Kowks

Frost Mage
Goblin
300 ilvl
Season 0
1880 2v2
2346 3v3
1554 RBG

Kowks from Sargeras (US) is recognized as one of the top PvP Frost Mage in World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.2.6, having achieved an impressive 2346 rating in 3v3 during season 0.

Here you'll find a detailed snapshot of her character from . It includes a thorough breakdown of her stats, talents, equipment, embellishments, enchantments, and gems. Use this as a guide 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 Kowks's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+0
5% Critical Strike
+1132
38% Haste
+82
10% Mastery
+1565
38% Versatility
  1. Versatility
  2. Haste
  3. Mastery
  4. Critical Strike
Minor Stats
+0
0% Avoidance
+0
0% Leech
+103
10% Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Avoidance
  3. Leech

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
1
Ice Form
Ice Wall
Ring of Fire
1
Frost Bomb
Snowdrift
Master Shepherd
Ethereal Blink
Improved Mass Invisibility

Equipment

Equipment directly determines a character's power level in World of Warcraft. These items are acquired from diverse sources: they can drop in dungeons and raids, be discovered across the world, be crafted through various professions, obtained from PvP vendors, or chosen as rewards from the Great Vault.

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

Head

  1. set
    Erudite Occultist's Hood

Neck

  1. Eternal Gladiator's Necklace

Shoulders

  1. set
    Erudite Occultist's Mantle

Back

  1. Eternal Gladiator's Drape

Chest

  1. Eternal Gladiator's Silk Robe

Wrist

  1. Eternal Gladiator's Silk Armbands

Hands

  1. Eternal Gladiator's Silk Gloves

Waist

  1. Eternal Gladiator's Silk Cord

Legs

  1. Eternal Gladiator's Silk Leggings

Feet

  1. Grim-Veiled Sandals

Ring 1

  1. Eternal Gladiator's Ring

Ring 2

  1. Shadowghast Ring

Trinket 1

  1. set
    Eternal Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Trinket 2

  1. set
    Eternal Gladiator's Medallion

Main Hand

  1. Eternal Gladiator's Vesper

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 Kowks for the Frost Mage specialization.

Unfortunately, no embellished item data were found.

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 Kowks for each equipment slot.

Back

  1. Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed

Chest

  1. Enchant Chest - Eternal Bounds

Wrist

  1. Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect

Ring 1

  1. Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste

Ring 2

  1. Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility

Main Hand

  1. 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 Kowks.

  1. Quick Jewel Cluster
    4
  2. Straddling Jewel Doublet
    1
  3. Versatile Jewel Cluster
    1