Mage
Frost
Playstyle
Ranged DPS that builds Shatter stacks with Frostbolt/Flurry and consumes them with Ice Lance, juggling two procs (Brain Freeze, Fingers of Frost) along the way. Consistent, cooldown-light damage that Icy-Veins calls easy to pick up and great for learning fights blind — though the optional Ray of Frost cooldown is unforgiving since it offers zero movement protection.
One of the best all-around utility kits in the game — slows, roots, an AoE stop, Mass Invisibility, Remove Curse, short-cooldown interrupt
Season 2 Tier Set
Primal Leywarden's Attire
Each stack of Freezing Shattered has a 5% chance to generate an Icicle. Glacial Spike damage increased by 25%.
Consuming Glacial Spike has a small chance to grant Glacial Spike. Shatter damage increased by 15%.
+ The Good
One of the best all-around utility kits in the game — slows, roots, an AoE stop, Mass Invisibility, Remove Curse, short-cooldown interrupt
Consistent throughput with minimal DPS loss swapping into AoE talents
Punches above its weight on exactly two stacked targets thanks to Splitting Ice
− The Bad
Squishy with limited baseline defensives
Very little self-healing, which hurts most against steady, unavoidable damage
Pick My Main ratings
Raid buffs
Utility
Hero talents
Leans on Ice Lance to fuel a steady stream of Frost Splinters. Roughly on par with Frostfire as of Patch 12.1, each favored in different fight types.
Fuses Fire into the kit via Frostfire Bolt and requires investing in Glacial Spike/Comet Storm. The new Patch 12.1 tier set bonus specifically boosted Glacial Spike, making this tree a much stronger contender than before.