TARGET ALLOCATION
0/0/11Level 20 · 11 points · Editorial example
Improved Frostbolt5/5
Ice Shards5/5
Piercing Ice1/3
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WoW Forever Frost Mage Build
The Frost Mage Level 20 starter snapshot: an 11-point allocation, its spend order and key nodes. The live Beta cap is 30; this is not a reviewed 30 build.
What this route is for
Frost single-target damage
- Allocate five Improved Frostbolt ranks from the entry row
- Allocate five Ice Shards ranks after the five-point Frost gate opens
- Put the eleventh point into Piercing Ice and compare this preset with the leveling route
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Talent differences
| Talent | Left route | Right route |
|---|---|---|
| Ice Shards | 5 | 4 |
| Improved Frost Nova | 0 | 2 |
| Piercing Ice | 1 | 0 |
Editable editorial routes · Source limits remain visible · No simulated performance scores
Level 20 starter Frost allocation
Blizzard's October 1 Beta development notes raised the playable cap to Level 30. These 11-point Mage routes preserve the initial Level 20 snapshot, and no Level 30 allocation is verified here. Official source: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/wow-forever-beta-development-notes-%E2%80%93-updated-october-1/2360696
Improved Frostbolt 5, Ice Shards 5 and Piercing Ice 1. This reviewed Level 20 starter allocation spends 11 points. Blizzard raised the playable Beta cap to Level 30 on October 1; this route is not a reviewed Level 30 build.
Talent order
Improved Frostbolt first, all five ranks: this entry-row talent has published Frostbolt cast-time reduction text. Ice Shards next — at five Frost points the second row opens and Ice Shards becomes takeable. Piercing Ice last, at one rank, because it needs ten Frost points already spent before it can be taken.
Key talents
- Improved Frostbolt — five points with published cast-time reduction text
- Ice Shards — five allocated ranks; the historical rank text increases the critical strike damage bonus of Frost spells by 100%
- Piercing Ice — the last point, and only after ten Frost points are down
What this 11-point route cannot reach
Frost’s deeper rows are not reachable with this 11-point route. Arctic Reach needs 15 Frost points, Winter’s Chill needs 25 and Ice Barrier needs 30. The Beta cap has risen to 30, but these nodes need a separate, reviewed allocation before we recommend them.
BLIZZARD OCTOBER 1 NOTESOfficial
October 1 Beta changes for Mage
Official Beta announcement · Blizzard’s October 1 development notes
Fire Hot Streak was renamed Heating Up; Combustion returned to 3 charges from 4.
Improved Scorch’s Fire Vulnerability no longer gets a second resist roll, and Frost Winter’s Chill no longer rolls separately to resist after the spell hits.
Mage scrolls from comprehension were rebalanced and can no longer be cast while moving.
The live Beta level cap is 30. The imported 1.60.1.69913 talent tree is older than this announcement. Level 20 routes with 11 talent points are starting snapshots; a Level 30 allocation has not been verified against the updated tree.
MAGE / PLANNING QUESTION
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CONTROL WINDOWFrost
- Set up
- Improved Frostbolt
- Commit
- Ice Shards
- Recover
- Include mana and control in the next test.
Blizzard's October 1 Beta development notes raised the playable cap to Level 30. These 11-point Mage routes preserve the initial Level 20 snapshot, and no Level 30 allocation is verified here. Official source: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/wow-forever-beta-development-notes-%E2%80%93-updated-october-1/2360696
Editorial test prompt · Client talent records reviewed through 1.60.1.69913; build performance is unverified.Open the cast route
Data sources, verification & planning limits
Talent positions and ranks are client records. Build allocations are editorial examples; performance is not simulated. Prerequisite rank rules may be derived assumptions.
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- Historical build 69913 client CurvePoint table
- Historical build 69913 client SpellEffect table
- Historical build 69913 client SpellMisc table
- Historical build 69913 client SpellDuration table
Frequently asked questions
Why only one rank of Piercing Ice?
It sits behind a ten-point requirement, so with 11 points total only one rank is left over after Improved Frostbolt and Ice Shards are filled.
Is this the Frost AoE build?
The area preset is a different allocation: it replaces two Ice Shards points and one Piercing Ice point with two Improved Frost Nova points and one Improved Blizzard point. This is an allocation comparison, not a measured damage ranking.