Introduction
My name is Tamir, also known as tam1h.
I've been pushing high mythic+ keys since Legion as a mage and raiding since Warlords of Draenor. I have been raiding in the top 30 scenes throughout most of Shadowlands and Dragonflight.
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What has changed
Patch 11.1.5 Changes
For 11.1.5 there are no significant class changes for Frost Mage. However, there is a lot of other new patch content being added to the game that you can check out in our 11.1.5 articles.
With the introduction to patch 11.1.5 blizzard has introduced the old Dinar System
Tl;dr you need 3 chips to get 1 item you get one this week by completing a quest near the great vault and then you get one every 3 weeks which means you can buy up to 3 items in total. In order to buy mythic items from the raid you need have the achievement of the respectable boss killed in mythic. In order to get mythic track items from M+ you need to have all keys timed on +12 or above. I will write in the gearing section the top 3 items i think are the best to buy as Fire mage with the dinar system.
Patch 11.1 Changes
- Freezing Winds has been redesigned – Now causes Frozen Orb to deal 15% more damage to units affected by your Blizzard.
- Blizzard damage increased by 100%.
- Blizzard increased to a 12 yard radius (was 8 yards).
- Blizzard duration increased to 12 seconds (was 8 seconds).
- Ice Lances empowered by Fingers of Frost no longer consume Winter's Chill.
- Glacial Assault's description has been updated to better communicate its effects.
- Permafrost Lance's talent icon has been updated to match its aura icon.
Patch 11.1 Summary:
With the changes to freezing winds and blizzard i think frost is heading towards a more healthy direction with a bit more upfront AoE baked damage into our Blizzard and increased radius of blizzard and duration.
Often blizzard felt like an underwhelming button to press it wasn’t contributing much towards our AoE damage it was mostly to activate / reset frozen orb so we can generate more lance procs.
The recent changes to Freezing winds should fix this issue and I am happy about the direction frost is heading to.