I see even blogs are dying . At this point we can probably post anything we want so why don't I post something that I should be posting on a WoW website?

Most of you don't play WoW so what is a Mage? Mage is one of the 12 playable classes in WoW and are spell casters that use either fire, frost, or arcane magic to deal damage. Mages can specialize into one of these three magics to focus more on that magic. Frost focuses on freezing enemies and slowing them down. I should also say that Mages are pretty squishy. They die fast from melee classes like warrior, rogue, or feral druids if you let them get too close to you.



Anyways, let's begin.

How to play Frost Mage
First you specialize into Frost Mage. You can do this when you're a Level 10 Mage. As you level up, you learn spells and talents to add to your arsenal of icy magic. At max level is when you're at full power. You can summon melted snowmans, freeze targets faster, call down icy comets from the sky, or even conjure a castle made out of ice.


Talents

At Level 15 you have either Evanesce, Blazing Speed, or Ice Floes.
Choose Blazing Speed for more mobility. Unless you want to be like that mage up there with the feral druid.

At Level 30 you have either Alter Time, Flameglow, or Ice Barrier.
Choose Ice Barrier. It absorbs damage and useful when you don't have a healer with you. I mean, who doesn't want an ice force field?

At Level 45 you have either Ring of Frost, Ice Ward, or Frostjaw.
Choose Ring of Frost. You can do stuff like this to a group of people all at once .

At Level 60 you have either Greater Invisibility, Cauterize, or Cold Snap.
Choose Cold Snap so you can use Ice Block again and freeze yourself for another 100 years to avoid the Fire Nation from killing you. This is Ice Block in action.

At Level 75 you have either Frost Bomb, Unstable Magic, or Ice Nova.
Choose Ice Nova. It doesn't freeze your target completely but it can root them down for a few seconds. Ice Nova in action.

At Level 90 you have either Mirror Image, Rune of Power, or Incanter's Flow.
Choose Incanter's Flow. The other talents aren't so useful since it will make you stand still too much. Again, that will make feral druids go after you.

Finally at Level 100 you have either Thermal Void, Prismatic Crystal, or Comet Storm.
Choose Comet Storm. Imagine this comet split into 7 pieces, smashing right into your target's face.

Glyphs
For Glyphs, I recommend Regenerative Ice, Deep Freeze, and Water Elemental.

Glyph of Regenerative Ice lets you heal yourself while you wait for 100 years to go by.
Glyph of Deep Freeze lets you use Comet Storm and Deep Freeze at the same time. You can use Macros to do this.
Glyph of Water Elemental lets your melted snowman cast spells while moving and increase its health.

Stats
In WoW, there are 3 primary offensive stats. Intellect, Agility, and Strength. As a Mage, you want Intellect. Intellect increases your Spell Power. The other two stats are useless to mages. As of Warlords of Draenor, there are 6 secondary stats: Mastery, Haste, Critical Strike, Multistrike, Spirit, and Bonus Armor (the last two are completely useless to mages). As a frost mage you want multistrike. Multistrike gives you a chance to hit your target with the same spell more two times at 30% damage. It's like Mega Kangaskhan's Parental Bond but weaker.

Preparation
Make sure you use Arcane Brilliance and have summoned a melted snowman.

Rotation
Now for the good stuff. How do you use this thing? As a frost mage, your objective is to get the Fingers of Frost effect. Fingers of Frost will make you think your target is frozen, allowing to use spells that only work when the target is frozen in place (like Deep Freeze only works on frozen targets). I should also add that Shatter increases your critical strike chance against frozen targets. As most games, crits increases your damage. Anyway, how should you cast your spells?

When you don't have Fingers of Frost
You can get Fingers of Frost by either
• Casting Frostbolt (Has a 15% chance per cast)
• Casting Frostbolt while your melted snowman is using Waterbolt on your target. (Will always give Fingers of Frost)
• Casting Frozen Orb and letting it hit at least one target. (It can be tricky to aim Frozen Orb as it can hit a wall)

On side note, you can use Ice Nova or Frost Nova if you need to freeze the target immediately but having a difficult time getting Fingers of Frost. However, it's very tricky to do this since Ice/Frost Nova breaks from damage.

When you have Fingers of Frost
1. Use Deep Freeze. It will not only freeze the target but also stun it for a few seconds. Unlike Frost Nova or Ice Nova, Deep Freeze doesn't break from damage.
2. Follow up with Comet Storm. Again, Shatter will make it crit a lot.
3. Use Frostfire Bolt when you have the Brain Freeze effect.
4. Finally, use Ice Lance. Ice Lance does a ton of damage against frozen targets. However, Ice Lance will break Deep Freeze's effect so this is why you should use it last.

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Well. That's how you play Frost Mage. I'll admit I recently learned how to play frost mage and had trouble playing it about a week ago. But now I enjoy freezing targets in place, stunning them in a cryogenic prison for a few seconds, and singing a children's song as I destroy my opponents with ice.