Last updated on May 07, 2024 at 11:20by Kuni113 comments
General Information
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for yourFrost Mage in World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.2.7.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Frost Mage gear and best in slot.
1.
Best in Slot for Frost Mage
It is challenging to define a best-in-slot list for Frost, as it heavilydependson your progression level and gear. You cannot simplyuse the lower-tier equipment of any given best-in slot list, as stat weightswillthen shift, and you will likely be missing certain breakpoints.
Feel free to check below for a maxed-out Mythicbest in-slot list, but be warned that unless you have access to all of thosepieces, this is not the best you can get for your character right now.Simulation is always needed to be sure what is actually good for you at yourcurrent gear level. The below charts are simply for those who wish for achecklist to go for, like someone who is finishing the tier on farm or someonegearing up a new alt quickly using dungeon spam.
2.
BiS Gear for Frost Mage
Overall BiS ListMythic+ Gear BiS ListRaid Gear BiS List
3.
BiS List for Frost Mage
This list contains the highest DPS setup from most sources forFrost Mage. This is simply the Awakened gear profile usedon theSimulationCraft website. The vast majority of this set can be achieved by anygiven player as long as they are clearing +10 keys.
Your own personal goal for gear will be slightly different depending on yourprogression level, as this assumes access to absolutely everything.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapon | ![]() | ![]() |
Helm | ![]() | Revival Catalyst, Mythic Raszageth, Magmorax,or Tindral Sageswift |
Neck | ![]() | Mythic Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil |
Shoulder | ![]() | Revival Catalyst, Mythic Broodkeeper Diurna,Echo of Neltharion, or Smolderon |
Cloak | ![]() | ![]() |
Chest | ![]() | Mythic Kazzara |
Bracers | ![]() | Crafted by Tailoring. Embellished with![]() |
Gloves | ![]() | Revival Catalyst, Mythic Dathea,The Forgotten Experiments, or Igira the Cruel |
Belt | ![]() | Crafted by Tailoring. Embellished with![]() |
Legs | ![]() | Revival Catalyst, Mythic Sennarth, Rashok, orLarodar |
Boots | ![]() | Revival Catalyst |
Ring #1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Ring #2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Trinket #1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Trinket #2 | ![]() | Great Vault |
This list contains the highest DPS setup, with farmable gear from Mythic+Dungeons. This is a great place to start on a relatively new character, asyou can infinitely grind out these items from Mythic+.
Please note that this list is only technically valid for 522 item level. Itshould be close enough for lower item levels to be irrelevant, however.Additionally, there are many many sidegrade options that work out to befunctionally identical. Please sim your character to be sure, but this isposted as a sort of checklist for people farming out a new characterquickly.
Also note that this does not include crafted gear and is intended as asort of "this is the best that I can get from a pure drop standpoint" ratherthan any actual end-game profile to aim at.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapon | ![]() | Ruby Life Pools |
Helm | ![]() | Revival Catalyst any 522 iLvl Helm |
Neck | ![]() | Uldaman |
Shoulder | ![]() | Revival Catalyst any 522 iLvl Shoulders |
Cloak | ![]() | Neltharus |
Chest | ![]() | Revival Catalyst any 522 iLvl Chest |
Bracers | ![]() | Halls of Infusion |
Gloves | ![]() | Revival Catalyst any 522 iLvl Gloves |
Belt | ![]() | Ruby Life Pools |
Legs | ![]() | Revival Catalyst any 522 iLvl Legs |
Boots | ![]() | Halls of Infusion |
Ring #1 | ![]() | Brackenhide Hollow |
Ring #2 | ![]() | Algeth'ar Academy |
Trinket #1 | ![]() | The Azure Vault |
Trinket #2 | ![]() | The Azure Vault |
This list contains the highest DPS setup, only using gear from the Awakenedraid drops.
This list is mostly useful for informing your organized guild of what lootis optimal for you, for loot distribution purposes, or if you just really hateMythic+. Note that this does not include crafted gear and is intended as asort of "this is the best that I can get from a pure drop standpoint" ratherthan any actual end-game profile to aim at. Except for the BoE piece. Just gocraft that, please, for everyone's sake.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
---|---|---|
Weapon | ![]() | ![]() |
Helm | ![]() | Revival Catalyst, Mythic Raszageth, Magmorax,or Tindral Sageswift |
Neck | ![]() | Mythic Tindral Sageswift |
Shoulder | ![]() | Revival Catalyst, Mythic Broodkeeper Diurna,Echo of Neltharion, or Smolderon |
Cloak | ![]() | ![]() |
Chest | ![]() | Mythic Kazzara |
Bracers | ![]() | Trash drop in Vault of the Incarnates, just craft these |
Gloves | ![]() | Revival Catalyst, Mythic Dathea,The Forgotten Experiments, or Igira the Cruel |
Belt | ![]() | Mythic Kazzara |
Legs | ![]() | Revival Catalyst, Mythic Sennarth, Rashok, orLarodar |
Boots | ![]() | Revival Catalyst |
Ring #1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Ring #2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Trinket #1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Trinket #2 | ![]() | Mythic Tindral Sageswift |
3.
Upgrading Gear in Dragonflight Season 4
Dragonflight Season 4 continues the upgrade system from previous seasons.The notable exception is that rare end boss items that historically dropped at ahigher item level, can actually be upgraded to that higher maximum if boughtwith Antique Bronze Bullion, as shown in the next section.
For more information on the new Gear Upgrades system, check out ourdedicated page for it below.
Dragonflight Gear Upgrade System
4.
Best Gear To Spend Bullions On For Frost Mage
Season 4 offers a way to target specific, powerful items with the new Antique Bronze Bullion. Here are the best items to spend your Bullionson in Dragonflight Season 4.
Dreambinder, Loom of the Great Cycle
Whispering Incarnate Icon
Seal of Filial Duty
Seal of Diurna's Chosen
Voice of the Silent Star
5.
Evaluating Upgrades
The easiest way, and also the method we suggest, to compare multiple itemsis to use Raidbots' Top Gear. Here, you can input an exportfrom the Simcraft AddOn,select the items to compare, and it will find out which of the items arebest.
Simming Yourself — A Guide toRaidbots
6.
Dragonflight Season 4 Gear Considerations
6.1.
Trinket and Gear Notes for Frost Mage
Most of the hard-to-find items from this expansion have made their way tothe Antique Bronze Bullion vendor. This takes a lot of the guesswork outof gearing, and drama out of rare drops. Everyone is free to get
Voice of the Silent Star!
As to trinkets, Whispering Incarnate Icon beats everything by a fairbit. Alongside it,
Umbrelskul's Fractured Heart,
Furious Ragefeather, and if you want to skip the Vault RNG,
Belor'relos, the Suncaller are all fantastic second trinkets for raid.
For Mythic+, Whispering Incarnate Icon still beats everything,but
Tome of Unstable Power is absurdly strong on any form of AoE. Failingthat, both
Furious Ragefeather and
Umbrelskul's Fractured Heartare decent in dungeons. It really cannot be overstated just how strong Tome ofUnstable Power is, however. It is a good 2% ahead of the rest of them, which isabsurd given the usual difference is sub-1%.
Additionally, Umbrelskul's Fractured Heart's auto-kill mechanic soundsgreat on paper for dungeons, but in practice it will only proc a handful oftimes at useful points. Simming seems to have it at about a 1-2% DPS increase,but still a fair bit behind
Tome of Unstable Power in AoE. It is still anamazing single target trinket, and acceptable in dungeons, but do not go out ofyour way for it if you do not raid.
6.2.
Tier Pieces
Ideally, you skip the chest piece and pick up the other four slots.
As noted on the Rotation page, the 2-piece set bonus does change ourrotation ever so slightly on 2 targets, and heavily incentivizes freezinganything you can hit with a Glacial Spike.
6.3.
Profession Gear
While you can craft gear for any slot up to item level 525, there arecertain pieces with extra powers or the ability to add powers via extra itemsduring the crafting process. You may have two of these "Embellished" piecesequipped at once. The idea is to craft twoitems with Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch, usually on the wrists andbelt (or boots if you are intending to use the Engineering wrists).
In addition, it is anextremely good idea to have one more crafted piece to support taking Alchemical Flavor Pocket, as that will drastically prolong the life ofyour guild's food stocks. This does not count towards your Embellished count.This can be obtained by either the Iskaaran Community Feast weekly quest, orbought from the Auction House.
As a bonus, Engineering can craft bracers for everyone that can slot in atinkerthat does not count towards your two Embellishedlimit. While most are of questionable value, Tinker: Arclight Vital Correctors allows you to have a battle resurrectionavailable as a class that traditionally does not have it. This can beuseful with our
Invisibility, as we can provide wiperecovery.
6.4.
Single Target Trinket Simulations
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For the complete simulation results, check out Bloodmallet.com
6.5.
AoE/Cleave with Prioritized Single Target
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For the complete simulation results, check out Bloodmallet.com
7.
Changelog
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 12 Nov. 2023: BiS list and farm lists added for Season 3.
- 07 Nov. 2023: Sporecloak nerfed.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Partial update for 10.2.
- 08 Sep. 2023: Changed wording in the Trinkets section
- 04 Sep. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5 with tier/profession slot suggestions, and a note about Dawn of the Infinite's gear being untested.
- 11 May 2023: Re-added Bloodmallet charts.
- 07 May 2023: Updated for Season 2 start with trinket suggestions in the wake of the Flowstone nerf.
- 01 May 2023: Added the Season 2 upgrade system, Season 2 interesting items, and suggested embellishments.
- 23 Mar. 2023: Onyx Annulet is no longer a DPS loss.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Added a note about Onyx Annulet.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for beginning of Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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