Icicles

Icicles1 point

Upon generating 5 Icicles, Frostfire Bolt upgrades to Glacial Spike for its next cast. Conjures a massive spike of ice that impales your target, dealing (1300% of Spell Power) damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 50% for 8 sec. Shatters 5 stacks of Freezing.

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TypeTalent

Ranks1 point

ClassMage

Specializations3

Tree sectionFrost specialization talents

Row3 of 11

Game build12.1.5

Tree position

In the Frost Mage talent tree, Icicles sits in the Frost specialization talents, row 3 of 11. It is a single-point node.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Icicles from Fingers of Frost.

Fingers of Frost
Frostfire Bolt has a 15% chance to grant a charge of Fingers of Frost. Fingers of Frost causes your next Ice Lance to deal Shatter damage equal to 4 stacks of Freezing and does not consume Freezing stacks.

Connected below

Icicles leads on to Cold Snap or Glacial Bulwark and Frozen Orb.

Cold Snap
Resets the cooldown of your Ice Barrier, Frost Nova, Ice Cold, and Ice Block.
Glacial Bulwark
Ice Cold gains an additional charge and its cooldown is reduced by 30 sec.
Frozen Orb
Launches an orb of swirling ice in front of you, dealing up to Frost damage to all enemies it passes through over 15 sec. After a short delay, Frozen Orb will pursue its target. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. Enemies damaged by the Frozen Orb are slowed by 50% for 8 sec.

Same row

Also on this row: Frostbite.

Frostbite
When Frostfire Bolt critically strikes, it applies 1 additional stacks of Freezing. Each stack of Freezing that you Shatter deals (27.3% of Spell Power) damage to nearby enemies. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets.