Frost Mage
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Frost Mage is a ranged fighter that can wield either two one-handed weapons (wands, daggers, off-hand items) or a two-handed weapon (staves). The class has tremendous burst damage in both single-target and AoE, as well as a smooth, measured rotation with plenty of procs and ability stacks.
Strengths
- Excellent damage in both single-target and AoE.
- Simple rotation that lets you quickly grasp the class and deliver strong results.
- Provides a raid buff granting 30% haste for 30 seconds (Bloodlust/Heroism), as well as an Intellect buff for all raid/group members.
Weaknesses
- Heavy reliance on burst cooldowns. Without them the class's damage is mediocre.
- Requires tracking ability procs and reacting to them quickly, as every delay significantly impacts damage output.
- For AoE damage mobs need to be stacked close together, since the radius of AoE abilities is small
Stat Priority
Intellect
Mastery
Critical Strike
Haste
VersatilityTalents
Rotation (Ability Priority)
Comet Storm if the corresponding talent is selected- Flurry if
Brain Freeze is active and 
Icy Void is not active 
Ice Lance if 
Fingers of Frost is active
Freezing
FrostboltBest in Slot (BiS)
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Enchants, Gems, Consumables
Leveling Process
From the very first level you already have abilities to deal damage. Your main ability at early levels will be Ice Lance.
As you level up you will unlock new abilities, gradually building towards the full rotation. We recommend following this ability priority as they become available:
Mythic+ Tips
1
The ability 
Alter Time lets you quickly recover after taking large but non-lethal damage. If you know you are about to take damage, press this ability once before the hit and once after.
2
You can use 
Shimmer while casting spells if you need to urgently leave the area you are standing in.
3
Always make sure you are under the effect of 
Ice Barrier. The ability significantly increases your survivability.
Macros
#showtooltip Spellsteal /cast [@focus,exists] Spellsteal
#showtooltip Alter Time /cancelaura Alter Time
#showtooltip Remove Curse /cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][]Remove Curse
Author
Fouren
Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.
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