Frost Mage PvP
Mage · dps
Control mage with glacial spike, poly, and icy veins execute windows.
Experts
DLadder
A+Consensus
Ladder
Score
Agreement
Trend
Best-performing bracket in shuffle: 2100+ · S · rank 2 · 0 expert rankings
Meta overview
Expert consensus and ladder performance are not the same number. Frost Mage is currently D among tracked creators and A+ on the 1800+ ladder. Agreement is 0% — creators do not agree.
Creator rankings
Highest D · Lowest D · Avg placement 0
Ladder performance
1800+ · all
A+
Rank 5 · 10.1% rep · 55.9% wr
all+ · all
A+
Rank 5 · 10.1% rep · 55.9% wr
1600+ · all
A+
Rank 4 · 10.4% rep · 56.3% wr
2100+ · all
S
Rank 2 · 10.9% rep · 59.4% wr
2400+ · all
S
Rank 2 · 10.9% rep · 59.4% wr
Counterplay
Open cheat sheetGlacial Spike during Icy Veins on a frozen target, overlapping Frozen Orb. Alter Time rewinds the health you just spent offensive cooldowns to remove, and often the pillar they Blinked from.
Kick
Kick Polymorph first. If poly is down, kick Glacial Spike during Icy Veins. Do not spend the kick on Frostbolt.
Watch for
Icy Veins overlapping Frozen Orb is the kill. Alter Time at low health is a fake death — do not dump remaining cooldowns. Ring of Frost at your feet is the Shatter setup.
Biggest mistake
Dumping your offensive cooldowns into Alter Time, or kicking Frostbolt instead of Polymorph.
Important abilities
Polymorph cc
Primary mage CC. First kick almost always.
Glacial Spike offensive
Hard-hitting cast. Second kick. Shatter setups make it lethal.
Icy Veins offensive
Major offensive window. Look for spike + orb during it.
Ice Block defensive
Full immunity. Don't blow CDs into it; sit and reset.
Alter Time defensive
Rewinds health and position. Force it before committing a go.
Ice Cold defensive
Ice Block-style DR without immunity. Still a stop-damage button.
Counterspell interrupt
Long lockout. Respect it on your healer.
Ring of Frost cc
AoE root/invis setup. Don't walk into the circle during a go.
Combustion offensive
Fire's kill window. Kick pyro, line, or force defensives first.