Stat Priorities
Stat Ranking
Frostfire Stats: Intellect > Haste > Critical strike = Versatility > Mastery
Spellslinger: Intellect > Haste > Mastery > Critical Strike > Versatility
Stat Outline
For stats as frost our stats gonna look something like this:
- Critical Strike increases your critical strike chance of all our abilities. Since Shatter multiplies your critical strike by 1.5 and adds another 50% on top of that, you don’t want Crit to ever Exceed 33%, since that would put you over 100% crit.
- Mastery increases your Icicles, Frozen Orb, Blizzard, Glacial Spike and Comet Storm damage.
- Haste increases your cast speed and lowers the GCD.
- Versatility slightly increases your damage done and decreases your damage taken.
Races
For Horde: Tauren is generally the best Horde Frost Mage race because of its passive racial ability, Brawn, which increases critical strike bonus damage and healing by 2%. This racial is particularly strong for Frost Mage due to Shatter.
For Alliance: Dwarves share a similar racial to Tauren — Might of the Mountain — which also increases critical strike bonus damage and healing by 2%. Dwarves also have Stoneform, one of the most useful utility abilities in M+, which removes all harmful Poison, Disease, Curse, Magic, and Bleed effects and reduces all physical damage taken by 10% for 8 seconds.
Alternatively, Void Elf is a solid choice. Their racial passive, Entropic Embrace, is comparable to the Dwarf and Tauren racials, while their utility ability, Entropic Rift, provides an extra blink, making it one of the best racial abilities.
Enchants
Cloak: Chant of Winged Grace
Chest: Crystalline Radiance
Bracers: Chant of Armored Avoidance
Boots: Defender's March
Legs: Sunset Spellthread
Rings: Radiant Haste
Weapon: Oathsworn's Tenacity
Gems
Blasphemous Gem
Culminating Blasphemite: +181 Primary Stat + 0.15% Critical Effect per unique Algari Gem color
All gems are colored based on the stats they give:
- Emerald (Green) = Haste
- Ruby (Red) = Crit
- Onyx (Purple) = Mastery
- Sapphire (Blue) = Versatility
- Amber (Orange) = Stamina
You want to ensure that each gem socket is filled with different colors, with the exception of the Stamina Amber gem. The most optimal loadout would include Haste, Crit, Mastery, Versatility, and the Blasphemite gem. Always prioritize dual-stat gems, as they provide more overall stats than single-stat gems.
Consumables
Food: Beledar’s Bounty
Phials: Flask of Alchemical Chaos
Potions: Tempered Potion
Health Potions: Invigorating Healing Potion
Weapon Oil: Algari Mana Oil
Runes: Crystallized Augment Rune