Fingers of Frost

Fingers of Frost
Fingers of Frost Level 24 Frost mage ability Passive Your successful Frostbolts, Frostfire Bolts and Frozen Orb hits have a 15% chance, your Blizzard ticks have a 5% chance, and your successful Scorches have a 10% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect. The Fingers of Frost effect causes your next Ice Lance or Deep Freeze to act as if your target were frozen, and increases Ice Lance damage by 25% for 15 sec. Limit 2 charges.
Usable by
Class	Mage
Other information
Level learned	24
Affects	[Frostbolt], [Frostfire Bolt], [Frozen Orb], [Blizzard], [Scorch], [Ice Lance], [Deep Freeze]
Related buff
Fingers of Frost Ice Lance and Deep Freeze act as if your target were frozen and Ice Lance deals 25% more damage. Duration: 15 seconds

Fingers of Frost is a passive specialization ability for Frost mages, available at level 24. It gives various spells a chance to grant the Mage a buff that makes their next [Ice Lance] or [Deep Freeze] treat the target as if it were Frozen, as well as increasing Ice Lance damage by 25%.

Notes

• By treating the target as if it were frozen, Fingers of Frost also benefits from [Shatter].
• Instant [Frostfire Bolt] procs from [Brain Freeze] can also benefit from Fingers of Frost, increasing their crit chance.
• Being a self-buff and not an actual freeze, this effect works on enemies that are otherwise immune to freezing effects (for instance, raid bosses).
• Although [Scorch] is mentioned in Fingers of Frost's tooltip, the spells are exclusively available to different specs - Fire and Frost - and as such it is not possible to use Scorch to trigger Fingers of Frost.

Tips

• This talent shines when used in conjunction with [Shatter], causing the spells to be cast under its influence to have a high chance to critically strike. It improves a Frost Mage's mobility by making them able to cast high-damage Ice Lances on the run.

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now has a 15% (was 12%) chance to activate from [Frostbolt], [Frostfire Bolt] and  [Frozen Orb], and a 5% (was 4%) chance to activate from [Blizzard].
  

Still mentions Scorch even though it's only available to Fire mages.

• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now triggered by Frostbolt, Frostfire Bolt and Frozen Orb (12% chance), Blizzard (4% chance), and Scorch (9% chance).
  
• Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Fingers of Frost bonus damage applied to Ice Lance has been increased to 25%, up from 15%.
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Can no longer be dispelled and now also increases Ice Lance damage by 15%.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Proc chance is now 7/14/20%, down from 10/20/30%.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Changed from 2 to 3 ranks. Chance to proc is now 10/20/30%, up from 7/15%.
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This talent now triggers immediately on casting a spell rather than being delayed until the spell strikes the target.
  

External links

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