Frost Mage DPS Liberation of Undermine Raid Guide — The War Within (11.1.0)

Last updated on Feb 20, 2025 at 12:00 by Kuni 116 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Frost Mage for each boss of the following raid: Liberation of Undermine. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.1.0).

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Introduction

Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Liberation of Undermine. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Liberation of Undermine Boss guides.

This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Frost Mage and how you can deal with each fight as best as possible.

All recommendations are progression-based tips and will not necessarily be the best for an overall DPS ranking.

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Liberation of Undermine Boss Guides for Frost Mage

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Liberation of Undermine Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Frost Mage

Vexie Fullthrottle Cauldron of Carnage Rik Reverb Stix Bunkjunker Sprocketmonger Lockenstock One-Armed Bandit Mug'Zee Chrome King Gallywix
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Tips for Vexie Fullthrottle for Frost Mage

2.1.

Defensive Tips

  • Try and have Mirror Image Icon Mirror Image at the very least for each burn phase, as there is consistent damage during it.
2.2.

Cooldown Usage

  • Time Warp Icon Time Warp for the damage vulnerability phase.
  • Icy Veins Icon Icy Veins should try to be lined up for the damage vulnerability phase. Depending on the group and difficulty this might allow for you to pop it on pull and still have it up for the phase.
2.3.

Mechanical Tips

  • Alter Time Icon Alter Time to drop off Spew Oil Icon Spew Oil inside another oil spill and return instantly.
2.4.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Cauldron of Carnage for Frost Mage

2.5.

Defensive Tips

  • Use a defensive for each Scrapbomb Icon Scrapbomb soak.
2.6.

Cooldown Usage

  • Time Warp Icon Time Warp on pull.
  • Icy Veins Icon Icy Veins on cooldown, although try and line it up for the Colossal Clash Icon Colossal Clash, as that is a 2 target phase.
2.7.

Mechanical Tips

  • There are no real mechanical tips for this fight.
2.8.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Rik Reverb for Frost Mage

2.9.

Defensive Tips

  • Pop some form of cooldown for Sound Cannon Icon Sound Cannon when it is on you.
2.10.

Cooldown Usage

  • Time Warp Icon Time Warp on pull.
  • Icy Veins Icon Icy Veins on cooldown.
2.11.

Mechanical Tips

  • You can Blink Icon Blink and Alter Time Icon Alter Time through intermission shockwaves in an emergency to survive if you will not make it to the Amplifier in time.
2.12.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Stix Bunkjunker for Frost Mage

2.13.

Defensive Tips

  • Electromagnetic Sorting Icon Electromagnetic Sorting is the primary damage event in this fight, so try and save any of our cooldown reductions for it.
  • Incineration Icon Incineration is a random chance to be placed on you, and should be Ice Barrier Icon Ice Barriered through, given the short duration.
2.14.

Cooldown Usage

  • Time Warp Icon Time Warp on pull.
  • Icy Veins Icon Icy Veins on cooldown, but make sure that Rolling Rubbish Icon Rolling Rubbish targets have already been selected.
  • Use your Cone of Cold Icon Cone of Cold combo when the adds are released from the balls, as they take double damage at that time.
2.15.

Mechanical Tips

  • Interrupt Scrap Rockets Icon Scrap Rockets from the adds when possible, prioritizing further away adds so they get closer to the group.
2.16.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Sprocketmonger Lockenstock for Frost Mage

2.17.

Defensive Tips

  • Save Ice Cold Icon Ice Cold or Greater Invisibility Icon Greater Invisibility for any given mechanic soak that overlaps with Sonic Ba-Boom Icon Sonic Ba-Boom.
  • Ice Barrier Icon Ice Barrier and Alter Time Icon Alter Time should be enough to deal with soaking Foot-Blasters Icon Foot-Blasters, although let the DoT tick off before reactivating Alter Time.
2.18.

Cooldown Usage

  • Time Warp Icon Time Warp on pull.
  • Icy Veins Icon Icy Veins on cooldown.
2.19.

Mechanical Tips

  • You should be able to Alter Time Icon Alter Time just before Beta Launch Icon Beta Launch goes off, so that you can instantly be where you need to be if you position correctly before the cast.
2.20.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for One-Armed Bandit for Frost Mage

2.21.

Defensive Tips

  • Foul Exhaust Icon Foul Exhaust can either be Alter Time Icon Alter Timeed to buy yourself time while healers help you, or Ice Cold Icon Ice Cold will take the vast majority of the healing absorb off of you while also protecting you from its DoT.
  • Have something available if you are going to activate Reward: Flame and Coin Icon Reward: Flame and Coin next. Ice Cold Icon Ice Cold preferably.
2.22.

Cooldown Usage

  • Time Warp Icon Time Warp Phase 2, at 30% Health.
  • Icy Veins Icon Icy Veins on cooldown.
  • Cone of Cold Icon Cone of Cold combo on the Reel Assistants when they are stacked up, and make sure to Counterspell Icon Counterspell their Overload! Icon Overload! cast.
2.23.

Mechanical Tips

  • Alter Time Icon Alter Time Coin Magnet Icon Coin Magnet to reset your position during the pull in.
2.24.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Mug'Zee for Frost Mage

2.25.

Defensive Tips

  • This is a very chaotic fight. Zee (grey) side has significantly more raid damage going out. It is difficult to pinpoint what exactly is dangerous in a fight this chaotic. Try and make sure you have Ice Cold Icon Ice Cold available if you ever need to double soak mechanics.
  • Use Mirror Image Icon Mirror Image basically on cooldown to help mitigate ambient damage.
2.26.

Cooldown Usage

  • Time Warp Icon Time Warp after the intermission at 40%.
  • Icy Veins Icon Icy Veins on cooldown.
2.27.

Mechanical Tips

2.28.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Chrome King Gallywix for Frost Mage

This boss was not testable on the PTR servers. Information will be forthcoming once it is available on Live servers.

2.29.

Defensive Tips

  • Check back later.
2.30.

Cooldown Usage

  • Check back later.
2.31.

Mechanical Tips

  • Check back later.
2.32.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

2.33.

General Offensive Cooldown Usage

Frost Mage has only one cooldown to think about using optimally on the fights in Liberation of Undermine:

  • Icy Veins Icon Icy Veins - Our main, 2-minute cooldown. The spec heavily punishes not having uptime on this, so in almost all scenarios, you are popping it on cooldown.

Most of our other cooldowns are simply just rotational components of the spec. Unless the fight specifically has heavy AoE phases, Frost Mage tends to just ignore almost all fight timers and instead favours cooldown usage over strategics.

2.34.

General Defensive Cooldown Usage

Frost Mage has several defensive spells that you should plan to use and rotate throughout mechanics. You should opt to use the smaller cooldown spells often as needed with incoming mechanics and save bigger cooldowns like Ice Cold Icon Ice Cold for large incoming damage.

  • Ice Barrier Icon Ice Barrier
  • Mirror Image Icon Mirror Image
  • Greater Invisibility Icon Greater Invisibility
  • Ice Block Icon Ice Block/Ice Cold Icon Ice Cold

Additionally, Alter Time Icon Alter Time can be utilized to heal back all the damage you took in the time since you activated it, although this is a bit of an advanced use.

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Changelog

  • 20 Feb. 2025: Guide added.
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