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Best Covenant for Frost Mages in Shadowlands - Shadowlands 9.0.5
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A core choice at the start of your journey in the Shadowlands will have you decide where your allegiance lies; would you rather support the Kyrian of Bastion, the Necrolords of Maldraxxus, the Night Fae of Ardenweald, or the Venthyr of Revendreth?
Choosing a covenant is the most important decision your character will make in Shadowlands, as the covenant abilities and soulbinds will significantly impact your spec's gameplay and performance. Through this choice, your rotation changes, certain bonuses appear in dungeons for your entire group, and you are able to follow the story in different paths.
In this Shadowlands guide, we will help you choose the right covenant for your playstyle, based on how much they impact your performance as a Frost Mage, updated for .
If you need to learn more about the basics of Covenants, Soulbinds, and Conduits, we have other pages that explain the mechanics of these new systems:
Covenant Overview
explains basics of the Covenant system and rewards
How to Change Covenants?
details how to swap covenants, which requires special tasks over time.
Soulbinds Overview
explains the basics of this new system including how to unlock and swap Soulbinds.
Conduit Overview
details these items which allow an additional level of customization to your Soulbind, and how you can upgrade and replace them.
Wowhead's
Soulbind Calculator
allows you to create your own soulbind path including conduits to share with friends.
Furthermore, if you are interested in a list of class-specific abilities for your Mage, we have compiled several references:
Mage Covenant Abilities
details the class-specific abilities unlocked upon choosing a specific covenant.
Mage Conduits
lists all available mage conduits, organized by type, and their ranks.
Overview
NEW
NEW Best Covenant
Gear
Talent Builds
NEW Legendaries
NEW Twisting Corridors
NEW Conduits
NEW Kyrian
NEW Necrolord
NEW Night Fae
NEW Venthyr
Pre-Patch
Starter Guide
Rotation, Priority, and Abilities
Advanced Concepts
Stats
Consumables
Macros & Addons
WeakAuras
Common Terms
NEW Castle Nathria Tips
NEW Mythic+
Common Questions
NEW Simulations
About the Author
This guide is written and maintained by Preheat, a World First raider and founding member of
Complexity Limit
. Preheat mains Mage and has participated in the MDI and multiple Race to World First events over the past few years. He has also commentated multiple community events, such as the
Keystone Masters
and the
BDGG charity event
. For all things Mage, you can find him in his
Discord
, on
Twitter
, posting videos to
YouTube
, and streaming on
Twitch
.
Covenant Changes with 9.0.5 for Frost Mage
9.0.5 Covenant Changes:
璀璨火花
(Kyrian) damage increased by 20%.
死神之躯
(Necrolord) duration increased to 25 seconds (was 20 seconds) and Spell Power buff increased to 15% (was 10%).
血肉铸造
has been redesigned – Form a shield of flesh and bone over 3 seconds (was 4 seconds) that absorbs damage equal to 40% of your maximum health for 2 minutes. While channeling, your damage taken is reduced by 20%. Passive effect – Moving near an enemy’s corpse consumes their essence to reduce Fleshcraft’s cooldown by 1 second.
Best Covenants for Frost Mages
As a quick recap, we've created the table below to highlight the notable differences between Covenants. Don't hesitate to click the headers to go to their respective guides!
Aside from
断法之涌
for Mythic+, all the Finesse and Endurance Conduits are interchangeable, depending on the fight/type of content you're doing. The below choices simply reflect the best all-round choices.
Best Raid Covenants
Covenants
Rating
Best Soulbind
Kyrian
Great
Kleia
Necrolord
Great
Emeni
Night Fae
Mediocre
Niya
Venthyr
Excellent
Nadjia
Best Mythic+ Covenants
Covenants
Rating
Best Soulbind
Kyrian
Low Keys
: Mediocre
High Keys
: Poor
Kleia
*
Kleia
*
Necrolord
Low Keys
: Decent
High Keys
: Decent
Emeni
Night Fae
Low Keys
: Excellent
High Keys
: Decent
Korayn
Venthyr
Low Keys
: Decent
High Keys
: Excellent
Draven
**
* Only when you can unlock
勇气外露
. Otherwise, use
Pelagos
or
Mikanikos
.
** Only when you can unlock
为战而生
. Otherwise, use
Nadjia
.
Best Frost Mage Covenants for Raiding
As raiding traditionally focuses on one or two primary targets, with incidental AoE, maximising single-target and sustained cleave damage tends to be very valuable. With that in mind, the best raiding Covenant for Frost Mages is the Venthyr.
The Venthyr's class ability,
折磨之镜
, deals high damage and guarantees three activations of Frost's strongest proc (
冰冷智慧
). Meanwhile, the Kyrian's
璀璨火花
is available more often and buffs a
冰风暴
/
冰枪术
Shatter combo.
However, it's important to not focus too much on the class abilities for Covenants, as each also contains a Signature ability, a Conduit and three Soulbinds. The Kyrian and Venthyr have relatively strong Soulbinds, but the Necrolords have the strongest Soulbind in the game: Emeni, thanks to
身先士卒
. By itself, this trait makes the Necrolords semi-competitive, and
死神之躯
is better than Mirrors of Torment or Radiant Spark on cleave fights. However, it's not worth being Necrolord if you can't use Emeni; the other Soulbinds are very weak, and the ability is almost worthless outside of cleave.
For Mages who want to have the freedom to switch specs, choose the Night Fae - they have strong Soulbinds and a class ability that is useful for all specs in all situations,
except
single-target Frost.
Best Frost Mage Covenants for Mythic+
Depending on the week (
残暴
or
强韧
), Mythic+ dungeons can place a higher importance on single-target or AoE damage. Again, the Venthyr are a safe choice as long as the
冰冷智慧
target lives long enough (about 20 seconds) to activate all three charges. The Necrolord and Night Fae have better cleave (
死神之躯
) and AoE (
变易幻能
) abilities, and can be excellent choices. Again, Necrolord players need to use Emeni.
Frost Mage Covenant Popularity
Below you can see the data on what are the most picked Covenants for Frost Mages. This data updates automatically and comes directly from Blizzard's API.
Frost Mage Raiding Covenant Analysis
Venthyr
As mentioned above, the Venthyr have by far the strongest Covenant ability, in addition to two strong Soulbinds and a great Signature ability.
Use
折磨之镜
on the primary DPS target, on cooldown. You do not have time to Shatter a
寒冰箭
with each
冰冷智慧
from the ability; simply cast
冰风暴
>
冰枪术
>
冰枪术
without Shattering Frostbolt, to use up all the procs in time.
Both Venthyr Soulbinds have the choice of two Potency Conduits, or one Potency and a passive DPS ability, though in general two Potency Conduits will outperform either of these abilities.
Nadjia
provides
兴奋追猎者
as her first trait and
无畏决斗者
at the end of her tree, which is fantastic for raiding
if
you can hit the main boss before anything else. The difference between taking Dauntless Duellist and Nadjia's second Potency slot is quite small, though, and the trait is of little use for AoE or cleave.
Theotar
gives
抚慰阴影
, which isn't very strong in Shadowlands as Frost's damage centers on Ice Lance. However, it is more reliable than Thrill Seeker.
The Venthyr Signature ability,
暗影之门
, is excellent for repositioning, but not a reason to choose Venthyr by itself as Mages have a lot of mobility spells already.
Kyrian
With the second-strongest class ability and a really useful Signature spell specifically for Castle Nathria, the Kyrian are a viable second choice if you're only interested in raiding.
The Kyrian's class spell is
璀璨火花
, which is a pure single-target ability on a low cooldown. To use it correctly, you should wait to proc
冰冷智慧
and then cast Radiant Spark > Flurry > Ice Lance > Ice Lance, which ensures the Ice Lances consume the final stacks of Radiant Spark (30% and 40% increased damage).
In terms of Soulbinds, the initial choices are
Kleia
and
Pelagos
. Pelagos has a great first trait (
战斗冥想
), two Potency slots that you don't need to sacrifice a DPS choice for, and a defensive end-tree trait (
放下过去
). He is the best choice until you can unlock
勇气外露
at the end of Kleia's tree, at which point she overtakes him. The last Soulbind,
Mikanikos
, is far behind either of the other two.
The Kyrian Signature ability is
召唤执事者
. The Phial's ability to heal, as well as cleanse harmful debuffs, is very useful - especially with the number of Bleeds in Castle Nathria.
Night Fae
变易幻能
looks great -
great
- but isn't worth using against a single target, even for the cooldown reduction, as Frost hasn't got any impactful short cooldowns for single-target or cleave scenarios. Standing still for four seconds in melee range is also traditionally an unhealthy place to be. However, its ability to lower the cooldown of
暴风雪
,
寒冰宝珠
and
能量符文
is great in AoE.
The Night Fae Soulbinds are slightly weird, as they're all strong at different Renown levels.
Niya
is the best initial choice, but
Dreamweaver
overtakes her at Renown 13, with his second Potency slot unlocking well before any other Soulbind's. Combined with his cheat death effect,
灵茧守护者
, Dreamweaver is a great choice for progression raiding.
Niya pulls slightly ahead again with her second Potency slot at Renown 25, though the difference is marginal (about 1%), and the strength of having a cheat death can't be measured in sims.
Korayn
is the strongest Soulbind once you've completed the Night Fae campaign.
It might not be as strong as
暗影之门
, but
灵魂变形
is a great ability. Three Blinks in the 12-second duration enables easy repositioning and the ability to dodge some nasty mechanics. The minigame of collecting new forms is also cool! Sadly, this is linked to a poor class ability for Frost in most cases.
Necrolord
The Necrolord Covenant has one very strong Soulbind, although its class ability is weak:
死神之躯
lines up with (and should always be used at same time as)
冰冷血脉
, but Frostbolt is a very low proportion of Frost's overall damage (it's mostly
冰枪术
).
In Soulbinds,
Emeni
is carried by the strength of her first talent,
身先士卒
. Neither
Marileth
or
Heirmir
come close, as they haven't got any useful DPS traits without sacrificing Potency slots.
血肉铸造
is a strong defensive, but we already have plenty of ways to survive big, telegraphed hits.
Frost Mage Mythic+ Covenant Analysis
The choices do not change, as even
强韧
weeks tend to have a single big target to burst down. Check the Raiding paragraphs for a description. Briefly: Venthyr with Draven or Nadjia > Night Fae with Korayn > Necrolord with Emeni > Kyrian with Kleia.
If you are fully focused on AoE damage to the exclusion of all single target, Night Fae is the best choice, using
变易幻能
whenever
暴风雪
and
寒冰宝珠
are on cooldown. Necrolord with Emeni also does excellent group-wide damage when
死神之躯
is available.
Frost Mage Covenant and Soulbind Guides
Now that we have highlighted each Covenant's strengths and abilities for you to decide which is best, you can read our in-depth Covenant guides below. These pages detail the best soulbind paths for Shadowlands PvE as well as optimal covenant ability usage for each covenant.
Kyrian Frost Mage GuideNecrolord Frost Mage Guide
Night Fae Frost Mage GuideVenthyr Frost Mage Guide
Frost Mage Soublind Simulations
Here is a preview of how Frost Mage Soulbinds stack against each other in terms of raw power, powered by
Bloodmallet
. Make sure to check the individual Covenant pages for more details about each of them.
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评论
评论来自
Viderimens
Just FYI - you have linked to the Arcane Mage Covenant and Soulbind Guides at the end of the guide, not the Frost Mage guides.
评论来自
Sverch
An odd question, but who is the author of the image in the banner of the article? :)
评论来自
Flawlesskun
i guess it's fair to say night fae is the covenant that allows you to play all 3 specs of mage, at least in AOE. If you wanna do single target damage you can always play arcane and still pump ^^
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