Fast Ice Block
#showtooltip Ice Block
/stopcasting
/cancelaura Ice Block
/cast Ice Block
Hi damage Blizz
#showtooltip Blizzard /cast Icy Veins /cast Arcane Power /cast Blizzard
The one macro Arcane Mages should use is the no channeling macro
#showtooltip Arcane Blast
/cast [nochanneling:Arcane Missiles] Arcane Blast
Addons:
Scorchio2:
Tracks several mage specific debuffs/CC/power gains
Power Auras Classic:
Provides visual cues to track buffs/debuffs. Highly configurable. Here is a link explaining some of the basic functionality of this mod(albeit for a hunter)
Quartz:
An extremely popular castbar add-on.
Decursive:
A popular addon to track and cleanse debuffs on friendly targets.
Omen Threat Meter:
A popular tool for monitoring threat on your current target.
Grid:
Highly configurable, modular raid frame add-on. Can be set to do just about anything you want it to do. There is a separate discussion specifically regarding this add-on.
Pitbull 4:
Not a mage specific mod, but an extremely popular unit frame mod. This mod has its own thread in the UI/Addon forums.
ForteXorcist:
A mod suite which performs a host of useful tasks such as cooldown tracking, debuff monitoring/filtering/etc.
to be honest i only use the cooldown timer
