Splitting Ice

In the Frost Mage talent tree, Splitting Ice sits in the Frost specialization talents, row 6 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 Splitting Ice from Piercing Cold and Brain Freeze.

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  Piercing Cold

  Frostfire Bolt and Flurry critical strike damage increased by 20%.

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  Brain Freeze

  Frostfire Bolt has a 25% chance to reset the remaining cooldown on Flurry and cause your next Flurry to deal 50% increased damage.

Connected below

Splitting Ice leads on to Fractured Frost.

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  Fractured Frost

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

Same row

Also on this row: Frozen Touch, Flash Freeze, Splintering Ray or Frigid Focus, Winter's Blessing, Freezing Rain and Cone of Frost.

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  Frozen Touch

  Frostbolt grants you Fingers of Frost 25% more often and Brain Freeze 20% more often.

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  Flash Freeze

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

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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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  Winter's Blessing

  Your Haste is increased by 3%. You gain 5% more Haste from all sources of Haste.

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  Freezing Rain

  Frozen Orb makes Blizzard instant cast. Blizzard damage increased by 20%.

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  Cone of Frost

  Ice Nova now applies 3 stacks of Freezing to up to 5 enemies.