An Elementalist is a Mage who spends most of his talent points in the Fire and Frost trees, often spending no points at all in the Arcane tree. The name refers to the two elemental magic trees, whereas Arcane is seen as the school of pure mana energy. These specialisations almost always rely on the Frostfire Bolt spell for PvE damage. Elementalist specs were somewhat rare before Patch 1.11, but new talent synergy and reduced reliance on key Arcane talents opened up the opportunity for more mages to drop the tree all together.