Frost Mage – The Clear Choice for Mage Tower Domination

As an avid WoW gamer and guide creator immersed in the community, I‘ve extensively analyzed the raging debate around the easiest specialization for the revamped Legion Timewalking Mage Tower challenges.

The verdict is clear – Frost Mages stand in a league of their own as the smoothest, most reliable path to solo challenge success.

Why Frost Mage is Master of the Mage Tower

Frost dominates the Mage Tower for several reasons that combine to make it extremely forgiving to play while still dishing out serious damage:

1. Crowd Control for Days

Frost‘s versatile toolkit gives you uptime on controlling even the most dangerous foes via:

• Deep Shatter – crit-empowered Frost Nova for AoE rooting
• Fingers of Frost – on-demand insta-Flurry for huge slows
• Frozen Touch – guaranteed Frostbolt slows
• Comet Storm – insane AoE damage and chill effects
• Ice Form – backup immunity + heal if things go south

I can effectively lock down 3+ normal enemies or keep a priority target helpless while I destroy their puny friends. This gives Frost incredible flexibility in its approach.

2. Defensive Durability

Frost also shrugs off big hits and steadily sustains itself through:

• Ice Barrier – on-demand shield negating huge attacks
• Cold Snap – instantly reset healing/defensive cooldowns
• Glacial Insulation – Ice Barrier gives shield and damage reduction
• Ice Floes – cast while moving for intense kiting

I can facetank boss mechanics other squishy casters only dream of. Chuck on Ice Barrier for Death Knight heal challenge? Lol, okay I‘ll just ignore mechanic entirely. It‘s this unique durability that gives additional options for triumphing.

3. Burst Damage Extraordinaire

Frost also pumps out nasty burst windows to quickly nuke priority targets via:

• Fingers of Frost empowered Flurries during Icy Veins
• Glacial Spike obliterating whatever it hits
• Thermal Void extending Icy Veins uptime significantly
• Orb Build with Splitting Ice and Freezing Rain

My Glacial Spike crits alone can outdamage most other specs entire burst rotation – while still having mountains of control and survivability. It lets me decisively end phases and challenges before things get dicey.

When combining these key strengths, Frost has an amazingly well-rounded toolkit custom built to shine on the Mage Tower‘s solo challenges.

Statistical Look at Frost Mage Dominance

The community consensus around Frost being superb for Mage Tower is more than just feelcraft and anecdotal evidence. Looking at various sites stat tracking paints an obvious picture of Frost‘s dominance:

(Stats source: Wowhead & Icy Veins data aggregation)

With nearly double the success rate and around a third of the attempts, Frost convincingly comes out ahead of fellow Mage specs.

In fact, expanding scope shows Frost beating out or competing with even top meta specs like Affliction and Demonology Warlocks by most metrics. It‘s just better aligned to the Mage Tower challenge format.

Alternate Spec Analysis

The only other specs matching or potentially exceeding Frost‘s well-rounded power are:

Havoc Demon Hunter – printing meta spec for damage, healing, and survival
Restoration Druid – heartbeat of old school feral solo play
Holy Paladins – tried and tested sustain and off-healing queens

Each brings high damage across sustained, burst, and cleave with good built-in healing. But Frost Mage still clinches easiest by a hair for most due to:

• Demon Hunters relying more on cooldown windows
• Resto Druids leaning into complex shapeshifting
• Holy Pallies lacking AoE control options

The slim tradeoff for slightly simpler execution hands Frost the dub by most expert opinions.

Gearing & Preparation Checklist

Gear still plays an import role despite downscaling. With the below gearing and consumable checklist, ramping difficulty becomes smoother:

Stock up on the key items above using a mix of auction house, reputation vendors, and crafting. It makes a substantial impact smoothing out runs.

And don‘t neglect actually learning the challenges themselves through online guides or attempts on easier classes!

Playing a Frost Mage in the Mage Tower

If opting to brave the challenges as a Frost Mage, utilize these high level strategies:

• Open from range with Pet Freeze into Orb barrage
• Control priority targets with Frost Nova rotations into Deep Freeze shatters
• Maintain Ice Barrier and kite relentlessly with Ice Floes
• Use Veins + Frozen Orb for huge Frostbolt cleave damage
• Save Cold Snap to reset Ice Barrier or heal if you make a mistake
• Stay calm and re-attempt failed challenges to learn the rhythms

While simple, proper execute of these core tactics allows smoothly overcoming the Tower‘s dangers. Apply them and the path to sweet rewards opens up.

Leaning on community wisdom is invaluable here as well! I‘m happy to provide any specific tips if asked.

So there we have it friends – the Frost Mage rises as easiest spec for tackling the Legion Timewalking Mage Tower. I‘ll be covering and streaming more WoW insights regularly, so stay tuned and game on!