Frost Mage DPS Castle Nathria Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.2.5
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Frost Mage for each boss of the following raid: Castle Nathria. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2.5.
Introduction
In this section, you will find information and guidance for each boss individually in Castle Nathria as a Frost Mage. These are not complete encounter guides, but rather provide specific tips for any Frost Mage on each boss.
The tips on this page were written for Season 4, and not for Dragonflight's changes.
During the Dragonflight Pre-Patch, Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination, and Sepulcher of the First Ones will be simultaneously featured as Fated Raids. During this time encounters within each specific raid will include an additional mechanic and items will drop at increased item levels. If you would like to learn more general information about the Fated Raids system as a whole, please see our overview below. Otherwise, continue to use this page for specialization-specific tips.
Talent Cheatsheet
You can easily import the talent tree below into the game with the following string:
This talent set should work as a generalist for all encounters. If your raid needs a slight bit more AoE, try the following talent build instead. The import string for it is as follows:
- BAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIBaJCSSLg0kIiISEAAAIJBSkkkIpkkkIAAAAAAAAAAC
Shriekwing
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Shriekwing:  Slick Ice.
 Slick Ice.
Tips
 Alter Time will easily let you hide for
 Alter Time will easily let you hide for Earsplitting Shriek
and quickly return to the stack location.
 Earsplitting Shriek
and quickly return to the stack location.
For more information, please refer to our Shriekwing guide.
Huntsman Altimor
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Huntsman Altimor:  Slick Ice.
 Slick Ice.
Tips
 Vicious Lunge can be solo soaked with
 Vicious Lunge can be solo soaked with  Ice Block.
 Ice Block.
 Alter Time and
 Alter Time and  Blink away when afflicted with
 Blink away when afflicted with
 Petrifying Howl. This will let you drop pools far away from the group
and return instantly.
 Petrifying Howl. This will let you drop pools far away from the group
and return instantly.
For more information, please refer to our Huntsman Altimor guide.
Hungering Destroyer
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Hungering Destroyer:  Slick Ice.
 Slick Ice.
Tips
Both  Ice Barrier and
 Ice Barrier and  Alter Time do not count as healing
with regards to
 Alter Time do not count as healing
with regards to  Gluttonous Miasma.
 Gluttonous Miasma.
For more information, please refer to our Hungering Destroyer guide.
Artificer Xy'Mox
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Artificer Xy'Mox:  Slick Ice.
 Slick Ice.
Tips
 Blink and
 Blink and  Alter Time are, again, incredibly powerful
utilities to deal with the mechanics that require you to take something out of
raid. Of note,
 Alter Time are, again, incredibly powerful
utilities to deal with the mechanics that require you to take something out of
raid. Of note,  Seeds of Extinction will allow you to Alter Time beside
the close wormhole, grab a far seed with Blink, Alter Time will return you to
the wormhole to drop the seed out of the raid.
 Seeds of Extinction will allow you to Alter Time beside
the close wormhole, grab a far seed with Blink, Alter Time will return you to
the wormhole to drop the seed out of the raid.
For more information, please refer to our Artificer Xy'Mox guide.
Sun King's Salvation
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sun King's Salvation:  Slick Ice.
 Slick Ice.
Tips
 Ember Blast can be solo soaked with
 Ember Blast can be solo soaked with  Ice Block.
 Ice Block.
For more information, please refer to our Sun King's Salvation guide.
Lady Inerva Darkvein
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Lady Inerva Darkvein:  Slick Ice.
 Slick Ice.
Tips
 Blink and
 Blink and  Alter Time can be used to easily soak distant
 Alter Time can be used to easily soak distant
 Bottled Anima.
 Bottled Anima.
For more information, please refer to our Lady Inerva Darkvein guide.
The Council of Blood
We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Council of Blood:  Slick Ice.
 Slick Ice.
Tips
This is primarily a single-target boss, as damage to the other bosses is useless.
For more information, please refer to our The Council of Blood guide.
Sludgefist
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sludgefist:  Slick Ice.
 Slick Ice.
Tips
Do not  Blink with
 Blink with  Chain Link. You will both very
likely die.
 Chain Link. You will both very
likely die.
 Destructive Impact happens every minute. Try and have stacked up
 Destructive Impact happens every minute. Try and have stacked up
 Deathborne's damage bonus before this phase, so as to get the most
damage into his vulnerability as possible.
 Deathborne's damage bonus before this phase, so as to get the most
damage into his vulnerability as possible.
For more information, please refer to our Sludgefist guide.
Stone Legion Generals
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Stone Legion Generals:  Slick Ice.
 Slick Ice.
Tips
As always,  Blink and
 Blink and  Alter Time are an amazing combo for
running things out of the raid.
 Alter Time are an amazing combo for
running things out of the raid.  Wicked Blade and
 Wicked Blade and
 Reverberating Eruption are both great uses of this combo during the
fight to get the mechanics out of the raid.
 Reverberating Eruption are both great uses of this combo during the
fight to get the mechanics out of the raid.
 Blink can be used to negate a knockback. Prince Renethal will
cast one at full mana.
 Blink can be used to negate a knockback. Prince Renethal will
cast one at full mana.
On non-Mythic difficulties, you can use  Ice Block to get rid of
stacks of
 Ice Block to get rid of
stacks of  Serrated Tear.
 Serrated Tear.
For more information, please refer to our Stone Legion Generals guide.
Sire Denathrius
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sire Denathrius:  Slick Ice.
 Slick Ice.
Tips
 Ice Block will allow you to solo soak
 Ice Block will allow you to solo soak  Feeding Time.
 Feeding Time.
 Alter Time is a fantastic spell to get out of Phase 3's
 Alter Time is a fantastic spell to get out of Phase 3's
 Hand of Destruction, when the mirrors from Phase 2 are inaccessible.
 Hand of Destruction, when the mirrors from Phase 2 are inaccessible.
 Blink can be used to cancel the knockback from
 Blink can be used to cancel the knockback from  Shattering Pain.
 Shattering Pain.
For more information, please refer to our Sire Denathrius guide.
Changelog
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Kuni, one of the best Frost Mages in the world, who raids in Mortal Desire.
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