Arcane Mage Torghast Guide and Best Anima Powers — Shadowlands 9.2.5
On this page, we tell you all you need to know to prepare your Arcane Mage before entering Torghast and then how to pick up the right Anima Powers once you are inside!
Torghast as an Arcane Mage
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.
Best Setup for Torghast as an Arcane Mage
Best Talents for Torghast as an Arcane Mage
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25 |
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30 |
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35 |
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40 |
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45 |
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50 |
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There are a couple of options available when it comes to talents as an Arcane Mage in Torghast.
Level 15 Talent Row for Arcane Mage in Torghast
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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.
Level 25 Talent Row for Arcane Mage in Torghast
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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.
Level 30 Talent Row for Arcane Mage in Torghast
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There is too much movement for Rune of Power so
Incanter's Flow
is the only real option.
Level 35 Talent Row for Arcane Mage in Torghast
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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.
Level 40 Talent Row for Arcane Mage in Torghast
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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.
Level 45 Talent Row for Arcane Mage in Torghast
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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.
Level 50 Talent Row for Arcane Mage in Torghast
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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.
Best Arcane Mage Anima Powers
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.
S-Tier Anima Powers for Arcane Mage
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
A-Tier Anima Powers for Arcane Mage
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
B-Tier Anima Powers for Arcane Mage
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
C-Tier Anima Powers for Arcane Mage
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
D-Tier Anima Powers for Arcane Mage
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
F-Tier Anima Powers for Arcane Mage
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
Phantasma Anima Powers for Arcane Mage
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.
Arcane Mage Playstyle for Torghast, Tower of the Damned
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.
Anima Power Playstyle Changes for Arcane Mage
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.
Changelog
- 31 May 2022: Page reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 01 Nov. 2021: Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.1.5.
- 28 Jun. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1.
- 09 Mar. 2021: Added new Torghast Anima Powers to the tier list.
- 15 Dec. 2020: Updated tier list and rotation section for updated anima powers.
- 14 Dec. 2020: Updated page for a better 1 shot combo and updated tier list.
- 24 Nov. 2020: Page added.
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This guide has been written by Dutchmagoz. Dutchmagoz is a Mythic raider in one of the top raiding guilds, Angered, owner of the Mage theorycrafting website Altered Time, and the owner of the Mage Discord server, Altered Time.
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