WoW Cataclysm 1-85 Mage Frost Tree Speed Leveling Build Guide

A Frost Mage in wow Cataclysm is my favorite way to speed level in 4.0.6.  This talent tree guide will show you the best talents to get to level your Cataclysm mage to level 85.

If you are looking for the fastest path to level 85 check out Zygor’s Leveling Guide.

Frost leveling before you get your aoe skills might be a little tough.  So some people will level fire until they get to around level 30 and then switch over to frost leveling.

Here is the link to the build if you want to customize the spells learned after you get max level in Frost.  We have included our suggestion in the build below.  Frost Leveling Calculator

WoW Cataclysm 1-85 Mage Frost Tree Speed Leveling Build

Level 85 Mage (2/8/31) (Link)

Frost (31 Points)

Early Frost – Rank 2/2
Reduces the cast time of your Frostbolt spell by 0.6 secs. This effect becomes inactive for 15 sec after use.

Piercing Ice – Rank 1/3
Increases the critical strike chance of your spells by 1%.

Shatter – Rank 2/2
Multiplies the critical strike chance of all your spells against frozen targets by 3, and increases the damage done by Frostbolt against frozen targets by 20%.

Ice Floes – Rank 3/3
Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova, Cone of Cold, Ice Block, Cold Snap, Ice Barrier, and Icy Veins spells by 20%.

Improved Cone of Cold – Rank 2/2
Your Cone of Cold also freezes targets for 4 sec.

Permafrost – Rank 3/3
Your Chill effects reduce the target’s speed by an additional 10%, and the target’s healing received by 10%. In addition, whenever you deal spell damage, your Water Elemental is healed for 15% of the amount dealt.

Icy Veins – Rank 1/1
Hastens your spellcasting, increasing spell casting speed by 20% and reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting by 100%. Lasts 20 sec.

Fingers of Frost – Rank 3/3
Gives your Chill effects a 20% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which causes your next Ice Lance or Deep Freeze spell to act as if your target were frozen and increases Ice Lance damage by 15%. Fingers of Frost can accumulate up to 2 charges and lasts 15 sec.

Improved Freeze – Rank 3/3
Gives your Water Elemental’s Freeze spell a 100% chance to grant 2 charges of Fingers of Frost.

Enduring Winter – Rank 1/3
Reduces the mana cost of all spells by 3%. In addition, your Frostbolt spell has a 33% chance to grant up to 10 party or raid members mana regeneration equal to 1% of their maximum mana over 10 sec.

Cold Snap – Rank 1/1
When activated, this spell finishes the cooldown on all Frost spells you recently cast.

Brain Freeze – Rank 3/3
Your spells no longer trigger Arcane Missiles. Instead, your Frost damage spells with chilling effects have a 15% chance to cause your next Fireball or Frostfire Bolt spell to be instant cast and cost no mana. When Frostfire Bolt is instant, it can benefit from Fingers of Frost. Brain Freeze cannot be triggered by Frostfire Bolt.

Shattered Barrier – Rank 2/2
Gives your Ice Barrier spell a 100% chance to freeze all enemies within 10 yds for 4 sec when it is destroyed.

Ice Barrier – Rank 1/1
Instantly shields you, absorbing ((3686 + $SPFR * 0.807)) damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, spellcasting will not be delayed by damage.

Frostfire Orb – Rank 2/2
Your Frostfire Orb gains a chill effect, slowing targets damaged by the Frostfire Orb by 40% for 4 sec. In addition, reduces the speed of targets slowed by your Frostfire Bolt’s chill effect by an additional 20%.

Deep Freeze – Rank 1/1
Stuns the target for 5 sec. Only usable on Frozen targets. Deals (1144 * 1) to (1432 * 1) damage to targets that are permanently immune to stuns.

Arcane (2 Points)

Improved Counterspell – Rank 2/2
Your Counterspell also silences the target for 4 sec.

Fire (8 Points)

Master of Elements – Rank 2/2
Your spell criticals will refund 30% of their base mana cost.

Burning Soul – Rank 3/3
Reduces the casting time lost from taking damaging attacks by 70%.

Blazing Speed – Rank 1/2
Gives you a 5% chance when hit by a melee or ranged attack to increase your movement speed by 50% and dispel all effects that prevent movement. This effect lasts 8 sec.

Impact – Rank 2/2
Gives your damaging spells a 10% chance to reset the cooldown on Fire Blast and to cause the next Fire Blast you cast to stun the target for 2 sec and spread any Fire damage over time effects to nearby enemy targets within 12 yards.

Glyphs

Glyph of Ice Lance (Prime Glyph)
Increases the damage of your Ice Lance spell by 5%.

Glyph of Frostfire (Prime Glyph)
Increases the damage done by your Frostfire Bolt by 15% and your Frostfire Bolt now deals 3% additional damage over 12 sec, stacking up to 3 times, but no longer reduces the victim’s movement speed.

Glyph of Deep Freeze (Prime Glyph)
Your Deep Freeze deals 20% additional damage.

Glyph of Evocation (Major Glyph)
Your Evocation ability also causes you to regain 40% of your health over its duration.

Glyph of Ice Barrier (Major Glyph)
Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your Ice Barrier by 30%.

Glyph of Polymorph (Major Glyph)
Your Polymorph spell also removes all damage over time effects from the target.

Glyph of Slow Fall (Minor Glyph)
Your Slow Fall spell no longer requires a reagent.

Glyph of Arcane Brilliance (Minor Glyph)
Reduces the mana cost of your Arcane Brilliance spell by 50%.

Glyph of the Monkey (Minor Glyph)
Your Polymorph: Sheep spell polymorphs the target into a monkey instead.

Do You Want To Level Faster Like The Pros?

If you are having trouble leveling or need to level faster in WoW Cataclysm I highly suggest you check out Zygor’s Leveling Guide. It has the perfect leveling path that gets you to 85 faster and easier than any other way. No matter what level you are, you load the guide and it points with an arrow to the direction of each monster, quest giver, trainer etc. Its pretty crazy. It also has an in game box that tells you exactly what to do, like kill 5 boars, run west 10 miles, etc. If you dont have this in game add on guide, honestly, you are missing out. You can find out more here or check out the Zygor Cataclysm Leveling Guide Review.