Frostfire is significantly ahead in all situations as of current tuning, and should be used unless you particularly hate playing it.

Frostfire brings a shortened cooldown on our "AoE stop" abilities, which, while lessened in impact this Season, are still very valuable. Additionally the defensive node is a steady 5% maximum Health increase to your Ice Barrier, which is always welcome.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

This is a variant of Frostfire without Death's Chill, which is a minor DPS loss, but many will enjoy to avoid the ramping playstyle.

Frostfire brings a shortened cooldown on our "AoE stop" abilities, which, while lessened in impact this Season, are still very valuable. Additionally the defensive node is a steady 5% maximum Health increase to your Ice Barrier, which is always welcome.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Spellslinger is fairly behind in terms of damage output. However, it does maintain some semblance of "normal" Frost gameplay, where Frostfire shifts the rotation towards managing the Excess procs, so Spellslinger can be a nice trade for those who prefer that gameplay.

The primary reason to take Spellslinger are the frequent Frozen Orb resets, and the slightly stronger defensive node. Turning Alter Time into a sprint when paired with a cancelaura macro is extremely welcome as Mage as a whole is one of the slower classes for long distance transit.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Counterspell is your "kick" and your most important bit of utility in Mythic+, used to stop enemy casts for the benefit of the group and especially the tank. It is highly recommended to use a Focus Kick macro for this.

• #showtooltip Counterspell
• /cast [@focus, exists, harm,nomod] Counterspell; [nomod]Counterspell
• /focus [mod:ctrl][mod:shift/alt, @mouseover]

This macro will kick your focus target if you have one and your target if you do not. Additionally, this allows for assigning a focus target quickly by either holding Ctrl for your current target or Shift or Alt to assign to your current mouseover.

Make sure that your UI shows your Focus Target's casts clearly so that you are always able to kick it on cooldown or in coordination with the rest of your group.

Dragon's Breath is our most reliable "AoE stop", which disorients all targets in a short-range cone. While the cooldown is rather long, the cooldown is reduced by Ice Lance via Time Manipulation.

We do have both Blast Wave and the option to trade Dragon's Breath for Supernova, but knocks tend to be less reliable in actually interrupting the current action than an actual hard crowd control like disorient. Time Manipulation also does not work on Blast Wave.

In an absolute last-ditch effort to stop something important, we can Polymorph a target if vulnerable to it. This should not be utilized unless it is an emergency, as it will heal the target, and it will start casting again directly after it breaks.

While not utilized in our usual sets, we do have technical access to Ring of Frost and Mass Polymorph.

Greater Invisibility can not only be used to drop aggro and as a damage reduction but also negate certain casts and channels on you. In some cases, these mechanics will simply re-target someone else in the group, but occasionally, the mechanic will be entirely negated with huge benefits.

Spellsteal can negate beneficial Magic effects from enemy targets and occasionally grant them to you instead, although most of the abusable steals have been nerfed to just let Spellsteal act as a dispel instead.

Remove Curse, of course, can allow us to remove curses.

Energized Barriers is a strange talent that allows us to completely negate any form of slow effect, which occasionally removes a dangerous mechanic entirely.

As Frost Mages, we also slow anything we touch, which can be either good or bad, depending on how much your tank needs to move mobs or kite things.

• There are not any Mage-specific boss tips in here.

• You can drop Boiling Flames from Venture Co. Pyromaniac with Greater Invisibility.
• You can drop Reckless Delivery from Careless Hobgoblin with Greater Invisibility, although he will still charge, so move out of the way after.
• You can Spellsteal Rejuvenating Honey off of Flavor Scientists.
• You can Energized Barriers off the slow applied by Royal Jelly Purveyors.

• There are no Frost Mage specific tips for bosses in this dungeon.

• Rank Overseer's Wild Wallop knocks mobs away when cast. Hit Ice Nova just before it finishes the cast to prevent mobs from flying everywhere.
• Torchsnarl's One-Hand Headlock can be dodged if you Blink before his charge reaches you.

• Energized Barriers can remove Castigator's Shield on Baron Braunpyke.

• There are a good amount of buffs to Spellsteal off trash mobs in here, even if they do not give you the buff, the dispel itself is valued.
• You can break Defend from Arathi Footman with any of our crowd controls.
• You can drop Lightspawn's Purification beam with Greater Invisibility.
• Sergent Shaynemail's Lunging Strike can be avoided by simply moving while the cast is finishing if you are at any reasonable range away from her.

• There are not any Frost Mage-specific boss tips in here.

• Remove Curse sees use in this dungeon.
• Spellsteal also sees use on multiple mobs in this dungeon.

• Big M.O.M.M.A.'s Sonic Boom can be Blinked over, and is likely the safest way to deal with it if you have some distance between you and the boss when it is cast.

• Venture Co. Surveyor's Surveying Beam should be kicked ideally, but you can Greater Invisibility to drop it targeting you in a pinch.
• Disturbed Kelp's Restorative Algae can be Spellstealed if some go off.
• Venture Co. Electrican's Overcharge can be Blinked out of if it does stun you.

• Azerokk's adds will fixate ranged players. You can drop the fixate to another player with Greater Invisibility, or you can just keep them slowed/rooted with your abilities.
• Rixxa Fluxflame's Azerite Catalyst can be broken with Greater Invisibility, preventing it from dropping extra puddles.
• Do not Greater Invisibility her Propellant Blast cast, as it will prevent you from clearing the platform.
• Mogul Razdunk's Homing Missile can be Greater Invisibilityed out of, if cast before the cast finishes. If cast after, it will instantly explode, usually dropping the debuff on the entire party.

• Stonefury's Tectonic Barrier can be Spellstealed.
• Venture Co. Mastermind's Mind Lash channel can be broken with Greater Invisibility.
• Venture Co. War Machine's Charged Shot can ignore you entirely if you are invisible during the cast, preventing a lot of damage if you do not cast during it.

• Xav the Unfallern's Oppressive Banner can be removed with Energized Barriers if absolutely needed, although at that point your teammates are likely about to die as well.

• Remove Curse sees multiple uses in this dungeon.
• Shackled Soul's Bind Soul can be removed with Energized Barriers.
• Bone Magus starts the encounter with Bone Shield. You should Spellsteal any you are encountering, although be aware this will set your health to half when stolen.
• Battlefield Ritualist's Unholy Fervor can be removed with Spellsteal.

• There are not any Frost Mage-specific boss tips in here.

• Mechagon Mechanic's Overclock can be removed with Spellsteal.
• Defense Bot Mk III's Defensive Countermeasure can be Spellstealed for a huge shield.
• During the maze, you can Blink into the smoke, then Alter Time to reset the cooldown and Blink to the end nearly instantly.

Blast Wave and Dragon's Breath/ Supernova will make short work of this affix.

We do not have anything of particular use here, although Slippery Slinging can be used as a run speed buff as Spellslinger.

Make sure to not overshoot someone who is running to you to end the affix, either. Blinking past someone only for the affix to go off can be quite bad, aim your Blink well enough that you don't confuse people coming to end it on you.

Remove Curse is a valid dispel for removing Void Rift.