Tier Sets
Frost Mage Season 1 Tier Set Bonuses:
- (2) Set Bonus: Ice lance damage increased by 8%
- (4) Set Bonus: Damage dealt by fingers of frost enhanced Ice Lances invoke a frigid pulse dealing 30% of spell power to nearby targets. Damage is reduced beyond 8 targets
Conclusions on Frost Tier set:
The 2p is more leaning towards the passive side, just passive damage increased for Ice Lance, which we do spend a lot, so it’s something welcome. Not much interaction in the gameplay on the 2p.
4p makes our ice lance splash into nearby targets (similar to our glacial spike tier set bonus from Dragonflight S4), it is something that I think is going to help frost in the AoE damage department, even though I think we have quite strong of an AoE Kit, it’s probably not as strong as the glacial spike splash from our previous tier set it’s still something.
frost mage Best in Slot Gear
This is the absolute best in slot setup you could have for Frost Mage, combined from both M+ and raid items.
With that being said, we consider that not everyone enjoys raiding so I will make a list for alternative items you can get from M+ to be as geared as possible.
Keep in mind that this is not a replacement for siming your character, as you will likely not have all these items at once, so to determine what is your next upgrade, always sim yourself.
Overall Best Gear
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Hood of Violet Rebirth | Catalyst |
| Neck | Sureki Zealot's Insignia | Sikran |
| Shoulders | Beacons of Violet Rebirth | Catalyst |
| Cloak | Royal Emblem of Nerub-ar | Ulgrax the Devourer |
| Chest | Runecoat of Violet Rebirth | Catalyst |
| Wrist | Skeinspinner's Duplicitous Cuffs | Anub'arash (The Silken Court) |
| Gloves | Jeweled Gauntlets of Violet Rebirth | Catalyst |
| Belt | Acrid Ascendant's Sash | Queen Ansurek |
| Legs | Voidspoken Sarong | Queen Ansurek |
| Boots | Consecrated Slippers | Crafted |
| Ring | Seal of the Poisoned Pact | Queen Ansurek |
| Ring | Experiment 08752's Band | City of Threads |
| Trinket | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
| Trinket | Spymaster's Web | The Silken Court |
| Main Hand | Sovereign's Disdain | Queen Ansurek |
| Off Hand | Vagabond's Torch | Crafted |
Best Gear from the Raid
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Hood of Violet Rebirth | Catalyst |
| Neck | Sureki Zealot's Insignia | Sikran |
| Shoulders | Beacons of Violet Rebirth | Catalyst |
| Cloak | Royal Emblem of Nerub-ar | Ulgrax the Devourer |
| Chest | Runecoat of Violet Rebirth | Catalyst |
| Wrist | Skeinspinner's Duplicitous Cuffs | Anub'arash (The Silken Court) |
| Gloves | Jeweled Gauntlets of Violet Rebirth | Catalyst |
| Belt | Acrid Ascendant's Sash | Queen Ansurek |
| Legs | Voidspoken Sarong | Queen Ansurek |
| Boots | Assimilated Eggshell Slippers | Broodtwister Ovi'nax |
| Ring | Seal of the Poisoned Pact | Queen Ansurek |
| Ring | Key to the Unseeming | The Bloodbound Horror |
| Trinket | Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg | Broodtwister Ovi'nax |
| Trinket | Spymaster's Web | The Silken Court |
| Main Hand | Sovereign's Disdain | Queen Ansurek |
| Off Hand | Broodtwister's Grim Catalyst | Broodtwister Ovi'nax |
Best Gear from Mythic+
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Hood of Violet Rebirth | Catalyst |
| Neck | "Emergency Stop" Keychain | The Stonevault |
| Shoulders | Beacons of Violet Rebirth | Catalyst |
| Cloak | Swarmcaller's Shroud | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
| Chest | Runecoat of Violet Rebirth | Catalyst |
| Wrist | Vitriolic Veinwoven Wraps | City of Threads |
| Gloves | Jeweled Gauntlets of Violet Rebirth | Catalyst |
| Belt | Burrower's Cinch | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
| Legs | Coattails of Violet Rebirth or Crafted | Catalyst/Crafted |
| Boots | Archaic Venomancer's Footwraps | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
| Ring | Devout Zealot's Ring | The Dawnbreaker |
| Ring | Stitchflesh's Misplaced Signet | Necrotic Wake |
| Trinket | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
| Trinket | Gale of Shadows | Grim Batol |
| Main Hand | Modgud's Blade or Crafted | Grim Batol/Crafted |
| Off Hand | Pail of Preserved Obscurity or Crafted | City of Threads/Crafted |
Trinkets
Spymaster’s Web - Great statstick with mastery and very strong on use when we use it fully stacked for a powerful burst with icy veins
Ara-Kara Sacbrood - Probably the best passive trinket for frost with haste stat stick and damage on proc
Treacherous Transmitter - Great on use trinket
Satchel of Misbegotten Minions - A passive trinket that deals damage, nothing special but it seems like it procs a lot
Gale of Shadows - great passive trinket especially for spellslinger
Unbound Changeling - the famous trinket from mist of tirna scithe where you can choose which stat you get based on the food you eat, still a very solid option for Frost this trinket seems to have good uptime
Embellishments
It’s still very vague which embellishments are good to use. That's why I wouldn't recommend committing to anything until AFTER HC week so you can be certain Blizzard won’t make any significant changes to embellishment. However, if you want something to follow I'd recommend crafting Darkmoon sigil Ascention on both main hand and offhand.
Or, Dawnthread Lining / Duskthread Lining (blue silken version just with crit or vers) on any budget piece like bracers, belt, cloak or boots.