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How the 14/0/37 build works
Frost to Ice Barrier with Shatter, Winter's Chill, Cold Snap and Ice Block. Forever adds Ice Lance and Fingers of Frost, both taken, and Winter's Chill now raises Ice Lance's critical strike chance too.
Fourteen Arcane points buy Arcane Focus, Arcane Concentration and Arcane Impact. This is the sim's Frost build with two points it no longer spends on today's tree put into Frost Channeling.
Frost Mage leveling build
One talent point a level from 10 to 60, in this order, ending at 0/5/46 without a respec. Pick the Leveling tab above and drag the level slider to watch the trees fill in.
Levels 10–19
Improved Frostbolt takes half a second off Frostbolt, and Ice Shards doubles the crit bonus of your Frost spells.
Levels 20–29
Piercing Ice adds 6% Frost damage, one point of Improved Blizzard slows what it hits, and Ice Lance deals 300% more damage to frozen targets. Shatter adds 50% crit against frozen targets, and Improved Frost Nova brings Frost Nova back sooner.
Levels 30–40
Cold Snap resets your Frost cooldowns, Fingers of Frost treats targets as frozen, Frost Channeling cuts costs, Winter's Chill raises Frostbolt and Ice Lance crit, and Ice Barrier at 40 absorbs damage and stops pushback.
Levels 41–60
Frost Channeling finished, Improved Cone of Cold, Ice Block and Elemental Precision for hit, then Wake of Fire and Incineration from Fire, and Permafrost and Arctic Reach.
| Level | Talent | Tree |
|---|---|---|
| 10–14 | Improved Frostbolt 5/5 | Frost |
| 15–19 | Ice Shards 5/5 | Frost |
| 20–22 | Piercing Ice 3/3 | Frost |
| 23 | Improved Blizzard 1/3 | Frost |
| 24 | Ice Lance 1/1 | Frost |
| 25–27 | Shatter 3/3 | Frost |
| 28–29 | Improved Frost Nova 2/2 | Frost |
| 30 | Cold Snap 1/1 | Frost |
| 31–32 | Fingers of Frost 2/2 | Frost |
| 33–34 | Frost Channeling 2/3 | Frost |
| 35–39 | Winter's Chill 5/5 | Frost |
| 40 | Ice Barrier 1/1 | Frost |
| 41 | Frost Channeling 3/3 | Frost |
| 42–44 | Improved Cone of Cold 3/3 | Frost |
| 45 | Ice Block 1/1 | Frost |
| 46–50 | Elemental Precision 5/5 | Frost |
| 51–52 | Wake of Fire 2/2 | Fire |
| 53–55 | Incineration 3/3 | Fire |
| 56–58 | Permafrost 3/3 | Frost |
| 59–60 | Arctic Reach 2/2 | Frost |
Rather skip the climb? The leveling service takes your character to 60 on your realm.
Every talent in the Frost Mage raid build
Each talent with its Forever tooltip at the rank the build takes.
Arcane· 14 points
Arcane Focus 5/5
Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 5%.
Arcane Concentration 5/5
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%.
Arcane Geometry 1/2New in Forever
Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 3 yards.
Arcane Impact 3/3New in Forever
Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 6%.
Frost· 37 points
Improved Frostbolt 5/5
Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.5 sec.
Elemental Precision 5/5
Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 5%.
Ice Shards 5/5
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%.
Frostbite 3/3
Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.
Piercing Ice 3/3
Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 6%.
Frost Channeling 2/3
Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 10% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 20%.
Ice Lance 1/1New in Forever
Deals 28 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets.
Ice Block 1/1
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.
Shatter 3/3
Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 50%.
Cold Snap 1/1
Finishes the remaining cooldown on all your other Frost spells.
Fingers of Frost 2/2New in Forever
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 Chill 5/5
Gives your Frost damage spells a 100% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance your Ice Lance and Frostbolt spells will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.
Ice Barrier 1/1
Instantly shields you, absorbing 431 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage.
New Frost talents in WoW Forever
The 2 talents in Forever's Frost tree that Classic does not have, shown at full rank. Another 11 carry over from Classic with different ranks, positions or numbers.
Ice Lance · row 3, 1 rank
Deals 28 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets.
Fingers of Frost · row 5, 2 ranks
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.
Questions
What are the best Frost Mage talents in WoW Forever?
Our recommended Frost Mage build is 14/0/37: Frost to Ice Barrier, Arcane Concentration from Arcane. We built it from the beta's tooltips because the Forever sim has no build for it yet. Nobody has played a level 60 yet, so treat it as a starting point until launch on 4 November.
Are WoW Forever's Frost talents the same as Classic's?
No. Forever's Frost tree has 19 talents, and 2 of them do not exist in Classic: Ice Lance and Fingers of Frost. Another 11 have different ranks, positions or numbers. The tree is still seven rows deep, and each row still needs five points spent above it.
What is the Frost 31-point talent in WoW Forever?
Ice Barrier. Instantly shields you, absorbing 431 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage.
What is the best Frost Mage leveling build in WoW Forever?
Ours takes one point a level from 10 to 60 with no respec and ends at 0/5/46. It picks up Ice Lance at 24, Cold Snap at 30, Ice Barrier at 40 and Ice Block at 45. The full order is on this page.
How many talent points do you get in WoW Forever?
51 at level 60, one per level from level 10, as in Classic. The Legacy perk Talented starts them at level 5 instead, which matters for alts while levelling.
Where does this talent data come from?
From the WoW Forever beta client's own talent tables (build 1.60.1.70338), not from Classic. Every tooltip on this page is rendered from the client's spell data, and we checked them against the numbers the beta's own tooltips show. The trees can still change before launch.
