Mage
Frost
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Frost Mage
The Frost Mage specialization in Wrath of the Lich King strengthens Frost damage, slows and freezing effects.
The Mage deals ranged magic damage with Fire, Frost and Arcane spells, and has many crowd control tools. Frost suits players who enjoy controlling their opponents and reacting to triggered effects.
A playstyle built on freezing
Frostbolt3 sec cast · Duration 9 secLaunches a bolt of frost that deals 799 to 861 Frost damage and reduces the target's movement speed by 40% for 9 seconds. deals Frost damage and slows the target. Fingers of FrostFrost · Row 8 · 2 ranksGives your chill effects a 7% / 15% chance to grant Fingers of Frost, which makes your next 2 spells act as if the target were frozen. Lasts 15 seconds. makes your next 2 spells act as if the target were frozen, which benefits from ShatterFrost · Row 4 · 3 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of all your spells against frozen targets by 17% / 34% / 50%., and Brain FreezeFrost · Row 9 · 3 ranksYour Frost damage spells with chill effects have a 5% / 10% / 15% chance to make your next Fireball or Frostfire Bolt instant and free of mana cost. makes your next Frostfire Bolt3 sec cast · Duration 9 secLaunches a bolt of frostfire that deals 722 to 838 Frostfire damage, slows the target by 40% and deals 90 more Frostfire damage over 9 seconds. Checked against the lower of the target's Frost and Fire resistances. instant. Ice ShardsFrost · Row 2 · 3 ranksIncreases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 33% / 66% / 100%. increases the critical strike damage of Frost spells.
Icy VeinsFrost · Row 3 · 1 rankInstant · 3 min cooldown · Duration 20 secIncreases your casting speed by 20% and prevents all pushback from damage while casting for 20 seconds. speeds up casting, Cold SnapFrost · Row 5 · 1 rankInstant · 8 min cooldownWhen activated, finishes the cooldown of all Frost spells you recently cast. finishes the cooldown of Frost spells, and Summon Water ElementalFrost · Row 9 · 1 rankInstant · 3 min cooldown · Duration 45 secSummons a Water Elemental that fights for you for 45 seconds. calls an elemental that fights for the Mage. The final talent of the tree, Deep FreezeFrost · Row 11 · 1 rankInstant · 30 sec cooldown · Duration 5 secStuns a frozen target for 5 seconds. Deals 1469 to 1741 damage to targets permanently immune to stuns., stuns a frozen target.
Its role in PvE
In PvE, Frost deals steady damage and Enduring WinterFrost · Row 9 · 3 ranksRequires: Summon Water Elemental (1 rank)Increases the duration of Summon Water Elemental by 5 / 10 / 15 seconds. Frostbolt has a 33% / 66% / 100% chance to grant up to 10 party or raid members mana regeneration equal to 1% of their maximum mana every 5 seconds for 15 seconds, at most once every 6 seconds. helps the raid regenerate mana. Winter's ChillFrost · Row 6 · 3 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of Frostbolt by 1% / 2% / 3%, and gives your Frost damage spells a 33% / 66% / 100% chance to apply Winter's Chill, which increases the chance spells critically hit the target by 1% for 15 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times. increases the critical strike chance of all spells cast on the target.
