Dang it only Frost mages can use this. It's the last talent you learn of the Frost talents. I thought you learned it from trainer.

Just thought I'd post a bit of helpful information on this guy since there isn't much posted on Alla

I just got this guy 2 lvls ago(I'm 52 now) so I've had just a lil bit of time to get used to him...and he does take some getting used to...he's an akward thing to control...but once you get the hang of it he's very powerful

First off, his auto attack is Waterbolt(2.5 second cast; 279 to 351 Frost Damage). It may seem low, but his damage is also modified by your gear as well(+Spell/Frost Dmg and +Spell Crit Rate). His Waterbolts don't add a chill effect, but they do get the Crit Hit bonus from Winter's Chill if you have it(although they don't add the effect).

The next ability he has is simply clutch: Freeze, a ranged Frost Nova attack on a seperate timer from your own(25 second recast timer). Freeze also stops and restarts the Elemental's Waterbolt casting, so you don't need to worry about waiting in between his casts...or for his Waterbolts to break his own Novas. Although a bit akward to get used to, especially if you kite your targets like I do, but it is essentially the same thing as your Blizzard's targeting system.

You can control your pet while doing your seperate spells which is very nice. You can start casting Frostbolt, and halfway through the cast, hit your Elemental's Freeze before yours goes off to get the 50% Crit Bonus from Shatter(assuming every Frostie has this fully upgraded^^).

This is especially helpful in instances where you normally never get to benefit from Shatter on your Frostbolts due to other people's damage breaking your Frost Nova effects(unless you solo/kite a few links..fun stuff^^).

There are also a few nice little things you can do w/ macros to make controlling your Elemental easier so you can strain your mind a little less trying to control your pet and your spells at the same time(you'll see what I'm talking about in a sec).


1) Freeze macro that activates your Elemental's Freeze w/o having to use the pet window:

/click PetActionButton5
/click PetActionButton4

(Change the numbers to whatever you have each of his abilities set as; in my case, 5 is the pet attack button, and 4 is the Freeze button. This will have your Elemental Attack the target and bring up the curser for Freeze(I throw it in for times I summon him and instantly use Freeze. Just one less button to press to make him attack.)


2) Frostbolt macro that has your Elemental attack whatever you are attacking.

/cast Frostbolt(Rank 9)
/click PetActionButton5

(If you like to have your Elemental attack different targets then you are attacking, I would either suggest to have this as well as a normal Frostbolt macro or not even using this. I personally don't like to have him attack whatever I am attacking to take down monsters more quickly since I kite. But again, it's all preference. Although I really like this function in conjunction w/ the next macro.)


3) Frost Nova/Polymorph macro that makes your Elemental either follow or stay.

/cast Frost Nova(Rank 1) or /cast Polymorph(Rank 3)
/click PetActionButton3

(I have Follow on button 3. This is so that when you Frost Nova or Polymorph, your Elemental will stop attacking it and follow you(you can use stay, but I like follow to help reposition the Elemental). With this, you don't risk your Elemental's Waterbolt damage breaking your Frost Nova effect before your next Frostbolt goes off, which would otherwise make you lose your Shatter Bonus. As I said, I like using this one w/ the above macro because you don't risk losing your Shatter bonus, and he attacks right as you start casting your Frostbolt so you hardly lose any of the Elemental's pretty nice bonus damage.)

You can mix and match any of those basic and easy to understand macro functions to make your own macros to suit your preferences, because every Mage's playstyle is different and is all about personal preferance in my opinion^^

I know this was all a bit long-winded, but I hope someone found it helpful^^ unless you're an Alliance Mage on Emerald Dream <_< jk

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Nuff Said lol. Man I hate playing a mage.