TBC Classic Frost Mage Phase 5 / Tier 6 Gear and Best in Slot

Welcome to our guide on the Best-in-Slot (BiS) gear for Frost mages Mage! Here, you will find recommendations to help you optimize your gear for maximum damage and performance in raids and dungeons. All gear suggestions are based on the Osthyvel TBC Mage Simulation.

This page contains a list of gear which is considered to be the best in each slot. Before you read on, you need to know that Frost needs a lot more support in Sunwell to be better than Arcane. As a result, playing Frost often results in a DPS loss for your raid, compared to playing Arcane. The BiS lists below are following our Frost Mage Stats priority:

1. Spell Hit rating to cap. That is 127 without Inspiring Presence and Totem of Wrath, 114 with Inspiring Presence only, 89 with Totem of Wrath only and 76 with both;
2. Spell Damage;
3. Spell Haste;
4. Spell Crit;
5. Intellect;
6. Stamina;
7. Spirit and MP5;

Finding the absolute BiS gear each phase strongly depends on your raid dps, mana support and fight lenghts. Most of the options in this BiS list are very close to each other and we highly recommend that you make up your mind which items you really want to go for and start simming your best options in the slots with multiple options. It also makes sense to check the BiS lists of the next phases and prioritize items, that will last you longest. While you are simming, you also should see which gems are best for your particular raid situation.

If you are starting out as a freshly-leveled Frost Mage, our pre-raid best in slot list is meant to give you an idea of non-raid items you can chase as a solo / pug player in preparation for raids.

For AoE (=spamming Arcane Explosions), items with Spell Haste are preferred, because reducing your global cooldown basically 'bypasses' the AoE cap, by simply casting more spells in the same time-frame. For bosses, the items from the BiS lists are generally the better choice. Mind Quickening Gem from Vaelastrasz the Corrupt in Blackwing Lair will be a BiS AoE trinket during the whole expansion. From Phase 3 on, Ashtongue Talisman of Insight will be great, because it will offer constant haste.