I feel so hard play archmage in arena because enemy too fast wake up after knockdown. the skill also doesn't do much damage, so many players think witch is more effective in arena.
In addition, in PVE, archmage damage is not so great, for example the meteor skill that is the mainstay of most people rarely gets one hit on ordinary monsters, other examples of Ice of Arrow skills that are so small that the damage takes a long time to kill an enemy, unlike a firebolt with good damage it's fast to kill enemies but can only be used twice.

in conclusion, archmage requires buff / rebalance to be more effective when used in PvE / PvP / War Battle.

Thanks.

I agree Ascension classes are fast butArchmage seems slower.  The damage is not there as well. 

Combos are non existant because the CC do nothing and that is the way she was built to rely on crowd control to kill opponents.