Crimsm's PvE Build

Mage class icon Frost Mage specialization icon
Frost Mage
Troll race icon
Troll
256 ilvl
Season 2
3094 Mythic+

Crimsm (Twisting Nether EU) is a Top Mythic+ Frost Mage in World of Warcraft Dragonflight Season 2, achieving a rating of 3094 with 256 ilvl equipment.

Here is the breakdown of her 10.2.6 PvE character build from , featuring stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, and gems. Use this as a reference to enhance and inspire your own Frost Mage build.

Stat Priority

Stats are crucial attributes that directly influence a character's power in World of Warcraft. They not only determine the character's strength but also define the overall feel and playstyle. Stat bonuses can be found on various pieces of equipment, in consumables created by the Alchemy profession, certain foods, some enchantments , and gems .

It's important to note that each stat experiences diminishing returns once its equipped bonus reaches +20%. This means that optimizing a character's performance involves more than just maximizing each stat; it's about finding a balanced distribution. Here is how Crimsm's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+719
26% Critical Strike
+709
21% Haste
+156
12% Mastery
+621
16% Versatility
  1. Critical Strike
  2. Haste
  3. Versatility
  4. Mastery

Class Talents

Talents are the main element defining a character's build, significantly influencing the playstyle by adding, modifying, and enhancing character abilities and behaviors. They are crucial in shaping how a character functions in battle.

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Mage specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements that are essential and universal to the Mage class. They offer a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Mage's overall capabilities, regardless of the chosen specialization.

Ice Barrier
Ice Block
Overflowing Energy
Incanter's Flow
Winter's Protection
Spellsteal
Tempest Barrier
Incantation of Swiftness
Remove Curse
Arcane Warding
Mirror Image
Shifting Power
Alter Time
Cryo-Freeze
Reduplication
Quick Witted
Mass Polymorph
Slow
Master of Time
Diverted Energy
Ring of Frost
Ice Nova
Shimmer
Mass Slow
Blast Wave
Improved Frost Nova
Rigid Ice
Tome of Rhonin
Tome of Antonidas
Volatile Detonation
Energized Barriers
Frigid Winds
Flow of Time
Temporal Velocity
Ice Ward
Freezing Cold
Time Manipulation
Displacement
Accumulative Shielding
Greater Invisibility
Dragon's Breath
Ice Cold
Time Anomaly
Mass Barrier

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents constitute a specialized tree, providing Frost Mages with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style.

Ice Lance
Frozen Orb
Fingers of Frost
Flurry
Shatter
Brain Freeze
Everlasting Frost
Winter's Blessing
Frostbite
Piercing Cold
Perpetual Winter
Lonely Winter
Ice Caller
Bone Chilling
Comet Storm
Frozen Touch
Wintertide
Snowstorm
Flash Freeze
Subzero
Deep Shatter
Icy Veins
Splintering Cold
Glacial Assault
Freezing Rain
Thermal Void
Chain Reaction
Splitting Ice
Fractured Frost
Freezing Winds
Slick Ice
Ray of Frost
Hailstones
Cold Front
Coldest Snap
Cryopathy
Glacial Spike

PvP Talents

PvP talents are specifically tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with war mode enabled, these talents are designed to optimize a Frost Mage's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements and strategies that give players an edge in combat against other players, reflecting the unique demands of PvP gameplay.

Icy Feet
Concentrated Coolness
Ice Form
Ice Wall
Ring of Fire
Frost Bomb
Snowdrift
Master Shepherd
Ethereal Blink
Improved Mass Invisibility

Best In Slot And Gear

Gear consists of items that directly determine a character's power level. It can be acquired from diverse sources: dungeon, raid, world drops, crafted through various professions, obtained from PvP vendors, or chosen as rewards from the Great Vault.

Each piece of gear significantly boosts a character's overall strength and capabilities. Here are the items currently equipped by Crimsm.

Head

  1. Veil of the Banshee Queen item icon
    Veil of the Banshee Queen

Neck

  1. Interplanar Keystone item icon
    Interplanar Keystone

Shoulders

  1. Frame of the False Margrave item icon
    Frame of the False Margrave

Back

  1. Blighted Margrave's Cloak item icon
    Blighted Margrave's Cloak

Chest

  1. Sinister Requiem Vestments item icon
    Sinister Requiem Vestments

Wrist

  1. Desecrator's Keening Wristwraps item icon
    Desecrator's Keening Wristwraps

Hands

  1. Grim-Veiled Mittens item icon
    Grim-Veiled Mittens

Waist

  1. Sash of Duplicitous Magics item icon
    Sash of Duplicitous Magics

Legs

  1. Sorcerer's Headlong Legwraps item icon
    Sorcerer's Headlong Legwraps

Feet

  1. Slippers of Leavened Station item icon
    Slippers of Leavened Station

Ring 1

  1. Tarnished Insignia of Quel'Thalas item icon
    Tarnished Insignia of Quel'Thalas

Ring 2

  1. Bloodoath Signet item icon
    Bloodoath Signet

Trinket 1

  1. Titanic Ocular Gland item icon
    Titanic Ocular Gland

Trinket 2

  1. Forbidden Necromantic Tome item icon
    Forbidden Necromantic Tome

Main Hand

  1. Maledict Opus item icon
    Maledict Opus

Embellishments

Embellishments are unique effects that can be added to crafted items, either as predefined elements in recipes or through an optional embellishment reagent, creating embellished gear. These enhancements diversify and amplify characters' capabilities.

Here are the embellishments equipped by Crimsm for the Frost Mage specialization.

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Enchantments

Enchantments provide minor yet valuable enhancements to various items, including Head, Back, Chest, Wrist, Waist, Legs, Rings, Feet, Main Hand, and Off Hand.

Most enchantments are crafted via the Enchanting profession. However, Waist enchantments specifically require Blacksmithing, Legs enhancements are crafted by Leatherworkers, and Head enchantments come from the Incandescent Essence , a reward obtained through a quest in the Amirdrassil raid.

Enchantments are usually available at the auction house, making them accessible for upgrades. Here are the specific enchantments chosen by Crimsm for each equipment slot.

Back

  1. Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance enchantment icon
    Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance

Chest

  1. Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats enchantment icon
    Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats

Wrist

  1. Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect enchantment icon
    Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect

Ring 1

  1. Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste enchantment icon
    Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste

Ring 2

  1. Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste enchantment icon
    Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste

Main Hand

  1. Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance enchantment icon
    Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance

Gems

Gems are crafted stones from the Jewelcrafting profession, typically offering stat bonuses to enhance your gear. These gems can be socketed into specific items such as Head, Neck, Wrist, Waist, and Rings. The presence of sockets on items is usually random upon their drop.

Notably, Neck items can be uniquely modified to have up to three sockets by using 3 Tiered Medallion Setting . Additionally, a single socket can be added to other eligible items with a Nature's Cradle , which requires 6 Aspects' Tokens of Merit obtained from the Great Vault.

Available through both the auction house and the crafting order system, here are the gems currently socketed by Crimsm.

  1. Quick Jewel Cluster gem icon
    Quick Jewel Cluster
    2
  2. Deadly Jewel Cluster gem icon
    Deadly Jewel Cluster
    1