WoW Forever · Experimental setup

Frostfire Mage

Frostfire explores a Fire/Frost allocation around Frostfire Bolt. The published spell description gives the bolt both school identities and a slowing effect. That is a reason to inspect talent interactions, not permission to multiply every Fire and Frost bonus together without evidence.

Current beta play is capped at level 30. Level 60 reference models and deeper talents are identified as later planning. Client descriptions and server updates can differ.

In this guide

What this build asks you to do

MythicSim publishes a future mixed-tree reference, while the current spell research places Frostfire Bolt at level 40. Heating Up is the current Fire talent name: eligible critical strikes shorten Pyroblast’s cast. The model’s Hot Streak terminology should not become a claim of a guaranteed instant Pyroblast in your current client. Explore the component choices now and keep the complete experiment for the level and access at which the bolt is actually learned.

The experiment combines a slowing cast with selected Fire follow-ups.
Dual-school resistance and stacking outcomes need validation; a model label is not gameplay proof.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
MythicSim: reference-model methodology Model documentation · 2026-10-04
Dated level 60 damage-model references; selected profiles are not gameplay or healer-performance evidence.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.

Choose the next action

Treat this as a later Fire/Frost experiment built around learning Frostfire Bolt. At current beta level 30, the level 40 bolt itself is not part of the ordinary toolkit.
Use the mixed-school description to inspect relevant talents, not to multiply every Fire and Frost modifier together. The actual learned interaction needs its own evidence.
React to an eligible Heating Up event with the shortened Pyroblast, consuming the prepared state. The reference’s older Hot Streak name does not establish a permanent instant Pyroblast.
Keep the bolt’s slow separate from the damage talent package. A slowing effect can support positioning without proving a root or immunity to the enemy’s next action.
When comparing the future preset, hold its gear, buffs and target assumptions constant. Change one talent or item question at a time rather than crediting the label for all possible bonuses.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
MythicSim: reference-model methodology Model documentation · 2026-10-04
Dated level 60 damage-model references; selected profiles are not gameplay or healer-performance evidence.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.

Later experiment: Frostfire and Heating Up

Click through an illustrative sequence. Conditional effects require the named spells and talents; this is not a damage, resource, threat or timing simulation.

Cast Frostfire Bolt: After it is learned, apply the mixed-school bolt and its described slowing effect.
Eligible crit triggers Heating Up: With the Fire talent learned, an eligible critical event grants the cast-time condition.
Follow with Pyroblast: Choose the learned follow-up with its reduced cast time; this is not a guaranteed instant spell.
Separate the bonuses: Track slow, vulnerability and crit-related conditions separately rather than inventing a combined multiplier.

Inspect the interaction

The scene explains this named mechanic. The saved level 60 priority reference, where present, is separate.

Later experiment: Frostfire and Heating Up Later planning · requires deeper spells or talents

Later experiment: Frostfire and Heating Up

Click through an illustrative sequence. Conditional effects require the named spells and talents; this is not a damage, resource, threat or timing simulation.

This scene illustrates a named interaction. Playback does not simulate combat timing, damage, resource costs or enemy behaviour.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
MythicSim: reference-model methodology Model documentation · 2026-10-04
Dated level 60 damage-model references; selected profiles are not gameplay or healer-performance evidence.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.

Build the toolkit

Frostfire Bolt is reported at level 40, while the full 0/29/22 model is level 60. Until then, use the Mage levelling route and legal talent tools to plan the component choices without pretending the finished allocation is already learned.

Build the toolkit
Level	Decision or milestone	Scope
25	Heating Up can be explored as a Fire talent.	Current beta
40	Frostfire Bolt is a later spellbook milestone.	Later planning
60	The complete mixed-tree model is future planning.	Later planning

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
MythicSim: reference-model methodology Model documentation · 2026-10-04
Dated level 60 damage-model references; selected profiles are not gameplay or healer-performance evidence.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.

Understand the upgrade

Check which learned talent affects which spell; a shared school label does not prove every stacking rule.

Budget for the actual casts and confirm access to the later spell before buying a full future set.

These examples describe the pinned client baseline. Learned talents, buffs, attack type and actual encounter change the useful result; they are not universal stat weights. Spirit’s value must be compared through the full and casting regeneration your character reports, rather than a fixed Spirit-to-MP5 rule.

Understand the upgrade
Comparison	Meaning
+10 Intellect	+150 mana if existing effective Intellect is at least 20, before further modifiers; about +0.366 percentage points of spell crit at level 30.
+7 Intellect from 19	The first-20 breakpoint gives +91 mana, not +105.
Spell/healing power	Compare the affected spell or heal and learned rank; the coefficient and useful outcome differ.

Sources for this section

Forever class attribute coefficients Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Class baseline attack-power coefficients; form-specific branches and modifiers are separate.
Matching Forever character-stat display Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Client display basis: 14 AP per nominal ordinary weapon DPS, 2 Armor per Agility, and Cat-specific Agility branch. Not a special-attack or shapeshifted damage model.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.

Questing and group play

Quest now with a legal Fire or Frost package and the spells you actually know; keep the full hybrid as a later test. In a group, movement and control still matter even if the fixed reference produces an attractive result. A boss model does not show how often a dungeon pack lets you stand and finish a cast.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
MythicSim: reference-model methodology Model documentation · 2026-10-04
Dated level 60 damage-model references; selected profiles are not gameplay or healer-performance evidence.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.

Choose useful equipment

Compare spell damage, Intellect and crit against the specific mixed-tree allocation. School-specific equipment may strengthen only part of the spellbook, while general spell damage has a different coverage. The saved items are a future reference, not a current beta shopping list.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
MythicSim: reference-model methodology Model documentation · 2026-10-04
Dated level 60 damage-model references; selected profiles are not gameplay or healer-performance evidence.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.
Forever item reference: build 70205 Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Item names and requirements; client presence does not establish a drop source or current access.

Level 60 reference priorities

Gnome; saved 0/29/22 talent split; level 60; 10,000 iterations; one level 63 target; nominal 120 seconds with ±15 seconds variation.

These are the visible core spell decisions in this saved model’s effective rotation, in source priority order. Check the first usable higher-priority action; later entries can be skipped. Item, racial and other auxiliary management remains in the full report, and execute-phase percentages are encounter settings rather than proc chances.

Level 60 reference priorities
Action	Condition in this saved model
Evocation	Mana % < 10%
Scorch	(known model effect: Fire Vulnerability AND (stacks: Fire Vulnerability < 5 OR remaining effect time: Fire Vulnerability ≤ 5s))
Pyroblast	(known model effect: Heating Up AND stacks: Heating Up = 3)
Arcane Missiles	No additional priority test
Frostfire Bolt	No additional priority test

Sources for this section

MythicSim: Frostfire Experimental Mage Model documentation · 2026-10-05
Saved level 60 reference, inspected October 5, 2026. Engine forever-f43215d07e51fc228c2e32366d7563b03d76fec8. Its priorities and events describe this model, not tested live gameplay.
MythicSim engine: Missile Barrage assumption Model documentation · 2026-10-05
Identifies model aura 44404 as Missile Barrage. The source explicitly carries this effect over because its generated tables lack the rows; its chance and timing are not confirmed live-game values.

Inspect the saved opening

These timestamps show selected events from one recorded model opening. A row can be a triggered event; it is not automatically another button press. Negative times are preparation before the encounter.

Saved endgame model · later planning

Saved level 60 reference

Inspect events from this saved setup.

Level 60 single-target damage reference · later planning

Inspect the saved opening

These rows are events from one model timeline. A triggered hit or effect is not automatically an extra player cast.

Saved model event · 0 sScorch

Inspect the original setup and full report →

Sources for this section

MythicSim: Frostfire Experimental Mage Model documentation · 2026-10-05
Saved level 60 reference, inspected October 5, 2026. Engine forever-f43215d07e51fc228c2e32366d7563b03d76fec8. Its priorities and events describe this model, not tested live gameplay.

Equipment in this reference

The publisher describes these sets as primarily dungeon and crafted equipment, rather than optimized BiS. The Survival and Holy / Protection references have beta-gear exceptions. This is an item sample without inferred inventory slots.

Equipment in this reference
Reference item	How to use this comparison
Robe of the Archmage	Fixed reference item; verify your level, source and current access.
Gloves of Spell Mastery	Fixed reference item; verify your level, source and current access.

Sources for this section

MythicSim: Frostfire Experimental Mage Model documentation · 2026-10-05
Saved level 60 reference, inspected October 5, 2026. Engine forever-f43215d07e51fc228c2e32366d7563b03d76fec8. Its priorities and events describe this model, not tested live gameplay.
Forever item reference: build 70205 Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Item names and requirements; client presence does not establish a drop source or current access.
MythicSim: reference-model methodology Model documentation · 2026-10-04
Dated level 60 damage-model references; selected profiles are not gameplay or healer-performance evidence.