Frost is better to have on a pvp server, because u have more survivability with cold snap ice block and later on Ice barrier.
But fire is fun too and if u get to open up first you have a high chance of winning in a pvp situation.
Fire really doesnât pay off till you get a heap of crit while frost can just bumble through with whatever you pick up.
Frost can finish fights without being touched and can quickly burst down a snareable target which fire just canât manage.
If I was to level a mage iâd probably go a frost/arcane hybrid for improved longevity and survivability.
Based on the information I gathered. I am actually planning to start with fire. I will be going with these talents ( h ttps://bobo-talents.aerobaticapp.com/?class=mage&talents=JBJCpwqKqLqMqNpEqSpzpAqOp6pBqRC3C4Jh ) and then respec into frost at lvl 28. It would seem that fire can kill things faster than they can get to you and I will also have the increased range at lvl 18.
They do though. Mobs are hitting from 10 yards away too
Leveled my mage as fire in vanilla and it was pretty slow and painful. Strongly recommend frost.
Iâd recommend frost too. While the individual Frostbolt hits may be a little weaker than Frostbolt, itâs easily balanced out by having Shatter and Frostbite procs if youâre not going with an AoE build, and you can still Shatter combo with Fire Blast or Cone of Cold after a Frostbolt. And because Frostbite can proc off of Frost / Ice Armor too, anything that does manage to melee you has an additional chance of being frozen for another combo.
Frost also plays better with emergency Polymorphing because you wonât have Fireballâs DoT breaking it.
I plan to respec at lvl 28 in order to be able to make use of the Shatter talent combo. But prior to that, much of the talents you choose donât add a lot to your DPM when you are setting up for that combo with each level. Fire just has better DPM via talents prior to Frost Shatter and the mana cost reduction talent.
While ppl will tell you Frost is better, and it probably is⌠i found it EXTREMELY boring. Iâd rather have fun doing big dmg and drinking a little more with Fire.
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Iâm going to go Arcane.
Because I can.
All cool, do what you enjoy. I wonât judge.