Wintertide

In the Frost Mage talent tree, Wintertide 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.

Choice node

Wintertide shares its node with White Out. A character takes one of the two.

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  White Out

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Wintertide from Cone of Frost, Freezing Rain and Winter's Blessing.

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  Cone of Frost

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

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  Freezing Rain

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

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  Winter's Blessing

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

Connected below

Wintertide leads on to Rimecaster.

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  Rimecaster2 ranks

  Frostfire Bolt and Glacial Spike damage increased by 10%.

Same row

Also on this row: Fractured Frost, Improved Shatter and Deep Shatter.

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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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  Improved Shatter

  Shatter damage has a 50% increased chance to critically strike.

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  Deep Shatter

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