An Overview of Mage Class Changes in the War Within Patch 11.0.2

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• Reabsorption now heals for 3% maximum health (was 5%).
• Cryo-Freeze now causes Ice Block to heal for 25/50% of maximum health over its duration (was 40/80%).
• Mass Barrier now has a cooldown of 3 minutes (was 2 minutes).

• Clearcasting is now learned at level 10 (was level 11).
• Mastery: Savant’s Arcane Barrage damage bonus increased by 100%.
• Mastery: Savant’s Arcane Blast damage bonus increased by 50%.
• Arcane Blast damage increased by 4%.
• Arcane Missiles damage increased by 11%.
• Arcane Barrage damage reduced by 60%.
• Arcane Barrage damage increase per Arcane Charge increased to 90% (was 30%).
• Arcane Familiar damage increased by 50%.
• Arcane Orb damage reduced by 10%.
• Arcane Echo damage increased by 25%.
• High Voltage base chance decreased to 10% (was 20%).
• High Voltage proc chance increase per failure increased to 10% (was 5%).
• Aether Attunement damage bonus decreased to 100% on primary target and 50% on secondary targets (was 150% and 100% respectively).
• Concentration now procs 3 times per minute (was 2).
• Magi's Spark now has a 2 second grace period after the initial Arcane Missiles proc where the caster will continue to echo Arcane Missiles damage.
• Fixed an issue where Magi’s Spark damage echo windows for Arcane Missiles and Arcane Barrage were shorter than Touch of the Magi’s duration.
• Fixed an issue that was allowing procs such as Orb Barrage and Energy Reconstitution to generate Clearcasting.
• Fixed an issue preventing Energized Familiar from granting Mana.

• Pyroblast damage increased by 5%.
• Phoenix Flames damage increased by 10%.
• Fireball damage increased by 20%.
• Scorch damage increased by 25%.
• Improved Scorch now increases damage taken by 7% (was 6%).
• Flamestrike damage increased by 10%.
• Quickflame Flamestrike damage bonus increased to 25% (was 20%).
• Flame Patch damage increased by 30%.
• Living Bomb damage decreased by 63%.
• Living Bomb is now target-capped at 8 targets and no longer splashes.
• Living Bomb visual effects now have reduced visual fidelity in raid groups.
• Lit Fuse chance to trigger reduced to 4% (was 15%).
• Explosive Ingenuity chance to trigger reduced to 3% (was 10%).
• Explosivo’s Living Bomb trigger chance during Combustion is reduced to 15% (was 30%).
• Explosivo’s Living Bomb damage increase during Combustion reduced to 40% (was 50%).
• Deep Impact’s cooldown reduction reduced 10 seconds (was 15 seconds).

• Ice Lance damage increased by 10%.
• Glacial Spike damage increased by 10%.
• Flurry damage increased by 12%.
• Blizzard damage increased by 50%.
• Frozen Orb damage increased by 10%.
• Comet Storm damage increased by 10%.
• Ray of Frost damage increased by 20%.
• Splintering Ray’s Ray of Frost damage bonus increased to 30% (was 25%).
• Splitting Ice’s Ice Lance damage to nearby enemies increased to 90% (was 80%).
• Cone of Cold damage is increased by 100%.
• Death's Chill now stacks up to 15 times (was 10).
• Death’s Chill spell damage bonus decreased to 1% (was 2%).
• Time Anomaly now grants a temporary Water Elemental when it procs Icy Veins.
• Refreshing Icy Veins no longer breaks Fractured Frost, Slick Ice, Death's Chill, or Thermal Void for the duration of the refreshed Icy Veins.
• Cryopathy and Splintering Ray are no longer a choice node.
• The location of nodes in Gate 3 has been adjusted.

• Ice Barrier absorb value reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
• Prismatic Barrier absorb value reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
• Blazing Barrier absorb value reduced by 25% in PvP combat.

• New PvP Talent: Chrono Shift – Arcane Barrage reduces movement speed by 50% and increases your movement speed by 25%.
• Aether Attunement damage increase to secondary targets is no longer decreased by 50% in PvP combat.
• Prodigious Savant’s effectiveness is no longer decreased by 20% in PvP combat.
• Arcane Blast damage is no longer increased by 13% in PvP combat.

• Unleashed Inferno damage bonus to Flamestrike is no longer reduced by 100% in PvP combat.
• Fire Blast damage is no longer reduced by 8% in PvP combat.
• Flame Patch damage is no longer increased by 11% in PvP combat.
• Pyroblast damage is no longer increased by 12% in PvP combat.
• Dragon's Breath damage is no longer increased by 16% in PvP combat.
• Flamestrike damage is no longer increased by 24% in PvP combat.
• Living Bomb damage is no longer increased by 100% in PvP combat.
• Ignite damage is no longer increased by 20% in PvP combat.
• World In Flames (PvP Talent) now increases Flamestrike’s damage by up to 100% (was 200%).
• Fireheart (PvP Talent) now increases the damage of Blazing Barrier by 800% (was 500%).

• Glacial Assault damage increase is no longer reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
• Ice Lance damage is now increased by 75% in PvP combat (was 31%).
• Splitting Ice now causes Ice Lance to strike a secondary target for 20% of its damage done (was 80%).
• Glacial Spike damage is no longer decreased by 11% in PvP combat.
• Glacial Spike’s Mastery bonus is no longer reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
• Ice Nova damage is no longer increased by 8% in PvP combat.
• Blizzard damage is no longer increased by 9% in PvP combat.
• Flurry damage is no longer increased by 9% in PvP combat.

You can find other Patch 11.0.2 class changes linked below.