Frost Mage has the lowest DPS of all the three mage specs, however for anyone who wants to try frost for fun in PVE, this guide will help.

Stats for Frost Mage Wotlk

Stat priority

14% hit cap* > Spell Power > Crit > Haste (1350) > Intellect

Frost Mage Stats Overview

*Hit Cap

For a caster the hit cap is 17% plus, with 3% from [Precision] and 3% from other classes debuffs, 11% is the hit rating necessary to hit with spells, however, if there is no Shadow priest or Balance Druid present in the raid, the amount needed is still 14%.

Spell Power

Spell power is the best stat for a frost mage after hit, the spell power will increase the damage output of the frost mage, this will be even more beneficial as critical and haste increases.

Critical Strike

Frost mage spells are mostly instant and frostbolt as a low cast time, so critical strike is better than haste.

Haste

Haste reduces the global cooldown by a small amount and increases the speed of the casts, after 1350 the cast time will be below the Global Cooldown, and there is no more value on the stat for a frost mage.

Intellect

Intellect increases the mana pool and the critical strike chance on a frost mage, however, this stat will come from the gear itself.

Stats Breakdown without increasing effects

33 hit rating ≈ 1% to hit

33 expertise rating ≈ 1 expertise

33 haste rating ≈ 1% haste

45 critical chance ≈ 1% critical chance

1 stamina ≈ 10 Health

1 intellect ≈ 15 mana

167 intellect ≈ 1% critical chance

1 agility ≈ 1 attack power

1 strength ≈ 2 attack power

1 critical chance ≈ 84 agility

14 Armor Penetration ≈ 1% Armor ignore