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Frost Mage

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 50 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

<podval>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (class)

Time Walk
Dragon's Breath
Improved Blink
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
Pepsibottle

Pepsibottle

<Higga Neroes>Argent Dawn (eu)

Talents (class)

Time Walk
Dragon's Breath
Shimmer
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)

Snowdrift
Improved Mass Invisibility
Overpowered Barrier
Carrymepapi

Carrymepapi

<Nightfall>Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

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

Talents (spec)

Blizzard
Glacial Bulwark
Frigid Focus
Wintertide
Lonely Winter

Talents (hero)

Shifting Shards
Slippery Slinging
Reactive Barrier

Talents (pvp)

Ice Wall
Snowdrift
Improved Mass Invisibility

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 Night Elf and for the Horde is Undead

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

58% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

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

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 176 primary stat for 20 sec.

7% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 176 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)

7% of the best players use this combination
Vaelgor's Final Stare

Vaelgor's Final Stare

Use: Seize the eye's draconic power, granting you 1,180 Mastery diminishing over 15 sec and allowing you to see hidden enemies. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Gaze of the Alnseer

Gaze of the Alnseer

Equip: Your damage and healing has a chance to grant you Alnsight for 12 sec. While active, casting spells and abilities manifests unstable Alnscorned and consumes their essence to grant you 30 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

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

31%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

24%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

15%

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

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 Arcanoweave Lining on a Waist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

63%

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.

  • Waist24%
  • Chest24%
  • Wrist24%
  • Feet19%
  • Head3%
  • Back3%
  • Shoulders3%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

58%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,463 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet35%
  • Wrist32%
  • Waist15%
  • Chest12%
  • Legs3%
  • Main Hand3%
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 150%
  • Ring 236%
  • Neck14%

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

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

78%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

10%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

59%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

12%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

76%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

7%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

81%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

5%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

76%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

44%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

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
96.6%
2 / 2
Winter's Protection
79.7%
2 / 2
Frost Conditioning
45.8%
Arcane Warding
98.3%
2 / 2
Inspired Intellect
98.3%
Mirror Image
32.2%
Spellsteal
96.6%
Quick Witted
94.9%
Dragon's Breath
98.3%
Remove Curse
96.6%
Improved Conjuration
3.4%
1 / 2
Improved Spellsteal
5.1%
Improved Blink
98.3%
Improved Counterspell
86.4%
Overflowing Energy
84.7%
Improved Remove Curse
3.4%
Greater Invisibility
96.6%
Ice Ward
69.5%
Captured Thoughts
8.5%
Tome of Rhonin
98.3%
Tome of Antonidas
98.3%
Incantation of Swiftness
27.1%
2 / 2
Master of Escape
88.1%
Charm of Aegwynn
98.3%
Brainstorm
89.8%
Flow of Time
98.3%
Mana Confluence
5.1%
Charm of Medivh
98.3%
Permafrost Bauble
61%
Ice Nova
78%
Time Manipulation
88.1%
Ring of Frost
84.7%
Energized Barriers
93.2%
Mass Invisibility
78%
Barrier Diffusion
88.1%
Ice Cold
11.9%
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
98.3%
Piercing Cold
52.5%
Ray of Frost
98.3%
Everlasting Frost
94.9%
Permafrost Lances
94.9%
Frozen Touch
37.3%
Splitting Ice
78%
Flash Freeze
55.9%
Frigid Focus
98.3%
Winter's Blessing
98.3%
Freezing Rain
91.5%
Cone of Frost
0%
Fractured Frost
91.5%
Improved Shatter
98.3%
Deep Shatter
37.3%
Wintertide
98.3%
Glacial Attunement
98.3%
2 / 2
Heart of Ice
93.2%
Rimecaster
78%
2 / 2
Freezing Winds
1.7%
Improved Flurry
96.6%
Glacial Assault
20.3%
Crystalline Refraction
83.1%
Lonely Winter
96.6%
Glacial Chill
5.1%
Hailstones
5.1%
Thermal Void
93.2%
Glaciate
96.6%
Comet Storm
3.4%
Hand of Frost
294.9%

Best PvP Talents

Ice Wall

Ice Wall

85%

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.

Snowdrift

Snowdrift

64%

Summon a strong Blizzard that surrounds you for 6 sec that slows enemies by 70% and deals 77 Frost damage every 1 sec. Enemies that are caught in Snowdrift for 2 sec consecutively become Frozen in ice, stunned for 4 sec.

Improved Mass Invisibility

Improved Mass Invisibility

63%

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

Overpowered Barrier

Overpowered Barrier

41%

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.

Master Shepherd

Master Shepherd

24%

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

10%

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

7%

Places a Frost Bomb on the target. After 5 sec, the bomb explodes, dealing 3,525 Frost damage to the target and 1,742 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.

Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire

2%

Summons a Ring of Fire for 8 sec at the target location. Enemies entering the ring are disoriented and burn for 3% of their total health over 3 sec.