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DPS · Raids Level 60 · 7 / 0 / 44 · Arcane 7 · Fire 0 · Frost 44

Level 60 Frost Mage raid DPS build with Frostbolt, Fingers of Frost and Ice Lance. Winter's Chill supports your Frostbolt and Ice Lance crit chance, with Ice Barrier for predictable damage. Load the level-60 build in the calculator to adjust it for your gear and group.

Level-30 beta Mage Frost Raid DPS build

Level-30 Frost dungeon damage · 0 / 0 / 21 · 21 standard talent points. Reviewed 13 October 2026.

Ice Shards and Shatter support conditional critical pressure while Fingers of Frost creates a proc-based frozen-target opportunity. Frost Channeling adds some resource support, with defensive cooldowns traded away to fit the group-damage focus into 21 points.

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Beta talent allocation: 0/0/21

Frost: 21 points

Talent	Rank	Effect at this rank
✦ Improved Frostbolt	5/5	Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.5 sec.
✦ Ice Shards	5/5	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%.
✦ Piercing Ice	3/3	Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 6%.
✦ Frost Channeling	2/3	Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 10% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 20%.
✦ Ice Lance	1/1	Deals 28 to 32 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets.
✦ Arctic Reach	1/2	Increases the range of your Frostbolt and Blizzard spells and the radius of your Frost Nova and Cone of Cold spells by 10%.
✦ Shatter	3/3	Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 50%.
✦ Fingers of Frost	1/2	Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 1 spell cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec.

How to play this beta version

1. Cast Frostbolt during safe windows and use Ice Lance when the frozen-target or proc condition is available.
2. Use Frost Nova and other control only when the pull benefits from it.
3. Manage threat and distance because this allocation does not contain the PvP version's defensive cooldowns.

What changes from the 51-point build?

• Ice Barrier is unavailable, and Ice Block and Cold Snap are not selected here.
• Shatter is conditional; targets that cannot be frozen do not automatically receive the same benefit from ordinary roots.

For solo survival or player combat, switch to the Frost control beta allocation and its Ice Block/Cold Snap package.

Why this beta talent split?

Fingers of Frost supplies frozen-target opportunities on targets that ordinary roots cannot hold. Fire Incineration adds Ice Lance critical chance and Arcane helps alternate fillers, but neither replaces the lost proc. Keep the deeper Frost plan for its intended proc routine.

Level-60 Mage Frost Raid DPS build: 51 points

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Frost Raid DPS at a glance

How to play Frost Raid DPS

Use Frostbolt as your main cast and watch Fingers of Frost charges. The proc treats the next two spells as if the target were frozen at 2/2, allowing Shatter and Ice Lance to benefit even when a boss cannot be rooted. Keep Winter's Chill active through Frost damage. Use Ice Barrier before predictable damage and Cold Snap when resetting a Frost cooldown is useful. Compare proc usage with your gear and the encounter rather than assuming every proc guarantees a crit.

Related planning: Read the dungeons and raids guide, open the Mage talent calculator, or review the class changes before you finalize the build.

Frost Raid DPS talent allocation and effects

Arcane (7 points)

Talent	Rank	Effect
✦ Arcane Focus	5/5	Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 5%.
✦ Arcane Subtlety	2/2	Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 15 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 30%.

Frost (44 points)

Talent	Rank	Effect
✦ Frost Warding	2/2	Increases the Armor and resistance given by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 30%. In addition, gives your Frost Ward a 20% chance to reflect Frost spells and effects while active.
✦ Improved Frostbolt	5/5	Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.5 sec.
✦ Elemental Precision	3/5	Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 3%.
✦ Ice Shards	5/5	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%.
✦ Permafrost	3/3	Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 33% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 10%.
✦ Improved Frost Nova	2/2	Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova spell by 4 sec.
✦ Piercing Ice	3/3	Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 6%.
✦ Frost Channeling	3/3	Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 15% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 30%.
✦ Ice Lance	1/1	Deals 28 to 32 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets.
✦ Arctic Reach	2/2	Increases the range of your Frostbolt and Blizzard spells and the radius of your Frost Nova and Cone of Cold spells by 20%.
✦ Shatter	3/3	Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 50%.
✦ Improved Cone of Cold	3/3	Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 35%.
✦ Cold Snap	1/1	Finishes the remaining cooldown on all your other Frost spells.
✦ Fingers of Frost	2/2	Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 2 spells cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec.
✦ Winter's Chill	5/5	Gives your Frost damage spells a 100% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance your Ice Lance and Frostbolt spells will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.
✦ Ice Barrier	1/1	Instantly shields you, absorbing 447 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage.

Why Frost Raid DPS takes these talents

Ice Lance is the prerequisite for Fingers of Frost. Shatter increases crit chance against frozen targets; it does not guarantee critical hits. Winter's Chill's current tooltip boosts your own Frostbolt and Ice Lance crit chance, not the whole raid's damage. Cold Snap unlocks Ice Barrier. The early Arcane investment is modest and does not reach Arcane Meditation.

Frost Raid DPS FAQs

More builds to try

Playing a different class? These dps builds from other classes follow a similar role: Marksmanship Raid (Hunter), Combat Swords (Rogue), Shadow Weaving Raid (Priest).

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