Mage

Frost Mage 12/0/39

Role: Ranged DPS / controlPoints: 51 at level 60Build: 1.60.1.70425Updated: 2026-10-24
Frost is control and survival. Shatter and Fingers of Frost make frozen targets crit, Ice Block and Ice Barrier keep you alive, Winter's Chill sets up a bigger Cone of Cold, and Cold Snap resets it all. Arcane points add hit, Arcane Concentration and Arcane Subtlety. Reflects the Oct 20 hotfix: Piercing Ice is gone and Elemental Precision is 3 ranks of 2% hit.
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Where the 51 points go

Arcane12 pts

Arcane Focus5/5

Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 5%.

Arcane Subtlety2/2

Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 15 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 30%.

Arcane Concentration5/5

Gives you a 10% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.

Fire0 pts

No points here in this build.

Frost39 pts

Frost Warding2/2

Increases the Armor and resistances granted by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 30%, gives your Frost Ward a 20% chance to negate the warded damage spell, and increases the amount absorbed by your Ice Barrier and Frost Ward by 20%.

Improved Frostbolt5/5

Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt and Frost Blast spells by 0.5 sec.

Elemental Precision3/3

Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 6%.

Ice Shards5/5

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%.

Frostbite1/3

Gives your Chill effects a 5% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.

Improved Frost Nova2/2

Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova spell by 4 sec.

Permafrost2/3

Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 22% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 7%.

Frost Channeling3/3

Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 15% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 30%.

Ice Lance1/1

Deals 28 to 32 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 200% increased damage to Frozen targets.

Arctic Reach2/2

Increases the range of your Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Blizzard spells and the radius of your Frost Nova and Cone of Cold spells by 20%.

Ice Block1/1

You become encased in a block of ice, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move, or cast spells.

Shatter3/3

Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 50%.

Cold Snap1/1

Finishes the remaining cooldown on all your other Frost spells.

Fingers of Frost2/2

Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 2 spells cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec.

Winter's Chill5/5

Gives your Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Fingers of Frost empowered Ice Lance spells a 100% chance to apply Winter's Chill, increasing the target's damage taken from your next Cone of Cold by 5% and it gains an additional 7% of your spell damage, stacking up to 5 times.

Ice Barrier1/1

Shield yourself, absorbing 447 damage and increasing your Frost damage by 3% for 1 min. While shielded, your Frost damage is increased by an additional 3% and you do not lose casting time when you take damage.

Level-by-level talent order

You get your first point at level 10 and one more every level, so each row is one level. Rows marked with a tree name are where that tree opens a new tier.

LevelPut the point inRankTree
10Improved Frostbolt1/5Frost
11Improved Frostbolt2/5Frost
12Improved Frostbolt3/5Frost
13Improved Frostbolt4/5Frost
14Improved Frostbolt5/5Frost
15Elemental Precision1/3Frost
16Elemental Precision2/3Frost
17Elemental Precision3/3Frost
18Ice Shards1/5Frost
19Ice Shards2/5Frost
20Ice Shards3/5Frost
21Ice Shards4/5Frost
22Ice Shards5/5Frost
23Frost Warding1/2Frost
24Frost Warding2/2Frost
25Improved Frost Nova1/2Frost
26Improved Frost Nova2/2Frost
27Frostbite1/3Frost
28Permafrost1/3Frost
29Permafrost2/3Frost
30Frost Channeling1/3Frost
31Frost Channeling2/3Frost
32Frost Channeling3/3Frost
33Ice Lance1/1Frost
34Ice Block1/1Frost
35Shatter1/3Frost
36Shatter2/3Frost
37Shatter3/3Frost
38Arctic Reach1/2Frost
39Arctic Reach2/2Frost
40Cold Snap1/1Frost
41Fingers of Frost1/2Frost
42Fingers of Frost2/2Frost
43Winter's Chill1/5Frost
44Winter's Chill2/5Frost
45Winter's Chill3/5Frost
46Winter's Chill4/5Frost
47Winter's Chill5/5Frost
48Ice Barrier1/1Frost
49Arcane Focus1/5Arcane
50Arcane Focus2/5Arcane
51Arcane Focus3/5Arcane
52Arcane Focus4/5Arcane
53Arcane Focus5/5Arcane
54Arcane Concentration1/5Arcane
55Arcane Concentration2/5Arcane
56Arcane Concentration3/5Arcane
57Arcane Concentration4/5Arcane
58Arcane Concentration5/5Arcane
59Arcane Subtlety1/2Arcane
60Arcane Subtlety2/2Arcane

Stat priority and gearing

Spell Hit to 16% (Elemental Precision covers 5%), Frost spell power, Spell Crit (Shatter), Intellect, then Stamina for PvP.
Frost's crit comes from Shatter on frozen targets, so raw crit matters less than keeping targets frozen.
Hit caps (9% melee, 16% spells, 440 Defense) are the Classic 1.12 values Forever inherits; the news desk notes any change. Pre-raid best-in-slot lists will be added once the Forever item database is public and verified; we will not guess at item stats.

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