WoW Forever Frost Mage build, the talents Frost builds take

2,326 of the 5,854 Mage builds with 41 or more points planned here (40%) lead in Frost, since the Oct 20 hotfixes to build 70425. That is more than any other Mage tree. Every build below opens in the Mage calculator.

Counted on 25 Oct 2026, recounted a few times a day.

• Frost 40%
• Fire 31%
• Arcane 29%

The most popular Frost Mage builds Arcane / Fire / Frost points

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   Frost Mage 2/3/46

   #2 of every Mage build by what people did with it since the Oct 20 hotfixes Arcane 2 / Fire 3 / Frost 46 0.1% of every Mage share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 6 · saved 21 · opened 43 · across 24 close builds Maxes Missile Barrage, Incineration, Improved Frostbolt, Elemental Precision, Ice Shards, Frostbite and 13 more. Goes to Ice Barrier (row 7).
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   Frost Mage 0/0/46

   #3 of every Mage build by what people did with it since the Oct 20 hotfixes Arcane 0 / Fire 0 / Frost 46 1.6% of every Mage share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 27 · saved 82 · opened 1,071 · across 31 close builds Maxes Improved Frostbolt, Elemental Precision, Ice Shards, Frostbite, Improved Frost Nova, Permafrost and 11 more. Goes to Ice Barrier (row 7).
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The talents Frost Mage builds take

Of the 2,326 Mage builds with 41 or more points that lead in Frost, the share with a point in each talent:

In nearly every Frost build, 90% or more: Ice Lance 99%, Shatter 98%, Ice Shards 97%, Fingers of Frost 97%, Cold Snap 95%, Ice Block 94% and Improved Frostbolt 91%.

In most, 50 to 89%: Ice Barrier 85%, Frostbite 81%, Arctic Reach 80%, Elemental Precision 77%, Permafrost 63%, Winter's Chill 63%, Improved Cone of Cold 54% and Improved Frost Nova 52%.

In some, 20 to 49%: Frost Channeling 43%, Frost Warding 35% and Improved Blizzard 29%.

From the other trees, 20% or more: Missile Barrage 72%, Arcane Concentration 55%, Arcane Focus 48%, Arcane Subtlety 39%, Incineration 38%, Improved Fire Blast 29%, Arcane Geometry 28%, Improved Counterspell 27%, Improved Channeling 25%, Ignite 24%, Magic Absorption 22% and Arcane Resilience 21% and 3 more.

Leveling as Frost, and the level 30 cap

49.5% of the 75,995 Mage leveling orders recorded here between 18 Sep and 16 Oct 2026 lead in Frost (37,584). The Frost order starts with Improved Frostbolt and Ice Shards from level 10, and its first 21 points are Improved Frostbolt 5, Ice Shards 5, Frostbite 3, Improved Frost Nova 2, Ice Lance 1, Shatter 3, Ice Block 1 and Permafrost 1. Open those 21 points at level 30. Every bracket to 60 is on the Mage leveling order.

At the level 30 cap, the most made 21-point Frost build is 0/0/21: 3.3% of the level 30 Mage builds counted between 1 and 16 Oct 2026 (11 people-days), maxing Ice Shards, Frostbite, Ice Lance, Ice Block and Shatter. Since this count, Piercing Ice was taken out of the trees. Load it on today's trees, where the calculator lists every point that comes back to spend.

Questions

What is the most popular Frost Mage build in WoW Forever?

Frost Mage 2/3/46, #2 of every Mage build by what people did with it since the Oct 20 hotfixes. It holds 0.1% of every Mage share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 6, saved 21, opened 43). It maxes Missile Barrage, Incineration, Improved Frostbolt, Elemental Precision, Ice Shards, Frostbite and 13 more.

How many Mage builds are Frost?

2,326 of the 5,854 Mage builds with 41 or more points planned here since the Oct 20 hotfixes to build 70425 lead in Frost, 40%, more than any other Mage tree.

Which talents do Frost Mage builds take?

Nearly all of them (90% or more) take Ice Lance (99%), Shatter (98%), Ice Shards (97%), Fingers of Frost (97%), Cold Snap (95%), Ice Block (94%) and Improved Frostbolt (91%). Most (50 to 89%) take Ice Barrier (85%), Frostbite (81%), Arctic Reach (80%), Elemental Precision (77%), Permafrost (63%) and Winter's Chill (63%). Outside Frost the most taken are Missile Barrage (72%), Arcane Concentration (55%) and Arcane Focus (48%). Each build counted once.

What do Frost Mages take first while leveling?

The Frost leveling order, 49.5% of 75,995 recorded Mage orders, starts with Improved Frostbolt and Ice Shards from level 10.

Is this a Frost Mage tier list?

No. It counts what people plan on this site, not how strong a build is. The count starts again when a beta build changes the Mage trees.

The other Mage specs: Arcane Mage and Fire Mage. The rank (#) is among every Mage build on the most popular Mage builds; a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2 and a view 1. Also for Mages: the leveling order, every talent in words, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, questions answered from the data, and the Mage calculator.