Improved Cone of Cold, a WoW Forever Mage talent, in words

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Improved Cone of ColdA Frost Mage talent in WoW Forever: row 5 of the Frost tree (level 30), 3 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic. Read from the WoW Forever beta client.

What it does Frost row 5

  • Improved Cone of Cold3 ranks · passiveRequires 20 points in Frost Talents (level 30).Rank 1: Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 12%.Rank 2: Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 23%.Rank 3: Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 35%.Changed from Classic. Classic rank 1: Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 15%.

What changed from Classic

  • Classic rank 1Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 15%.
  • WoW Forever rank 1Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 12%.

Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds

  • 11% of Mage buildsTaken in 11% of the 21,981 complete Mage builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
  • 0% of Arcane buildsTaken in 0% of the 5,783 builds that lead in Arcane.
  • 0% of Fire buildsTaken in 0% of the 6,467 builds that lead in Fire.
  • 30% of Frost buildsTaken in 30% 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

Every Frost talent 19

Every Arcane talent 18

Every Fire talent 17

From the WoW Forever beta client, checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Improved Cone of Cold 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.