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Frost Mage Review - Battle for Azeroth Community Opinions
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27.07.2018 в 00:02
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Throughout the pre-patch, we'll be launching a community opinions article for every class and spec. We're continuing our Battle for Azeroth Class Reviews and in this post, we'll be taking a look at the state of Frost Mage. See if this spec appeals to you in Battle for Azeroth!
We reached out to the Frost Mage community to give their thoughts and opinions on the changes and current state of the spec.
If this spec appeals to you after reading this article, check out our
Battle for Azeroth Frost Mage Guide
.
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Norrinir
- SimulationCraft developer, Mage theorycrafter and moderator in the Mage Discord
Kuni
- Mage guide writer/theorycrafter and moderator in the Mage Discord
Frosted
- SimulationCraft developer, Mage theorycrafter and admin of the Mage Discord
Dikembe
- Mage theorycrafter and contributor in the Mage Discord
Preheat
- Raider and officer in Limit (US-Illidan)
Frost Mages didn’t see many changes coming from Legion into Battle for Azeroth. Most focus went into fixing unfun or underperforming talents, with only minor adjustments to the baseline abilities. The spec plays almost exactly like its Legion version.
Baseline changes
Искусность: кристаллы льда
are now generated by
Шквал
as well as
Ледяная стрела
and they no longer depend on the damage of those spells. In addition, Frost’s Mastery also increases the damage of
Ледяной шар
. As a result, it is now competitive with other stats in most situations. However, Mastery doesn’t affect
Ледяное копье
, which means that at some point
Ледяная стрела
becomes more powerful than
Ледяное копье
. Compared to Legion, this situation is far less likely to occur, but the underlying problem is still present and might resurface at some point.
Water Elemental lost Water Jet and
Холод
no longer generates charges of
Ледяные пальцы
. Loss of those spells has been partially covered by increasing
Ледяная стрела
’s chance to grant a charge of
Ледяные пальцы
. While
Холод
is far less powerful compared to Legion, it is still a very useful tool for open world and dungeons, where it enables
Обледенение
for big hitting spells such as
Кометная буря
or
Ледовый шип
. Overall, the Water Elemental is now mostly a passive source of damage rather than an active source of
Ледяные пальцы
charges.
Utility and defensives have also seen some changes.
Ледяная преграда
no longer scales with your Intellect, but instead uses a percentage of your maximum Health.
Чародейский интеллект
and
Снятие проклятия
make a return, giving Mages access to the Intellect raid buff and curse removal.
The lack of changes to
Ледяные пальцы
and
Заморозка мозгов
is surprising. These two procs still fight against each other. Using
Ледяные пальцы
empowered
Ледяное копье
after casting
Заморозка мозгов
Шквал
wastes the
Ледяные пальцы
effect as the target is already considered frozen because of
Зимняя стужа
. If the Mage prioritizes using
Ледяное копье
first, some of the
Заморозка мозгов
charges will be wasted as the buff doesn’t stack; if the Mage prioritizes using
Шквал
first,
Ледяные пальцы
will be wasted as a result of the previously mentioned interaction.
Заморозка мозгов
remains unpredictable and mostly outside of control of the Mage. The instant
Шквал
thus cannot be delayed without the risk of wasting further
Заморозка мозгов
charges. This worsens the conflict between
Заморозка мозгов
and
Ледяные пальцы
, but it is especially problematic with spells such as
Ледовый шип
that can hugely benefit from
Обледенение
. Shattering
Ледовый шип
with a
Шквал
can be a fun minigame, but the Mage has to waste up to one quarter of all
Заморозка мозгов
charges to do this consistently.
The disconnect here is that
Зимняя стужа
allows you to apply
Обледенение
to any spell (even when the target is immune to being Frozen), but the game punishes you for trying to use it with anything other than
Ледяное копье
by wasting
Ледяные пальцы
or
Заморозка мозгов
charges.
The end result is that the Mage is discouraged from planning ahead and adapting to external events such as additional enemies, extra damage phases or movement, as any such attempt will result in damage loss in the long run. The rotation is still mostly dictated by the random number generator, the Mage has little control over it and the parts the Mage has some control over can be summarized as “choosing the lesser evil.”
Talents
Talents saw a huge improvement compared to Legion. Arctic Gale, Unstable Magic, and Frost Bomb have been removed in favor of some of the Artifact traits and Legion legendaries.
Level 15
Пробирающий холод
and
Одинокая зима
are reasonably competitive and mostly come down to whether the Mage wants to play with a pet. Ray of Frost has been replaced with
Кольцо обледенения
, which is however undertuned and the extra utility isn’t enough to make up for it.
Level 30
Мерцание
had its recharge time increased from 15 to 20 seconds. This might make the choice between it and
Плавучая льдина
more interesting.
Ледяная изоляция
sadly only saw an increase to armor percentage, and is still useless in most situations.
Level 45
This talent row received zero changes.
Руна мощи
is still slightly weaker than
Колдовской поток
due to Frost’s lower burst damage.
Зеркальное изображение
lacks in damage, but it does offer some utility as the pets can tank and absorb some damage in the open world.
Level 60
Splitting Ice and Ice Nova have been removed and replaced with
Цепная реакция
and
Полярная стрела
.
Цепная реакция
is tailored more towards fights with two or more enemies, while
Морозное касание
and
Полярная стрела
are more focused towards single target fights.
Полярная стрела
also offers
Заморозка мозгов
on demand, which is very useful with
Ледовый шип
.
Level 75
Ледяной заслон
might see more play as an extra way to Shatter
Ледовый шип
or
Кометная буря
.
Леденящие ветра
is amazing utility whenever enemies need to be kited around, such as in Mythic+ dungeons.
Кольцо мороза
is extra crowd control on top of
Превращение
, but its uses are rather specific as the frozen enemies break out after any damage is done to them.
Level 90
This talent row now focuses purely on AoE and each talent has its niche.
Кометная буря
excels when burst AoE damage is required,
Леденящий дождь
shines in sustained AoE situations and
Ледяные осколки
is the cleave choice, especially now that it affects
Полярная стрела
.
Level 100
Кометная буря
has been replaced with
Морозный луч
, which now channels much faster and grants two charges of
Ледяные пальцы
.
Морозный луч
could be an interesting burst option on this tier, but sadly the damage isn’t there yet. Both
Ледяная Бездна
and
Ледовый шип
are competitive options.
Ледовый шип
excels for cleave fights with
Ледяные осколки
, while
Ледяная Бездна
takes over for sustained AoE where the Mage produces very high number of
Ледяные пальцы
charges.
Final words
The talent rework is the highlight of all the changes that came to Frost Mages. Interesting active talents that were previously overshadowed by the passive choices give a much needed breath of fresh air. Items that have Mastery are once again useful, making the item choices more varied and interesting.
However, the some of the most important core issues remain unaddressed. As long as
Ледяные пальцы
and
Заморозка мозгов
fight against each other, the rotation will involve awkward and unfun decisions that lead to wasted procs.
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