Method Frost Mage Guide - Stats Races And Consumables

Stat Priorities

As a general rule of thumb, intellect is our most crucial stat in any situation, which means that every ilvl upgrade you get should be considered.

Single Target

Intellect
Critical Strike - Shatter cap 33.34%
Haste
Versatility
Mastery

AoE & Mythic+

Intellect
Critical Strike - Shatter cap 33.34%
Haste
Versatility/Mastery

Stat Outline

Critical Strike - This is a frost mages bread and butter. The whole spec works around critical strike, with the help of Icy Propulsion and Shatter.

Haste - Haste is an extremely important stat for a frost mage; even though we are getting a lot of haste from Icy Veins, It still gives us the ability to cast Frostbolts faster. This means that we will get more chances to proc Ice Lance \ Brain Freeze, which in return will provide us with more cooldown reduction and more Icy Veins resets.

Versatility - Not much to say about Versatility. It increases our damage and survivability.

Mastery - Mastery as a stat is pretty irrelevant for a frost mage on single target, and you should try to avoid it as much as possible for single target purposes.

The best way to calculate stat priorities for your character is to "sim" your character

Find out how to sim

Races

As far as races go, generally speaking, all the mage races are relatively close.

Dwarf and void elves are slightly ahead when playing Alliance, and blood elf, trolls, orcs, and goblins are all valid options on the horde side.

Enchants

You should always Sim yourself but as a guideline you want to enchant critical strike up to 33% and then haste when you are above.

Chest - Eternal stats

Bracer - Eternal Intellect

Cloak - Fortified Avoidance

Weapon - Sinful Revelation(single target) and Celestial Guidance gains value on more targets.

Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike / Tenet of Haste, but like stated in the stats section, sim your character if possible to see what your gear needs