They have a very powerful CCE known as WoTLK Gold Dragon's Breath. This is an AoE disorientation effect that impacts any target in front of the mage.

Do not stack your team against the fire mage ever because they'll Dragon's Breath every single player and then take free CC chains off of it along with lots of damage. Also, they can knock people off legends using blast wave and blast wave is an AoE knockback. This is great for blades arena, as well as sewers and dollars. Paladins appear to be next. Then again, they don't have many new things to track.

There are however a few that shouldn't be overlooked. The Sacred Shield is a brand innovative ability, and it is possibly one of the most effective offensives in the entire game since it is basically a regenerating buy WoTLK Gold Power Word Shield on any target that the paladin chooses without a tool down.