Tag archive for ‘Frost Mage’

Frost Mage PvP: 103 – Gearing for PvP

Now that you have and understanding of some of the basics of Frost Mage PvP, and know what stats to aim for, you need to gear yourself for PvP. But where to start? In Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard has given players many ways to obtain PvP gear. The obvious way is to PvP. [...]

Frost Mage PvP: 102 – Spell Penetration and Resilience

Frost Mage PvP: 102 – Spell Penetration and Resilience

We’ve already cover some of the basics in Frost Mage PvP: 101, now let us get into more details about what else we need to know. The stats you need for PvP is a little bit different from PvE. Of course you will still need Spell Power, Crit, Haste, and Hit; but now you will [...]

Frost Mage PvP: 101

Welcome to introductory class to Frost Mage PvP! This will cover the very basics of what you need to know about PvPing as a Frost Mage. I will making additional posts to cover the different aspects of PvP. You can’t learn it all in one post! I’ve gotten a few emails about PvPing, so this [...]

Frost Mage PvE: Gunship Battle

After defeating Lady Deathwhisper, you make your way up the Lower Spires of the Icecrown Citadel to reach the next level. On your way, you run into the opposing faction, and at one point the Alliance’s “Skybreaker” and the Horde’s “Ogrim’s Hammer” will battle and race each other to the second level of the Icecrown [...]

Frost Mage PvE: Solo Farming ICC Rep

Frost Mage PvE: Solo Farming ICC Rep

With the latest raid released with Patch 3.3, players will finally get to confront Arthas in the Icecrown Citadel. In the new 10 and 25 man raid, players can earn reputation with the Ashen Verdict faction while killing trash and bosses in the dungeon. Like some of the previous raid dungeons before (AQ, Kara, and [...]

Frost Mage PvE: Lady Deathwhisper

Frost Mage PvE: Lady Deathwhisper

“The lich Lady Deathwhisper is the Supreme Overseer of the Cult of the Damned and the second boss of the Icecrown Citadel raid.” – WoWWiki.com If you were a Sunwell Plateau raider back in the Burning Crusade, you will find this boss encounter very similar to the M’uru fight. Also much like the M’uru fight, [...]

Frost Mage PvE: Lord Marrowgar

Frost Mage PvE: Lord Marrowgar

“Lord Marrogar is a unique creature created of skeletons. He is the first boss in the Icecrown Citadel.” He has one of the coolest boss character models- he is a 4-headed winged skeleton torso, with a big ice ax! As the first boss of Icecrown Citadel, he’ll serve as a gear check for Guilds to [...]

Guide to Frost PvE: Glyphs

Guide to Frost PvE: Glyphs

With the release of the latest Patch 3.3 – Fall of the Lich King, many Mages are going the trying out the new changes to Frost PvE. Permanent Water Elemental and using Deep Freeze on bosses were reason enough to give Frost a shot again in a raiding environment. Is it enough to hang with [...]

Guide to Frost PvE: Talents

Guide to Frost PvE: Talents

With the release of the latest Patch 3.3 – Fall of the Lich King, many Mages are going the trying out the new changes to Frost PvE. Permanent Water Elemental and using Deep Freeze on bosses were reason enough to give Frost a shot again in a raiding environment. Is it enough to hang with [...]

Frost Mage PvE: Kologarn

Kologarn is considered sixth boss encounter in Ulduar, after you have defeated XT-002 Deconstructor, and gain access to the Antichamber. He is the only non-optional boss in the Antichamber because he guards the Shattered Walkway into central Ulduar where not only is he protecting the bridge, he is the bridge. He is a huge Titan [...]

Frost Mage PvE: XT-002 Deconstructor

Frost Mage PvE: XT-002 Deconstructor

XT-002 Deconstructor is considered the fourth boss encounter in Ulduar. He is the giant robot blocking the way into The Antechamber of Ulduar. Other than The Flame Leviathan, he is the only other mandatory boss required to gain access to the next area of Ulduar. The XT-002 fight is also considered by many to be [...]

Frost Mage PvE: Ignis the Furnace Master

“Ignis the Furnace Master is the second boss encounter in Ulduar and can be found in the Colossal Forge.” – WoWWiki.com Although he is considered the second boss by many players, attempts can be made on Ignis anytime after The Flame Leviathan has been defeated. Both Normal and Heroic modes strategies are the same, with [...]

Frost Mage PvE: Razorscale

Frost Mage PvE: Razorscale

“Razorscale is the third boss encounter in Ulduar. It is an Ironbound proto-drake that flies over the Razorscale’s Aerie, across from the Colossal Forge.” – WoWWiki.com Although she is considered the third boss by many players, attempts can be made on Razorscale anytime after The Flame Leviathan has been defeated. Both Normal and Heroic modes [...]

Frost Mage PvE: Anomalus

Frost Mage PvE: Anomalus

“Anomalus is a giant Arcane Voidwraith boss in The Nexus. Voidwraiths are a slender type of voidwalker. Voidwraiths seem to be more rare than other voidwalkers and rarely talk.” – WoWWiki.com Boss Stats: Hit Points – 192,200 Mana – 50,000 Abilities: Spark: Deals 2025 to 2475 Arcane damage. Create Rift: Opens a Chaotic Rift near [...]

Frost Mage PvE: Grand Magus Telestra

Frost Mage PvE: Grand Magus Telestra

Grand Magus Telestra is a high elf, who is one of the Mages of the Kirin Tor who has sided with Malygos, in order to retain her arcane powers. She is one of the bosses of The Nexus, and could be the first you meet depending on which route your party decides to take. “The [...]

Frost Mage PvE: Prince Keleseth

Frost Mage PvE: Prince Keleseth

“Prince Keleseth, of the San’layn, is the Scourge overlord of Howling Fjord and the ambassador to the Vrykul. Prince Keleseth is also the first boss of Utgarde Keep. Utgarde Keep is the first dungeon hub located on the shores of Lake Cauldros in the Howling Fjord of Northrend. Inhabited by the Vrykul (led by King [...]

Ghost Hit Gone for Wrath

Yep, the advantage that Frost Mages had over Fire Mages in the Spell Hit column will be gone with the release of Wrath of the Lich King or possibly the next patch coming this Tuesday. The Ghost Hit was the extra Spell Hit Frost Mages recieved, which gave them an extra 3% Spell Hit from [...]

Frost Mage PvE: Magtheridon

“Magtheridon, the former Lord of Outland, is a pit lord who conquered the ruins of the orcish homeworld following its destruction. His reign was ended by the arrival of Illidan Stormrage, who took Magtheridon’s throne at the Black Temple for himself. Deciding that Magtheridon would have a further part to play, Illidan had Magtheridon’s body [...]

WotLK Beta Testing: Fingers of Frost

WotLK Beta Testing: Fingers of Frost

Now that I am in the WotLK Beta, I can test out all the new spells and their mechanics for all to see. So far I’ve only got an hour of testing in before fatigue kicked in, and servers are down. I will make a post for each individual spell, and update each post as [...]

Over 2200 DPS on Brutallus

The WoWWebStats (WWS) Report are in from the Tuesday night’s Sunwell Plateau raid, and I was able to break 2200 DPS this time on Brutallus. This further proves that Frost isn’t just for control. We can DPS too! /flex epeen After breaking 2000 DPS from before, I have always been hovering a little over 2000 [...]