They use different schools of magic on their attacks while mages dont. How come?
Because mages specifically use arcane magic which is the magic that makes up reality. It’s the nerd physics type of magic. They use arcane to control frost and fire rather than getting it from elemental spirits like shamans or from whatever the hell evokers are doing.
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Yeah, WoW Mages aren’t exactly your typical Fire, Lightning, and Ice trope if that’s what you’re referring to compared to Shamans. Can’t speak on Evoker since I’m not familiar with their kit.
I probably would be maining Mage right now if I could slap people with lightning spells tbh… 
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To be clear, while mages use arcane manipulation to alter their spells into fire or frost, the biggest difference between Evoker/Shaman versus mages shouldn’t be specified on combat operations.
Mages use Telemancy, Cryomancy, Pyromancy, Nethermancy, Chronomancy… the list goes on. Evokers and Shamans? Nah. They don’t do all dat.
If you’re a Mechagnome like myself, you can safely assume and say you use Technomancy.
We have the utility. They do not. We’re the big mommies or daddies.
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So if they use arcane then they can use fire and frost at their wish depending on the scenario
Well, yeah. Depends on the scenario.
But Shamans are more family oriented. Not scholarly.
Evokers ARE scholarly… when they want to be. A mage to a dragon is like a distant cousin. Or in this case, a lizard who is a distant cousin.
But knowing Evokers? They’re soldiers at foundational lore. They’re more military.
Mages however… they pick up the book and they don’t put it back down. Same with scrolls, test tubes, baskets for flora gathering… they grow into education.
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Keep in mind, Evokers also use Arcane. The Aspects are Arcane users, as their power comes from Order.
Also: it doesn’t make up reality. It’s simply the most commonly perceived in reality. It is considered the “base fabric” of the world, though, because Azeroth is a Titan. So I’m assuming that’s what you’re referring to.
Shaman is an elementalist so I would expect them to use a mix of stuff, they just practice the elements, they don’t practice one school of it.
What about Deathwing then? His magic is lined with destruction and chaos; antithesis of arcane and order. Something a Warlock would smile on.
Ysera uses nature magic. Or dream magic. Something druids would smile on. Maybe priests.
Not until he became corrupted by Void.
Keep in mind, the proto drakes used elemental magic originally. But when they were “elevated” by the Titans, they became beings of Order, aka Arcane.
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Mages are specialists who take years to dive deep into the fullness of one element.
Shamans are generalists who splash a little bit of everything.
Evokers cheat because they just ask their dragon parents for everything, like a bunch of trust-fund kids.
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Even without corruption, he’s the Aspect of Death. Something a Death Knight or the Forsaken would smile on.
I hate to say this, but because of the lore of Shadowlands… Death uses domination magic. Doesn’t it? What we know of the Arcane would frown upon that, as it likes to create things.
… no he wasn’t. He was the Earth Warder. He was the caretaker of the earth. He forged mountains and rivers to the benefit of mortal races and to keep things safe.
No? He was originally the Aspect of Earth. He was never actually an Aspect of death (he just caused it a lot) and certainly not through any grant of Titanic power.
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Not sure about this. I would think the multiple disciplines mages go through would suggest they need to pick up multiple elements. Granted, they all use Arcane. But the strong illusion is they actually know more than one element.
Frostfire has been hinted to be its own category. Somehow.
Ah. So it was a change of title then. I just read on it.
Mages use Arcane to create different types of spells. Not elemental magic.
When mages cast a spell, they employ magic formulas which they pronounce word by word in an intelligible manner…
We also learned to make the runes needed for different schools.
The elemental attacks that mages use are a form of conjuration.
It’s one of the 9 schools of magic. But all come from Arcane.
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Nice, Blizzard need to add chanting voiceover to the Mage players now. Just like how Warriors always shout now like a madman.
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WoW mages aren’t like a lot of other mages in media (at least for the player character) where the spells they cast don’t have a specific theme, in WoW you definitely subscribe to a school of magic either through raw arcane energy or turning that arcane energy into a specific element that you excel at using.
Vanilla WoW mages definitely fit better into the more common idea of mages, using a wide variety of spells at their disposal, not necessarily following a specific theme for all their moves.