Mage Talents

Row 1 · requires 0 points in Arcane · 2 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases your damage with Wands by 13%.
2. Increases your damage with Wands by 25%.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Row 1 · requires 0 points in Arcane · 5 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 1%.
2. Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 2%.
3. Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 3%.
4. Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 4%.
5. Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 5%.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Sources disagree. Icy Veins' beta guide reads this as 5% total, DOWN from Classic's 10%. The calculator agrees at 5%. Both are pre-launch.

Row 1 · requires 0 points in Arcane · 5 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Gives your Arcane Missiles spell a 20% chance and your Arcane Blast and Arcane Wrath spells a 14% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
2. Gives your Arcane Missiles spell a 40% chance and your Arcane Blast and Arcane Wrath spells a 28% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
3. Gives your Arcane Missiles spell a 60% chance and your Arcane Blast and Arcane Wrath spells a 42% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
4. Gives your Arcane Missiles spell a 80% chance and your Arcane Blast and Arcane Wrath spells a 56% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
5. Gives your Arcane Missiles spell a 100% chance and your Arcane Blast and Arcane Wrath spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

New tier-1 talent; no 1.12 equivalent.

Row 1 · requires 0 points in Arcane · 2 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 20% chance, and your Arcane Wrath, Fireball, Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Frostfire Bolt spells a 10% chance to reduce the channeled duration of your next Arcane Missiles spell by 50%, reduce the Mana cost by 100%, and missiles fire every 0.5 sec.
2. Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 40% chance, and your Arcane Wrath, Fireball, Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Frostfire Bolt spells a 20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of your next Arcane Missiles spell by 50%, reduce the Mana cost by 100%, and missiles fire every 0.5 sec.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Moved to row 1 as a 2-rank talent on 15 October (it was the 16-point talent). In the client (build 70532) Arcane Blast triggers it 20/40% of the time and Arcane Wrath, Fireball, Frostbolt, Frost Blast and Frostfire Bolt 10/20% — so a Frost or Fire Mage can buy it with a first-row point. The 15 October note also named Arcane Missiles hits; the client text never carried that.

Row 2 · requires 5 points in Arcane · 2 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 8 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 15%.
2. Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 15 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 30%.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Row 2 · requires 5 points in Arcane · 2 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases all your resistances by 5 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 1% of your total mana. Cannot trigger more often than 1 time per sec.
2. Increases all your resistances by 10 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 2% of your total mana. Cannot trigger more often than 1 time per sec.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Row 2 · requires 5 points in Arcane · 5 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Gives you a 2% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.
2. Gives you a 4% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.
3. Gives you a 6% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.
4. Gives you a 8% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.
5. Gives you a 10% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Row 2 · requires 5 points in Arcane · 2 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 25% of your Intellect.
2. Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 50% of your Intellect.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

New. Cloth survivability that scales off your primary stat — the first talent of its kind for a Mage.

Row 3 · requires 10 points in Arcane · 2 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 3 yards.
2. Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 6 yards.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

New.

Row 3 · requires 10 points in Arcane · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 2%.
2. Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 4%.
3. Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 6%.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Row 3 · requires 10 points in Arcane · 1 rank · 11-point milestone talent

Blasts the target with energy, dealing 34 to 38 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, you gain 15% of your Intellect as Spell Damage and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 15 sec from time of initial application.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Redesigned on 15 October: a 1.5 sec cast, and each cast grants 15% of your Intellect as Spell Damage for 15 sec from the first stack (4 stacks), while still raising its own cost. Damage and coefficients cut 40%. A ramp-up button, not a nuke.

Placeholder number. The flat damage or absorb figure in this text carries Wowhead’s per-level scaling marker and is not a real value.

Row 4 · requires 15 points in Arcane · 2 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 17% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 25%.
2. Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 33% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 50%.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Row 4 · requires 15 points in Arcane · 2 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Your Counterspell also Silences the target for 2 sec.
2. Your Counterspell also Silences the target for 4 sec.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Now 2 ranks. A 2s silence on Counterspell is a real dungeon tool — see the CC-led pull language on the Classes hub.

Row 4 · requires 15 points in Arcane · 3 ranks

Requires: 5 ranks of Arcane Concentration

Rank scaling

1. Allows 17% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
2. Allows 33% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
3. Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Row 4 · requires 15 points in Arcane · 1 rank · 16-point milestone talent

Requires: 1 rank of Arcane Blast

Launches a projectile of pure Arcane energy at the enemy target, causing 122 to 146 Arcane damage. This spell gains additional Spell Damage equal to 5% of your maximum Mana.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

The 16-point “gold medal” talent for Arcane since 15 October, replacing Missile Barrage there. A 3.5 sec cast with Fireball-like base damage plus Spell Damage equal to 5% of your maximum Mana; 6 sec cooldown. Requires Arcane Blast.

Placeholder number. The flat damage or absorb figure in this text carries Wowhead’s per-level scaling marker and is not a real value.

Row 5 · requires 20 points in Arcane · 1 rank · 21-point milestone talent

When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 sec becomes an instant cast spell.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Row 5 · requires 20 points in Arcane · 5 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases your Intellect by 2% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 20%.
2. Increases your Intellect by 4% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 40%.
3. Increases your Intellect by 6% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 60%.
4. Increases your Intellect by 8% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 80%.
5. Increases your Intellect by 10% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 100%.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Vanilla's gave Intellect only; the Arcane crit-damage half is new.

Row 6 · requires 25 points in Arcane · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the damage done by your spells by 1% and your critical strike chance by 1%.
2. Increases the damage done by your spells by 2% and your critical strike chance by 2%.
3. Increases the damage done by your spells by 3% and your critical strike chance by 3%.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Wording is consistent with Forever's merged crit stat — one crit value for spells and attacks.

Row 7 · requires 30 points in Arcane · 1 rank · 31-point milestone talent

Requires: 1 rank of Presence of Mind

For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Now +30% damage for +30% mana cost over 15s.

Row 1 · requires 0 points in Fire · 2 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 1 sec and increases its range by 8 yards.
2. Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 2 sec and increases its range by 15 yards.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Called Wake of Fire until 15 October. Reverted to Improved Fire Blast: the on-kill crit bonus is gone, and it now adds 8/15 yards of Fire Blast range on top of the −1/2 sec cooldown.

Row 1 · requires 0 points in Fire · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 2%.
2. Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 4%.
3. Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 6%.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

New AND cross-tree: it buffs Ice Lance and Arcane Blast from inside the Fire tree. Forever signalling that hybrid builds are intended.

Row 1 · requires 0 points in Fire · 5 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.1 sec.
2. Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.2 sec.
3. Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.3 sec.
4. Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.4 sec.
5. Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.5 sec.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Now also shortens Frostfire Bolt.

Row 2 · requires 5 points in Fire · 5 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 8% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.
2. Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 16% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.
3. Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 24% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.
4. Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 32% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.
5. Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 40% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Row 2 · requires 5 points in Fire · 2 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the range of your Fire spells by 3 yards.
2. Increases the range of your Fire spells by 6 yards.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Row 2 · requires 5 points in Fire · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Gives your Fire spells a 3% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.
2. Gives your Fire spells a 7% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.
3. Gives your Fire spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Row 3 · requires 10 points in Fire · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Gives your Fire spells a 23% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 10%.
2. Gives your Fire spells a 47% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 20%.
3. Gives your Fire spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 30%.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Row 3 · requires 10 points in Fire · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 5%.
2. Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 10%.
3. Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 15%.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Vanilla's gave a stun chance; Forever's gives crit. Same direction of travel as Blast Wave.

Row 3 · requires 10 points in Fire · 1 rank · 11-point milestone talent

Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 101 to 131 Fire damage and an additional 44 Fire damage over 12 sec.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Placeholder number. The flat damage or absorb figure in this text carries Wowhead’s per-level scaling marker and is not a real value.

Row 4 · requires 15 points in Fire · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Your Scorch spell has a 33% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times.
2. Your Scorch spell has a 67% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times.
3. Your Scorch spell has a 100% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Row 4 · requires 15 points in Fire · 2 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Causes your Fire Ward to have a 10% chance to reflect Fire spells while active.
2. Causes your Fire Ward to have a 20% chance to reflect Fire spells while active.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Row 4 · requires 15 points in Fire · 1 rank · 16-point milestone talent

Requires: 1 rank of Pyroblast

Non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch reduce the cast time of your next Pyroblast cast within 20 sec by 25%, stacking up to 3 times. Fire Blast grants an additional stack every time it deals damage.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

The 16-point “gold medal” talent for Fire. Called Hot Streak until the 1 October build; Blizzard renamed it Heating Up “since it is no longer dependent on having a ‘streak’”. It shortens Pyroblast's CAST TIME (25% per stack, up to 3) — it is not WotLK's instant Pyroblast.

Row 4 · requires 15 points in Fire · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 10% of their base mana cost.
2. Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 20% of their base mana cost.
3. Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 30% of their base mana cost.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

TBC import, and a real answer to Mage mana attrition. Note it pays out on FROST crits too.

Row 5 · requires 20 points in Fire · 5 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 2%.
2. Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 4%.
3. Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 6%.
4. Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 8%.
5. Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 10%.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

5 ranks since 15 October (was 3): +10% Fire crit at 5/5.

Row 5 · requires 20 points in Fire · 1 rank · 21-point milestone talent

A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 154 to 184 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Daze, not stun. Slightly dulls AoE-pull safety versus vanilla.

Placeholder number. The flat damage or absorb figure in this text carries Wowhead’s per-level scaling marker and is not a real value.

Row 6 · requires 25 points in Fire · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 1% per your Fire effects on the target, up to a maximum increase of 4%. Effects which mix multiple schools of magic do not qualify.
2. Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 2% per your Fire effects on the target, up to a maximum increase of 8%. Effects which mix multiple schools of magic do not qualify.
3. Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 3% per your Fire effects on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%. Effects which mix multiple schools of magic do not qualify.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Redesigned on 15 October, now 3 ranks: +1/2/3% Fire damage per Fire effect of yours on the target, up to 12%. Blizzard names Ignite, Improved Scorch, Fireball, Pyroblast and Impact; Frostfire Bolt does not count but benefits.

Row 7 · requires 30 points in Fire · 1 rank · 31-point milestone talent

Requires: 5 ranks of Critical Mass

When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells.

Not on the recommended levelling path.

Back to 3 charges (was 4) since the 1 October build. Requires Critical Mass 5/5 since 15 October.

Row 1 · requires 0 points in Frost · 2 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the Armor and resistances granted by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 15%, gives your Frost Ward a 10% chance to negate the warded damage spell, and increases the amount absorbed by your Ice Barrier and Frost Ward.
2. Increases the Armor and resistances granted by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 30%, gives your Frost Ward a 20% chance to negate the warded damage spell, and increases the amount absorbed by your Ice Barrier and Frost Ward.

Recommended levelling path: 2/2. Ranks taken at levels 47–48 (derived, tier C).

Not fully client-checked: worded as the client has it, but its absorb bonus comes from a hotfix whose value we cannot read.

Row 1 · requires 0 points in Frost · 5 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt and Frost Blast spells by 0.1 sec.
2. Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt and Frost Blast spells by 0.2 sec.
3. Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt and Frost Blast spells by 0.3 sec.
4. Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt and Frost Blast spells by 0.4 sec.
5. Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt and Frost Blast spells by 0.5 sec.

Recommended levelling path: 5/5. Ranks taken at levels 10–14 (our order, tier D).

Since 15 October it also shortens Frost Blast, the new level-24 spell that takes over Rank 1 Frostbolt's slowing job.

Row 1 · requires 0 points in Frost · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 1%.
2. Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 2%.
3. Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 3%.

Recommended levelling path: 3/3. Ranks taken at levels 44–46 (derived, tier C).

3 ranks for 3% Frost and Fire hit since a hotfix after 17 October (client build 70532); it was 5 ranks for 5%, and Classic's was 6%.

Row 2 · requires 5 points in Frost · 5 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 20%.
2. Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 40%.
3. Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 60%.
4. Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 80%.
5. Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%.

Recommended levelling path: 5/5. Ranks taken at levels 18–19, 21–23 (our order, tier D).

On the recommended levelling path at 18-19 (the 10-point gate for Ice Lance) and 5/5 by 23, per KB 400.30.3.

Row 2 · requires 5 points in Frost · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 11% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 3%.
2. Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 22% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 7%.
3. Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 33% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 10%.

Recommended levelling path: 3/3. Ranks taken at levels 51–53 (derived, tier C).

Row 2 · requires 5 points in Frost · 2 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova spell by 2 sec.
2. Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova spell by 4 sec.

Recommended levelling path: 2/2. Ranks taken at levels 49–50 (derived, tier C).

Row 2 · requires 5 points in Frost · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Gives your Chill effects a 5% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.
2. Gives your Chill effects a 10% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.
3. Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.

Recommended levelling path: 3/3. Ranks taken at levels 15–17 (our order, tier D).

Row 3 · requires 10 points in Frost · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 2%.
2. Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 4%.
3. Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 6%.

Recommended levelling path: 3/3. Ranks taken at levels 24–26 (our order, tier D).

Row 3 · requires 10 points in Frost · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 5% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 10%.
2. Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 10% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 20%.
3. Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 15% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 30%.

Recommended levelling path: 3/3. Ranks taken at levels 37–39 (derived, tier C).

Now also reduces Frost threat.

Row 3 · requires 10 points in Frost · 1 rank · 11-point milestone talent

Deals 28 to 32 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 200% increased damage to Frozen targets.

Recommended levelling path: 1/1. Rank taken at level 20 (our order, tier D).

TBC import, and the single biggest change to how Frost feels — an instant shatter-payoff button. Sits at 10 points in the tree, so it is the 11th point you spend — reachable at level 20. Ignore the flat damage figure and read the vs-Frozen multiplier: +200% since 15 October (it was +300%).

Placeholder number. The flat damage or absorb figure in this text carries Wowhead’s per-level scaling marker and is not a real value.

Row 3 · requires 10 points in Frost · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 15% for 1.5 sec.
2. Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 25% for 1.5 sec.
3. Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 40% for 1.5 sec.

Recommended levelling path: 3/3. Ranks taken at levels 34–36 (derived, tier C).

40% chill at rank 3 — Blizzard's 7 October Mage deep dive settles the earlier 40%-vs-45% disagreement with Icy Veins in favour of 40%. Classic was 65% for 2s, so this is a nerf.

Row 4 · requires 15 points in Frost · 2 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the range of your Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Blizzard spells and the radius of your Frost Nova and Cone of Cold spells by 10%.
2. Increases the range of your Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Blizzard spells and the radius of your Frost Nova and Cone of Cold spells by 20%.

Recommended levelling path: 2/2. Ranks taken at levels 54–55 (derived, tier C).

Row 4 · requires 15 points in Frost · 1 rank · 16-point milestone talent

You become encased in a block of ice, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move, or cast spells.

Recommended levelling path: 1/1. Rank taken at level 32 (derived, tier C).

The 16-point “gold medal” talent for Frost — but a pre-existing talent that already sat in row 4, not a new one. Frost got no new talent at the milestone.

Row 4 · requires 15 points in Frost · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 17%.
2. Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 33%.
3. Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 50%.

Recommended levelling path: 3/3. Ranks taken at levels 27–29 (our order, tier D).

3 ranks in Forever, down from Classic's 5.

Sources disagree. KB 400.30.3 flagged the 3-rank / 17% structure as a possible placeholder. Icy Veins' beta guide independently states 50% at 3 points, which matches this dataset — so the 3-rank structure now has two sources.

Row 5 · requires 20 points in Frost · 3 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 12%.
2. Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 23%.
3. Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 35%.

Recommended levelling path: 3/3. Ranks taken at levels 41–43 (derived, tier C).

Since 15 October, Cone of Cold slows its first 4 targets by an extra 10% for 3 sec longer, and Winter's Chill stacks feed it.

Row 5 · requires 20 points in Frost · 1 rank · 21-point milestone talent

Finishes the remaining cooldown on all your other Frost spells.

Recommended levelling path: 1/1. Rank taken at level 33 (derived, tier C).

Row 5 · requires 20 points in Frost · 2 ranks

Requires: 1 rank of Ice Lance

Rank scaling

1. 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.
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.

Recommended levelling path: 2/2. Ranks taken at levels 30–31 (our order to 30 (D), derived after (C)).

WotLK import. Decouples Shatter from Frost Nova and Frostbite — the fix to Frost's biggest structural problem.

Sources disagree. Proc chance disagrees between sources: this calculator dataset says 15%, Icy Veins' beta guide says 30%. Rank count and the “next 2 spells” wording agree.

Row 6 · requires 25 points in Frost · 5 ranks

Rank scaling

1. Gives your Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Fingers of Frost empowered Ice Lance spells a 20% chance to apply Winter's Chill, increasing the target's damage taken from your next Cone of Cold by 5% and it gains an additional 7% of your spell damage, stacking up to 5 times.
2. Gives your Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Fingers of Frost empowered Ice Lance spells a 40% chance to apply Winter's Chill, increasing the target's damage taken from your next Cone of Cold by 5% and it gains an additional 7% of your spell damage, stacking up to 5 times.
3. Gives your Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Fingers of Frost empowered Ice Lance spells a 60% chance to apply Winter's Chill, increasing the target's damage taken from your next Cone of Cold by 5% and it gains an additional 7% of your spell damage, stacking up to 5 times.
4. Gives your Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Fingers of Frost empowered Ice Lance spells a 80% chance to apply Winter's Chill, increasing the target's damage taken from your next Cone of Cold by 5% and it gains an additional 7% of your spell damage, stacking up to 5 times.
5. Gives your Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Fingers of Frost empowered Ice Lance spells a 100% chance to apply Winter's Chill, increasing the target's damage taken from your next Cone of Cold by 5% and it gains an additional 7% of your spell damage, stacking up to 5 times.

Recommended levelling path: 5/5. Ranks taken at levels 56–60 (derived, tier C).

Redesigned on 15 October: it no longer adds crit. The client (build 70532) settles the two 15 October notes in favour of the second: only Frostbolt, Frost Blast and Fingers of Frost Ice Lance apply it (20–100% chance), and each stack (up to 5) makes your next Cone of Cold on that target deal 5% more damage plus 7% of your spell damage. Still self-only. Blizzard does not build stacks, so it is a single-target set-up for Cone of Cold, not an AoE-grind talent.

Row 7 · requires 30 points in Frost · 1 rank · 31-point milestone talent

Requires: 1 rank of Cold Snap

Shield yourself, absorbing damage based on your spell power and increasing your Frost damage by 3% for 1 min. While shielded, your Frost damage is increased by an additional 3% and you do not lose casting time when you take damage.

Recommended levelling path: 1/1. Rank taken at level 40 (derived, tier C).

Redesigned in the client (build 70532): besides the absorb (which scales with spell power), it raises your Frost damage by 3% for 1 min, by another 3% while the shield holds, and you do not lose casting time when hit.

Not fully client-checked: worded as the client has it; the absorb depends on your spell power.