Frost Mage

Frost changes

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  NewIce Lance

  11-point talent. Instant, low damage, tripled against Frozen targets or with Fingers of Frost.

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  NewFingers of Frost

  Row 5. Chill effects give 1 or 2 charges that let your spells treat the target as Frozen.

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  ChangedIce Block

  Moved to row 4 as the 16-point talent.

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  ChangedCold Snap

  Moved to row 5 as the 21-point talent; cooldown 10 minutes instead of 5.

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  ChangedImproved Blizzard

  Slow cut from 65% to 40%, to weaken area farming.

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  ChangedWinter’s Chill

  Only helps the caster, and only Frostbolt and Ice Lance crit chance.

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  ChangedElemental Precision

  Adds hit chance with Fire and Frost spells instead of lowering resistances.

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  ChangedPermafrost

  Extends Chill effects by 11, 22 or 33% instead of a flat 1 to 3 seconds.

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  ChangedShatter and Frost Channeling

  Shatter no longer requires Improved Frost Nova; Frost Channeling moves to row 3.

Baseline changes — every Mage

These apply to Frost too, regardless of where talent points go.

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  NewComprehension

  A Mage-only minor tradeskill. Comprehend Scroll lets you read and decipher scrolls dropped by creatures.

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  NewFrostfire Bolt

  Learned at level 40. A 3-second Fire and Frost hybrid that adds damage over time and a slow, using your better school bonus and the target’s lower resistance.

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  ChangedCone of Cold

  Shorter duration, to cut kiting-based farming and boosting.

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  ChangedMage Armor

  Larger mana regeneration bonus from Spirit.

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  ChangedMagic Attunement

  Now baseline instead of an Arcane talent.