Mage talent · row 2 of Frost, from level 15 (10 with Talented 5/5) · Frost
Frostbite
Frostbite
Gives your Chill effects a 5/10/15% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.
Compared with Classic
Gives your Chill effects a 5% chance to freeze the target for 5 sec.
| Data | Classic | Forever |
|---|---|---|
| effect 1 value | 5 | 15 |
In Blizzard's notes
What Blizzard said about Frostbite, each line checked against the files.
- Matches the files
On the character sheet, when mousing over Spell Damage and Spell Healing, it is now explained that spells cast using spell ranks vastly below your current level receive less benefit from your Spell Damage and Spell Healing and have a reduced chance to activate your Class abilities and Talents. (examples: Frostbite and Omen of Clarity)
Developers' note: Another example of this reduction in activation chance -- Using a Rank 1 Frostbolt at level 60 will result in a 0% chance to get a Frostbite activation. So you now are making a decision between getting a slow off quickly, or using a spell that can potentially get a Frostbite activation, instead of getting both.
The files Build 70170 added 'Spell ranks far below your current level benefit less from Spell Damage and trigger class abilities less often' to STAT_SPELLPOWER_TOOLTIP, and the Spell Healing version to STAT_SPELLHEALING_TOOLTIP (GlobalStrings).
History
- 69876 Sep 16First beta build we archived. No changes in the client files since.