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Frost Mage

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 60 players
  • Last Updated: 2 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Frost Mage on the Rated Battlegrounds leaderboard. The data on this page is updated every 24 hours in order for the data to be as relevant as possible.

This page only shows what the best players in the world are using. This might not apply to every skill bracket in Mythic+. Use this page as the starting point of your journey, and don’t be afraid to stray away from what is presented on this page!

Players

Tohmnahteek

Tohmnahteek

<Dreamwalkers>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (class)

Time Walk
Dragon's Breath
Shimmer
Improved Frost Nova
Ice Nova
Ring of Frost
Spatial Manipulation

Talents (spec)

Blizzard
Glacial Bulwark
Frigid Focus
Wintertide
Summon Water Elemental

Talents (hero)

Attuned Familiar
Slippery Slinging
Reactive Barrier

Talents (pvp)

Ice Wall
Snowdrift
Improved Mass Invisibility
Arcánè

Arcánè

<First Regiment>Velen (us)

Talents (class)

Time Walk
Dragon's Breath
Improved Blink
Ice Nova
Ring of Frost
Spatial Manipulation

Talents (spec)

Blizzard
Cold Snap
Frigid Focus
White Out
Glacial Shatter

Talents (hero)

Shifting Shards
Look Again
Reactive Barrier

Talents (pvp)

Concentrated Coolness
Ice Wall
Snowdrift
Diegoneally

Diegoneally

<Casually Serious>Hyjal (us)

Talents (class)

Temporal Realignment
Dragon's Breath
Shimmer
Ring of Frost
Spatial Manipulation

Talents (spec)

Blizzard
Glacial Bulwark
Frigid Focus
White Out
Lonely Winter
Glacial Chill

Talents (hero)

Shifting Shards
Look Again
Reactive Barrier

Talents (pvp)

Concentrated Coolness
Ice Wall
Master Shepherd

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Frost Mage is
Haste > Versatility > Mastery > Critical Strike

Best Races

The best race for a Frost Mage for the Alliance is Human and for the Horde is Blood Elf

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

42% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

15% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Galactic Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 159 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

5% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 159 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

Best Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Frost Mage is Flawless Quick Lapis
Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

17%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

15%

+23 Primary Stat and opponent's failed interrupt attempts grant Precognition

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

12%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Best Embellishments

Embellishments are specific abilities that can be added onto a piece of gear or weapons to add an equip bonus. The most popular embellishment for a Frost Mage is Devouring Banding on a Feet item
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

43%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,349 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet38%
  • Wrist27%
  • Waist15%
  • Chest12%
  • Main Hand4%
  • Back4%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

37%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,142 Arcane damage every second for 4 sec. Each unique gem color you have socketed empowers the Iris, causing it to deal 1% additional damage per.

  • Ring 236%
  • Neck32%
  • Ring 132%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

35%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to draw in a mana wyrm that will empower you and an ally with Arcanoweave Insight, increasing your Intellect by 28 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Chest33%
  • Waist33%
  • Back14%
  • Wrist14%
  • Feet5%

Best Enchants

Percentages are calculated in relation to 50 players. If an enchant has a value of more than 100%, it means the enchant is found more than 50 times. This usually happens when the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

7%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

22%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

8%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

23%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

5%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

20%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Bright Linen Spellthread

18%

+24 Intellect

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

30%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

8%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

32%

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

20%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Talents

The new talent system is not as straight-forward as the talent systems from previous expansions. Many talents are situational, and choosing your talents should be done based on the content you are doing. This heat map will show what talents are must-picks, which ones are situational, and which ones are rarely chosen.

Colors

The colors indicate the popularity of the talent. The numbers below indicate the percentage of the top 50 players that have chosen this talent.

  • 90% - 100% (best)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Ice Barrier
98.3%
Alter Time
98.3%
Ice Block
98.3%
Time Walk
98.3%
Master of Time
96.7%
2 / 2
Winter's Protection
88.3%
2 / 2
Frost Conditioning
38.3%
Arcane Warding
98.3%
2 / 2
Inspired Intellect
98.3%
Mirror Image
41.7%
Spellsteal
91.7%
Quick Witted
95%
Dragon's Breath
91.7%
Remove Curse
95%
Improved Conjuration
10%
2 / 2
Improved Spellsteal
5%
Shimmer
98.3%
Improved Counterspell
86.7%
Overflowing Energy
91.7%
Improved Remove Curse
0%
Greater Invisibility
96.7%
Ice Ward
43.3%
Captured Thoughts
11.7%
Tome of Rhonin
98.3%
Tome of Antonidas
98.3%
Incantation of Swiftness
30%
2 / 2
Master of Escape
91.7%
Charm of Aegwynn
98.3%
Brainstorm
80%
Flow of Time
98.3%
Mana Confluence
3.3%
Charm of Medivh
98.3%
Permafrost Bauble
76.7%
Ice Nova
75%
Time Manipulation
86.7%
Ring of Frost
76.7%
Energized Barriers
96.7%
Mass Invisibility
58.3%
Barrier Diffusion
86.7%
Ice Cold
25%
Spatial Manipulation
98.3%
Improved Ice Barrier
98.3%

Spellslinger

Hero class image
Splinterstorm
100%
Spellfrost Teachings
100%
Controlled Instincts
100%
Signature Spell
100%
Archmage's Wrath
100%
Slippery Slinging
100%
Reactive Barrier
100%
Splintering Orbs
100%
Augury Abounds
100%
Force of Will
100%
Splintering Sorcery
100%
Polished Focus
100%
Infused Splinters
100%
Shifting Shards
100%
Ice Lance
98.3%
Blizzard
98.3%
Fingers of Frost
98.3%
Frostbite
98.3%
Icicles
98.3%
Flurry
98.3%
Glacial Bulwark
98.3%
Frozen Orb
98.3%
Brain Freeze
96.7%
Piercing Cold
56.7%
Ray of Frost
98.3%
Everlasting Frost
95%
Permafrost Lances
83.3%
Frozen Touch
36.7%
Splitting Ice
91.7%
Flash Freeze
66.7%
Frigid Focus
98.3%
Winter's Blessing
98.3%
Freezing Rain
85%
Cone of Frost
0%
Fractured Frost
85%
Improved Shatter
95%
Deep Shatter
46.7%
Wintertide
95%
Glacial Attunement
96.7%
2 / 2
Heart of Ice
86.7%
Rimecaster
71.7%
2 / 2
Freezing Winds
5%
Improved Flurry
86.7%
Glacial Assault
36.7%
Crystalline Refraction
60%
Summon Water Elemental
93.3%
Glacial Chill
23.3%
Hailstones
18.3%
Thermal Void
86.7%
Glaciate
91.7%
Comet Storm
15%
Hand of Frost
293.3%

Best PvP Talents

Snowdrift

Snowdrift

70%

Summon a strong Blizzard that surrounds you for 6 sec that slows enemies by 70% and deals 76 Frost damage every 1 sec. Enemies that are caught in Snowdrift for 2 sec consecutively become Frozen in ice, stunned for 4 sec.

Ice Wall

Ice Wall

68%

Conjures an Ice Wall 30 yards long that obstructs line of sight. The wall has 30% of your maximum health and lasts up to 15 sec.

Overpowered Barrier

Overpowered Barrier

47%

Your barriers absorb 100% more damage and have an additional effect, but last 4 sec. Prismatic Barrier If the barrier is fully absorbed, your next Blink or Shimmer within 15 sec grants Invisibility and immunity to damage for 3 sec. The damage reduction is lost if Invisibility ends.

Improved Mass Invisibility

Improved Mass Invisibility

33%

The cooldown of Mass Invisibility is reduced by 4 min and can affect allies in combat.

Master Shepherd

Master Shepherd

30%

While an enemy player is affected by your Polymorph or Mass Polymorph, your movement speed is increased by 25% and your Versatility is increased by 12%. Additionally, Polymorph and Mass Polymorph no longer heal enemies.

Concentrated Coolness

Concentrated Coolness

28%

Frozen Orb's damage is increased by 10% and is now castable at a location with a 40 yard range but no longer moves.

Frost Bomb

Frost Bomb

13%

Places a Frost Bomb on the target. After 5 sec, the bomb explodes, dealing 3,554 Frost damage to the target and 1,758 Frost damage to all other enemies within 10 yards. All affected targets are slowed by 50% for 8 sec. If Frost Bomb is dispelled before it explodes, gain a charge of Brain Freeze.

Icy Feet

Icy Feet

5%

When your Frost Nova or Water Elemental's Freeze is dispelled or removed, become immune to snares for 3 sec. This effect can only occur once every 10 sec.