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Mage · Frost · Leveling · level 40 of 60

Frost Mage leveling build at level 40

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 40 in the calculator0/0/3131 of 31 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
Frost31
0/25/50/3
5/52/32/22/32/32/31/1
2/21/1
3/30/31/12/2
0/5
1/1

Talents at level 40

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
Improved BlizzardFrost2/334, 35
Frost ChannelingFrost2/338, 39
ShatterFrost3/327, 28, 29
Ice BlockFrost1/130
Arctic ReachFrost2/236, 37
Fingers of FrostFrost2/231, 32
Cold SnapFrost1/133
Ice BarrierFrost1/140

Next five points (41–45)

  1. Level 41: Winter's Chill (Frost)
  2. Level 42: Winter's Chill (Frost)
  3. Level 43: Winter's Chill (Frost)
  4. Level 44: Winter's Chill (Frost)
  5. Level 45: Winter's Chill (Frost)

Notes that apply by 40

  • 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 40 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, Improved Blizzard 2/3, Frost Channeling 2/3, Shatter 3/3, Ice Block 1/1, Arctic Reach 2/2, Fingers of Frost 2/2, Cold Snap 1/1, Ice Barrier 1/1: 0/0/31 across Arcane/Fire/Frost. That is every point from 10 to 40 in the order this build replays.
What comes next after level 40?
Winter's Chill at 41, Winter's Chill at 42, Winter's Chill at 43, Winter's Chill at 44, Winter's Chill at 45. 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 40, so only the first 31 points of the order are shown and you can continue from there.