A frost spec tree mage is one of the more popular ways of leveling a mage in wow Cataclysm 4.0.6. This leveling build guide will take you from 1-85 in WoW Cataclysm and includes Glyphs, spell rotation and a detailed talent tree level by level build.

Frost Spell Rotation

1.  Deep Freeze when Fingers of Frost is active
2.  Frostfire Bolt when Brain Freeze and Fingers of Frost are active.
3.  Ice Lance when Finger of Frost is active.
4.  Freeze when Deep Freeze is not on cooldown and Finger of Frost is not active.
5.  Frostbolt.

Cataclysm 1-85 Mage Frost Spec Talent Tree Leveling Build Guide

Level 85 Mage (6/2/33)

Arcane (6 Points)

Arcane Concentration – Rank 3/3
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%.

Netherwind Presence – Rank 3/3
Increases your spell haste by 3%.

Fire (2 Points)

Master of Elements – Rank 2/2
Your spell criticals will refund 30% of their base mana cost.

Frost (33 Points)

Early Frost – Rank 2/2
Reduces the cast time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.6 secs. This effect becomes inactive for 15 sec after use.

Piercing Ice – Rank 3/3
Increases the critical strike chance of your spells by 3%.

Shatter – Rank 2/2
Multiplies the critical strike chance of all your spells against frozen targets by 3, and increases the damage done by Frostbolt against frozen targets by 20%.

Improved Cone of Cold – Rank 2/2
Your Cone of Cold also freezes targets for 4 sec.

Piercing Chill – Rank 2/2
Your Frostbolt criticals apply the chill effect to 2 additional nearby targets.

Permafrost – Rank 1/3
Your Chill effects reduce the target’s speed by an additional 4%, and the target’s healing received by 3%. In addition, whenever you deal spell damage, your Water Elemental is healed for 5% of the amount dealt.

Icy Veins – Rank 1/1
Hastens your spellcasting, increasing spell casting speed by 20% and reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting by 100%. Lasts 20 sec.

Fingers of Frost – Rank 3/3
Gives your Chill effects a 20% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which causes your next Ice Lance or Deep Freeze spell to act as if your target were frozen. Fingers of Frost can accumulate up to 2 charges and lasts 15 sec.

Improved Freeze – Rank 3/3
Gives your Water Elemental’s Freeze spell a 100% chance to grant 2 charges of Fingers of Frost.

Enduring Winter – Rank 2/3
Reduces the mana cost of all spells by 6%. In addition, your Frostbolt spell has a 66% chance to grant up to 10 party or raid members mana regeneration equal to 1% of their maximum mana over 10 sec.

Cold Snap – Rank 1/1
When activated, this spell finishes the cooldown on all Frost spells you recently cast.

Brain Freeze – Rank 3/3
Your spells no longer trigger Arcane Missiles. Instead, your Frost damage spells with chilling effects have a 15% chance to cause your next Fireball or Frostfire Bolt spell to be instant cast and cost no mana. When Frostfire Bolt is instant, it can benefit from Fingers of Frost. Brain Freeze cannot be triggered by Frostfire Bolt.

Shattered Barrier – Rank 2/2
Gives your Ice Barrier spell a 100% chance to freeze all enemies within 10 yds for 4 sec when it is destroyed.

Ice Barrier – Rank 1/1
Instantly shields you, absorbing (3686 + $SPFR * 0.807) damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, spellcasting will not be delayed by damage.

Reactive Barrier – Rank 2/2
Gives the caster a 100% chance for the Ice Barrier spell to automatically cast with no mana cost upon taking damage that lowers the caster’s life below 50%. This effect obeys Ice Barrier’s cooldown, and will trigger the cooldown when activated.

Frostfire Orb – Rank 2/2
Your Frostfire Orb gains a chill effect, slowing targets damaged by the Frostfire Orb by 40% for 4 sec. In addition, reduces the speed of targets slowed by your Frostfire Bolt’s chill effect by an additional 20%.

Deep Freeze – Rank 1/1
Stuns the target for 5 sec. Only usable on Frozen targets. Deals (1429 * 1) to (1791 * 1) damage to targets that are permanently immune to stuns.

Glyphs

Glyph of Frostbolt (Prime Glyph)
Increases the critical strike chance of your Frostbolt spell by 5%.

Glyph of Ice Lance (Prime Glyph)
Increases the damage of your Ice Lance spell by 5%.

Glyph of Molten Armor (Prime Glyph)
Your Molten Armor grants an additional 2% spell critical strike chance.

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