Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Glyphs for Frost Mages in Cataclysm
All sections for Frost Mage PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal race, talents, glyphs, gear, professions and macros. This will help you have a good understanding on Frost Mage in PvP for Cataclysm, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will give you the best PvP glyphs available for Frost Mage in Cataclysm Season 9.
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Best Frost Mage PvP Glyphs
The glyph system has changed quite a bit in Cataclysm as opposed to Wrath of the Lich King. All glyph scrolls that have been learned are now permanent glyphs that can be placed inside major and minor glyph slots, and there are 3 additional prime glyph slots included with the major and minor glyphs. Vanishing powder will be needed to swap out those glyphs. Those will be handy, since some glyphs may be swapped depending on a certain arena matchup.
Prime Glyphs
These three prime glyphs provided below are your primary glyphs within your prime glyph slots. These glyphs do not change.
Glyph of Frostfire increases the amount of damage done by your Frostfire Bolt, and provides an additional damage DoT to your target. This will remove the snare effect from Frostfire Bolt, but this will not be as detrimental due to other spells providing chilled effects.
Glyph of Ice Lance provides a baseline damage increase to your Ice Lance spell. Pairing this glyph effect with your Fingers of Frost will assist in stronger instant cast damage.
Glyph of Frostbolt increases the chance of your Frostbolt to crit, which will help you get additional Frostbolt crits from Shatter.
Major Glyphs
These three major glyphs provided below are your primary glyphs within your major glyph slots. These glyphs almost never change.
Glyph of Evocation makes Evocation more of a defensive spell, allowing you to regenerate both Health and Mana when casted.
Glyph of Frost Armor allows you to generate 2% of your mana every 5 seconds when Frost Armor is active. This is important, as this allows you to swap between armors without sacrificing Mana regeneration.
Glyph of Polymorph removes all DoT effects on a target when Polymorph is applied. This makes it easier for Mages to control their targets without worrying about their spells breaking.
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Minor Glyphs
These three minor glyphs provided below are you primary glyphs with your minor glyph slots. These are actually more useful as opposed to minor glyphs given to other specializations.
Glyph of Arcane Brilliance reduces the most cost of your Arcane Brilliance. Due to Warlocks, Shamans, and Priests being prevalent in Cataclysm, your buffs will be purged off most of the time. Having this glyph will allow you to rebuff without worrying too heavily on Mana usage.
Glyph of Armors increases the duration of Armor spells, making Mages have to apply this spell to their characters less often.
Glyph of Slow Fall makes Slow Fall not require a reagent when used. This guarantees valuable usage of Slow Fall in PvP combat, especially against Death Knights to juke Dark Simulacrum.