Ice Shards, a WoW Forever Mage talent, in words
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Ice ShardsA Frost Mage talent in WoW Forever: row 2 of the Frost tree (level 15), 5 ranks, passive. Same as Classic. Read from the WoW Forever beta client.
What it does Frost row 2
Ice Shards5 ranks · passiveRequires 5 points in Frost Talents (level 15).Rank 1: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 20%.Rank 2: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 40%.Rank 3: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 60%.Rank 4: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 80%.Rank 5: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%.Same as Classic.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 60% of Mage buildsTaken in 60% of the 21,981 complete Mage builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
- 21% of Arcane buildsTaken in 21% of the 5,783 builds that lead in Arcane.
- 55% of Fire buildsTaken in 55% of the 6,467 builds that lead in Fire.
- 95% of Frost buildsTaken in 95% of the 9,731 builds that lead in Frost, its own tree.
- How it is countedEach build counts by what people did with it (opened, shared, saved), the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Updated daily, last on 2026-09-30.
Around it in the Frost tree
- Same row (5 points in Frost, level 15)Permafrost, Improved Frost Nova, Frostbite.
- Row above (level 10)Frost Warding, Improved Frostbolt, Elemental Precision.
- Row below (level 20)Piercing Ice, Frost Channeling, Ice Lance, Improved Blizzard.
Every Frost talent 19
- Frost Wardingrow 1
- Improved Frostboltrow 1
- Elemental Precisionrow 1
- Ice Shardsrow 2
- Permafrostrow 2
- Improved Frost Novarow 2
- Frostbiterow 2
- Piercing Icerow 3
- Frost Channelingrow 3
- Ice Lancerow 3
- Improved Blizzardrow 3
- Arctic Reachrow 4
- Ice Blockrow 4
- Shatterrow 4
- Improved Cone of Coldrow 5
- Cold Snaprow 5
- Fingers of Frostrow 5
- Winter's Chillrow 6
- Ice Barrierrow 7
Every Arcane talent 18
- Wand Specializationrow 1
- Arcane Focusrow 1
- Improved Channelingrow 1
- Arcane Subtletyrow 2
- Magic Absorptionrow 2
- Arcane Concentrationrow 2
- Arcane Resiliencerow 2
- Arcane Geometryrow 3
- Arcane Impactrow 3
- Arcane Blastrow 3
- Arcane Shieldingrow 4
- Improved Counterspellrow 4
- Arcane Meditationrow 4
- Missile Barragerow 4
- Presence of Mindrow 5
- Arcane Mindrow 5
- Arcane Instabilityrow 6
- Arcane Powerrow 7
Every Fire talent 17
- Wake of Firerow 1
- Incinerationrow 1
- Improved Fireballrow 1
- Igniterow 2
- Flame Throwingrow 2
- Impactrow 2
- Burning Soulrow 3
- Improved Flamestrikerow 3
- Pyroblastrow 3
- Improved Scorchrow 4
- Improved Fire Wardrow 4
- Hot Streakrow 4
- Master of Elementsrow 4
- Critical Massrow 5
- Blast Waverow 5
- Fire Powerrow 6
- Combustionrow 7
From the WoW Forever beta client, checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Ice Shards in the Mage calculator, read every Mage talent in words (Arcane and Fire too), or see the racials, changed class abilities and Legacy perks. What changed for Mages since Classic tells the whole story.