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Question about Frost Mage Spell Rotation
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DreamingDemon
Rotation? Frostbolt, frostbolt, frostbolt (lucky frozen target), frostbolt, Ice lance, frostbolt, frostbolt, etc.
As an ice mage, you've likely specced the reduced casting time for the Frostbolt. That makes it MORE dps than Fireball, so don't even bother with fireball, ever, unless the monster is immune to ice damage. Ice mages are boring (frostbolt). There is no rotation.
Edit: not to say I dislike them... I'm almost pure frost myself. :-)
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DreamingDemon
As a level 25 frost mage, I recommend a talent spec that
looks like this
. The spec is essentially a buildup to
Shatter
, one of the best DPS improvements a low level frost mage can get. Up through level 29, you want to finish purchasing Shatter and
Ice Shards
. By level 30, your spec should
look like this
.
After 30, choose what to buy based on what you do. If you like fighting groups of mobs a lot, putting 3 points into
Improved Blizzard
is good. If you want a general DPS boost, buy
Piercing Ice
for 3 points. If you want to be able to shoot one more Frostbolt before a mob reaches you, take
Arctic Reach
. And if you always run out of mana, you can improve your efficiency with 3 points in
Frost Channeling
. Eventually, you'll probably buy all of these, but which you get first depends on your playstyle.
Since
Ice Lance
is a level 66 spell, that does not matter to you yet (but it's great when you get it!). So most of your fights are gonna be Frostbolt, Frostbolt, Frostbolt, Frost Nova, back away, Frostbolt, Frostbolt, and maybe a Fire Blast to finish them off. For many targets, they will not even reach you before dying because they'll get stuck in a mini-freeze from your
Frostbite
proc.
Edit: Updated for 3.0 changes.
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oversmoelf
Frost mage boring? Hardly. Why focus on one monster when you can kill 10 at the same time, try aoe grinding.
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Look here
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DreamingDemon
AoE grinding is wonderful, but I never bothered to do it without a priest handy... priest bubble, plues heals, made it safe and easy no matter what your spec is.
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JebusX
Can someone post a good frost mage build please?
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vincistis
Im pretty sure the OP is level 85 now. Just saying.
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StrangerWifCandy
I don't know about that, it's been 3 years since he made this topic; he probably rerolled a DK or warlock by now.
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