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Comment by UlarnekIronclaw

Mobile shatter combos, baby!

Comment by tarthur1

Gives two stacks of the buff. The buff lasts for 10 seconds, and as such, the cooldown on the spell starts immediately upon casting it (in contrast to Presence of Mind whose countdown doesn't start until the buff is used). Also, in the coming patch, it looks like there will be three charges and its cooldown will be reduced.

Comment by hiteSPARKYZ

Just in case it isn't clear, you can cast this while channeling a spell and it won't interrupt the channel. This is true even if the spell in question can't receive Ice Floes' benefit (i.e. Evocation).

Comment by 1108658

Now adds has 3 charges and works like Warrior's Shield Block where when you use up one charge it starts a cooldown. However you will still have two charges left that you can use.

You can press the button three times to stack these charges for the next 3 spells, or use it once for a specific spell.

Comment by Interest

Since the tooltip here doesn't make it clear, the ability has a 20 second recharge time at the time of this posting.

Edit: Actually has a listed recharge time now.

Comment by snags

You can use this to mount up while running or falling (hopefully with slow fall on).

EDIT: Seems you can do just about anything that normally requires channeling, including crafting... I've found it particularly useful for fights with mechanics like the Orebender Gor'ashan fight in UBRS where the Rune Conduits require channeling to open. It seems that doing this doesn't consume your Ice Flows charge either.

EDIT #2: Can't mount as of 6.1 apparently :(

Comment by Yeahmate

You can use bandages on the move while this is up.

Comment by Absyrtus

Oh god.. Are we going to see the return of 3 Minute Mages?

Comment by woroworu

You can also Hearth, Portal/Teleport, Mount up, and mostly everything with this.
You can also mine ore while moving, though it won't remove the buff after looting. You must be standing still to actually loot.

Comment by XyniaR

An interesting and potentially useful thing to note is that this buff will not be removed for the first ~0.5 seconds, even if you finish casting a spell. As such, you can cast this toward the end of your cast and move around, and still retain the buff allowing you to also cast your next spell while moving, all while only consuming a single charge of Ice Floes.

Comment by sbogo

I want to find out everything I could possibly do with Ice Floes as an Arcane Mage, there may be a few different with Fire and Frost. If anyone knows of any please share. I’m not sure if Racials would be relevant, but again please share if you know of any.

OUT OF COMBAT

Activate Primary or Secondary Spec
Cast Arcane Blast
Cast Frostjaw
Cast Mass Resurrection
Cast Polymorph
Cast Ring of Frost
Cast Rune of Power
Cook
Conjure Refreshment
Conjure Refreshment Table
*Create Item via profession
*Create Lovely Charm Bracelet
Enchant gear
Evocation (lets you channel it while moving)
Fish
Open a portal
*Read a recipe
*Survey
Teleport
Use Mobile Banking
Use Soul Inhaler

* = Actions you can do multiple times during the 20 second timer of Ice Floes.

Comment by dlflyboy

Since patch 6.1 you can no longer pop this and mount while still moving. Sad. :(

Comment by 1397520

To those who are wondering if macros will help:
You can not use macros to make this spell 'one click and go', say:

/cast Ice Floes
/cast Frostbolt

This will fail horribly due to connection delay. If you use this marco and run immediately, the frostbolt will simply be interrupted.

However, this will work if you use macro and wait a few tenth of a second before moving. The time required is depended on connection. As long as this is kept in mind, this should function probably.

This means an additional button press is required. This adds difficulty to playing this talent, and enhancing dps.

Comment by hucking

It should be noted that this talent might confuse some people at first.
Here is the explanation, the ability allows you to move while casting, it does not impact anything else.
The ability ITSELF can be casted while using other spells and is not affected by global cooldowns, but the spells you use still are affected by global cooldowns and cannot be casted together with other spells as some people speculated.
It should also be noted that if you use this ability it instantly impacts the spell you are currently using, so this is very helpful if you suddenly need to move, you can just pop this and start moving, and if you need to keep moving while casting yet another spell you can stack the buffs.

Hopefully that should clear up any confusions.

Comment by 1258838

Been looking around and can't find anything. If there is anyone watching this who can point in the direction of tracking the duration of ice floes in TMW, I would really appreciate it.

Comment by forestsage

This has another use aside from simply allowing you to cast while moving. It also counter knock-backs, allowing you to continue to cast while being knocked back.

As a tip you will noticed that you can cast this ability while already casting a spell.

Both of these are useful when a foe starts attacking you suddenly in pvp or with aggro.

Comment by Khasim92

The description of the spell doesn't seem to properly explain that each charge gives you a 15 second period in which you can spam the spell of your choice while moving. I thought it only gave you a charge to use a spell while moving once, and then you'd have to use Ice Floes again and it took me way too long to notice how it actually works, since the description doesn't mention the 15 second period at all.

TL;DR You can use it and spam Fireball/Frostbolt/Arcane Blast etc. for 15 seconds for each charge, the Ice Floes buff doesn't get consumed after the first use of the spell.

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Ice Floes

Ice Floes

Talent

Instant	20 sec recharge

3 Charges

Makes your next Mage spell with a cast time shorter than 10 sec castable while moving. Unaffected by the global cooldown and castable while casting.

(100ms cooldown)

Buff

Ice Floes	Magic

Able to move while casting spells.
15 seconds remaining

Spell Details

Duration

15 seconds

School

Frost

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

Magic

GCD category

n/a

Cost

None

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

0 seconds

Aura proc chance

100%

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Allows Cast while Moving
PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Frostbolt	Polymorph	Teleport: Stormwind
	Teleport: Ironforge	Teleport: Undercity	Teleport: Darnassus
	Teleport: Thunder Bluff	Teleport: Orgrimmar	Portal: Stormwind
	Portal: Ironforge	Portal: Orgrimmar	Portal: Undercity
	Portal: Darnassus	Portal: Thunder Bluff	Polymorph
	Polymorph	Portal: Exodar	Portal: Silvermoon
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	Teleport: Exodar	Teleport: Silvermoon	Teleport: Shattrath
	Portal: Shattrath	Teleport: Shattrath	Portal: Shattrath
	Teleport: Stonard	Teleport: Theramore	Portal: Theramore
	Portal: Stonard	Teleport: Dalaran - Northrend	Portal: Dalaran - Northrend
	Polymorph	Polymorph	Polymorph
	Teleport: Tol Barad	Teleport: Tol Barad	Portal: Tol Barad
	Portal: Tol Barad	Ancient Teleport: Dalaran	Ancient Portal: Dalaran
	Polymorph	Portal: Vale of Eternal Blossoms	Teleport: Vale of Eternal Blossoms
	Portal: Vale of Eternal Blossoms	Teleport: Vale of Eternal Blossoms	Polymorph
	Polymorph	Polymorph	Polymorph
	Teleport: Warspear	Portal: Warspear	Portal: Stormshield
	Teleport: Stormshield	Conjure Refreshment	Teleport: Hall of the Guardian
	Teleport: Dalaran - Broken Isles	Polymorph	Polymorph
	Portal: Boralus	Portal: Dazar'alor	Teleport: Boralus
	Teleport: Dazar'alor	Polymorph	Teleport: Oribos
	Portal: Oribos	Polymorph	Teleport: Valdrakken
	Portal: Valdrakken	Portal: Dornogal	Teleport: Dornogal
	Polymorph	Arcane Missiles	Pyroblast
	Evocation	Flurry	Ring of Frost
	Glacial Spike	Ray of Frost	Ebonbolt
	Arcane Surge	Frostfire Bolt	Fireball
	Flamestrike	Arcane Blast	Blizzard
	Ring of Fire	Snowdrift	Frost Bomb
	Portal: Dalaran - Broken Isles	Radiant Spark	Conjure Familiar

Effect #2

Dummy
Value: 10
PVP Multiplier: 1
Server-side script

Effect #3

Apply Aura: Cast While Moving (Spell Label) (928)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #4

Apply Aura: Cast While Moving (Spell Label) (1327)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #5

Apply Aura: Cast While Moving (Spell Label) (1704)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #6

Apply Aura: Cast While Moving (Spell Label) (1961)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #7

Apply Aura: Cast While Moving (Spell Label) (1960)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #8

Apply Aura: Cast While Moving (Spell Label) (2363)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #9

Apply Aura: Cast While Moving (Spell Label) (2574)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Flags

Cannot be used while shapeshifted
Do Not Sheath
Generates no threat
Combo on Block (Mainline: Dispel All Stacks)
Can Proc From Procs
Allow Cast While Casting
Allow Cast While Channeling
Allow Class Ability Procs
Nameplate Personal Buffs/Debuffs

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