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Mage · Frost · row 2

Ice Shards

Same as Classic5 ranks

Ice Shards

Rank 5/5Frost

Requires 5 points in Frost Talents

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%.

Every rank of Ice Shards

Rank	Effect	Source
1	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 20%.	client
2	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 40%.	client
3	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 60%.	client
4	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 80%.	client
5	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%.	client

Requirements and position

Tree: Frost, row 2, column 1. Needs 5 points in Frost first. The earliest you can finish all 5 ranks is level 19 if you put every point into this tree.
Competes with: Frostbite, Improved Frost Nova, Permafrost in the same row.

Classic comparison

	Classic 1.12	WoW Forever
Name	Ice Shards	Ice Shards
Position	Frost row 2, col 1	Frost row 2, col 1
Ranks	5	5
Rank 1 text	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 20%.	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 20%.

Builds that take Ice Shards

Frost Mage leveling build (10–60) · 5/5
Frost Mage endgame PvE build (20/0/31) · 5/5
Arcane Mage endgame PvE build (31/0/20) · 5/5
Frost Mage PvP build (20/0/31) · 4/5

Questions players ask

Where is Ice Shards in the Mage talent tree?

Frost tree, row 2, column 1. You need 5 points spent in Frost before you can learn it.

Is Ice Shards new in WoW Forever?

No. Ice Shards works the same as in Classic 1.12, where it was in Frost row 2 with 5 ranks.

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.