Arcane Mage Torghast Guide and Best Anima Powers — Shadowlands 9.1.5

On this page we will guide you on how to perform the best in Torghast, Tower of the Damned as a Arcane Mage. If you are looking for generic Torghast information, check out the pages below.

Level	Choices
15	✓ Amplification	✗ Rule of Threes	✓ Arcane Familiar
25	✗ Master of Time	✓ Shimmer	✓ Slipstream
30	✓ Incanter's Flow	✗ Focus Magic	✗ Rune of Power
35	✓ Resonance	? Arcane Echo	✗ Nether Tempest
40	✓ Chrono Shift	✓ Ice Ward	✗ Ring of Frost
45	✓ Reverberate	✓ Arcane Orb	✓ Supernova
50	✓ Overpowered	✗ Time Anomaly	✓ Enlightened

There are a couple of options available when it comes to talents as an Arcane Mage in Torghast.

✔ Amplification

✘ Rule of Threes

✔ Arcane Familiar

Amplification is the best option here if you are struggling killing the final boss or need more power for the mini bosses, otherwise Arcane Familiar is best.

✘ Master of Time

✔ Shimmer

✔ Slipstream

Generally Shimmer will be better here, as you will spend a large portion of the run casting AoE spells instead of Arcane Missiles. But if you prefer Slipstream it can still be picked.

✔ Incanter's Flow

✘ Focus Magic

✘ Rune of Power

There is too much movement for Rune of Power so Incanter's Flow is the only real option.

✔ Resonance

? Arcane Echo

✘ Nether Tempest

Resonance is generally the best choice here for dealing with the relatively large amount of AoE packs, but Arcane Echo is a solid choice to better deal with the mini bosses and final boss.

✔ Chrono Shift

✔ Ice Ward

✘ Ring of Frost

Chrono Shift is good for mobility, but if you are planning to run Grisly Icicle (or get the Grisly Icicle Anima Power) Ice Ward is the better choice.

✔ Reverberate

✔ Arcane Orb

✔ Supernova

Generally Arcane Orb will be the best choice here as it is both useful for the AoE packs and the mini bosses and final boss. But if you really need more AoE damage you can opt into Reverberate.

✔ Overpowered

✘ Time Anomaly

✔ Enlightened

Both Overpowered and Enlightened are solid choices here. Overpowered is going to help you more with the final boss, but Enlightened is good overall damage.

During a Torghast run, you will be getting many different Anima Powers which you have to choose between. Below we have listed the relative strength of the desirable Anima Powers you can obtain on Torghast, so you can go through the list and find the option that is listed the highest when you have to make a decision. For a complete list of Anima Powers, please refer to the following pages.

It is worth noting, that some Anima Powers are not strong on their own, but become extremely potent combined with other Anima Powers. We will highlight this in the list below as well.

Lastly, a lot of Anima Powers let you pick between survivability, mobility, utility and damage. What you pick here largely comes down to personal preference and your playstyle, so do not be afraid to deviate from the list below.

"S" is best and "F" is worst.

• Grisly Icicle (when not running Grisly Icicle
• Art of the Blinkmage (combined with Clouded Diamond
• Clouded Diamond (when combined with Art of the Blinkmage
• Highly-Polished Handmirror (when running Art of the Blinkmage + Clouded Diamond
• Seeker's Scroll (when combined with Runecloth Wrappings)
• Tundrid Phial (when combined with Grisly Icicle / Grisly Icicle)
• Maliced Rumination (when combined with Malevolence
• Chronomancer's Hourglass

• Gravity Dynamo
• Incanter's Ward (combined with Triune Ward or Triune Ward)
• Clouded Diamond
• Seeker's Scroll
• Runecloth Wrappings
• Highly-Polished Handmirror
• Resolute Medallion
• Scroll of Explosure
• Archmage's Invocation (pick Arcane Echo if you went Resonance)
• Spaceweaver's Thread (when combined with Clouded Diamond and not combined with Art of the Blinkmage)
• Maliced Rumination

• Art of the Blinkmage
• Tundrid Phial
• Eldritch Teachings
• Chaos Invitation (when running with a tank who can mass pull)
• Mad Wizard's Intellect
• Pandemonium Lens
• Triune Ward (when not running Triune Ward)
• Whizzard Hat
• Archmage's Cypher (pick Arcane Familiar if running Amplification
• Archmage's Legacy (pick Ice Ward if running Chrono Shift
• Archmage's Lesson (pick Rune of Power
• Archmage's Mythos (pick Arcane Orb if running Reverberate
• Wizard's Prayer
• Fae Concentration
• Fae Tendrils

• Bombardier's Etching
• Incanter's Ward (when not combined with Triune Ward or Triune Ward)
• Constellation Shield
• Echoes of Elisande
• Sapphire Prism
• Spellweaver's Mojo
• Wand Grease
• Archmage's Ultimatum
• Long-Forbidden Words
• Scroll of the Arcane Meditator
• Urael's Finality
• Malevolence
• One With Death
• Fire Juggler
• Archmage's Gift
• Sorceror's Frozen Soul

• Arcanic Pulse Detector
• Chaos Invitation
• Dimensional Blade
• Maldo's Enchanted Cane
• Spaceweaver's Thread
• Timebreaker's Paradox
• Tome of Zoomancy
• Anima-Flecked Topaz
• Winged Curio
• Chilling Touch
• Power Overwhelming

• Bottled Tesseract
• Everwarm Socks
• Grisly Icicle (when running Grisly Icicle
• Polymorbid Rat Liver
• Timeweaver's Needle
• Touch of the Unseen
• Lingering Torments
• Infinite Power
• Manascale

Occasionally you will be offered the ability to get Phantasma instead of an Anima Power, or increases to your Phantasma generation. It is hard to evaluate these, but we recommend choosing them when there is no "B"-tier or higher alternative Anima Power.

Without any Anima Powers and without running Grisly Icicle, Arcane Mage struggles a lot in Torghast. However, there are some very strong Anima Power combinations that can make Torghast a breeze if you get lucky on these powers. Below we will first go over the playstyle without any big Anima Power combinations, and then in the section after that we will go over some combinations that are extremely strong and impact your playstyle significantly.

• If there are packs with 2 or more ranged / caster enemies, use Polymorph on one of them, and quickly nuke the other(s).
• Constantly use Prismatic Barrier against packs with casters/ranged enemies.
• Use Frost Nova as much as possible against melee enemies.
• Shimmer is very valuable to kite enemies, so make sure you use it often.
• Save Time Warp for the final boss of a floor.
• Greater Invisibility lets you reset a pack if you pulled too many mobs.
• Mirror Image will draw aggro from you, so make sure you use it on packs that have a lot of ranged/caster enemies to let them tank for you while you kill off the ranged/caster enemies.

Below we list some Anima Power combinations that greatly change how to approach Torghast and will make it much easier if you follow these playstyle changes.

Art of the Blinkmage + Clouded Diamond: This combination of Anima Powers makes it so your Blink (or Shimmer) has no cooldown and places down a Mirror Image. When you have both of these Anima Powers, you should be spamming Shimmer/Blink the entire time to spawn a crazy amount of Mirror Images. You will basically have an endless amount of Mirror Images that will draw aggro for you and damage enemies.