Improved Shatter

In the Frost Mage talent tree, Improved Shatter sits in the Frost specialization talents, row 7 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Frost Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Improved Shatter from Splintering Ray or Frigid Focus and Flash Freeze.

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  Splintering Ray

  Ray of Frost deals 30% of its damage to 5 nearby enemies.

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  Frigid Focus

  Ray of Frost damage increased by 30%.

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  Flash Freeze

  Casting Glacial Spike has a 100% chance to grant you Fingers of Frost.

Connected below

Improved Shatter leads on to Glacial Attunement and Heart of Ice.

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  Glacial Attunement2 ranks

  Flurry and Blizzard damage increased by 10%.

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  Heart of Ice

  Ice Lance Shatters 1 additional stacks of Freezing.

Same row

Also on this row: Fractured Frost, Deep Shatter and Wintertide or White Out.

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  Fractured Frost

  Ice Lance strikes 1 additional targets at 50% effectiveness, preferring enemies with more stacks of Freezing.

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  Deep Shatter

  Shatter's critical strike damage is increased by 50% of your critical strike chance.

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  Wintertide

  Frozen Orb has a 100% chance to grant Brain Freeze.

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  White Out