Fire Mage Review of Frostfire Hero Talents - Iconic Fantasy But Minimal Gameplay Changes
This past week, Blizzard revealed another round of Hero Talent Trees in a Sneak Peek at the upcoming War Within system. Our Fire Mage guide writer, Preheat, offers an early review of the Frostfire Mage Hero Talents that features an iconic mage aesthetic but doesn't offer a lot of new gameplay opportunities.
The War Within Hero Talents Overview
Our Guide Writers have provided initial first impressions on the Hero Talent Trees revealed so far. Check out all of our released editorials below.
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Fire Mage First Impressions: Frostfire Hero Talents
Blizzard has revealed the Frostfire Hero Talents. This is the shared Hero talent for Fire and Frost Mages in The War Within.
Note: The icons for each talent are placeholders.
What is Frostfire?
As the name implies, Frostfire is the combination of Frost and Fire. In the past, Mage had Frostfire Bolt as a spell that scaled with talents from the old Frost and Fire tree. The spell was later moved to be Frost exclusive, then replaced with Flurry. Frostfire talents are how we unlock this spell again, with added buffs and effects. Blizzard had this to say when introducing the Frostfire tree:
