Frost Mage best-in-slot lists
Every slot Frost Mage wants in TBC Classic, phase by phase, with the enchant and the gems each pick takes. The lists are wowtbc.gg’s, vendored with this site’s data.
Frost Mage, P3, slot by slot
The P3 list, the phase this page opens on. 17 slots; one set in it (Tempest Regalia).
Raid consumables: the Frost Mage checklist →
The other phases
wowtbc.gg publishes a Frost Mage list for six phases: Pre-Raid, P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5. The P3 list is above; here is the pick for every slot in the others.
Pre-Raid, slot by slot
- Head — Mana-Etched Crown
- Neck — Brooch of Heightened Potential
- Shoulder — Frozen Shadoweave Shoulders
- Chest — Frozen Shadoweave Robe
- Waist — Girdle of Ruination
- Legs — Spellstrike Pants
- Feet — Frozen Shadoweave Boots
- Wrist — Bracers of Havok
- Hands — Mana-Etched Gloves
- Finger 1 — Sparking Arcanite Ring
- Finger 2 — Band of Frigid Elements
- Trinket 1 — Icon of the Silver Crescent
- Trinket 2 — Quagmirran's Eye
- Back — Shawl of Shifting Probabilities
- Main Hand — Stormcaller
- Off Hand — Sapphiron's Wing Bone
- Ranged — The Black Stalk
P1, slot by slot
- Head — Collar of the Aldor
- Neck — Adornment of Stolen Souls
- Shoulder — Frozen Shadoweave Shoulders
- Chest — Frozen Shadoweave Robe
- Waist — Girdle of Ruination
- Legs — Spellstrike Pants
- Feet — Frozen Shadoweave Boots
- Wrist — Bracers of Havok
- Hands — Soul-Eater's Handwraps
- Finger 1 — Band of Crimson Fury
- Finger 2 — Ring of Recurrence
- Trinket 1 — Icon of the Silver Crescent
- Trinket 2 — Quagmirran's Eye
- Back — Ruby Drape of the Mysticant
- Main Hand — Nathrezim Mindblade
- Off Hand — Sapphiron's Wing Bone
- Ranged — Tirisfal Wand of Ascendancy
P2, slot by slot
- Head — Cowl of Tirisfal
- Neck — The Sun King's Talisman
- Shoulder — Mantle of Tirisfal
- Chest — Vestments of the Sea-Witch
- Waist — Belt of Blasting
- Legs — Spellstrike Pants
- Feet — Frozen Shadoweave Boots
- Wrist — Mindstorm Wristbands
- Hands — Soul-Eater's Handwraps
- Finger 1 — Band of Eternity
- Finger 2 — Ring of Recurrence
- Trinket 1 — Icon of the Silver Crescent
- Trinket 2 — Quagmirran's Eye
- Back — Brute Cloak of the Ogre-Magi
- Main Hand — Fang of the Leviathan
- Off Hand — Sapphiron's Wing Bone
- Ranged — Wand of the Forgotten Star
P4, slot by slot
- Head — Cowl of the Illidari High Lord
- Neck — Brooch of Nature's Mercy
- Shoulder — Mantle of the Tempest
- Chest — Robes of the Tempest
- Waist — Waistwrap of Infinity
- Legs — Leggings of the Tempest
- Feet — Slippers of the Seacaller
- Wrist — Bracers of Nimble Thought
- Hands — Gloves of the Tempest
- Finger 1 — Ring of Ancient Knowledge
- Finger 2 — Ring of Ancient Knowledge
- Trinket 1 — The Skull of Gul'dan
- Trinket 2 — Hex Shrunken Head
- Back — Cloak of the Illidari Council
- Main Hand — Zhar'doom, Greatstaff of the Devourer
- Ranged — Wand of the Forgotten Star
P5, slot by slot
- Head — Dark Conjuror's Collar
- Neck — Amulet of Unfettered Magics
- Shoulder — Mantle of the Tempest
- Chest — Sunfire Robe
- Waist — Belt of the Tempest
- Legs — Leggings of Calamity
- Feet — Boots of the Tempest
- Wrist — Bracers of the Tempest
- Hands — Handguards of Defiled Worlds
- Finger 1 — Loop of Forged Power
- Finger 2 — Ring of Omnipotence
- Trinket 1 — The Skull of Gul'dan
- Trinket 2 — Shifting Naaru Sliver
- Back — Tattered Cape of Antonidas
- Main Hand — Sunflare
- Off Hand — Heart of the Pit
- Ranged — Wand of the Demonsoul
Where these come from
A best-in-slot list answers one question: if every drop landed your way, what would a Frost Mage be wearing? This is wowtbc.gg's answer for TBC, vendored with this site's data rather than fetched live — and it is the same list the raid checker grades a Mage against, so a page here and a verdict there cannot disagree about what BiS means.
The P3 list covers 17 slots, from the head (Cowl of the Illidari High Lord) down. Each row names where the item comes from — the boss and the zone, the vendor, or the token it is traded for — with the enchant that slot wants and the gems the list prescribes. An empty off-hand row means the main-hand pick is two-handed.
Where the list wears two or more pieces of one set, the row says which set, how many pieces, and what each tier gives in the game's own words; a tier the list does not reach is marked as not reached rather than hidden. Where both pieces are weapons, a figure from wowsims' simulator says what replacing both hands at once costs — a pair is measured, never added.
Lists exist for six phases — Pre-Raid, P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5 — and each is a different set of drops, not a longer version of the last.