WoW Forever Mage Talents

Every Mage talent in the current snapshot — rank text, grid position, source status, and Classic comparison. Rank text coverage: 90 of 146 ranks; ranks without confirmed text are marked explicitly.

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Arcane

Talent	Position	Ranks & source status	Classic comparison
Wand Specialization Passive	Row 1 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases your damage with Wands by 13%. Source estimate Rank 2/2 — Increases your damage with Wands by 25%. Source estimate	Moved from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 2 “Increases your damage with Wands by 13%.”
Arcane Focus Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases your chance to hit with your Arcane spells by 1%. Source estimate Rank 2/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 4/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 5/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 1 “Reduces the chance that the opponent can resist your Arcane spells by 2%.”
Improved Channeling Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Gives you a 20% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 14% chance while casting Arcane Blast. Source estimate Rank 2/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 4/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 5/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 1 “Gives you a 20% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles [<span class='q2'>S03 - Tuning and Overrides Passive - Mage</span>: <span class='q9'>Regeneration, or Mass Regeneration, and a 14% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting Arcane Blast or Spellfrost Bolt</span>].”
Arcane Subtlety Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 8 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 15%. Source estimate Rank 2/2 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 1 “Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 5 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 20%.”
Magic Absorption Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases all your resistances by 5 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 1% of your total mana. Cannot trigger more often than 1 time per sec. Source estimate Rank 2/2 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 2 “Increases all resistances by 2 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 1% of your total mana. 1 sec. cooldown.”
Arcane Concentration Passive	Row 2 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Gives you a 2% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%. Source estimate Rank 2/5 — Gives you a 4% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%. Source estimate Rank 3/5 — Gives you a 6% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%. Source estimate Rank 4/5 — Gives you a 8% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%. Source estimate Rank 5/5 — Gives you a 10% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%. Source estimate	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 2 “Gives you a 2% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.”
Arcane Resilience Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 25% of your Intellect. Source estimate Rank 2/2 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 3 “Increases your armor by an amount equal to 50% of your Intellect.”
Arcane Geometry Passive	Row 3 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 3 yards. Source estimate Rank 2/2 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	New in Forever
Arcane Impact Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 2%. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 3 “Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane Explosion spell by an additional 2%.”
Arcane Blast 122 Mana \| 30 yd range \| 2.5 sec cast	Row 3 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Blasts the target with energy, dealing 95 to 104 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage of all your other spells is increased by 10% and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 8 sec or until any other damage spell is cast. Source estimate	New in Forever
Arcane Shielding Passive	Row 4 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 17% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 25%. Source estimate Rank 2/2 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 4 “Decreases the mana lost per point of damage taken when Mana Shield is active by 10%.”
Improved Counterspell Passive	Row 4 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Your Counterspell also Silences the target for 2 sec. Source estimate Rank 2/2 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 4 “Gives your Counterspell a 50% chance to silence the target for 4 sec.”
Arcane Meditation Passive · Requires Arcane Concentration (rank 1)	Row 4 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Allows 17% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 4 “Allows 5% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.”
Missile Barrage Passive	Row 4 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 40% chance, and your Fireball, Frostbolt, and Frostfire Bolt spells a 20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of your next Arcane Missiles spell by 50%, reduce the Mana cost by 100%, and missiles will fire every 0.5 sec. Source estimate	New in Forever
Presence of Mind Instant \| 3 min cooldown	Row 5 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 sec becomes an instant cast spell. Source estimate	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 5 “When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 sec becomes an instant cast spell.”
Arcane Mind Passive	Row 5 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases your Intellect by 2% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 20%. Source estimate Rank 2/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 4/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 5/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 5 “Increases your maximum Mana by 2%.”
Arcane Instability Passive	Row 6 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the damage done by all your spells by 1% and your critical strike chance with all attacks by 1%. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 6 “Increases your spell damage and critical strike chance by 1%.”
Arcane Power Instant \| 3 min cooldown · Requires Presence of Mind (rank 1)	Row 7 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast. Source estimate	Changed from Classic Classic: Arcane, row 7 “When activated, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast. This effect lasts 15 sec.”

Removed from Classic Arcane

Magic Attunement (was row 3) — Increases the effect of your Amplify Magic and Dampen Magic spells by 25%.

Fire

Talent	Position	Ranks & source status	Classic comparison
Wake of Fire Passive	Row 1 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 1 sec. Killing a non-trivial target increases the critical strike chance of your next Fire Blast cast within 20 sec by 25%. Source estimate Rank 2/2 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Fire, row 2 “Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 0.5 sec.”
Incineration Passive	Row 1 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 2%. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Fire, row 3 “Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast and Scorch spells by 2%.”
Improved Fireball Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.1 sec. Source estimate Rank 2/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 4/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 5/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Fire, row 1 “Reduces the casting time of your Fireball spell by 0.1 sec.”
Ignite Passive	Row 2 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 8% of your spell's damage over 4 sec. Source estimate Rank 2/5 — Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 16% of your spell's damage over 4 sec. Source estimate Rank 3/5 — Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 24% of your spell's damage over 4 sec. Source estimate Rank 4/5 — Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 32% of your spell's damage over 4 sec. Source estimate Rank 5/5 — Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 40% of your spell's damage over 4 sec. Source estimate	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Fire, row 2 “Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 8% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.”
Flame Throwing Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases the range of your Fire spells by 3 yards. Source estimate Rank 2/2 — Increases the range of your Fire spells by 6 yards. Source estimate	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Fire, row 2 “Increases the range of your Fire spells by 3 yards.”
Impact Passive	Row 2 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Gives your Fire spells a 3% chance to stun the target for 2 sec. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Fire, row 1 “Gives your Fire spells a 2% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.”
Burning Soul Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Gives your Fire spells a 23% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 10%. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Fire, row 3 “Gives your Fire spells a 35% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 15%.”
Improved Flamestrike Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 5%. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 10%. Source estimate Rank 3/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 15%. Source estimate	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Fire, row 3 “Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 5%.”
Pyroblast 125 Mana \| 35 yd range \| 6 sec cast	Row 3 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 155 to 185 Fire damage and an additional 76 Fire damage over 12 sec. Source estimate	Changed from Classic Classic: Fire, row 3 “Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes <!--ppl11366:20:24:141:190-->148 to <!--ppl11366:20:24:187:190:1-->195 Fire damage and an additional 56 Fire damage over 12 sec.”
Improved Scorch Passive	Row 4 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Your Scorch spell has a 33% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Fire, row 4 “Your Scorch spells have a 33% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases the Fire damage dealt to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.”
Improved Fire Ward Passive	Row 4 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Causes your Fire Ward to have a 10% chance to reflect Fire spells while active. Source estimate Rank 2/2 — Causes your Fire Ward to have a 20% chance to reflect Fire spells while active. Source estimate	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Fire, row 4 “Causes your Fire Ward to have a 10% chance to reflect Fire spells while active.”
Hot Streak Passive · Requires Pyroblast (rank 1)	Row 4 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Your non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch grant Hot Streak for 15 sec. Hot Streak reduces the cast time of Pyroblast by 25%, stacking up to 3 times. Source estimate	New in Forever
Master of Elements Passive	Row 4 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 10% of their base mana cost. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Fire, row 4 “Your Fire and Frost spell criticals will refund 10% of their base mana cost.”
Critical Mass Passive	Row 5 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 2%. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 4%. Source estimate Rank 3/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 6%. Source estimate	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Fire, row 5 “Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 2%.”
Blast Wave 215 Mana \| Instant \| 45 sec cooldown	Row 5 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 160 to 191 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec. Source estimate	Changed from Classic Classic: Fire, row 5 “A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for <!--ppl11113:30:36:154:100-->160 to <!--ppl11113:30:36:186:100:1-->192 Fire damage, and dazing them for 6 sec.”
Fire Power Passive	Row 6 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 2%. Source estimate Rank 2/5 — Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 4%. Source estimate Rank 3/5 — Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 6%. Source estimate Rank 4/5 — Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 8%. Source estimate Rank 5/5 — Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 10%. Source estimate	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Fire, row 6 “Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 2%.”
Combustion Instant \| 3 min cooldown · Requires Critical Mass (rank 1)	Row 7 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 4 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells. Source estimate	Changed from Classic Classic: Fire, row 7 “When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 critical strikes with Fire spells.”

Frost

Talent	Position	Ranks & source status	Classic comparison
Frost Warding Passive	Row 1 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases the Armor and resistance given by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 15%. In addition, gives your Frost Ward a 10% chance to reflect Frost spells and effects while active. Source estimate Rank 2/2 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Frost, row 1 “Increases the armor and resistances given by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 15%. In addition, gives your Frost Ward a 10% chance to reflect Frost spells and effects while active.”
Improved Frostbolt Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.1 sec. Source estimate Rank 2/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.2 sec. Source estimate Rank 3/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.3 sec. Source estimate Rank 4/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.4 sec. Source estimate Rank 5/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.5 sec. Source estimate	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Frost, row 1 “Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.1 sec.”
Elemental Precision Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 1%. Source estimate Rank 2/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 4/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 5/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Frost, row 1 “Reduces the chance that the opponent can resist your Frost and Fire spells by 2%.”
Ice Shards Passive	Row 2 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 20%. Source estimate Rank 2/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 40%. Source estimate Rank 3/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 60%. Source estimate Rank 4/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 80%. Source estimate Rank 5/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%. Source estimate	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Frost, row 2 “Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 20%.”
Permafrost Passive	Row 2 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 11% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 3%. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Frost, row 2 “Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 1 <!--singular:sec:secs-->sec<!--singular--> and reduces the target's speed by an additional 4%.”
Improved Frost Nova Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova spell by 2 sec. Source estimate Rank 2/2 — Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova spell by 4 sec. Source estimate	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Frost, row 2 “Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova spell by 2 sec.”
Frostbite Passive	Row 2 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Gives your Chill effects a 5% chance to freeze the target for 5 sec. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Gives your Chill effects a 10% chance to freeze the target for 5 sec. Source estimate Rank 3/3 — Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to freeze the target for 5 sec. Source estimate	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Frost, row 2 “Gives your Chill effects a 5% chance to freeze the target for 5 sec.”
Piercing Ice Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 2%. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 4%. Source estimate Rank 3/3 — Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 6%. Source estimate	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Frost, row 3 “Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 2%.”
Frost Channeling Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 5% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 10%. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 10% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 20%. Source estimate Rank 3/3 — Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 15% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 30%. Source estimate	Moved from Classic Classic: Frost, row 4 “Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 5% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 10%.”
Ice Lance 45 Mana \| 30 yd range \| Instant	Row 3 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Deals 28 to 33 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets. Source estimate	New in Forever
Improved Blizzard Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 15% for 1.5 sec. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/3 — Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 40% for 1.5 sec. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Frost, row 3 “Adds a chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 30%. Lasts 1.50 sec.”
Arctic Reach Passive	Row 4 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases the range of your Frostbolt and Blizzard spells and the radius of your Frost Nova and Cone of Cold spells by 10%. Source estimate Rank 2/2 — Increases the range of your Frostbolt and Blizzard spells and the radius of your Frost Nova and Cone of Cold spells by 20%. Source estimate	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Frost, row 4 “Increases the range of your Frostbolt and Blizzard spells and the radius of your Frost Nova and Cone of Cold spells by 10%.”
Ice Block 15 Mana \| Instant \| 5 min cooldown	Row 4 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — You become encased in a block of ice, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move or cast spells. Source estimate	Moved from Classic Classic: Frost, row 5 “You become encased in a block of ice, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move or cast spells.”
Shatter Passive	Row 4 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 17%. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Frost, row 4 “Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against frozen targets by 10%.”
Improved Cone of Cold Passive	Row 5 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 12%. Source estimate Rank 2/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/3 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Frost, row 5 “Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 15%.”
Cold Snap Instant \| 10 min cooldown	Row 5 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Finishes the remaining cooldown on all your other Frost spells. Source estimate	Changed from Classic Classic: Frost, row 3 “When activated, this spell finishes the cooldown on all of your Frost spells.<!--cooldown:442543:5 min cooldown-->”
Fingers of Frost Passive · Requires Ice Lance (rank 1)	Row 5 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 1 spell cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec. Source estimate Rank 2/2 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	New in Forever
Winter's Chill Passive	Row 6 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Gives your Frost damage spells a 20% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance your Ice Lance and Frostbolt spells will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 1 times. Source estimate Rank 2/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 3/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 4/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown Rank 5/5 — Effect at this rank is not yet confirmed. Unknown	Changed from Classic Classic: Frost, row 6 “Gives your Frost damage spells a 20% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance a Frost spell will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.”
Ice Barrier 305 Mana \| Instant \| 30 sec cooldown · Requires Cold Snap (rank 1)	Row 7 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Instantly shields you, absorbing 431 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage. Source estimate	Changed from Classic Classic: Frost, row 7 “Instantly shields you, absorbing <!--ppl11426:40:46:438:280:1-->455 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted.”

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