Frostbolt

Frostbolt
Frostbolt Level 12 Frost mage ability 40 yd range 4% of base mana 2 sec cast Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing (X + 150% of SP) Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.
Properties
Class	Mage
School	Frost
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	12
Improvements	[Shatter]
Related debuff
Magic Frostbolt Movement slowed by 50%. Duration: 15 seconds

[[Category:mage abilities]][[Category:mage abilities]]

"Wearing heavy plate is taxing enough without having to lug around another eighty pounds of ice." —Warrax

Frostbolt is a Frost mage spell that deals frost direct damage and chills the target, slowing its movement speed. This spell is the primary source of damage for a frost mage.

Improvements

As with all mage spells capable of critical hits, [Shatter] can increase the effective damage output of this spell.

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2014-10-30): Damage has been reduced by 20%.
  
• Hotfix (2014-10-17): Damage increased by 20%.
  
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now deals 10% less damage and no longer increases the damage of any spells. The damage for those spells have been increased instead.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a Frost specialization ability. Movement speed reduction increased from 40% to 50%, and duration increased from 9 to 15 sec. Now also causes the target to take an additional 8% damage from Frostbolt and Ice Lance, and Water Elemental's Waterbolt, stacking up to 3 times.
  
• Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Damage has been increased by 10%.
  
• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): Spell power scaling on this spell has been increased by approximately 5%.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Damage on rank 12 was increased slightly to ensure it did more damage than rank 11 at all levels.
  
• Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Targets that are immune to movement slowing effects will no longer be affected by Frostbolt's movement slowing effect. Damage will still be caused.
  

See also

• Frostbolt TCG Card

External ilnks

• Wowhead
• WoWDB