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Frostbolt

Frostbolt

4% of base mana	40 yd range

2 sec cast
Requires Mage (Frost)
Requires level 12

Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing (119.1% of Spell power) Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.

Enhanced Frostbolt (Level 92+)
Frostbolt's cast time is reduced by 0.5 sec. This effect is disabled for 15 sec after you benefit from it.

Buff

Frostbolt	Magic

Movement slowed by 50%.
15 seconds remaining

Spell Details

Duration

15 seconds

School

Frost

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

Magic

GCD category

Normal

Cost

4% of base mana

Range

40 yards (Long)

Cast time

2 seconds

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Decrease Run Speed %
Value: -50%
Mechanic: Snared

Effect #2

School Damage (Frost)
Value: 1

Effect #3

Script Effect

Flags

Cannot be used while shapeshifted

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Warlords of Draenor
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Comments

Comment by hordeownz

this spell is good to engage a mob with becuase of the fact that it slows the enemy down then you can follow it with your damage spells =) also when atempting this spell you may want to try it from max range to lengthen the time it takes the mob to get to you even more. common known info to most but mabye not known to others just wanna help those starting the game as i did not to long ago =)

Comment by greaterholy

Use for Frostbite, good cast 1 second

Comment by pnukup

I've noticed the Huge reduction of mana cost! It was a secret, but I have discovered the TRUTH behind it all!

http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=133 = 23% of base mana.
http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=116 = 16% of base mana.

I don't know about you guys, but Frost is better then Fire =)

Comment by sthorn

Hits for about 3k with full deadly and frost pvp specc, if you compare it with other ppls damage its kinda low..

Comment by Lillfot

Anyone know when Frostbolts stopped being a Binary spell, as in "Hit or Miss"?

Right now, when I'm levelling my Mage alt, I see Partial Resists, something that Frostbolts haven't ever had!

Comment by Cloudo

Hmm,
if I ain't mistaken, the spell power calculation for forstbolt is this:
.95(2.5/3.5)~.830
the 2.5 is if you have 5/5 Imp Frostbolt.
So basicly if you calculate that, you come out on 67.86%.
Now I always get lost, is that percentage to be taken from your spell power and then added to extra damage, OR
is that to be taken from average damage and then something with spell power, my friend showed me his way once.
He confused me so badly I could burst my head open xD

Greetings,
Cloud

Comment by Luckypalms

A frost mage's bread and butter, this ability does less damage than fireball but has a faster casting time and slows your target's movement speed by 40%.

Choosing the frost talent tree gives additional damage to this ability, additional movement speed reduction, so on and so forth.

Comment by Luke20333

Frostbolt is the primary nuke for Frost Mages. This spell has a lot of utility due to the number of effects caused. The cast time is short and with 2/2 Early Frost talent, Mages can have a 1.1-1.3 second cast time.

Used to kite enemies by attacking at range then moving away (frost nova+blink or just blink). Frost talents further improve the movement-slowing aspect.

Comment by guatafu

As of 4.3 this spell's range is 35yds. Making frost mage the only ranged class/spec below the 40yd mark.

Comment by Safrienaer

Can also be used to heal your Water Elemental.

Comment by ssithl

Anyone know what the 'Water Jet' spell the tooltip/dmg buff refers to is ? I can't find a mention of it on my mage or pet.

Ah nevermind.. seems it never made it to live. :<

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