Hi, I am playing frost mage, what buttons can I go without in M+? In particular, are these used regularly:
Cone of cold
Mirror image
Ice nova
Frost nova
Supernova
Blast wave
Comet storm
Cold snap
Shifting power
Also, is there a macro to combine any spells? Maybe ice barrier and mass barrier, also healing potion and soulstone from the warlock?
Does Frost nova and cone of cold and ice nova impact our damage somehow through the frozen thing and/or icicles, and if so how?
Also, is glacial spike used in AOE? Or just single target or 2 target with the splitting ice talent?
Ice Nova and Frost Nova can be used toward shatter combos. If you really want to simplify your core DPS rotation, you can leave them for just rooting mobs when necessary and just use Flurry to shatter your Glacial Spikes.
Glacial Spike hits a second target with the Splitting Ice talent. I typically cast Glacial Spike when all of my other AoE spells (Orb, Comet Storm, Blizz, etc.) are on cooldown.
Supernova and Blast Wave are used as knocks/interrupts. They become more necessary in higher keys where casts are more dangerous.
With that said, I’m no expert. I’d recommend looking up guides.
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I’d suggest looking up guides on wow head and or icy veins. I use every single one of those buttons weather it’s M+ or raid.
Ice lance and g spike should be shattered whenever possible, so anything that can create the condition for shattering should be used if necessary. On non-boss enemies in a dungeon this makes frost, ice, and pet novas all useful. If you’re playing coldest snap you’ll apply winter’s chill with cone, and you’ll typically be able to shatter gspike with flurry on one target, but on multiple targets you’ll need those roots to shatter both spikes/non fof ice lances.
Between dragon’s breath, blast wave, and counterspell we’re already doing a lot of stop work, so in a lot of cases supernova might be unnecessary.
Cold snap is necessary if you want to be able to block more often. Mirror images are a small defensive but also can save your life if you get threat, great to press at the start of a big pull. Everything else you listed is part of the core rotation.
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