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Frost Mage

Damage specialisation · Tier C in Mythic+, 2.0% of the sample

PvE GuideRaid logs, Mythic+ players and PvE buildsACTIVEPvP GuideRated ladder talents, gear stats and builds

Opener

The order abilities first landed across 4 top-parsing pulls, with the median time into the fight. The percentage is how many of those parses used the ability at all — a step at 100% is the opener, one at 60% is a choice some players make.

  1. 1Frostbolt+0.3s100%
  2. 2Flurry+0.3s100%
  3. 3Nullsight+1.9s50%
  4. 4
Ray of Frost
+2.1s
100%
  • 5Ice Lance+5.6s100%
  • 6Frozen Orb+5.6s100%
  • What follows what

    What was pressed next, counted over every observed pair. This is the closest a log gets to a priority list — but it describes behaviour, not a rule: a player casting Execute because it lit up looks the same here as one following a plan.

    • Ice Lance109 casts→Ice Lance55%Glacial Spike14%Flurry9%
    • Frostbolt33 casts→Frostbolt59%Flurry19%Ice Lance13%
    • Glacial Spike31 casts→Glacial Spike43%Ice Lance33%Flurry17%
    • Flurry28 casts→Ice Lance68%Frozen Orb7%
    • Frozen Orb12 casts→Flurry58%Ice Lance33%Light's Potential8%
    • Ray of Frost11 casts→Ice Lance73%Shimmer18%Frozen Orb9%

    Ability usage

    Casts per minute across 15 top-parsing kills in The Venomous Abyss. Per minute rather than totals, so a long fight does not read as a heavily used ability.

    Single target

    5 fights where almost all damage went to the boss

    1. 1Ice Lance25.9per min
    2. 2Flurry7.2per min
    3. 3Glacial Spike5.1per min
    4. 4Frostbolt3.4per min
    5. 5Frozen Orb2.2per min

    Multi-target

    6 fights with substantial add damage

    1. 1Ice Lance24.1per min
    2. 2Flurry6.8per min
    3. 3Frostbolt4.6per min
    4. 4Glacial Spike

    Fights are sorted by how much damage landed on boss units rather than by a hand-kept list of which encounter is the AoE one, so the split stays right after a retune. Fights in between are left out of both columns.

    Updated 31/08/2026. These are observed casts, not a recommended priority — the order reflects how often an ability came up, which is not the same as when to press it.

    Secondary stats

    Secondary stat split across the 91 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

    • Versatility51.6%1,299 avg
    • Haste40.9%1,038 avg
    • Mastery5.0%130 avg
    • Critical Strike2.5%60 avg

    What PvE players are playing

    Talent choices across 91 synced characters playing this specialisation. These are observed picks, not recommendations — they say what the ladder is doing, not what you should do.

    Where builds differ

    Taken by between 15% and 90% of players. This is where the real decisions are.

    • Frigid Focus89%

      81 players · Specialization

    • Hand of Frost89%

      81 players · Specialization

    • Heart of Ice89%

      81 players · Specialization

    • Fractured Frost88%

      80 players · Specialization

    • Ice Caller88%

      80 players · Specialization

    • Lonely Winter88%

      80 players · Specialization

    • Glaciate85%

      77 players · Specialization

    • Mass Barrier85%

      77 players · Class

    • Archmage's Wrath84%

      76 players · Hero

    • Attuned Familiar84%

      76 players · Hero

    • Augury Abounds84%

      76 players · Hero

    • Controlled Instincts84%

      76 players · Hero

    • Force of Will84%

      76 players · Hero

    • Infused Splinters84%

      76 players · Hero

    • Look Again84%

      76 players · Hero

    • Polished Focus84%

      76 players · Hero

    • Reactive Barrier84%

      76 players · Hero

    • Rimecaster84%

      76 players · Specialization

    • Signature Spell84%

      76 players · Hero

    • Spellfrost Teachings84%

      76 players · Hero

    • Splintering Orbs84%

      76 players · Hero

    • Splintering Sorcery84%

      76 players · Hero

    • Splinterstorm84%

      76 players · Hero

    • Splitting Ice84%

      76 players · Specialization

    • Crystalline Refraction81%

      74 players · Specialization

    • Winter's Protection81%

      74 players · Class

    • Freezing Rain80%

      73 players · Specialization

    • Flash Freeze78%

      71 players · Specialization

    • Permafrost Bauble77%

      70 players · Class

    • Frozen Touch73%

      66 players · Specialization

    • Ice Ward49%

      45 players · Class

    • Overflowing Energy47%

      43 players · Class

    • Improved Spellsteal37%

      34 players · Class

    • Cryo-Freeze35%

      32 players · Class

    • Perpetual Winter16%

      15 players · Specialization

    Near-universal picks (45)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
    • Alter Time100%

      91 players · Class

    • Ice Block100%

      91 players · Class

    • Improved Blink99%

      90 players · Class

    Rarely taken (93)under 15% — situational or out of favour
    • Mirror Image14%

      13 players · Class

    • Deep Shatter12%

      11 players · Specialization

    • Glacial Assault9.9%

      9 players · Specialization

    Import a real build

    Loadouts from the highest-rated synced players of this specialisation. Paste straight into the game.

    • Спектур

      howling-fjord · EU3,006

    • Lucasthebest

      ravencrest · EU2,766

    • Zambi

      frostwolf · EU2,683

    • Redtgp

      sargeras · US2,237

    • Throndhindel

      argent-dawn · EU1,289

    Learn the spec

    This page measures what players do. For rotation, stat priority and matchup play, these are the references.

    • WowheadpveRotation, stat priority, gear and consumables. The most complete free PvE reference.
    • Icy VeinspveRotation walkthroughs and talent reasoning, written for players learning a spec.
    • Raider.IOpveMythic+ routes, affix planning and dungeon-by-dungeon breakdowns.

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    4.3per min
  • 5Frozen Orb2.0per min
  • Inspired Intellect99%

    90 players · Class

  • Tome of Antonidas99%

    90 players · Class

  • Arcane Warding98%

    89 players · Class

  • Charm of Aegwynn98%

    89 players · Class

  • Charm of Medivh98%

    89 players · Class

  • Flow of Time98%

    89 players · Class

  • Greater Invisibility98%

    89 players · Class

  • Inspired Intellect98%

    89 players · Class

  • Quick Witted98%

    89 players · Class

  • Remove Curse98%

    89 players · Class

  • Spellsteal98%

    89 players · Class

  • Temporal Realignment98%

    89 players · Class

  • Brainstorm97%

    88 players · Class

  • Blazing Barrier8.8%

    8 players · Class

  • Ice Cold8.8%

    8 players · Class

  • Improved Warding8.8%

    8 players · Class

  • Ashes of Inspiration7.7%

    7 players · Hero

  • Blast Radius7.7%

    7 players · Hero

  • Burden of Power7.7%

    7 players · Hero

  • Burn It All7.7%

    7 players · Specialization

  • Cauterize7.7%

    7 players · Specialization

  • Codex of the Sunstriders7.7%

    7 players · Hero