WoW Forever Mage Talent Tree & Talents

Every Mage talent in the current snapshot — rank text, grid position, source status, and Classic comparison. Rank text coverage: 146 of 146 ranks; ranks without confirmed text are collapsed into a short per-talent note rather than repeated as placeholders.

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Arcane

Arcane rank text coverage: 47 of 47 ranks have confirmed effect text.

Talent Position Ranks & source status Classic comparison
Wand Specialization icon Wand Specialization
Passive  
Row 1
Max rank 2
  1. Rank 1/2 — Increases your damage with Wands by 13%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/2 — Increases your damage with Wands by 25%. Community record
Moved from Classic
Classic: Arcane, row 2
“Increases your damage with Wands by 13%.”
Arcane Focus icon Arcane Focus
Passive  
Row 1
Max rank 5
  1. Rank 1/5 — Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 1%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/5 — Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 2%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/5 — Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 3%. Community record
  4. Rank 4/5 — Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 4%. Community record
  5. Rank 5/5 — Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 5%. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Arcane, row 1
“Reduces the chance that the opponent can resist your Arcane spells by 2%.”
Improved Channeling icon Improved Channeling
Passive  
Row 1
Max rank 5
  1. 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. Community record
  2. Rank 2/5 — Gives you a 40% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 28% chance while casting Arcane Blast. Community record
  3. Rank 3/5 — Gives you a 60% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 42% chance while casting Arcane Blast. Community record
  4. Rank 4/5 — Gives you a 80% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 56% chance while casting Arcane Blast. Community record
  5. Rank 5/5 — Gives you a 100% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 70% chance while casting Arcane Blast. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Arcane, row 1
“Gives you a 20% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles.”
Arcane Subtlety icon Arcane Subtlety
Passive  
Row 2
Max rank 2
  1. 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%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/2 — Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 15 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 30%. Community record
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 icon Magic Absorption
Passive  
Row 2
Max rank 2
  1. 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. Community record
  2. Rank 2/2 — Increases all your resistances by 10 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 2% of your total mana. Cannot trigger more often than 1 time per sec. Community record
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 icon Arcane Concentration
Passive  
Row 2
Max rank 5
  1. 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%. Community record
  2. 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%. Community record
  3. 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%. Community record
  4. 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%. Community record
  5. 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%. Community record
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 icon Arcane Resilience
Passive  
Row 2
Max rank 2
  1. Rank 1/2 — Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 25% of your Intellect. Community record
  2. Rank 2/2 — Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 50% of your Intellect. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Arcane, row 3
“Increases your armor by an amount equal to 50% of your Intellect.”
Arcane Geometry icon Arcane Geometry
Passive  
Row 3
Max rank 2
  1. Rank 1/2 — Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 3 yards. Community record
  2. Rank 2/2 — Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 6 yards. Community record
New in Forever
Arcane Impact icon Arcane Impact
Passive  
Row 3
Max rank 3
  1. Rank 1/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 2%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 4%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 6%. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Arcane, row 3
“Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane Explosion spell by an additional 2%.”
Arcane Blast icon Arcane Blast
15% of base mana | 30 yd range | 2.5 sec cast  
Row 3
Max rank 1
  1. Rank 1/1 — Blasts the target with energy, dealing 57 to 65 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. Community record
New in Forever
Arcane Shielding icon Arcane Shielding
Passive  
Row 4
Max rank 2
  1. 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%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/2 — Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 33% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 50%. Community record
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 icon Improved Counterspell
Passive  
Row 4
Max rank 2
  1. Rank 1/2 — Your Counterspell also Silences the target for 2 sec. Community record
  2. Rank 2/2 — Your Counterspell also Silences the target for 4 sec. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Arcane, row 4
“Gives your Counterspell a 50% chance to silence the target for 4 sec.”
Arcane Meditation icon Arcane Meditation
Passive · Requires Arcane Concentration (rank 1)  
Row 4
Max rank 3
  1. Rank 1/3 — Allows 17% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Allows 33% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Arcane, row 4
“Allows 5% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.”
Missile Barrage icon Missile Barrage
Passive  
Row 4
Max rank 1
  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 fire every 0.5 sec. Community record
New in Forever
Presence of Mind icon Presence of Mind
Instant | 3 min cooldown  
Row 5
Max rank 1
  1. Rank 1/1 — When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 sec becomes an instant cast spell. Community record
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 icon Arcane Mind
Passive  
Row 5
Max rank 5
  1. Rank 1/5 — Increases your Intellect by 2% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 20%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/5 — Increases your Intellect by 4% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 40%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/5 — Increases your Intellect by 6% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 60%. Community record
  4. Rank 4/5 — Increases your Intellect by 8% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 80%. Community record
  5. Rank 5/5 — Increases your Intellect by 10% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 100%. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Arcane, row 5
“Increases your maximum Mana by 2%.”
Arcane Instability icon Arcane Instability
Passive  
Row 6
Max rank 3
  1. Rank 1/3 — Increases the damage done by your spells by 1% and your critical strike chance by 1%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Increases the damage done by your spells by 2% and your critical strike chance by 2%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Increases the damage done by your spells by 3% and your critical strike chance by 3%. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Arcane, row 6
“Increases your spell damage and critical strike chance by 1%.”
Arcane Power icon Arcane Power
Instant | 3 min cooldown · Requires Presence of Mind (rank 1)  
Row 7
Max rank 1
  1. Rank 1/1 — For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast. Community record
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

Fire rank text coverage: 46 of 46 ranks have confirmed effect text.

Talent Position Ranks & source status Classic comparison
Wake of Fire icon Wake of Fire
Passive  
Row 1
Max rank 2
  1. 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 30 sec by 25%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/2 — Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 2 sec. Killing a non-trivial target increases the critical strike chance of your next Fire Blast cast within 30 sec by 50%. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Fire, row 2
“Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 0.5 sec.”
Incineration icon Incineration
Passive  
Row 1
Max rank 3
  1. Rank 1/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 2%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 4%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 6%. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Fire, row 3
“Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast and Scorch spells by 2%.”
Improved Fireball icon Improved Fireball
Passive  
Row 1
Max rank 5
  1. Rank 1/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.1 sec. Community record
  2. Rank 2/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.2 sec. Community record
  3. Rank 3/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.3 sec. Community record
  4. Rank 4/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.4 sec. Community record
  5. Rank 5/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.5 sec. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Fire, row 1
“Reduces the casting time of your Fireball spell by 0.1 sec.”
Ignite icon Ignite
Passive  
Row 2
Max rank 5
  1. 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. Community record
  2. 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. Community record
  3. 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. Community record
  4. 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. Community record
  5. 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. Community record
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 icon Flame Throwing
Passive  
Row 2
Max rank 2
  1. Rank 1/2 — Increases the range of your Fire spells by 3 yards. Community record
  2. Rank 2/2 — Increases the range of your Fire spells by 6 yards. Community record
Unchanged from Classic
Classic: Fire, row 2
“Increases the range of your Fire spells by 3 yards.”
Impact icon Impact
Passive  
Row 2
Max rank 3
  1. Rank 1/3 — Gives your Fire spells a 3% chance to stun the target for 2 sec. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Gives your Fire spells a 7% chance to stun the target for 2 sec. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Gives your Fire spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 2 sec. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Fire, row 1
“Gives your Fire spells a 2% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.”
Burning Soul icon Burning Soul
Passive  
Row 3
Max rank 3
  1. 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%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Gives your Fire spells a 47% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 20%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Gives your Fire spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 30%. Community record
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 icon Improved Flamestrike
Passive  
Row 3
Max rank 3
  1. Rank 1/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 5%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 10%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 15%. Community record
Unchanged from Classic
Classic: Fire, row 3
“Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 5%.”
Pyroblast icon Pyroblast
125 Mana | 35 yd range | 6 sec cast  
Row 3
Max rank 1
  1. Rank 1/1 — Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 101 to 131 Fire damage and an additional 44 Fire damage over 12 sec. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Fire, row 3
“Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 148 to 194 Fire damage and an additional 56 Fire damage over 12 sec.”
Improved Scorch icon Improved Scorch
Passive  
Row 4
Max rank 3
  1. 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. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Your Scorch spell has a 67% 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. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Your Scorch spell has a 100% 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. Community record
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 icon Improved Fire Ward
Passive  
Row 4
Max rank 2
  1. Rank 1/2 — Causes your Fire Ward to have a 10% chance to reflect Fire spells while active. Community record
  2. Rank 2/2 — Causes your Fire Ward to have a 20% chance to reflect Fire spells while active. Community record
Unchanged from Classic
Classic: Fire, row 4
“Causes your Fire Ward to have a 10% chance to reflect Fire spells while active.”
Heating Up icon Heating Up
Passive · Requires Pyroblast (rank 1)  
Row 4
Max rank 1
  1. Rank 1/1 — Non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch reduce the cast time of your next Pyroblast cast within 20 sec by 25%, stacking up to 3 times. Community record
New in Forever
Master of Elements icon Master of Elements
Passive  
Row 4
Max rank 3
  1. Rank 1/3 — Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 10% of their base mana cost. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 20% of their base mana cost. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 30% of their base mana cost. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Fire, row 4
“Your Fire and Frost spell criticals will refund 10% of their base mana cost.”
Critical Mass icon Critical Mass
Passive  
Row 5
Max rank 3
  1. Rank 1/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 2%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 4%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 6%. Community record
Unchanged from Classic
Classic: Fire, row 5
“Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 2%.”
Blast Wave icon Blast Wave
215 Mana | Instant | 45 sec cooldown  
Row 5
Max rank 1
  1. Rank 1/1 — A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 154 to 184 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Fire, row 5
“A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 160 to 192 Fire damage, and dazing them for 6 sec.”
Fire Power icon Fire Power
Passive  
Row 6
Max rank 5
  1. Rank 1/5 — Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 2%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/5 — Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 4%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/5 — Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 6%. Community record
  4. Rank 4/5 — Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 8%. Community record
  5. Rank 5/5 — Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 10%. Community record
Unchanged from Classic
Classic: Fire, row 6
“Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 2%.”
Combustion icon Combustion
Instant | 3 min cooldown · Requires Critical Mass (rank 1)  
Row 7
Max rank 1
  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 3 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells. Community record
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

Frost rank text coverage: 53 of 53 ranks have confirmed effect text.

Talent Position Ranks & source status Classic comparison
Frost Warding icon Frost Warding
Passive  
Row 1
Max rank 2
  1. 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. Community record
  2. Rank 2/2 — Increases the Armor and resistance given by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 30%. In addition, gives your Frost Ward a 20% chance to reflect Frost spells and effects while active. Community record
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 icon Improved Frostbolt
Passive  
Row 1
Max rank 5
  1. Rank 1/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.1 sec. Community record
  2. Rank 2/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.2 sec. Community record
  3. Rank 3/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.3 sec. Community record
  4. Rank 4/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.4 sec. Community record
  5. Rank 5/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.5 sec. Community record
Unchanged from Classic
Classic: Frost, row 1
“Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.1 sec.”
Elemental Precision icon Elemental Precision
Passive  
Row 1
Max rank 5
  1. Rank 1/5 — Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 1%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/5 — Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 2%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/5 — Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 3%. Community record
  4. Rank 4/5 — Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 4%. Community record
  5. Rank 5/5 — Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 5%. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Frost, row 1
“Reduces the chance that the opponent can resist your Frost and Fire spells by 2%.”
Ice Shards icon Ice Shards
Passive  
Row 2
Max rank 5
  1. Rank 1/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 20%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 40%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 60%. Community record
  4. Rank 4/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 80%. Community record
  5. Rank 5/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%. Community record
Unchanged from Classic
Classic: Frost, row 2
“Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 20%.”
Permafrost icon Permafrost
Passive  
Row 2
Max rank 3
  1. Rank 1/3 — Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 11% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 3%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 22% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 7%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 33% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 10%. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Frost, row 2
“Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 1 sec and reduces the target's speed by an additional 4%.”
Improved Frost Nova icon Improved Frost Nova
Passive  
Row 2
Max rank 2
  1. Rank 1/2 — Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova spell by 2 sec. Community record
  2. Rank 2/2 — Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova spell by 4 sec. Community record
Unchanged from Classic
Classic: Frost, row 2
“Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova spell by 2 sec.”
Frostbite icon Frostbite
Passive  
Row 2
Max rank 3
  1. Rank 1/3 — Gives your Chill effects a 5% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Gives your Chill effects a 10% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec. Community record
Moved from Classic
Classic: Frost, row 2
“Gives your Chill effects a 5% chance to freeze the target for 5 sec.”
Piercing Ice icon Piercing Ice
Passive  
Row 3
Max rank 3
  1. Rank 1/3 — Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 2%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 4%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 6%. Community record
Unchanged from Classic
Classic: Frost, row 3
“Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 2%.”
Frost Channeling icon Frost Channeling
Passive  
Row 3
Max rank 3
  1. Rank 1/3 — Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 5% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 10%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 10% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 20%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 15% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 30%. Community record
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 icon Ice Lance
45 Mana | 30 yd range | Instant  
Row 3
Max rank 1
  1. Rank 1/1 — Deals 28 to 32 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets. Community record
New in Forever
Improved Blizzard icon Improved Blizzard
Passive  
Row 3
Max rank 3
  1. 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. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 25% for 1.5 sec. Community record
  3. 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 icon Arctic Reach
Passive  
Row 4
Max rank 2
  1. 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%. Community record
  2. 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%. Community record
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 icon Ice Block
15 Mana | Instant | 5 min cooldown  
Row 4
Max rank 1
  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. Community record
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 icon Shatter
Passive  
Row 4
Max rank 3
  1. Rank 1/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 17%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 33%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 50%. Community record
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 icon Improved Cone of Cold
Passive  
Row 5
Max rank 3
  1. Rank 1/3 — Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 12%. Community record
  2. Rank 2/3 — Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 23%. Community record
  3. Rank 3/3 — Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 35%. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Frost, row 5
“Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 15%.”
Cold Snap icon Cold Snap
Instant | 10 min cooldown  
Row 5
Max rank 1
  1. Rank 1/1 — Finishes the remaining cooldown on all your other Frost spells. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Frost, row 3
“When activated, this spell finishes the cooldown on all of your Frost spells.”
Fingers of Frost icon Fingers of Frost
Passive · Requires Ice Lance (rank 1)  
Row 5
Max rank 2
  1. 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. Community record
  2. Rank 2/2 — Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 2 spells cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec. Community record
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Winter's Chill icon Winter's Chill
Passive  
Row 6
Max rank 5
  1. 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. Community record
  2. Rank 2/5 — Gives your Frost damage spells a 40% 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 2 times. Community record
  3. Rank 3/5 — Gives your Frost damage spells a 60% 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 3 times. Community record
  4. Rank 4/5 — Gives your Frost damage spells a 80% 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 4 times. Community record
  5. Rank 5/5 — Gives your Frost damage spells a 100% 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 5 times. Community record
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 icon Ice Barrier
305 Mana | Instant | 30 sec cooldown · Requires Cold Snap (rank 1)  
Row 7
Max rank 1
  1. Rank 1/1 — Instantly shields you, absorbing 447 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage. Community record
Changed from Classic
Classic: Frost, row 7
“Instantly shields you, absorbing 454 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted.”

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