Archmage

• Archmage
• Mountain King
• Paladin
• Blood Mage

[e][h] Archmage

Heroes Information

Attributes

14 +2

17 +1

19 +3.2

21 - 27

3

Primary Attribute

Base Stats

Movement Speed:

320

Sight Range:

1800 / 800

Attack Range:

600

Turn Rate:

0.50

Hotkey:

A

Icon

Level Changes

Level:

1

5

10

Hit Points:

450

650

900

HP Regen.:

0.95

1.35

1.85

Mana:

285

465

705

Mana Regen.:

0.96

1.56

2.36

Armor:

3

4

6

Damage:

21 - 27

33 - 39

49 - 55

Cooldown:

1.59

1.5

1.4

Hailing from the magical kingdom of Dalaran, the Archmagi represent the pinnacle of magical power. Weaving their intricate enchantments, these crotchety old wizards are called upon to defend humanity with all the magical powers at their disposal. Mounted atop their trusty steeds, the Archmagi brandish ancient staves that serve to channel their fierce energies in battle. Though gruff and slightly aloof, these experienced wizards are a heartening sight upon any battlefield where the fate of humanity lies in peril.

The Archmage is the most popular first hero for top human players and has been for almost the entire history of Warcraft 3. Water elementals make creeping a breeze and brilliance aura is an incredibly helpful skill for boosting the mana regeneration of friendly heroes and spellcasters.

In the late game, water elementals become much less effective in bigger armies. At this stage of the game, consider using a Tome of Retraining to retrain to blizzard.

The Archmage is a typical intelligence hero and thus has poor survivability. Keep your Archmage at the back of your army and do not let him get caught out in the open by himself. Consider getting a Paladin as your 2nd or 3rd hero to help keep your Archmage alive.

Abilities

Blizzard
	Cast Type : Channel  Ability Type:  Magical Target Type : Area Target  Damage Type:  Magic Calls down waves of freezing ice shards that damage units in a target area.
Cast Requirements : 75 6 s  Range:  800 Area of Effect : 200 Damage : 30 / 40 / 50 Max Damage : 150/200/250 Buildings Factor : 50% Number of Waves : 6/8/10 Wave Duration : 1 second Hotkey : B

Notes:

• Blizzard has a damage cap that is invoked when Blizzard hits more than 5 targets per wave.

Summon Water Elemental
	Cast Type : Active Target Type : No Target Summons a Water Elemental to attack the Archmage's enemies.
Cast Requirements : 125 20 s Duration : 60 s Summoned Unit : Water Elemental (Level 1)/Water Elemental (Level 2)/Water Elemental (Level 3) Hotkey : W

Brilliance Aura
	Cast Type : Aura Target Type : No Target Gives additional mana regeneration to nearby friendly units.
Targets Allowed : Air, Ground, Friend, Self Area of Effect : 900 Regeneration Bonus : 0.75/1.25/2.00 Hotkey : R

Mass Teleport
	Cast Type : Channel Target Type : Point Target Teleports 24 of the player's nearby units, including the Archmage, to a friendly ground unit or structure.
Cast Requirements : 100 30 s  Range:  99999 Area of Effect : 800 Casting Delay : 3 seconds Hotkey : T

Notes:

• The location will be the nearest allied unit to the targeted point (including Mechanical Critters).

Version History

Balance Patch History
Version	Release	Balance Changes
1.36.1	2023-11-20	Archmage strength per level increased from 1.8 to 2.
1.35.0	2023-01-19	Archmage Mass Teleport cooldown increased from 20 to 30 seconds.
1.30.2	2018-11-30	Level 3 Brilliance Aura mana regeneration increased from 1.75 to 2.00 per second.
1.30.0	2018-08-08	Brilliance Aura mana regeneration reduced from 0.75/1.5/2.25 to 0.75/1.25/1.75. Level 1 Water Elemental hit points reduced from 525 to 500. Level 2 Water Elemental hit points reduced from 675 to 625. Level 3 Water Elemental hit points reduced from 900 to 825. Mass Teleport Area of Effect increased from 700 to 800. Level 1 Water Elemental attack damage increased from 18-22 to 19-23. Level 2 Water Elemental attack damage increased from 31-39 to 33-41. Level 3 Water Elemental attack damage increased from 41-49 to 44-52.
1.17	2004-09-20	Channeling ultimates now cancel invulnerability. If an invulnerability spell is used while channeling, channeling will end.
1.15	2004-05-10	Mass Teleport cooldown increased to 20 seconds from 15 seconds. Level 1 Water Elemental damage reduced to 1d5 + 17 from 2d5 + 19, but hit points increased to 525 from 450.
1.13	2003-12-16	Blizzard is now damage capped. This damage cap is invoked when Blizzard hits more than 5 targets per wave.
1.03	2002-10-09	Blizzard no longer goes up in radius as the level of the ability increases. Water elementals now last 60 seconds, down from 75. Brilliance Aura has been reworked, and is no longer % based. It now adds a fixed amount of mana per second to units under its power -- .75, 1.5, and 2.25 respectively by level. While it's just as effective with mass spell-casters, players will find it is less powerful (though still exceedingly useful) with Heroes.

Games

• Archmage first
• Archmage second
• Archmage third

The most recent games with Archmage first are

Happy  |	vs.	|  Fortitude
Game 5 on Northern Isles Grand Final - Happy vs Fortitude in Xiaomao Cup 6
Happy  |	vs.	|  Fortitude
Game 4 on Hammerfall Grand Final - Happy vs Fortitude in Xiaomao Cup 6
Happy  |	vs.	|  Fortitude
Game 3 on Echo Isles 2 Grand Final - Happy vs Fortitude in Xiaomao Cup 6
Happy  |	vs.	|  Fortitude
Game 2 on Tidehunters Grand Final - Happy vs Fortitude in Xiaomao Cup 6
Happy  |	vs.	|  Fortitude
Game 1 on Concealed Hill Grand Final - Happy vs Fortitude in Xiaomao Cup 6

The most recent games with Archmage second are

Fortitude  |	vs.	|  Soin
Game 4 on Concealed Hill Grand Final - Fortitude vs Soin in Don't Force Me Cup 136
Fortitude  |	vs.	|  Lin Guagua
Game 2 on Concealed Hill Grand Final - Fortitude vs Lin_Guagua in Don't Force Me Cup 135
Kokariko  |	vs.	|  SAVE422
Game 1 on Terenas Stand - Kokariko vs SAVE422 in STORM Tournament 4
HawK  |	vs.	|  Foggy
Game 2 on Echo Isles 2 Grand Final - HawK vs Foggy in B2W Weekly Cup 127
HawK  |	vs.	|  Sonik
Game 1 on Echo Isles 2 Semifinals - HawK vs Sonik in B2W Weekly Cup 127

The most recent games with Archmage third are

LEgo  |	vs.	|  BARD
Game 1 on Hammerfall - LEgo vs BARD in Slide League
Sheik  |	vs.	|  Starbuck
Game 3 on Last Refuge Quarterfinals - Sheik vs Starbuck in Wellhated Quick Cup 12
Mephisto  |	vs.	|  Heat
Game 3 on Last Refuge Grand Final - Mephisto vs Heat in Humba Cup
RiplEy  |	vs.	|  Jens
Game 7 on Tidehunters - Raven's_Nest vs InFernales in M4L S4 Div 1
D3xter  |	vs.	|  HawK
Game 1 on Hammerfall Upper Bracket Semifinals - D3xter vs HawK in VK Play Cup 60

References

http://classic.battle.net/war3/human/units/archmage.shtml