Ice Armor, a Mage ability in WoW Forever

Ice Armor is a Mage ability in the Frost tab of the WoW Forever spellbook. It has 4 ranks. Its first rank is learned at level 30 and its last at level 60. Its spell school is Frost.

Against Classic: Same

Ranks and levels of Ice Armor

Ranks of Ice Armor
LevelRankTooltipText
30Rank 1
  • 240 Mana
  • Instant

Increases Armor by 290 and frost resistance by 6. If an enemy strikes the caster, they may have their movement slowed by 30% and the time between their attacks increased by 25% for 5 sec. Only one type of Armor spell can be active on the Mage at any time. Lasts 30 min.

40Rank 2
  • 320 Mana
  • Instant

Increases Armor by 380 and frost resistance by 9. If an enemy strikes the caster, they may have their movement slowed by 30% and the time between their attacks increased by 25% for 5 sec. Only one type of Armor spell can be active on the Mage at any time. Lasts 30 min.

50Rank 3
  • 410 Mana
  • Instant

Increases Armor by 470 and frost resistance by 12. If an enemy strikes the caster, they may have their movement slowed by 30% and the time between their attacks increased by 25% for 5 sec. Only one type of Armor spell can be active on the Mage at any time. Lasts 30 min.

60Rank 4
  • 500 Mana
  • Instant

Increases Armor by 560 and frost resistance by 15. If an enemy strikes the caster, they may have their movement slowed by 30% and the time between their attacks increased by 25% for 5 sec. Only one type of Armor spell can be active on the Mage at any time. Lasts 30 min.

Text and numbers are the beta client's tooltip at level 60 with no gear, unless a rank says otherwise.

Ice Armor compared with Classic

Every rank has the same tooltip as in Classic.

Talents that change Ice Armor

These Mage talents name Ice Armor in their rank text.

More for the Mage

Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.