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Mage · Frost · Leveling · level 30 of 60

Frost Mage leveling build at level 30

Improved Frostbolt, Ice Shards, Frostbite, Permafrost, Ice Lance, Shatter, Fingers of Frost, Cold Snap, Ice Barrier and Winter's Chill, then Arcane for Arcane Concentration and Arcane Meditation.

Open at level 30 in the calculator0/0/2121 of 21 pointsFull build to 60 →
Arcane0
0/20/50/3
0/20/20/50/20/20/3
0/10/20/20/30/1
0/10/5
0/3
0/1
Fire0
0/50/5
0/50/20/3
0/30/30/10/20/30/20/10/3
0/30/1
0/3
0/1
Frost21
0/25/50/3
5/52/32/22/30/30/31/1
0/21/1
3/30/30/10/2
0/5
0/1

Talents at level 30

TalentTreeRankTaken at
Improved FrostboltFrost5/510, 11, 12, 13, 14
Ice ShardsFrost5/515, 16, 17, 18, 19
PermafrostFrost2/320, 21
FrostbiteFrost2/323, 24
Improved Frost NovaFrost2/225, 26
Ice LanceFrost1/122
ShatterFrost3/327, 28, 29
Ice BlockFrost1/130

Next five points (31–35)

  1. Level 31: Fingers of Frost (Frost)
  2. Level 32: Fingers of Frost (Frost)
  3. Level 33: Cold Snap (Frost)
  4. Level 34: Improved Blizzard (Frost)
  5. Level 35: Improved Blizzard (Frost)

Notes that apply by 30

  • Frostbolt, Frost Nova, back up, Frostbolt. Ice Lance at 20 is your frozen-target nuke (300% damage on frozen); Shatter at 25 makes those crits.
  • Fingers of Frost at 30 means a Frostbolt chill can treat your next two spells as frozen: Ice Lance twice. Cold Snap resets Frost Nova and Ice Block.
  • Ice Barrier at 40 absorbs and adds 15% Frost damage while up. Improved Blizzard for AoE grinding in groups of 4+.
  • Arcane after 40 points in Frost: Arcane Resilience, Improved Channeling and Arcane Concentration for clearcasting.

Questions players ask

What should a level 30 Frost Mage have in its talent trees?
Improved Frostbolt 5/5, Ice Shards 5/5, Permafrost 2/3, Frostbite 2/3, Improved Frost Nova 2/2, Ice Lance 1/1, Shatter 3/3, Ice Block 1/1: 0/0/21 across Arcane/Fire/Frost. That is every point from 10 to 30 in the order this build replays.
What comes next after level 30?
Fingers of Frost at 31, Fingers of Frost at 32, Cold Snap at 33, Improved Blizzard at 34, Improved Blizzard at 35. The full order to 60 is on the build page.
Can I open the calculator at this level?
Yes. The link below opens the Mage talent calculator with the level set to 30, so only the first 21 points of the order are shown and you can continue from there.