**NEW INFO** (as of 9/03/24) As we know, Ice Lance received tuning (increased from 75% in pvp to 45%) After thorough testing on the release date of these nerfs, I conclude the Ice Lance build is still the go-to build. Glacial/Ray of Frost do too little damage at the moment to warrant taking these spells. I was peaking around 900k lances in shuffles with only my own modifiers. Still very very solid but a lot more fair than the previous 1.2-1.5 million Keep spamming lances out there boys!
I rarely comment on videos, but this guide is just beautiful put together. I'm brand new to mage, only played melee classes before so this is DEF what i needed. Thanks a lot of putting in the effort of making this guide Sir.
I've done the research. This is by far the best, most informative, and complete guide/walkthrough that exists for Frost Mage. You are punching so far above your weight class. I'm dumbfounded that you are not more popular and will do anything I can to help. This man deserves a service medal. To say thanks would be an understatement. Really looking forward to the future of your channel and everything you're doing bud. Going to share this with everyone I can. o7
Thank you for the full review! I'am a brand new player in wow, started 1 week ago. Just started with mage, this gave me a lot of insight. My goal is to get in to pvp world, so this was a clear video on how i should proceed ^^
The depth of work put into this is masterful, you've made everything so clear and accessible with tags, and by mentioning in your description. From explaining talents to rotations and macros and addons, this is utter perfection. I thank you sincerely, this is some really amazing in-depth work! The most comprehensive and user-friendly guide i've seen. It's not taken for granted.
As someone who has just gotten into frost mage pvp and has been playing balance in pvp for over a decade this guide was amazing. Legit what I needed to learn all the ins and outs. Ty
Where to begin... Some people stand out as exceptional human beings, and Aegis is certainly one of them. Beyond a Mage guide, this should serve as a guide for anyone aspiring to make class guides! Thank you for creating such an outstanding resource! My rating went up from 1600 to 2000 in 3 weeks.
The fact that its so early in the season, fresh expansion, and you do a WHOPPING 3 hour guide on just 1 spec of mage... Your dedication to this game, your audience and for making GREAT content is unparallel. You're the GOAT. Thank you so much.
Hey Aeghis, first time watcher here. I just wanted to thank you for this video. THIS is what a guide is. Finally! What I appreciate and, what all other RUclips guides miss are all the workings, how and WHEN to use utility and defences etc etc, details on positioning with footage and what to look out for is just phenomenal. The break downs are fantastic. I always wanted to play frost mage due to their slippery and skilled play but, have never really got how the small things work. Certainly no other guide has covered this. This has me on the right path and I’ve improved already. Unsubscribing from all other RUclipsrs 😝 While frost is probably your go to, I would love to see detailed videos on other classes you play.
this type of guides are the real good ones, going on details and exact explanations about different topics and situations. This a a guide made with passion, Thumbs up!!!
This is amazing, I've played WoW like 11y now and this is the first PvP guide where I actually feel like it's being broken down so you can really understand the strategy rather than just 'I did this and it worked'. WoW PvP is super unintuitive I think because it's hard to even get a foothold in it, but after this I might really give shuffle a shot
Best in class for a how to play guide. Love this guide and appreciate the effort in putting this together. I've been playing since 2004 upon release and while there are some great players that put out content, pika, xar etc., never seen as thorough a guide, EVER!
Thank you for this! I was getting pretty overwhelmed getting back into mage arena for the first time since wotlk. This has been very helpful, I'll share and refer to it often :D
My girlfriend is learning frost mage in PvP and she is benefitting a LOT from your guide. I was separately looking for some videos to send her and when I sent her yours she said "That's the one I was watching!". Her output almost instantly doubled after. Keep up the great work! :)
Bro really nice guide! Never played mage always been melee but you and Magegod have me pumped to go mage for TWW. Cheers for the effort dude really easy to follow etc
Thanks for the guide. I always liked mages (except for the icy blue color bar lol) just never was any good with them. I couldn't figure out how to get their high damage and this guide has been perfect on how to play them. I'm leveling which is way different than pvp but this guide has helped a lot and I have levelled from 70 to 76 in a couple hours now and getting into the swing of frost mage. Thanks again
This is absolutely amazing. My only wish would be to hear your tips for Blitz. I find it hard, especially, to know when to teamfight and when to sit a base, vs which specs, whether to go for 4% magic dr or for healing block, etc. I’m sure a video about Blitz would get you tons of traction with the current hype for the mode. Thanks again for the awesome advanced content!
Not gonna lie... I watched like 90% of this video 🤣🤣 I just started a frost mage and came back to the game. This video was publish perfect timing. And 3 hours, he explaines everything so in depth and easy to understand instructions.
Ive watched all 3h and even re-watched done of the parts. Ive been playing since vanila ( and ongoing)but only managed to rank " gladiator" twice. Every season we try some new classes, new approaches, new build. Since mage is my new target this helped a lot. P.S on EU servers your a terget almost 85% of games. So your under pressure out of rotation player mostly)
was wanting to pick up mage for the war within and this guide is one of the best written and detailed I've seen for any class, will you be doing a guide for arcane mages at some point?
Absolutely banger video! Now I need this for arcane ASAP!!!! I told myself I’m playing arcane no matter what for my caster! I’m maining heals but want a fun blow up class that will challenge me 💪🏼
I think this guide holds a lot of value for the other specs too. Namely the defensive/mobility/utility portions. But ya the Arcane one is next. Need a bit of a break from making guides right now, but soon.
@@Aeghisyeah I agree on the kit and tips in general. Super god stuff, I’m gonna need the interior immunity gem for arcane for sure!! So much more to learn
I would not want to play Arcane for the damage. play frost instead. Arcane has good dmg now yes, but with no CD's they hit like a wet noodle compared to others. been playing Mage on and Off since Legion. besides, you don't need the hardest caster spec in the game to feel like you get a challenge. Arcane mage is more about annoying the enemy and surviving than dealing damage
@@thisguyhd6591 I don’t play meta. Boring af. Mirror matches and the same comps? Nah I’m good lol. I prefer dunking on kids with nonmeta. Just like I was gonna go fury and I’m not even considering touching that class now 🤢
Very good guide! One note - Frostfire Empowerment is currently bugged and is supposed to also make Frostfire Bolt guaranteed to crit and deal increased damage (currently does not work with 1 stack of buff). When it is fixed there would be no need to use in into Winter's Chill as its proc would already be "shattered" and would just consume a stack you could have used on Ice Lance.
@@Aeghis Tooltip in hero tree doesn't, but buff tooltip (on character) does. And it did work that way throughout beta till they changed mechanic to Frostbolt like which broke a lot of previous interactions including Frostfire Empowerment.
@@Aeghis Update - Blizzard stealth fixed Frostfire Empowerment and its Frostfire Bolt is now always guaranteed to crit. Tooltip in hero tree still not updated though.
double dps build is: take out tome of rhonin and arcane warding for 2x cryo freeze take out glacial assault for glacial spike burst rotation is the same best cc usage is to make sure they are not stacked before sending a go, then cheap into sheep or db sheep
Coming from a new mage player... This is a class video but also I'm learning how indepth mage is and how much I'm outta my depth 😂😂 some of it so confusing 😂
Hey, thanks fo the guide. I havent been playing wow since Cataclysm, so this is very helpful to understand, how my favourite class has changed over the years. One question: why no talent point in Brain Freeze? Thx for explanation!
Mainly to get your Poly's out quicker. Also a lot of your damage comes from frost bolt into flurry or glacial spike so being able to get those off quicker is nice.
Class this! I know it doesn't need to be 'perfect' but is this correct? I re-watched the opener section a few times but it's a bit tricky to keep up with as you go from one part to another. The bit that was sortta confusing was whether you'd Pet Freeze just before or just after the procced Frostfire. Watching it is appears you Pet Nova just before the bolt and it still seemed to benefit Frost Bomb going off. Ring of Fire Frost Bomb Frost Orb Blizzard Flurry Icy Veins Comet Storm Pet Freeze Frostfire Bolt Lance Flurry Lance Lance Flurry Lance Lance
Great video... only critique I have is you're completely wrong on the racials, the Gnome is by far the best racial for two reasons. First outside of those few times when you are battling another gnome, goblin or Vulpera, most of the spells, arrows, bullets, etc go right over you're head. AND even more important is.. we are the smartest class in the game!
I have to say I went into this guide wanting to give frost mage an honest shot and after watching the full video... I can confidently say that I just dont have the brainpower to play this spec. Props to anyone who can process this level of information but I can't do it.
**NEW INFO** (as of 9/03/24)
As we know, Ice Lance received tuning (increased from 75% in pvp to 45%)
After thorough testing on the release date of these nerfs, I conclude the Ice Lance build is still the go-to build. Glacial/Ray of Frost do too little damage at the moment to warrant taking these spells.
I was peaking around 900k lances in shuffles with only my own modifiers. Still very very solid but a lot more fair than the previous 1.2-1.5 million
Keep spamming lances out there boys!
Which build do you recommend for Frostfire? The one in the video or the one linked in the description? Great video btw! Appreciate it!
Noob mage here. You say ice nova often but I don't see any ice nova skills. Only frost nova. Any guidance please?
@@jesse5377ice nova is a talent in the mage tree
How do you setup the addon where it shows Winter's Chill in the player picture?
Figured out what it was, it was the BigDebuffs addon
I rarely comment on videos, but this guide is just beautiful put together. I'm brand new to mage, only played melee classes before so this is DEF what i needed. Thanks a lot of putting in the effort of making this guide Sir.
Been a mage for over a decade and will defiently swallow my pride and watch all 3 hours of this amazing content man ty for thisss
Same here!
I've done the research. This is by far the best, most informative, and complete guide/walkthrough that exists for Frost Mage. You are punching so far above your weight class. I'm dumbfounded that you are not more popular and will do anything I can to help. This man deserves a service medal. To say thanks would be an understatement. Really looking forward to the future of your channel and everything you're doing bud. Going to share this with everyone I can. o7
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Thank you for the full review!
I'am a brand new player in wow, started 1 week ago.
Just started with mage, this gave me a lot of insight.
My goal is to get in to pvp world, so this was a clear video on how i should proceed ^^
The depth of work put into this is masterful, you've made everything so clear and accessible with tags, and by mentioning in your description. From explaining talents to rotations and macros and addons, this is utter perfection. I thank you sincerely, this is some really amazing in-depth work! The most comprehensive and user-friendly guide i've seen. It's not taken for granted.
As someone who has just gotten into frost mage pvp and has been playing balance in pvp for over a decade this guide was amazing. Legit what I needed to learn all the ins and outs. Ty
Where to begin... Some people stand out as exceptional human beings, and Aegis is certainly one of them.
Beyond a Mage guide, this should serve as a guide for anyone aspiring to make class guides!
Thank you for creating such an outstanding resource!
My rating went up from 1600 to 2000 in 3 weeks.
The fact that its so early in the season, fresh expansion, and you do a WHOPPING 3 hour guide on just 1 spec of mage... Your dedication to this game, your audience and for making GREAT content is unparallel. You're the GOAT. Thank you so much.
Hey Aeghis, first time watcher here. I just wanted to thank you for this video. THIS is what a guide is. Finally! What I appreciate and, what all other RUclips guides miss are all the workings, how and WHEN to use utility and defences etc etc, details on positioning with footage and what to look out for is just phenomenal. The break downs are fantastic.
I always wanted to play frost mage due to their slippery and skilled play but, have never really got how the small things work. Certainly no other guide has covered this. This has me on the right path and I’ve improved already. Unsubscribing from all other RUclipsrs 😝
While frost is probably your go to, I would love to see detailed videos on other classes you play.
mage god has released his bible
this type of guides are the real good ones, going on details and exact explanations about different topics and situations. This a a guide made with passion, Thumbs up!!!
This is amazing, I've played WoW like 11y now and this is the first PvP guide where I actually feel like it's being broken down so you can really understand the strategy rather than just 'I did this and it worked'.
WoW PvP is super unintuitive I think because it's hard to even get a foothold in it, but after this I might really give shuffle a shot
Best in class for a how to play guide. Love this guide and appreciate the effort in putting this together. I've been playing since 2004 upon release and while there are some great players that put out content, pika, xar etc., never seen as thorough a guide, EVER!
Your content is always improving. Keep it up man, you deserve all the views!
Thanks for such a detailed insight to playing a mage. Never seen anyone explain into this kind of detail, thanks for your time making this.
Thank you for this! I was getting pretty overwhelmed getting back into mage arena for the first time since wotlk. This has been very helpful, I'll share and refer to it often :D
My girlfriend is learning frost mage in PvP and she is benefitting a LOT from your guide. I was separately looking for some videos to send her and when I sent her yours she said "That's the one I was watching!". Her output almost instantly doubled after. Keep up the great work! :)
Man, that's HUGE! 3 hour guide. Amazing, Watching. Liked for sure.
Big thanks
Aeg doin the lord’s work for us again. TY homie!
So much value in this guide, thanks you very much for that. As new mage learnt a lot here.
Thank you for this! I was scared to pvp but now with this video I am going to learn and do my best!!
Bro really nice guide!
Never played mage always been melee but you and Magegod have me pumped to go mage for TWW.
Cheers for the effort dude really easy to follow etc
Commenting to join the crowd, also new to retail and your guides are GOD TIER compared to anyone else. Thank you!
Thanks for the guide. I always liked mages (except for the icy blue color bar lol) just never was any good with them. I couldn't figure out how to get their high damage and this guide has been perfect on how to play them. I'm leveling which is way different than pvp but this guide has helped a lot and I have levelled from 70 to 76 in a couple hours now and getting into the swing of frost mage. Thanks again
I am getting my snacks and watching it all 3 hours without skipping. Big respect sir!
Legend!
Amazing guide. Thanks for your time man. GL in the new season 🤙
Absolutely insanely comprehensive. Thank you so much
Been a warlock main forever but playing mage now in tww. Your commentary is great
New to mage for this expansion, focused on PvP,thank you for the guide.Liked and subscribed. 🤘🔥
Thanks for all the work you put into this. Great guide
Very detailed for sure. Actually not clickbait! Really appreciate the tracklist aswell!
This is absolutely amazing. My only wish would be to hear your tips for Blitz. I find it hard, especially, to know when to teamfight and when to sit a base, vs which specs, whether to go for 4% magic dr or for healing block, etc. I’m sure a video about Blitz would get you tons of traction with the current hype for the mode. Thanks again for the awesome advanced content!
What we waited for, appreciate it!!!! ❤️
Definitely had to take time to drop a sub and to thank you for such a high quality guide.
SORRY FOR THE RANDOM ELE SHAMAN ALERTING MY PRIM WAVE WEAKAURA THROUGHOUT SOME PARTS OF THE VID I DIDNT REALIZE ITD BE SO LOUD :')
You are crazy for a 3hr guide but I really needed this thank you so much
Why is this apology so loud? Haha
@@Mesk871 I wanted the guide to be perfect so I was really annoyed by that mistake I made :')
What a massive and amazing guide! Good work
3 hours holy shit
I just realized it was 3 hours by reading this comment and said the same thing 😂
Bro. As soon as I seen the video I said the exact same shit , open the video and your comment LMFAO 😂
“Well be discussing a lot of things” lmfaoaoao 😂😂😂😂
Welcome to mage school boys, nice video. It’s good to see what other players are doing. 😊
Not gonna lie... I watched like 90% of this video 🤣🤣 I just started a frost mage and came back to the game. This video was publish perfect timing. And 3 hours, he explaines everything so in depth and easy to understand instructions.
Ive watched all 3h and even re-watched done of the parts. Ive been playing since vanila ( and ongoing)but only managed to rank " gladiator" twice. Every season we try some new classes, new approaches, new build. Since mage is my new target this helped a lot. P.S on EU servers your a terget almost 85% of games. So your under pressure out of rotation player mostly)
was wanting to pick up mage for the war within and this guide is one of the best written and detailed I've seen for any class, will you be doing a guide for arcane mages at some point?
Dude, thanks so much. So much information packaged in a way that's easy to follow and easy to understand. You were locked in the whole video lol.
thank you so much man! i got covid and a lot of time to watch this haha
Amazing video, I thought I knew frost pvp pretty well but I learnt quite a few things here. Thanks. :)
Glad you enjoyed!
Longtime mage player here. Thanks for this, looking forward to getting trained all season long.
I really appreciate you showing the lobby that doesn't have things stacked in your favor.
Every guide should be like this
Bless you
comet meteor combo is a chefs kiss. I was so excited for that alone and it hasn't let me down yet.
Absolutely banger video!
Now I need this for arcane ASAP!!!! I told myself I’m playing arcane no matter what for my caster! I’m maining heals but want a fun blow up class that will challenge me 💪🏼
I think this guide holds a lot of value for the other specs too. Namely the defensive/mobility/utility portions. But ya the Arcane one is next. Need a bit of a break from making guides right now, but soon.
@@Aeghisyeah I agree on the kit and tips in general. Super god stuff, I’m gonna need the interior immunity gem for arcane for sure!! So much more to learn
I would not want to play Arcane for the damage. play frost instead. Arcane has good dmg now yes, but with no CD's they hit like a wet noodle compared to others. been playing Mage on and Off since Legion. besides, you don't need the hardest caster spec in the game to feel like you get a challenge. Arcane mage is more about annoying the enemy and surviving than dealing damage
@@thisguyhd6591 I don’t play meta. Boring af. Mirror matches and the same comps? Nah I’m good lol. I prefer dunking on kids with nonmeta. Just like I was gonna go fury and I’m not even considering touching that class now 🤢
Very good guide! One note - Frostfire Empowerment is currently bugged and is supposed to also make Frostfire Bolt guaranteed to crit and deal increased damage (currently does not work with 1 stack of buff). When it is fixed there would be no need to use in into Winter's Chill as its proc would already be "shattered" and would just consume a stack you could have used on Ice Lance.
doesn't say anywhere in the tooltip its supposed to guarentee the crit
@@Aeghis Tooltip in hero tree doesn't, but buff tooltip (on character) does. And it did work that way throughout beta till they changed mechanic to Frostbolt like which broke a lot of previous interactions including Frostfire Empowerment.
ah ur right i see. weird
Good to know, thanks
@@Aeghis Update - Blizzard stealth fixed Frostfire Empowerment and its Frostfire Bolt is now always guaranteed to crit. Tooltip in hero tree still not updated though.
Great guide, loved it. Big help. Watched it twice😂
You’re a legend… Thanks man!
What a legend. Such dedication. Thank you 🙏
Great video and content, thank you so much for such in-depth guide! 😍
The king delivers
Noob Mage here and Bruh, this is solid. It's sad tho, you're not for the Alliance. =) Thank you!
a mage guide almost as long as The Titanic movie is WILD. but thank you, i needed this lol
Please share your build - The one in discrption
says out of date
Great In Depth Video love it
Just need to say thanks for this master class of mage!!! Excelent!
Spellsteal - does this just steal a completely random buff or does it prioritize certain things?
You are goated man - nice work!
Good man for making this video. I appreciate you.
I like it , thanks ! Tremendous work !
Holy shit man. You are the man. Thank you for this
you're a phenomenal content creator
I really hope some day all specs could have an Aeghis sensei
Thank you! Very useful guide. Will be Mage Rogue 2v2 guide in the future? (double DPS build, opener burst rotation, best CC usage with this comp)
double dps build is:
take out tome of rhonin and arcane warding for 2x cryo freeze
take out glacial assault for glacial spike
burst rotation is the same
best cc usage is to make sure they are not stacked before sending a go, then cheap into sheep or db sheep
Yo, this guy seems decently knowledgeable. I think he has a chance to become a pretty good mage
incredible video man wow really useful
amazing video! brutal work!
Do ice barrier and mass barrier stack on self?
Best guide ever you are the man thank you!!
Coming from a new mage player... This is a class video but also I'm learning how indepth mage is and how much I'm outta my depth 😂😂 some of it so confusing 😂
thank you bro great guide
LES GO AEG GOAT OF MAGE LETS PUSH THAT LADDER TOGEDRE
Gonna be usin' these tips to absolutely cheese people call that aeg parmesan
Life saver. Thank you
Hey, thanks fo the guide. I havent been playing wow since Cataclysm, so this is very helpful to understand, how my favourite class has changed over the years. One question: why no talent point in Brain Freeze? Thx for explanation!
Why build haste on a class with instant casts? Wouldnt full mastery give more damage? Genuinely asking as a new mage player.
Mainly to get your Poly's out quicker. Also a lot of your damage comes from frost bolt into flurry or glacial spike so being able to get those off quicker is nice.
not quite, but that is part of it. haste affects gcd (global cooldown) so you’re able to use spells back to back at a much more efficient rate.
Great Video!
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Great work thank you 🙏
Thanks for that work ❤
This is so good!
Class this! I know it doesn't need to be 'perfect' but is this correct? I re-watched the opener section a few times but it's a bit tricky to keep up with as you go from one part to another.
The bit that was sortta confusing was whether you'd Pet Freeze just before or just after the procced Frostfire. Watching it is appears you Pet Nova just before the bolt and it still seemed to benefit Frost Bomb going off.
Ring of Fire
Frost Bomb
Frost Orb
Blizzard
Flurry
Icy Veins
Comet Storm
Pet Freeze
Frostfire Bolt
Lance
Flurry
Lance
Lance
Flurry
Lance
Lance
Thank you for this insane guide. Maybe you know someone who makes that level guides for sub rogue?
Great video... only critique I have is you're completely wrong on the racials, the Gnome is by far the best racial for two reasons. First outside of those few times when you are battling another gnome, goblin or Vulpera, most of the spells, arrows, bullets, etc go right over you're head. AND even more important is.. we are the smartest class in the game!
Can you link all macros you have?
I have to say I went into this guide wanting to give frost mage an honest shot and after watching the full video... I can confidently say that I just dont have the brainpower to play this spec. Props to anyone who can process this level of information but I can't do it.
what is that mog for your weapon?
I think I am going to school again,thanks brooooo❤❤
the Veins Pet Noca Macro is insane
Where did you see this?
Very useful thanks.
damn 3h long? where's my coffee
i suck on mage so i'lll sit and watch the whole thing. i trust ya boss.. ty 4 this as well
Top tier video right here ty
Appreciate the video thank you!
Mann i wish some rogue guides were this good!
Maybe do some sub guide? 🙏
Pls do arcane, i think theyll do really well in sbg
great job!