Frost Mage DPS Gear and Best in Slot in Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.0.1

Table of Contents

• +Introduction
  • 1. Class Overview
  • 2. Patch 8.0.1 Changes for Frost Mage
  • 3. Frost Mage Strengths
  • 4. Frost Mage Weaknesses
  • 5. Contents
  • 6. Changelog
• +Easy Mode
  • 1. Foreword
  • 2. The Basics for Frost Mage
    • 2.1. When Playing Without Lonely Winter
  • 3. Talent Choice for Frost Mage
  • 4. Stat Choice for Frost Mage
  • 5. Basic Rotation for Frost Mage
• +Spell Summary
  • 1. Frost Mage Spell Summary
  • 2. Main Resource for Frost Mage
  • 3. Basic Abilities for Frost Mage
  • 4. Important Procs for Frost Mage
  • 5. DPS Cooldowns for Frost Mage
• +Builds and Talents
  • 1. Talent Choices for Frost Mage
  • 2. Talent Cheat Sheets for Frost Mage
    • 2.1. Single Target
    • 2.2. Heavy Cleave/AOE
  • 3. Tier 1 (Level 15) Talents for Frost Mage
  • 4. Tier 2 (Level 30) Talents for Frost Mage
  • 5. Tier 3 (Level 45) Talents for Frost Mage
  • 6. Tier 4 (Level 60) Talents for Frost Mage
  • 7. Tier 5 (Level 75) Talents for Frost Mage
  • 8. Tier 6 (Level 90) Talents for Frost Mage
  • 9. Tier 7 (Level 100) Talents for Frost Mage
  • 10. Frost Mage PvP Talents
  • 11. Changelog
• +Azerite Traits and Armor
  • 1. Outer Ring Traits for Frost Mage
    • 1.1. Generic Outer Ring Traits
    • 1.2. Frost Mage-specific Outer Ring Traits
  • 2. Middle Ring Traits for Frost Mage
  • 3. Inner Ring Traits for Frost Mage
  • 4. Azerite Traits Rotation Changes and Details for Frost Mages
  • 5. Relative Strength of Azerite Traits for Frost Mage
    • 5.1. Single Target Azerite Traits Comparison for Frost Mage
      • 5.1.1. Outer Ring
      • 5.1.2. Middle Ring
    • 5.2. AoE/Cleave Azerite Traits comparison for Frost Mage
      • 5.2.1. Outer Ring
      • 5.2.2. Middle Ring
    • 5.3. Inner Ring Trait Comparisons for Frost Mage
  • 6. Find Azerite Armor By Trait/Power
  • 7. Changelog
• +Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
  • 1. Single Target Ability Priority List for Frost Mage
    • 1.1. The Basics
    • 1.2. The Rotation
    • 1.3. With Glacial Spike Talented
  • 2. Multiple Target Priority for Frost Mage
  • 3. Core Concepts for Frost Mage
    • 3.1. Cooldown Overlap and Maximizing Cleave
    • 3.2. Movement Management
    • 3.3. Opening Sequence for Frost Mage
    • 3.4. Tier 3 Talents
      • 3.4.1. Rune of Power
      • 3.4.2. Mirror Image
      • 3.4.3. Incanter's Flow
  • 4. Changelog
• +Mythic+ Tips
  • 1. Frost Mage in Mythic+
    • 1.1. Frost Mage Mythic+ Rotation
    • 1.2. Frost Mage Utility
  • 2. Mythic+ Talents for Frost Mages
  • 3. Mythic+ Affixes
    • 3.1. Tier One Affixes
    • 3.2. Tier Two Affixes
    • 3.3. Tier Three Affixes
    • 3.4. Seasonal Affix
  • 4. Mythic+ Azerite Traits
  • 5. Changelog
• +Common and Worst Mistakes
  • 1. Having High Downtime
  • 2. Not Utilizing Winter's Chill Properly
  • 3. Putting Yourself Above The Raid
  • 4. Not Knowing How To Sim Yourself
  • 5. Analyzing Your Mistakes As A Frost Mage
• +Frequently Asked Questions
  • 1. Battle for Azeroth Frequently Asked Questions for Frost Mage
    • 1.1. Glacial Spike's Brain Freeze Usage
    • 1.2. "How do you Shatter Glacial Spike?" and Other Winter's Chill Questions
    • 1.3. Cancelling Frostbolt on Brain Freeze Generation
  • 2. Changelog
• +Boss by Boss Strategies
  • 1. Disclaimer
  • 2. Frost Mage in Uldir
    • 2.1. Talent Cheatsheet
  • 3. Taloc
    • 3.1. Suggested Talents for Frost Mage on Taloc
    • 3.2. Frost Mage Tips for Taloc
  • 4. M.O.T.H.E.R.
    • 4.1. Suggested Talents for Frost Mage on M.O.T.H.E.R.
    • 4.2. Frost Mage Tips on M.O.T.H.E.R.
  • 5. Fetid Devourer
    • 5.1. Suggested Talents for Frost Mage on Fetid Devourer
    • 5.2. Frost Mage Tips on Fetid Devourer
  • 6. Zek'voz, Herald of N'Zoth
    • 6.1. Suggested Talents for Frost Mage on Zek'voz, Herald of N'Zoth
    • 6.2. Frost Mage Tips on Zek'voz, Herald of N'Zoth
  • 7. Vectis
    • 7.1. Suggested Talents for Frost Mage on Vectis
    • 7.2. Frost Mage Tips on Vectis
  • 8. Zul, Reborn
    • 8.1. Suggested Talents for Frost Mage on Zul, Reborn
    • 8.2. Frost Mage Tips on Zul, Reborn
  • 9. Mythrax the Unraveler
    • 9.1. Suggested Talents for Frost Mage on Mythrax the Unraveler
    • 9.2. Frost Mage Tips on Mythrax the Unraveler
  • 10. G'huun
    • 10.1. Suggested Talents for Frost Mage on G'huun
    • 10.2. Frost Mage Tips on G'huun
  • 11. Changelog
• +Stat Priority
  • 1. The Basics of Stats for Frost Mage
  • 2. Frost Mage: Getting a Better Understanding
    • 2.1. Stat Explanations
    • 2.2. How Exactly Icicles Work
      • 2.2.1. Glacial Spike
    • 2.3. Critical Strike Cap
  • 3. Changelog
• +Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
  • 1. Gems for Frost Mage
  • 2. Enchants for Frost Mage
  • 3. Consumables for Frost Mage
  • 4. Changelog
• +Macros and Addons
  • 1. Addons for Frost Mage
    • 1.1. ElvUI
    • 1.2. Weak Auras
    • 1.3. Boss Mods
      • 1.3.1. BigWigs Bossmods
      • 1.3.2. Deadly Boss Mods
    • 1.4. Name Plates
      • 1.4.1. KUI Nameplates
      • 1.4.2. TidyPlates
    • 1.5. Damage Meters
      • 1.5.1. Skada
      • 1.5.2. Details
    • 1.6. Extra AddOns
      • 1.6.1. Decursive
      • 1.6.2. Mik's Scrolling Battle Text
      • 1.6.3. DeathNote
      • 1.6.4. Doom CooldownPulse
      • 1.6.5. Angry Assignments
  • 2. Macros
    • 2.1. Generic Macros for Mages
      • 2.1.1. Stopcast Blink
      • 2.1.2. 1-Button Block
      • 2.1.3. Block Cancel
    • 2.2. Specific Macros for Frost Mages
      • 2.2.1. Water Elemental
  • 3. Changelog
• ×Gear and Best in Slot
  • 1. Azerite Gear for Frost Mage
  • 2. Evaluating Upgrades
  • 3. Trinket Notes for Frost Mage
    • 3.1. Single Target Trinket Simulations
    • 3.2. AoE/Cleave with Prioritized Single Target
  • 4. Changelog
• +Simulations
  • 1. How to Simulate your Frost Mage

General Information

This page is a gear reference for Frost Mages. It lists your best items, with an emphasis on trinkets, and gives you gearing advice.

The other pages of our Frost Mage guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.

About Our Author

This guide has been written by Kuni, one of the best Frost Mages in the world, who raids in Midnight Sanctuary.

1. Azerite Gear for Frost Mage

With the possibility of Titanforging items, an exact list of best items is impossible to make. That said, since Azerite gear cannot Titanforge, below are charts of relative strengths for the three Azerite slots. Some of the key Azerite Traits to look for on your gear are Dagger in the Back and Thunderous Blast. Azerite gear can drop from loads of content, like World Quests, Dungeons, Warfronts, PvP, reputations, etc, so you should try to do all possible content. Below we have listed some good items to look for based on how to obtain them and the Azerite Traits they have on them. The listed items are all pre-raid, as in, before the first raid opens. After that, most of your gear will come from the first raid (Uldir) and Mythic+.

2. Evaluating Upgrades

The easiest way, and also the method we suggest, to compare multiple items is to use Raidbots Top Gear. Here you can input an export from the Simcraft AddOn , select the items to compare, and it will find out which of the items are best.

3. Trinket Notes for Frost Mage

Due to the prevalence of high item level trinkets and Titanforged rewarded from Dungeons, World Quests, etc, there are a variety of suitable options when it comes to trinkets. It is always best to use Raidbots Top Gear to determine what your optimal trinkets are.

3.1. Single Target Trinket Simulations

3.2. AoE/Cleave with Prioritized Single Target

4. Changelog

• 03 Sep. 2018: Updated for Uldir launch and Bloodmallet charts.
• 13 Aug. 2018: Updated for Battle for Azeroth launch.

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