Frost Mage Gearing Guide

The Tier Set Bonus in Patch 11.2.5 is now based on your Hero Talent and not only your specialization.

Frostfire Season 3 Frost Mage Tier Set Bonus:

• Frostfire 2p - Meteor and Frostfire Burst damage increased by 30%. Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 10%. Meteor, Frostfire Burst and Frostfire Bolt now apply Ignite, dealing an additional 25% damage over 9 sec.
• Frostfire 4p - Casting Glacial Spike has a 100% chance to also cast a Pyroblast, dealing Fire damage. Additionally, Pyroblast now benefits from Ignite.

Spellslinger Season 3 Frost Mage Tier Set Bonus:

• Spellslinger 2p - Ice Lance and Icicles damage increased by 10% and Ice Lance has a 50% chance to generate 1 stack of Cold Front. Direct damage has a 15% chance to grant a stack of Cold Front.
• Spellslinger 4p - When Frozen Orb deals damage to one or more enemies, it has a 15% chance to grant a stack of Cold Front. When Cold Front summons a Frozen Orb, your spell damage gets increased by 8% for 10 sec.

The War Within Season 3 Frost Mage Tier Set Bonus Conclusions:

Spellslinger: Mostly a passive tier set that doesn’t change the way you play much. The only thing to keep an eye out for is that you always want to be facing your enemy in case you shoot out a Frozen Orb from the Cold Front 4-piece set.

Frostfire: This tier set drastically changes how the single target rotation is played. Most of the Frost Mage’s spell damage is calculated when the spell hits, whereas the 4-piece set’s Pyroblast is calculated on cast. This means the signature Frost Mage combo of Glacial Spike into Flurry is not optimal with the new 4-piece set, since Pyroblast would not benefit from Flurry. You should almost always have an active Winter’s Chill debuff on your target before casting Glacial Spike.

Frostfire deals more damage than Spellslinger in both AoE and single target situations. The only benefit of playing Spellslinger is that the rotation is significantly easier.

The table below shows the BiS list for Frost Mage in M+ and Raid. Always sim yourself—this BiS list is not a replacement for simming your character.

• Raiding
• Mythic+

Frost Mage has a variety of strong trinkets in patch 11.2.5, but only two truly stand out. Since Frost is a flat damage, non bursty spec, many on use trinkets don’t perform well. Below, I’ve listed the best trinkets along with some decent alternatives.

Best Season 3 Raid Trinkets for Frost Mage

The following trinkets are considered some of the best for Frost Mage in patch 11.2.5. These are the trinkets you should prioritize when looking for gear upgrades:

• Diamantine Voidcore (Passive)
• Screams of a Forgotten Sky (Passive)
• Azhiccaran Parapodia (Passive)
• Astral Antenna (Passive)

Good Alternative Trinkets for Frost Mage in Season 3

This section provides alternative options for trinkets. These are trinkets are good in case you can’t get your hands on the best-in-slot trinkets:

• Ara-Kara Sacbrood (Passive)
• Miniscule Mailemental in an Envelope (Passive)
• Naazindhri’s Mystic Lash (Passive)

Frost Mage performs best with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Writhing Armor Banding in raid, and 2× Duskthread Lining (Versatility Embellishment) in M+. It is also setup-dependent. For example, if you have the Soulbinder Naazindhri staff Voidglass Spire, you cannot equip Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension because it occupies a weapon slot, forcing you into a 2x Duskthread Lining setup.

Puzzling Cartel Chips

Frost Mage is a spec which likes all sorts of trinkets both in m+ and raid, so always try simming yourself and see what the best dinar purchase would be. All items listed are at maximum Mythic track item level:

• Voidglass Spire (if you don’t already have
• Voidglass Kris or Voidglass Sovereign’s Blade)
• Diamantine Voidcore
• Azhiccaran Parapodia
• Astral Antenna
• Screams of a Forgotten Sky (for raiding)
• Band of the Shattered Soul

You should aim for Mythic Voidglass Spire if you don’t already have a Mythic track Voidglass weapon. If you have killed Fractillus or Nexus King on Mythic, you can also purchase Voidglass Kris or Voidglass Sovereign’s Blade and craft an off-hand with Darkmoon: Ascension.

Secondly, you should either purchase Mythic Diamantine Voidcore, but if you haven’t killed Mythic Fractillus, aim for Azhiccaran Parapodia instead. If you are primarily focused on m+, I would strongly suggest that you buy Astral Antenna instead of Diamantine Voidcore, but to make sure, always sim your character.

Band of the Shattered Soul is a strong defensive ring that can contribute significant healing in both M+ and raid.

Lastly, Screams of a Forgotten Sky is your BiS raid single target trinket, though it falls off heavily in M+ and short Raid fights.

Weapon + Trinket set Combo in Patch 11.2

There’s a sword and trinket combo that drops from Manaforge Omega, which provides a noticeable damage gain for every caster. You should aim to at least get the weapon, as it has a passive effect that increases your DPS by about 1% compared to a regular weapon. The effect and damage of the weapon are further increased by the set.

Weapon: There are three weapons you can equip for the combo: Voidglass Sovereign's Blade (1-hander), Voidglass Kris (1-hander), and Voidglass Spire (2-hander). These weapons give your spells a chance to conjure Voidglass Shards, which slice enemies for Cosmic damage or orbit allies to absorb damage for up to 20 seconds. There isn’t any noticeable difference in damage between these weapons; it’s more about which one you can obtain first. Voidglass Spire is the easiest to obtain, as it drops from Soulbinder Naazindhri, the third boss of Manaforge Omega.

Trinket: Diamantine Voidcore. This trinket gives your spells a chance to empower the Voidcore, granting 11,000 Intellect for 15 seconds. This chance is increased by 25% while below 25% mana, and multiple applications may overlap.

Reshii Wraps

Reshii Wraps is the only cloak you will use in Season 3. It is an artifact cloak that you unlock by completing chapter 3 of the main patch storyline. The Reshii Wraps are upgradable via Ethereal Strands and can have secondary stats of your choice added to it.

To add a secondary stat to the Reshii Wraps you use a Fiber in the Fiber Socket of the Cloak. The highest quality version of the Fibers requires a work-order to a Tailor.

When picking a Fiber, I strongly recommend simming your character for the best stat for your current gear and intended content. If you just want a quick recommendation for which Reshii Fiber to use, then use Pure Chronomatic Fiber (Haste).

To find out more about the Reshii Wraps, you can read the Method Reshii Wraps Overview Guide.