over Time, Channeled, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Lightning, Fire
Base Cooldown	0.8 seconds
Base Mana Cost	5 Mana
Channel Cost	10 Mana per second

Description	Casts a fiery orb that spews burning shrapnel in all directions.
Scaling Tags	Fire, Spell, Intelligence
Possible Damage Types	Fire
Base Cooldown	3.03 seconds
Base Mana Cost	70 Mana

Description	Hold ability key to channel. While channeling you have 100% increased mana-regen and gain 10 ward per second. After channeling for exactly one second you gain a burst of 40 mana and ward.
Scaling Tags	Spell, Buff, Channeled
Possible Damage Types	N/A
Base Cooldown	4 seconds
Base Mana Cost	N/A