Frost Mage Talents

Frost Mage
Midnight Pre-Patch

Talents in World of Warcraft define your character's gameplay. They offer active abilities for offense and defense, major cooldowns, or passive enhancements to your stats and spells. Here are the current Frost Mage talents for Midnight Pre-Patch.

Where to Find Talents

Talents can be found in the talent menu, which is accessible by pressing the N key (default) or by clicking the target icon in the micro menu:

Screenshot of the talents button in the micro menu

Class Talents

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

Name	Cast	Effect
Ice Barrier	Instant - 25 Sec Cooldown	Shields you with ice, absorbing 7,637 damage for 1 min. Melee attacks against you reduce the attacker's movement speed by 50%.
Alter Time	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	Alters the fabric of time, returning you to your current location and health when cast a second time, or after 10 sec. Effect negated by long distance or death.
Ice Block	Instant - 4 Min Cooldown	Encases you in a block of ice, protecting you from all attacks and damage for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move, or cast spells. Causes Hypothermia, preventing you from recasting Ice Block for 30 sec.
Time Walk	Passive	Alter Time resets the cooldown of Blink and Shimmer when you return to your original location.
Temporal Realignment	Passive	Upon dropping below 25% health, your past self corrects your timeline, casting Alter Time and instantly returning 50% of your maximum health.
Master of Time	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Alter Time by 10 sec.
Winter's Protection	Passive	The cooldown of Ice Block is reduced by 60 sec.
Frost Conditioning	Passive	Hypothermia's duration is reduced by 10 sec.
Arcane Warding	Passive	Reduces magic damage taken by 4%.
Inspired Intellect	Passive	Arcane Intellect grants you an additional 2% Intellect.
Mirror Image	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Creates 3 copies of you nearby for 15 sec, which cast spells and attack your enemies. While active, you generate significantly reduced threat. Taking direct damage will cause one of your images to dissipate
Spellsteal	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Steals a beneficial magic effect from the target. This effect lasts a maximum of 2 min.
Quick Witted	Passive	Counterspell's cooldown is reduced by 5 sec.
Dragon's Breath	Instant - 45 Sec Cooldown	Enemies in a 12 yd cone in front of you take 260 Fire damage and are disoriented for 4 sec. Damage will cancel the effect.
Supernova	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Pulses arcane energy around the target enemy or ally, dealing 163 Arcane damage to all enemies within 8 yds, and knocking them upward. A primary enemy target will take 100% increased damage.
Remove Curse	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 8 Sec Cooldown	Removes all Curses from a friendly target.
Improved Conjuration	Passive	Mirror Image's cooldown is reduced by 60 sec.
Improved Spellsteal	Passive	Spellsteal repeats its effect after 4 sec, but it now has a cooldown of 4.0 sec.
Shimmer	Instant - 0.5 Sec Cooldown	Teleports you 20 yds forward, unless something is in the way. Unaffected by the global cooldown and castable while casting.
Improved Blink	Passive	Blink's cooldown is reduced by 2 sec.
Improved Counterspell	Passive	Counterspell prevents casting for an additional 1.0 sec.
Overflowing Energy	Passive	Each time your Arcane Barrage fails to critically strike, it gains 10% increased critical strike chance. Critical strike bonus is removed when the affected spell critically strikes.
Improved Remove Curse	Passive	Casting Remove Curse on a friendly target also casts it on yourself, but its cooldown is increased by 20 sec.
Greater Invisibility	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Makes you invisible and untargetable for 20 sec, removing all threat. Any action taken cancels this effect.
Improved Frost Nova	Passive	Frost Nova duration is increased by 2 sec.
Ice Ward	Passive	Frost Nova now has 2 charges.
Captured Thoughts	Passive	The duration of Clearcasting is increased by 10 sec.
Tome of Rhonin	Passive	Increases Critical Strike chance by 2%.
Tome of Antonidas	Passive	Increases Haste by 2%.
Incantation of Swiftness	Passive	Invisibility increases your movement speed by 40% for 6 sec.
Master of Escape	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Invisibility by 60 sec.
Charm of Aegwynn	Passive	The critical strike damage of your spells is increased by 5%.
Brainstorm	Passive	Gaining Clearcasting increases your Intellect by 1% for 8 sec. Multiple instances may overlap.
Flow of Time	Passive	The cooldowns of Blink and Shimmer are reduced by 3 sec.
Mana Confluence	Passive	Your mana costs are reduced by 5%.
Charm of Medivh	Passive	Your Mastery is increased by 3%.
Permafrost Bauble	Passive	The cooldown of Ice Block and Ice Cold are reduced by 30 sec.
Freezing Cold	Passive	Enemies hit by Cone of Cold are frozen in place for 5 sec instead of snared. When your roots expire or are dispelled, your target is snared by 80%, decaying over 3 sec.
Ice Nova	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 25 Sec Cooldown	Causes a whirl of icy wind around the enemy, dealing 521 Frost damage to the target and all other enemies within 8 yds, freezing them in place for 2 sec. Damage reduced beyond 8 targets.
Time Manipulation	Passive	The cooldown of your loss of control spells are reduced by 5 sec.
Ring of Frost	2 Sec Cast - 30 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Summons a Ring of Frost for 10 sec at the target location. Enemies entering the ring are incapacitated for 10 sec. Limit 10 targets. When the incapacitate expires, enemies are slowed by 65% for 4 sec.
Mass Polymorph	1.7 Sec Cast - 1 Min Cooldown	Transforms all enemies within 10 yards into sheep, wandering around incapacitated for 15 sec. While affected, the victims cannot take actions but will regenerate health very quickly. Damage will cancel the effect. Only works on Beasts, Humanoids and Critters.
Energized Barriers	Passive	Casting your barrier removes all snare effects.
Mass Invisibility	Instant - 5 Min Cooldown	You and your allies within 40 yards instantly become invisible for 12 sec. Taking any action will cancel the effect. Does not affect allies in combat.
Barrier Diffusion	Passive - 100 Yd Range	When your Barrier is removed, reduce its cooldown by 5 sec.
Ice Cold	Passive	Ice Block now reduces all damage taken by 70% for 6 sec but no longer grants Immunity, prevents movement, attacks, or casting spells. Does not incur the Global Cooldown.
Spatial Manipulation	Passive	Blink gains an additional charge.
Reflection	Passive	After casting Blink, it is replaced with Reflection for 8 sec. Reflection Teleports you back to where you last Blinked. Castable while casting and unaffected by the global cooldown.
Improved Ice Barrier	Passive	Ice Barrier reduces your physical damage taken by 10% and absorbs an additional 5% of your maximum health.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Frost Mages with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. These talents differentiate Frost Mages from other Mage specializations, maximizing effectiveness in combat.

Name	Cast	Effect
Ice Lance	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Quickly fling a shard of ice at the target, dealing 568 Frost damage. Shatters 4 stacks of Freezing.
Blizzard	2 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range - 12 Sec Cooldown	Ice shards pelt the target area, dealing 1,500 Frost damage over 10.7 sec and reducing movement speed by 50% for 3 sec. This spell is cast at a selected location
Blizzard	2 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range - 12 Sec Cooldown	Ice shards pelt the target area, dealing 1,494 Frost damage over 10.7 sec and reducing movement speed by 50% for 3 sec. This spell is cast at your target.
Fingers of Frost	Passive	Frostbolt has a 15% chance to grant a charge of Fingers of Frost. Fingers of Frost causes your next Ice Lance to deal Shatter damage equal to 4 stacks of Freezing and does not consume Freezing stacks. Maximum 2 charges.
Frostbite	Passive	When Frostbolt critically strikes, it applies 1 additional stack of Freezing. Each stack of Freezing that you Shatter deals 95 damage to nearby enemies. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets.
Icicles	Passive	Frost crystallizes around you, generating an Icicle every 5.4 sec. Upon generating 5 Icicles, Frostbolt upgrades to Glacial Spike for its next cast. Glacial Spike Conjures a massive spike of ice that impales your target, dealing 4,886 damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 50% for 8 sec. Applies 3 stacks of Freezing. Icicles generate more rapidly out of combat.
Flurry	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Unleash a flurry of ice, striking the target 3 times for a total of 2,040 Frost damage. Applies 3 stacks of Freezing.
Cold Snap	Instant - 5 Min Cooldown	Resets the cooldown of your Ice Barrier, Frost Nova, Cone of Cold, Ice Cold, and Ice Block.
Glacial Bulwark	Passive	Ice Block and Ice Barrier now have an additional charge.
Frozen Orb	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Launches an orb of swirling ice in front of you, dealing up to 8,133 Frost damage to all enemies it passes through over 15 sec. After a short delay, Frozen Orb will pursue its target. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. Enemies damaged by the Frozen Orb are slowed by 50% for 8 sec.
Brain Freeze	Passive	Frostbolt has a 25% chance to reset the remaining cooldown on Flurry and cause your next Flurry to deal 50% increased damage.
Piercing Cold	Passive	Frostbolt and Flurry critical strike damage increased by 20%.
Ray of Frost	Channeled - 40 Yd Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Channel an icy beam at the enemy for 3.6 sec, dealing 1,710 Frost damage every 0.45 sec. Applies 8 stacks of Freezing over its duration.
Everlasting Frost	Passive	Casting Frozen Orb grants 1 stack of Fingers of Frost. Damaging one or more enemies with Frozen Orb has a 3% chance to grant Fingers of Frost.
Permafrost Lances	Passive	Frozen Orb increases Shatter's damage by 10% for its duration.
Frozen Touch	Passive - 30 Sec Cooldown	Frostbolt grants you Fingers of Frost 25% more often and Brain Freeze 20% more often.
Splitting Ice	Passive	Your Flurry and Frostbolt spells strike 1 additional target at 100% effectiveness.
Flash Freeze	Passive	Casting Glacial Spike has a 100% chance to grant you Fingers of Frost.
Splintering Ray	Passive	Ray of Frost deals 30% of its damage to 5 nearby enemies.
Frigid Focus	Passive	Ray of Frost damage increased by 30%.
Winter's Blessing	Passive	Your Haste is increased by 3%. You gain 5% more Haste from all sources of Haste.
Freezing Rain	Passive	Frozen Orb makes Blizzard instant cast. Blizzard damage increased by 20%.
Cone of Frost	Passive	Cone of Cold now applies 3 stacks of Freezing to up to 5 enemies.
Fractured Frost	Passive	Ice Lance strikes 1 additional target at 100% effectiveness, preferring enemies with more stacks of Freezing.
Improved Shatter	Passive	Shatter damage has a 50% increased chance to critically strike.
Deep Shatter	Passive	Shatter's critical strike damage is increased by 50% of your critical strike chance.
Wintertide	Passive	Frozen Orb has a 100% chance to grant Brain Freeze.
White Out	Passive	Ice Lance reduces the cooldown of Frozen Orb by 0.5 sec, increased by 0.1 sec for each stack of Freezing Shattered.
Glacial Attunement	Passive	Flurry and Blizzard damage increased by 20%.
Heart of Ice	Passive	Ice Lance Shatters 1 additional stack of Freezing.
Rimecaster	Passive	Frostbolt and Glacial Spike damage increased by 20%.
Freezing Winds	Passive	Shattering enemies inside your Blizzard increases Shatter's area damage by 15%.
Improved Flurry	Passive	Flurry fires 1 additional missile.
Glacial Assault	Passive	Flurry has a 25% chance each hit to call down an icy comet, crashing into your target and nearby enemies for 570 Frost damage. Applies 1 stack of Freezing.
$Crystalline Refraction Icon$ Crystalline Refraction	Passive	Ray of Frost generates 2 stacks of Fingers of Frost over its duration.
Summon Water Elemental	1.5 Sec Cast - 15 Sec Cooldown	Summons a Water Elemental to follow and fight for you.
Lonely Winter	Passive	Spell damage increased by 3%.
Glacial Chill	Passive	Glacial Spike deals 5% increased damage and applies 2 additional stacks of Freezing.
Glacial Shatter	Passive	Glacial Spike no longer applies Freezing, and instead Shatters 5 stacks of Freezing.
Hailstones	Passive	The time it takes to generate an Icicle is reduced by 1.0 sec.
Thermal Void	Passive	Consuming Brain Freeze has a 100% chance to cause your next Ice Lance to Shatter 4 additional stacks of Freezing.
Glaciate	Passive	When Ice Lance Shatters a stack of Freezing, the cooldown of Ray of Frost is reduced by 0.10 sec.
Comet Storm	Passive	Casting Ray of Frost replaces your Ray of Frost with Comet Storm, calling down a series of 7 icy comets on and around the target, that deals up to 2,280 Frost damage to all enemies within 8 yds of its impacts. Each Comet Shatters 2 stacks of Freezing.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow for deeper customization of the Frost Mage class fantasy, further enhancing its combat effectiveness.

Spellslinger

Name	Cast	Effect
Splintering Sorcery	Passive	Casting Arcane Blast or Arcane Pulse conjures an Arcane Splinter. Arcane Splinter: Conjure raw Arcane magic into a sharp projectile that deals 188 Arcane damage.
Augury Abounds	Passive	Conjuring one or more Arcane Splinters has a 10% chance to conjure a burst of 8 Arcane Splinters.
Force of Will	Passive	Casting Arcane Barrage conjures an Arcane Splinter for every 5 Arcane Salvo stacks consumed.
Splintering Orbs	Passive	Enemies damaged by your Arcane Orb conjure 1 Arcane Splinter, up to 2. Arcane Orb damage is increased by 25%.
Attuned Familiar	Passive	Your Arcane Familiar has a 50% chance to conjure a Splinter alongside its Arcane Assault.
Shifting Shards	Passive	Gaining Clearcasting conjures 2 Arcane Splinters.
Slippery Slinging	Passive	You have 40% increased movement speed during Alter Time.
Look Again	Passive	While in combat, Blink summons a Mirror Image at your previous location.
Controlled Instincts	Passive	30% of the direct damage dealt by an Arcane Splinter is also dealt to nearby enemies. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets.
Reactive Barrier	Passive	Your Prismatic Barrier can absorb up to 25% more damage based on your missing Health. Max effectiveness when under 25% health.
Phantasmal Image	Passive	Your Mirror Image summons 1 extra clone.
Infused Splinters	Passive	Direct damage from Arcane Splinters have a 15% chance to grant 1 stack Arcane Salvo. Arcane Salvo Increases the damage of your next Arcane Barrage by 3%.
Archmage's Wrath	Passive	Arcane Surge damage increased by 30%. Your chance to gain Clearcasting is increased by 3%.
Signature Spell	Passive	Arcane Blast and Arcane Pulse damage increased by 15%. Casting Touch of the Magi conjures 4 Arcane Splinters.
Spellfrost Teachings	Passive	Direct damage from Arcane Splinters reduces the cooldown of Arcane Orb by 0.25 sec.
Polished Focus	Passive	Casting Arcane Barrage while at 20 or more Arcane Salvo stacks refunds 5 Arcane Salvo stacks. Arcane Barrage damage increased by 15%.
Splinterstorm	Passive	Casting Arcane Surge generates 8 Arcane Splinters. During Arcane Surge, your chance to conjure an additional Arcane Splinter is increased to 100%.

Frostfire

Name	Cast	Effect
Frostfire Bolt	1.8 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range	Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing 943 Frostfire damage, slowing movement speed by 50%, and causing an additional 87 Frostfire damage over 8 sec.
Frostfire Bolt		Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing 934 Frostfire damage, slowing movement speed by 50%, and causing an additional 87 Frostfire damage over 8 sec.
Imbued Warding	Passive
Meltdown	Passive	You melt slightly out of your Ice Block and Ice Cold, allowing you to move slowly during Ice Block and increasing your movement speed over time. Ice Block and Ice Cold trigger a Blazing Barrier when they end.
Frostfire Empowerment	Passive	Casting Frostfire spells has a 10% chance to activate Frostfire Empowerment, causing your next Frostfire Bolt to be instant cast, deal 60% increased damage, explode for 80% of its damage to nearby enemies. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets. Damage from Frostfire Empowerment applies 1 stack of Freezing.
Elemental Affinity	Passive
Flame and Frost	Passive	Ice Block and Ice Cold reset the cooldowns of your Fire spells. Cauterize resets the cooldown of your Frost spells with a base cooldown shorter than 4 minutes when it activates.
Duality	Passive	Casting Glacial Spike also casts a Pyroblast, dealing 1,348 Fire damage.
Heat Sink	Passive	Flurry and Fire Blast now deal Frostfire damage and their damage is increased by 30%.
Thermal Conditioning	Passive	Frostfire Bolt's cast time is reduced by 10%.
Severe Temperatures	Passive	Frostfire Empowerment stacks 1 additional time and it causes Frostfire Bolt to explode for an additional 20% of its damage.
Dualcasting Adept	Passive	Your Frost and Fire spells deal 20% increased critical strike damage. Ice Lance and Pyroblast have their damage increased by 10%.
Molten Chill	Passive	Your Frostfire spells apply Ignite at 10% increased effectiveness.
Frostfire Infusion	Passive	Frostfire Bolt has and additional 5% chance to grant Brain Freeze and its critical strike chance is increased by 15%. The damage of your Frost spells and Fire spells are increased by 4%.
Flash Freezeburn	Passive	Meteor's damage is increased by 25%. Meteor now grants Frostfire Empowerment.
Blast Radius	Passive	The damage of Meteor and Comet Storm is increased.
Elemental Conduit	Passive	Meteor and Pyroblast now apply Ignite. Your Haste is increased by 2%.
Isothermic Core	Passive	Meteor now also calls down a Comet Storm, dealing 2,474 Frost damage to nearby enemies. Comet Storm now also calls down a Meteor, dealing 3,404 Fire damage to nearby enemies.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with War Mode enabled, these talents optimize a Frost Mage 's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players.

Name	Cast	Effect
Icy Feet		When your Frost Nova or Water Elemental's Freeze is dispelled or removed, become immune to snares for 3 sec. This effect can only occur once every 10 sec.
Concentrated Coolness		Frozen Orb's damage is increased by 10% and is now castable at a location with a 40 yard range but no longer moves.
Ice Wall		Conjures an Ice Wall 30 yards long that obstructs line of sight. The wall has 30% of your maximum health and lasts up to 15 sec.
Ring of Fire		Summons a Ring of Fire for 8 sec at the target location. Enemies entering the ring are disoriented and burn for 3% of their total health over 3 sec.
Frost Bomb		Places a Frost Bomb on the target. After 5 sec, the bomb explodes, dealing 3,588 Frost damage to the target and 1,770 Frost damage to all other enemies within 10 yards. All affected targets are slowed by 50% for 8 sec. If Frost Bomb is dispelled before it explodes, gain a charge of Brain Freeze.
Snowdrift		Summon a strong Blizzard that surrounds you for 6 sec that slows enemies by 70% and deals 75 Frost damage every 1 sec. Enemies that are caught in Snowdrift for 2 sec consecutively become Frozen in ice, stunned for 4 sec.
Master Shepherd		While an enemy player is affected by your Polymorph or Mass Polymorph, your movement speed is increased by 25% and your Versatility is increased by 12%. Additionally, Polymorph and Mass Polymorph no longer heal enemies.
Ethereal Blink		Blink and Shimmer apply Slow at 100% effectiveness to all enemies you Blink through. For each enemy you Blink through, the cooldown of Blink and Shimmer are reduced by 1 sec, up to 5 sec.
Improved Mass Invisibility		The cooldown of Mass Invisibility is reduced by 4 min and can affect allies in combat.
Overpowered Barrier		Your barriers absorb 100% more damage and have an additional effect, but last 4 sec. Prismatic Barrier If the barrier is fully absorbed, your next Blink or Shimmer within 15 sec grants Invisibility and immunity to damage for 3 sec. The damage reduction is lost if Invisibility ends.