Frost Mage Guide for Shadowlands
Patch 9.2.5Fated Raids
Updated on December 4, 2022
Everything you need to improve your DPS performance in Raids.
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Type | Top Choice | Max. DPS | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
Talents | Lonely Winter Shimmer Rune of Power Chain Reaction Ice Ward Splitting Ice Thermal Void | 67.8K | 51% |
Weapons | Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Forbidden Truth | 67.8K | 34% |
Trinkets | Deteriorated Construct Core The First Sigil | 68.8K | 10% |
Head | Erudite Occultist's Hood | 68.8K | 85% |
Neck | Shadowghast Necklace | 67.8K | 25% |
Shoulders | Erudite Occultist's Mantle | 68.8K | 97% |
Back | Erudite Occultist's Shroud | 67.8K | 20% |
Chest | Erudite Occultist's Robes | 67.8K | 81% |
Wrist | Grim-Veiled Bracers | 68.8K | 20% |
Hands | Erudite Occultist's Handwraps | 68.8K | 72% |
Waist | Grim-Veiled Belt | 68.8K | 96% |
Legs | Erudite Occultist's Leggings | 68.8K | 91% |
Feet | Erudite Occultist's Treads | 68.8K | 43% |
Rings | Logic Loop of Division Overclocking Bit Band | 68.8K | 27% |
Legendaries | Slick Ice | 68.8K | 98% |
Covenants | Necrolord | 68.8K | 98% |
Soulbinds |  | 68.8K | 96% |
Soulbind Abilities | Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | 68.8K | 40% |
Conduit | Icy Propulsion | 68.8K | 100% |
Conduit Combination | Icy Propulsion Ice Bite Flow of Time Gift of the Lich Tempest Barrier Condensed Anima Sphere | 68.8K | 21% |
Gem | Deadly Jewel Cluster | 68.8K | 71% |
Gem Combination | Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster | 68.8K | 6% |
Back Enchant | Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance | 68.8K | 59% |
Chest Enchant | Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | 68.8K | 90% |
Wrist Enchant | Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect | 68.8K | 95% |
Belt Enchant | Nitro Boosts | 67.8K | 10% |
Feet Enchant | Enchant Boots - Soul Treads | 68.8K | 31% |
Ring Enchant | Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | 61.4K | 38% |
Weapon Enchant | Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance | 68.8K | 77% |
Race | Performance Gain |
|---|---|
 Dwarf | +2.42% |
Talents +
Lonely Winter Shimmer Rune of Power Chain Reaction Ice Ward Splitting Ice Thermal Void | 67.8K | 51% |
Lonely Winter Shimmer Rune of Power Chain Reaction Frigid Winds Splitting Ice Thermal Void | 68.8K | 23% |
Lonely Winter Shimmer Rune of Power Chain Reaction Ice Ward Comet Storm Thermal Void | 62.4K | 9% |
Lonely Winter Shimmer Rune of Power Chain Reaction Ring of Frost Splitting Ice Thermal Void | 43.7K | 7% |
Lonely Winter Shimmer Rune of Power Chain Reaction Frigid Winds Comet Storm Thermal Void | 45.1K | 3% |
Lonely Winter Shimmer Rune of Power Frozen Touch Ice Ward Splitting Ice Thermal Void | 28.6K | 1% |
Lonely Winter Ice Floes Rune of Power Chain Reaction Ice Ward Splitting Ice Thermal Void | 36.2K | 1% |
Lonely Winter Shimmer Rune of Power Chain Reaction Ring of Frost Comet Storm Thermal Void | 44.9K | 1% |
Lonely Winter Ice Floes Rune of Power Chain Reaction Ice Ward Comet Storm Thermal Void | 53.3K | 1% |
Lonely Winter Shimmer Rune of Power Chain Reaction Ice Ward Freezing Rain Thermal Void | 56.9K | 1% |
Weapons +
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Forbidden Truth | 67.8K | 34% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Guarm's Lost Chew Toy | 46.0K | 10% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Acoustically Alluring Censer | 68.8K | 10% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Frigid Invoker's Focus | 45.8K | 7% |
Maledict Opus | 51.6K | 6% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Lyre of Decadent Frivolity | 50.6K | 4% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Malevolent Invoker's Crystal | 61.5K | 4% |
Thunderlord Flamestaff | 41.0K | 3% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Harp of the Sanguine Court | 41.5K | 3% |
Staff of the Lichsworn Lieutenant | 44.0K | 2% |
Trinkets +
Titanic Ocular Gland The First Sigil | 53.7K | 10% |
Deteriorated Construct Core The First Sigil | 68.8K | 10% |
The First Sigil So'leah's Secret Technique | 50.1K | 8% |
Forbidden Necromantic Tome The First Sigil | 49.3K | 5% |
Elegy of the Eternals The First Sigil | 55.7K | 5% |
Glyph of Assimilation Tome of Monstrous Constructions | 37.1K | 4% |
Tome of Monstrous Constructions The First Sigil | 44.7K | 4% |
Glyph of Assimilation The First Sigil | 61.5K | 3% |
Deteriorated Construct Core So'leah's Secret Technique | 42.9K | 2% |
Deteriorated Construct Core Glyph of Assimilation | 53.3K | 2% |
Head +
Erudite Occultist's Hood | 68.8K | 85% |
Grim-Veiled Hood | 61.4K | 8% |
Hood of Vengeful Possession | 40.6K | 2% |
Cowl of Branching Fate | 49.0K | 2% |
Wikket Witch's Hat | 61.5K | 2% |
Veil of the Banshee Queen | 62.4K | 1% |
Neck +
Shadowghast Necklace | 67.8K | 25% |
Ornately Engraved Amplifier | 51.5K | 21% |
Cartel Xy's Proof of Initiation | 61.4K | 17% |
Interplanar Keystone | 68.8K | 11% |
Cabochon of the Infinite Flight | 49.3K | 7% |
Worldkiller Iris | 51.3K | 5% |
Weathered Talisman of the Shadowmoon | 51.8K | 5% |
Amulet of the Last Guardian | 49.0K | 3% |
Choker of Barbed Reins | 39.6K | 2% |
Beacon of Stormwind | 53.7K | 1% |
Shoulders +
Erudite Occultist's Mantle | 68.8K | 97% |
Harmonious Spaulders | 47.0K | 1% |
Back +
Erudite Occultist's Shroud | 67.8K | 20% |
Crest of the Legionnaire General | 62.4K | 11% |
Mountebank's Colorful Cloak | 43.0K | 10% |
Duplicating Drape | 44.2K | 7% |
Grim-Veiled Cape | 50.6K | 6% |
Self-Replicating Tissue | 51.6K | 6% |
Drape of Mournful Melodies | 42.3K | 6% |
Shroud of the Sire's Chosen | 50.1K | 6% |
Lurking Predator's Camouflage | 61.4K | 5% |
Mantle of Manifest Sins | 68.8K | 5% |
Chest +
Erudite Occultist's Robes | 67.8K | 81% |
Robes of Swirling Light | 47.7K | 6% |
Robes of the Cursed Commando | 68.8K | 5% |
Haunting Hymnal Robes | 41.0K | 3% |
Grim-Veiled Robe | 42.2K | 2% |
Anduin's Princely Vestments | 44.0K | 1% |
High Torturer's Smock | 47.6K | 1% |
Wrist +
Grim-Veiled Bracers | 68.8K | 20% |
Grim Pursuant's Maille | 56.9K | 17% |
Erudite Occultist's Bracers | 67.8K | 15% |
Skolex's Ravenous Skinguards | 49.3K | 12% |
Auctioneer's Counting Bracers | 51.8K | 12% |
Cuffs of the Covert Commander | 61.4K | 7% |
Cruel Overlord's Shackles | 55.7K | 4% |
Bracelets of the Sorrowful Bride | 43.7K | 3% |
Felflame Bracers | 49.3K | 3% |
Desecrator's Keening Wristwraps | 60.8K | 3% |
Hands +
Erudite Occultist's Handwraps | 68.8K | 72% |
Operator's Mitts | 57.9K | 6% |
Grasps of the Clairvoyant Sage | 44.2K | 5% |
Bindings of the Banished One | 44.7K | 3% |
Grim-Veiled Mittens | 49.3K | 3% |
Supple Supplicant's Gloves | 60.8K | 3% |
Cyphered Gloves | 42.1K | 2% |
Impossibly Oversized Mitts | 43.9K | 2% |
Gloves of Arcane Confluence | 32.7K | 1% |
Gloves of Swirling Light | 42.3K | 1% |
Waist +
Grim-Veiled Belt | 68.8K | 96% |
Erudite Occultist's Cord | 38.1K | 2% |
Cinch of Infinite Tightness | 30.0K | 1% |
Legs +
Erudite Occultist's Leggings | 68.8K | 91% |
Grim-Veiled Pants | 48.1K | 5% |
Leggings of Lethal Reverberations | 35.9K | 1% |
Ancient Materium Tassets | 37.6K | 1% |
Sorcerer's Headlong Legwraps | 53.7K | 1% |
Feet +
Erudite Occultist's Treads | 68.8K | 43% |
Grim-Veiled Sandals | 51.8K | 16% |
Phantasma-Forged Striders | 60.8K | 9% |
Hyperthread Boots | 47.6K | 6% |
Supplicant's Soiled Slippers | 52.7K | 6% |
Tormented Shadowcleft Boots | 46.7K | 5% |
Codebreaker's Cunning Sandals | 40.7K | 3% |
Slippers of the Forgotten Heretic | 48.1K | 3% |
Stolen Nathrian Slippers | 49.3K | 3% |
Sandals of Sacred Symmetry | 53.7K | 2% |
Rings +
Logic Loop of Division Overclocking Bit Band | 68.8K | 27% |
Logic Loop of Recursion Overclocking Bit Band | 57.9K | 16% |
Shadowghast Ring Ritualist's Treasured Ring | 49.9K | 3% |
Logic Loop of Recursion Ritualist's Treasured Ring | 43.9K | 2% |
Logic Loop of Division Ritualist's Treasured Ring | 44.7K | 2% |
Logic Loop of Division Shadowghast Ring | 45.4K | 2% |
Terestian's Signet Ring Shadowghast Ring | 43.6K | 2% |
Logic Loop of Division Shorting Bit Band | 35.8K | 1% |
Terestian's Signet Ring Logic Loop of Division | 41.1K | 1% |
Ritualist's Treasured Ring Tarnished Insignia of Quel'Thalas | 61.4K | 1% |
Legendaries +
Death's Fathom | 68.8K | 98% |
Slick Ice | 68.8K | 98% |
Sinful Delight | 24.1K | 2% |
Freezing Winds | 29.9K | 1% |
Cold Front | 33.8K | 1% |
Covenants +
Necrolord | 68.8K | 98% |
Venthyr | 24.1K | 2% |
Soulbinds +
| 68.8K | 96% |
 | 24.1K | 2% |
 | 52.5K | 1% |
Soulbind Abilities +
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | 68.8K | 40% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Kevin's Keyring Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | 51.4K | 8% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Viscous Trail | 57.9K | 5% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Kevin's Oozeling | 48.2K | 3% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Ultimate Form Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Undulating Maneuvers | 41.5K | 2% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Kevin's Keyring Ultimate Form Viscous Trail | 42.4K | 2% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers Kevin's Oozeling | 42.3K | 1% |
Necrolord Ultimate Form Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Undulating Maneuvers | 43.0K | 1% |
Necrolord Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers Kevin's Oozeling | 44.3K | 1% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers Kevin's Oozeling | 46.7K | 1% |
Conduit +
Icy Propulsion | 68.8K | 100% |
Ice Bite | 68.8K | 98% |
Gift of the Lich | 68.8K | 98% |
Flow of Time | 68.8K | 83% |
Condensed Anima Sphere | 68.8K | 73% |
Tempest Barrier | 68.8K | 37% |
Cryo-Freeze | 49.3K | 30% |
Diverted Energy | 57.9K | 28% |
Incantation of Swiftness | 49.9K | 20% |
Grounding Surge | 67.8K | 20% |
Conduit Combination +
Icy Propulsion Ice Bite Flow of Time Gift of the Lich Tempest Barrier Condensed Anima Sphere | 68.8K | 21% |
Icy Propulsion Ice Bite Flow of Time Gift of the Lich Diverted Energy Condensed Anima Sphere | 53.3K | 12% |
Icy Propulsion Ice Bite Flow of Time Gift of the Lich Cryo-Freeze Condensed Anima Sphere | 49.3K | 10% |
Icy Propulsion Ice Bite Flow of Time Gift of the Lich Incantation of Swiftness Condensed Anima Sphere | 47.5K | 8% |
Icy Propulsion Ice Bite Flow of Time Grounding Surge Gift of the Lich Condensed Anima Sphere | 60.6K | 6% |
Icy Propulsion Ice Bite Flow of Time Grounding Surge Gift of the Lich Cryo-Freeze | 48.1K | 4% |
Icy Propulsion Ice Bite Flow of Time Gift of the Lich Cryo-Freeze Diverted Energy | 42.5K | 3% |
Icy Propulsion Ice Bite Flow of Time Gift of the Lich Cryo-Freeze Incantation of Swiftness | 47.6K | 3% |
Icy Propulsion Ice Bite Flow of Time Gift of the Lich Diverted Energy Tempest Barrier | 51.4K | 3% |
Icy Propulsion Ice Bite Grounding Surge Gift of the Lich Tempest Barrier Condensed Anima Sphere | 50.6K | 2% |
Gem +
Deadly Jewel Cluster | 68.8K | 71% |
Quick Jewel Cluster | 61.4K | 64% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster | 56.9K | 23% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster | 60.8K | 5% |
Leviathan's Eye of Intellect | 32.3K | 1% |
Straddling Jewel Doublet | 38.0K | 1% |
Gem Combination +
Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster | 68.8K | 6% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | 45.0K | 5% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster | 47.0K | 5% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | 53.3K | 4% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster | 67.8K | 4% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | 43.0K | 3% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster | 43.6K | 3% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | 43.7K | 3% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster | 49.0K | 3% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | 55.7K | 3% |
Back Enchant +
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance | 68.8K | 59% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed | 67.8K | 16% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech | 48.5K | 14% |
Enchant Cloak - Soul Vitality | 42.2K | 7% |
Chest Enchant +
Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | 68.8K | 90% |
Enchant Chest - Eternal Insight | 49.3K | 8% |
Wrist Enchant +
Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect | 68.8K | 95% |
Belt Enchant +
Nitro Boosts | 67.8K | 10% |
Dimensional Shifter | 52.7K | 7% |
Belt Enchant: Personal Space Amplifier | 49.3K | 1% |
Feet Enchant +
Enchant Boots - Soul Treads | 68.8K | 31% |
Enchant Boots - Eternal Agility | 41.5K | 1% |
Ring Enchant +
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | 61.4K | 38% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike | 68.8K | 35% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | 67.8K | 13% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | 51.5K | 5% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | 43.9K | 4% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | 49.9K | 3% |
Weapon Enchant +
Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance | 68.8K | 77% |
Enchant Weapon - Sinful Revelation | 61.4K | 22% |
Races +
| +2.42% |
 | +2.06% |
 | +2.05% |
 | +1.91% |
 | +1.89% |
 | +1.76% |
 | +1.73% |
 | +1.68% |
 | +1.66% |
 | +1.57% |
 | +1.51% |
 | +1.48% |
 | +1.32% |
 | +1.16% |
 | +1.16% |
 | +1.09% |
 | +1.08% |
 | +1.07% |
 | +1.00% |
 | +0.85% |
 | +0.82% |
 | +0.47% |
 | +0.00% |
This guide covers all the essential parts of character optimization needed to maximize your DPS in Raids as Frost Mage.
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