Mage
Frost
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Frost Mage
Strengths
- Control: Frost NovaInstant · 25 sec cooldown · Duration 8 secBlasts nearby enemies for 365 to 415 Frost damage and freezes them in place for up to 8 seconds. Damage may break the effect. freezes nearby enemies, and 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., Cone of ColdInstant · 10 sec cooldown · Duration 8 secEnemies in a cone in front of the caster take 707 to 773 Frost damage and are slowed by 50% for 8 seconds. and Improved BlizzardFrost · Row 3 · 3 ranksAdds a chill effect to Blizzard that reduces the target's movement speed by 25% / 40% / 50% for 1.5 seconds. slow them.
- Survival: Ice BlockInstant · 5 min cooldown · Duration 10 secEncases you in a block of ice for 10 seconds, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells, but you cannot attack, move or cast. Also causes Hypothermia, preventing another Ice Block for 30 seconds., Ice BarrierFrost · Row 7 · 1 rankInstant · 30 sec cooldown · Duration 1 minRequires: Cold Snap (1 rank)Instantly shields you, absorbing 3300 damage for 1 minute. While the shield holds, damage does not delay your spellcasting. and Cold SnapFrost · Row 5 · 1 rankInstant · 8 min cooldownWhen activated, finishes the cooldown of all Frost spells you recently cast. help you escape dangerous situations.
- Area damage: BlizzardChanneled · Duration 8 secChanneled: ice shards pelt the target area, dealing 3408 Frost damage over 8 seconds. can land critical strikes and hits many enemies.
- Group support: 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, and 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 spell critical strike chance against the target.
Weaknesses
- PvE damage: on a single target, Frost deals less damage than Fire and Arcane.
- Casting: 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. requires a cast, which can be interrupted.
- Element of chance: part of the damage depends on 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. 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..
- Fragility: without Frost NovaInstant · 25 sec cooldown · Duration 8 secBlasts nearby enemies for 365 to 415 Frost damage and freezes them in place for up to 8 seconds. Damage may break the effect. or Ice BlockInstant · 5 min cooldown · Duration 10 secEncases you in a block of ice for 10 seconds, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells, but you cannot attack, move or cast. Also causes Hypothermia, preventing another Ice Block for 30 seconds., the Mage is vulnerable in melee.
