Introduction
My name is Tamir, also known as tam1h.
I've been pushing high mythic+ keys since Legion as a mage and raiding since Warlords of Draenor. I have been raiding in the top 30 scenes throughout most of Shadowlands and Dragonflight.
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tam1h
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What has changed
Patch 11.2 Frost Mage Changes
With Patch 11.2, Mage didn't get that many changes. However, the most important change in this Patch is that the Tier Set Bonus has moved from being spec based to hero talent based; this means that the tier set will be based on the hero talent you have active and changes accordingly.
Since our original Frostfire tier set was probably a little bit over-tuned, Blizzard has nerfed the power from the tier set and moved it into our toolkit.
Time Anomaly has been removed.
Inspired intellect has been buffed to 6% additional intellect.
Spellfrost Teachings has been redesigned: Direct Damage from Frost splinters reduce the CD of Frozen Orb By 0.5 Sec.
Blizzard damage, duration and size has been increased slightly to compensate for Tier set nerfs.
All damage done is increased by 10%.
Based on tuning, both frostfire and spellslinger are very close to each other, with around 1% difference towards spellslinger in the Raid. With that being said, both hero talents are completely viable and playable for both Raid and Mythic+. This is of course subject to change when patch goes live, if Blizzard make any more balancing changes.
11.1.7 Frost Mage Changes
For 11.1.7 there are no significant class changes for Frost Mage. There is however the addition of the new D.I.S.C belt. To learn more about unlocking the DISC belt, you can read Method's DISC Belt Guide. For Frost Mage specific recommendations you can head to the gearing section in this guide.