Frost Mage DPS Castle Nathria Raid Guide — Shadowlands 9.0.5

This page is largely based on Beta information. More tips will be added as they are found, and updated as specific mechanics of the fights behave on live servers are discovered.

In this section, you will find information and guidance for each boss individually in Castle Nathria as a Frost Mage. These are not complete encounter guides, but rather provide specific tips for any Frost Mage on each boss.

We advise you to use the following talents against Shriekwing.

• Level 15: Lonely Winter
• Level 25: Shimmer or Ice Floes
• Level 30: Rune of Power (situational options: Incanter's Flow or Focus Magic)
• Level 35: Chain Reaction
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Splitting Ice
• Level 50: Thermal Void

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Shriekwing: Slick Ice.

Alter Time will easily let you hide for Earsplitting Shriek and quickly return to the stack location.

For more information, please refer to our Shriekwing guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Huntsman Altimor.

• Level 15: Lonely Winter
• Level 25: Shimmer or Ice Floes
• Level 30: Rune of Power (situational options: Incanter's Flow or Focus Magic)
• Level 35: Chain Reaction
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Splitting Ice
• Level 50: Thermal Void

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Huntsman Altimor: Glacial Fragments.

Vicious Lunge can be solo soaked with Ice Block.

Alter Time and Blink away when afflicted with Petrifying Howl. This will let you drop pools far away from the group and return instantly.

For more information, please refer to our Huntsman Altimor guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Hungering Destroyer.

• Level 15: Lonely Winter
• Level 25: Shimmer or Ice Floes
• Level 30: Rune of Power (situational options: Incanter's Flow or Focus Magic)
• Level 35: Chain Reaction
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Splitting Ice
• Level 50: Thermal Void

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Hungering Destroyer: Slick Ice.

Both Ice Barrier and Alter Time do not count as healing with regards to Gluttonous Miasma.

For more information, please refer to our Hungering Destroyer guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Artificer Xy'Mox.

• Level 15: Lonely Winter
• Level 25: Shimmer or Ice Floes
• Level 30: Rune of Power (situational options: Incanter's Flow or Focus Magic)
• Level 35: Chain Reaction
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Splitting Ice
• Level 50: Thermal Void

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Artificer Xy'Mox: Slick Ice.

Blink and Alter Time are, again, incredibly powerful utilities to deal with the mechanics that require you to take something out of raid. Of note, Seeds of Extinction will allow you to Alter Time beside the close wormhole, grab a far seed with Blink, Alter Time will return you to the wormhole to drop the seed out of the raid.

For more information, please refer to our Artificer Xy'Mox guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Sun King's Salvation.

• Level 15: Lonely Winter
• Level 25: Shimmer or Ice Floes
• Level 30: Rune of Power (situational options: Incanter's Flow or Focus Magic)
• Level 35: Chain Reaction
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Splitting Ice
• Level 50: Thermal Void

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sun King's Salvation: Glacial Fragments.

Glacial Fragments should be used if adds can be kept somewhat under control. Slick Ice can be substituted if your raid needs single target priority damage in Phase 2.

Blizzard will be useful for its AoE slow on the Phoenixes. This will also allow you more Frozen Orbs to toss at the Shade.

Ember Blast can be solo soaked with Ice Block.

For more information, please refer to our Sun King's Salvation guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Lady Inerva Darkvein.

• Level 15: Lonely Winter
• Level 25: Shimmer or Ice Floes
• Level 30: Rune of Power (situational options: Incanter's Flow or Focus Magic)
• Level 35: Chain Reaction
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Splitting Ice
• Level 50: Thermal Void

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Lady Inerva Darkvein: Slick Ice.

If the strategy calls for stacking up before the add timers is predominant, Glacial Fragments is the legendary of choice instead.

Blink and Alter Time can be used to easily soak distant Bottled Anima.

For more information, please refer to our Lady Inerva Darkvein guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against The Council of Blood.

• Level 15: Lonely Winter
• Level 25: Shimmer or Ice Floes
• Level 30: Rune of Power (situational options: Incanter's Flow or Focus Magic)
• Level 35: Chain Reaction
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Splitting Ice
• Level 50: Thermal Void

We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Council of Blood: Slick Ice.

This is primarily a single-target boss, as damage to the other bosses is useless.

For more information, please refer to our The Council of Blood guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Sludgefist.

• Level 15: Lonely Winter
• Level 25: Shimmer or Ice Floes
• Level 30: Rune of Power (situational options: Incanter's Flow or Focus Magic)
• Level 35: Chain Reaction
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Splitting Ice
• Level 50: Thermal Void

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sludgefist: Slick Ice.

Do not Blink with Chain Link. You will both very likely die.

Destructive Impact happens every minute. Try and have some form of DPS cooldown for this. Shifting Power will throw your Frozen Orb timing off, so keep an eye on where your cooldowns have ended up if you are Night Fae.

For more information, please refer to our Sludgefist guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Stone Legion Generals.

• Level 15: Lonely Winter
• Level 25: Shimmer or Ice Floes
• Level 30: Rune of Power (situational options: Incanter's Flow or Focus Magic)
• Level 35: Chain Reaction
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Splitting Ice
• Level 50: Thermal Void

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Stone Legion Generals: Glacial Fragments.

As always, Blink and Alter Time are an amazing combo for running things out of the raid. Wicked Blade and Reverberating Eruption are both great uses of this combo during the fight to get the mechanics out of the raid.

Blink can be used to negate a knockback. Prince Renethal will cast one at full mana.

On non-Mythic difficulties, you can use Ice Block to get rid of stacks of Serrated Tear.

For more information, please refer to our Stone Legion Generals guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Sire Denathrius.

• Level 15: Lonely Winter
• Level 25: Shimmer or Ice Floes
• Level 30: Rune of Power (situational options: Incanter's Flow or Focus Magic)
• Level 35: Chain Reaction
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Splitting Ice
• Level 50: Thermal Void

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sire Denathrius: Slick Ice.

Ice Block will allow you to solo soak Feeding Time.

Alter Time is a fantastic spell to get out of Phase 3's Hand of Destruction, when the mirrors from Phase 2 are inaccessible.

Blink can be used to cancel the knockback from Shattering Pain.

For more information, please refer to our Sire Denathrius guide.