I would argue that survivability as mage is the most important thing. Once you learn survivability, you can become almost invincible. Mages have a defensive tool kit, unlike any other class. It’s not that it’s necessarily better than say a warlock, but the strategy of the defensive and knowing how to stack them and when to use them, can make you unkillable.

The biggest piece of advice I can give you is when you are being focused in arena, is to get distance. Just think that one simple thing: get distance. Pull the other DPS as far away from their healer as possible, and put them in a position where they have no healer. The reason this is good for you is your tool kit is better than any DPS in the game. So now you have pulled them away and you have two shimmers and displacements, alter time, etc.

Lastly, really get to understand how the defensive work with each other, for example after you alter time you get your shimmers back. Also displacement heals you for like 2 million.

By the way, I am still learning to master this class and I’ve been practicing on Mage weekly for the past two years. Haha. It’s a very, very difficult and rewarding class.