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Mage · Frost · Leveling · level 50 of 60

Frost Mage leveling build at level 50

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 50 in the calculator1/0/4041 of 41 pointsFull build to 60 →
Arcane1
0/20/51/3
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
Frost40
0/25/53/3
5/52/32/22/33/32/31/1
2/21/1
3/30/31/12/2
5/5
1/1

Talents at level 50

TalentTreeRankTaken at
Improved FrostboltFrost5/510, 11, 12, 13, 14
PrecisionFrost3/347, 48, 49
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 ChannelingFrost3/338, 39, 46
ShatterFrost3/327, 28, 29
Ice BlockFrost1/130
Arctic ReachFrost2/236, 37
Fingers of FrostFrost2/231, 32
Cold SnapFrost1/133
Winter's ChillFrost5/541, 42, 43, 44, 45
Ice BarrierFrost1/140
Arcane ResilienceArcane1/350

Next five points (51–55)

  1. Level 51: Arcane Resilience (Arcane)
  2. Level 52: Arcane Resilience (Arcane)
  3. Level 53: Improved Channeling (Arcane)
  4. Level 54: Improved Channeling (Arcane)
  5. Level 55: Arcane Concentration (Arcane)

Notes that apply by 50

  • 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 50 Frost Mage have in its talent trees?
Improved Frostbolt 5/5, Precision 3/3, 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 3/3, Shatter 3/3, Ice Block 1/1, Arctic Reach 2/2, Fingers of Frost 2/2, Cold Snap 1/1, Winter's Chill 5/5, Ice Barrier 1/1, Arcane Resilience 1/3: 1/0/40 across Arcane/Fire/Frost. That is every point from 10 to 50 in the order this build replays.
What comes next after level 50?
Arcane Resilience at 51, Arcane Resilience at 52, Improved Channeling at 53, Improved Channeling at 54, Arcane Concentration at 55. 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 50, so only the first 41 points of the order are shown and you can continue from there.