Hunters and Shamans have the most varied damage types, with both being able to deal Physical, Nature and Fire damage, as well as Arcane and Shadow for Hunters and Frost for Shaman.Īrcane magic is typically utility magic that causes various effects rather than dealing direct damage, and is used by mages, druids, hunters, and blood elves.
Warriors are the only class that strictly deals only one damage type, that being Physical. Fortunately, the tooltip of any damage spell will specify the type of damage it does. It's fairly clear for Mages (the school of the spell is the same as the tree it falls under) and Warlocks (if it doesn't involve fire, it's Shadow). It's good to know what schools your abilities are in so you can switch to another when this happens. If you are a caster, and an opponent uses, ,, ,, , or on you while you're casting a spell, these and other abilities will not only interrupt that spell but also to prevent you from casting any spell in that school for some amount of time. Your resistance against five of these schools was displayed in your character information, but resistance as a game mechanic was removed with Mists of Pandaria. Were you looking for magic schools in the Warcraft RPG or in general lore?Įvery ability, power, or spell belongs to one of seven magic schools which define what can be done to absorb, immunize against, or resist it.
