SNOWSTORM WARDEN FROST MAGE - PVE DD
A Viable *500CP+ Warden DD Frost Based Build. Hang mainly on restro for regen between the primary rotations (also keeps dps up as we'll be chanting it for spell dam). Destro Bar acts primarily as a source of AOE damage, whilst the Restro bar handles support. (Together, Fairly decent Single Target Damage can be kept up as well.)

CP Focus should be primarily Elemental Expert / Thermatage / Elfborn
(increased elemental damage, DOT & damage from critical strikes)

Rotation Suggestions: (w/ slotted spell damage pots)

AOE -
Blue Betty (+spell damage) -> Winters Revenge (chill) -> Unstoppable Wall of Frost (immobilize chilled targets) -> Spammable = Frost Pulsar ( -10% to max health on ALL targets)

NOTE: ( pulls adds with the spell dam chanted resto if you're feeling try hard )

SINGLE TARGET
Blue Betty (+ spell damage) -> Elemental Susceptibility -> Winters Revenge -> Des. LA -> Wall of Frost -> Restro LA (+Spell dam) -> Spammable = Screaming Fell Diver (roll back and spam from a distance to hit at 115% of its damage whilst at the height of you're own, allowing aoe DOT to subside before repeating)

GEAR:
- Ysgramor's Birthright for frost damage set bonus and additional maximum magicka. (Max Mag / Divines)
- Willpower 3 piece on accessories (Arcane / Spell Dam Enchants)
- Iceheart 2 piece on head / shoulders. (as 2 x Heavy for the Magicka/Stam return on hit - This is a good trade off for helping to keep up the primary resource whilst choosing spell dam over regen on accessories) (I use this set bonus for the Extra AOE and it might as well be something with frost damage as the entire build is tiered accordingly + the extra crit from inner light helps to keep this proccing regularly)

FOOD:
- Dual stat, Mag and Health. (stam is a waste here and the trade off is unnecessary)
MUNDUS:
- Apprentice (Spell Dam, obvious choice)
WEAPON:
- Destro Frost Staff, Chant for Frost Damge w/ Infused (for additional chant effect = more frost dam)
- Restro Staff, Chant for Spell Damage w/ Defending (for self sustain whilst buffing + even more damage if used in rotation)

NOTES:
For me, this build gets up to about 3.2k spell dam w/ pots (+ keeping up Blue Betty & those Light Attacks on the chanted Restro). With an the abundance of frost focused passives (from Winters Embrace) and champion perks working with the armour set bonus, I find myself doing considerable dps in most PVE situations (tried sloppy playing at around 30- 45k) without really trying too hard. (The single target rotation is also pretty mean in BG. Make no mistake however, this is very much a PVE build)

The glory of this build in terms of technicality, is taking the Iceheart 2 piece in heavy. The passive in the heavy tree restores a portion of stam & mag on hit, once every 8 seconds, based on the number of pieces equipped. This really helps to keep the magicka pool up, especially with a lesser regen stat, having taken spell dam over magicka regen on our accessories.

RACE:
- While I'm aware that a lot of people probably wouldn't chose a Nord for a Magicka bias DPS Build, I personally prefer a little extra damage reduction on a light armour character. For max DPS however, I'd probably consider playing an Altmer (+Elemental Damage) or a Breton (+Max Magicka / Reduced Cost )

APPROX STATS:
- Magicka 35k
- Health 18.5k
- Stam 10k

Spell Power 2100
+ Blue Betty = 2500
+ Spell Harm Weapon enchant = 2850
+ Pots = 3k+

Spell Crit
Should be approx. 50%


I've wanted to create a Frost based caster for some time and have had a lot of fun with this build so thank you guys, please enjoy!