Frost Mage DPS Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (Season 1)
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Frost Mage for each boss of the following raid: Nerub-ar Palace. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (Season 1).
Introduction
Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Nerub-ar Palace. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Nerub-ar Palace 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.
Nerub'ar Palace Boss Guides for Frost Mage
Nerub'ar Palace Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Frost Mage
Tips for Ulgrax the Devourer for Frost Mage
Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.
Defensive Tips
- Phase 2 starts raid-wide damage.
Mirror Image is particularly nice
due to the long duration. You may want to use something heavier, like
Ice Cold if you are at low HP when Hungering Bellows starts.
Cooldown Usage
Time Warp on pull.- On cooldown until the add phase. The actual meaningful component of the
fight is the boss, although popping
Icy Veins while the adds are up
will be the parsing mechanic.
Mechanical Tips
- Nothing fancy here yet, but do check back in after the Season has been out for a couple of weeks to see if any tricks or tips have been found.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Bloodbound Horror for Frost Mage
Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.
Defensive Tips
- Consider using a defensive if you are at low HP when
Bloodcurdle happens or if you are about to go down via 
Gruesome Disgorge. - In an emergency, you can stack Ice Cold and
Greater Invisibility to go down a second time before your debuff has cleared.
Cooldown Usage
- Time Warp on pull.
- Icy Veins on cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- You can
Blink through 
Spewing Hemorrhage if you find yourself caught on the wrong side.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Sikran for Frost Mage
Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.
Defensive Tips
- As you run to place your
Cosmic Simulacrum, you may want to use a defensive if you are at low HP, since you may be running out of Healer range, and if you are not, they are probably busy running as well.
Cooldown Usage
- Time Warp on pull.
- Icy Veins on cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- Nothing fancy here yet, but do check back in after the Season has been out for a couple of weeks to see if any tricks or tips have been found.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Rasha'nan for Frost Mage
Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.
Defensive Tips
- If you are low on HP as
Erosive Spray is going out, consider using a defensive. 
Alter Time can be used to save a strong pull from 
Web Reave.
Cooldown Usage
- Time Warp on pull.
- Icy Veins on cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- Nothing fancy here yet, but do check back in after the Season has been out for a couple of weeks to see if any tricks or tips have been found.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Broodtwister Ovi'nax for Frost Mage
Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.
Defensive Tips
- Because
Volatile Concoction deals increased damage the more HP the tank is missing, so I strongly recommend using a defensive if you are at low HP when it expires.
Cooldown Usage
- Time Warp on pull.
- Icy Veins on cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- Unconfirmed:
Energized Barriers should remove 
Sticky Web. - A lot of our AoE stops will be valued for the Parasites.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Nexus-Princess Ky'veza for Frost Mage
Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.
Defensive Tips
- Use defensives primarily to cover for mistakes, and if you are at low HP when placing your Images.
- Mirror Image is a great cooldown for the second phase due to the
long duration. Consider running
Phantasmal Image for the extra damage
reduction.
Cooldown Usage
- Time Warp on pull.
- Icy Veins on cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- Nothing fancy here yet, but do check back in after the Season has been out for a couple of weeks to see if any tricks or tips have been found.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for The Silken Court for Frost Mage
Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.
Defensive Tips
- Nothing specific to note yet.
Cooldown Usage
- Time Warp on pull.
- Icy Veins on cooldown.
Mechanical Tips
- Nothing fancy here yet, but do check back in after the Season has been out for a couple of weeks to see if any tricks or tips have been found.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Queen Ansurek for Frost Mage
Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.
Defensive Tips
- Little is known about this boss at the time of writing, but check back after the Heroic week for some tips.
Cooldown Usage
- Little is known about this boss at the time of writing, but check back after the Heroic week for some tips.
Mechanical Tips
- Nothing fancy here yet, but do check back in after the Season has been out for a couple of weeks to see if any tricks or tips have been found.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
General Defensive Usage Notes
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
for large incoming damage.
Ice Barrier- Mirror Image
- Greater Invisibility
Ice Block/ Ice Cold
Additionally, 
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.
General Cooldown Usage
Frost Mage has only one cooldown to think about using optimally on the fights in Nerub-ar Palace:
- 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.
Changelog
- 09 Sep. 2024: Page added.
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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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