Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants for Frost Mages in The War Within 11.0
All sections for Frost Mage PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal hero talents, class talents, spec talents, race, stats, gear, enchants, gems, and macros. This will help you have a good understanding of Frost Mages in PvP for The War Within, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will guide you on the best Frost Mage Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants in The War Within.
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Table of Contents
Frost Mage Stat Priority
Versatility (25%) > Haste > Mastery > Critical Strike
Our main focus for our stats should be on Versatility. You want to focus on getting as much of it as you can, up to at least 25%. This will happen automatically through PvP gearing, as most of the items you will end up using will have Versatility on them.
Beyond this stat, Haste will be our second most important stat. Haste will decrease the global cooldown on our spells and reduces their cast time. This is vital for our rotation to work, as we will be constantly casting Frost Bomb and Glacial Spike to dish out as much damage as possible.
After that, you’ll be focusing on Mastery. This will empower the amount of damage you deal from your Icicles or Glacial Spike, depending on which build you are playing as.
Followed by Mastery, Critical Strike is your least favored stat and should be avoided. This serves no benefit on our gear, since we already have Shatter that make up for this stat.
BiS Frost Mage PvP Gear
Main Pieces
- Head: Forged Gladiator’s Silk Cap
- Shoulders: Forged Gladiator’s Silk Mantle
- Chest: Runecoat of Violet Rebirth
- Gloves: Jeweled Gauntlets of Violet Rebirth
- Legs: Forged Gladiator’s Silk Leggings
Off-Pieces
- Back: Forged Gladiator’s Drape
- Belt: Algari Competitor’s Cloth Sash (Haste / Versatility)
- Bracers: Forged Gladiator’s Silk Armbands
- Boots: Algari Competitor’s Cloth Treads (Haste / Versatility)
Jewelry
- Neck: Forged Gladiator’s Necklace
- Ring 1: Algari Competitor’s Signet (Haste / Versatility)
- Ring 2: Algari Competitor’s Signet (Haste / Versatility)
Weapons
- Main Hand: Algari Competitor’s Staff (Haste / Versatility)
Trinkets
- Trinket 1: Forged Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity
- Trinket 2: Forged Gladiator’s Medallion
When it comes to trinkets, we are pairing up with Forged Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity in almost every game. This adds some static Haste that will benefit us in our stat priority, while occasionally proccing for a considerable boost to our primary stat.
You will then need a Forged Gladiator’s Medallion to break out of CC every 2 minutes.
As an alternative, you can choose Forged Gladiator’s Emblem instead of Insignia for some temporary HP boost in cases where you are guaranteed to be the kill target. This can more promising into setup based matchups, such as RMP or Jungle Cleave.
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Best Frost Mage Embellishments
- Item 1: Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension with Algari Competitor’s Staff (Haste / Versatility)
- Item 2: Writhing Armor Banding with Algari Competitor’s Cloth Treads (Haste / Versatility)
Best Frost Mage Gems
Core Gems: Cognitive Bloodstone + Quick Sapphire
In The War Within, you will use a Vicious Jeweler’s Setting to add sockets to your Helmet, Neck, Bracers, Belt and Rings. Two sockets can be added to the Neck and Rings.
As Versatility and Haste are your best secondary stats, you will want to both gem and enchant it wherever possible. For your new unique PvP-specific gem, we highly recommend the Cognitive Bloodstone, which acts almost identical to the Precognition Embellishment from Dragonflight.
For all gem slots, we will use Quick Sapphire. This will provide us a hefty amount of Versatility, while weaving in some Haste to generate Icicles and land our Frost Bomb a bit faster than before.
Best Frost Mage Enchants
Cloak: Chant of Burrowing Rapidity
Chest: Crystalline Radiance
Bracers: Chant of Armored Speed
Legs: Sunset Spellthread
Boots: Scout’s March
Rings: Radiant Haste or Radiant Versatility
Weapon: Authority of Radiant Power
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