Gear
Tier Set
Frost Mage Season 4 Tier Set is the same as the Season 3 Tier Set.
- (2) Set Bonus: Glacial Spike damage increased by 16% and it explodes when it Shatters a frozen target, dealing 15% of its damage dealt to nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
- (4) Set Bonus: Casting Glacial Spike has a 40% chance to trigger Brain Freeze.
There are a couple of points I want to address in terms of the tier set.
The 4-set bonus will give us a better flowing gameplay in terms of Brain Freeze generation (around 34-35% more Brain Freeze procs), which is a very nice thing. I also like the emphasis on Glacial Spike, since it’s our main source of damage. However, the downside is that the 2-set bonus works only with our main Glacial Spike, which will explode to nearby enemies. Our second Glacial Spike from Splitting Ice will still cleave, but won’t have the 2-set bonus effect.
I think overall it’s not the most interactive tier set, but it’s definitely very strong, and I am happy with it going forward.
Embellishments
I recommend crafting the following items for Frost embellishment:
- Blue Silken Lining 2x (this will give you more damage overall with 2085 Mastery from the double buff, but it's harder to keep it up)
- Double Shadowflame Tempered Armor Patch for the raid (also helps to procs the double ring combo from Broodkeeper Diurna and Eranog)
Honestly all embellishments are relatively close to each other, and if you want to experiment, feel free to try any of these combinations.
Frost Mage Best in Slot Gear
This is the absolute best in slot setup you could have combined from both M+ and raid items. With that being said, we consider that not everyone enjoys raiding so I will make a list for alternative items you can get from M+ to be as geared as possible. Keep in mind that this is not a replacement for siming your character, as you will likely not have all these items at once, so to determine what is your next upgrade, always sim yourself.
Frost Mage Combined Gear List
The gear listed below is a mixture of Raid and Mythic+ gear.
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Wayward Chronomancer’s Chronocap | Tier/Catalyst |
| Neck | Eye of the Rising Flame | Tindral |
| Shoulders | Wayward Chronomancer’s Metronomes | Tier/Catalyst |
| Cloak | Voice of the Silent Star | Sarkareth |
| Chest | Reanimator’s Wicked Cassock | Kazzara |
| Wrist | Vibrant Wildercloth Wristwraps | Crafted - Tailoring |
| Gloves | Wayward Chronomancer’s Gloves | Tier/Catalyst |
| Belt | Vibrant Wildercloth Girdle | Crafted - Tailoring |
| Legs | Wayward Chronomancer’s Pantaloons | Tier/Catalyst |
| Boots | Wayward Chronomancer’s Strapped Boots | Catalyst |
| Ring 1 | Seal of Filial Duty | Broodkeeper Diurna |
| Ring 2 | Seal of Diurna’s Chosen | Eranog |
| Trinket 1 | Umbrelskul’s Fractured Heart | Azure Vault |
| Trinket 2 | Vessel of Searing Shadow | The Amalgamation Chamber |
| Weapon | Dreambinder’s Loom of the Great Cycle | Nymue |
Frost Mage Best Gear from Mythic+
The gear listed below are the best options exclusively from Mythic+ for Frost Mages.
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Wayward Chronomancer’s Chronocap | Tier/Catalyst |
| Neck | Ukhel Ancestry Breads | Nokhud Offensive |
| Shoulders | Wayward Chronomancer’s Metronomes | Tier/Catalyst |
| Cloak | Mammoth-Trainer Drape | Neltharus |
| Chest | Bronze Challenger’s Robe | Algeth’ar Academy |
| Wrist | Vibrant Wildercloth Wristwraps | Crafted - Tailoring |
| Gloves | Wayward Chronomancer’s Gloves | Tier/Catalyst |
| Belt | Vibrant Wildercloth Girdle | Crafted - Tailoring |
| Legs | Wayward Chronomancer’s Pantaloons | Tier/Catalyst |
| Boots | Wayward Chronomancer’s Strapped Boots | Catalyst |
| Ring 1 | Seal of Filial Duty | Broodkeeper Diurna |
| Ring 2 | Seal of Diurna’s Chosen | Eranog |
| Trinket 1 | Umbrelskul’s Fractured Heart / Tome of Unstable Power | Azure Vault |
| Trinket 2 | Vessel of Searing Shadow | The Amalgamation Chamber |
| Weapon | Dreanbinder’s Loom of the Great Cycle | Nymue |
Antique Bronze Bullion
Going into Season 4, Frost will gain returning items such as trinkets and some of the combinations possible can be extremely powerful.
Here are the top 3 choices that I think you should be getting as a Frost Mage for both Mythic+ and Raid.
Raiding:
- Voice of the Fallen Star: the Sarkareth Cloak if you want to go for Damage. If you don't want to lose the Health, then you could go for any weapon or any other stat you’d be missing
- Dreambinder’s Loom of the Great Cycle: overall the best weapon in the game for most casters and u cannot go wrong with this, should be the first option to buy unless u a good weapon from the vault or crafted a weapon.
- Vessel of Searing Shadow overall the best trinket for Frost it will also help to proc both of the rings.
Since frost is not a bursty spec, it doesn’t really require us to have an on use for the single target setup in the raid, which makes the 2 trinkets listed above a perfect combination for high uptime and consistent damage, which is what frost is best at.
For Mythic+:
- Voice of the Fallen Star: if you want to go for Damage
- Dreambinder’s Loom of the Great Cycle: overall the best weapon in the game for most casters and u cannot go wrong with this, should be the first option to buy unless u a good weapon from the vault or crafted a weapon.
- Whispering Incarnate Icon or Ominous Chromatic Essence if more people in our party can use this trinket
- Vessel of Searing Shadow overall the best trinket for Frost it will also help to proc both of the rings.