Frost Mage DPS Mythic+ Tips — The War Within (11.2)

Frostfire has a better damage profile for Mythic+ in most cases.

Frostfire brings a shortened cooldown on our "AoE stop" abilities, which, while lessened in impact this Season, are still very valuable. Additionally the defensive node is a steady 5% maximum Health increase to your Ice Barrier, which is always welcome.

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

Spellslinger works perfectly fine, and is functionally the same DPS as Frostfire, just that Splinters cannot be relied on to go to your kill target. It is perfectly acceptable to run Spellslinger in keys, just not technically optimal.

The primary reason to take Spellslinger are the more frequent Frozen Orb casts, and the slightly stronger defensive node. Turning Alter Time into a sprint when paired with a cancelaura macro is extremely welcome as Mage as a whole is one of the slower classes for long distance transit.

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

Counterspell is your "kick" and your most important bit of utility in Mythic+, used to stop enemy casts for the benefit of the group and especially the tank. It is highly recommended to use a Focus Kick macro for this.

• #showtooltip Counterspell
• /cast [@focus, exists, harm,nomod] Counterspell; [nomod]Counterspell
• /focus [mod:ctrl][mod:shift/alt, @mouseover]

This macro will kick your focus target if you have one and your target if you do not. Additionally, this allows for assigning a focus target quickly by either holding Ctrl for your current target or Shift or Alt to assign to your current mouseover.

Make sure that your UI shows your Focus Target's casts clearly so that you are always able to kick it on cooldown or in coordination with the rest of your group.

Dragon's Breath is our most reliable "AoE stop", which disorients all targets in a short-range cone. While the cooldown is rather long, the cooldown is reduced by Ice Lance via Time Manipulation.

We do have both Blast Wave and the option to trade Dragon's Breath for Supernova, but knocks tend to be less reliable in actually interrupting the current action than an actual hard crowd control like disorient. Time Manipulation also does not work on Blast Wave.

In an absolute last-ditch effort to stop something important, we can Polymorph a target if vulnerable to it. This should not be utilized unless it is an emergency, as it will heal the target, and it will start casting again directly after it breaks.

While not utilized in our usual sets, we do have technical access to Ring of Frost and Mass Polymorph.

Greater Invisibility can not only be used to drop aggro and as a damage reduction but also negate certain casts and channels on you. In some cases, these mechanics will simply re-target someone else in the group, but occasionally, the mechanic will be entirely negated with huge benefits.

Spellsteal can negate beneficial Magic effects from enemy targets and occasionally grant them to you instead, although most of the abusable steals have been nerfed to just let Spellsteal act as a dispel instead.

Remove Curse, of course, can allow us to remove curses.

Energized Barriers is a strange talent that allows us to completely negate any form of slow effect, which occasionally removes a dangerous mechanic entirely.

As Frost Mages, we also slow anything we touch, which can be either good or bad, depending on how much your tank needs to move mobs or kite things.

• Greater Invisibility can break Burrow Charge on Anub'zekt, although it can be buggy if it will work or not.
• Blink can be used to dodge Burrow Charge instead, after he has started moving towards you.
• Blink can get you out of Silken Restraints on Anub'zekt.
• Blink can break you out of the roots on Ki'katal should you activate them early and likewise keep you away from the boss during Dark Singularity.

• Energized Barriers works on Ambush from Starved Crawler.
• Energized Barriers works on Grasping Slash from Reinforced Drone.
• Blink can get you out of any stun or root, as per usual.

• Do not try and bypass the Obsidian Beam on Speaker Shadowcrown with Blink or anything else, you will take the debuff regardless.

• You can Spellsteal Abyssal Howl if it goes off for a damage buff.
• Most of the beam effects cannot be canceled by Greater Invisibility unless they are also able to be Counterspelled. Invising them might still be a good option for the damage reduction, however.
• Remove Curse is a useful talent in this dungeon.

• Energized Barriers can remove Castigator's Shield on Baron Braunpyke.

• There are a good amount of buffs to Spellsteal off trash mobs in here, even if they do not give you the buff, the dispel itself is valued.
• You can break Defend from Arathi Footman with any of our crowd controls.
• You can drop Lightspawn's Purification beam with Greater Invisibility.
• Sergent Shaynemail's Lunging Strike can be avoided by simply moving while the cast is finishing if you are at any reasonable range away from her.
• War Lynx break entirely if your Mirror Image is the furthest player target from them, and they completely stop jumping until Images fade.

• Big M.O.M.M.A.'s Sonic Boom can be Blinked over, and is likely the safest way to deal with it if you have some distance between you and the boss when it is cast.

• Venture Co. Surveyor's Surveying Beam should be kicked ideally, but you can Greater Invisibility to drop it targeting you in a pinch.
• Disturbed Kelp's Restorative Algae can be Spellstealed if some go off.
• Venture Co. Electrican's Overcharge can be Blinked out of if it does stun you.

• Zo'phex's Interrogation can be dropped entirely with Blink once it stuns you.
• Venza Goldfuse's Chains of Damnation can be dropped with Blink.
• So'azmi's Shuri can be avoided with Blink, although the rest of the group is likely teleporting away, so this is best used to recover a mistake.

• Spellsteal Refraction Shield off the trash mobs in the first room as they're pulled, or your casters will nuke themselves on the reflect. It will not be recast.
• Empowered Glyph of Restraint can be dropped entirely with Energized Barriers.
• Any CC can disrupt Phalanx Field.
• Do not interrupt or Spellsteal Spam Filter, as this ability is still bugged, and instead buffing damage taken by 50%.

There are no real Mage-specific tips for the bosses in here.

• Super Saison can be delayed with knocks and other CC, although nothing will stop it short of an enrage dispel.

There are no real Mage-specific tips for the bosses in here.

• Embrace of K'aresh can be Spellstealed in the final trash sets for a considerable sized shield.

• You can Blink through the Refracted Sinlight beams freely.
• Blink will break the stun after Stone Shattering Leap. Cast it after he leaps into the air and not before so that your positioning on the adds is not ruined.

There are no real Mage-specific tips for the trash in here.

Blast Wave and Dragon's Breath/ Supernova will make short work of this affix.

We do not have anything of particular use here, although Slippery Slinging can be used as a run speed buff as Spellslinger.

Make sure to not overshoot someone who is running to you to end the affix, either. Blinking past someone only for the affix to go off can be quite bad, aim your Blink well enough that you don't confuse people coming to end it on you.

Remove Curse is a valid dispel for removing Void Rift.

This affix simply adds an extra mob occsaionally. It should ideally die to incidental AoE, but make sure it dies in lower DPS groups or on single target fights. There is nothing particularly special about it compared to any other mob for us.