Frost Mage PvP Gear Guide

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Last updated on Jun 10, 2024 at 00:00 by Wrdlbrmpft

Here you will find the best gear for a Frost Frost Mage in Cataclysm Season 9.

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Best in Slot Gear for PvP Frost Mage

On this page you will learn which gear is best for Frost Frost Mage in PvP. To learn more about the Frost Frost Mage gameplay, please study PvP guide below:

Frost Mage PvP Guide

Best in Slot Gear

Your gear list for PvP will mostly follow the following stat priority:

Intellect
Hit Rating (4% Hit Cap)
Resilience
Mastery Rating
Critical Rating
Haste Rating

The following list is considered Best in Slot for PvP. If you are looking for a PvE Best in Slot list, check out the link below:

Frost Mage PvE Best in Slot

Pre-raid Best in Slot

Season 10 / Phase Three Season 9 / Phase One

3.1.

Season 10 PvP Best in Slot

Until you gain Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest, use any new PvP weapon you can afford.

Slot	Item	Reforge	Source
Helm	Ruthless Gladiator's Silk Cowl	—	2200 Conquest Points
Neck	Ruthless Gladiator's Pendant of Diffusion	—	2200 Conquest Points
Shoulder	Ruthless Gladiator's Silk Amice	—	1650 Conquest Points
Cloak	Ruthless Gladiator's Drape of Prowess	—	1250 Conquest Points
Chest	Ruthless Gladiator's Silk Robe	—	2200 Conquest Points
Bracer	Ruthless Gladiator's Cuffs of Accuracy	Hit → Mastery	1250 Conquest Points
Gloves	Ruthless Gladiator's Silk Handguards	—	1650 Conquest Points
Belt	Ruthless Gladiator's Cord of Cruelty	—	1650 Conquest Points
Legs	Ruthless Gladiator's Silk Trousers	Haste → Mastery	2200 Conquest Points
Boots	Ruthless Gladiator's Treads of Cruelty	Crit → Mastery	1650 Conquest Points
Ring 1	Ruthless Gladiator's Band of Accuracy	—	1250 Conquest Points
Ring 2	Ruthless Gladiator's Band of Cruelty	—	1250 Conquest Points
Trinket 1	Variable Pulse Lightning Capacitor	–	Ragnaros (H) Firelands
Trinket 2	Necromantic Focus	–	Baleroc (H) Firelands
Weapon	Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest	–	Your Time Has Come Questline Wizard's Sanctum, Stormwind Grommash Hold, Orgrimmar
Off-Hand	–	–	–
Wand	Ruthless Gladiator's Touch of Defeat	—	700 Conquest Points

3.2.

Season 9 PvP Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Reforge	Source
Helm	Vicious Gladiator's Silk Cowl	—	2200 Conquest Points
Neck	Vicious Gladiator's Pendant of Diffusion	—	2200 Conquest Points
Shoulder	Vicious Gladiator's Silk Amice	—	1650 Conquest Points
Cloak	Vicious Gladiator's Drape of Prowess	—	1250 Conquest Points
Chest	Vicious Gladiator's Silk Robe	—	2200 Conquest Points
Bracer	Vicious Gladiator's Cuffs of Accuracy	Hit → Mastery	1250 Conquest Points
Gloves	Vicious Gladiator's Silk Handguards	—	1650 Conquest Points
Belt	Vicious Gladiator's Cord of Dominance	—	1650 Conquest Points
Legs	Vicious Gladiator's Silk Trousers	Haste → Mastery	2200 Conquest Points
Boots	Vicious Gladiator's Treads of Cruelty	Crit → Mastery	1650 Conquest Points
Ring 1	Vicious Gladiator's Band of Accuracy	—	1250 Conquest Points
Ring 2	Vicious Gladiator's Band of Cruelty	—	1250 Conquest Points
Trinket 1	Theralion's Mirror	–	Theralion and Valiona (H) The Bastion of Twilight
Trinket 2	Darkmoon Card: Volcano	—	Darkmoon Volcanic Deck
Weapon	Vicious Gladiator's Spellblade	—	2450 Conquest Points
Off-Hand	Vicious Gladiator's Endgame	—	950 Conquest Points
Wand	Vicious Gladiator's Touch of Defeat	—	700 Conquest Points

Enchants

Slot	Main Enchantment	Secondary Enchantment
Head	Arcanum of Vicious Intellect
Shoulders	Greater Inscription of Vicious Intellect
Back	Lightweave Embroidery (Requires Tailoring) Enchant Cloak - Greater Intellect
Chest	Enchant Chest - Mighty Resilience
Wrist	Draconic Embossment - Intellect (Requires Leatherworking) Enchant Bracer - Mighty Intellect	Socket Bracer (Requires Blacksmithing)
Hands	Enchant Gloves - Greater Mastery	Synapse Springs (Requires Engineering) Socket Gloves (Requires Blacksmithing)
Waist	Ebonsteel Belt Buckle	Nitro Boosts (Requires Engineering)
Legs	Master's Spellthread (Requires Tailoring) Powerful Enchanted Spellthread
Feet	Enchant Boots - Lavawalker
Ring	Enchant Ring - Intellect (Requires Enchanting)
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Power Torrent
Off-Hand	Enchant Off-Hand - Superior Intellect

Gems

Sockets	Gems
	Burning Shadowspirit Diamond — make sure you meet the requirements for it to be active
	Brilliant Chimera's Eye (3x Jewelcrafting Gem) Brilliant Inferno Ruby
	Artful Ember Topaz
	Veiled Demonseye until hit cap (4%) Vivid Dream Emerald after hit cap.

Changelog

28 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for Phase 3.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

This guide has been written by Wrdlbrmpft aka Arcanaenus, playing Mage since 2008. He is usually found in the Mage discord, where you may also ask him questions his guides do not answer.

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