Arcane Mage Torghast Guide and Best Anima Powers — Dragonflight 10.2.5

Last updated on Jan 15, 2024 at 15:00 by Dutchmagoz 52 comments
General Information

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!

1.

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.

2.

Best Setup for Torghast as an Arcane Mage

2.1.

Best Talents for Torghast as an Arcane Mage

You can easily import the talent tree below into the game with the following string:

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3.

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.

3.1.

S-Tier Anima Powers for Arcane Mage

  • Grisly Icicle Icon Grisly Icicle (when not running Grisly Icicle Icon Grisly Icicle
  • Art of the Blinkmage Icon Art of the Blinkmage (combined with Clouded Diamond Icon Clouded Diamond
  • Clouded Diamond Icon Clouded Diamond (when combined with Art of the Blinkmage Icon Art of the Blinkmage
  • Highly-Polished Handmirror Icon Highly-Polished Handmirror (when running Art of the Blinkmage Icon Art of the Blinkmage + Clouded Diamond Icon Clouded Diamond
  • Seeker's Scroll Icon Seeker's Scroll (when combined with Runecloth Wrappings Icon Runecloth Wrappings)
  • Tundrid Phial Icon Tundrid Phial (when combined with Grisly Icicle Icon Grisly Icicle / Grisly Icicle Icon Grisly Icicle)
  • Maliced Rumination Icon Maliced Rumination (when combined with Malevolence Icon Malevolence
  • Chronomancer's Hourglass Icon Chronomancer's Hourglass
3.2.

A-Tier Anima Powers for Arcane Mage

  • Gravity Dynamo Icon Gravity Dynamo
  • Incanter's Ward Icon Incanter's Ward (combined with Triune Ward Icon Triune Ward or Triune Ward Icon Triune Ward)
  • Clouded Diamond Icon Clouded Diamond
  • Seeker's Scroll Icon Seeker's Scroll
  • Runecloth Wrappings Icon Runecloth Wrappings
  • Highly-Polished Handmirror Icon Highly-Polished Handmirror
  • Resolute Medallion Icon Resolute Medallion
  • Scroll of Explosure Icon Scroll of Explosure
  • Archmage's Invocation Icon Archmage's Invocation (pick Arcane Echo Icon Arcane Echo if you went Resonance)
  • Spaceweaver's Thread Icon Spaceweaver's Thread (when combined with Clouded Diamond Icon Clouded Diamond and not combined with Art of the Blinkmage Icon Art of the Blinkmage)
  • Maliced Rumination Icon Maliced Rumination
3.3.

B-Tier Anima Powers for Arcane Mage

  • Art of the Blinkmage Icon Art of the Blinkmage
  • Tundrid Phial Icon Tundrid Phial
  • Eldritch Teachings Icon Eldritch Teachings
  • Chaos Invitation Icon Chaos Invitation (when running with a tank who can mass pull)
  • Mad Wizard's Intellect Icon Mad Wizard's Intellect
  • Pandemonium Lens Icon Pandemonium Lens
  • Triune Ward Icon Triune Ward (when not running Triune Ward Icon Triune Ward)
  • Whizzard Hat Icon Whizzard Hat
  • Archmage's Cypher Icon Archmage's Cypher (pick Arcane Familiar Icon Arcane Familiar if running Amplification Icon Amplification
  • Archmage's Legacy Icon Archmage's Legacy (pick Ice Ward Icon Ice Ward if running Chrono Shift Icon Chrono Shift
  • Archmage's Lesson Icon Archmage's Lesson (pick Rune of Power Icon Rune of Power
  • Archmage's Mythos Icon Archmage's Mythos (pick Arcane Orb Icon Arcane Orb if running Reverberate Icon Reverberate
  • Wizard's Prayer Icon Wizard's Prayer
  • Fae Concentration Icon Fae Concentration
  • Fae Tendrils Icon Fae Tendrils
3.4.

C-Tier Anima Powers for Arcane Mage

  • Bombardier's Etching Icon Bombardier's Etching
  • Incanter's Ward Icon Incanter's Ward (when not combined with Triune Ward Icon Triune Ward or Triune Ward Icon Triune Ward)
  • Constellation Shield Icon Constellation Shield
  • Echoes of Elisande Icon Echoes of Elisande
  • Sapphire Prism Icon Sapphire Prism
  • Spellweaver's Mojo Icon Spellweaver's Mojo
  • Wand Grease Icon Wand Grease
  • Archmage's Ultimatum Icon Archmage's Ultimatum
  • Long-Forbidden Words Icon Long-Forbidden Words
  • Scroll of the Arcane Meditator Icon Scroll of the Arcane Meditator
  • Urael's Finality Icon Urael's Finality
  • Malevolence Icon Malevolence
  • One With Death Icon One With Death
  • Fire Juggler Icon Fire Juggler
  • Archmage's Gift Icon Archmage's Gift
  • Sorceror's Frozen Soul Icon Sorceror's Frozen Soul
3.5.

D-Tier Anima Powers for Arcane Mage

  • Arcanic Pulse Detector Icon Arcanic Pulse Detector
  • Chaos Invitation Icon Chaos Invitation
  • Dimensional Blade Icon Dimensional Blade
  • Maldo's Enchanted Cane Icon Maldo's Enchanted Cane
  • Spaceweaver's Thread Icon Spaceweaver's Thread
  • Timebreaker's Paradox Icon Timebreaker's Paradox
  • Tome of Zoomancy Icon Tome of Zoomancy
  • Anima-Flecked Topaz Icon Anima-Flecked Topaz
  • Winged Curio Icon Winged Curio
  • Chilling Touch Icon Chilling Touch
  • Power Overwhelming Icon Power Overwhelming
3.6.

F-Tier Anima Powers for Arcane Mage

  • Bottled Tesseract Icon Bottled Tesseract
  • Everwarm Socks Icon Everwarm Socks
  • Grisly Icicle Icon Grisly Icicle (when running Grisly Icicle Icon Grisly Icicle
  • Polymorbid Rat Liver Icon Polymorbid Rat Liver
  • Timeweaver's Needle Icon Timeweaver's Needle
  • Touch of the Unseen Icon Touch of the Unseen
  • Lingering Torments Icon Lingering Torments
  • Infinite Power Icon Infinite Power
  • Manascale Icon Manascale
4.

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.

5.

Arcane Mage Playstyle for Torghast, Tower of the Damned

Without any Anima Powers and without running Grisly Icicle Icon 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 Icon Polymorph on one of them, and quickly nuke the other(s).
  • Constantly use Prismatic Barrier Icon Prismatic Barrier against packs with casters/ranged enemies.
  • Use Frost Nova Icon Frost Nova as much as possible against melee enemies.
  • Shimmer Icon Shimmer is very valuable to kite enemies, so make sure you use it often.
  • Save Time Warp Icon Time Warp for the final boss of a floor.
  • Greater Invisibility Icon Greater Invisibility lets you reset a pack if you pulled too many mobs.
  • Mirror Image Icon 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.
5.1.

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 Icon Art of the Blinkmage + Clouded Diamond Icon Clouded Diamond: This combination of Anima Powers makes it so your Blink Icon Blink (or Shimmer Icon Shimmer) has no cooldown and places down a Mirror Image Icon 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.

6.

Changelog

  • 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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