Talentsmith
Mage – Frost leveling
Leveling Split 20 / 0 / 31 (Arcane / Fire / Frost)
Shatter, Ice Lance and Fingers of Frost for safe AoE and kiting; Arcane for Clearcasting and regen. Values from the launch trees (Blizzard's Nov 2 notes).
Talents in this build
Arcane · 20
Wand Specialization 2/2
Arcane Resilience 3/3
Arcane Concentration 5/5
Arcane Geometry 2/2
Arcane Impact 3/3
Improved Counterspell 2/2
Arcane Meditation 3/3
Frost · 31
Improved Frostbolt 5/5
Ice Shards 5/5
Frost Channeling 3/3
Improved Blizzard 1/3
Ice Lance 1/1
Arctic Reach 1/2
Ice Block 1/1
Shatter 3/3
Improved Cone of Cold 2/3
Cold Snap 1/1
Fingers of Frost 2/2
Winter's Chill 5/5
Ice Barrier 1/1
Leveling order
One talent point per level from 10 to 60. Follow it top to bottom.
| Level | Talent | Tree |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Improved Frostbolt 1/5 | Frost |
| 11 | Improved Frostbolt 2/5 | Frost |
| 12 | Improved Frostbolt 3/5 | Frost |
| 13 | Improved Frostbolt 4/5 | Frost |
| 14 | Improved Frostbolt 5/5 | Frost |
| 15 | Ice Shards 1/5 | Frost |
| 16 | Ice Shards 2/5 | Frost |
| 17 | Ice Shards 3/5 | Frost |
| 18 | Ice Shards 4/5 | Frost |
| 19 | Ice Shards 5/5 | Frost |
| 20 | Frost Channeling 1/3 | Frost |
| 21 | Frost Channeling 2/3 | Frost |
| 22 | Frost Channeling 3/3 | Frost |
| 23 | Ice Lance 1/1 | Frost |
| 24 | Improved Blizzard 1/3 | Frost |
| 25 | Ice Block 1/1 | Frost |
| 26 | Shatter 1/3 | Frost |
| 27 | Shatter 2/3 | Frost |
| 28 | Shatter 3/3 | Frost |
| 29 | Arctic Reach 1/2 | Frost |
| 30 | Cold Snap 1/1 | Frost |
| 31 | Fingers of Frost 1/2 | Frost |
| 32 | Fingers of Frost 2/2 | Frost |
| 33 | Improved Cone of Cold 1/3 | Frost |
| 34 | Improved Cone of Cold 2/3 | Frost |
| 35 | Winter's Chill 1/5 | Frost |
| 36 | Winter's Chill 2/5 | Frost |
| 37 | Winter's Chill 3/5 | Frost |
| 38 | Winter's Chill 4/5 | Frost |
| 39 | Winter's Chill 5/5 | Frost |
| 40 | Ice Barrier 1/1 | Frost |
| 41 | Arcane Resilience 1/3 | Arcane |
| 42 | Arcane Resilience 2/3 | Arcane |
| 43 | Arcane Resilience 3/3 | Arcane |
| 44 | Wand Specialization 1/2 | Arcane |
| 45 | Wand Specialization 2/2 | Arcane |
| 46 | Arcane Concentration 1/5 | Arcane |
| 47 | Arcane Concentration 2/5 | Arcane |
| 48 | Arcane Concentration 3/5 | Arcane |
| 49 | Arcane Concentration 4/5 | Arcane |
| 50 | Arcane Concentration 5/5 | Arcane |
| 51 | Arcane Geometry 1/2 | Arcane |
| 52 | Arcane Geometry 2/2 | Arcane |
| 53 | Arcane Impact 1/3 | Arcane |
| 54 | Arcane Impact 2/3 | Arcane |
| 55 | Arcane Impact 3/3 | Arcane |
| 56 | Arcane Meditation 1/3 | Arcane |
| 57 | Arcane Meditation 2/3 | Arcane |
| 58 | Arcane Meditation 3/3 | Arcane |
| 59 | Improved Counterspell 1/2 | Arcane |
| 60 | Improved Counterspell 2/2 | Arcane |
Other Mage builds: Fire raid
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