Frost Mage DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within Pre-Patch
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Frost Mage in World of Warcraft The War Within Pre-Patch.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Frost Mage gear and best in slot.
Best in Slot for Frost Mage
It is challenging to define a best-in-slot list for Frost, as it heavily depends on your progression level and gear. You cannot simply use the lower-tier equipment of any given best-in slot list, as stat weights will then shift, and you will likely be missing certain breakpoints.
Feel free to check below for a maxed-out Mythic best in-slot list, but be warned that unless you have access to all of those pieces, this is not the best you can get for your character right now. Simulation is always needed to be sure what is actually good for you at your current gear level. The below charts are simply for those who wish for a checklist to go for, like someone who is finishing the tier on farm or someone gearing up a new alt quickly using dungeon spam.
BiS Gear for Frost Mage
BiS List for Frost Mage
This list contains the highest DPS setup from most sources for Frost Mage. This is simply the Awakened gear profile used on the SimulationCraft website. The vast majority of this set can be achieved by any given player as long as they are clearing +10 keys.
Your own personal goal for gear will be slightly different depending on your progression level, as this assumes access to absolutely everything.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapon | ![]() |
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Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, Mythic Raszageth, Magmorax, or Tindral Sageswift |
Neck | ![]() |
Mythic Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, Mythic Broodkeeper Diurna, Echo of Neltharion, or Smolderon |
Cloak | ![]() |
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Chest | ![]() |
Mythic Kazzara |
Bracers | ![]() |
Crafted by Tailoring. Embellished with
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Gloves | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, Mythic Dathea, The Forgotten Experiments, or Igira the Cruel |
Belt | ![]() |
Crafted by Tailoring. Embellished with
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Legs | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, Mythic Sennarth, Rashok, or Larodar |
Boots | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
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Ring #2 | ![]() |
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Trinket #1 | ![]() |
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Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Great Vault |
Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Frost Mage
This list contains the highest DPS setup, with farmable gear from Mythic+ Dungeons. This is a great place to start on a relatively new character, as you can infinitely grind out these items from Mythic+.
Please note that this list is only technically valid for 522 item level. It should be close enough for lower item levels to be irrelevant, however. Additionally, there are many many sidegrade options that work out to be functionally identical. Please sim your character to be sure, but this is posted as a sort of checklist for people farming out a new character quickly.
Also note that this does not include crafted gear and is intended as a sort of "this is the best that I can get from a pure drop standpoint" rather than any actual end-game profile to aim at.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapon | ![]() |
Ruby Life Pools |
Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst any 522 iLvl Helm |
Neck | ![]() |
Uldaman |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst any 522 iLvl Shoulders |
Cloak | ![]() |
Neltharus |
Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst any 522 iLvl Chest |
Bracers | ![]() |
Halls of Infusion |
Gloves | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst any 522 iLvl Gloves |
Belt | ![]() |
Ruby Life Pools |
Legs | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst any 522 iLvl Legs |
Boots | ![]() |
Halls of Infusion |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Brackenhide Hollow |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Algeth'ar Academy |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
The Azure Vault |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
The Azure Vault |
Raid Gear BiS List for Frost Mage
This list contains the highest DPS setup, only using gear from the Awakened raid drops.
This list is mostly useful for informing your organized guild of what loot is optimal for you, for loot distribution purposes, or if you just really hate Mythic+. Note that this does not include crafted gear and is intended as a sort of "this is the best that I can get from a pure drop standpoint" rather than any actual end-game profile to aim at. Except for the BoE piece. Just go craft that, please, for everyone's sake.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapon | ![]() |
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Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, Mythic Raszageth, Magmorax, or Tindral Sageswift |
Neck | ![]() |
Mythic Tindral Sageswift |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, Mythic Broodkeeper Diurna, Echo of Neltharion, or Smolderon |
Cloak | ![]() |
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Chest | ![]() |
Mythic Kazzara |
Bracers | ![]() |
Trash drop in Vault of the Incarnates, just craft these |
Gloves | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, Mythic Dathea, The Forgotten Experiments, or Igira the Cruel |
Belt | ![]() |
Mythic Kazzara |
Legs | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, Mythic Sennarth, Rashok, or Larodar |
Boots | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
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Ring #2 | ![]() |
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Trinket #1 | ![]() |
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Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Mythic Tindral Sageswift |
Upgrading Gear in Dragonflight Season 4
Dragonflight Season 4 continues the upgrade system from previous seasons.
The notable exception is that rare end boss items that historically dropped at a
higher item level, can actually be upgraded to that higher maximum if bought
with Antique Bronze Bullion, as shown in the next section.
For more information on the new Gear Upgrades system, check out our dedicated page for it below.
Best Gear To Spend Bullions On For Frost Mage
Season 4 offers a way to target specific, powerful items with the new
Antique Bronze Bullion. Here are the best items to spend your Bullions
on in Dragonflight Season 4.
Dreambinder, Loom of the Great Cycle
Whispering Incarnate Icon
Seal of Filial Duty
Seal of Diurna's Chosen
Voice of the Silent Star
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.
Dragonflight Season 4 Gear Considerations
Trinket and Gear Notes for Frost Mage
Most of the hard-to-find items from this expansion have made their way to
the Antique Bronze Bullion vendor. This takes a lot of the guesswork out
of gearing, and drama out of rare drops. Everyone is free to get
Voice of the Silent Star!
As to trinkets, Whispering Incarnate Icon beats everything by a fair
bit. Alongside it,
Umbrelskul's Fractured Heart,
Furious Ragefeather, and if you want to skip the Vault RNG,
Belor'relos, the Suncaller are all fantastic second trinkets for raid.
For Mythic+, Whispering Incarnate Icon still beats everything,
but
Tome of Unstable Power is absurdly strong on any form of AoE. Failing
that, both
Furious Ragefeather and
Umbrelskul's Fractured Heart
are decent in dungeons. It really cannot be overstated just how strong Tome of
Unstable Power is, however. It is a good 2% ahead of the rest of them, which is
absurd given the usual difference is sub-1%.
Additionally, Umbrelskul's Fractured Heart's auto-kill mechanic sounds
great on paper for dungeons, but in practice it will only proc a handful of
times at useful points. Simming seems to have it at about a 1-2% DPS increase,
but still a fair bit behind
Tome of Unstable Power in AoE. It is still an
amazing single target trinket, and acceptable in dungeons, but do not go out of
your way for it if you do not raid.
Tier Pieces
Ideally, you skip the chest piece and pick up the other four slots.
As noted on the Rotation page, the 2-piece set bonus does change our
rotation ever so slightly on 2 targets, and heavily incentivizes freezing
anything you can hit with a Glacial Spike.
Profession Gear
While you can craft gear for any slot up to item level 525, there are
certain pieces with extra powers or the ability to add powers via extra items
during the crafting process. You may have two of these "Embellished" pieces
equipped at once. The idea is to craft two
items with Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch, usually on the wrists and
belt (or boots if you are intending to use the Engineering wrists).
In addition, it is an
extremely good idea to have one more crafted piece to support taking
Alchemical Flavor Pocket, as that will drastically prolong the life of
your guild's food stocks. This does not count towards your Embellished count.
This can be obtained by either the Iskaaran Community Feast weekly quest, or
bought from the Auction House.
As a bonus, Engineering can craft bracers for everyone that can slot in a
tinker
that does not count towards your two Embellished
limit. While most are of questionable value,
Tinker: Arclight Vital Correctors allows you to have a battle resurrection
available as a class that traditionally does not have it. This can be
useful with our
Invisibility, as we can provide wipe
recovery.
Single Target Trinket Simulations
AoE/Cleave with Prioritized Single Target
Changelog
- 23 Jul. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 12 Nov. 2023: BiS list and farm lists added for Season 3.
- 07 Nov. 2023: Sporecloak nerfed.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Partial update for 10.2.
- 08 Sep. 2023: Changed wording in the Trinkets section
- 04 Sep. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5 with tier/profession slot suggestions, and a note about Dawn of the Infinite's gear being untested.
- 11 May 2023: Re-added Bloodmallet charts.
- 07 May 2023: Updated for Season 2 start with trinket suggestions in the wake of the Flowstone nerf.
- 01 May 2023: Added the Season 2 upgrade system, Season 2 interesting items, and suggested embellishments.
- 23 Mar. 2023: Onyx Annulet is no longer a DPS loss.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Added a note about Onyx Annulet.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for beginning of Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Kuni, one of the best Frost Mages in the world, who raids in Mortal Desire.
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