Frost Mage DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.0.5)

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Frost Mage for The War Within Season 1. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Frost Mage, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.

For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.

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BiS Gear for Frost Mage

Overall BiS List for Season 1 Nerub-ar Palace Gear BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List

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The War Within Season 1 Overall BiS List for Frost Mage

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Frost Mage in The War Within Season 1 from all sources, including Raiding, Mythic+, Delves, The Great Vault, and Crafted.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and there are many items that are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful, and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list, and thus, despite my not thinking you should really care much about it, it is here for your perusal.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Sovereign's Disdain (639)	Queen Ansurek
Offhand	Vagabond's Torch (636) Haste/Mastery + Darkmoon Sigil: Symbiosis	Crafted
Helm	Hood of Violet Rebirth (639)	Silken Court/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Sureki Zealot's Insignia (639)	Sikran
Shoulder	Beacons of Violet Rebirth (639)	Rasha'nan/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Consecrated Cloak (636) Haste/Mastery + Writhing Armor Banding	Crafted
Chest	Runecoat of Violet Rebirth (639)	Broodtwister Ovi'nax/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Skeinspinner's Duplicitous Cuffs (639)	Silken Court
Gloves	Jeweled Gauntlets of Violet Rebirth (639)	Sikran/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Acrid Ascendant's Sash (639)	Queen Ansurek
Legs	Voidspoken Sarong (639)	Queen Ansurek
Boots	Assimilated Eggshell Slippers (639)	Broodtwister Ovi'nax
Ring #1	Seal of the Poisoned Pact (639)	Queen Ansurek
Ring #2	Stitchflesh's Misplaced Signet (639)	The Necrotic Wake
Trinket #1	Spymaster's Web (639)	Silken Court
Trinket #2	Ara-Kara Sacbrood (639)	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes (626), or Great Vault

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The War Within Season 1 Overall BiS List for Frost Mage

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Frost Mage in The War Within Season 1 from the Nerub-ar Palace Raid.

Note that this BiS List is for items from the Raid. I am separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is what you send to your Raid Leader/Loot Council when they ask you what your BiS gear is from the Raid.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and there are many items that are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list, and thus, despite my not thinking you should really care much about it, it is here for your perusal.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Sovereign's Disdain (639)	Queen Ansurek
Offhand	Broodtwister's Grim Catalyst (639)	Broodtwister Ovi'nax
Helm	Hood of Violet Rebirth (639)	Silken Court/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Sureki Zealot's Insignia (639)	Sikran
Shoulder	Beacons of Violet Rebirth (639)	Rasha'nan/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Royal Emblem of Nerub-ar (639)	Ulgrax the Devourer
Chest	Runecoat of Violet Rebirth (639)	Broodtwister Ovi'nax/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Skeinspinner's Duplicitous Cuffs (639)	Silken Court
Gloves	Jeweled Gauntlets of Violet Rebirth (639)	Sikran/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Acrid Ascendant's Sash (639)	Queen Ansurek
Legs	Voidspoken Sarong (639)	Queen Ansurek
Boots	Assimilated Eggshell Slippers (639)	Broodtwister Ovi'nax
Ring #1	Seal of the Poisoned Pact (639)	Queen Ansurek
Ring #2	Key to the Unseeming (639)	The Bloodbound Horror
Trinket #1	Spymaster's Web (639)	Silken Court
Trinket #2	Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg (639)	Broodtwister Ovi'nax

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The War Within Season 1 Overall BiS List for Frost Mage

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Frost Mage from The War Within Season 1 Mythic+.

Note that this BiS List is for items from Mythic+. I am separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is the list you can chase when you want to improve your gear by farming Mythic+ dungeons.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and many items are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful, and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list, and thus, despite my not thinking you should really care much about it, it is here for your perusal.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Modgud's Blade (626)	Grim Batol
Offhand	Pail of Preserved Obscurity (626)	City of Threads
Helm	Hood of Violet Rebirth (626)	Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	'Emergency Stop' Keychain (626)	The Stonevault
Shoulder	Beacons of Violet Rebirth (626)	Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Swarmcaller's Shroud	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Chest	Runecoat of Violet Rebirth (626)	Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Vitriolic Veinwoven Wraps (626)	City of Threads
Gloves	Jeweled Gauntlets of Violet Rebirth (626)	Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Burrower's Cinch (626)	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Legs	Archaic Venomancer's Footwraps (626)	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Boots	Membranous Slippers (626)	The Dawnbreaker
Ring #1	Devout Zealot's Ring (626)	The Dawnbreaker
Ring #2	Stitchflesh's Misplaced Signet (626)	The Necrotic Wake
Trinket #1	Gale of Shadows (626)	Grim Batol
Trinket #2	Ara-Kara Sacbrood (626)	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes (626), or Great Vault

Throughout this page, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots, as it is an indispensable aspect of optimizing your character.

While we do offer generic sim charts for Trinkets, this should not be a replacement for simming yourself, at least not if you want to minmax sub-1%!

If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.

BiS crafts are simply Vagabond's Torch, Haste/Mastery, with Darkmoon Sigil: Symbiosis and Consecrated Cloak, Haste/Mastery, with Writhing Armor Banding.

For players coming right into the Season from its beginning, the choice is very different as we are not just concerned about the best Crafted Slots and Embellishments, but also potentially short-term Item Level gains. The pick in this situation is instead Scepter of Radiant Magics instead of Vagabond's Torch. The odds of pulling a Myth track weapon early on are not particularly good, so this maximizes the DPS gain from your first spark.

You should ideally sim the optimal stats to craft for your particular character, but Haste/Mastery is generally a safe "overall" choice.

Note that Embellishments have yet to go undergo tuning and that this recommendation is very preliminary. I do not recommend that you Craft ANYTHING until the last possible moment, which is generally right before you head into Raid Progression or serious Mythic+ pushing. The longer you can wait with crafting, the better information you, and this guide, will have on the best Crafts. Crafting early and then having the recommendation change because of tuning by Blizzard really sucks!

1. Scepter of Radiant Magics (Early Season, 1 Spark) — This item is not our long-term BiS, but if you are coming fresh into the Season with Mythic0 606 iLvl gear or below, then the sheer Item Level value of a Weapon is going to exceed the value of the best Embellishments. That said, if you wait until your first Great Vault and it has a Weapon, then you may wish to craft something else instead. As for Embellishments, I recommend Darkmoon Sigil: Symbiosis.
2. (BiS, 1 Spark) — Consecrated Cloak — Crafting an armour piece with Writhing Armor Banding will double the effectiveness of the prior Darkmoon Sigil.
3. (BiS, 1 Spark) — Vagabond's Torch — Only really craft this once you have a Myth track main hand to replace the wand, and then shift Darkmoon Sigil: Symbiosis to this offhand instead.
4. Next, chase Item Level where needed, preferring Weapon > Helm/Chest/Legs (though these are likely occupied by tier) > Boots/Belt > Rings/Necks > Cloaks.
5. At this point, you are mostly done crafting. You can spend future Sparks on off-spec items, alternatively statted crafts for different situations, and so on.

You will be able to upgrade your items via Crests such as Gilded Harbinger Crest. Once you have upgraded a slot to a certain item level, upgrading other items of that slot to that item level is free.

When you upgrade with Crests, you should think of it as upgrading slots and not items.

Additionally, since Crests are a limited resource, you will want to obtain the highest item-level possible before upgrading a given slot, as this means you will spend fewer Crests on that slot in total. If you are at all capable of doing a +9 Dungeon, for example, it would be a VERY bad idea to upgrade an item from a +8 Dungeon, as those are wasted Crests you may not get back for a very long time.

We see a ton of players, even at a high level, mess up their upgrade priorities, and upgrading prematurely. Getting this right will put you far ahead of most players.

Below is the slot priority you should upgrade your items in. If you ever want to deviate from this, you should have a very good reason.

1. Weapons
2. Trinkets
3. Helm/Chest/Legs
4. Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots
5. Rings and Necks
6. Cloaks and Bracers

Note that exceptions are possible, such as special items that have more Item Level scaling than their slot would imply.

The Tier Set is comprised of 5 items, all carrying the Violet Rebirth moniker. Unique DPS bonuses are unlocked when wearing 2 and 4 pieces from the set:

• Mage Frost Season 1 2pc — Ice Lance damage increased by 8%.
• Mage Frost Season 1 4pc — Damage dealt by Fingers of Frost enhanced Ice Lances explode in AoE. This works out to a pittance on single target and a reasonable damage buff in AoE.

The Tier Set Bonus is absolutely mandatory for competitive play, and you should prioritize obtaining it. You can use the Matrix Catalyst to convert regular items (from Mythic+, for example) into Tier Items.

You only need 4 pieces out of 5 to get both set bonuses. We recommend you get all items except for the Legs. Check out the BiS List for more information.